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000001A0: 4D 45 53 20 59 4F 55 20 4F 4E 43 45 20 57 4F 4E |MES YOU ONCE WON|
000001B0: 20 57 49 54 48 20 45 41 53 45 20 53 55 44 44 45 | WITH EASE SUDDE|
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000002D0: 4D 41 44 45 20 53 48 41 52 50 20 41 47 41 49 4E |MADE SHARP AGAIN|
000002E0: 2E 0D 0D 20 20 D4 48 41 54 27 53 20 57 48 45 52 |... .HAT'S WHER|
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00000300: 53 20 49 4E 2E 0D D3 D0 CF D4 20 D3 C8 CF D4 20 |S IN...... .... |
00000310: 47 49 56 45 53 20 59 4F 55 20 54 41 52 47 45 54 |GIVES YOU TARGET|
00000320: 20 50 52 41 43 54 49 43 45 0D 41 47 41 49 4E 53 | PRACTICE.AGAINS|
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00000380: 53 20 44 45 43 49 44 45 20 54 48 45 20 54 49 4D |S DECIDE THE TIM|
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000003B0: 54 48 45 4E 0D 42 4C 41 53 54 20 41 57 41 59 2E |THEN.BLAST AWAY.|
000003C0: 20 20 D4 48 45 20 42 41 4C 4C 20 43 48 41 4E 47 | .HE BALL CHANG|
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000003E0: 49 4D 45 20 49 54 20 48 49 54 53 20 41 4E 20 4F |IME IT HITS AN O|
000003F0: 42 53 54 41 43 4C 45 3A 20 54 48 45 0D 4E 55 4D |BSTACLE: THE.NUM|
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00000410: 55 20 52 45 43 45 49 56 45 20 46 4F 52 20 41 0D |U RECEIVE FOR A.|
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00000440: 42 41 4C 4C 2E 0D 0D 20 20 D3 50 45 4E 44 20 41 |BALL... .PEND A|
00000450: 20 46 45 57 20 53 45 53 53 49 4F 4E 53 20 57 49 | FEW SESSIONS WI|
00000460: 54 48 20 D3 D0 CF D4 20 D3 C8 CF D4 0D 41 4E 44 |TH .... .....AND|
00000470: 20 57 45 20 42 45 54 20 59 4F 55 27 4C 4C 20 42 | WE BET YOU'LL B|
00000480: 45 20 42 4C 41 53 54 49 4E 47 20 54 48 4F 53 45 |E BLASTING THOSE|
00000490: 0D 49 4E 56 41 44 49 4E 47 20 41 4C 49 45 4E 20 |.INVADING ALIEN |
000004A0: 48 4F 52 44 45 53 20 49 4E 20 4E 4F 20 54 49 4D |HORDES IN NO TIM|
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000004D0: D2 C1 CD 20 D5 D3 C5 D3 3A 0D 0D D3 D0 CF D4 20 |... ....:...... |
000004E0: D3 C8 CF D4 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 C4 C1 |.... ..|
000004F0: D4 C1 32 0D C4 C1 D4 C1 31 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |..2.....1 |
00000500: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D4 2E D3 D0 CF D4 20 D3 C8 | ...... ..|
00000510: CF D4 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A |.... ****|
00000520: 20 C5 4E 44 20 CF 46 20 D4 45 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A | .ND .F .EXT ***|
00000530: 2A 0D |*. |
..^U:CBM... SPOT SHOT.
BY. THOMAS HAY
ES...COMMODORE MAGAZINE.OCTOBER 1987..**
***********************************.NOTE
: YOU MUST HAVE A JOYSTICK.PLUGGED INTO
PORT 2 IN ORDER TO PLAY.THIS GAME..*****
********************************.. NOW
THAT ARCADE GAMES HAVE BEEN.AROUND A WHI
LE, MANY OF US ARE GOING.THROUGH A KIND
OF MID-LIFE CRISIS..YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE
THE SYMPTOMS:.GAMES YOU ONCE WON WITH EA
SE SUDDENLY.SEEM IMPOSSIBLE; EVEN YOUR O
LD SPACE.INVADER GAMES END AFTER THE FIR
ST.WAVE. LET'S FACE IT: THE REFLEXES OF
.EVEN THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED ARCADE.WARRI
ORS SLOW DOWN WITH TIME... BUT WE DON'T
HAVE TO GIVE UP.WITHOUT A FIGHT. EVEN
THE MOST.SLUGGISH REACTION TIMES CAN BE.
MADE SHARP AGAIN... THAT'S WHERE SPOT S
HOT COMES IN..SPOT SHOT GIVES YOU TARGET
PRACTICE.AGAINST A TINY BALL THAT BOUNC
ES.AROUND OBSTACLES ON THE SCREEN. ALL.
YOU HAVE TO DO IS DECIDE THE TIME.YOU WA
NT TO SPEND PRACTICING, THEN.BLAST AWAY.
THE BALL CHANGES COLORS.EACH TIME IT H
ITS AN OBSTACLE: THE.NUMBER OF POINTS YO
U RECEIVE FOR A.HIT DEPENDS ON THE COLOR
OF THE BALL... SPEND A FEW SESSIONS WI
TH SPOT SHOT.AND WE BET YOU'LL BE BLASTI
NG THOSE.INVADING ALIEN HORDES IN NO TIM
E AT.ALL....DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES
:..SPOT SHOT DATA2.DATA1
T.SPOT SHOT.. **** END OF
TEXT ****.
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