INC'S SUPER SPELLICOPTER FLIGHT MANUAL BY "THE JET" JANUARY 21, 1991 TABLE OF CONTENTS A NOTE TO PARENTS ......................................4 ABOUT SUPER SPELLICOPTER................................5 GETTING STARTED ........................................6 INSTALLING SUPER SPELLICOPTER...........................6 BACKING UP SUPER SPELLICOPTER...........................6 STARTING SUPER SPELLICOPTER.............................6 FROM YOUR HARD DISK ...............................6 FROM FLOPPY DISKS..................................7 USING THE CODE WHEEL ...................................7 MAKING YOUR SELECTIONS .................................7 KEYBOARD USERS ....................................7 JOYSTICK USERS.....................................7 PLAYING SUPER SPELLICOPTER..............................8 THE COMMAND CENTER......................................8 THE CONFIGURATION BOARD ................................9 THE FLIGHT BOOK: LOGGING IN ...........................10 SKILL LEVELS ......................................10 DELETING A PILOT RECORD ...........................11 VIEWING HIGH SCORES ...............................12 THE PRINTER.............................................12 THE COMPUTER: CHOOSING A WORD LIST......................13 CREATING YOUR OWN LISTS............................14 ALTERING A LIST ...................................15 CHANGING WHERE LISTS ARE STORED....................15 PRE-FLIGHT..............................................16 THE GENERAL STORE.......................................16 FLIGHT CONTROLS ......,.................................16 FLIGHT..................................................19 CAPTURING LETTERS..................................19 LANDING............................................20 OTHER OBJECTS......................................21 CRASHES AND GROUNDINGS.............................21 THE INFORMATION SCREEN..................................22 SCORING.................................................23 CUSTOMER SERVICE........................................23 WORD LISTS..............................................24 4 A NOTE TO PARENTS SUPER SPELLICPOTER IS A FUN SPELLING GAME THAT WILL HELP MOTIVATE YOUR CHILDREN TO BECOME GOOD SPELLERS. SUPER SPELLICOPTER TEACHES WHILE IT ENTERTAINS. RECENT STUDIES INDICATE THAT SPELLING IS VISUALLY ACQUIRED. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT IT IS EASIER TO WRITE DOWN A HARD-TO-SPELL WORD THAN TO SPELL IT OUT LOUD? YOU SPOT MISSPELLED WORDS INSTANTLY ON THE PRINTED PAGE. SUPER SPELLICOPTER IS DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE THE VISUAL AP- PROACH TO TEACHING SPELLING. THE EDUCATION OCCURS IN-FLIGHT, IN A STIMULATING AERIAL ARCADE. YOUR CHILD CHOOSES A WORD LIST, SKILL LEVEL, A HELICOPTER, AND A TERRAIN OVER WHICH TO FLY. THE CHILD THEN CONTROLS THE AIRCRAFT WHILE PURSUING THE NEEDED LETTERS, CAPTURES THE WORD'S LETTERS AND LANDS THE HELICOPTER. WE'VE SELECTED FORTY LISTS OF TEN WORDS EACH. THESE ARE FREQUENTLY-USED WORDS VARYING IN LENGTH AND DIFFICULTY. IN ADDI- TION TO USING THE LISTS SUPPLIED WITH SUPER SPELLICOPTER, YOUR CHILD CAN CREATE HIS OR HER OWN LISTS USING VOCABULARY WORDS FROM SCHOOL. WHEN NEW LISTS ARE ADDED, THEY EXPAND THE AVAILABLE GAME VOCABULARY. SUPER SPELLICOPTER IS GUARANTEED TO SUCCEED. IF YOU FEEL ADEQUATE USE OF THIS PRODUCT HAS NOT IMPROVED YOUR CHILD'S SPELL- ING GRADES, BRITANNICA SOFTWARE WILL EXCHANGE IT FOR ANOTHER PRODUCT OF EQUAL VALUE OR REFUND YOUR MONEY COMPLETELY. TO UTILIZE THIS OFFER, RETURN THE COMPLETE PACKAGE INCLUDING DISK AND FLIGHT MANUAL, ALONG WITH THE DATED, ITEMIZED RECEIPT, STORE