INSTRUCTIONS FOR 1636
CLOUDBURST
by
Peter Fokos
Copyright 1982 UMI, Inc.
GENERAL
In Cloudburst, a fast-paced multi-level arcade style game,
your battleground is the planet Earth. Heavy pollution of the
atmosphere has created mutant creatures, called Cloud Hoppers,
that dwell in the clouds. Along with the fall of fatal Acid-
Rain, the Cloud Hoppers poisonous free fall ends with deadly
horizontal attack on your defense base. Your base is a neutron
tank that moves along the ground and can fire up, left or right.
Any contact with the Acid Rain or Cloud Hoppers is fatal.
To Load the Program
Plug the cartridge into the memory port with the label up and
readable from your position in front of the computer.
SCORING
Start with three neutron tanks, and earn points by blasting
clouds, the Acid Rain and Cloud Hoppers:
POINTS FOR:
40 Acid Rain
30 Cloud Hopper in the air
20 Cloud Hopper on the ground
10 Any Cloud
BONUS MULTIPLIERS - You can select levels 0 through 9, then
play your way up to higher levels by clearing the screen.
LEVEL MULTIPLIER
0 - 1 1X
2 - 3 2X
4 - 5 3X
6 - 7 4X
8 - 9 5X
10 - 200 6X
Every 10,000 points earns a bonus neutron tank.
STARTING PLAY
After Playing the original theme music (by Brian Dixon),
CloudBurst goes into an automatic demonstration mode. Select
your level by pressing the Keyboard cursor keys or by moving the
joystick. Press the SPACE BAR or joystick FIRE BUTTON to start.
Play with the keyboard.
KEY OPERATION
CRSR up/down Moves tank to the left and/or shoots
left.
CRSR left/right Moves tank to the right and/or shoots
right.
SPACE BAR Shoots in the direction the CRSR keys
pressed; if no direction, then up.
Left SHIFT Locks tank so you may shoot in any
direction without moving.
With the Joystick
JOYSTCK OPERATION
LEFT Moves tank to the left and/or shoots
left.
RIGHT Moves tank to the right and/or shoots
right.
FORWARD Allows you move left/right but shoot
straight up.
BACK Locks tank so you may shot left/right
without moving. (Move joystick left or
right and back).
FIRE BUTTON Shoots in the direction controlled by
the joystick.
PAUSE option - Press the "P key to halt play. Press it
again to restart.
RAPID FIRE option - Hold down the fire button.
TO PLAY
Avoid, at all costs, contact the the Acid Rain and Cloud
Hoppers. Watch the Cloud Hoppers. When they reach ground they
move sidewise at you.
At first, six clouds appear. As you clear the screen, more
appear until sixteen clouds more across at the highest level.
When sixteen clouds are cleared, the next level starts at six
clouds but at higher speed of attack.
