T.ARACHNIA.BOOT
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IS A FAS| 00000050: 54 20 50 41 43 45 44 20 41 52 43 41 44 45 2D 0D |T PACED ARCADE-.| 00000060: 0D 53 54 59 4C 45 20 47 41 4D 45 20 54 48 41 54 |.STYLE GAME THAT| 00000070: 20 43 48 41 52 47 45 53 20 59 4F 55 20 57 49 54 | CHARGES YOU WIT| 00000080: 48 20 54 48 45 0D 0D 54 41 53 4B 20 4F 46 20 44 |H THE..TASK OF D| 00000090: 45 53 54 52 4F 59 49 4E 47 20 48 4F 52 44 45 53 |ESTROYING HORDES| 000000A0: 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 0D 53 50 49 44 45 52 2D | OF THE..SPIDER-| 000000B0: 4C 49 4B 45 20 C1 52 41 43 48 4E 49 41 4E 53 20 |LIKE .RACHNIANS | 000000C0: 54 48 41 54 20 41 52 45 20 42 45 4E 54 0D 0D 4F |THAT ARE BENT..O| 000000D0: 4E 20 49 4E 56 41 44 49 4E 47 20 41 4E 44 20 44 |N INVADING AND D| 000000E0: 45 53 54 52 4F 59 49 4E 47 20 D9 CF D5 D2 20 57 |ESTROYING .... W| 000000F0: 45 42 2E 0D 0D C1 4E 44 20 41 46 54 45 52 20 41 |EB....ND AFTER A| 00000100: 4C 4C 2C 20 41 20 4D 41 4E 27 53 20 57 45 42 20 |LL, A MAN'S WEB | 00000110: 49 53 20 48 49 53 0D 0D 43 41 53 54 4C 45 2C 20 |IS HIS..CASTLE, | 00000120: 4E 4F 3F 20 20 D3 4F 20 54 41 4B 45 20 55 50 20 |NO? .O TAKE UP | 00000130: 59 4F 55 52 20 4A 4F 59 53 54 49 43 4B 0D 0D 41 |YOUR JOYSTICK..A| 00000140: 4E 44 20 48 41 56 45 20 4E 4F 20 4D 45 52 43 59 |ND HAVE NO MERCY| 00000150: 20 49 4E 20 45 58 54 45 52 4D 49 4E 41 54 49 4E | IN EXTERMINATIN| 00000160: 47 0D 0D 54 48 45 20 38 2D 4C 45 47 47 45 44 20 |G..THE 8-LEGGED | 00000170: 56 45 52 4D 49 4E 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 D4 48 49 53 |VERMIN.... .HIS| 00000180: 2C 20 48 4F 57 45 56 45 52 2C 20 49 53 20 4D 55 |, HOWEVER, IS MU| 00000190: 43 48 20 45 41 53 49 45 52 20 53 41 49 44 0D 0D |CH EASIER SAID..| 000001A0: 54 48 41 4E 20 44 4F 4E 45 2D 2D 20 57 48 45 4E |THAN DONE-- WHEN| 000001B0: 20 35 30 20 C1 52 41 43 48 4E 49 41 4E 53 20 48 | 50 .RACHNIANS H| 000001C0: 41 56 45 0D 0D 42 45 45 4E 20 44 45 53 54 52 4F |AVE..BEEN DESTRO| 000001D0: 59 45 44 2C 20 C1 D2 C1 C3 C8 CE C9 C1 20 49 4E |YED, ........ IN| 000001E0: 43 52 45 41 53 45 53 0D 0D 54 48 45 20 53 50 45 |CREASES..THE SPE| 000001F0: 45 44 20 41 54 20 57 48 49 43 48 20 54 48 45 20 |ED AT WHICH THE | 00000200: 49 4E 56 41 44 45 52 53 20 4D 4F 56 45 2E 0D 0D |INVADERS MOVE...| 00000210: C2 45 43 41 55 53 45 20 54 48 45 52 45 20 41 52 |.ECAUSE THERE AR| 00000220: 45 20 54 45 4E 20 4C 45 56 45 4C 53 20 49 4E 0D |E TEN LEVELS IN.| 00000230: 0D C1 D2 C1 C3 C8 CE C9 C1 2C 20 28 55 4E 4C 49 |........., (UNLI| 00000240: 4B 45 20 4D 4F 53 54 20 47 41 4D 45 53 20 4F 46 |KE MOST GAMES OF| 00000250: 20 54 48 49 53 0D 0D 54 59 50 45 29 20 54 48 49 | THIS..TYPE) THI| 00000260: 53 20 47 41 4D 45 20 49 53 20 4E 4F 54 20 4C 49 |S GAME IS NOT LI| 00000270: 4B 45 4C 59 20 54 4F 0D 0D 42 45 20 4D 41 53 54 |KELY TO..BE MAST| 00000280: 45 52 45 44 20 54 4F 4F 20 51 55 49 43 4B 4C 59 |ERED TOO QUICKLY| 00000290: 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D0 CC C1 D9 |.... ....