The Duel : Test Drive II HOW TO INSTALL ON HARD DISK These instructions assume that you've assigned DF0: to be your floppy drive and DH0: is your hard drive. 1. Load CLI & create a hard disk directory by typing MAKEDIR DH0:DUEL. You only have to do this one time.(you can substitute any name for DUEL) 2. Insert your Duel disk in df0:,then type TDBOOT:DUEL,and press ENTER. 3. Once the game starts,choose the INSTALL option from the Setup screen. 4. When the Install Menu appears, assign DH0:DUEL to be your Play Disk. If you have a Car &/or Scenery Disk, assign them to DF0:. Or if you have a 2nd floppy drive, you may assign them to DF1:. 5. Choose MAKE PLAY DISK & a Play Disk will be created in DUEL dir of hard drive. 6. Choose COPY CARS & copy all cars onto Play Disk.(These Cars will appear under the Play Disk list.) Exit from the Copy Cars screen. 7. Choose COPY SCENERY & copy scenery to Play Disk. (All scenery will then appear under the Play Disk list.)Exit from the Copy Scenery screen. Note: You can put as many cars & scenery on your hard drive as you have disk space. If you have more than you can see on your Copy Cars or Copy Scenery screens, pull up or down on joystick to scroll to other items. 8. First,go to Play Disk press FIREBUTTON. Make sure Play Disk is assigned to DH0: & press FIREBUTTON again. The message at the top of the Install Menu should read "Using Play Disk." 9. Make sure that CARDISK & SCENERYDISK are not assigned to a drive (the space beside the option should be blank). 10. Whenever you want to play the game from the hard drive, boot THE DUEL & specify Play Disk location (DH0:DUEL) HOW TO LOAD THE DUEL 1. Connect your joystick. 2. If you have an Amiga 1000, kickstart your computer with Kickstart. 3. Insert THE DUEL: TEST DRIVE II into the drive, label side up. 4. The game will load,& after the title & credit screens appear, the game automatically goes into its demonstration run 5. Press FIREBUTTON whenever you want to exit the demo. You're whisked to the 1st Selection screen to set up your race. HOW TO SET UP A RACE 1.Your Car * A picture of the current selection is displayed in the box. To choose other cars, preess the FIRE BUTTON. * After screen dissolves to the Car Selection screen, use joystick or Up & Down arrow keys to scroll through available cars. When your favorite appears,press FIREBUTTON & the screen dissolves back to Setup screen. 2.The Other Car * This displays the competition if you elect to race computer.High-light, press FIRE BUTTON & the screen dissolves to the Car Selection screen. Choose the computer's weapon & press FIRE BUTTON to return to Setup. 3.Scenery * You don't need this option unless you've an additional Scenery disk.If you don't, skip to #5 in this section. * If you do, press FIREBUTTON. The screen dissolves to Scenery Selection screen, which features the Mastery Scenery Disk. If you have already installed the scenery disk, move the stick up or down (or press the Up & Down arrows)to examine other roadscapes.When you see the scenery you want, press FIREBUTTON. The screen dissolves back to the Setup screen. 4.Install * You don't need this option unless you have an optional Car or Scenery Disk. If you don't have them, skip to #5. 5.Do you want to race against the clock? * Highlight stopwatch,pressFIREBUTTON & you're of to the Skill Selection screen. 6.Or battle the relentless, icy cool driving hand of the computer? * Highlight computer, press FIRE BUTTON & go to Skill Selection screen. CHOOSE YOUR SKILL LEVEL 12 levels of difficulty. Here's the different variables: Skill level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Auto Shift x x x x Opponent speed 90 MPH ----------------- Top speed of car Cop speed 120 MPH ----------------- 200 MPH Traffic Density 50% --------------------- 100% Traffic Speed 30 MPH ------------------- 60 MPH Scoring 33% --------------------- 100% * Move joystick left or right to choose a level,then press FIRE BUTTON. HOW TO DRIVE YOUR CAR Joystick: Accelerate Accelerate/left Accelerate/right \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | / Turn left -------- -------- Turn right / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ Brake/left Brake/right Brake To manually shift your car with the controls,accelerate or decelerate until you're ready to change gears, then simultaneously press FIRE BUTTON. ADDITIONAL CONTROLS [ D ] Makes the Gear Shift appear & disappear on screen [ P ] Pauses the action - press any key to continue [ M ] Toggles music off & on [ S ] Toggles game sounds off & on [ Ctrl ] [ R ] Takes you to the original Setup screen [ Esc ] Exits you to Amiga DOS SAVE There is no way to save a race. THE COCKPIT Tachometer Large gauge in center of dashboard. In 1000's of RPMs, the rotational speed of your drive shaft.The bigger the number,the harder the engine is working. If you work it too hard,- that is, push the tach needle into the red area - you'll blow all your precious horse-power right out the tailpipe.