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Press the Space Bar to pause during a game, or to reactivate the game after a pause. | Press the Space Bar to pause during a game, or to reactivate the game after a pause. | ||
| − | You are the last hope! The alien | + | 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 Fraxullan 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 Fraxullan mother ship moves relentlessly, drawing up the helpless natives and fiendishly carrying them to Dragonmaw, the sulfurous 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! |
| − | slimehordes of Fraxull us are | + | |
| − | attacking your cities. One by one, | + | 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 Verdann Fortress 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 its 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. |
| − | the inhabitants are being | + | |
| − | exterminated by the invincible | + | You launch your Omicrom Needlefighter from your base deep inside the Xlarr defense post Refuel your Needlefighter by docking at the refueling pod from where your Needlefighter was originally launched. The alignment of the fighter pod is critical. If it is not exact, you may crash. |
| − | + | ||
| − | shielded in Baltheric antimatter, | + | In order to transport people from one city to another, you must "hook" each person, one at a time, by passing immediately above the person that you wish to lift. You will know when they are hooked as they will stop waving their arms. After hooking them you must ascend and the person will cling to the bottom of your Needlefighter. In order to "drop" a person you merely fly over the area where you wish to deposit the person (making sure that they touch the disembarking area) and he/ she will pop off. |
| − | making it impossible to destroy. | + | |
| − | It can however, be paralyzed | + | All of the people must first be |
| − | briefly by laser attacks, but then is | + | brought to the City of New Hope |
| − | able to move more quickly. Be | + | before the barrier to the Verdann |
| − | wary of the transporter beam | + | Fortress will be opened. It is |
| − | since it spells instant death for | + | possible (in some of the easier |
| − | your Needlefighter. The | + | levels) to catch people before they |
| − | mother ship moves relentlessly, | + | sink into the mouth of Dragonmaw. |
| − | drawing up the helpless natives | + | This maneuver requires |
| − | and fiendishly carrying them to | + | great skill and timing. Also the |
| − | Dragonmaw, the | + | unpredictability of the volcanic |
| − | of death. The volcano is due to | + | eruptions makes this a very risky |
| − | erupt at any time, but be careful of | + | procedure. |
| − | the explosions that occur | + | |
| − | occasionally during the game. | + | The aliens and fate conspire |
| − | You must evacuate all 18 people | + | against you at every turn. The |
| − | from the City of New Hope before | + | F raxullan mother ship launches |
| − | it is too late, and then on to the | + | Xytonic PULSE-TRACKERS to· |
| − | safety of the Verdann Fortress. You | + | destroy you. These fiendish |
| − | are the sole PROTECTOR! | + | trackers pursue you across the |
| − | The Verdann Fortress is located | + | skies. They are persistent and will |
| − | below the horizontal red bar past | + | destroy your passengers (and/ or |
| − | the vertical laser defense networks | + | the Needlefighter) if they make |
| − | that are robot controlled, the Laser | + | contact with them. Be wary of the |
| − | Fields of the Straak. The laser | + | CHOMPERS, an indigenous life |
| − | installations are stationary while | + | form. They are powerful and |
| − | other installations are mobile and | + | unpredictable. In fact, they eat |
| − | track your Needlefighter. The | + | Needlefighters for breakfast! Also, |
| − | armaments for the | + | there are rocket bases all over the |
| − | are carefully cloaked in | + | surface of the planet. These |
| − | invisibility shields until after the | + | rockets fire in many directions. |
| − | eruption of Dragonmaw. At this | + | You may destroy rocket |
| − | time the red energy shields are | + | installations by hitting them with |
| − | dropped and the Verdann Fortress | + | laser cannon fire when they turn |
| − | and | + | red. |
| − | In order for the survivors | + | PainstakinglY, after every man, |
| − | from the City of New Hope to | + | woman and child have been flown |
| − | reach | + | past Dragonmaw and placed in |
| − | in the escape chute located below | + | the City of New Hope, the volcano |
| − | the walls of the Fortress. You must | + | will erupt, starting a lava flow that |
| − | save these innocent victims from | + | inevitably destroys the City of |
| − | their gruesome destiny. | + | New Hope. It is here that you find |
| − | You launch your Omicrom | + | out if you passed the ultimate test. |
| − | Needlefighter from your base | + | Your mouth is dry, and the sweat |
| − | deep inside the Xlarr defense post | + | trickles down your face, as you |
| + | strain against the impossible | ||
| + | odds. There is no time to think, | ||
| + | only to do! It has fallen on your | ||
| + | shoulders, you are the last hope. | ||
| + | You are the PROTE CTOR! | ||
| + | |||
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Revision as of 20:14, 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.
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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
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 Fraxullan 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 Fraxullan mother ship moves relentlessly, drawing up the helpless natives and fiendishly carrying them to Dragonmaw, the sulfurous 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 Verdann Fortress 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 its 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 Refuel your Needlefighter by docking at the refueling pod from where your Needlefighter was originally launched. The alignment of the fighter pod is critical. If it is not exact, you may crash.
In order to transport people from one city to another, you must "hook" each person, one at a time, by passing immediately above the person that you wish to lift. You will know when they are hooked as they will stop waving their arms. After hooking them you must ascend and the person will cling to the bottom of your Needlefighter. In order to "drop" a person you merely fly over the area where you wish to deposit the person (making sure that they touch the disembarking area) and he/ she will pop off.
All of the people must first be brought to the City of New Hope before the barrier to the Verdann Fortress will be opened. It is possible (in some of the easier levels) to catch people before they sink into the mouth of Dragonmaw. This maneuver requires great skill and timing. Also the unpredictability of the volcanic eruptions makes this a very risky procedure.
The aliens and fate conspire against you at every turn. The F raxullan mother ship launches Xytonic PULSE-TRACKERS to· destroy you. These fiendish trackers pursue you across the skies. They are persistent and will destroy your passengers (and/ or the Needlefighter) if they make contact with them. Be wary of the CHOMPERS, an indigenous life form. They are powerful and unpredictable. In fact, they eat Needlefighters for breakfast! Also, there are rocket bases all over the surface of the planet. These rockets fire in many directions. You may destroy rocket installations by hitting them with laser cannon fire when they turn red. PainstakinglY, after every man, woman and child have been flown past Dragonmaw and placed in the City of New Hope, the volcano will erupt, starting a lava flow that inevitably destroys the City of New Hope. It is here that you find out if you passed the ultimate test. Your mouth is dry, and the sweat trickles down your face, as you strain against the impossible odds. There is no time to think, only to do! It has fallen on your shoulders, you are the last hope. You are the PROTE CTOR!
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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