ZXTape! 0Created with Ramsoft MakeTZXSTORY ))b+ Black Planet Story Load 0:0:0: O#1;1,0;2;" Loading: Please wait " ( "BP-SA" #( Mastering #2:"STORY"1 #xx |W}/~|< {><x |<=|x@]<< ?`߀ w>[~|x;~><`@vo~m7 <}x`-p@?`+z߿<{x 7~ ~xx{x JXx}| x>x{xx +  J^@_ 7m~uH@ >w<o| r+z;Pxxnup@/v/?n絫`ր;`JX`onVoi?o~7w@ so _w@ J^l7][9=h~~+}~ x -}-z`|>?@|Tp>? ?|f￿׽|UY ^ý@V^<o Nf�~xU [@x@_oeuver # # <@\\'''\\\ڜ'88`\$neX![!`@P!!8 `_ K SR P***********************  The Black Planet   Instructions   By B.G. Cornhill  1983 Phipps Associates *********************** `0:#0;1,10 ;8;2;1;"Press a key";0:0 0:0:5: /7;7;0;"THE BLACK PLANET" '';"Author B.G.Cornhill" # 9000(# ('';"It is coming to the end of the 21st. Century, the planet EARTH has spread its Empire to a fairly large portion of the Galaxy. "; 2"However, because any"'"progressive society requires thetransfer of goods etc. by trade,and because of the vast distan- ces involved and the inherent criminal mind, policing the spaceways is a difficult task." < 9997 ' F 4: P"Certain criminal elements have set their base on a secret BLACKPLANET (the planet has no sun) from where they operate to prey on traders." Z''" You are STARMAGON  of the Galactic Patrol whose job it is to rid the spacelanes of these interstellar muggers." d''" Since the pirate planet has no sun, its detection in the wastesof space is virtually impossiblebut this strength is also its weakness." n 9997 ' x 6: " The pirates also have diff- iculty in finding their base andany contact by hyper-radio or other system can be detected." ''" In order to find their planet aspecial device known as the KEY was invented. The device was then dismantled and placed on seven secret planets. The pirates know how to get on and off these planets with safety." ''" Your spy network has found the locations of these planets and now all you have to do is visit them and obtain the seven piecesof the KEY in order to DESTROY the BLACK PLANET." 9997 ' 5: " You will of course come under attack as you travel since the pirates have heard of your intentions. You will also need to survive the seven adventures awaiting you on the secret planets." " If you succeed in getting all seven parts of the KEY your ships computers will automatic- ally put you in orbit around theBLACK PLANET." 9997 ': V" If you have correctly carried out your task a secret code word will appear." ['"Send this codeword, along with a";1;"stamped addressed envelope";0;" to:" P''" PHIPPS ASSOCIATES"'" 172 Kingston Road,"'" Ewell,"'" Surrey KT21 0SD" q''"In return, you will receive a free 'STARFLEET COMMANDER' badgeproclaiming your heroic deed to the galaxy!" 9997 '  " There now follows a descriptionof what you must do to control your ship, how to fight the pirates, a description of each planet, and a summary to copy orprint of all the controls." x''" The various conditions are:"''" Normal flight"'" Battle stations"'" Docking"'" Planet landing" 9997 ' :5 R"NORMAL FLIGHT.";0,0;1;"______________";" (no red flashing)" t''"In order to obtain the seven pieces of the KEY you must land on all 7 planets and carry out certain tasks." "s''"To do this you must first set your target coordinates then setyour ship's helm to read the same figures." '''"First set your target coords by pressing key 'k' and release thekey when the desired figures aredisplayed immediately to the left of the nose cone." , 9997 ' 6 2: @"Planet Planet" J" No. COORDS Name"'' T(7;" 0 0/0 (Starbase)" ^01;1;" 1 30/30 Bellatrix" h#2;" 2 60/60 Rigel" r+3;" 3 90/90 Markab" |#4;" 4 120/120 Gemma" $5;" 5 150/150 Castor" "6;" 6 180/180 Yuan" $7;" 7 210/210 Worden"  9997 ' 0:3: "Next you must point your ship inthe right direction by using thearrow keys to separately match the X/Y helm coords to the target coords. These appear on the extreme left of the screen." £''"This is the only way to reduce your distance (shown immediatelyto the right of the nose cone) to zer0 and allow the docking orlanding processes to work." ̏''"You will see a ~+~ near the centre of the screen. This is your gun-sight which only be- comes operable during Battle Status." 9997 ': ց''"Pressing ~p~ allows a hyperjump,moving you forward in distances of 50 parsecs. Be careful not toovershoot your destination." ''"In order to replenish your shields you must make a safe docking at Starbase (coordinates0/0). Your current shield strength is shown on the far right of the screen as a %." 9997 ':4: Q"BATTLE STATIONS";0,0;1;"_______________";" (red flashing)" ''"Your long range sensors will give you an audible and visual warning. You CANNOT alter your coords or change direction during this phase." "However you can still hyperjump to try and shake off the pir- ates, although they have very good tracking systems and will almost always follow you." &\''"You will not be able to make planetary orbit until your sensors stop flashing." 