*************************************** ***** HOW TO SOLVE 'SPACE ACE' ***** ***** ===== === ***** ***** WRITTEN BY <-THE BATMAN-> ***** *****\ /***** \ THE INFO CONTAINED / \ IS HOW TO SOLVE THE / \ ARCADE GAME / \ SPACE ACE / \ --------- / \ COPY WRONG / \ 1984 BAT-CO./ \ PRODUCTS / \ INC. / \-CADET-/ \LEVEL/ \ / \ / OK LETS GET STARTED.. YOU BEGIN AT A ROCKY MOUNTAIN WHERE YOU ARE STARING AT THE EVIL 'BORF'S' SHIP. KIMBERLY, YOUR FEMALE COMPANION, TRYS TO GET TOO CLOSE OF A LOOK AT THE SHIP AND THE ROCKS BREAK OUT FROM UNDER HER. SHE IS SUCKED UP INTO BORF'S SHIP, AND BORF IS ABOUT TO ATTACK YOU. YOUR FIRST MOVE WILL BE [RIGHT] WHEN THE ROCK FLASHES FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER [RIGHT]. YOUR RUNNING FROM LAZER SHOOTING ROBOTS. GO [LEFT], THEN [LEFT] AGAIN AND [ENERGIZE]. [SHOOT], GO [RIGHT], THEN [LEFT], THEN [RIGHT]. [SHOOT] THE ROBOT, AND GO [LEFT]. NOW YOU ARE AT THE ROBOT SMASHERS. WHEN THE LEGS ARE RAISED, GO [LEFT], [LEFT], [LEFT], AND [LEFT] AGAIN. YOUR AT THE SPACE SCENE JUST WAIT "KIMBERLY, COME IN, ARE YOU OK?" "OH SURE, I'VE BEEN CAPTURED BY ALIENS, THATS ALL!!!" "I'LL SAVE YOU KIMMY." "GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!!!" FUNNY HOW DEXTER CAN COMMUNICATE W/ KIMBERLY EVEN THOUGH SHES CAPUTERD. MABEY SHE DEMANDED HER RIGHT TO ONE PHONE CALL BEFORE PROSECUTION. NOW YOUR AT THE MAZE. GO [FOREWARD], [RIGHT], [FOREWARD], [FIRE], [RIGHT], [FIRE], [BACK], AND [FIRE] AGAIN. **WARNING THIS BOARD CAN BE BACKWARD** ** THUS MAKING THE TWO RIGHT TURNS ** ** LEFT TURNS. ** DEXTER SAYS, "SPACE STATION; REQUEST PREMISSION TO LAND. AHAH, BORF IS HERE" GO [FOREWARD], [RIGHT], [FOREWARD], [FOREWARD], [ENERGIZE], "HAHA". [RIGHT], [FIRE], [FOREWARD], [FOREWARD] [FIRE], [RIGHT] (THIS LAST MOVE YOU CAN EITHER GO RIGHT OR LEFT. I GO LEFT. AFTER HEARING "ALERT!" "ALERT!", WAIT UNTIL IT SAYS ENERGIZE ON THE SCRENE AND THEN [ENERGIZE]. [SHOOT] THE GIANT LAZER GUN, THEN GO [RIGHT] WHEN YOU SEE A GLIMPSE OF ANOTHER PLATFORM COMMING. THEN GO [FOREWARD] & [FIRE]. WAIT UNTIL THE GUN FIRES AT YOU. IT WILL MISS AND THEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO [FIRE]. NOW GO [RIGHT] AND WHEN YOU SEE THE GUNS, [FIRE], AND [FIRE] AGAIN. GO [LEFT] AND NOW YOUR ON TO A DIFFERENT SCENE. AFTER THE DOGS SAY, "DEXTER, YOUR A FOOL" GO [FOREWARD], THEN [RIGHT], THEN [LEFT]. [ENERGIZE]. LET THE DOGS ATTACK YOU AND THEN GO [LEFT]. GO [RIGHT] AT THE CORNER, AND [FIRE] AT THE NEXT CORNER. AFTER THAT GO [RIGHT] AND [FIRE]. GO [LEFT] FROM THERE, AND [FOREWARD]. NOW YOUR DONE WITH THAT SCENE. WHILE DEXTER IS AT THE SPACE STATION, THE ROOM WITH THE PLATFORMS, AND THE DOGS, THE ROOM MAY BE BACKWARDS IN WHICH CASE THE MOVEMENTS TO THE [RIGHT] BECOME MOVEMENTS TO THE [LEFT] THIS IS TRICKY SO WATCH OUT!! OK, DEXTER JUST LANDED ON THE PLANET. WHERE DID HE GET THE SHIP? WE ARE ONLY PLAYING CADET LEVEL SO ALOT OF BOARDS ARE LEFT OUT. AFTER SOLVING CADET YOU SHOULD GO UP TO CAPTAIN AND THEN SPACE ACE LEVEL. YOU JUMP OUT OF THE SHIP. [FIRE], THEN [FOREWARD]. [ENERGIZE], AND [FIRE] AFTER YOU THROW THE RABBITS OFF OF YOU. JUST BEFORE YOU RUN INTO THE MONSTERS HAND, [FIRE] THEN RUN [RIGHT]. THIS IS ANOTHER BOARD WHICH MAY BE BACKWARDS. YOUR FALLING DOWN A PIT. GRAB THE ROPE