Predator
Manual runs portrait format rather than the standard landscape format -looks kind of like a notepadPredator (NES-PL-USA) - NES Game Pak Manual[page 1 - Official stuff][large size type centered at top]SCHWARZENEGGER[^_^ okay.. this and an even bigger PREDATOR at the bottom of the page on the right(/bottom) can be found throughout the manual...]CreditsPredator was developed by Pack-In Video.Produced by Tom Sloper.Product management by Chris Garske.Product testing by Kelly Zmak.User's guide by Terrence R. McInnes. Editorial management by Steven Young.Production management by Nancy Waisanen.For a recorded message about our newest software, call 415 329-7699. 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Copying Prohibited[etc. etc. describing who owns what ^_^][page 1]PREDATORThe Predator would like nothing better than to skin you alive and addyour skull to his collection. The Predator knows no pain - and showsno mercy. He's already destroyed all the men of your crack commandounit. Blow him away once and he'll just come back - just for fun andjust for you. Soon you'll wonder which one of you is the hunter andwhich is the hunted.When you're dropped into the jungle, you'll get to battle guerillashand-to-hand while dodging scorpions, deadly rolling rocks, and thePredator's pets. Survive all that and you get to meet the Predator -again and again.In Predator, just staying alive through all the stages of raw combataction is winning.[page 2]Getting Started* Insert the Predator cartridge in your Nintendo Entertainment System  as instructed in your owner's guide.* Turn on your game system and TV or monitor. The Predator title  screen will appear with trademark information and a familiar figure  staring at you. Then you'll see how the Predator comes to Earth.* "Dutch" Schaefer and the Predator will repeat forever until you  press START to go to the start screen.* Select START to read the lead-in story or,[Picture: An NES controller without the  or wire (but correctly labeled ^_^) got rudely stuck in between these two points ^_^]* Select Continue to bypass the lead-in story.* If you're reading the lead-in story, press the A button to page  through the seven pages. They will refresh your memory about how  your commandos got wasted by this blood-thirsty monster!* Press A to play after reading the story screens. You'll go to the Stage  1 title screen.[page 3]* Press A to play the game. If you die, press A again in your next life.* While you are playing in a jungle stage (not Big Mode) you can press  the START button to pause the game. Press it again to resume play,  or press A or B to self-destruct.* Press the RESET button on your Nintendo Entertainment System at  any time to restart the game from the beginning.Directing Dutch* Control Dutch's movements with the direction arrow keypad. Press  the right arrow to move him right, and the left arrow to make him  move left. Press the down arrow to make him duck. In the jungle  mode only, press the up arrow to warp to the next game stage after  Dutch finds the cave in the jungle.* Press the A button to make Dutch jump. Press the right button or left  button while he is in the air to control where he lands. The longer you  hold A down, the higher Dutch jumps.* In the jungle mode only, press the B button to make Dutch fire his  weapon.[page 4]Playing the Game - The JungleWelcome to the jungle, Dutch. You arrive with only the clothes onyour back. You see tree-covered ledges ahead of you, mostly blockedby piles of rock or cut by bottomless chasms. You need to jump fromledge to ledge to find weapons, and to find the cave that will lead youto the next stage. Until you find a machinegun, a laser rifle, or agrenade, all you have are your fists. Your first job is to find a weaponfast. Meanwhile, you must dodge or destroy guerillas before theydestroy you. Watch out for scorpions. One touch from them and youlose a life point. There are other creatures including moving boulders.If anything moves, get out of the way, jump over it, or shoot it. Youcan duck and shoot at the same time, a good way to waste scorpions.But you can't duck and punch at the same time.Dutch has ten life points. Any time he is shot by a guerilla, or touchedby a scorpion, he loses a life point. These appear as white boxes in arow along the top of the screen. The number of lives he has left alsoappears at the top of the screen along with the weapon he is carrying.When he loses all ten points, he dies, losing one of his lives. Falling in achasm is instant death. If he loses all lives, the game is over.Dutch's Weapons                Punch - Dutch can always rely on his fists. If he has[A fist]        no other weapon, he can punch out his opponents.                Good against the guerillas, useless against other                creatures.[page 5]                Machinegun - Good against guerillas and jungle[a machinegun]  creatures. With special ammunition available in the                Ethereal Zone, you can destroy the Predator with your                machinegun.                Laser Rifle - You can destroy anything with your laser[laser rifle]   rifle including the Predator. You can also destroy                rocks in the jungle, making you jungle journey a little                easier.                Grenade (PINE) - Grenades destroy anything, in-[a grenade]     cluding Dutch. Be careful where you place the grenade                to avoid destroying our hero.JumpingBe careful when you make Dutch jump from ledge to ledge or acrosschasms. He won't make it across wide chasms without using smallledges along the way. Be sure to use your left and right arrow keys toguide him to safe landing when he jumps.Playing the Game - The Ethereal ZoneYour job is to keep Dutch alive and fighting. You begin in Big Mode 1.You'll see on the Big Mode 1 title screen how many lives Dutch hasavailable for this challenge. Press A to play and you enter the EtherealZone. Dutch must dodge or destroy oncoming blue or purple spheres[page 6]or other objects with his machinegun. If they touch him he is wound-ed. he also has to catch red drops to earn extra life points. Dutch can'tshoot fireballs except with reaction bullets. Keep destroying blue andpurple spheres for a while - then blue and purple clusters appear.Shoot these, too. All spheres and clusters can become things you cangrab when you touch them. Some of the spheres and clusters turn toammunition carrier spheres when you shoot them. Dutch can jump upand grab the ammunition carriers and use the ammo in hismachinegun. These have the symbols shown below and carry thefollowing types of ammunition:                              * Boomerang Bullets - these bullets will return to you[a circled )]   and can be guided by the direction arrows while in                flight.              * Continuous Bullets - These fire in continuous                bursts. They are standard ammunition. You start[circled |||]   with these loaded in your machinegun. You get more                either from a blue sphere or automatically as you                destroy objects.              * Shotgun Bullets - Several bullets fly in all directions[4 dots]        when you fire these. Hit an object and you get an ex-                tra shot. You can only get four of these while you're                in Big Mode.              * Reaction Bullets - If a reaction bullet hits an object,[circled X]     it will automatically destroy all opponents on the                screen except the Predator. Very useful when the                Predator attacks.[page 7]Each time Dutch is wounded, he loses one of his 8 life points. His lifepoint total appears as a column of blue boxes on the left of the screen.When he loses a life point, a box turns black. When his life pointsreach zero, he dies, but can come back three additional times ifyou press A. When he dies four times the game is over.The blue clusters signal something else - The Predator is on his way.Suddenly he shows up with Predator skulls shielding him. Dutch needsto destroy the Predator before the Predator destroys Dutch. ThePredator's life points appear as a column of blue boxes on the rightedge of the screen. Dutch need to hit him 8 times to destroy him.When the Predator takes eight hits, he explodes and the game movesback to the jungle for the next stage.On to the next StageIf Dutch remains alive after battling through the jungle, he will findthe cave that takes him to the next stage. If there are two caves, you'llhave to choose one. Once he's there, press the up arrow key to warphim to the next stage.Although there are 30 stages in all, you'll skip some of them becausesome stages have two caves. So you'll have to fight your way through20 stages in all to achieve your goal.Picking Up Where You Left OffIf you succeed in playing the game beyond stage 5, don't restart byselecting Start on the options screen. Instead, select Continue - you'llrestart at stage 5.[page 8 - FCC regulations][page (9) - 90-day warranty]