NAME AND PURCHASE LOCATION WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE PURCHASE. SEND THE COM- PLETE PACKAGE WITH A NOTE OF EXPLANATION TO BRITANNICA SOFTWARE, INC., CUSTOMER SERVICE, 345 FOURTH STREET, SAN FRANSISCO, CA 94107. TAKE TIME TO EXPLAIN HOW SUPER SPELLICOPTER WORKS TO YOUR CHILDREN. READ THE SECTION CALLED "ABOUT SUPER SPELLICOPTER," THEN RUN THE PROGRAM TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE BASICS. STAY WITH YOUR CHILDREN WHILE THEY'RE GETTING STARTED, BUT REMEMBER TO VACATE THE COCKPIT WHEN THEY ARE READY TO FLY! 4 5 ABOUT SUPER SPELLICOPTER SUPER SPELLICOPTER IS AN AERIAL SPELLING ADVENTURE WHERE YOU CONTROL A MODERN HELICOPTER. IN FLIGHT, YOU DO JUST WHAT A REAL PILOT DOES: CONTROL THE HELICOPTER'S SPEED, CHANGE DIRECTION, FIRE BULLETS AND MISSILES, AND AVOID ATTACK. YOU BRUSH THE TOPS OF MOUNTAIN RANGES, DIP INTO GREEN VALLEYS, AND SKIM THE OCEAN'S WHITECAPS AS YOU PURSUE THE LETTERS THAT MAKE UP THE WORDS IN YOUR CHOSEN WORD LIST. COMPLETE A WORD, LAND, AND EARN POINTS. SPELL ALL THE WORDS IN A LIST AND ADD EVEN MORE TO YOUR SCORE. GAIN ADDITIONAL POINTS WHEN YOU SHOOT DOWN LETTER DEFENDERS AND BAD SPELLERS. YOU'RE GROUNDED WHEN YOU SHOOT DOWN FRIENDLY FLYERS. TAKE OFF AGAIN TO RE-SPELL THE WORD. IF YOU SHOULD CRASH, TAKE FLIGHT IN A NEW HELICOPTER. KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR FUEL SUPPLY AND ALTIMETER TO AVOID MISHAPS! WHEN YOU LAND SAFELY AND UNLOAD THE FINISHED WORD, YOU GAIN BONUS POINTS. USE THESE CREDITS TO BUY KEY ITEMS IN THE SUPER SPELLICOPTER GENERAL STORE. THE STORE CONTAINS ITEMS SUCH AS ADDITIONAL FUEL TANKS FOR YOUR CHOPPER, AMMUNITION, MISSILES AND ARMOR, LETTER DESCRAMBLERS, WORD AND ENEMY REVEALERS, FREE LET- TERS, AND AUTOMATIC LETTER EJECTORS. WHEN YOU EXIT THE STORE, YOUR PURCHASES ARE AUTOMATICALLY LOADED ONTO YOUR CHOPPER! NOW TAKE OFF IN PURSUIT OF THE NEXT WORD IN YOUR LIST. YOU'LL BECOME AN ACE AS YOU SET COURSE OVER DIFFERENT KINDS OF TERRAIN. AFTER YOU'VE FLOWN A FEW MISSIONS IN YOUR SUPER SPELLICOPTER CHOPPER, SPELLING WILL BE AN ADVENTURE YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS! 5 6 GETTING STARTED TO PLAY SUPER SPELLICOPTER, YOU NEED AN IBM PC XT OR COMPATI- BLE COMPUTER. YOU CAN ALSO USE THE PROGRAM WITH A MORE POWERFUL MACHINE SUCH AS AN IBM AT. WE RECOMMEND INSTALLING THE PROGRAM ON YOUR HARD DISK, IF YOU HAVE ONE. YOU NEED A EGA OR VGA COLOR MONITOR TO USE THE PROGRAM. YOU CANNOT RUN SUPER SPELLICOPTER USING A MONOCHROME MONITOR. INSTALLING SUPER SPELLICOPTER TO PLACE SUPER SPELLICOPTER ON YOUR HARD DISK, JUST FOLLOW THESE STEPS: 1. TURN ON YOUR COMPUTER AND MONITOR. 2. PLACE DISK 1 IN DRIVE A. 3. TYPE A: AND PRESS ENTER. TYPE INSTALL, AND THE COMPUTER WILL CREATE A DIRECTORY CALLED "SPELL" ON YOUR HARD DISK. 4. FOLLOW THE ON-SCREEN MESSAGES. REMOVE BOTH DISKS, AND CREATE BACK UPS TO PROTECT YOUR COPY OF THE PROGRAM. BACKING UP SUPER SPELLICOPTER WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU BACK UP YOUR SUPER SPELLICOPTER DISKS. TO BACK UP THE PROGRAM, YOU'LL NEED TWO BLANK, FORMATTED FLOPPY DISKS. USE THE DISKCOPY COMMAND FOUND IN YOUR DOS MANUAL TO COPY SUPER SPELLICOPTER ONTO BACKUP DISKS. WHEN YOU'RE DONE, PLACE THE ORIGINAL DISKS IN A SAFE PLACE (WHERE WATER, HEAT OR LITTLE BROTH- ER WON'T DAMAGE THEM). STARTING SUPER SPELLICOPTER TO START USING THE PROGRAM, FOLLOW THESE STEPS: FROM YOUR HARD DISK 1. TURN ON YOUR COMPUTER AND MONITOR. 2. AT THE C> PROMPT, TYPE CD SPELL TO GO TO THE DIRECTORY CALLED "SPELL." 3. TYPE SPELL AND PRESS ENTER. 6 7 FROM FLOPPY DISKS 1. TURN ON YOUR COMPUTER AND MONITOR. 2. AT THE A> PROMPT, REMOVE YOUR DOS DISK AND INSERT DISK 1. 