.................fff.....f ff f..>.<.|...fl.0fF..6.8of;..................p8..8p..f< ..8................0...0......$-..$-...0...0........nf>..ff$-fff..$-....$-......f<..flxxlf.......$-..cw kcc..fv$-$-nf..f>....|ff|...<...<....>ff>.........>ff>.|...|fff....8..<........<...lxlf..8....<...f kc...|ffff...ff>....|f......>.<.|...$-.......ffff>...fff<....ck >6...f<..x..$-..0$-...<$-$-.<..........$-x|nf....8x8...........The complete, honest, truth, as related by Steve Benz, Your exhalted author. Slowly, quietly, insidiously, they were introduced into our society. At first thought to be innocent and considered harmless until they were discovered to be otherwise by a very credible Department of Defence contractor. Yes, Deely Boppers were actually subtle mind control devices set upon us by the USSR (Them damn Ruskies.) The source of the invasion was determined. 10 caves were found under mountains in Southwest Iowa. (Or the Iowan equivalent of mountains anyway.) These caves had been populated with one Deely-bug (Ralph) in each and eight defence bugs (Landers.) The deely-monsters were slowly releasing spores which grew into deely boppers and sold all over the Western World. (All this runs contrary to the distributor's claim that they were manufactured in a factory in Shaboygan Michigan.) Soon a plan was concocted to deal with the problem. In each cave, a base was built. (The construction workers all wore facsimilies of deely-boppers so Ralph was content to leave them to their business.) The bases were built, and with the funds remaining (both of them) three new fighter-boppers were built, and, as you succeed in blowing up each successive Ralph, funds will be allocated for the construction of another--whether you need it or not. (This is, of course, the military you're dealing with.) Your mission is to destroy all nine Ralphs. For all those pilots with huge egos and consider destroying all 9 Ralphs a mute point, (there is another goal to keep in mind: A film record will be kept of the whole sortie, therefor: The more death, destruction, and general devastation which you can cause will enhance the value of the film, should you decide to sell the rights. Naturally, when your ship crashes, you don't die, as that would seriously interfere with your willingness to fly this mission at all. Your fighter is rather well equipped: Your weapons include a laser, mounted on the nose of the fighter capable dusting anything except Ralph, whose shielding makes him totally impervious to laser fire. You can catch and store up to 9 raw eggs on your ship at one time. Your ship can catch an egg by flying into the egg. These stored eggs must be transferred to the base before they can be converted into a form which you can shoot Ralph with. Once you've frozen the eggs and readied them for firing, you can fire them at Ralph. You must hit one of the large balls flailing around atop Ralph, nowhere else upon Ralph's person counts. If you succeed in hitting one, Ralph will retreat back for his full compliment of boppers, which he is desperately trying to implant on your base. If you can successfully hit Ralph eight times, Ralph dies of manic-depression induced by the hopelessness he feels after being defeated eight times. You are spared seeing Ralph in his fits of emotion and advanced to the next cave. If Ralph gets to your base, he bombs it until he can land and be sure of overcoming your base. If he is successful, your base will be completely overrun, and the whole project will be scrapped due to the lack of interest in anything even moderately unsuccessful. Those Commies have populated the cave with the following bugs: Landers: .. Bugs which derive great personal satisfaction from landing on the ground, munching the ground, and flinging their deadly feces in the air in hopes of blowing you up. Ralph is the biggest moving thing on the screen by far, you can't miss him. For reasons known only to him, enjoys being Ralph and wishes to remain so, for a while at least. To this end, he launches two types of bugs at you in hopes of blowing you up: Bees: . These meander slowly toward you. (For lack of anything better to meander toward, the theory goes.) Sons of Bees: . These also meander toward you, but in a much more hurried fashion. They eventually get tired of the whole affair and die. Our research scientists have created a strain of bugs which have some rather odd, if not totally absurd habits. This strain was created using the newly devised Incumbetant DNA techniques: Adult Males: Larval Males: .. .. The adult males bugs created by this technique have a rather relaxed outlook on life: They like to hang about on the top of the caves, occasionally coming down to munch a bee (.) or to mate. Larval males act similarly, except they prefer the bottom and do not mate. Adult Females: Larval Females: .. . Adult females lead a much more involved lifestyle. They enjoy strolling about the bottom of the cave, eating bits of debris on the cave floor. They have noticed the obnoxious behavior of the landers(..) that of firing feces toward you, and have found it to be quite a relaxing way to spend an afternoon, and do likewise once in a while. They also go into heat once in a while. At this time, the nearest adult male will proceed toward the female and mate with her. The female will then become pregnant and move to the top of the cave and lay an egg, and follow it to the bottom. Larval females act as adults except with respect to mating and shooting. Eggs: Mutated eggs: . . Eggs, after being laid, slowly drift to the bottom of the cave, and will light on the bottom unless you pick it up. If the egg is shot in flight, it will mutate. If an egg should be shot when it is not in flight, it will be destroyed. Eggs incubate and hatch into larval males (..) and larval females (.), which, intern graduate into adult males and adult females, providing the egg which the larvae hatched from was not mutated. If this was the case, the junior bug grows into a mutant bug. Mutant Bugs: .. Mutant bugs like to bomb your base. The scientific explanation of this phenomenon runs along the line of the energy of the shot throwing the DNA of the contents of the egg off... This theory is, of course, considered to be utter garbage. The theory most responsible individuals subscribe to is that the Mutants are annoyed at you for eliminating the possibility of family life and are retaliating in the most efficient way possible. Notice: This game is a totally accurate depiction of a harsh reality. If there is any deviation between this and reality, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope along with a description of the aledged discrepency, and I might send you a reasonable explanation. If there are any major fallacies here, they can be blamed on one of two things: 1) Your TV set is messed up; 2) Your perception of reality is wrong. Errors: All errors in this program have been looked at until the author was blue in the face. All have been attributed to demonic possession. Disks: This disk, although it looks like it's DOS compatible, it's not. For further information, see the install.doc file. Disclaimer: This Software is offered "as-is", without any warranties or guarantees. No responsibilities or liabilities related to this software are assumed by anyone, including the software's author, agents, and distributors.