| LOTUS ESPRIT TURBO CHALLENGE Instructions
========================================= Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge is a one or two player racing game that Gremlin believe is one of the fastest, smoothest and most addictive arcade style racing games of all time. The ultimate aim of the game is to qualify for the Lotus License, which will only be issued to the elite band of individuals that complete all thirty two tracks and finish top of the racers table at the end of all that motoring. Details of how to get your Lotus License once you have achieved this mammoth task are given later in this manual. LOADING INSTRUCTIONS -------------------- Spectrum 48 Type LOAD"" and press ENTER. Press PLAY on the cassette recorder. The game will now load automatically. Spectrum 128/+2/+3 Use the LOADER option as normal. Commodore 64/128 Cassette Insert cassette into the cassette unit. Press SHIFT and RUN STOP simultaneously. Press PLAY on the cassette unit. The program will now load and run automatically. Commodore 64/128 Disk Insert the disk into the drive. Type LOAD"*",8,1 and press RETURN. The program will load and run automatically. Amstrad Cassette Insert cassette into cassette unit. Press CONTROL (CTRL) and the small ENTER key simultaneously. Press play on the cassette unit and then press any key. The program will load and run automatically. Amstrad Disk Insert the disk into the drive, label side up. Type:CPM and press ENTER. The program will load and run automatically. Amiga 1. Plug your joystick into port number 2. 2. Switch on your TV/Monitor and then your computer. 3. Insert the game disk into the built in disk drive. 4. The game will now load automatically. Atari ST 1. Plug your joystick into port number 1. 2. Insert the game disk into the disk drive. 3. Switch on your TV/Monitor and then your computer. 4. The game will now load automatically. THE OPTIONS ----------- The main options are presented on the Options screen. To make a choice, simply move the joystick up and down to highlight the option you wish to alter, and then move your joystick left or right. The options available are as follows: Difficulty: The choices here are Easy, Medium, Difficult and practice. On the easy level, there are seven races to complete, on medium there are ten and fifteen on the difficult level. The practice option allows you to practice your driving on a specially designed practice track. [Not available on Speccy :-(] Easy level covers tracks 1-7, Medium 8-17, and Hard 18-32. Number of Players: One or Two Name of Player: Type in your name on this option, after first deleting the name that's already present on the menu. Manual Gears/Computerised Gears: Choose computerised or manual gears. Normal manual gears are much harder to get to grips with initially, but the acceleration and top speed of the computerised gears are less than when using manual gears. Manual/Computerised Accelerate: simplified controls, you take care only about steering and brake. Controls: up = Accelerate down = Brake up+fire = Change up a gear down+fire = Change down a gear left = Steer Left right = Steer Right [On Speccy, player1 uses arrows and Num.'0' while player2 keys 1-5. Y,H,O,P and Spc doesn't work on my snapshot, maybe original TZX...] Special keys: W = Hold, Q = Go, Break = Restart to "Options screen" Mouse Controls: (Computerised gears only.) Left Mouse button: Accelerate Right Mouse button: Brake Once you have completed your selection, press the fire button to leave this screen. Following this screen, you will be given the opportunity of choosing the tune that will accompany your racing efforts. There are four in all, and are chosen by moving the joystick left and right, and pressing fire when the tune you wish to hear is highlighted. RACING ------ On each level, the player be informed which position must be achieved in order to qualify for the next race. On the two player game, if either driver qualifies, then both racers are carried forward to the next race. The players next starting position will be determined by his finishing position on the previous race, which will be inverted. So, for example, if the player finishes first, he will start the next race in twentieth place, and he finishes second he will start the next race in nineteenth, and so on. On some of the later tracks, the driver will come across some nasty hazards both on and off the roads, and some of the tracks will throw up some pretty nasty surprises. PITSTOPS -------- Some tracks are too long to complete without stopping for fuel, and so pitstops will be required. These are always to be found just after the start/finish line, and are indicated by the yellow spanner sign. In order to carry out a fuel stop, pull into the pit lane and brake. You will then go to another screen where you will see your fuel tank being filled, the amount being indicated on a meter on the right hand side of the screen. You can leave this screen as soon as you think you have enough fuel by hitting the fire button. Qualifying for the Lotus License Once you have completed Lotus Esprit turbo Challenge, you will be presented with a special message. You must write this message in full on the enclosed card (No photocopies will be accepted), and fill in all the other details requested on the card. Once this is completed, return it to Gremlin Graphics, and your license will be forwarded to you. Applying for your Lotus Licence Once you have completed Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge, you can apply for your Lotus licence. To apply for your Lotus licence, simply fill in the form over this page and post it to: Lotus Licence, Gremlin Graphics, Alpha House, 10 Carver Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 4FS. +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | __ | | / \ __ Track One | | / \ / \ | | / \_/' `\ Verona | | / | | | / /' Italy | | \_______________/' | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | __ | | / \_ Track Two | | | `\_ | | | `\_ ___ Monterey | | | `\__/ \_ | | | `\__ Mexico | | `\________________________| | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | _________________ | | /' `\ Track Three | | | ______________| | | | /' Fiskivoth | | | \ | | | | Iceland | | `\____/' | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | __ | | /' | Track Four | | /' /' ___ __ | | /__ /____/' '\_/' | Cordoba | | /' /' | | | /' Spain | | `\______________/' | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ___ | | /' | Track Five | | /' /' | | /' / Norwich | | ___________/' / | | /' / England | | \__________________/ | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | _______________ | | /' `\ Track Six | | _____/' | | | / | Falconberg | | \_____ | | | `\ | Sweden | | `\________________/' | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | __________________ | | ______/' `\ Track Seven | | /' __ | | | \ /' `\__/' Nan Chong | | / | | | \ _______/' China | | `\______/' | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | _______ | | /' `\ Track Eight | | /__ `\ | | \ `\ Merikania | | \ / | | \ /' Finland | | \_____/' | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | _______ _ | | /' | _/' | Track Nine | | /' /\ |_/' /' | | /' /' \ /' Muang Kham Mouan | | \__/' | /' | | | /' Thailand | | `\_/' | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ | LOTUS LICENCE APPLICATION FORM | | | | My computer format is: | | | | The two numbers given on completion of Lotus | | Esprit | | Turbo Challenge are: | | | | First Number: | | | | Second Number: | | | | PLEASE USE BLOCK CAPITALS FOR THE | | FOLLOWING SECTION | | | | | |------------------------------------------------| | | | Name:__________________________________________| | | | Address:_______________________________________| | | |________________________________________________| | | |________________________________________________| | Postcode: | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ Copyright Gremlin Graphics Software Limited 1990 This manual and the information contained on the floppy disks are copyrighted by Gremlin Graphics Ltd. The owner of this product is entitled to use the product for his or her own personal use only. No one may transfer, give or sell any part of either the manual or information on the disk without the prior permission of Gremlin Graphics Software Limited. Any person or persons reproducing any part of the program, in any media, for any reason, shall be guilty of copyright violation and shall be subject to civil liability at the discretion of the copyright holder. ************** Document was edited in order to fit Speccy users' needs by Aleksandar (dot) Lukic (at) ev.co.yu All controls, options,... were checked, so have a fun ! ;-) |