Flight of the Intruder
Flight of the Intruder Instruction Manual[page 1 - Official stuff]                                                        Official                                                             (Nintendo)                                                    Seal of QualityCopyright 1990 Imagineering Inc.All rights reserved.                  This official seal is your assuranceStory Copyright 1986 Stephen that Nintendo has reviewed this product and that itP. Coonts. All rights reserved.    has met our standards for excellence inPackaging and instruction      workmanship, reliability and entertainment value.materials Copyright 1990         Always look for this seal when buying games andMindscape Inc.- A Software     accessories to ensure complete compatability withToolworks Company.                   your Nintendo Entertainment System.(R)Flight of the Intruder is atrademark of Stephen P. Coonts,exclusively licensed to Sphere,                        This Game isInc. and sublicensed to                           Licensed by Nintendo(R)Mindscape Inc. Published and                         for Play on thedistributed in North America by                            Mindscape Inc.                                          (Nintendo)                                                      ENTERTAINMENT                                                          SYSTEMMindscape Inc.A Software Toolworks Company      Nintendo and Nintendo Entertainment System are60 Leveroni Court Novato, CA 94949                                   registered trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc.[page 2]Safety Precautions        1. Your Game Pak is vulnerable to extreme temperatures           and shock. Don't leave it on windowsills or radiator           covers where it may overheat. Don't drop it or throw           it around.        2. Avoid touching the contacts on the edge of the car-           tridge. If the contacts get dirty or wet, clean them off           with a dry, clean, lint free cloth.        3. Don't clean your Game Pak with thinners, alcohol, or           other solvents. These may damage the case.        4. Always be sure your Nintendo Entertainment System           is OFF before putting in your Game Pak.[page 3]1. Game StoryIt is May, 1972. Guerillas supplied by North Vietnam are threateningthe U.S. backed South. President Nixon has ordered the U.S. Navy toincrease air strikes against targets in Haiphong and Hanoi to disrupt theNorth Vietnamese war effort. The operation is known as the LinebackerCampaign.Flight of the Intruder is played in a series of twelve missions. Themissions begin on April 30, 1972 as the NVA (North Vietnamese Army)send hostile forces to attack the USS Constellation on Yankee Station.The missions increase in difficulty and deadliness as the LinebackerCampaign progresses. How will you do on each mission determinesyour rank at the end of the game.The Navy used two of its finest planes during Project Linebacker, theF-4 Phantom all-weather interceptor and the A-6 Intruder all-weathercarrier-based strike bomber. Your will have a chance to use both planes.As a Phantom pilot, your piloting skills will be tested as you go upagainst the formidable MiG 21 jets of the North Vietnamese air force.[page 4]In the seat of an A-6, you will strike at ground targets while avoidingflak and deadly ground-to-air missiles.2. Controller Parts and Operating Instructions[An NES controller with the d-pad labeled `Controller' and labeled buttons is visible.]Start ButtonWhen the Map Screen is up, press to begin a mission and selectedWaypoint within the mission. When the other screens are up, press topause the game.[page 5]Select ButtonWhen the Map Screen is up, pressing select occasionally allows you toskip Waypoints. When the Cockpit Screen is up, press to switchbetween missiles and machine guns. When the Bombing/Strafingscreen is up, press to switch between radar guided missiles and bombs.A ButtonWhen the Map Screen is up, press to begin mission or selected Waypoint.On the Cockpit Screen, press to fire your machine guns or missiles. Onthe Bombing/Strafing Screens, press to fire rockets. On Takeoff/Land-ing Screen press to raise and lower your arrestor hook.B ButtonPress to fire radar guided missiles or bombs when the Bombing/Strafing Screen is up. On the Cockpit Screen, press and hold downwhile using the up/down arrows on the Control Pad to increase/decrease your thrust. On Takeoff/Landing screen press to raise andlower your landing gear.