| 000002A0: C9 CE C7 20 C1 D2 C1 C3 C8 CE C9 C1 0D 20 20 20 |... ......... | 000002B0: 20 20 20 20 20 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 20 2D 2D 2D | ------- ---| 000002C0: 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 0D 0D 20 20 D7 48 45 4E 20 54 48 |-----.. .HEN TH| 000002D0: 45 20 47 41 4D 45 20 42 45 47 49 4E 53 2C 20 59 |E GAME BEGINS, Y| 000002E0: 4F 55 20 53 45 45 20 59 4F 55 52 0D 0D 57 45 42 |OU SEE YOUR..WEB| 000002F0: 20 57 49 54 48 20 41 20 57 48 49 54 45 20 42 41 | WITH A WHITE BA| 00000300: 53 45 20 41 54 20 49 54 53 20 43 45 4E 54 45 52 |SE AT ITS CENTER| 00000310: 2E 0D 0D D4 48 49 53 20 42 41 53 45 20 53 45 4E |....HIS BASE SEN| 00000320: 44 53 20 4F 55 54 20 41 20 43 4F 4E 54 49 4E 55 |DS OUT A CONTINU| 00000330: 4F 55 53 0D 0D 53 54 52 45 41 4D 20 4F 46 20 53 |OUS..STREAM OF S| 00000340: 48 4F 54 53 20 41 55 54 4F 4D 41 54 49 43 41 4C |HOTS AUTOMATICAL| 00000350: 4C 59 2E 0D 0D C4 49 52 45 43 54 49 4F 4E 20 4F |LY....IRECTION O| 00000360: 46 20 54 48 45 20 53 48 4F 54 53 20 49 53 20 43 |F THE SHOTS IS C| 00000370: 4F 4E 54 52 4F 4C 4C 45 44 0D 0D 42 59 20 4D 4F |ONTROLLED..BY MO| 00000380: 56 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 42 41 53 45 20 57 49 |VING THE BASE WI| 00000390: 54 48 20 54 48 45 20 4A 4F 59 53 54 49 43 4B 0D |TH THE JOYSTICK.| 000003A0: 0D 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 52 45 43 54 49 4F |.IN THE DIRECTIO| 000003B0: 4E 20 59 4F 55 20 57 41 4E 54 20 54 48 45 20 53 |N YOU WANT THE S| 000003C0: 48 4F 54 53 0D 0D 54 4F 20 47 4F 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 |HOTS..TO GO.... | 000003D0: 20 D9 4F 55 20 47 45 54 20 4F 4E 4C 59 20 54 48 | .OU GET ONLY TH| 000003E0: 52 45 45 20 42 41 53 45 53 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 |REE BASES IN THE| 000003F0: 0D 0D 43 4F 55 52 53 45 20 4F 46 20 4F 4E 45 20 |..COURSE OF ONE | 00000400: 47 41 4D 45 2E 20 20 C2 41 53 45 53 20 43 41 4E |GAME. .ASES CAN| 00000410: 20 42 45 0D 0D 44 45 53 54 52 4F 59 45 44 20 42 | BE..DESTROYED B| 00000420: 59 20 54 4F 55 43 48 49 4E 47 20 41 4E 20 C1 52 |Y TOUCHING AN .R| 00000430: 41 43 48 4E 49 41 4E 20 4F 52 0D 0D 42 59 20 4D |ACHNIAN OR..BY M| 00000440: 4F 56 49 4E 47 20 4F 46 46 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 |OVING OFF OF THE| 00000450: 20 57 45 42 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 D4 48 45 20 49 4E | WEB.... .HE IN| 00000460: 56 41 44 49 4E 47 20 46 4F 52 43 45 53 20 41 44 |VADING FORCES AD| 00000470: 56 41 4E 43 45 20 54 4F 57 41 52 44 0D 0D 54 48 |VANCE TOWARD..TH| 00000480: 45 20 43 45 4E 54 45 52 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 |E CENTER OF THE | 00000490: 57 45 42 20 49 4E 20 54 57 4F 20 53 45 50 41 52 |WEB IN TWO SEPAR| 000004A0: 41 54 45 0D 0D 57 41 59 53 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 |ATE..WAYS. .HE | 000004B0: 44 52 49 46 54 45 52 20 C1 52 41 43 48 4E 49 41 |DRIFTER .RACHNIA| 000004C0: 4E 53 20 4D 4F 56 45 0D 0D 4C 45 46 54 20 4F 52 |NS MOVE..LEFT OR| 000004D0: 20 52 