09997 ': :"The enemy will attack from any one of 4 directions - look care-fully, because of the distances they are difficult to see at first." D0"At certain points in their approach they will set loose an energy torpedo that rapidly comes towards you, and unless either the ship is destroyed or you hit the torpedo with your lasers, your ship's shields willbe damaged. Use the cursor keys to move the gunsight and the ~0~key to fire." N'"If your shield strength drops tozer0 you have lost. Destroying the enemy ship also nullifies the torpedo, but hitting the torpedo does not damage the ship." X9997 ': b"The enemy also uses forward pro-jection, and sometimes if you fire just behind the attacking ship you will destroy the real invisible ship." lq''"Just before the torpedo hits youit will become invisible but it can be destroyed at that precisemoment." v9997 ':5: I"Destination achieved";0,0;1;"____________________" ''"When your helm and target coordshave been lined up and your distance has been reduced to zer0 you will arrive at a planetor within the vicinity of the starbase." ''"Since the starbase is painted black to be difficult to see, you have to dock by radar. You need the starbase to replenish your shields." 9997 ': "The colour of each planet is thesame as its coord number (e.g Bellatrix, No. 1, is Blue). If you don't wish to land then you simply enter a new target coord." "If you land you must try and getthe piece of the KEY. All you have to do is move onto the areaholding the piece and exit as instructed. If you fail, then one crew member is lost - you start with 30."  '"You have the opportunity to quitand try again some other time. You cannot re-visit a planet on which you have successfully taken the piece of the KEY. Eachtime you succeed you will noticea corresponding colour code appear at the base of the nose cone." 9997 ':6: A"DOCKING STARBASE";0,0;1;"________________" ''"After countdown has been comp- leted a flashing radar display will show your ship (a green square), concentric rings with your target centre in magenta and your fuel status, contact speed and drift (a negative drift is towards the left)." "By using the cursor keys to fireyour retro rockets and hitting ~0~ when your contact speed is between +5 & -5 metres a second a successful docking will be achieved irrespective of your side drift." R"If you run out of fuel or hit the starbase too hard you will lose the game."  9997 ':5:1: "PLANET 1 BLUE BELLATRIX"  ''"This planet belongs to the FLANGERS who are looking after apiece of the Key for the pir- ates. They have placed it in an underground cave system and lefta computer known as FLANG on guard." "All you have to do is try and out-guess FLANG by entering a chamber in which you think he will not activate the vapouriser"'"He can only move to a chamber next door to the one he has justactivated."  y"When you have got the piece of the Key you must return un- scathed to the chamber at the bottom of the screen." %9997 ': *''"Use keys 1 to 6 and ENTER to move:"''" 1 - down left"'" 2 - down right"'" 3 - up left"'" 4 - up right"'" 5 - left"'" 6 - right"'''"These directions are repeated inthe main game." 4 9997 ':0:2: >"PLANET 2 RED RIGEL" H''"The Rigellions are a shy, dull- witted but courageous race who are very fast on their feet."''"They attack intruders by rushingat them and squashing them flat." R"You must get into the little room containing the piece of thedevice, then return to your original entry point at the bot-tom left-hand corner of the screen." \#''"Use cursor keys to manoeuvre." f9997 ':3: p"PLANET 3 Magenta MARKAB" z''"Markab's surface is covered in ablack sea of boiling mud. How- ever there are certain areas of hard surface where it is safe toleave a piece of the Key." "The safe areas are not very large so you can only land near to the piece. You must now try to find the hidden path - use the cursor keys to move. You have one additional item to helpyou - the MIND BOMB." 9997 ': "This planet's geosphere is controlled by psychokinetics andnot by gravity as with most planets. By pressing ~0~ a MIND BOMB is activated revealing for an instant the position of the path." S"Unfortunately this act costs thelife of the crew member who emits the bomb." 9997 ':4: "PLANET 4 Green GEMMA" ''"A piece of machinery has been entrusted to MAGGON, a nasty horrible thing who likes eating people - especially Earthmen." '"He cannot be killed! However he can be stunned, but only from close quarters. Use cursor keys to move and ~0~ to stun. If yourgun has been effective you will hear a double sound." m'"All you have to do is hurry to MAGGON's lair take the piece of the Key and exit from where you came in." 9997 ':5: "PLANET 5 Cyan CASTOR" ''"Castor has a very hostile envir-onment. The rain is acid, the sea contains concentrated hydro-fluoric acid, and the area chosen by the pirates is coveredin jagged mountains." "The piece of the Key has been placed in a cave. The nearest you could get to it is on a rocky overhang opposite the caveseparated by an acid sea." '"You have dropped a boat into thesea but unfortunately the acid has corroded the controls and the boat is wandering up and down of its own volition." 