FOXX FIGHTS BACK ---------------- Image Works (1988) You and your mate are running out of food and, being the main provider for the set, you have to go out and get the shopping. There are a variety of foodstuffs scattered across the landscape; you have to collect them and return to your ever-hungry wife. Along the way there are all manner of nasty creatures attempting to stop you from getting on with your tasks, or even simply on the lookout for a quick snack. You are armed with your trusty pistol and are thus able to fight back against the voracious hounds. There are four types of weapon in the game. When you have the most powerful (and the hardest to get), the machine gun, you will be able to walk and fire at the same time. Note that whilst you have this weapon you can only jump from the running position. The word FOX in the bottom left hand corner of the screen contains your Pantometer; this represents how Foxx is feeling by the length of his tongue. Every time Foxx is hurt his stamina is reduced and after a while his tongue begins to hang out; it it gets too long he dies. Foxx must avoid jumping into walls as this will also kill him. Foxx will drown if he falls into the water. When you have lost a life the screen will scroll back to the beginning of the current section of the map. You must shoot the enemies and avoid contact with them or their fire. You start out armed with a pistol, which has a slow rate of fire and is not very accurate. At various points in the game there are other weapons to be found that have varying characteristics. You can pick these up by just running or jumping into them. During the game you will come across different kinds of food; these are of two types: collectable and edible. Collectable: These are the various items that your wife has sent you out to retrieve; sausages, apples, pies and the like. You can only carry four at a time; the ones which you are currently carrying are displayed on the status line. You are rewarded for taking food home to the vixen by having your stamina restored. Edible: Throughout the game there are coops full of nesting chickens and burrows full of sleeping bunnies. These can all be eaten for extra points and extra stamina. Some of the burrows are short cuts that allow you to get home quickly. Once you have gone through a short cut one way that route stays open, providing easy access between the current section of the map and home. You start the game with three lives; there is one extra life per level in the shape of a huntsman's horn. CONTROLS -------- You will be presented with a menu from which you can select either joystick or keyboard controls; the keyboard controls are user definable. Break Quit game SymbolShift Pause game Up Jump Down Get off walls, etc Down (in front) Enter burrow Fire+left/right Fire and move at the same time Fire+down Jump down or duck, depending upon position Down+left/right Run