[page 6]Control PadThe Control Pad is your plane's control stick. You can climb, dive, bankleft or right using the four arrows. UP dives your plane on the CockpitScreen and Bombing/Strafing Screen. On Bombing/Strafing screen theup arrow also lowers your shooting angle. DOWN makes your planeclimb in the Cockpit Screen and Bombing/Strafing Screen. On theBombing/Strafing Screen  the down arrow also raises the shootingangle. LEFT backs your plane to the left on the Cockpit and Bombing/Strafing Screen, and increases thrust on the Takeoff and Landingscreen. RIGHT banks your plane to the right on the Cockpit andBombing/Strafing Screen, and decreases thrust on the Takeoff andLanding screen.3. How To PlayFlight of the Intruder is played in a series of twelve missions. Eachmission is divided into two or more Waypoints, steps along the way tothe completion of the mission. One Waypoint may be to clear the skiesof MiG jets so, in the next Waypoint, your Intruder can blast at groundtargets without having to worry about being blown from the sky bymore agile jets.[page 7]You are in control all the way; the outcome of the mission depends onyou. Your score depends on how well you complete the goals of theWaypoint.At the beginning of each Waypoint a map of the area is shown, withtargets indicated. On some missions you may choose which Waypointyou fly next by pressing the SELECT button. Once you have selected aWaypoint, press START or the A Button to start the action.Depending on the Waypoint, You will fly either an F-4 interceptoragainst MiG 21 jets, or an A-6 strike bomber against ground or seatargets.You also have to get these jets off of and back to the aircraft carrier USSConstellation.Each mission begins with your takeoff from the USS Constellation,stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin. A catapult in the deck of the carrier willassist your takeoff. Press the left arrow on the control pad to begin yourflight. To takeoff from the carrier hold down the left arrow on thecontrol Pad to increase your thrust to 100%. At this point you will belaunched off the deck.[page 8]The screen shows the inside of your cockpit when you are flying thePhantom against Mig 21 jets in air-to-air combat. All of the instrumentsand displays you need are visible.[Picture (left to right) of 'Cockpit Screen (F-4 Phantom Interceptor)':Top left - ThrustLeft - Artificial horizonMiddle - Radar panelTop Right - 'Fire' 'Enemy Hit'Right - Information and Message Panel[page 9][Picture of 'Instruments':Non-distorted view of the previous display with some dots above it, anda cross in the middle.[page 10]The top of the screen shows the view from the cockpit, with projectedHUD (Head Up Display). The left figure shows your airspeed. Theright figure shows your altitude. The cross in the middle of the HUDis the targeting sight for your machine guns. The bottom of the screenshows your flight instruments. At top left is the thrust indicator.Below the thrust indicator is the artificial horizon. It lets you keep trackof how your plane is oriented. You are flying level when the entirebottom half of the ring-shaped indicator is lit (light green) and theupper half is dark. When your F-4 climbs, the lit area creates amountain-like peak. When you dive, the lit segments of the horizonindicator form a valley like shape. If the entire ring turns green, watchout . . . you're headed for the ground!In the center of the screen is the radar scope. It shows the location ofenemy MiGs in relation to your own craft. The scope is divided into six"pie slices." Bogeys (your enemy, shown as Blips on the screen) in thetop segment of the scope should be visible from your cockpit if you areflying level. Bogeys in the bottom slice are behind you.[page 11]At the right side of your instrument panel is the information screen andmessage window. The message window tells you when you have hit anenemy plane and when you are damaged. The information screen tellsyou when enemy planes are in the area and when your mission iscomplete. If you switch from machine guns to missiles, and ordnancedisplay showing remaining missiles appears.[page 12][Picture of 'Bombing/Strafing Screen': Top Left: '1' Top Centre: '233650' (score) Top Right: '6' Under Score: '7' Middle: Your plane (looks kinda like a small 747 with paper-thin wings ^_^) Bottom: Two boats][page 13]When you are piloting an A-6 Intruder, a rear-view display of your jetflying over ground or water appears. The number at top left is thenumber of strength units remaining. The number at top right is thenumber of radar guided missiles remaining. The number under yourscore is the DEF CON number. For every target that makes its way pastyou, this number will count down to zero. When the number reacheszero, every target that makes it will fire a SAM at you.Targets approach from the horizon toward you. Use the arrow keys tobank right and left, and to change your altitude and firing angle. Pressthe A Button to fire air-to-ground missiles. Press