9997 ': O"To get to the cave and back on the ledge again you must do the following:-" O''"Jump off the cliff using ~6~ andtry to land in the boat. At the right moment, jump out of the boat into the cave using ~8~. Jump back into the boat using ~5~. Then at the right spot justbefore going under the cliff hit~7~ to stop the boat (this destroys the boat's engines) androckets you to safety using yourbackpack." $9997 ':6: ."PLANET 6 Yellow YUAN" 8x'"This planet is in fact part of an enormous power generating system for a solar system to which YUAN belongs." B"The surface is covered with narrow strips separated by troughs of liquid oxygen used asa superconductor to transfer theenergy created by the moving plates of nutronium." L"With derring-do you have to cross one of these troughs usingthe plates, get the piece of theKey and then return. If you fallinto the lox you will perish." V'"Use cursor keys to move." `''"N.B."'" " j"Because the electronic balance is so precise your body movementcan affect the magnetic fields controlling the plates and slow the motion down briefly." t9997 ':7: ~"PLANET 7 White WORDEN" {'"This planet is a pirate outpost.They have placed this piece of the Key in a corridor which they fervently defend." '"You have managed to sneak up to the corridor but as soon as you try and move forward to get the piece they will suddenly appear and shoot at you- you must shootfirst." '"All you have to do is dash forward, grab the piece and run back. Your tricorder will warn you a split second before an attack is carried out by a change in note and a red warningsquare at the top of the screen." 9997 ': ^" Key Action"'" z Move forward"'" x Move back"'" n Shoot left"'" m Shoot right" 9997 ':4: l"When you reach the BLACK PLANET after getting all 7 pieces of the Key you will enter the GrandFinale!!" 3''"For a summary of the controls press any key" 9997 ':  8000@ :"The main game is on Side B of the cassette, and can be loaded independently of these instruc- tions by entering the command:"''" LOAD ""PLANET"""''''"Now turn the tape over and pressa key to load the game..."  "PLANET" ? @vd=0:"Do you want the summary on the screen or printer? (P/S):";q$:¯q$="P"¯q$="p"d=1:8010J E3¯q$"S"¯q$"s".5,-20:8000@ J12 ;"SUMMARY"'' O'';"NORMAL FLIGHT" T''" No. COORDS NAME"'' ^" 0 0/0 Starbase" h" 1 30/30 Bellatrix" r" 2 60/60 Rigel" |"" 3 90/90 Markab" " 4 120/120 Gemma" " 5 150/150 Castor" " 6 180/180 Yuan" " 7 210/210 Worden" F'';"~p~ to hyper jump"'"~k~ to set coords"'"Cursor keys to set helm"  9300T$ ''"Lower screen display" E'';"Helm Target Nose Dist- Shield Cds Cds Cone ance Strgth" ''"Colour indicators"  9200# ''''"################################"  9300T$ '';"BATTLE STATIONS" F''"Use cursor keys to alter the gunsight position"''"~0~ to fire" ''"~p~ to hyperjump" &''"################################"  9300T$ k''"STARBASE"''"Use cursor keys as RETROS"'"Use ~l~ when contact speed is between +/- 5 metres per sec." &''"################################"  9300T$ '';"PLANET 1 BLUE BELLATRIX" z''"Use keys 1-6 as follows:"''" 1 - down left"'" 2 - down right"'" 3 - up left"'" 4 - up right"'" 5 - left"'" 6 - right" &''"################################"  9300T$ ''"PLANET 2 RED RIGEL" "''"Use cursor keys to manoeuvre" &''"################################"  9300T$ ''"PLANET 3 Magenta MARKAB" F''"Use cursor keys to move: Use ~l~ to activate a MIND BOMB" !&''"################################" " 9300T$ &''"PLANET 4 Green GEMMA" 04''"Use cursor keys to move and ~0~ to stun MAGGON" 5&''"################################" 6 9300T$ :''"PLANET 5 Cyan CASTOR" Dj''"Jump off cliff ~6~"'"Jump into cave ~8~"'"Jump into boat from cave ~5~"'"Rocket back up to ledge ~7~" I&''"################################" J 9300T$ N''"PLANET 6 Yellow YUAN" X'"Use cursor keys to move." ]&''"################################" ^ 9300T$ b''"PLANET 7 White WORDEN" lY''"Move forward use ~z~"'"Move back use ~x~"'"Shoot left use ~n~"'"Shoot right use ~m~" q&''"################################" r 9300T$  #( 9100# #2;n:c=1n:c$:r=07:y:c$+r,y:r:c: # 6 #N"N",7,8,16,32 ,64@,128,128,128 #N"O",128,128,128,64@,32 ,16,8,7 #H"P",224,16,8,4,2,1,1,1 #H"Q",1,1,1,2,4,8,16,224 #I"R",255,0,0,24,24,0,0,0 #I"S",0,0,0,24,24,0,0,255 #80P,32 :22,26:17,14:8,3:8,-3:17,-14:22,-26:92\,32 :16,20:11 ,8:8,3:8,-3:11 ,-8:16,-20 #127,32 :0,43+:111o,32 :7,40(:91[,32 :12 ,25:143,32 :-7,40(:163,32 :-12 ,25 $V18,0;"" $H16,0;1;" 999 999 999 999% 999 999" $" $T d:: $^9997 ': $h '  ' B#1;1,0;"Press any key to continue":0: 'N"BP-SA"16384@,23641Y\+256*23642Z\-16383?:1 K