DOCS FOR TIMEMACHINE, TYPED BY RYGAR/SCIENCE 451!    [RYGAR]
  
  
  
                   Professor Potts is a recluse scientist
                    who has a pet obsession - travelling
                           through time and space.
  
                  Our hero,  Potts is working on his time-
                   machine when suddenly he is the victim
                  of a terrorist attack.  Unfortunately an
                   explosive device hits the time-machine
                   and also the vital accelerator crystal
                   (a rare carbon that  is only formed at
                     extreme heat and pressure) becomes
                   destroyed, throwing Potts into a time
                                  warp.
  
                   The future has happened, leaving him
                      trapped in prehistoric times...
  
                                GAMEPLAY
  
                    You take the part of Potts, and must
                    manipulate history  from prehistoric
                         times to the present day.
  
                    To return to your own time zone you
                   must first create  your own future by
                   interfering with evolution.  In order
                   to survive you  must also protect the
                   environment and man's forebears. Your
                    final goal is to stop the terrorist
                    attack and rescue the time-machine,
                    now 10 million years in the future.
  
                  CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TIME ZONES
  
                  You must perform certain tasks in each
                   zone to initiate the creation of the
                  next time  zone, E.G. like cooling and
                  warming of the planet, finding oil and
                               stone wheel...
  
                  Previous zones will continue to evolve
                   on their own and be changed by their
                  inhabitants.  This may, in turn, alter
                   events in subsequent zones. You must
                   therefore maintain the course of the
                 evolution of earlier  zones E.G. protect
                   your forebears and keep them warm or
                       you too will become extinct!
  
                                EVOLUTION
  
                  Events in a zone will evolve in other
                  subsequent zones  E.G. a seed planted
                  in one zone may grow into a tree in a
                  later zone,  which may itself be used
                   in a even later zone. You must help
                             the evolution!
  
                       TRAVELLING IN TIME AND SPACE
  
                  You are able to travel back and forth
                   in time between existing time zones.
  
                   You are also able to travel both in
                 time and space  using your very limited
                   number of reusable travel pods. You 
                  should place these  pods at strategic
                 points,  so that you can teleport your-
                  self and any moveable object in your
                   vicinity, to them as when required.
  
                                 WEAPONS
  
                  The only weapon available to you is a
                   limited burst of electrical charge
                  from your controller device. Use this
                  device to stun creatures and dislodge
                   objects. If you overuse your device
                  then you  have to wait for it to make
                               a recharge.
  
                             THE LOOK WINDOW
  
                   As you move around, any objects that
                  you can manipulate will  appear in the
                  display window.  Some of these objects
                   can be picked up,  carried and/or be
                               transported.
  
                            JOYSTICK CONTROLS
  
                    Without firebutton you can walk all
                            eight directions.
  
                   With firebutton pressed you can pick
                   up things by pulling down. All other
                     directions will perform a jump.
  
                   Firebutton alone will fire electric
                    beam or drop object (if carried.)
  
                            KEYBOARD CONTROLS
  
                  F1 - Pick up/drop beam to travel pad 1
                  F2 - Pick up/drop beam to travel pad 2
                  F3 - Pick up/drop beam to travel pad 3
                  F4 - Pick up/drop beam to travel pad 4
                  1-5  Beam to time zone 1-5 if active
                  ESC  Pause game
                  Q    Quit game (while in pause mode)
  
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