HOTSHOT
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HOTSHOT ... A futuristic arcade game, mixing the excitement of days of the arena where gladiators fought for their lives with the electronic wizardry 
of pinball. 

HOTSHOT ... A game on five levels, each a game in itself, achieve peak performance at one level before graduating to the next.

HOTSHOT ... Where you must win just to survive.

HOTSHOT ... You need to be a crackshot, an ace, a pinball-wizard - are you in the ieague to play Hotshot?	

HOTSHOT ... For one or two challengers!


Loading Instructions

SPECTRUM TAPE: Type LOAD"" and press RETURN.

SPECTRUM +3: Put disk into drive A, press RESET then press ENTER.

AMSTRAD 6128 TAPE: Hold down the SHI FT key and press the @ key. Then type —TAPE, press RETURN, type —RUN" and press RETURN.

AMSTRAD DISK: Type RUN "HOT" - press RETURN.

C64 TAPE: Hold down SHIFT and tap the RUN/STOP key.

C64 DISK: LOAD"*",8,1 press RETURN.

ST, AMIGA AND PC: Make sure your joystick/joysticks are inserted, insert disk into drive and turn on the computer. 
The disk will now load automatically.


HOTSHOT is a futuristic sports simulation, in which you must (as usual!) beat your opponent.

This is done by using your Graviton Gun to attract a deadly plasma ball, and firing it at a variety of pinball-style bumbers and blocks.

Press FIRE on your joystick to attract the ball (release to let it go - you cannot hold the ball too long or it will blow you up), but be careful, 
if it hits any part of you beside the end of your Graviton Gun, you will be destroyed.

Hint: Use your Graviton Gun to affect the flight of the ball.

When holding the ball or trying to attract it, the directions of the joystick set the direction the gun points.

When not pressing FIRE, you can run (or bounce) left and right by moving the joystick LEFT or RIGHT. Pulling it down will make you duck.

There are five characters (seven on 16-bit machines), each with slightly different playing characteristics.


Starting the Game

TWO PLAYER GAME: Make sure you have both joysticks plugged in, follow on-screen prompts, you can assign the characters any name you like.

Note: You must press FIRE before the HOTSHOT screen counts down from 9 to 1, or the program will enter its own player.

ONE PLAYER GAME: As two player game, but leave the program to assign the opposing player (i.e. Do not enter a player name after pressing FIRE).


Playing the Game

There are five levels in HOTSHOT, with a bonus level between each. You must score the required number of points at each level to progress to the next.


LEVEL 1:

Score 1000 points to go to the bonus level, and get your score up to 4000 points to progress.

'Hint': Fire the ball up the chutes at the side of the arena to get it above the bricks. In this level you have unlimited lives, you are competing 
against the clock and your opponent.

'Bonus Level Hint': Get your ball into the plasma-re-energization point in the middle of the bonus screen to score mega-points.


LEVEL 2:

Limited lives in this level but no time limit. Score as many points as possible — get up to 15000 for the bonus level, and reach 20000 to progress.


LEVEL 3:

Hit pins and bricks to score. Reach 40000 points to get to the bonus level, then get to 50000 to progress. Compete against the clock and your 
opponent.


LEVEL 4:

8-Bit: Hit blue bricks to increase opponent's water-level. Hit red bricks to decrease your water-level. The aim is to drown your opponent, get your 
score up to 75000 to get to the bonus level (then 100000 to progress).

16-Bit: The principle is the same here, except your aim is to electrocute your opponent. Raise the electric terminals in your opponent's half of the 
arena by destroying bricks to your right, lower your own by destroying bricks to your left, switch the electric current off and on by hitting the 
yellow bumper.


LEVEL 5:

Score points by destroying your opponent, which shifts his half of the arena closerto a mysterious black-hole, which will suck him to his doom and 
you, well you ...



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