WINTER EVENTS - (C)1987 ANCO


OPENING CEREMONY
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The opening day of the Winter Events hes come. An athlete with the torch runs
into the stadium and lights the flame to herald the beginning of the
competiticin. Press the joystick fire button (port 2) to leave the-opening
ceremony and the main MENU will be automatically loaded.


MAIN MENU 
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NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 1 to 4. The number is altered by pressing Fire button.
COMPETE IN ALL EVENTS: Take part in all six events.
COMPETE IN SOME EVENTS: Take part in selected events.
PRACTICE SOME EVENTS: Individuel events can be chosen for practice.
SEE WORLD RECORDS: The current world records are shown. If your record is
better, then it can be loaded under next option and displayed during the game.
LOAD/SAVE RECORDS: If you better the current record, save it on a separate
cassette to be loaded later.
You will be asked to "ENTER YOUR NAME AND COUNTRY". Choose your country by
moving joystick left or right and use the keyboard to enter your name (max. 10
letters) and press the RETURN key. The national anthem will be played and now
the next player can enter his name. If you have chosen to practice or compete
in some events, a menu with all the events will be displayed. Use the joystick
to choose the event and press the Fire button to make the selection. Exit this
menu by choosing END and pres the fire button.
PRAICTICING EVENTS: When the set number of attempts is completed, message
AGAIN appears on the screen. Move joystick to select YES or NO. Press Fire
button to exit the event.


BIATHLON
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The aim of this event is to complete the course in the shortest time and to
score as many HITS as possible at the shooting range. The complete course has
to run through three times and consists of several parts. 

Joystick Control:
Uphill and straight on - Move joystick left and right alternatively. 
Downhill - Move joystick up and down. 

You must take care that the joystick is moved in time with the ski sticks.
Rhythm is essential to achieve success. At the shooting range, load your gun
for each shot by moving the Joystick up and down. You have 5 cartridges to hit
at least 3 targets. You lose 5 penalty seconds for each miss.

 
SLALOM 
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You steer the skier to pass the flags on the left and right alternatively. If
you miss more than 3 flags you are disqualified. You are allowed 2 runs to
improve your completion time. 

Joystick Control:
Steering - Move your joystick left and right.
Acceleration - Press Fire button. 
Deceleration - Press Fire button and pull joystick back.


SKI JUMP 
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You have to jump as far as possible and keep good style in the air. Press the
Fire button to take off at the end of the run. During flight, try to assume
the style shown in the picture on the right. You can use Joystick to correct
your stance. 

Joystick Control:
Crossed skies - Joystick down.
Bend knees - Joystick up.
Lean forward/backward - Joystick left or right.

If you land correctly, you receive additional points for flight style added to
the distance jumped. You are allowed 3 attempts. 


SPEED SKATING
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You have to skate 300 metres as fast as possible, This event allows two
players to compete against each other. Select 2 joystick option to do so.

Joystick Control:
Top Skater - Joystick 1. 
Bottom Skater - Joystick 2.

You are allowed only 1 attempt.


BOBSLED
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You are required to cover the course as fast as possible without over turning.
You steer your BOB by moving your joystick left or right. The later you steer
into a bend, the more your BOB tends to be thrown out of the bend. You can
determine your starting speed by pushing your joyttick backwards and forwards
whilst your BOB is on the straight. You are allowed 3 attempts and you start
your BOB by moving the joystick up.

 
DOWNHILL 
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You are required to get to the finishing line as fast as possible. The flags
show you the course you must take. Crashing into the flags is not penalised
though you lose time.

Joystick Control:
Steering - Move joystick left and right.
Acceleretion - Press Fire button.
Deceleretion - Press Fire button and pull joystick back.
Stand up - Joystick down.
Crouch - Joystick up.


LOADING 
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Rewind the tape. Type CLOAD and press the RETURN key. If your tape recorder
does not have remote control to autometically stop the tape recorder, you will
have to watch out for the warning to stop the recorder. To play any event, you
must load the opening ceremony first and then use the menu to load any event.
It is therefore necessary to know the location of each event on the tape. Todo
so, carryout the following procedure: Rewind the tape and set the tape counter
to ZERO. when the first prog. is loaded and the tape stops or you are asked to
stop it, note the counter reeding. Enter the reading on the chart against
BIATHLON. Select to COMPETE IN ALL EVENTS. Now load the first event which is
BIATHLON. When it has loeded, note the counter reading and record it against
SKI JUMP which is the next event. Proceed in this manner until you heve noted
the start of all six events.

+-------------------+---------+   +-------------------+---------+
| EVENT             | COUNTER |   | SLALOM            |         |
+-------------------+---------+   | SKI JUMP          |         |
| OPENING CEREMONY  |         |   | BOBSLED           |         |
| BIATHLON          |         |   | DOWN HILL         |         |
| SPEED SKATING     |         |   +-------------------+---------+
+-------------------+---------+




