MOTOCROSS MANIACS for the ZX Spectrum 128K, +2, +2A and +3 ========================================== An unofficial, non-commercial conversion of the 1989 Game Boy game for 128K Spectrums. Motocross Maniacs is the property of Konami. This conversion is a fan project, is not endorsed by Konami or Nintendo, and is not for sale. FILES ----- MotocrossManiacs_ZX128.tap Tape image. MotocrossManiacs_ZX128.tzx The same tape as a TZX file (standard speed). MotocrossManiacs_ZX128.dsk +3 disk image (bootable). MotocrossManiacs_ZX128.sna 128K snapshot. MotocrossManiacs_ZX128.z80 128K snapshot (.z80 version 3). MotocrossManiacs_ZX128_inlay.pdf / .png Cassette inlay at true size (206 x 101.6 mm, four panels). Print at 100% on A4 landscape. README.txt This file. SHA256SUMS.txt Checksums of the files above. LOADING ------- Tape (.tap / .tzx), 128K, +2, +2A, +3: Choose "Tape Loader" from the menu (or type LOAD "" in 128 BASIC) and play the tape. The loading screen appears first. Loading takes about six minutes at normal tape speed. Disk (.dsk), +3: Insert the disk and choose "Loader". The disk boots by itself. Snapshots (.sna / .z80), emulators: Open the file with the emulator set to a 128K model. CONTROLS -------- Lean back Lean forward Accelerate Nitro Player 1 keys Q W E R Player 2 keys U I O P Sinclair stick left right up fire Kempston stick left right up fire Pause / resume: ENTER. - With one rider on the track (SOLO and VS COMPUTER) both sets of keys and both Sinclair joysticks ride it. - In VS 2-PLAYER, Q W E R, Sinclair keys 6-0 and Kempston are player 1; U I O P and Sinclair keys 1-5 are player 2. Menus: lean back / lean forward move the selection, accelerate or nitro confirm. Kempston is detected automatically and is for player 1 only. THE GAME -------- SOLO One rider against the clock. Reach the finish inside the qualifying time to move on to the next course. Your best time on each course is kept as the course record. VS COMPUTER The same race with a computer-controlled rider on the track. Beating it is satisfying, but what counts is still the qualifying time. VS 2-PLAYER Two players on a split screen, player 1 above and player 2 below. First past the finish wins. Courses and levels There are eight courses, each harder than the last, and three levels, A, B and C, with a shorter time limit at each level. Choose the course and the level before the race. After course 8 the game moves on to course 1 of the next level; after course 8 of level C the game ends. The computer rider is a different opponent at each level. Records and chosen keys are kept only while the game is in memory. THINGS TO PICK UP ----------------- Ride through these to collect them: Nitro The "N" canisters. Each one is a burst of speed, used with the nitro key. Top speed Raises your top speed. A few of them fill the speedometer. Tyres More grip: you no longer slide or lose speed on slopes. "TIRE" is shown on the status bar while you have them. Time Ten more seconds on the clock. Hidden items (nothing is shown on the track; flip the bike in the air at the right place to find them): Jet Lets you use nitro in the air as well as on the ground. Mini bikers One to three small riders who follow along behind you. The status bar shows your speed, your nitro and the time left. RIDING ------ - Lean back on the ground to lift the front wheel. It helps you over rocks, especially together with nitro, but overdo it and you fall. - In the air, lean back and forward to turn the bike, and try to land on the wheels. - What stands in your way: loops (single, double and on the ceiling), gaps and bumps of every size, soft ground that slows you down, rows of small jumps to be taken one after another, rocks, bowls, and ramps, some of them in mid-air. Falling costs time, and any mini bikers behind you are lost.