49 47 48 54 20 41 43 52 4F 53 53 20 54 48 | RIGHT ACROSS TH| 000004E0: 45 20 53 43 52 45 45 4E 3B 20 54 48 45 0D 0D 4F |E SCREEN; THE..O| 000004F0: 54 48 45 52 2C 20 4D 4F 52 45 20 44 41 4E 47 45 |THER, MORE DANGE| 00000500: 52 4F 55 53 2C 20 54 59 50 45 20 4D 4F 56 45 53 |ROUS, TYPE MOVES| 00000510: 0D 0D 41 4C 4F 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 53 50 4F 4B |..ALONG THE SPOK| 00000520: 45 53 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 57 45 42 2E 20 20 |ES OF THE WEB. | 00000530: C9 46 20 54 48 49 53 0D 0D 22 54 52 41 43 45 52 |.F THIS.."TRACER| 00000540: 22 20 54 59 50 45 20 52 45 41 43 48 45 53 20 54 |" TYPE REACHES T| 00000550: 48 45 20 43 45 4E 54 45 52 20 4F 46 0D 0D 54 48 |HE CENTER OF..TH| 00000560: 45 20 57 45 42 2C 20 54 48 41 54 20 53 50 4F 4B |E WEB, THAT SPOK| 00000570: 45 20 49 53 20 44 45 53 54 52 4F 59 45 44 2E 0D |E IS DESTROYED..| 00000580: 0D 0D 20 20 C9 46 20 46 4F 55 52 20 41 44 4A 41 |.. .F FOUR ADJA| 00000590: 43 45 4E 54 20 53 50 4F 4B 45 53 20 41 52 45 0D |CENT SPOKES ARE.| 000005A0: 0D 44 45 53 54 52 4F 59 45 44 2C 20 54 48 45 20 |.DESTROYED, THE | 000005B0: 47 41 4D 45 20 45 4E 44 53 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 |GAME ENDS. .HE | 000005C0: 47 41 4D 45 0D 0D 41 4C 53 4F 20 45 4E 44 53 20 |GAME..ALSO ENDS | 000005D0: 57 48 45 4E 20 59 4F 55 52 20 54 48 52 45 45 20 |WHEN YOUR THREE | 000005E0: 42 41 53 45 53 20 41 52 45 0D 0D 44 45 53 54 52 |BASES ARE..DESTR| 000005F0: 4F 59 45 44 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 C9 46 20 54 48 49 |OYED.... .F THI| 00000600: 4E 47 53 20 47 45 54 20 52 45 41 4C 4C 59 20 48 |NGS GET REALLY H| 00000610: 41 49 52 59 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 0D 0D 4B |AIRY, YOU CAN..K| 00000620: 49 4C 4C 20 41 4C 4C 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 54 |ILL ALL OF THE T| 00000630: 48 45 20 45 4E 45 4D 49 45 53 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 |HE ENEMIES ON TH| 00000640: 45 0D 0D 53 43 52 45 45 4E 20 41 54 20 4F 4E 43 |E..SCREEN AT ONC| 00000650: 45 20 42 59 20 50 52 45 53 53 49 4E 47 20 54 48 |E BY PRESSING TH| 00000660: 45 20 46 49 52 45 0D 0D 42 55 54 54 4F 4E 2E 20 |E FIRE..BUTTON. | 00000670: 20 D4 48 45 20 43 41 54 43 48 20 49 53 20 54 48 | .HE CATCH IS TH| 00000680: 41 54 20 59 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 0D 0D 55 53 45 20 |AT YOU CAN..USE | 00000690: 54 48 49 53 20 4F 50 54 49 4F 4E 20 4F 4E 4C 59 |THIS OPTION ONLY| 000006A0: 20 4F 4E 43 45 20 50 45 52 20 4C 45 56 45 4C 2C | ONCE PER LEVEL,| 000006B0: 0D 0D 41 4E 44 20 59 4F 55 20 47 45 54 20 4E 4F |..AND YOU GET NO| 000006C0: 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 53 20 46 4F 52 20 54 48 45 20 | POINTS FOR THE | 000006D0: 45 4E 45 4D 49 45 53 0D 0D 4B 49 4C 4C 45 44 2E |ENEMIES..KILLED.| 000006E0: 0D 0D 0D 20 20 C1 D2 C1 C3 C8 CE C9 C1 20 41 57 |... ........ AW| 000006F0: 41 52 44 53 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 53 20 46 4F 52 20 |ARDS POINTS FOR | 00000700: 45 41 43 48 0D 0D 49 4E 56 41 44 45 52 20 4B 49 |EACH..INVADER KI| 00000710: 4C 4C 45 44 2C 20 54 48 45 20 56 41 4C 55 45 20 |LLED, THE VALUE | 00000720: 46 4F 52 20 45 41 43 48 0D 0D 44 45 54 45 52 4D |FOR EACH..DETERM| 00000730: 49 4E 45 44 20 42 59 20 54 48 45 20 4C 45 56 45 |INED BY THE LEVE| 00000740: 4C 20 59 4F 55 27 52 45 20 4F 4E 2E 0D 0D D9 4F |L YOU'RE ON....O| 00000750: 55 20 41 4C 53 4F 20 47 45 54 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 |U ALSO GET POINT| 00000760: 53 20 46 4F 52 20 45 56 45 52 59 20 53 50 4F 4B |S FOR EVERY SPOK| 00000770: 45 0D 0D 54 48 41 54 20 52 45 4D 41 49 4E 53 20 |E..THAT REMAINS | 00000780: 49 4E 54 41 43 54 20 41 46 54 45 52 20 45 56 45 |INTACT AFTER EVE| 00000790: 52 59 0D 0D 4C 45 56 45 4C 2E 20 20 C9 46 20 59 |RY..LEVEL. .F Y| 000007A0: 4F 55 52 20 57 45 42 20 52 45 4D 41 49 4E 53 0D |OUR WEB REMAINS.| 000007B0: 0D 55 4E 53 43 41 54 48 45 44 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 |.UNSCATHED, YOU | 000007C0: 41 4C 53 4F 20 41 52 45 20 41 57 41 52 44 45 44 |ALSO ARE AWARDED| 000007D0: 20 41 0D 0D 42 4F 4E 55 53 2E 20 20 C1 4C 53 4F | A..BONUS. .LSO| 000007E0: 2C 20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 20 53 55 52 56 49 56 45 |, IF YOU SURVIVE| 000007F0: 20 50 41 53 54 0D 0D 4C 45 56 45 4C 20 CE C9 CE | PAST..LEVEL ...| 00000800: C5 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 52 45 43 45 49 56 45 20 31 |., YOU RECEIVE 1| 00000810: 30 2C 30 30 30 0D 0D 50 4F 49 4E 54 53 2E 0D 0D |0,000..POINTS...| 00000820: 0D 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 41 4C 53 4F 20 47 45 54 20 |. .OU ALSO GET | 00000830: 41 4E 20 45 58 54 52 41 20 42 41 53 45 2E 0D 0D |AN EXTRA BASE...| 00000840: C3 48 41 4E 43 45 53 20 41 52 45 20 59 4F 55 27 |.HANCES ARE YOU'| 00000850: 4C 4C 20 4E 45 45 44 20 49 54 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 |LL NEED IT.... | 00000860: D4 4F 20 42 45 47 49 4E 2C 20 4D 41 4B 45 20 53 |.O BEGIN, MAKE S| 00000870: 55 52 45 20 54 4F 20 48 41 56 45 20 59 4F 55 52 |URE TO HAVE YOUR| 00000880: 0D 0D 4A 4F 59 53 54 49 43 4B 20 50 4C 55 47 47 |..JOYSTICK PLUGG| 00000890: 45 44 20 49 4E 54 4F 20 D0 4F 52 54 2D 32 2E 0D |ED INTO .ORT-2..| 000008A0: 0D D0 52 45 53 53 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 53 50 |..RESSING THE SP| 000008B0: 41 43 45 20 42 41 52 20 42 45 47 49 4E 53 20 54 |ACE BAR BEGINS T| 000008C0: 48 45 0D 0D 47 41 4D 45 3B 20 50 52 45 53 53 49 |HE..GAME; PRESSI| 000008D0: 4E 47 20 C6 31 20 51 55 49 54 53 2E 0D 0D C6 C9 |NG .1 QUITS.....| 000008E0: CC C5 D3 20 D2 C5 D1 D5 C9 D2 C5 C4 3A 0D 0D C1 |... ........:...| 000008F0: D2 C1 C3 C8 CE C9 C1 0D C1 D2 C1 C3 C8 CE C9 C1 |................| 00000900: 2E C2 CF CF D4 0D 0D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D |.......---------| 00000910: 2D 3C 20 45 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 41 52 54 49 43 4C |-< END OF ARTICL| 00000920: 45 20 3E 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 0D |E >---------. |
ARACHNIA. BY.
