Krakout

Playing Instructions

Joystick in Port 2 to move Up and down. 
FIRE BUTTON is speed up and game start, and Un-Pause 
CTRL is Pause Mode On. 
 
After the game has loaded you will be presented with a main menu. From here you will be 
able to select keyboard or joystick control, also you can access the options screen to change 
various elements of the game. 

OPTIONS ARE: 
You may play with the bat on the left or right hand side of the screen. 
Sound effects ON/OFF 
Music ON/OFF 
Scrolling non/random/following. Press fire and move joystick up and down 
Ball speed 1-6 (1-slow, 6-fast) as above. 
Modes. 0 - Normal 1-4 - Different Alien and Bat colours 6 - Load new data from tape 7-9 - ?????????? 
Reset - Hold fire button down 10 seconds. 
Bat type can be inertia or dual speeds 1-9 (Slow-Fast). Joystick right to alter numbers. 
Dual speed bat has a normal speed and then a different speed. 
When fire button is pressed 1-9 (Slow-Fast) 
Space bar will exit the screen. 
Aliens have varying effects e.g. Give you two balls, freeze your bat, eat the boll, bomb bricks etc. 

As you play the game you will notice that certain bricks are hit they will be replaced with 
another one containing a letter. These are bonus bricks. 

THE BONUSES ARE: 
- Glue. The ball sticks to the bat. 
- Bomb. There is a massive explosion destroying adjacent blocks. 
- Shield. Makes a barrier appear behind you. 
- Missile. Gives you one missile to fire. 
- Slow down. Slows the ball down slightly. 
- Times two. Doubles scoring. 
- Double bat. Gives you another bat in front of your present bat. This gives some protection against Aliens. 
- Extra man. Gives you an extra life. 
- Expand. makes your bat expand. 

ALIENS 
Bombs the Blocks.
If this alien hits the bat it will freeze the bat.
When hit by the ball it flies away in the opposite direction destroying all blocks in its way.
This alien will chase the ball and if it catch the ball, eat it.
Gives one of the following effects if collected with the bat: Destroy all blocks, Shield or Extra life.
If it collides with a block both the block and the alien will be destroyed.
Will give you two balls if hit by the ball.
If hit by the bat it will enable you to skip a random number of levels.
 
