                              WHIRLIGIG 
                   
 
 
GAME CONTROLS 
 
MOUSE LEFT BUTTON         -FIRES MISSLE 
MOUSE RIGHT BUTTON        -RELEASES CHAFF 
MOUSE FORWARD             -INCREASE SPEED 
MOUSE BACK                -DECREASE SPEED 
MOUSE LEFT                -CONTINUOUS LEFT TURN 
MOUSE RIGHT               -CONTINUOUS RIGHT TURN 
MOUSE CENTERED            -NO TURN 
ESCAPE                    -ABANDON SHIP(USEFULL FOR ITALIANS) 
CONTROL                   -CONTROL PANEL UP/DOWN 
DELETE                    -MUSIC ON/OFF 
SHIFT                     -PAUSE/CONTINUE 
 
CONTROLS TO BE USED BETWEEN EIGNSPACES 
 
V                          -VISUAL  SCAN  OF  SHIPS  YOU  ARE  TO  
                            ENCOUNTER IN THE NEXT SECTOR 
P                          -PERFECT  SOLIDS YOU  STILL  NEED  TO  
                            COLLECT 
RETURN                     -RETURN TO SECTOR MAP DISPLAY 
MOUSE BUTTON               -ENTER THE NEXT EIGNSPACE 
 
ON SCREEN INFORMATION 
 
THE CONTROL PANEL 
 
FLY  THROUGH  THE  CENTRE  OF   THE  STARGATES TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 
FUEL AND MISSLE GUAGES  DARKEN  AS THEIR  LEVELS DROP.THE  RADAR  MAP  
DISPLAYS  STRATEGIC INFORMATION.ENEMY SHIPS CANNOT BE PLOTTED  BY  
YOUR RADAR. 
                YOUR SHIP-YELLOW DOT 
                DEPOTS   -BLUE DOTS 
                STARGATES-WHITE DOTS 
 
PLAYING THE GAME 
 
THE GAME TAKES PLACE IN THE WHIRLIGIG WHICH IS A VAST NETWORK  OF  
MINI-UNIVERSES  OR  EIGNSPACES  WHICH  ARE  LINKED  TOGETHER   BY  
STARGATES.A STARGATE IS A BLACK HOLE THROGH WHICH YOU CAN  TRAVEL  
ONLY ONE WAY. 
OUT  OF THE BILLIONS OF EIGNSPACES FIVE HAVE  SPECIAL  PROPERTIES  
MAKING   THEM  PERFECT  SPACE,THEY  CONTAIN  THE   FIVE   PERFECT  
SOLIDS.THESE SOLIDS ARE THE KEY TO THE WHOLE GAME.BY  MANOUVERING  
CLOSE  TO  IT  YOU CATCH IT,DRAC IT THROUGH A  STARGATE  AND  TOU  
CAPTURE IT.CAPTURE ALL FIVE SOLIDS AND YOUVE WON. 
 
THE PERFECT SOLIDS POSITIONS ARE- 
 
         PERFECT SPACE 6           TETRAHEDRON     4 FACES 
         PERFECT SPACE 28          CUBE            6 FACES 
         PERFECT SPACE 496         OCTAHEDRON      8 FACES 
         PERFECT SPACE 8128        ICOSAHEDRON    20 FACES 
         PERFECT SPACE 33550336    DODECAHEDRON   12 FACES 
 
SHIPS       -YOU BEGIN THE GAME WITH TWELVE SHIPS 
 
FUEL        -FUEL IS ONLY USED UP WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN,SPEED UP OR  
             TURN,FLYING ON AN EVEN STRAIGHT COURSE CONSERVES IT.IF YOU  
             RUN OUT OF FUEL AND CANNOT MOVE PRESS ESCAPE TO ABANDON  
             SHIP. 
 
MISSLE     -ALL MISSLES ARE THE HOMING KIND AND HOME IN ON ANY OBJECT  
            IN THE TARGET AREA.IF THERE IS NO ENEMY TARGET AND YOU  
            FIRE A MISSLE YOU BLOW YOURSELF TO BITS.YOU CAN ONLY HAVE  
            THREE MISSLES IN THE AIR AT ONCE. 
 
CHAFF PODS -WHEN YOU RELEASE A CHAFF POD IT HOMES IN ON AN ENEMY  
            MISSLE,AN ENEMY SHIP OR A FORIEGN OBJECT-IN THAT ORDER OF  
            PRIORITY.IF THERE ARE NO TARGETS IT CANCELS ITSELF. 
            YOU ONLY HAVE FOUR PODS SO USE THEM WISELY. 
 
STARGATES  -THESE ARE THE GATEWAYS TO OTHER SECTORS,BUT YOU CAN  
            ONLY TRAVEL ONE WAY THROUGH THEM.SOME SECTORS HAVE AS  
            MANY AS ELEVEN STARGATES.TO PASS THROUGH THEM YOU  
            MUST FLY THROUGH THE CENTRE WITHOUT TUTCHING THE  
            EDGES. 
 
DEPOTS     -TO FIND THE FUEL,MISSLE OR CHAFF DEPOTS HEAD FOR A  
            BLUE DOT AND AS YOU FLY CLOSE TO IT THE FUEL,CHAFF OR  
            MISSLES WILL BE BEAMED ABOARD AS THIS HAPPENS THE  
            SCREEN FLICKERS-WHITE FOR FUEL,YELLOW FOR MISSLES OR  
            BLUE FOR CHAFF. 
 
RUTES TO PERFECT SPACE 33550336 
           -IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO COME ACROSS THIS BY CHANCE  
            SO HERE'S A ROUTE TO FIND IT BY 
             
ROUTE 1    (F=FUEL,M=MISSLE,C=CHAFF DEPOTS)  
 
           -0-1 FMC-2-4M-5F-6C-18-54-66C-78-156C-157FM-158-316MC- 
           317F-318-330-534-546C-1638-2730-5460-16380-16381FMC- 
           16382-32764M-65528-131056MC-262112-524224M-1048448- 
           2096896MC-4193792-8387584M-16775168-33550336MC 
                     
           UNPLUG THE JOYSTICK IN PORT 1 BEFORE LOADING THE GAME   
           OTHERWISE THE GAME WILL LOCK UP IF IT IS TOUCHED AT ALL  
           DURING PLAY.
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