(Watch for smoke in the rear view mirror.) Steering Wheel The joystick turns the wheel left or right.The dot on the top moves to show you how far off of straight ahead you are. Radar Detector Located on sun visor in upper left windshield. A blinking light means it's on. If the light flashes & beeps, slow to the speed limit, because lurking nearby is your worst nightmare: A state trooper with (1) an attitude & (2)a shortfall on his weekly ticket quota.You could try to outrun the toast. But you better be good. Police A cop will chase until you either outrun him or he passes you.In the latter case, you must stop & get a ticket. (Getting a ticket is not good. Not only do insurance rates go up, but the clocks still running & you lose valuable time.) If you crash into a cop, the game is over. That's justice. At times you'll be coming around a bend & a cop will be standing beside the road(car parked), motioning you to pull over. You have three options: 1) pull over & get a ticket 2) speed by 3) run him over. If you choose #2 & he catches you, you get a ticket. Choose #3 & the game is over. Speedometer Near the middle of the dashboard. You can't miss it. For the European-made cars, it's measured in KPH (kilometers per hour).Here's a chart to help you convert KPH into MPH (miles per hour). One KPH is equal to about .62 MPH. KPH = MPH KPH = MPH 375 = 232.5 225 = 139.5 350 = 217 200 = 124 325 = 201.5 175 = 108.5 300 = 186 150 = 93 275 = 170.5 125 = 77.5 250 = 155 100 = 66.14 Gear Shift To make it appear & disappear toggle D.If display is off,gear shift appears only briefly when you shift. Rear View Mirror Monitor it well. Esp. at higher levels, watch out for opponents. A keen eye to the glass will help you keep on top of ol'Smokey too. Dots at the Top of the Screen These are moving dots (3 possible if you're challenging, 2 if you're racing solo against the clock). They move across the top of the screen during each leg of a race, starting at left side at the beginning & ending at the right (or the gas station - the finish line of that leg.) The dots represent the cars in the race - yours, the computer's & the cop's. You are the first dot at the start (red), followed by the computer (blue) & the gendarme (he only appears when he's in pursuit, in yellow). he dots quickly show you how much race is left, & how you're doing relative to the competition. TAKE A TRIP Lives. You start with 5, less than a cat, but still pretty generous. Lose a life every time you crash or get a penalty.Gain a life each time you refuel. Penalties. You lose a life & get 20-second penalties(added to your time) if you crash, blow an engine, or run out of gas. Gas. When you see a sign start thinking about filling up.When the two white lines pop up beside the gasstation,stand on the brake & pull onto your side of the road. If you don't stop between the lines, you can't refuel. That's not good - & you'll find out why in a few miles. Go. Rev the engine. You're now in gear.If you're on manual shift level, pop it into gear & go. Shift. To shift up, hold joystick up & press firebutton.To shift down, hold the joystick down & press FIREBUTTON. Resurrections. After each crash or penalty,press FIREBUTTON to continue the duel. If you run out of lives... well,cheer up, even Rome fell. Don't quit. Ignore the callous insults flung at you by the computer & take another shot. SCORE SCREENS One or two screens will appear after each leg of the race is finished. When you race against the computer,the winner is determined by the highest point total. (If your time is only slightly better than the computer's, his speed & points may be greater than yours. This is because he started behind you & had a slightly greater distance to travel.) TOP GUN SCREEN After you race, & you're one of the 7 highest on the disk, a screen appears which asks you to type in your name.Then press the FIREBUTTON an you'll see your name.(There are separate Top Gun screens,for every Scenery Disk.) HOW TO USE THE INSTALL OPTION This section explains how you create your own unique races using different combinations of cars & scenery from the original gameAND the optional Car & Scenery disks. What kind of combinations can you make? How about a Porsche RUF (top speed 211mph)head-to-head against the new Corvette ZR1? Rocketing between a stand of redwoods near the Oregon border, or through heavy San Francisco traffic? To take the 1st step to creating your custom match races, highlight INSTALL & press ENTER (or FIREBUTTON). Install Menu looks something like this. - Install Menu Exit to Game Menu - Car Disk Scenery Disk Play Disk - Make Play Disk Copy Cars Copy Scenery - Exit to Game Menu WARNING! Swap disks, wait till red light on drive is off before pressing firebutton. A Tip To Save Disk Swaps After you've made a Play Disk, & you're ready to exit Install Menu screen, make sure that the Car Disk or Scenery Disk are not assigned to any drive(a blank space beside them.) It'll save you much swapping grief. Car Disk * This tells computer whether you've inserted a Car Disk into the drive. Highlight it, press FIREBUTTON,then type in the name of the disk or its drive location. (For example: DF0:, DF1:, Car Disk:) * If you are asked to insert the Car Disk, follow all on-screen intrs. * When you return to Setup screen,choose Your Car or Other Car option.