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<font face="Helvetica">You are captain of the cargo ship Chromium B.S.U.,
responsible for delivering supplies to our troops on the front line. Your
ship has a small fleet of robotic fighters which you control from the relative
safety of the Chromium vessel. </font></li>
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y o u r m i s s
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<font face="Helvetica"><b><font color="#FFFFFF">Do not let </font><font color="#FFFF00">ANY</font><font color="#FFFFFF">
enemy ships get past your fighters! </font></b>Each enemy ship that makes
it past the bottom of the screen will attack the Chromium, and you lose
a fighter.</font></li>
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<font face="Helvetica"><b><font color="#FFFFFF">Use your fighters as weapons!</font></b>
Crash into enemies to destroy them before they can get past you. </font></li>
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<font face="Helvetica"><b><font color="#FFFFFF">Strategic suicide is a
powerful tactic! </font></b><font color="#E0E0E0">When the Chromium launches
a new fighter, it releases a high energy burst which destroys all enemies
in range. </font></font></li>
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<font face="Helvetica"><b><font color="#FFFFFF">Self-destruct to preserve
your ammunition!</font><font color="#E0E0E0"> </font></b>A double-right-click
will cause your current fighter to self-destruct. Before the ship blows
up, it ejects its ammunition so that the next fighter can pick it up.</font></li>
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<td NOSAVE><b><u><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#C0C0FF"><font size=+2> ammunition </font></font></font></u></b></td>
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<td><b><u><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#C0C0FF"><font size=+2> power
ups </font></font></font></u></b></td>
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<td><img SRC="images/heroAmmo00.jpg" NOSAVE height=120 width=120 align=ABSCENTER></td>
<td NOSAVE><b><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#FFFFFF">MACHINE GUN</font></font></b>
<br><font face="Helvetica">Otherwise known as the 'pea shooter'. But you'll
miss 'em when they're gone.</font></td>
<td><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#3C4664">- - -</font></font></td>
<td NOSAVE><img SRC="images/powerUp00.jpg" NOSAVE height=120 width=120 align=ABSCENTER></td>
<td><b><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#FFFFFF">SHIELD REPLENISH</font></font></b>
<br><font face="Helvetica">The penguin protects you. Grab this power up
to restore shields to 100%.</font>
<br><font face="Helvetica">Let it pass through for big points.</font></td>
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<td NOSAVE><b><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#FFFFFF">ION CANNON</font></font></b>
<br><font face="Helvetica">This gun slices through your enemies and keeps
on going. </font></td>
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<td><b><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#FFFFFF">DAMAGE REPAIR</font></font></b>
<br><font face="Helvetica">The penguin gives you life. Grab this power
up to repair all damage to your fighter.</font>
<br><font face="Helvetica">Let it pass through for big points.</font></td>
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<td><img SRC="images/heroAmmo02.jpg" NOSAVE height=120 width=120 align=ABSCENTER></td>
<td><b><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#FFFFFF">PLASMA REPEATER</font></font></b>
<br><font face="Helvetica">Your most powerful weapon. The plasma ammunition
runs out quickly, however.</font></td>
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<td><b><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#FFFFFF">SUPER SHIELDS / EXTRA
LIFE</font></font></b>
<br><font face="Helvetica">Restores shields to 100% and gives you temporary
invulnerability. </font>
<br><font face="Helvetica"><b><font color="#FFFFFF">TIP: </font></b>If
you let it pass through the bottom of the screen, you will be rewarded
with an extra fighter.</font></td>
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<td><b><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#FFFFFF">BIG RED BUTTON</font></font></b>
<br><font face="Helvetica">The ultimate weapon. Double right-click or press
the '0' key twice to eject the fighter's ammunition and self-destruct. </font></td>
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<p><b><font face="Helvetica">Chromium B.S.U. command line options:</font></b>
<p><tt> -f/--fullscreen : run in fullscreen
mode</tt>
<br><tt> -w/--window
: run in windowed mode</tt>
<br><tt> -v/--vidmode <mode> : mode 0 = 512 x
384</tt>
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: 1 = 640 x 480</tt>
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: 2 = 800 x 600</tt>
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: 3 = 1024 x 768</tt>
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: 4 = 1280 x 1024</tt>
<br><tt> -na/--noaudio
: do not initialize audio</tt>
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