Viking III

                            VIKING III
                         VERSIONS 1 AND 2
                        by Martin Ribbink
                          Stokebrand 162
                             7206 EK
                             Zutphen
                             Holland


This program is public domain.

There are two versions of VIKING III.  Version 1 works with 0.5 Mb 
or more,  version 2 needs at least 1 Mb. Parts of the text written 
in capital letters apply to version 2 only.

The story so far ....

At last, man has landed on Mars !
Using your VIKING III spaceship you landed on Mars. As soon as you 
landed  however,   marsians  started  to  attack  you  with  their 
missiles.  With the aid of supplies, dropped  from  the sky by the
mothership, you must try to survive.

How to play the game:

After the title screen you can select the level of difficulty. The 
level  of  difficulty ranges from sergeant to  colonel.  Press the 
funtion keys to select a level and start the game. 

PUSH THE JOYSTICK UP TO SCROLL THE LIST THEN PRESS FIRE TO  SELECT 
A LEVEL AND START THE GAME. 


As soon as the game starts supplies drop from the sky. By shooting 
these supplies you can increase your score.  Some supplies have  a
special feature:

colour:                  feature:

red                      -       
green                    -
grey                     extra life
red/green/grey           refuel 
YELLOW                   ECM  (ELECTRONIC COUNTER  MEASURES)  JAMS 
                         MARSIAN  RADAR  SO THEY CAN'T  USE  THEIR 
                         GUIDED MISSILES. THEY WILL FIRE UNGUIDED 
                         MISSILES INSTEAD. AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE 
                         SCREEN THE YELLOW LIGHT INDICATES  WETHER 
                         ECM WORKS OR NOT.
  
Since the marsians fire  missiles at you, it is wise to let some
supplies land. You can then use these supplies to  shelter behind.
There is however a maximum number of  supplies that is allowed to 
land. This is indicated at the bottom right of the screen. 

Each  time  you  fire a laserbeam your  energy  decreases  (bottom 
middle). To refuel go to the extreme right and land.

 
VIKING III  was     programmed in   STOS basic   version  2.6 and 
was tested on a 520 STm with 2.5 Mb memory.  The program works in 
colour only.  



FILES:         VIKING1.PRG    (0.5 Mb)
               VIKING2.PRG    (1 MB)
               VIKING_3.V1  FOLDER   (FOR 0.5 Mb VERSION)
               VIKING_3.V2  FOLDER   (FOR 1 Mb VERSION)
               READ.ME