(If only one drive, you'll need to insert your Car Disk; follow on-screen instructions.) You can move joystick to scroll through original & new cars. Press FIREBUTTON when you spot your dream car. Only One Disk Per Drive? No, you can assign more than one disk to the same drive, which is important obviously if you have only one drive. ie,both a Car & Scenery Disk could be specified to DF0: Scenery Disk * This tells the computer where the Scenery Disk is located.Highlight it, press FIREBUTTON, then type in name of disk or its drive location. * If you are asked to insert the Scenery Disk, follow on-screen instr. * When you return to Setup screen, choose Scenery option.(If you have one drive, you'll be prompted to insert your Scenery Disk; follow on-screen instrs.) Now you can move joystick (or arrow keys) to scroll through the original & new scenery. Press FIREBUTTON when roads of you want appear. Play Disk * This tells the computer the location of a Play Disk. Assign a drive for the Play Disk, then follow on-screen instr. What's a play disk? It's a formatted disk onto which you can copy some of a Master Disk as well as combinations of cars & scenery.ie.you could create a match race between the F40 & the Corvette in California. And it keeps from having to swap disks at each gas station. (You must assign a drive to PLAY DISK before making a Play Disk.) YOU'RE NOT CRAZY! If you think your game is asking you to swap disks an awful lot, you're not crazy. It is. But you can resolve this by creating a Play Disk. DON'T WRITE PROTECT YOUR DISKS! If you write protect your disks the game won't work properly. So don't. ANOTHER ESSENTIAL PLAY DISK TIP If you want to put cars or scenery onto a Play Disk from an optional Car or Scenery Disk, make sure that the Car or Scenery Disk is assigned to a drive on the Install Menu before you proceed.Otherwise, you can only extract cars & roadscapes from the Master Disk. Make Play Disk * With this option, you copy some of the Master Disk on a formatted disk or your hard drive. Impt: must format your blank disk first. Highlight, press FIREBUTTON, then follow on-screen instr. Now you're ready to add Car & Scenery information which makes the Play Disk playable-you must have at least one car & one scenery to make a working play disk. Copy Cars * After you make a Play Disk, this lets you copy cars from Master Disk or Car Disk onto your Play Disk. (You can copy one scenery & two cars to a Play Disk.) Press FIREBUTTON, follow the on-screen instructions. * Use joystick to highlight the name(s) of the car you want to manipulate, press the firebutton. A * will appear before each name to indicate that it's selected. (Press FIREBUTTON again to undo the selection.) * You can only copy cars -never delete them- from list in the 1st column. Likewise, you can only delete -never copy- cars from the 2ndcolumn list. * After car is selected, press COPY or DELETE, & follow on-screen instr. Copy Scenery * Lets you copy scenery from the Master Disk or Scenery Disk to Play Disk. (You can copy one scenery & two cars to a Play Disk.) * You can only copy scenery -never delete- from list in the first column. Likewise, you can only delete -never copy- scenery from 2nd column list. * After scenery is selected,press COPY or DELETE,& follow on-screen instr. * Use joystick to highlight the names or names of the scenery you want to manipulate, then press FIREBUTTON. An * will appear before each name to indicate that it's selected.(Press FIREBUTTON again to undo selection.) * After scenery is selected,press COPY or DELETE, & follow on-screen inst. * After you've placed cars & scenery onto a Play Disk, go to Play Disk & press FIRE BUTTON. Make sure that your Play Disk is specified to DF0: & press FIREBUTTON again.The message at the top of the screen should read "Using Play Disk." Then when you exit Install Menu, be sure to set the YOUR CAR, OTHER CAR, & SCENERY settings to match your Play Disk. Using More Than One Disk? You may create a library of Play, Car, or Scenery Disks. To switch without turning off the computer, go to the Install Menu.Take out your current disk out of its drive & put your new one in. Highlight PLAY DISK (or CAR DISK or SCENERY DISK), press FIREBUTTON twice & you're ready to go. One Final All-Encompassing Installation Tip On occasion you will boot up the game (or change disks within the game),and a message might pop up asking you to insert a Play, Car, or Scenery Disk.If you don't want to do this, you don't have such a disk, or you've specified the wrong drive location, press ESC & follow the on-screen instructions.