Droid Special Edition

Droid is a platform/shooter game created in 1991 by Miles Lord and originally released on ST Format's Issue 37 (August 1992) coverdisk.  Droid Special Edition is a remake of the game which takes advantage of all of the extra hardware features of the Atari STE - blitter, hardware scrolling, DMA sound, enhanced palette and enhanced joystick port.  

You (yes, you - ask your mum) are a droid, and in this game you MUST destroy enemies and collect powerups to blow "up" sort of barriers at the end bit or whatever, to reveal an exit so that you can go to there.

On the title screen, press the Fire button on a joystick plugged into port 1 or the B button on an Atari PowerPad plugged into enhanced controller port A to set the input.

Command:	Joystick:	PowerPad:
Jump		Up		C
Crouch		Down		Down
Move left	Left		Left
Move right	Right		Right
Shoot weapon	Fire		B
Change weapon	Alternate	A
Enter doorway	Space		Option
Pause/Display 
Map             P               Pause (Fire:Exit)
Lose a life	F10		F10

(crouching before jumping allows higher jumps)

Items:
E		Increase energy
A		Increase ammo
Keycards	Use to remove gold/blue/grey barriers
Grenades	Use to destroy barriers at the end of the game

Weapons:
Single shot	Standard weapon
Double shot	Twice as powerful as standard weapon
Triple shot	3-barrel version of standard weapon
Rocket		Vertical shot
Bomb		Bouncing bomb
Double arrow	Refill energy and ammo

Hints:
There are areas that are blocked off unless a certain number of items are collected or a certain number of enemies are destroyed.  Listen out for a sound that indicates an area has been revealed.

Gold keycards are important.  If you've revealed a new section then making sure you are holding at least one gold keycard before proceeding can prevent you from getting stuck later on.

An extra life is awarded every 20,000 points.

Cheat code:
On the title screen, type FEELCOSMICALLTHETIME to make Dennis laugh.  He will then reward you with infinite energy and ammo.

Hope you enjoy this remake!

Jamie Hamshere (Junosix)
Plymouth, UK