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1987 Audiogenic Software Ltd.
All rights reserved.
Commodore 64 and 128 are trademarks of Commodore Electronics Ltd.
Atari is a registered trademark of Atari Corp.
520S1: 1040ST and Mega are trademarks of Atari Corp.
Amiga is a trademark of Commodore-Amiga Inc.
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Printed in the U.SA
GETTING STARTED
Equipment needed:
• Commodore 64™ or 128™ (in 64 mode); Atari® 520ST™, 1040SpM
or Mega™; Amiga™; or IBM® PC/PCjrTM, Tandy® 1000 family
or 100% IBM compatible computer.
• Monitor or TV (Color recommended)
• Disk drive
• Joystick optional (Commodore and IBM only)
• Mouse optional (AtarL Amiga and IBM only)
• Color or Enhanced Graphics Adaptor (IBM and some
compatibles only)
• Blank, formatted disk for saving screens (Commodore only)
Loading Instructions
Commodore
1. If you are using a joystick, make sure it is plugged into port 2.
2. Turn on your monitor or TV, the disk drive and then your computer.
(Note: C128 users run
Blockbuster
in 64 mode.)
3. Insert the
Blockbuster
disk, label side up, into the disk drive.
4. Type
LOAD"·",8,1
and press
RETURN.
5. After the program loads, press the fire button to start the game.
Atari
1. Make sure the mouse is plugged into port
O.
2. Insert the
Blockbuster
disk, label side up, into the disk drive.
3. Turn on the monitor or TV, and the computer.
4. Press the left mouse button to start the game.
Amigo
1. Make sure the mouse is plugged into port 1.
2. Turn on the monitor and computer.
3. Insert the
Kickstart 1.2
disk into the disk drive.
4. When the request for
Workbench 1.2
appears, insert the
Blockbuster
disk, label side up, into the disk drive.
5. After the program loads, press the left mouse button to start
the game.
IBM
Note to mouse users:
If you plan to use a mouse, make sure you
have the mouse driver installed on the DOS disk. If you are going
to install DOS on your program disk, make sure you copy the mouse
driver to the program disk as well. And if you are going to install
Blockbuster
on your hard disk, make sure the mouse driver is also
on your hard disk.
Loading with DOS (2.1 or higher)
1. If you plan to use q mouse or joystick, make sure it is plugged
into the appropriate port of your computer.
2. Insert the DOS disk into drive A and close the drive door.
3. Turn on the computer and the monitor or TV.
4. Respond to the date and time prompts.
5. When the A> prompt appears on the screen, replace the
DOS disk with the program disk.
6. Type
BUSTER
and press the
Enter
key.
Installing DOS on the Program Disk: One Disk Drive
1. Place the DOS disk in drive A and turn on the monitor or TV
and your computer.
2. When the request to enter the date and time appears, press the
Enter
key twice.
3. At the A> prompt, type
SYS
B: and press the
Enter
key. Follow
the instructions on the screen, using the DOS disk as the
"diskette for drive PI' and the
Blockbuster
disk as the "diskette
for drive B:' You will see a message telling you that the system
has been transferred.
4. At the next A> prompt, insert the DOS disk in drive A and type
COPY COMMAND.COM
B: and press the
Enter
key. Follow the
instructions on the screen using the DOS disk as the "diskette
for drive
P<'
and the
Blockbuster
disk as the" diskette for
drive
B:'
5. From now on when you want to load the game, just insert the
Blockbuster
disk into drive
A,
turn on the monitor or TV and your
computer, and respond to the date and time prompts. In a
few moments the game will load into your computer's memory
and the title screen will appear.
Installing DOS on the Program Disk: Two Disk Drives
1. Place the DOS disk in drive A and the
Blockbuster
disk in drive B.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Turn on the monitor or TV and the computer.
When the request to enter the date and time appears, press
the
Enter
key twice.
At the A> prompt, type
SYS
B: and press the
Enter
key. You will
see a message telling you that the system has been transferred.
At the next A> prompt, type
COPY COMMAND.COM
B: and
press the
Enter
key.
From now on when you want to load the game, just insert the
Blockbuster
disk into drive
A,
turn 'on the monitor or TV and your
computer, and respond to the date and time prompts. In a few
moments the game will load into your computer's memory and
the title screen will appear.
Installing Blockbuster on
a
Hard Disk
After you complete the procedure outlined below.
Blockbuster
will run entirely from your hard disk; you will not need to use the
floppy disk. The procedure will create a sub-directory on the hard
disk and copy all relevant files to it. You will be asked to provide a
name for the new sub-directory. If you want to use an existing
sub-directory, just enter the name of that sub-directory In Step 3,
and Ignore the message about being unable to create a directory.
NOTE:
Once
Blockbuster
has been copied to a hard disk, your
floppy will not generate any more hard disk copies. However, you
can transfer the hard disk installation capability back to your
floppy disk by following the procedures given in the section en-
titled "Uninstalling
Blockbuster
from a hard disk:'
WARNING:
Before you attempt either to make an archival backup
of your hard disk, or to run a hard disk "optimization" or "defrag-
mentlng" program after having Installed
Blockbuster
on the hard
disk, first make sure that you follow the instructions to unlnstall
Blockbuster.
If you don't,
Blockbuster
will no longer be executable
from the hard disk, and you won't be able to re-install the program.
After you make the backup or run the optimization program,
follow the installation instructions given below to re-install the
program on your hard disk. The instructions for hard disk installation
are as follows:
1. Boot the system, if necessary, and get a C> prompt.
2. Insert the
Blockbuster
disk, label side up, Into the disk drive
and close the disk drive door.
3. Type
A:SETFIXED NAME,
where
NAME
Is the name you have
chosen for the new directory. The name must not be longer than
eight characters. When you press
Enter, Blockbuster
will install
itself on the hard disk.
4. When the installation is complete, the system must be rebooted.
To reboot, press the
Ctrl, Alt,
and
Del
keys simultaneously. To run
Blockbuster
from the hard disk after rebooting, type
CD\NAME,
where
NAME
Is the new directory name, and press
Enter.
Then
type
BUSTER
and press
Enter.
After a few seconds, the program
will begin.
Uninstalling Blockbuster from
a
Hard Disk
1.
2.
3.
4.
Boot the system, if necessary, and get an A> prompt.
Insert the
Blockbuster
disk In Drive A and close the drive door.
At the A> prompt, type
UNINSTAL
and press
Enter.
When the process is complete,
Blockbuster
will no longer be
executable from the hard disk. To re-Install
Blockbuster
on a hard
disk, follow the hard disk installing Instructions already given.

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