PANG

THE SCENARIO:

THE BALLONS ARE COMING!! - BUT YOU'RE NOT WORRIED - YOU'RE FEARLESS PANG!.
YOU`LL NEED TO USE EVERY INCH OF YOUR ARCADE SKILLS TO GUIDE THE INTREPID
ADVENTURER THROUGH UMPTEEN COUNTRIES. SHOOTING BALLONS AS YOU GO - BUT
WATCH OUT! - ALTHOUGH SOME CREATURES ARE ONLY TOO WILLING TO HELP YOU OUT,
OTHERS MAY GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU BARGAINED FOR.

CONTROLS;

THIS IS A ONE OR TWO PLAYER GAME CONTROLLED BY JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD. ONLY
PLAYER 1 CAN USE KEYBOARD (CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT AND SPACE) - PLAYER 2 MUST USE
THE JOYSTICK IN PORT 1.

PLAYER 2 MAY JOIN IN THE GAME AT ANY TIME BY PRESSING FIRE.

P.....PAUSE/UNPAUSE GAME

ESC...ABORT GAME

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GAMEPLAY;

GUIDE THE FEARLESS PANG THROUGH A TOTAL OF 17 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AS HE
HUNTS AND SHOOTS BALLONS. THESE BALLONS APPEAR IN 4 DIFFERENT SIZES. WHEN A
BALLON IS SHOT IT WILL CONTINUALLY DIVIDE ITSELF IN HALF UNTIL IT REACHES
ITS SMALLEST SIZE. WHEN YOU SHOOT THE SMALLEST BALLONS THEY FINALLY
DISAPPEAR. AFTER YOU HAVE DESTROYED ALL THE BALLONS YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT LEVEL.

ON YOUR TRAVELS YOU WILL FIND DIFFERENT OBJECTS, SUCH AS BIRDS, ROBOTS AND
CRABS - BUT BEWARE, NOT ALL OF THEM WILL HELP YOU, FOR EXAMPLE SOME OF THEM
MAY STOP YOU FROM FIRING!!! - SO BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.

YOU CAN ALSO COLLECT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS-

HARPOON..........DESTROYS THE BALLONS AND ANY BLOCKS IN THE WAY. IT WILL
                 DISAPPEAR AS IT TOUCHES ANYTHING.

DOUBLE HARPOON...ALLOWS YOU TO SHOOT 2 WIRES AT THE SAME TIME

POWER HARPOON....WILL STAY ON THE SCREEN FOR A FEW SECONDS. IT DESTROYS
		 BLOCKS AND BALLOONS

VULCAN MISSILE...WILL DESTROY THE BALLONS BUT NOT THE BLOCKS. YOU MAY SHOOT
                 CONTINOUUSLY. IF YOU MOVE UNDERNEATH THE BALLOONS - YOU
		 CAN SHOOT THEM ALL!

DYNAMITE.........MAKES ALL THE BALLOONS SPLIT INTO THEIR SMALLEST SIZE

CLOCK............STOPS THE BALLOONS MOVING - FOR A FEW SECONDS

HOURGLASS........SLOWS THE BALLOONS DOWN

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STATUS AND SCORING;

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN YOU WILL SEE ->

LIVES REMAINING--SCORE--OBJECT USED--HIGH SCORE--AND THE NAME OF THE CITY
YOU ARE VISITING.

SCORING ->

VERY BIG BALLOON........100 POINTS
BIG BALLOON.............200 POINTS
SMALL BALLOON...........300 POINTS
VERY SMALL BALLOON......400 POINTS

IF YOU CONTINOUSLY SHOOT THE SAME SIZED BALLOONS YOU WILL RECIEVE BONUS
POINTS.

BONUS POINTS ARE ALSO AWARDED FOR REMAINING TIME AT THE END OF A LEVEL.

HINTS AND TIPS;

* DON`T HIT THE VERY BIG BALLOONS TOGETHER
* CHOOSE THE BEST OBJECT TO USE FOR EACH LEVEL
* FIND THE EXTRA LIVES IN THE DIFFERENT LEVELS
* DONT KILL THE CRAB--IT WILL HELP YOU!!

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