SKID ROW---- GIVES YOU THE DOX TO /HOT RUBBER\ BY SCOOTER ----SKID ROW ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SELECTION SCREENS ----------------- THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS THAT MAY BE SET UP AND THESE CHOICES ARE ON 3 SELECTION SCREENS.AFTER THE GAME HAS LOADED PRESS THE SPACE BAR FOR THE FIRST SELCTION SCREEN,THE MAIN MENU. ON EACH OF THE SELECTION SCREENS MOVE THE CURSOR WITH THE JOYSTICK AND COMFIRM YOUR YOUR CHOICE BY PRESSING FIRE,OR WITH THE ARROW KEYS ON THE KEYBOARD AND CONFIRM USING THE SPACE BAR OR RIGHT SHIFT KEY. IF YOU DO NOTHING AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE PROGRAM WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO DEMO MODE. TO QUIT DEMO MODE AND RETURN TO SELECTION SCREEN PRESS THE `ESCAPE` KEY. THE MAIN MENU SCREEN -------------------- NAME SELECTION. YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO ENTER YOUR NAME OF UP TO 12 LETTERS (OR BOTH NAMES IN THE CASE OF 2 PLAYERS) KEYBOARD OR JOYSTICK. SELECT WETHER YOU WISH TO USE THE KEYBOARD OR A JOYSTICK/S. FOR FULL DETAILS SEE SECTION 3, KEYBOARD OR JOYSTICK CONTROLS. 1 OR 2 PLAYER. EITHER 1 OR 2 PLAYERS MAY PLAY AT THE SAME TIME. EASY,MED,HARD. YOU ARE ABLE TO SELECT THE SKILL OF YOUR OPPONENTS USING THIS OPTION. LOAD GAME . THIS IS USED TO LOAD A PREVIOUSLY SAVED GAME DURING A CHAMPIONSHIP. SEE SECTION 4 - THE CIRCUIT. AFTER MAKING YOUR SELECTIONS CLICK ON `OK` TO CONTINUE TO THE NEXT SCREEN. IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN 2 PLAYER MODE THE MAIN SELECTION SCREEN WILL BE REPEATED SO THAT YOU MAY ENTER THE NAME AND KEYBOARD/JOYSTICK SELECTION FOR PLAYER 2. BIKE AND GEARS SELECTION SCREEN ------------------------------- BIKE SELECTION. --------------- YOU ARE ABLE TO RIDE ANY OF 4 TYPES OF BIKE,EACH WITH THEIR OWN CHARACTER ISTICS,IN 2 PLAYER MODE EACH PLAYER MAY CHOOSE A DIFFERENT BIKE. MANUAL OR AUTO GEARS -------------------- EACH BIKE HAS 5 GEARS AND YOU ARE ABLE TO CHOOSE TO OPERATE THE GEARS MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY. TO OPERATE THE GEARS MANUALLY: TO CHANGE UP A GEAR - PUSH THE JOYSTICK FORWARD AND PRESS FIRE: TO CHANGE DOWN A GEAR - PULL JOYSTICK AND PRESS FIRE. SELECT OK TO CONTINUE TO THE NEXT SCREEN OR EXIT TO RETURN TO THE PREVIOUS SCREEN. IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN 2 PLAYER MODE THE BIKE SELECTION SCREEN WILL BE REPEATED FOR PLAYER 2. TRACK AND MODE SELECTION SCREEN ------------------------------- TRACK SELECTION --------------- YOU MAY SELECT ANY OF THE WORLDS TOP 12 RACING CIRCUITS. ONLY USE THIS OPTION IN TRAINING OR RACE MODE. NOT IN CHAMPIONSHIP MODE. TRAINING/RACE/CHAMPIONSHIP. --------------------------- SELECT TO RIDE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MODES. YOU CAN PLAY 1 OR 2 PLAYER IN ANY OF THESE MODES. SEE SECTION 4- ON THE CIRCUIT FOR FULL DETAILS. ONCE YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE MODE IN WHICH YOU WISH TO PLAY, THE SCREEN WILL CONFIRM YOUR SELECTIONS. SEE SECTION 