BY GOING [RIGHT]. YOU'LL SEE KIMBERLY, OH GOODIE, WHIT SHE SAID "BEWARE YOUR DARK SIDE" SHE MUST BE EVIL, SO [FIRE] AT HER. THEN GO [RIGHT] AND [BACK]. GO [RIGHT] AND [RIGHT] AGAIN. THIS BOARD MAY BE BACKWARDS TOO NOW YOU ARE AT THE MOTORCYCLES. GO [RIGHT] AND THEN [LEFT]. [FIRE] AND [ENERGIZE]. YOU WILL TRAVEL DOWN A RAMP AND SEE KIMBERLY. [SHOOT] AND [SHOOT] AGAIN. SHE WANTS TO WALK, WELL SHE CAN'T SO GO [LEFT] AND [BACK]. GO [LEFT] AGAIN OVER THE JUMP. NOW [SHOOT], [SHOOT], [SHOOT]. THEN YOU WILL GO AROUNG A BEND. GO [LEFT] AND THEN [SHOOT]. MEANWHILE KIMBERLY IS TELLING YOU ABOUT HOW BORF IF AIMING THE INFANTA RAY AT EARTH (A RAY THAT TURNS IT'S TARGETS INTO BABIES) AND THAT HE IS GEARED FOR BATTLE. WHILE YOU TALK ABOUT SHOOTING BORF WITH HIS OWN INFANTA RAY AND DISCUSSING DINNER PLANS, YOU MUST GO [RIGHT] AND THEN [LEFT]. WATCH OUT BORF O'L BUDDY, HERE WE COME!! NOW YOUR CLOSE TO THE END AND BORF IS BEGINNING TO REALIZE THAT YOUR NO PUSH OVER. GO [RIGHT] THEN [FIRE] [FIRE] AGAIN TO GET OXYGEN AND THEN GO [BACK]. GO [LEFT] AND THEN [BACK] FOLLOWED BY [FIRE]. YOU WILL HIT THE BLACK EEL BUT KEEP [FIRING] UNTIL YOU HIT THE CLAM. AT THIS POINT, GO [LEFT] AND [LEFT] AGAIN. THE MOTERCYCLE BOARD AND THIS BOARD MAY ALSO BE BACKWARDS. NOW YOUR IN A ROOM WITH THREE PORTALS WAIT UNTIL THE PORTAL IN FRONT OF YOU FLASHES GOLD THEN GO [FOREWARD]. GEE THAT WAS A LONG ROOM. OK. THIS IS THE TOUGHEST ROOM IN THE GAME!! LISTEN CLOSELY. IT IS NEVER BACKWARDS. [FIRE], [FIRE], GO [RIGHT], THEN GO [LEFT]. [ENERGIZE] THEN [FIRE]. GO [RIGHT], THEN [FIRE], AND [FIRE] AGAIN. DURRING THIS TIME KIMBERLY IS BEING LOWERED INTO A FIRE PIT!! GO [RIGHT] THEN [BACK]. NOW [FIRE] AND THEN GO [RIGHT] AND [FOREWARD]. KIMMY SAYS "DEXTER THE INFANTA RAY IS..." AT THIS POINT (RIGHT WHEN YOU DROP YOUR STAFF) GO [FOREWARD]. YOU WILL POUND ON A GUYS HEAD FOR A WHILE, AND THEN GO [LEFT]. SWING ON THE VINE UNTIL YOU GET TO WHERE KIMMY IS THEN GO [RIGHT]. NOW BORF IS UP ON HIS PEDESTAL TRYING TO SHOOT YOU. [FIRE] AND [FIRE] AGAIN THEN GO [LEFT]. FROM THERE GO [RIGHT] AND GO [RIGHT] AGAIN FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER [RIGHT]. A SHINNY MIRROR FALLS FROM THE WALL AND AT THIS POINT YOU GO [LEFT], PUSHING THE MIRROR INTO THE AREA WHERE THE RAY'S BEAM WILL LAND. IT REFLECTS AND HIT BORF. BORF IS NOW A BABY AND KIMBERLY WANTS TO KEEP HIM. HE TRIED TO KILL ME!!! ----------- <-THE END-> ----------- NOTES: THE ROOMS WHICH CAN BE BACKWARDS ARE AS FOLLOWS... 1) THE MAZE WHERE YOU FLY YOUR SHIP 2) THE SPACE STATION 3) THE SLIDING PLATFORMS (DIRECTLY AFTER THE SPACE STATION) 4) THE AREA WHERE THE DOGS ARE 5) AFTER YOU LAND YOUR SHIP (DIRECTLY AFTER THE DOGS) 6) THE PIT WHERE THE SPIKED WALLS ARE CLOSING IN ON YOU. 7) THE SCENE WITH THE GIANT MEN SHOOTING AT YOU 8) THE SPACE BATTLE (CAPTAIN LEVEL) 9) THE JUNKYARD (SPACE ACE LEVEL) 10) ROLLER SKATING (SPACE ACE LEVEL) 11) THE MOTERCYCLE SCENE 12) THE UNDER-WATER SCENE W/ KIMMY THIS FILE DOES NOT TELL EXACTLY WHEN TO MOVE A DIRECTION. IT ONLY TELLS ABOUT WHEN TO MOVE WHERE. THANKS TO STARSHIP VIDEO (UPLAND, CA) CALL THE 'CROWS NEST' 209 632 7173 P.W.= ZORKER COMMING SOON...DRAGONS LAIR ][ IN TEXT 'CHEATER' FILE VERSION. C.1984, BAT-COM INC. WRITTEN: 2/18/84 BY BATMAN