Whilst playing Tag! you can pick up various icons that may help or hinder you. To do this simply move over them. The icons are speed up, slow down, freeze, infect, immortal and random. When you are immortal you turn a pale grey colour and you cannot be infected with the lurgi. Be careful though, the icon effects only last for a short period of time, except for infect which lasts until you pass the lurgi on in the usual way, or somebody else collects an infect icon.
THE COKITROLS
Human Player 1 is normally green in colour and is controlled by a joystick in port 1 of your Atari. Human Player 2 (if selected) is normally blue in colour and is controlled by a joystick in port 2 of your Atari. Human Player 3 (if selected) is normally yellow in colour and is controlled from your keyboard. Keys A & Z move your player up and down, while keys N & M move your player left and right. Player 4 is normally pink in colour and is always controlled by the computer. Some of its movement is random, but the majority is calculated to chase or avoid other players when necessary. During the game you may press the SELECT key to toggle on and off the background noise (but not the normal sound effects which will remain active). You may also press the OPTION key to pause the game play. Press OPTION again to continue. At the end of each round you should press the START key to proceed to the next round, as indicated on screen. At the Game Over prompt, press START, SELECT or OPTION to return to
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ADDITIONAL NOTES Tag! and its source code are copyright (c) 1997 Richard Gore. Tag! is not Public Domain software and may not be sold and/or distributed in any form except by Page 6 on their issue disks or by Richard Gore (or by his officially appointed dealers). Tag! was programmed using the Quick! programming language available from DGS in the UK. The source code is included on the disk (under the filename TAG2.QIK) for you to examine and alter etc. for learning and review purposes only. The movement logic of the computer controlled player is not completely infallible, in certain circumstances the computer controlled face can get stuck. The random function helps to eliminate this but does not do so entirely. There are only a couple of hundred free bytes left but a future revision may include more complicated computer logic. As it stands, though, it still offers a pretty mean game. It's even more fun with two or three human opponents. This great program is the BONUS on this issue's disk. If you are not a disk subscriber you can still obtain a copy for ÂŁ2.95 from NEW ATARI USER, P.O. BOX 54, STAFFORD, ST16 1TB. Please make cheques payable to PAGE 6 PUBLISHING or order by telephone with your Visa or Access card on 01785 241153
NOTE: THE ISSUE DISK OFTEN CONTAINS ADDITIONAL BONUS PROGRAMS NOT MENTIONED IN THE MAGAZINE Page 6's New Atari User
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