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		|	       Earth Defender		    |
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The year is 2052 and a giant energy shield has been created around the
earth to protect it from alien invasion. The shield is powered by
generators scattered around the earth, and can protect the earth from
large warship. But now there is a new threat, an alien race is
invading the earth, they have sent small ships that can penetrate the
shield to destroy the generators. Only you and your low level fighter
ship can stop them. Good luck. You'll need it...

loading instructions:

run the file "Earth Defender.exe"
Then choose a display setting from the launcher, and press launch.


controls:

Joystick controls (recomended).
Button 1 - Fire laser
Button 2 - Fire missile
button 3 - Afterburner

Keyboard controls.
Arrow Keys - Control ship
Shift+Arrow keys - Turn ship faster
A key - Afterburner
D key - Fire missile
Space key - Fire laser

P key - Pause game
Esc key - Exit game


Game instructions:

To complete each attack wave you must destroy all alien ships. Each
time you destroy an alien ship with your laser a power up will appear.
To fire a missile you must first obtain a missile lock. To obtain a
missile lock point your ship towards the alien ship you wish to fire
a missile at. The crosshairs will change colour to red. Whilst the
crosshairs are red you can fire a missile. The crosshairs will turn
yellow whilst there is a missile in the field of play. Firing your
afterburners will increase your speed, but will reduce your fuel. The
ships fuel is only used for the afterburners so running out of fuel
means that the afterburners can no longer be used until the ship is
refueled. There are four types of alien ship distinguished by colour:

Red/Brown - These ships fly over the generators and destroy them. Once
            the ship has destroyed a generator it changes colour to
            green. If there are no more generators left the remaining
            red ships change colour to blue.

Green     - These ships only attack your ship.

Purple    - These ships attack your ship, but if you get to close to
            them they will become invisible.

Blue      - These ships will just try to ram your ship to destroy it.


Tips and hints:

Try to destroy all the Red ships first to protect your generators.
The easiest way to destroy Purple ships is to use a missile on them.
Try to collect as many power ups as possible.
Use your afterburners to quickly move around the terrain.


Disclamer:
	Hey it's a beta version. If it messes up your system it's not
my fault.

(c) 2002 David Williamson