                               OUTLANDS

TYPED IN By PHANTOM LORD. Edited by PARASITE.


PLAYING INSTRUCTIONS
Select number of players on the title screen by pressing fire on joystick
in port 0 for one player or port 1 for two players. (Player one will start
on the left hand side of the screen). The game can be paused at any time
by pressing the [HELP] key and resumed after that point with [UNDO]. While
paused, pressing [ESC] will abort the game and return to the title page.

Shooting some enemy ships will cause weaponry pods to appear:

SHIELD          -Kills most sprites ad they hit player ship from front. No
                 rear or side defence. Note that some large or fast ships
                 may penetrate the shield.

EXTRA LIFE      -Provides an extra life and a couple of seconds of
                 invincibility.

DOUBLE FIRE     -Fires twin plasma bolts thus increase chances of hitting
                 enemy.

LASER NET       -Launches two pods with a laser beam between them. This
                 will kill practically anything that gets in the way. Note
                 that only 5 may be launched and that if a pod is hit by an
                 enemy ship the beam will cease.

MISSILES        -Launches two missiles from sides of player ship.

LEFT FIRE       -Fires shots from left of ship.

RIGHT FIRE      -Fires shots from right of ship.

ORBITALS        -Two spheres which rotate about the players ship providing
                 an element of shielding. Collecting a further orbital pod
                 will increase speed of rotation.

FIRING ORBITALS -As above but the spheres fire oscillating plasma bolts.

PLAYING TIPS:
o       KILL EVERYTHING!!
o       Some enemy may take more than one shot to kill, listen to the sound
        that your bullets make when they hit.
o       When you are killed, your next ship will flash for a few seconds.
        During this time you are invincible! Use this to get out of any
        tight spots.
o       Share weaponry pods when on 2 player mode.
o       High speed orbitals are very lethal to enemy ships!!
o       Watch out for the unexpected.
o       DON'T PANIC!