4 - ON THE CIRCUIT FOR DETAILS. JOYSTICK AND KEYBOARD CONTROLS ------------------------------ USING JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD -------------------------- JOYSTICK KEYBOARD ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACCELERATE UP UP ARROW SLOW DOWN DOWN DOWN ARROW RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT ARROW LEFT LEFT LEFT ARROW UP A GEAR(MANUAL) FIRE AND UP RIGHT SHIFT AND UP ARROW DOWN A GEAR(MANUAL) FIRE AND DOWN RIGHT SHIFT AND DOWN ARROW USING 2 JOYSTICKS ----------------- BOTH PLAYER/S AS PER ABOVE JOYSTICK COMMAND/S..UP=UP DOWN=DOWN ECT... ON THE CIRCUIT -------------- THE TOP HALF OF THE SCREEN SHOWS EITHER PLAYER 2(IN THE 2 PLAYER MODE) OR AN ENLARGED MAP OF THE COURSE SHOWING THE POSITIONS OF THE OTHER BIKES (IN 1 PLAYER MODE). NOTE: LAP COUNTER AND GEARS ON THE AMIGA AND ATARI ST VERSION ONLY. AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED EACH LAP YOUR LAP TIMER WILL FLASH AND RESET TO ZERO.TO PAUSE A RACE PRESS `P`, TO QUIT A RACE PRESS THE `ESC` KEY AND RETURN TO THE SELECTION SCREENS. TRAINING MODE ------------- USE THIS MODE FOR TRAINING IN ORDER TO IMPROVE YOUR RIDING SKILLS.YOU ARE NOT COMPETING AGAINST OTHER BIKES AND THERE IS AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF LAPS. RACING MODE ----------- THE REAL THING!, IN THIS MODE YOU WILL HAVE A SINGLE 4-LAP RACE AGAINST 5 OTHER BIKES.BEFORE EACH RACE YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO RACE A SINGLE QUALIFYING LAP TO DETERMINE YOUR POSITION ON THE STARTING GRID OF THE MAIN RACE. (IF YOU DO NOT RACE A QUALIFYING LAP YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE PLACED IN LAST POSITION ON THE GRID) IN 1 PLAYER MODE, DURING THE RACE PRESS F1 KEY AND YOU WILL HAVE A `CHASE VIEW` OF YOUR BIKE FROM BEHIND. CONTINUE TO PRESS F1 AND YOU WILL SEE THE FORWARD VIEW FROM EACH OF THE OTHER BIKES` THE PANEL ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN SHOWS YOUR SPEED,TIME TAKEN, A SMALL MAP AND THE POSITIONS OF THE OTHER BIKES. AT THE END OF EACH RACE THE SCOREBOARD SHOWS THE POINTS GIVEN TO THE TOP 3 RIDERS AS WELL AS POINTS AWARDED TO THE RIDER ACIEVING THE FASTEST LAP. CHAMPIONSHIP MODE ---------------- RACE AROUND THE WORLD!. THIS MODE TAKES YOU THROUGH ALL 12 CIRCUITS IN A BATTLE TO BE WORLD CHAMPION. AT THE END OF EACH ROUND THE SCOREBOARD SHOWS THE RACE THE RACE WINNER. CLICK ON THE FIRE BUTTON TO SEE THE CUMALATIVE CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE. SAVING A CHAMPIONSHIP --------------------- AMIGA - AFTER CONFIRMING THAT YOU WISH TO SAVE A GAME INSERT A BLANK FORMATTED DISK IN THE DRIVE. PRESS THE JOYSTICK FIRE BUTTON AND THE GAME WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY SAVED. NOTE YOU MUST HAVE A COMPLETELY BLANK FORMATTED DISK THAT IS ONLY USED FOR SAVING HOT RUBBER. ONLY THE LAST GAME WILL BE SAVED - YOU CANNOT RECALL PREVIOUS GAMES. AND THATS THE LOT....A FEW HELLO`S TO RYGAR...MARTIN(LSD)..AND ALL COOL DOX TYPER IN-ERS..KEEP EM COMING...