3. TYPE SPELL. USING THE CODE WHEEL WHEN YOU FIRST START SUPER SPELLICOPTER, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ENTER A CODE WORD. IT IS EASY TO DO. TWO CODE WORDS WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN. 1. FIND THE FIRST WORD ON THE OUTERMOST RING OF THE SUPER SPELLICOPTER CODE WHEEL. 2. ROTATE THE INNER WHEEL UNTIL THE SECOND CODE WORD IS DIRECTLY UNDER THE FIRST WORD. 3. THE COUNTER-CODE APPEARS IN THE CUT-OUT WINDOW. 4. TYPE THE COUNTER-CODE AND PRESS ENTER. MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS YOU CAN PLAY SUPER SPELLICOPTER USING A JOYSTICK OR THE KEYBOARD. IF YOU'RE A JOYSTICK USER, YOU WILL NEED TO USE THE KEYBOARD OCCASIONALLY. STUDY THE SECTION WHICH APPLIES TO YOUR CONTROL METHOD. KEYBOARD USERS YOU CAN USE JUST THE KEYBOARD TO CHOOSE ITEMS AND CONTROL YOUR HELICOPTER IN SUPER SPELLICOPTER. PRESS THE ARROW KEYS TO MOVE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN THE COMMAND CENTER. PRESS THE UP AND DOWN ARROW KEYS TO MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT BAR IN A LIST OF ITEMS. WHEN YOU WANT TO SELECT A MENU OPTION, PRESS ENTER. JOYSTICK USERS USE YOUR JOYSTICK TO HIGHLIGHT WORDS OR NAMES IN A LIST. PUSH THE JOYSTICK FORWARD TO MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT BAR UP A LIST, AND PULL IT BACK TO MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT BAR DOWN. MOVE THE JOYSTICK RIGHT OR LEFT TO MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT HORIZONTALLY. TO SELECT A HIGHLIGHTED ITEM IN A LIST (I.E., A NAME IN THE LOG BOOK), MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT BAR OVER THE NAME OF THE PILOT YOU WANT, AND PRESS ENTER. 7 8 PLAYING SUPER SPELLICOPTER THEY'RE OUT THERE-LONELY LETTERS DANCING ACROSS THE BRIGHT SKY. IT'S UP TO YOU TO CAPTURE THE SCATTERED LETTERS AND CONSTRUCT WORDS. BEFORE YOU CAN TAKE OFF, HOWEVER, YOU NEED TO SIGN IN AT THE COMMAND CENTER, CHOOSE YOUR SKILL LEVEL, YOUR COPTER, TERRAIN AND A WORD LIST. REMEMBER-THE AIR IS FULL OF OBJECTS. YOU WILL MEET LETTERS, UFOS, FLYING ROBOTS, THE FRIENDLY PARACHUTIST AND THE OLD GRAY GOOSE; YOU'LL SKIM THE DESERT FLOOR, AND BRUSH MOUNTAIN PEAKS WITH YOUR CHOPPER'S BELLY... THE COMMAND CENTER THE COMMAND CENTER IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF PILOT OPERATIONS. AT THE CENTER, PILOTS LOG IN, VIEW WORD LISTS, PRINT PILOT INFOR- MATION, AND CHANGE PROGRAM AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS. THE COMMAND CENTER HAS A DOOR LEADING TO THE AIRSTRIP, AND AN EXIT DOOR THAT LETS YOU LEAVE THE GAME. A HELP BAR AT THE UPPER RIGHT DESCRIBES THE POINTER'S PRESENT LOCATION. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN THE POINTER IS OVER THE AIRSTRIP DOOR, THE BAR READS: "TO HELI-PAD." READ THE HELP BAR IF YOU'RE UNSURE OF THE POINTER'S PRESENT LOCATION. 8 9 THE CONFIGURATION BOARD SUPER SPELLICOPTER HELPS YOUR COMPUTER TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ITS BUILT-IN OPTIONS-THINGS LIKE SOUND, VIDEO, AND PRINTING CAPABILITIES. HERE ARE THE OPTIONS AND WHAT THEY DO: SOUND ACTIVATES OR TURNS OFF PROGRAM SOUND. SOUND IS ON UNTIL YOU TURN IT OFF. JOYSTICK SETS THE PROGRAM TO JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD CONTROL. VIDEO SETS VIDEO MODE TO EGA OR MCGA. IF YOU HAVE A VGA DISPLAY, CHOOSE MCGA. PRINTER SETS YOUR PRINTER TO ONE OF THESE FIVE TYPES: OKIDATA EPSON IBM PROPRINTER HP LASERJET TANDY DMP SENTENCES DISPLAYS CONTEXT SENTENCES OR WORDS ONLY. EXPLOSION SETS WEAPON TYPE TO "HIGH EXPLOSIVE" (YES) OR THE "MAGNETIC REPELLER" (NO). IF NO, THEN IS NO EXPLOSION AND LETTER@ SIMPLY DISAPPEAR FROM SCREEN. KEY SWITCH REVERSES THE FUNCTIONS OF THE UP AND DOWN ARROWS IN FLIGHT. CHANGE THE SETTING TO YES IF YOU WANT TO PRESS THE UP ARROW TO CLIMB AND THE DOWN ARROW TO DESCEND. TO CHANGE ANY OF THESE OPTIONS, JUST FOLLOW THESE STEPS: 1. MOVE THE POINTER TO THE CONFIGURATIONS BOARD AND PRESS ENTER. 