Danny SulIvans Indy Heat
NES-HT-USAInstruction ManualDanny Sullivan's Indy Heat(tm)Tradewest---Feel the heat!You've played it in the arcades... Now play it at home! Settle into the cock-pit of one of the world's most powerful racing machines. Listen to the engineroar as you accelerate to breakneck speeds in a matter of seconds. An enginefire or fuel loss may slow you down, but you can count on the split-secondperformance of your expert pit crew to get you back on the track for yourwinning lap. It won't be easy... After all, you're racing against DannySullivan! But use your winnings to hone your car's performance to a razor'sedge, and the championship may be within your grasp. You'll work your way upthrough eight grueling tracks to the ultimate challenge: the Tradewest SpeedBowl. If you're ready to race with the big boys, Indycar competition doesn'tget any hotter than this!---Your controlsControl Pad: Press left to turn your car left. Press right to turn right. Press right or left to scroll through the alphabet during name input screen;to scroll through drivers during driver select; and to scroll through upgradesin the upgrade screen. (Note: Pressing up or down has no function in thisgame.)A Button: Press to accelerate your car.B Button: Press to use a Turbo (if available).A Button or B Button: Press to choose a letter during name input; to choose adriver during driver select; to choose an upgrade during upgrade select; andto exit the upgrade screen when Start Next Race option appears.Start Button: Press to go to the name input screen; press to pause; press tostart the game; press to skip through areas.Select Button: No function.---Game basicsOne, two, three, or four players can race against each other in Danny Sulli-van's Indy Heat. There are always five cars competing in each race; the fifthcar (the yellow one) is raced by Danny Sullivan. If fewer than four playersare racing, computer-controlled cars will enter the race to maintain a totalof five.There are nine tracks in Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat, with varying numbers oflaps to complete:Western Canada (5 laps)New Jersey (5 laps)Southern California (5 laps)Michigan (5 laps)Illinois (8 laps)Ohio (5 laps)Eastern Canada (5 laps)Colorado (5 laps)Tradewest Speed Bowl (12 laps)When the winner crosses the finish line, the race is stopped, and your finalposition is calculated from your current position.Lives and ContinuesYou start off the game with 3 items. If you finish the race in less than firstposition, a life will be deducted. If you lost all of your lives then you geta chance to continue, which resets your lives back to 3. There are a total of3 continues.---During the raceStatus PanelOn the racing track screen, a status panel displays important information. Thecolor-coded number represents the lap you are on; its position shows yourcurrent placing. Underneath this is the total number of laps to be completed in this race. Under this is a timer, showing how long the race has been goingon.Pit StopsIf your car runs out of fuel (it will slow down to a crawl), or is on fire from damage (smoke will be pouring out of it), you should steer your car intothe color-coded pit, so that your pit crew can repair it.You will also have to make a pit stop if you run out of Turbo's, as your carcan only hold 25 at a time (regardless of how many you have bought).---Your winningsWhen you complete a race, you will receive a cash prize and driver's champ-ionship points, depending on your placing:1st Place - $100,000 and 20 points.2nd Place - $90,000 and 16 points.3rd Place - $85,000 and 14 points.4th Place - $80,000 and 12 points.5th Place - $75,000 and 10 points.---Upgrading your carYou can use your cash winnings to buy improvements for your car, to increaseyour chances of winning the next race. The following improvements are avail-able:Turbo'sThese give your car a boost in acceleration for a short time. Use several ina row for maximum effect.Cost: $30,000 for 10 Turbo's.BrakesThese slow your car down when you release the accelerator. The better yourbrakes, the quicker you'll stop.Cost: $30,000 for 1 unit.TiresBetter-quality tires will reduce skidding and increase your car's turningspeed.Cost: $40,000 for 1 unit.CrewThe better your pit crew, the faster they'll repair, refuel and replace Turbosfor your car, enabling you to get back on the track sooner.Cost: $40,000 for 1 unit.MPGThis improves your car's fuel consumption, allowing you to make pit stops forfuel less frequently.Cost: $50,000 for 1 unit.EngineThis improves the acceleration of your car.Cost: $50,000 for 1 unitDanny's ChoiceIf you'd like to let an expert do the choosing, Danny Sullivan will use youravailable finances to buy what he considers to be the best improvements, evening out the parts on your car.Cost: All the money you currently have.---Tradewest Speed BowlThe ninth and final track is the Tradewest Speed Bowl. This race is worth double prize money and double championship points (for example, the winnerreceives $200,000 and 40 points).After the Tradewest Speed Bowl has been raced, the final driver's championshiptable will be shown, and a cash bonus will be awarded to all racers, dependingon their championship placing. Then, it's on to the next racing season!