OBJECTIVE: Your name is Max Chatsworth but your mates call you BLUE MAX. The same as the axis medal. To be successful you must make a final assult on three specially marked targets within the city. You only have one aircraft and very little time to accomplish this most difficult of missions. TAKE_OFF: Press Start, and your plane will automatically taxi, when the airspeed reaches 100 mph, push forward on the joystick. Your plane will lift off the runwayand you may proceed with your mission at your desired altitude. Subsequent takeoffs will begin automaticly when repairs are made, or you abort repairs with a press of the fire button. TARGETS: These include all bridges, buildings, enemy planes, tanks, anti- aircraft batteries, vehicles, and ships. From time to time specially marked targets will appear Building/bridges with flashing red-white bullseye Flashing blue enemy planes Flashing blue cars Red ships These are primary targets and a certain number must be destroyed to gain entry to the next level. STRAFING: Air-to-ground strafing can be accomplished by descending to 21-25 feet altitude, (steady brown color on the command bar), and press the fire button. Attempting to bomb will most likely cause a crash. BOMBING: Bombing is accomplished by pressing the fire button and pulling back on the stick. You will descend during the bomb run, so be sure that your aircraft is high enough. î LANDING: When a freindly airfield approaches a tone will be heard and a green "R" will appear on the command bar. Press the fire button to lower the landing gear, and the "R" will change to a "L". when you are over the runway, decend and land. Repairs will begin and then you will take off. CONTROL DISPLAYS: F = Fuel Left B = Bombs Left ALT = Altitude SPD = Speed W = Wind Factor P = Enemy plane Red * = Enemy plane above you R or L = Must land (enemy city DAMAGE DISPLAYS: Anti-aircraft fire and aircraft can damage your aircraft. When your plane is hit the command bar will turn red briefly. Damage is shown along the top right of the command bar as follows: F = Fuel Leak B = Bomb Gear Damaged (intermittent bombing) M = Decreased maneuverability G = Machine Gun Damaged (intermittent firing) When all of the above are lit, the next hit will cause a crash. î COMMAND BAR COLORS: Red = Hit by enemy Blue = Enemy plane destroyed Brown = Strafing altitude Flashing Yellow = Flying to low Flashing Green = Mission complete OPTIONS: Option = Option menu press Option again to move * to your choice. Press Select to change your selection. Press Start to begin. Normal CTRL = Up to climb Back to descend Reverse CTRL = Up to descend aft to climb Gravity = plane will drop when stick is released No Gravity = plane will not drop when stick is released Press the space bar to pause. HINTS: 1 Choose the control mode best for you. 2 At higher altitudes you must lead the target more. 3 If you piss off the enemy, they will attack in greater numbers. 4 Don't crash, it shortens the game.