COSMIC SHOCK ABSORBER
(Martech)


                                YOU WON'T HAVE
                                SEEN THE FILM ...
                    THERE IS NO BOOK ... NOW FIND OUT WHY!
                        (- IT'S 3D BLASTING FUN!!!)

You are Cosmic Shock Absorber, Saviour of the Universe (hopefully!).

Time and Space is falling apart (again?).

Cocooned safely in the cockpit of your CZ Neutrozapper fighter (only
four repayments left) it is your job to blast your way through the different
dimensions of chaos to the source of life itself, the Interstellar Lake of
Protozoic Slime. If you make it, the Universe may survive, and most people
will pay your bills.

However, the call from the President couldn't have come at a worse time.
The CZ Neutrozapper is badly in need of a service. As you attempt to blast your
way to survival, various circuit boards will have a nasty habit of blowing.
Unfortunately, with no one else to help you, you will have to leave the blasting
to carry out a speedy repair job, and for your sake, it had better be speedy.

But ... wait a minute ... it's worse than that. In the rush to get into the
thick of the action - you forgot the "How to Repair Circuit Boards using the
Phasering Iron Manual".

Oh No - Cosmic Catastrophe!!!!

Can Earth possibly survive?



INSTRUCTIONS (Spectrum, Amstrad, MSX)

You lost them ... you Cosmic Cretin. All that
remains are a few diagrams, shown below.



                                COCKPIT DISPLAY

     + - - - - - - - - - - - +                    + - - - - - - - - - - - +
     |     PHOTON ENERGY     |                    |         SCORE         |
     + - - - - - - - - - - - +                    + - - - - - - - - - - - +
     If zero, the CZ Neutrozapper                 As a percentage of current
     will be destroyed                            high score

     + - - - - - - - - - - - +                    + - - - - - - - - - - - +
     |     SHIELD  POWER     |                    |      PHOTON TEMP      |
     + - - - - - - - - - - - +                    + - - - - - - - - - - - +
     If zero, the CZ Neutrozapper                 If you are too trigger happy,
     will be zapped                               the photons will overheat

                           + - - - - - - - - - - - + 
                           |     CURRENT SCORE     |
                           + - - - - - - - - - - - +

     + - - - - - - - - - - - +                    + - - - - - - - - - - - +
     |   Targets you need    |                    |       Time left       |
     |     to destroy to     |                    |        before         |
     |      get to next      |                    |         Earth         |
     |         level         |                    |       gets it!!       |
     + - - - - - - - - - - - +                    + - - - - - - - - - - - +

     + - - - - - - - - - - - +                    + - - - - - - - - - - - +
     |   Malfunction panel   |                    |     Press this key    |
     |If this flashes, one of|                    |        to enter       |
     |the circuit boards has |                    |     Phasering Iron    |
     | blown; eg. gun jammed |                    |       Repair mode     |
     + - - - - - - - - - - - +                    + - - - - - - - - - - - +



                                  REPAIR MODE

                                         DIFFERENTIATED QUASI-CIRCUIT BOARD
     + - - - - - - - - - - - +         + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
     |       TIME LEFT       |         |                                   |
     |    TO MAKE REPAIR     |         |                                   |
     + - - - - - - - - - - - +         |           PHASERING IRON          |
                                       |                POINT              |
     + - - - - - - - - - - - +         |                                   |
     |  YOU CAN'T REMEMBER   |         |                  +                |
     |     WHAT THIS IS!     |         |                                   |
     |Cosmic Hole in the Head|         |                                   |
     + - - - - - - - - - - - +         + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +

     + - - - - - - - - - - - +         + - - - - - - - -+ +- - - - - - - - +
     |         FAULT         |         |SPARE COMPONENTS| |  COLOUR RATING |
     + - - - - - - - - - - - +         + - - - - - - - -+ +- - - - - - - - +

- you lost the manual, remember!!!