MEGA-APOCALYPSE Martech Games / Electronic Arts Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of a mega-advanced shoot 'em up for your mega-computer. (Has it loaded yet? If the answer is Yes - skip the next paragraph.) It is a very strange Universe really - isn't it? All those millions of planets and moons and stars and comets swirling about in the vastness of space. Imagine what fun it would be to explore - to boldly go where no boldly goer had boldly gone before - unless they happened to live there. Latest research from the Institute of Advanced Research (I.A.R.) indicated (... loaded yet???) that there are quite a lot of planets with things living on them. Some of these things are pretty intelligent like us really. (God this is awful!) Other of these things are really stupid, like whelks, for example. Anyway, to cut a long story short, you have been selected to explore the Universe, boldly seeking out strange and exciting new worlds. If you find any, your instructions are quite clear. BLAST THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As you set off in your remarkably fast and powerful spacecraft - your mind is tingling with excitement. Slowly you hurtle at excessive speeds into the void - blasting a stray comet into a million shimmering pieces! But what's this (... there's more!! c'mon tape turbo - get on with it). Your world is suddenly filled with highly useful objects floating aimlessly in front of you. Things like missiles, rotate motors, speed-up thrusts (I ask you ... is this likely!) shields and - yep - extra lives. Frantically, you try to capture them. But what's this!!! (... Again?) Someone else is also trying to grab the goodies. His shield is impervious to your laser bolts. Oh No! And what's this? It's an enormous and highly populated planet ... WHAM!!! BLAM!!! KERPOW!!! WOW!!! It's Mega-Apocalypse. Have fun!!! INSTRUCTIONS JOYSTICK KEYBOARD UP ^ Q DOWN v A LEFT <- O RIGHT -> P FIRE FIRE any key Z to M PAUSE T CREDITS Mega program code and sound effects by John Wilson (from original game by Simon Nicol) Mega music by David Whittaker (from original Rob Hubbard soundtrack) Mega graphics by Malcolm Smith Mega cover illustration by Steiner Lund (c) Martech Games Ltd. 1988