2. THE CONFIGURATION SCREEN APPEARS. THERE ARE SEVEN OP- TIONS LISTED; EACH HAS TWO SETTINGS. THE CURRENT SETTING FOR EACH OPTION IS HIGHLIGHTED. 9 10 3. TO CHANGE A SETTING, MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT BAR TO THE CORRECT LINE AND PRESS ENTER. FOR EXAMPLE, TO TURN THE SOUND OFF, HIGHLIGHT "SOUND" AND PRESS ENTER. 4. WHEN THE OPTIONS ARE SET TO YOUR LIKING, MOVE THE HIGH- LIGHT TO EXIT AND PRESS ENTER. SETTINGS ARE AUTOMATICALLY SAVED TO DISK AND REMAIN UNTIL MODIFIED. THE FLIGHT BOOK: LOGGING IN ONCE YOU CHECK THAT YOUR COMPUTER SETUP IS OKAY, YOU CAN LOG IN AT THE FLIGHT BOOK. TO LOG IN: 1. MOVE THE POINTER TO THE FLIGHT BOOK AND PRESS ENTER. 2. THE FLIGHT BOOK OPENS. TO ENTER A NEW PILOT, PRESS F1. TYPE THE NAME AND PRESS ENTER. TO SELECT AN EXISTING PILOT, JUST HIGHLIGHT THE DESIRED NAME, AND PRESS ENTER. 3. CHOOSE A SKILL LEVEL. YOU MAY FLY AS A NOVICE, PILOT OR ACE. JUST MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT TO YOUR CHOICE, AND PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE COMMAND CENTER. SKILL LEVELS THE SKILL LEVEL YOU CHOOSE AFFECTS THE ITEMS YOU CAN PURCHASE IN THE GENERAL STORE, FLIGHT CONDITIONS, AND LANDING REQUIRE- MENTS. THE CONDITIONS FOR EACH SKILL LEVEL ARE AS FOLLOWS: 10 11 NOVICE SPELL EACH WORD IN THE PROPER ORDER PERFECT RADAR COVERAGE UNLIMITED AMMUNITION CARRY A PARTIAL LOAD OF MISSILES OBTAIN UP TO TWO LEVELS OF ARMOR PICK UP ONLY CORRECT LETTERS LETTERS CLUSTER CLOSE TO HOME BASE EASY LANDING (PRESS L WHEN YOU ARE NEAR THE LANDING STRIP) PILOT CAPTURE LETTERS IN ANY ORDER RADAR IS RANDOMLY RELIABLE LETTER DE-SCRAMBLER AVAILABLE LETTERS MOVE AT INTERMEDIATE SPEED COMPUTER SELECTS LONGER WORDS LANDING RIGHTS RESTRICTED TO BASE VICINITY LETTER DEFENDERS AND BAD SPELLERS MOVE AGGRESSIVELY ACE ALL LETTERS AVAILABLE LETTERS EVADE CLUMSY PILOTS EXTRA FUEL TANKS RECOMMENDED SOME LETTERS ARE NEARLY HIDDEN INCREASED ALTITUDE IMPROVES RADAR MANUAL LANDING ONLY DELETING A PILOT RECORD YOU CAN DELETE A PILOT RECORD QUICKLY AND EASILY. TO DO SO: 1. AT THE COMMAND CENTER, SELECT THE FLIGHT BOOK. 2. MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT TO THE NAME YOU WANT TO DELETE FROM THE PILOT ROSTER. 3. PRESS F2. 4. PRESS F4 TO RETURN TO THE COMMAND CENTER. 11 12 VIEWING HIGH SCORES WHILE AT THE FLIGHT BOOK YOU CAN ALSO VIEW THE HIGH SCORES LIST. PRESS F3 TO SEE THE TOP FLYERS. THE HIGHEST-SCORING PILOT IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. IMAGINE YOUR OWN NAME IN THAT SPOT! PRESS ESC TO RETURN TO THE FLIGHT BOOK. THE PRINTER THE PRINTER, LOCATED TO THE RIGHT OF THE FLIGHT BOOK, IS AVAILABLE TO PRINT YOUR PILOT'S CERTIFICATE, TROPHY AND LICENSE. TO PRINT THE CERTIFICATE OR TROPHY, YOU MUST FIT@T COMPLETE A WORD LIST. YOU MAY PRINT A PILOT'S LICENSE AT ANY TIME. 12 13 TO USE THE PRINTER: 1. MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT TO THE PRINTER AND PRESS ENTER. 2. WHEN THE PRINTER MENU APPEARS, MAKE YOUR SELECTION AND VIEW THE OPTION CHOSEN. 3. MAKE SURE YOUR PRINTER IS ON, THEN PRESS ENTER TO PRINT. 