the B Button to fireradar-guided missiles or bombs. Use the SELECT button to switchbetween radar-guided missiles or bombs.If the Map Screen displayed at the beginning of the Waypoint indicatesthat this is the PRIMARY TARGET, that last targets to appear are theprimary targets . . . the point of the whole mission. Take them out andyour job is done![page 14]Once you're tackled all the Waypoints, you must land your jet to safelycomplete the mission. Your jet approaches the deck of the carrier onauto pilot from the right side of the screen. When your thrust, Altitude,Vertical Velocity, and Range appear in the upper left hand corner of thescreen you will then be in control of your jet. The Range tells you howfar you are from the back of the carrier. You must lower altitude,decrease your thrust by holding down the right arrow on the controlpad. To raise your altitude, increase your thrust by holding down theleft arrow. With your thrust at 50% you will be flying level. Rememberto lower your Landing Gear (B Button) and your Arrestor Hook (AButton). If you touch down on the deck with a Vertical Velocity greaterthan 10, you will crash. You must maneuver your craft to catch one ofthe braking cables streched across the deck. There are four cables; goodpilots try for the third one. If you miss all the cables, you "bolter" andmust try again.[page 15]4. ScoringFlight of the intruder rates your flying prowess at the end of each mission,and gives you a rank based on your performance:[typewriter-looking somewhat monospaced font]        Seaman Apprentice               Lieutenant J G        Seaman Recruit                  Lieutenant        Seaman                          Lieutenant Commander        Petty Officer                   Commander        Petty Officer 1st Class         Captain        Petty Officer 2nd Class         Commodore        Petty Officer 3rd Class         Rear Admiral        Chief Petty Officer             Vice Admiral        Warrant Officer                 Admiral        Chief Warrant Officer           Fleet Admiral        Ensign[page 16]Bonus for Ground/Sea Targets        Tanks                           300        Oil Platforms                   300        Cargo ships                     400        Armed NVA fishing boats         400        AA Cannons                      400        Gun Boats                       500        Mobile missile truck            500        Helicopters                     500        Missile Boats                   600        Radar tracking station          600        SAM launchers                   600        Enemy Huts                      700*        Oil tankers                     700*        Oil tanks                       700*        Communication tower             700** Hitting one of these regains one Strength Unit, up to nine. Whenyour Strength Units reach nine, every other target destroyed willincrease your DEF CON up to nine and then your missiles to nine.[page 17]Double the above bonus if the kill is made with a radar guided missile!        Air Target        Kill MiGs                       4000        Hits MiGs with bullets          400        Hit Missiles with bullets       500        Ground Target        Avoiding Missile                100        All targets in wave hit         2,000*        All targets in Waypoint hit     10,000        Completing Waypoint             4,000**        Extra Strength Unit every 200,000 points (maximum 3).* Adds one each to Strength Unit, DEF CON, and Missiles up to nine.** You will receive 100 points for each remaining Strength Unit,DEF    CON, and Missiles after completing a waypoint[page 18]        Landing: Catching the Third Cable is what good        pilots do.        First Cable                     500        Second Cable                    2000        Third Cable                     4000        Fourth Cable                    1000[page 19]5. Know Your FoeYour planes will be in the sites of many types of enemy units. Knowwhich ones to bring down . . . and which will be going for you!MiG-21You'll face this agile fighter when you're piloting an F-4. MiGs will firemissiles at you when approaching head-on. Be careful! The wingmanof the MiG you've got in your sights may be drawing a bead on you!SAM SITES, MISSILE BOATS, and RADAR TOWERSYou will come across SAM missile launchers when attacking groundand water targets with your Intruder. SAMs launch straight up like Flakand then start tracking toward your Intruder. SAMs are deadly andmust be avoided. A hit will take out your jet.NVA FISHING BOATS, CARGO SHIPS and AA GUNSThe enemy's vital installations and important water vessels are protectedby machine gun fire designed specifically to take out jets like yours. Theguns fire tracer bullets. Avoid them; a hit can damage your Intruder.