Reptiods Release Notes
11/8/96


Reptoids is a fast paced 2D spaceship game.  Flying through space you will
need to destroy asteroids and alien saucers while collecting bonuses.

Reptoids is harder than other games like HardBall and SubHunt because the ship
moves in two directions instead of one.  Also, because there's no friction in
space the ship never slows to a stop.  To stop, spin the ship around and thrust 
the engines to slow down.  Generally people play one of two different styles.  
There's those who enjoy careening wildly through space and then there's those 
who play it safe by staying only in the middle and simply spinning in place.  
Both styles work but flying around takes a lot more skill to survive.

The warp button (the up button) is key to the game.  It is risky since you 
may warp straight into the center of a rock but it is the only way to survive 
otherwise hopeless situations.  If you are dying a lot you probably aren't 
using the warp button.

One last tip for success is to keep as few rocks onscreen as possible.
Try finishing off a rock before working on another.  If you let too many
rocks loose you are guarenteed to get hit!

Enjoy!

 
Roger Flores


Reptoids is released as freeware.  Distribute it wherever you want but you 
must this file and the game together.  Source code is available.  My hope is 
that people will use the code to write much cooler games similar to Time Pilot, 
Bosconian, and so on.  So check it out!


I assume no responsibility for any damage that Reptoids may do.