Captain Skyhawk
This is the manual to the NES game.....Captain Skyhawk (from Milton Bradley)Model Number: NES-YW-USA[Table of Contents]_________________________________________INTRODUCTION -- IS EARTH DOOMED ............................................ 4OBJECT OF THE GAME ......................................................... 5THE BATTLE PLAN ............................................................ 6USING THE CONTROLLER ....................................................... 8WEAPONS CHART .............................................................. 9CONTROL PANEL ............................................................. 10BATTLE SCORE SCREEN ....................................................... 11DESTROY ENEMY BASES ....................................................... 12DESTROY FIGHTER PLANES .................................................... 13SPACE STATION DOCKING ..................................................... 14BUYING WEAPONS ............................................................ 15DROP SUPPLIES ............................................................. 16PICK UP SCIENTIST ......................................................... 17DESTROY ALIEN SPACE STATION ............................................... 18ENTERING HIGH SCORES ...................................................... 19                                                                      [Page 3][Is Earth Doomed]_____________________________________________Aliens have invaded our planet.  Their mission: destroy Earth!In remote corners of the globe, these evil invaders have built four land bases-- each designed to drain Earth's energy and "feed" it to their space station.In just a few days, the power drain will be complete.  Then the alien spacestation will vaporize Earth with a deadly laser blast.Only you can stop the horror!You must fight the alien forces, destroy the enemy bases and blow up the alienspace station.  But how?Our top scientists have created a special fighter jet just for you -- theF-14VTS.  Whether you're soaring over mountain tops at Mach 3, or floating anychallenge!  It's equipped with a spy satellite viewer that lets you see yourplane from above as you fly it.  And it's loaded with incredible                                                                      [Page 4]weapons!  Addition firepower is available at your own space station!Nobody said it would be easy!These devious alien will attack you with everything they've got -- fromconventional planes and tanks to the most bizarre alien weaponry.  You must beready for anything!After destroying the enemy bases, you face your final challenge: the dreadedalien space station.  There's only one weapon powerful enough to destroy it --the top-secret Neutron Cannon.Unfortunatley, our scientists haven't finished developing it yet!  They'reworking like crazy underground caverns to complete the project, but they needyour help! (As if you didn't have enough to do!)  You must drop much neededsupplies to them before the secret weapon can be completed.Have fun Captain!  It's time to fry smoe aliens![Object Of The Game]____________________________________________Destroy all four enemy land bases and blow up the alien space station!                                                                      [Page 5][The Battle Plan]_________________________________________________Here are your 9 mission, Captain!  Watch the screen for your secret orders.MISSION #1* Destroy enemy base    * Destroy enemy planes    * Dock with space stationMISSION #2* Drop supplies in      * Destroy enemy planes    * Dock with space station  crossesMISSION #3* Destroy enemy base    * Destroy enemy planes    * Dock with space stationMISSION #4* Pick up scientist     * Destroy enemy planes    * Dock with space station                                                                      [Page 6]MISSION #5* Destroy enemy base    * Destroy enemy planes    * Dock with space stationMISSION #6* Drop supplies in      * Destroy enemy planes    * Dock with space station  crossesMISSION #7* Destroy enemy base    * Destroy enemy planes    * Dock with space stationMISSION #8* Pick up scientist     * Destroy enemy planesMISSION #9* Destroy alien space station                                                                      [Page 7][Using The Controller]_____________________________________________* To climb -- Press the control pad down.* To dive -- Press the control pad up.* To bank left -- Press the control pad left.* To bank right -- Press the control pad right.* To barrel roll to the left -- Press the SELECT BUTTON while pressing the  control pad left.* To barrel roll to the right -- Press the SELECT BUTTON while pressing the  control pad right.* To pause -- Press the START BUTTON.* To restart after pausing -- Press the START BUTTON again.* To continue playing when "CONTINUE?" screen appears, press the START button.                                                                      [Page 8][Weapons Chart]______________________________________________________|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| WEAPON        HOW TO FIRE               DESCRIPTION                        | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Cannon        Press Button A.           Unlimited firepower in all battles.||                                         Buy upgraded cannons at space      ||                                         station to increase firing speed.  ||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Phoenix Air   Press Button B to lock    Fire at enemy planes in air-to-air || Intercept     on. Press again to fire.  combat only.  Limited supply.  Buy || Missiles on.  Press again to fire.      more at space station.             ||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Maverick Air- Lightly tap Button B.     Fire at alien force in all battles || to-Ground                               except air-to-air combat.  These   || Missiles                                are your most powerful weapons!    ||                                         Use them wisely - you have a       ||                                         limited supply.  Buy more at space ||                                         station.                           ||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Hawk Bombs    Press Button B, hold      Fire at alien forces in all battles||               down and release.         except air-to-air combat and when  ||                                         dropping supplies.  Limited supply.||                                         Buy more at space station.         ||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|NOTE: Not all weapons are avaliable in all missions.  See pages 14 and 15 for      details on how to buy weapons.                                                                      [Page 9][Your Control Panel]_____________________________________________    |-- ALTIMETER     |-- AIR SPEED            |- YOUR SCORE    |                 |                        |  Earn points as you battle    |                 |                        |  alien forces and complete    |                 |                        |  each mission.  A running    |                 |                        |  total of your score is shown    |                 |                        |  here.  Try to beat your high    |                 |                        |  score each time you play.    |                 |                        |  |---|-----------------|-------------------------\----------------------------||   v                 v                          v                           || |---| |---| |---------| |------------------| |--------------------|  |---| || |   | |   | |         | |                  | |                    |  |   | || | A | | P | | 1 9 6 5 | |                  | |   0 0 0 1 5 0 0    |  | F | || |   | |   | |         | |                  | |                    |  |   | || |   | |   | |---------| |                  | |  0 2        - 0 7  |  | E | || | L | | O |             |                  | |  Phx Mis   /       |  |   | || |   | |   | |---------| |                  | |           /        |  | U | || |   | |   | |         | |                  | |  0 2     /    0 6  |  |   | || | T | | W | | * X 0 3 | |                  | |  Mav Mis| HwkBomb  |  | L | || |   | |   | |         | |                  | |         |          |  |   | || |---| |---| |---------| |------------------| |---------|----------|  |---| ||         ^          ^                                  /                ^   ||---------|----------|---------------------------------/-----------------|---|          |          |                                /                  |          |          |                               /                   |SPEED INDICATOR      |                              /       FUEL GAUGE --|Activated when       |                             /        Activated whenfighting enemy chase |                            /         dropping suppliesplanes in certain    |                           /          only.land missions.       |                          /                     |                         /   NUMBER OF LIVES --|               CREDITS --   You start each mission with       Earn 1 credit for each enemy plane you   5 lives.  Each time your          shoot down in air-to-air combat only.   destory 64 alines in a battle,    Use credits to buy more weapons at the   your are awarded an extra life.   space station.                                                                     [Page 10][Battle Score Screen]___________________________________________This screen appears at the end of each battle.  It shows the total points andextra lives that you have earned.                                   |-----------------------------------------|                                   |                                         |                                   | |-----|                                 |                                   | |     | ----------------------------    |                                   | | \|/ | ---------------------      |    |                                   | | -O- | --------------      |      |    |Each box represents 4 aliens\      | | /|\ | -------      |      |      |    |destroyed.                   \     | |     |       |      |      |      |    |                              \    | |-----|     |----| |----| |----| |----| |                               \   |             |\/\/| |\/\/| |\/\/| |\/\/| |                                \  |             |/--\| |/--\| |/--\| |/--\| |When 64 or more aliens are       \ |  |---|      |----| |----| |----| |----| |destroyed in a battle, you get an ||  | ^ |                                  |extra life.                 \     ||  ||-||                                  |                             \    ||  |---|                                  |                              \   ||                                         |                               \  ||   ---------------------------           |100 bonus points are awarded    \ --)  |X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|  X  100   |for each alien destroyed.  Bonus \ |   ---------------------------           |points are added to your   \      \---------)   E X T R A  L I F E           |total score.                \      |                                         |                             \     |                                         |                              \-----)  B O N U S     0 0 0 0 4 0 0           |                                   |                                         |TOTAL SCORE ------------------------)  S C O R E     0 3 7 6 4 7 7           |                                   |                                         |                                   |-----------------------------------------|                                                                     [Page 11][Destroy Enemy Bases]_____________________________________________You must search for and destroy an enemy land base in f4 of the missions.  Youwill encounter a variety of  hostile aircraft and ground forces trying toshoot you down.Earn points and extra lives by blasting the various enemy forces.An enemy land base consists of 5 heavily armored domes that are joinedtogether.  