4. SELECT EXIT TO RETURN TO THE COMMAND CENTER. IF YOU RECEIVE A MESSAGE INDICATING THAT YOUR PRINTER IS NOT CONNECTED, EXIT TO THE COMMAND CENTER. SELECT THE CONFIGURATIONS BOARD. WHEN THE CONFIGURATIONS MENU APPEARS, HIGHLIGHT PRINTER AND PRESS ENTER. EXIT TO THE COMMAND CENTER, AND SELECT THE PRINTER TO TRY AGAIN. THE COMPUTER: CHOOSING A WORD LIST ONCE YOU'VE LOGGED IN, YOU MUST CHOOSE A WORD LIST. 1. MOVE THE POINTER TO THE COMPUTER AND PRESS ENTER TO DISPLAY THE LIST SELECTION MENU. 2. REVIEW PROGRAM LISTS IS HIGHLIGHTED. PRESS ENTER TO VIEW THE WORD LISTS. 3. MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT BAR TO A LIST YOU WANT TO VIEW, AND PRESS ENTER. 4-" THE SELECTED LIST IS DISPLAYED. SELECT VIEW ANOTHER LIST TO DISPLAY ANOTHER WORD LIST FROM THE LIST SELECTION MENU. 13 14 5. ONCE YOU FIND THE LIST YOU WANT TO USE, MOVE THE HIGH- LIGHT BAR TO USE THIS LIST AND PRESS ENTER. AFTER TAKEOFF, YOU PURSUE THE FIRST WORD ON THE LIST. IF YOU TAKE OFF WITHOUT FIRST CHOOSING A WORD LIST, THE COMPUTER WILL CHOOSE AN APPROPRIATE LIST FOR YOUR SELECTED SKILL LEVEL. CREATING YOUR OWN LISTS YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN WORD LISTS TO USE ON MISSIONS. TO CREATE YOUR OWN LIST: 1. AFTER YOU SELECT THE COMPUTER, HIGHLIGHT AND SELECT CREATE A NEW LIST FROM THE LIST SELECTION MENU. 2. ENTER THE NAME OF THE NEW LIST. 3. WHEN THE SCREEN APPEARS, TYPE THE FIRST WORD IN THE LIST YOU WISH TO CREATE. 4. PRESS ENTER, AND TYPE IN A CONTEXT SENTENCE THAT SUITS THE NEW WORD. TYPE DASHES ( - ) AT THE POINT IN THE SENTENCE, WHERE THE WORD BELONGS. ENTER ONE DASH FOR EACH LETTER IN THE NEW WORD. PRESS ENTER. 5. YOUR LIST MAY BE UP TO TEN WORDS LONG. WHEN YOU FINISH INPUTTING YOUR NEW WORDS, PRESS F3 TO SAVE THE LIST AND EXIT THIS SECTION OF THE PROGRAM. 14 15 6. TO USE THE LIST YOU'VE JUST CREATED, SELECT VIEW AND DELETE YOUR LISTS. HIGHLIGHT AND SELECT YOUR NEWLY-CREATED LIST. WHEN IT APPEARS, HIGHLIGHT AND SELECT USE THIS LIST. ALTERING A LIST YOU CAN EASILY ALTER A WORD LIST THIS WAY: 1. AT THE COMMAND CENTER, SELECT THE COMPUTER. 2. WHEN THE LIST SELECTION MENU APPEARS, HIGHLIGHT AND SELECT ALTER YOUR LIST. 3. HIGHLIGHT AND SELECT THE WORD LIST YOU WANT TO CHANGE. 4. WHEN THE EDITING SCREEN APPEARS, CHANGE ANY WORD AND CONTEXT SENTENCE. PRESS F1 TO ADD A WORD. TO DELETE ANY LETTER, MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT TO THAT LETTER AND PRESS DEL. PRESS F2 TO DELETE A WORD AND ITS CONTEXT SENTENCE. 5. PRESS F3 TO SAVE AND EXIT TO THE LIST SELECTION MENU. PRESS F4 TO EXIT WITHOUT SAVING AND RETURN TO THE COMMAND CENTER. CHANGING WHERE YOU STORE YOUR LISTS THOUGH SUPER SPELLICOPTER STORES YOUR LISTS AUTOMATICALLY, YOU CAN ASK THE COMPUTER TO MOVE A LIST TO ANOTHER PATH (A DIREC- TORY ON A DISK). TO CHANGE PATHS ON A HARD DRIVE OR ANOTHER FLOPPY DISK: 1. SELECT THE COMPUTER AT THE COMMAND CENTER. 2. SELECT PATH TO YOUR LISTS FROM THE LIST SELECTION MENU. 3. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO CHANGE THE PATH IN WHICH YOUR LISTS ARE KEPT. 4. WHEN YOU'RE DONE, SELECT EXIT TO RETURN TO THE LIST SELECTION MENU. 15 16 PRE-FLIGHT WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE HELI-PAD, THE FIRST TASK IS TO SELECT A HELICOPTER, A MISSION TO FLY, AND MAKE A VISIT TO THE GENERAL STORE. USE THE ARROW KEYS TO SELECT THE SPELLICOPTER OR THE SUPER SPELLICOPTER. START UP THE CRAFT YOU WANT, AND PRESS ENTER. NOW CHOOSE A MISSION. A WINDOW DISPLAYS THE TERRAIN OF THE DIFFERENT MISSIONS. USE THE LEFT AND RIGHT ARROW KEYS TO MOVE THROUGH THE SELECTION OF THE FOUR DIFFERENT TERRAINS: PLAINS, MOJAVE, ANTARCTIC AND PACIFIC. PRESS ENTER WHEN YOUR CHOICE IS DISPLAYED. THE GENERAL STORE BEFORE LIFTING OFF, HOWEVER, VISIT THE GENERAL STORE. ACQUIRE KEY ITEMS SUCH AS WEAPONS AND INFORMATION TO COMPLETE YOUR MIS- SION. BUY EXTRA FUEL TANKS, WEAPONS, AMMUNITION AND ARMOR, AND SPECIAL ITEMS LIKE WORD DE-SCRAMBLERS AND ENEMY REVEALERS. THE AMOUNT OF CREDITS YOU POSSESS IS ALWAYS 10% OF YOUR CURRENT SCORE. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAVE 1,300 POINTS, YOU CAN SPEND UP TO 130 CREDITS IN THE STORE. 16 17 THE STORE'S INDIVIDUAL OPTIONS ARE: FUEL EXTRA FUEL TANKS WHICH EXTEND YOUR CHOPPER'S RANGE. BUY UP TO TWO EXTRA TANKS-YOU LOSE ANY ADDITIONAL TANKS WHEN YOU CHANGE SKILL LEVELS. BULLETS 100 PER PURCHASE. MISSILES THEY COME IN PACKS OF TEN. ARMOR ACQUIRE UP TO THREE LAYERS OF ARMOR TO PROTECT YOUR HELICOPTER. DE-SCRAMBLER HELPS UNSCRAMBLE WORDS UPON LANDING; ONLY ONE IS ALLOWED. THE DE-SCRAMBLER IS DISCARDED ONCE YOU USE IT. WORD REVEALER REVEALS YOUR WORD LETTER BY LETTER; ONLY ONE ALLOWED. FREE LETTER PROVIDES FREE LETTER (ONE ONLY). HINTS SELECT TO VIEW ON-SCREEN HELP. ENEMY REVEALER DISPLAYS NEXT TARGET LETTER IN BLACK INSTEAD OF RED. AUTOMATIC LETTER EJECTOR EJECTS EXTRA LETTERS, PREVENTING UNPLEASANT GROUNDINGS. ONE PER CUSTOMER. JUST MOVE THE POINTER BETWEEN THE ITEMS ON THE SHELVES AT THE LEFT AND RIGHT, AND PRESS ENTER TO SELECT AN ITEM FOR PURCHASE. USE YOUR CREDITS TO PURCHASE THE GOODS FOR SALE (THE TOTAL OF CREDITS USED APPEARS ON THE CASH REGISTER). WHEN YOU'VE BOUGHT ALL THAT YOU NEED-OR IF YOU RUN OUT OF CREDITS- MOVE THE POINTER TO EXIT AND PRESS ENTER. THE HELI-PAD IS YOUR NEXT STOP 17 18 NUMERIC KEYPAD CONTROLS DASH DECREASE THROTTLE (SLOW DOWN) HOME CLIMB LEFT 8 KEY CLIMB PGUP CLIMB RIGHT 4 KEY TURN LEFT 6 KEY TURN RIGHT PLUS KEY INCREASE THROTTLE (SPEED UP) END DESCEND LEFT 2 KEY DESCEND PGDN DESCEND RIGHT TYPEWRITER KEY AREA CONTROLS SPACE BAR OR ENTER FIRE WEAPON BACK SPACE DROP LETTER P KEY PAUSE F KEY ACTIVATE FREE LETTER W KEY REVEAL WORD L KEY LAND B KEY TOGGLE BULLETS OR MISSILES ESC KEY ABORT FLIGHT DUE TO THE LAWS OF GRAVITY, DESCENDING CAUSES YOUR COPTER TO ACCELERATE. CLIMBING CAUSES YOUR COPTER TO SLOW DOWN. JOYSTICK BUTTON 1 FIRE BUTTON 2 AIRBRAKE DESCEND DESCEND AND DESCEND AND TURN LEFT TURN RIGHT TURN LEFT TURN RIGHT CLIMB AND TURN LEFT CLIMB CLIMB AND TURN RIGHT 18 19 FLIGHT CONTROLS YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR AIRCRAFT USING THE JOYSTICK OR THE KEYPAD. THE ILLUSTRATION ON THE LEFT PAGE EXPLAINS THE COPTER CONTROL FUNCTIONS. FLIGHT FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE COMMAND CONSOLE. THE CONSOLE'S INDICATORS GIVE YOU CONSTANT UPDATES OF YOUR FLIGHT STATUS. MONI- TOR YOUR ALTIMETER, SPEED, TACTICAL MAP, LEVEL INDICATOR AND FUEL STATUS AT THE CONSOLE'S BASE. A DAMAGE INDICATOR IS AT LEFT; BULLET AND MISSILE STOCKS ARE SHOWN AT SCREEN RIGHT. ONCE YOU CLEAR TAKEOFF, INCREASE YOUR SPEED AND SET A COURSE FOR THE TARGET WORD'S FIRST LETTER. THE CHOPPER LIFTS OFF THE GROUND, GAINS ITS NECESSARY ALTITUDE, AND HEADS OFF IN PURSUIT OF LETTERS FLOATING IN THE SKY. THE TARGET WORD IS BRIEFLY DISPLAYED IN ITS CONTEXT SENTENCE AT SCREEN TOP, THEN DISAPPEARS. EACH TIME YOU CAPTURE A LETTER, IT FILLS THE FIRST EMPTY SPACE. CAPTURING LETTERS WHEN YOU FLY AT THE NOVICE SKILL LEVEL YOU MUST CAPTURE LETTERS IN THE CORRECT ORDER. PILOTS AND ACES CAN USE THE LETTER DE-SCRAMBLER (AVAILABLE AT THE STORE). 19 20 TO CAPTURE LETTERS, FOLLOW THESE STEPS: 1. SET A COURSE FOR THE LETTER USING THE TACTICAL MAP ON THE COMMAND CONSOLE. WHEN THE LETTER IS IN VIEW- TURN SO THAT THE ARROW IS POINTED STRAIGHT AT THE DESIRED LETTER. 2. SLOW DOWN AND LINE THE LETTER UP IN YOUR SIGHTS. 3. FIRE A WEAPON. IF YOU MISS, REALIGN YOUR SIGHTS AND FIRE AGAIN. PRESS B TO TOGGLE BETWEEN BULLETS AND MIS- SILES. 