P-47 Thunderbolt

P-47 : THE PLANE



The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was one of the top American fighters in World

War II. In 1943 they were under the control of the British RAF Fighter Command

and, operating from bases in England, their principal tasks were relatively

short-range sorties over northern France. The following year they were equipped

with "drop tanks", giving the extra fuel needed to compliment their immense

fire-power, and enabled deep daylight raids further behind enemy lines. The

P-47 was at the time the fastest and heaviest bomber in the USAAF, and in

combat consistently proved its immense strength. With exceptionally good dive

characteristics and hard hitting armaments, the "Lead Sled" was the 8th Air

Force's premier deadly weapon.



PICK-UPS



B Bombs................These drop from the 'plane each time you fire.



E Spray missile........These fly from the front of your 'plane as missiles and

then split into small projectiles (2 - 8 depending upon your energy level),

flying out in fan formation.



M Multi-missile........2 - 8 missiles fly from the front of your 'plane, split

into a wing formation, and then continue onwards.



S Speed-up.............Depending upon your energy level, these cause your

'plane to speed up.



T Directable Fire......2 - 8 bullets are fired in the direction you are

currently holding the joystick. The 'plane will also move in the same direction

- a deadly but tricky manoeuvre.



1 Up Extra Life........Gives you an extra life.



P-47 : THE GAME



Fly your P-47 through eight frenzied levels of enemy activity, bombing

ground vehicles and shooting aircraft. At the end of each level you must

confront and destroy a large enemy battleship, tank or 'plane to progress to

the next level.

Along the way there are several pick-ups. Each time you collect one of

these, your energy level increases, starting at level one and increasing to a

maximum level of four. Your energy level determines the number of special

weapons that each pick-up releases. For example, when you have collected the

pick-up for bombs, you will fire one bomb for a each level of energy.



LOADING INSTRUCTIONS



Amiga: If your Amiga has Kickstart on disk, insert the Kickstart

disk and switch on your Amiga. Then, when prompted for

Workbench, insert the game disk.

Spectrum 48K: Type Load "" then press Play on tape player.

Spectrum 128K, +2: Press Enter when 'Loader' is highlighted and then press

Play on tape player.

Spectrum +3: Insert disk and press Enter when 'Loader' is highlighted.

Atari ST: Insert the disk and then switch on the ST. The game will

auto-load.

IBM PC: Insert disk, select correct drive and the type PC47 for the

CGA version, or PE47 for the EGA version.

Amstrad Tape: Press Ctrl & Enter then press Play on the tape player.

Amstrad Disk: Type Run "Disc.

CBM 64 Disk: Insert disk and then type Load "*",8,1.

CBM 64 Tape: Press SHIFT & RUN/STOP then press Play on tape player.



END GAME



On completion of all eight levels, the Spectrum, C64 and Amstrad versions of

the game will wrap around to start again. On the ST, Amiga and IBM versions you

will receive a congratulatory message and be given the option of running the

mission again with a greater degree of difficulty. There are four degrees of

difficulty.



CONTROLS



All versions will have redefinable keyboard controls, as well as a joystick

option. The joystick option on the IBM PC will be compatible only with the IBM

Game controller card or the built-in joystick port on an Amstrad PC. To quit to

DOS on the IBM PC press F10.





Game Characteristics described in the document may vary on some computers.

Licensed from (C) Jaleco 1988 Manual copyright (C) Microprose Software 1989.

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Credits: Manual Text: Rob Davies Manual Design and Graphics: Artistix U.K.

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