Battle of Britian PSS

The first screen you will see after loading is the MAIN MENU:

1. WITH(OUT) ACTION

2. COLOUR (AMSTRAD ONLY)

3. CAMPAIGN

4. TRAINING GAME

5. BLITZKRIEG

Spectrum Version: The first screen you will see is the JOYSTICK/KEYBOARD

selection screen, Press 1 or 2 as required. BATTLE OF BRITAIN is compatible

with KEMPSTON/PROTEK/+2 Interfaces. The keyboard controls are as follows:

Q = UP

A = DOWN

I = LEFT

O = RIGHT

N = FIRE

After selection you will then see the MAIN MENU:

TRAINING GAME

BLITZKRIEG

CAMPAIGN

ARCADE SEQUENCE – OFF/ON

By moving the joystick up or down (or via Q/A) you will highlight each game

option in sequence. The ARCADE SEQUENCE can be toggled on or off by

pressing the fire button (or key N).

Once your selection is made, press the fire button to take you into the

game.

1. Action Sequence Selection

The first option (1) (last option on the Spectrum) allows you to play

Battle of Britain either with or without arcade sequences. The programme as

loaded will be set to WITH ACTION. Pressing 1 will change it to WITHOUT

ACTION, and no arcade sequences will appear. If you select WITH ACTION and

don’t wish to fight a particular battle simply press the space bar when

asked to select “wich battle” (on Spectrum, to avoid fighting press the

fire button while the cursor is over a “blank” area – eg. no airfields/

squadrons etc).

2. Monochrome/Colour Monitors (Amstrad Only)

By pressing 2 on the main menu you can play the game on either a colour or

“green screen” Amstrad. The default is colour.

3. Game Selection

Options 3, 4 & 5 (2, 3 & 4 for CBM 64) determine which style of game you

play.

(i) Training Game: Pressing 3 (2) starts the Training Game. This takes

place over one fairly light day of the campaign, and has been designed to

ease you into playing the game proper. It is recommended that you play this

game a few times and get to know the mechanics of Battle of Britain before

attempting either the Blitzkrieg or Campaign games.

(ii) Blitzkrieg: Key 4 (3) starts the Blitzkrieg game. This once again

takes place over one day of the campaign, but the Luftwaffe have been

programmed to give you as hard a time as possible. They will attack all

your targets and will show no fear. Blitzkrieg is a very fast game and is

not recommended until you have mastered the controls.

(iii) Campaign Game: Key 5 (4) selects the Campaign game menu. This game is

played over 30 days of the actual battle and has been designed to follow it

as closely as possible in terms of Luftwaffe strategy. In the actual

campaign the Luftwaffe attacks were split into 5 phases from July 10th to

October 31st. We have condensed this by concentrating on the three main

phases i.e., 2, 3 & 4. Careful study of this period will allow you to

anticipate the program. We have also shortened the number of days from 54

to 30 and doubled the number of casualties in order to maintain the balance

throughout the game.

The campaign menu once again has five options.

1. LOAD DAY

2. SAVE DAY

3. START/CONTINUE CAMPAIGN

4. SPEED 1/2/3

5. RETURN TO MAIN MENU

1/2 LOAD/SAVE A DAY: As the Campaign game is played over such a long

period, we have incorporated a LOAD/SAVE feature to allow you to stop

playing at the end of any day and save all the data. You can then go

straight to the next day the next time you play the game.

To SAVE a day: Press key 2. Ensure there is a blank tape or disk in the

machine and tape player is set to record. Press C if you are saving onto

tape or D if you are using disks. When the day has saved the game returns

to the Campaign menu.

Battle of Britian PSS