4. AN EXPLOSION OCCURS WHEN YOU HIT THE LETTER. THE CAP- TURED LETTER APPEARS IN THE FIRST BLANK SPACE IN THE SENTENCE AT SCREEN TOP. 5. FIND THE NEXT LETTER, AND REPEAT STEPS 1 THROUGH 3 TO FINISH YOUR FIRST WORD. LANDING ONCE YOU CAPTURE ALL THE LETTERS UNLOAD IT. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL LANDING, YOU CAN SPEND EARNED CREDITS IN THE GENERAL STORE. THESE LANDING RIGHTS FOR EACH SKILL LEVEL ARE: NOVICE PRESS L WHEN THE HELIPORT APPEARS ON YOUR TACTICAL MAP. PILOT PRESS L WHEN IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE LANDING STRIP ACE MANUAL LANDINGS ONLY; COME IN LOW AND SLOW. THE BEST WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY. PRESS F1 TO GO TO THE GENERAL STORE FOR A SUPE SPELLICOPTER SHOPPING SPREE. AFTER YOU'VE STOCKED UP ON THE MOST VALUABLE ITEMS, SELECT EXIT TO PURSUE THE NEXT WORD ON YOUR LIST. 20 21 OTHER OBJECTS FROM TIME TO TIME, YOU'LL NOTICE OTHER OBJECTS IN THE VICINITY. SHOOT ONLY AT THOSE WHO SHOW HOSTILE INTENT TO YOUR COPTER. YOU WILL BE REWARDED WHENEVER YOU KNOCK A BAD SPELLER OR LETTER DEFENDER FROM THE SKYWAYS). BAD SPELLERS THESE ROBOTS STEAL LETTERS AND DESTROY LETTER FORTS. SHOOT THEM DOWN QUICKLY SINCE THEY MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO FIND LETTERS. LETTER DEFENDERS THESE UFOS ARE FOUND NEAR LETTERS AND FORTS. THEY ARE DEFINITELY HOSTILE, AND FIRE TRACKING BUBBLES AT YOU. FRIENDLY FLYERS THE PARATROOPERS AND THE GREY GOOSE ARE FRIENDLY. DO NOT SHOOT THEM. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL BE GROUNDED BY MISSION CONTROL AND WILL HAVE TO START THE SPELLING WORD OVER AGAIN. CRASHES AND GROUNDINGS OCCASIONALLY, A SMALL DISASTER MAY BEFALL YOU IN FLIGHT. SHOULD YOU RUN OUT OF FUEL OR BE HIT BY A UFO'S TRACKING BUBBLES YOU WILL CRASH. YOU SEE A CRASH SCREEN, AND RETURN TO THE TAKE- OFF PAD FOR ANOTHER TRY. IF YOU CRASH, YOU MAY CONTINUE YOUR WORK ON THE SAME WORD IN A NEW HELICOPTER. 21 22 KEEP AN EYE ON THE DAMAGE INDICATORS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. YOU WILL HEAR A WARNING BUT WHEN YOU ARE HEAVILY DAMAGED. IF ALL THE DAMAGE INDICATORS ARE HIGH, YOU WILL LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR COPTER AND CRASH. ARMOR WILL HELP PROTECT YOUR COPTER FROM SERIOUS DAMAGE. DON'T SHOOT DOWN FRIENDLY FLYERS OR YOU WILL BE GROUNDED, AND WILL HAVE TO START OVER AGAIN ON THE SAME WORD. THE INFORMATION SCREEN UPON LANDING, VIEW IMPORTANT MISSION INFORMATION BY PRESSING F2. THE INFORMATION SCREEN DISPLAYS THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: RANK, MISSION, COPTERS LEFT, WORDS LEFT, SCORE, CREDITS, LETTER DEFENDERS, BAD SPELLERS AND FORTS DESTROYED AND INVENTORY. ONCE YOU'VE CHECKED YOUR CURRENT FLIGHT STATUS, PRESS ESC RETURN TO THE HELI-PAD. PRESS F1 TO ENTER THE GENERAL STORE. 22 23 SCORING IN SUPER SPELLICOPTER, YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR SCORE BY CAPTURING LETTERS, DESTROYING FORMS, LETTER DEFENDERS, AND BAD SPELLERS. SPELL ALL THE WORDS IN YOUR LIST TO ENRICH YOUR TALLY FURTHER, AND GAIN BONUS POINTS FOR COMPLETING MISSIONS QUICKLY. BE CAREFUL NOT TO HARM FRIENDLY FLYERS OR CAPTURE INCORRECT LETTERS--OR YOU WILL LOSE PRECIOUS POINTS! THE FOLLOWING ARE POINTS GAINED OR LOST FOR EACH ACTION: CAPTURE CORRECT LETTER 30 POINTS CAPTURE INCORRECT LETTER -10 POINTS CAPTURE BAD SPELLER 30 POINTS CAPTURE LETTER DEFENDER 40 POINTS DESTROY FORT 20 POINTS COMPLETE WORD AND LAND SAFELY 50 POINTS COMPLETED MISSION 50 POINTS/WORD CUSTOMER SERVICE HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUR SUPER SPELLICOPTER PROGRAM? CALL 415-597- 5555 OR WRITE TO BRITANNICA SOFTWARE, INC. 345 FOURTH STREET, SAN FRANSISCO, CA 94107 23 24 WORD LISTS FLIGHT A0 FLIGHT A3 FLIGHT A6 CAN TRIP BUSY RAN