SEAN D. WAGLE... ARACHNIA IS A FAS
T PACED ARCADE-..STYLE GAME THAT CHARGES
YOU WITH THE..TASK OF DESTROYING HORDES
OF THE..SPIDER-LIKE ARACHNIANS THAT ARE
BENT..ON INVADING AND DESTROYING YOUR W
EB...AND AFTER ALL, A MAN'S WEB IS HIS..
CASTLE, NO? SO TAKE UP YOUR JOYSTICK..A
ND HAVE NO MERCY IN EXTERMINATING..THE 8
-LEGGED VERMIN.... THIS, HOWEVER, IS MU
CH EASIER SAID..THAN DONE-- WHEN 50 ARAC
HNIANS HAVE..BEEN DESTROYED, ARACHNIA IN
CREASES..THE SPEED AT WHICH THE INVADERS
MOVE...BECAUSE THERE ARE TEN LEVELS IN.
.ARACHNIA, (UNLIKE MOST GAMES OF THIS..T
YPE) THIS GAME IS NOT LIKELY TO..BE MAST
ERED TOO QUICKLY.... PLAYING ARAC
HNIA. ------- --------.. WHEN TH
E GAME BEGINS, YOU SEE YOUR..WEB WITH A
WHITE BASE AT ITS CENTER...THIS BASE SEN
DS OUT A CONTINUOUS..STREAM OF SHOTS AUT
OMATICALLY...DIRECTION OF THE SHOTS IS C
ONTROLLED..BY MOVING THE BASE WITH THE J
OYSTICK..IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT THE S
HOTS..TO GO.... YOU GET ONLY THREE BASE
S IN THE..COURSE OF ONE GAME. BASES CAN
BE..DESTROYED BY TOUCHING AN ARACHNIAN
OR..BY MOVING OFF OF THE WEB.... THE IN
VADING FORCES ADVANCE TOWARD..THE CENTER
OF THE WEB IN TWO SEPARATE..WAYS. THE
DRIFTER ARACHNIANS MOVE..LEFT OR RIGHT A
CROSS THE SCREEN; THE..OTHER, MORE DANGE
ROUS, TYPE MOVES..ALONG THE SPOKES OF TH
E WEB. IF THIS.."TRACER" TYPE REACHES T
HE CENTER OF..THE WEB, THAT SPOKE IS DES
TROYED.... IF FOUR ADJACENT SPOKES ARE.
.DESTROYED, THE GAME ENDS. THE GAME..AL
SO ENDS WHEN YOUR THREE BASES ARE..DESTR
OYED.... IF THINGS GET REALLY HAIRY, YO
U CAN..KILL ALL OF THE THE ENEMIES ON TH
E..SCREEN AT ONCE BY PRESSING THE FIRE..
BUTTON. THE CATCH IS THAT YOU CAN..USE
THIS OPTION ONLY ONCE PER LEVEL,..AND YO
U GET NO POINTS FOR THE ENEMIES..KILLED.
... ARACHNIA AWARDS POINTS FOR EACH..IN
VADER KILLED, THE VALUE FOR EACH..DETERM
INED BY THE LEVEL YOU'RE ON...YOU ALSO G
ET POINTS FOR EVERY SPOKE..THAT REMAINS
INTACT AFTER EVERY..LEVEL. IF YOUR WEB
REMAINS..UNSCATHED, YOU ALSO ARE AWARDED
A..BONUS. ALSO, IF YOU SURVIVE PAST..L
EVEL NINE, YOU RECEIVE 10,000..POINTS...
. YOU ALSO GET AN EXTRA BASE...CHANCES
ARE YOU'LL NEED IT.... TO BEGIN, MAKE S
URE TO HAVE YOUR..JOYSTICK PLUGGED INTO
PORT-2...PRESSING THE SPACE BAR BEGINS T
HE..GAME; PRESSING F1 QUITS...FILES REQU
IRED:..ARACHNIA.ARACHNIA.BOOT..---------
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