The center dome has a protective force field which cannot bedestroyed until all the other domes have been blown up.When the entire base has been destroyed, you will automatically proceed to thenext part of your mission.SPEED CONTROL: During various land base battles, an enemy chase plane willsuddenly appear.  At this time, your plane's speed control will be activatedautomatically.  Use the speed control to help avoid this plane.  To vary yourspeed, do the following:* To decrease speed -- Press the SELECT BUTTON while pressing the control pad  down.* To increase speed -- Press the SELECT BUTTON while pressing the control pad  up.                                                                     [Page 12][Destroy Enemy Fighter Planes]__________________________________In 8 of the missions you must shoot down enemy fighter jets in air-to-aircombat!  You could be flying over calm ocean waters, a barren desert, a polarice cap or who knows what!  But wherever you find yourself -- be alert!  Therecould be a bogey on your tail -- and a heat-seeking missile!Use the square box in front of your plane to aim at enemies.  Then use cannonfire or your Phoenix missiles to shoot down as many enemy planes as possible.Remember, you have a limited supply of missiles!  Try to earn as many pointsas possible without getting shot down, you also earn 1 credit toward buyingweapons at your space station.                                                                     [Page 13][Space Station Docking]________________________________________After successfully completing a mission, you will return to your space stationto buy additional weapons.Your plane will automatically approach the space station and drift toward thetop of it.Before you can enter the space station, you must position the plane directlyin front of the rotating docking bay.HOW TO DOCK: Lightly tap the control pad down and up until the plane stopsexactly in the center of the rotating docking bay. (You may also have tocenter your plane by moving it left or right.)Press BUTTON B when the rotating bay is exactly horizontal and aligned withthe plane's wings.  Careful!  If your timing is off, you'll miss the entranceand crash.Buying WeaponsOnce you have successfully entered the space station, the WEAPONS MENU willappear.  Use credits earned in battle to buy weapons.  Purchase as manyweapons as you wish, untily our plane is fully outfitted or you run out ofcredits.                                                                     [Page 14]Here's how to buy weapons:1. SELECT WEAPON CATEGORY: Press the control pad up or down for the weapon   catagory you want.  Press BUTTON A to select it.  A weapons screen will   appear.2. BUY WEAPON: First, make sure you have enough credits to buy the weapon you   want.  Then press BUTTON A to buy a weapon.  Press BUTTON A again to buy   additional weapons.Note: If you plane is fully loaded with a particular weapon, you won't be ableto buy additional weapons of that type.When you have finished buying a weapon, press the control pad down to selectRETURN TO MENU.  Then press BUTTON A to return to the menu.  Follow the sameprocedure explained in steps 1 and 2 to purchase other types of weapons.EXIT SPACE STATION: Press the control pad up or down to select Next Mission.Press BUTTON A to exit space station and begin your next mission.                                                                     [Page 15][Drop Supplies In Crosses]_______________________________________Deep in underground caverns, scientists are hard at work on a top-secretweapon!  They're nearly finished building a Neutron Cannon -- the only weaponpowerful enough to blow up the alien space station.  You must drop much-neededsupplies to the scientists in missions 2 and 6.DROPPING SUPPLIES: Search for two large crosses on which to drop the supplies.(Along the way, earn points by blasting the various enemy forces.)As your plane approaches a cross, press BUTTON B.  You must time your dropexactly or you'll miss your target.  If you miss, try again on your next passover the target.Be sure to keep your eye on the FUEL GAUGE.  You may run out of fuel if youpass over your targets too many times.                                                                     [Page 16][Pick up Scientist]______________________________________________During the game, you must find and rescue two scientists.In mission 4, one scientist has the detonation device needed for the secretweapon.In mission 8, the other scientist has the firing mechanism which will activatethe secret weapon!Earn points by blasting the various enemy attack forces, as you search foreach scientist.An armed perimeter defense system guards the entrance, start blasting away!The center pyramid has a protective force field which cannot be destroyeduntil the defense system has been blown up.When the center pyramid has been destroyed, the rescued scientist will climbaboard your plane.After you have picked up the scientist in mission, your secret weapon iscomplete.  Soon it will be time to attach the alien space station!                                                                     [Page 17][Destroy Alien Space Station]__________________________________You've done well to get this far, Captain.  Now get ready for the finalassault!As soon as you approach the alien space station, start firing your secretweapon by pressing BUTTON A.To destroy the station, you must blow up all the outer pods first, and thenthe center eye.                                                                     [Page 18][Entering High Scores]_____________________________________________At the end of each game, enter you name next to your high score.Here's how:Press the control pad left of right to select the first letter in your name.Then press BUTTON A.  Follow the same procedure for the rest of the letters inyour name.The letter you choose also appear at the apex of the circle and Figure Eightas a white(rather than a color) character.ERASING A LETTER: To erase a letter after pressing BUTTON A, move the controlpad left or right until a left arrow appears on the chart.  Then press BUTTONA.To exit this screen, move the control pad left or right until a down arrowappears on the chart.  Then press BUTTON A.                                                                     [Page 19]