ELIMINATOR DOCUMENTS 
(C) by Hewson Consultants Ltd., 1988 
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SCENARIO 
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From underground there came a machine encircled by death, that kills but cannot be killed... The Eliminator. 
A war machine whose solitary quest is to eradicate all forms of life - travelling from planet to planet obliterating all in it's path. 
Eliminator - the ultimate in fire-power. 

GAMEPLAY 
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Eliminator is a progressive shoot'em'up set on a long winding track. The objective of the game is to drive your vehicle through each stage, shooting everything in sight and negotiating/destroying obstacles. 

DISPLAY LAYOUT 
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Down the left hand side of the screen are six icons which represent your current weapons. From bottom to top these are: 
1. SINGLE-FIRE CANNON 
2. DUAL-FIRE CANNON 
3. BOUNCE-FIRE CANNON 
4. SIDE-FIRE CANNON 
5. AIR-FIRE CANNON 
6. SMART BOMB 
The SINGLE-FIRE CANNON is your starting weapon. 
SMART BOMB uses up ammo quickly. 
Only one weapon may be active at a time.

Down the right hand side are the following: 
1. AMMO (Limited supply of ammunition) 
2. SHIELD (You lose shield energy every time you are hit, lose it and you are dead) 
3. LIVES (You start with 3 lives and gain an extra life every 10,000 points) 

The objects and creations you meet along the track come in various forms: 
1. ALIENS (These bounce around, hover or home-in on you. They can usually be destroyed with a single shot) 
2. WALLS (Stationary objects which cannot be destroyed) 
3. TARGETS (Flashing beacons which must be shot in order to pass by) 
4. RAMPS (Sloping ramps which either lift you into the air for a few seconds or may even flip you up to the ceiling) 
5. WEAPON BONUSES (Collect these revolving pyramids for an extra weapon) 
6. AMMO BONUSES (Collect these revolving cubes for extra ammunition) 

If you make contact with an alien, wateror obstacle, or lose all your shield energy then you lose a life and restart the game with the loss of the weapon you collected. 

CONTROLS 
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Your vehicle is controlled with a joystick in Port #2. 
UP   : move up through weapon systems. 
DOWN : move down through weapon systems.
LEFT : move vehicle left. 
RIGHT: move vehicle right. 
FIRE : fire weapon. 
[F1] to view INFO SCREEN (TITLE ONLY!). 
[SPACE] to pause/continue game. 
[Q] to abort game. 

PASSWORD SYSTEM 
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Every few levels you will be given a password which you can type in on the INFO SCREEN. This allows you to skip the early levels once you have become proficient at them. 

