Cyclotron II

CYCLOTRON II
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CYCLOTRON II is a similar game but now supports four players, each of which 
can be human- or computer- controlled. For three or four human players, you'll 
need a parallel port adaptor as supplied with commercial games such as 
Gauntlet II and DynaBlaster.

When you load the game, the first thing you'll see is the selection screen. 
This shows portraits of the selected players and a text display of the 
settings. Game settings are changed using the function keys as follows:

F1-F8. The odd keys (eg F1 for player 1) toggle each of the four players 
between human and computer. If a player is set to COMPUTER, the appropriate 
even key (F2 for player 1) selects the computer player. If the player is set 
to HUMAN, the even key will bring up a text cursor for you to edit the name. 
Backspace over the existing name, type the new one and press RETURN when 
finished.

The computer players are taken from the original CYCLOTRON, and all have the 
same stats as in the original game, although I have made some small changes to 
the effects of those stats. 

Note that the game won't let you set two computer players to the same 
character. It WILL let you start a game with all four players under computer 
control. This is a good way to see how they react.

Press F9 to select the number of wins required. A round is won by the last 
surviving player, and the game will continue round after round until one 
player reaches the target number. It is possible for a round to be drawn, if 
the last two players crash at the same time. In this case, no wins are 
awarded. After each round, a status screen shows how many wins each player 
has.

Press F10 to start the game.