 ASTROCLONE Hewson 1985

 CONTROLS : Keyboard, Kempston, Cursor
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 AIM : In this, the fourth of the Seiddab series of games, the aim is
simply to defeat the Seiddab by shooting down Seiddab cruisers en
route to the enemy bases (in a DEFENDER-like arcade section) and then
to knock out all the Seiddab bases (in an adventure section which
looks rather like MARSPORT). You must also use some strategy in
choosing the route you take to achieve the overall aim of defeating
the Seiddab.

 GAMEPLAY : You begin the game in your Astroclone Assault Craft with
your oxygen steadily draining. To operate the clone, you use an icon
driven control system. Your clone can be in one of three modes, each
of which can be selected via an icon driven menu:

 1. Movement    - allows you to move around 
 2. Arm         - allows you to pick up, drop or use objects
 3. Laser       - puts a weapon in your clone's hand and allows you
		 to aim and fire it with a cross-hair cursor.

 The galaxy is shown on screen as a series of 24 box-like sector. You
can move from one sector to another by using a cursor to lock on to a
space ship. You can then deploy it in another sector (perhaps one
which is full of Seiddab!). You must think strategically here, as you
must decide where it is best to deploy your forces.

 ARCADE SECTION : Once you're happy with your force dispersion you
can then start fighting the Seiddab in a shoot-em-up section
reminiscent of DEFENDER. Pick a sector where you want to fight and
your ship enters it through a star gate. You will then be faced with
a horizontally- scrolling landscape around which you can fly, and
around which various Seiddab ships are also flying. As well as your
targets, the Seiddab cruisers, there are also three types of smaller
ship, homing missiles and asteroids. These others don't have to be
destroyed to clear a sector but it makes life easier if they are!

 ADVENTURE SECTION : If you clear a sector of all the Seiddab
cruisers and it has a Starbase in it you can enter the base by
flying into an object that looks like an electricity pylon. When you
do so you enter the arcade/adventure section of the game. Here you
have to work out how to destroy the Starbase by using the objects
littered around the place. Wandering around the Starbase are the
actual Seiddab themselves. They look like miniature three-legged
robots with a vicious claw but you can defend yourself with a laser
gun. Once you've destroyed the base you can go on and try to find
another Starbase, beginning the whole process over agin.

 COMMENTS : "A strange mix of shoot-em-up and arcade adventure." RATING
: 88% (CRASH #22, November 1985)

 NOW : Rather crude graphics but not a bad arcade/adventure, although
it is rather repetitive.
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 KEYS : Up      - A to G        }
	Down    - Z to V        } Joystick Left    - B, N          }
	controls Right   - M             } Fire    - H to L        -
	Joystick fire