[page 20]TANKS, OIL PLATFORMS and AA GUNSEnemy tanks, oil platforms and AA Guns fire proximity fused gunshells that can fill the sky with deadly flak bursts. Avoid the bursts oryour jet will be damaged. Gun shells can be distinguished from SAMsas shells fire straight up and explode.GUN BOATS, HELICOPTERS, MOBILE MISSILELAUNCHERS, and HUTSWhen attacking land and water targets with your Intruder, the enemywill be trying to shoot you down with radar guided missiles. Thesemissiles are different from SAMs in their flight patterns. Missilesimmediately start tracking towards you as soon as they are launched.Just like SAMs they must be avoided or you will be knocked out of the sky.6. The MissionsApril 30, 1972: Patrols spot four MiGs and three torpedo boats entering 40mile exclusion zone.Your mission: Destroy MiGs and attacking missile boats.[page 21]May 1, 1972: NVA Units overrun Quang Tri City. Two MiG 21s spotted overHue, heading toward Da Nang.  Torpedo and gun boats sited in vicinityof carrier.Your mission: Intercept enemy jets and bomb enemy artillery movingthrough Quang Tri City. Destroy ships threatening carrier.May 13, 1972: Project Linebacker has begun. Command begins to targetinstallations vital to the enemy's war effort. First up: A radar tracking stationnear the Thanh Hoa Bridge.Your mission:Destroy the radar installation. Secondary targets includea convoy escorted by gun boats and a possible SAM missle site south ofThanh Hoa. The mission will be carried out under cover of darkness.June 8, 1972: A downed Air Force pilot has radioed for help from a crash sitejust north of Ninh Binh.Your mission: Jolly Greens have been assigned to pick up the pilot, butenemy fire threatens the operation. Use your F-4s to engage enemy aircover while Intruders suppress ground fire from advancing enemyscout patrols.[page 22]June 17, 1972: Intelligence reports indicate that warehouses in Haiphongcontain stockpiles of SAM missiles.Your mission: Use your Intruders to take out the warehouses. Area isguarded by mobile artillery, SAM sites and AA gun batteries. Secondarytargets include an enemy oil tanker anchored off the coast of Tien Yenand a SAM site at Hon Gai. Hostile MiGs may be on patrol at both ofthese areas.July 8, 1972: You've just completed an extensive attack on the NVA Naval andAir Forces. . . but your job's not over. The three Phantoms and three Intrudersunder your are all low on fuel, it's night so visibility is limited.Your mission: Land all of your jets safely. If you can't land a plane aftertwo tries, that aircraft is lost.July 30, 1972: Reconnaisance reports a major ammunition depot in the townof Thanh Hoa.Your mission: after suppressing enemy SAM and AA batteries, destroybuildings that house ammunition.[page 23]August 27, 1972: A SAM and radar guidance facility near Hon Gai seriouslythreaten future missions. The area is constantly patrolled by MiGs and heavilydefended.Your mission: This is a night mission. Clear the skies of the MiGs anddestroy the SAM and radar installations.September 12, 1972: Intelligence reports that the enemy plans a majorbombing assault on U.S. targets in the south. The assault is to be staged fromthe airfield an Phuc Nhac, just north of Hanoi. Minor air patrols and twoenemy troop ships have been spotted in the area.Your mission: Use your best skill to destroy all targets.October 20, 1972: The enemy, using convoys of ships moving under cover ofdarkness, is shipping large amounts of supplies to its forces fighting near theDMZ. A patrol boat and several enemy MiGs have been spotted in the area.Your mission: Destroy as much of the convoy as possible and returnhome safely. The mission will be made at night.[page 24]The last mission of Flight of the Intruder is a two-parter.December 18, 1972, Evening: A massive assault on ammunition depots andstorage facilities in Hanoi is planned. A direct assault would be suicidal; thetarget is very well protected. A mission to take out a radar tracking station inNam Dinh and the Hanoi military facilities is planned to soften up the area.Your mission: Destroy all targets. Enemy MiGs patrol Gulf of Tonkin,and a gun boat is stationed off Ninh Binh. Success of this mission is vitalif the assault on Hanoi is to procede.December 18, 1972, Night: The massive raid on Hanoi continues. A squadronof Intruders, escorted by Phantoms, have been assigned to get the job done.Your mission: Primary targets are the ammunition depot and sur-rounding storage areas. Enemy SAM launchers in the area will beactive. Level the entire area and destroy anything that gets in your way.This is a night mission and your view will be limited. Good luck . . .[page 25 - warranty][page 26 - FCC regulations][page 27 - don't use with projection tv]