SDI --- "Varied and challenging... looks and sounds great... 9/10 for sound, toughness and endurance." Commodore User NOW THE ODDS ARE EVEN INTRODUCTION SDI - Strategy and Arcade action at its best! This classic Sega arcade hit, in the true Ronald Reagan Strategic Defense Initiative style, tests your skills in both offensive and defensive warfare to the limit. It's all out nuclear war and your mission is to defend your country from enemy nuclear space weapons and save the planet from imminent catastrophe. SPECIAL FEATURES * Single or multi-player modes * Offensive and defensive levels at each stage * Seven main tunes * Over 300 different sprites - animated deadly enemies which will collide with one another. SPECTRUM 48K/128K/+ CASSETTE 1. If you are using a 128K/+ machine then select 48K mode. 2. Type LOAD"" and then press ENTER. Control Options Press O To start game. 1 To toggle between 1 & 2 Player game. 2 Define controls. The keyboard controls are as follows: J Up H Down Z Left X Right ENTER FIRE Game Controls The player controls both satellite and cursor; pressing fire will aim a laser from the satellite to the current cursor position. When using a joystick or keyboard both satellite and cursor respond to normal joystick movement. If the fire button is pressed the cursor only will move and lasers will fire. SDI may also be played as a team game, one player moving the satellite using keyboard, and a second player controlling the cursor and laser with a joystick. An additional feature on the Spectrum version is that pressing the SPACE bar will toggle between the above controls and the alternative version, in which both satellite and cursor will move whether or not the fire button is pressed. Game details Press P Pause on/off Q Restart game The screen displays both players scores and lives remaining - in a two player game the relevant "1-UP" or "2-UP" will be highlighted to show which player's turn. The damage bar at the bottom of the screen relates to damage to your space station. If the bar fills up completely the game will end. There are 12 levels in SDI during which you will face waves of enemy and enemy base missiles, satellites and fighters. If at anytime during an offensive half you allow any enemy craft to penetrate your defences you must play a defensive half. At the end of each half you will receive a report on the results of that half: a perfect score will be rewarded with 20,000 bonus points (and a dancing duck). During play you will also come across satellites bearing bonus pods. Shoot at the satellites to release then dock with the pod to gain extra cursors. (C) Sega (C) Activision Inc. The Hit Squad P.O. Box 350 Manchester M60 2LX (Transcribed by Robin Stuart)