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| + | Load the Protector II cartridge into your Texas Instruments 99/4A Computer as explained in your computer owner's manual, and turn on your computer. | ||
| + | Plug the joysticks into the controller port. This is a one-player game. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Press Enter to get to the Option Screen. Press the Plus Key (+) to choose one of 6 difficulty levels. The level is displayed in the control window at the top of the screen. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Press Enter twice to start the game. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Press the Space Bar to pause during a game, or to reactivate the game after a pause. | ||
| + | |||
| + | You are the last hope! The alien | ||
| + | slimehordes of Fraxull us are | ||
| + | attacking your cities. One by one, | ||
| + | the inhabitants are being | ||
| + | exterminated by the invincible | ||
| + | F raxullan mother ship, that is | ||
| + | shielded in Baltheric antimatter, | ||
| + | making it impossible to destroy. | ||
| + | It can however, be paralyzed | ||
| + | briefly by laser attacks, but then is | ||
| + | able to move more quickly. Be | ||
| + | wary of the transporter beam | ||
| + | since it spells instant death for | ||
| + | your Needlefighter. The F raxullan | ||
| + | mother ship moves relentlessly, | ||
| + | drawing up the helpless natives | ||
| + | and fiendishly carrying them to | ||
| + | Dragonmaw, the sulferous volcano | ||
| + | of death. The volcano is due to | ||
| + | erupt at any time, but be careful of | ||
| + | the explosions that occur | ||
| + | occasionally during the game. | ||
| + | You must evacuate all 18 people | ||
| + | from the City of New Hope before | ||
| + | it is too late, and then on to the | ||
| + | safety of the Verdann Fortress. You | ||
| + | are the sole PROTECTOR! | ||
| + | The Verdann Fortress is located | ||
| + | below the horizontal red bar past | ||
| + | the vertical laser defense networks | ||
| + | that are robot controlled, the Laser | ||
| + | Fields of the Straak. The laser | ||
| + | installations are stationary while | ||
| + | other installations are mobile and | ||
| + | track your Needlefighter. The | ||
| + | armaments for the VerdannFortress | ||
| + | are carefully cloaked in | ||
| + | invisibility shields until after the | ||
| + | eruption of Dragonmaw. At this | ||
| + | time the red energy shields are | ||
| + | dropped and the Verdann Fortress | ||
| + | and it's armaments become available. | ||
| + | In order for the survivors | ||
| + | from the City of New Hope to | ||
| + | reach safetY, they must be placed | ||
| + | in the escape chute located below | ||
| + | the walls of the Fortress. You must | ||
| + | save these innocent victims from | ||
| + | their gruesome destiny. | ||
| + | You launch your Omicrom | ||
| + | Needlefighter from your base | ||
| + | deep inside the Xlarr defense post | ||
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Revision as of 20:08, 14 November 2022
Protector II is an action/space/shooter video game programmed by Mike Yantis during the 4th quarter of 1983 for the TI-99/4A home computer system. It was distributed on Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module cartridge by Atarisoft Corporation and sold originally for $44.95 (USD) as part number RX 8516.
| Protector II | |
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| Publisher(s) | Atarisoft |
| Original Retail Price | $44.95 (USD) |
| Programmer(s) | Mike Yantis |
| Part# | RX 8516 |
| Format(s) | Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module |
| Release | 1983 (4th Quarter) |
| Genre(s) | Action, Shooter, Space |
Contents
[hide]Gameplay
The player in Protector II pilots a spacecraft called the Neeedlefighter ship. The goal is to rescue the 18 stranded survivors from the surface of the planet. This rescue occurs in stages with no apparent transition between stages. First, the player moves the player from their original location to the top of the buildings in the City of Hope. From there, he/she must continue to move them to a portal that is blockaded deep in the Verdann Fortress. The player starts 6 Needlefighters and loses one for each hit with an enemy spacecraft or bullet. The transport of the survivors occurs one at-a-time.
Advertising Blurbs
Back of Retail Packaging
It's war; and Xytonic Pulse-trackers, ravenous Chompers, and rockets, meteoroids, lasers, the powerful Fraxullan Mother Shop, and the eruption of Dragonmaw (the Volcano of Death) put your skill to the ultimate test as your Needlefighters attempt the delicate evacuation of 18 stranded survivors to the City of New Hope. But just as success seems assured, a lava flow engulfs the city! Your only chance now is the blockaded Verdann Fortress . . .
Triton Catalog - Spring 1985
It's war and Xytronic Pulse-trackers, ravenous Chompers, rockets, meteroids, lasers, the powerful Fraxullan Mother Ship, and the eruption of Dragonmaw put your skill to the ultimate test!
Fun Fact
The foil label on the cartridge of the video game is labeled only as Protector and not Protector II, causing some to believe that the original Protector game was made for the TI-99/4A. However, these cartridges labeled as Protector are in fact the Protector II game.[3]
Manual
Load the Protector II cartridge into your Texas Instruments 99/4A Computer as explained in your computer owner's manual, and turn on your computer.
Plug the joysticks into the controller port. This is a one-player game.
Press Enter to get to the Option Screen. Press the Plus Key (+) to choose one of 6 difficulty levels. The level is displayed in the control window at the top of the screen.
Press Enter twice to start the game.
Press the Space Bar to pause during a game, or to reactivate the game after a pause.
You are the last hope! The alien slimehordes of Fraxull us are attacking your cities. One by one, the inhabitants are being exterminated by the invincible F raxullan mother ship, that is shielded in Baltheric antimatter, making it impossible to destroy. It can however, be paralyzed briefly by laser attacks, but then is able to move more quickly. Be wary of the transporter beam since it spells instant death for your Needlefighter. The F raxullan mother ship moves relentlessly, drawing up the helpless natives and fiendishly carrying them to Dragonmaw, the sulferous volcano of death. The volcano is due to erupt at any time, but be careful of the explosions that occur occasionally during the game. You must evacuate all 18 people from the City of New Hope before it is too late, and then on to the safety of the Verdann Fortress. You are the sole PROTECTOR! The Verdann Fortress is located below the horizontal red bar past the vertical laser defense networks that are robot controlled, the Laser Fields of the Straak. The laser installations are stationary while other installations are mobile and track your Needlefighter. The armaments for the VerdannFortress are carefully cloaked in invisibility shields until after the eruption of Dragonmaw. At this time the red energy shields are dropped and the Verdann Fortress and it's armaments become available. In order for the survivors from the City of New Hope to reach safetY, they must be placed in the escape chute located below the walls of the Fortress. You must save these innocent victims from their gruesome destiny. You launch your Omicrom Needlefighter from your base deep inside the Xlarr defense post
Downloads
Protector II Cartridge
Protector II Manual Front Cover
Protector II Box (front)
Protector II Box (back)
Protector II Manual Complete (pdf format)
Defender MAME/MESS Rom (rpk format)
Atarisoft Warranty Card (pdf format)
Atarisoft Questionnaire Card
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