Side Arms
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THE THREAT: the tyrannical Bozon, who aims to exterminate the earth and its people.

THE MISSION: Lieutenant Henry and Sergeant Sanders must save the Blue Globe. Battle your 
way through the waves of alien attackers, forcing a path into their gigantic underground 
empire where the attack intensifies from all quarters - the underground sea as well as 
hidden enemy positions in the cavern wall.

Finally, face Bozon’s ultimate weapon, “The Mobil Armour Sentipet” in a desperate fight 
to the death. Classic “shoot'em up” action combined with brilliant graphics and an 
outstanding test of reflexes.


TO START THE GAME

CBM 64/128 Cassette: Press SHIFT and RUN/STOP keys together. Press PLAY on the cassette 
recorder. Game and Level 1 will load off of Side 1. Upon completion of Level 1, turn the 
cassette over and rewind. Press PLAY on the cassette recorder and Level 2 will load with 
the remaining levels following sequentially. Whenever “GAME OVER” appears, rewind Tape 
Side 2 and press PLAY. Leave PLAY key depressed at all times during game.

Spectrum Cassette:Type LOAD"” and press ENTER. Press PLAY on the cassette recorder.

Amstrad CPC Cassette: Press CTRL and SMALL ENTER keys. Press PLAY on the cassette 
recorder.

JOYSTICK CONTROLS: All Computers

                     UP
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              LEFT ---*--- RIGHT
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                    DOWN

KEYBOARD CONTROLS

All keys are displayed on screen Spectrum/Amstrad.


SPACE ACE ARMAMENT

SIDE ARMS is today’s SDI - it’s a space age cache of weapons to defend against outer 
world invaders of Planet Earth. So technically advanced. So powerful!!


WEAPONS


SPEED UP - Successfully hit “Pow” and a player’s speed of projectiles increases 
           to a maximum of 3 times.

SPEED DOWN - Player's power is decreased by 1 should in “woP” be stuck. 

3-WAY SHOT - Propels one (1) shot forward and two (2) shots backward diagonally.

TAIL GUN - Fires away in 3 separate directions. Big increase in power-doubles and triples. 


MEGA BAZOOKA LAUNCHER (M.B.L.) - What a blast! Devastating firepower which increases to 
                                 2 times. 

AUTO - Rapidly rotates, unleashing a horde of electrifying laser beams towards the target.

---->		---->		------->	--->
M.B.L.		3-WAY		TAIL GUN 	AUTO

Each player can choose one of the four above-describec weapons by hitting shift key: 
Player No. 1 - Shift Key Left, Player No. 2 - Shift Key Right.


ALPHA/BETA
That stage of SIDE ARMS reached by Player No. 1 obtaining (ALPHA/BETA). Gives Player 
Multi-Alpha Beams launching.

Player No. 2 achieves Alpha/Beta. Players 1 and 2 combine their weaponry - firing 
Beta-Photons in multi-directions.


BONUS CHARACTERS/POINTS EARNED

COW		10,000 points	
BARREL 		 3,000 points
STRAWBERRY 	 1,000 points

These characters appear differently on Spectrum/Amstrad versions.


ENEMY CHARACTERS/POINTS EARNED

						Points
U Ship 						  200
Fighter Planes					  200
Surface Scuba Divers 				  400
Scuba Divers					  400
Spacemen 					  300
Weapon Holder 					  200
Scorpion Worm					  500
Crab Man 					  300
Floor Dog 					  500
Vertical Ship 					  200
Eye Saucer 					  300
Parachute Bomb 					  200
Mutant Ship 					  800
Mutant Fighter Planes 				1,000
Storm Trooper					1,000



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