WHY HERE GET WHAT FIND BIG BACK KNOW LOOK TREE YOUR TEN NECK EDGE PIG RANG HOPE MEN WHICH LIMB WE WITCH ONCE HE SANG LILY FLIGHT A1 FLIGHT A4 FLIGHT A7 DID ANY HEAR IT BEEN JUST ATE BUY THEN LATE DIE HOSE GOT ITS NONE NOT TO PAID MAKE TOO WEAR TAKE TWO WEEK THE DUE ACRE THIS LED EASY FLIGHT A2 FLIGHT A5 FLIGHT B0 CHEW BARE HERD CHOP BLUE BIRTH SHOP BORN CARRY SHOE COOL COLOR PLACE DONE HEARD MUCH LAID LOOSE STREET LOSE MEANT PLAY THAN PIECE STOP ACHE THEIR BLACK DEAL IDEA 24 25 FLIGHT B1 FLIGHT B5 FLIGHT B9 AMONG ESCAPE BRIDAL FORTY EXCEPT CHOICE THERE HANDLE DAMAGE TRIED LAWYER NOTICE WHERE TAILOR BARRED WOMEN DESIRE BIGGER OFTEN CHOOSE PUNISH OFTEN CHOOSE PUNISH SUGAR ABSENT GAIETY LATER ALWAYS GALAXY PUPIL COURSE COUSIN FLIGHT B2 FLIGHT B6 FLIGHT B10 WRITE BEGGAR PURSUE ALLEY COMING ACCEPT CRAZY ACROSS EXACTLY DAIRY AMOUNT FORGIVE EARLY ANSWER WEATHER WORST COLLAR LOVABLE EAGER DECIDE DESERT GAUGE PILLOW GARAGE YACHT POLISH CIGARETTE SIEGE TURKEY MATTER FLIGHT B3 FLIGHT B7 FLIGHT B11 BEGAN FRIEND AWFULLY UNTIL AFRAID BELIEVE WHICH ARRIVE BISCUIT CHIEF ARTIST COUNTRY CHOSE CASTLE POPCORN DOUGH HEALTH RECEIVE WOUND ISLAND THROUGH WORSE REVEAL WELCOME YIELD TARIFF WRITING SEIZE DEVISE ANOTHER FLIGHT B4 FLIGHT B8 FLIGHT B12 MINER ATTACK AGAINST BREATH SUDDENNESS ALREADY ENOUGH AUTHOR THOUGHT SAFETY BANANA CAPITAL TRULY CIRCLE CAPTAIN CELLAR COLUMN DESSERT EQUAL BEFORE FASHION WHOLE MOVING SCANDAL TRIBE NINETY BREATHE JUDGE VACUUM SKILLED 25 26 FLIGHT B13 FLIGHT C1 FLIGHT C5 CEILING FEBRUARY SOUVENIR CHIMNEY BASEMENT SPECIMEN FULFILL CARELESS MANEUVER GROCERY CUSTOMER CEMETERY DESPAIR FAVORITE SERGEANT VILLAIN GASOLINE BUSINESS ECSTASY HEADACHE MORTGAGE IDEALLY LANGUAGE REFERRED BICYCLE MAGAZINE CHILDREN CABBAGE MARRIAGE BEGINNING FLIGHT B14 FLIGHT C2 FLIGHT C6 SUCCEED MEDICINE BREAKFAST TRAGEDY MISCHIEF WEDNESDAY SPONSOR PEACEFUL CAREFULLY QUIETLY PERSONAL DANGEROUS DROPPED STUDYING FORTUNATE RELIEVE REMEMBER STRAIGHT PRECEDE VALUABLE TOMORROW PEASANT THOROUGH CALENDAR PASTIME SHOULDER DESCRIBE PAGEANT FEMININE ADMISSION FLIGHT B15 FLIGHT C3 FLIGHT C7 NUCLEUS SURPRISE INNOCENCE LICENSE ABUNDANT CERTAINLY CURTAIN BRACELET DEFENDANT ADDRESS DISCIPLE COMPANIES PACKAGE GUIDANCE ATHEISTIC HEAVILY DIVISION VENGEANCE CLOTHES ENDEAVOR INGENIOUS COMPARE MEDIOCRE EXPENSIVE DILEMMA NOVELIST LUXURIOUS EMPEROR PAMPHLET DEPENDENT FLIGHT CO FLIGHT C4 FLIGHT C8 CRUELTY OMITTING APPARATUS OFFICER BEHAVIOR BOULEVARD FINALLY SUPPRESS CONSCIOUS APPEARED SYMBOLIC CONSCIOUS HOSPITAL PLEASANCE DECEITFUL SEPARATE PERCEIVE DESIRABLE THEATER ENTRANCE DILIGENCE ORCHARD AROUSING PNEUMONIA WRITTEN PRESTIGE RESOURCES STORIES PROPHESY REMINISCE 26 27 FLIGHT C9 FLIGHT C13 PREVALENT PARLIAMENT PRIVILEGE PENICILLIN LEISURELY PERSISTENT FINANCIER SEPARATION HINDRANCE STATISTICS DIFFERENT CURRICULUM PROCEDURE DESCENDANT PHYSICIAN IRRELEVANT EMPHASIZE PLAYWRIGHT HAPPINESS POLITICIAN FLIGHT C10 FLIGHT C14 LIGHTNING SUCCESSION TELEPHONE SYNONYMOUS REFERENCE ACKNOWLEDGE CHANGEABLE ARRANGEMENT MISSPELLED BEAUTIFULLY INTERESTED COMFORTABLE LONELINESS MANAGEABLE MANAGEMENT OCCURRENCE PARALYSIS OUTRAGEOUS ADEQUATELY ATTENDANCE FLIGHT C11 FLIGHT C15 ADOLESCENT CONSISTENCY BANKRUPTCY DETRIMENTAL CAPITALISM DEVASTATION HORIZONTAL FAMILIARIZE INEVITABLE ENVIRONMENT EFFICIENCY FASCINATION EXHIBITION CARBURETOR INITIATIVE INDEPENDENT LIVELIHOOD INFLUENTIAL UNDOUBTEDLY FLIGHT C12 APPARENTLY BENEFICIAL BUREAUCRAT COMPLEXION CONSCIENCE EXHAUSTION MELANCHOLY MYSTERIOUS MOSQUITOES NOTICEABLE 27 THAT'S ALL. INC PROBABLY HAS NOT CRACKED THIS GAME. I GAVE IT TO THEM THREE DAYS AGO. SO THESE DOCS WILL BE PREMATURE. THE JET INC 1991