ULTIMA RATIO © 1987 ARTIC COMPUTING LTD. THE GAME In the 33rd year of entrenched galactic warfare, a new forbidding threat looms out of the blackness of deep space. ULTIMA RATIO, a nine stage battle platform was the most powerful weapon yet created with multiple Pulse Guns, deadly defence fighters and extensive battle shields. With mother Earth itself under threat. volunteers are called to make desperate attacks against the ULTIMA RATIO. You have just volunteered! LOADING 1. Connect a suitable cassette player to your Spectrum according to the User Manual. THEN FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 3, 4 AND 5 BELOW. SPECTRUM 48/128 and PLUS 2 OWNERS 2. Put the 48/128 and Plus 2 systems into 48K mode, 3. Place the rewound cassette into the cassette player. 4, Type LOAD "" on your Spectrum and press ENTER. 5. Press PLAY on the cassette player. NOTE: Full loading instructions can be found in your Spectrum Manual. PLAYING THE GAME Ultima Ratio can be played with either a joystick connected to your Spectrum computer or with the following keys: Q = UP O = LEFT P = RIGHT A = DOWN SPACE = FIRE L = PAUSE ON/OFF ENTER+L=ABORT TACTICAL FORMATION A battle platform must be totally neutralised before attacking the next one. Mission time over each of the battle platforms is limited. Treat all other flying objects as hostile. Shields and fuel may be replenished at certain areas on the platforms. Finally, beware of direction reversing devices.