WINTER SPORTS INSTRUCTION MANUAL - ELECTRIC DREAMS SOFTWARE IMAGES PRESENTS WINTER SPORTS 1. DOWNHILL 2. SLALOM 3. GIANT SLALOM 4. ICE HOCKEY 5. SKI JUMPTING 6. SPEED SKATING 7. BOBSLED 8. BIATHLON H. HIGH SCORES MAIN MENU This is the Main Menu screen A and gives a list of the 8 events included in Winter Sports and also gives you an option to view the high score table. To view the High Score table press key H To return to the main menu press the Space key. When you wish to enter your name into the High Score table you will need to use 6 - cursor left, 7 - cursor right, 0 - select a letter. Controls: You may play Winter Sports using either the keyboard or a kempston joystick. Once a sub-menu has loaded you must first select your controls: If you are playing using the keyboard the press key K, and you will be able to select the keys you want to play with. You ma stop a game at any time and return to a sub-menu by holding down the CAPS SHIFT key and pressing the SPACE key. DOWNHILL, SLALOM and GIANT SLALOM A sub-menu will appear which allows you to select any game to play. If you have not selected the control keys then do this before starting to play, the controls are: Speed Up Speed Down Ski Left Ski Right Once selected the K in the sub-menu will flash. To start the game press key S. SLALOM The window on the left shows your forward view and the window to the right shows the view of the control from above. The CONTROL indicator shows how sharply you are turning to the left and right. The SPEED indicator shows how fast you are going. To start your run press the speed up key, and you can watch your progress down the slope. You must pass to the right of the first gate (on the overhead view your course should pass to the left of the first gate), to the left of the second gate, to the right of the third gate and so on. You must pass through the final gate. If you have no fail gates and if you complete the course in a shorter time than the previous record then you can enter your score in the High Score table. Once you have completed the game press the SPACE key to return to the sub-menu. GIANT SLALOM This event is similar to Slalom except you must pass between the double gates until you reach the single gates then you must pass either to the right or left of the first single gate. If you choose to pass to the right of the first single gate, then you must pass to the left of the next one, right of the next and so on. If you choose to pass to the left of the first single gate, then you must pass to the right of the next one, left of the next and so on until you reach the final double gate which you must pass through. If you have no fail gates and if you complete the course in a shorter time than the previous record then you can enter your score in the High Score table. Press the SPACE key to return to the sub-menu. DOWNHILL This event is similar to the Slalom except you must pass between all the gates all the way down the course. ICE HOCKEY The controls are: Player Up - your player moves towards the far side of the pitch Player Down- your player moves towards the near side of the pitch Player Left - SE Player Right - SE Hit Puck - SE Team A is dressed in red. Team B is dressed in green. In the 1 player game the computer controls Team B You will always be controlling the player nearest the puck and may tackle opposing players (by running into them), dribble with the puck or hit it to other players or into the goal. Make sure if your goalkeeper leaves the goal that you return him to the goal so that you defend the goal properly. The game is played in 4 periods of 5 minutes each. Ends are changed between each period. SKI JUMPING The controls are: Skier Up Skier Down Skier Left Skier Right Skier Jump/Go At the start of this event you can see your skater in the right hand window getting ready to start down the slope by sliding back and forth. To start down the slope you must press the Skier Go key when your skier is sliding forward. If you press this key when your skier is sliding back then her (or she) will trip and fall. Once you have started down the slope you can watch your skiers progress on the left window which shows the ski slope. You must control your skiers' path down the slope making sure he remains in the centre of the slope by using the skier left/right keys. If you do not keep on course it will affect your score. A the moment the skier reaches the bottom of the slope you must press the skier jump key to launch your skier into the air. Once you have your skier successfully into the air you must maintain his balance using the skier up/down keys. If he leans too far forward or back he will fall on landing and your score will be lower. After you have completed the jump, if you have not achieved a high score, press the SPACE key to return to the sub menu. SPEED SKATING The controls are: Up, Down, Left, Right. To start Speed Skating select a 1 or 2 player game and select the distance you wish to skate, then press S. The game screen now appears and you should prepare yourself for the race. When you are ready press the SPACE key to start. To increase your speed you should alternatively press the left and right keys and to move from side to side of the track you should press the up/down keys. In the back view player 1 is in the left hand lane and in the side view Player 1 is in the far lane. At the end of the race, if you have not achieved a high score then press the SPACE key to return to the sub-menu. BOBSLED The controls are: Speed Up/Down, Sled Left/Right. To start your bobsled moving press your Speed Up key. The screen shows the rear view of your sled and the plan view of your sled. You must be careful when you are bobsledding not to go too fast round corners otherwise you will crash. Once you have finished your run you may press the SPACE key to return to the sub-menu. BIATHLON The controls are: Load Gun Open Gun Bolt Ski Left Ski Right Fire Gun The Biathlon combines a cross country and target shooting in a test of speed and stamina. To start press S then once the game screen is up press the SPACE key to start. To move forward and increase your speed you must alternatively press the left/right keys, hover be careful and make sure you do not go too fast at the beginning of the course and use up all your stamina at once but pace yourself sensibly. You can refer to the map given at the top of the main screen to work out your position on the course. Once you reach a target range you must react quickly as you only have a limited time to fire at the four targets. The gun sight may be seen moving up and down over each of the targets in turn. The targets are made up of an outer circle which counts as a miss with a 1 minute penalty added to your time and an inner circle which counts as a hit. A complete miss gets a 2 minute penalty added to your time. When you arrive at the shooting range your gun is loaded so you should quickly fire at the first target when the cross hairs are over the centre, you may refer to the top of the screen which will tell you if you've scored a hit or missed (the message HIT or PENALTY will appear). Once you have fired, after the HIT or PENALTY message OPEN will appear; you are now ready to fire at the next target. Once you have fired you must repeat the process until you have fired at all 4 targets or your time has run out. Then you must continue to the next set of targets until you reach the end of the course. You may then press the SPACE key to return to the sub-menu.