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The Island Of Dr. Destructo

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The Island Of Dr. Destructo
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The Island of Dr. Destructo front cover
Release 1987
Publisher Bulldog
Developer Binary Design
Programmer Eugene Messina
Musician None
Artist David Lincoln-Howes
Genre Shoot-em-up (Single Screen)
Players 1-2 (Simultaneous)
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Compatability 464, 664, 6128 & Plus
Magazine Reviews 77% - AA 025 (Oct 1987)
Information Appeared on side B of the compilation Megaplay Volume 1
Appeared on disk 5, side A of the compilation PP Games 15



The Island of Dr. Destructo is a single screen shooter for 1-2 players

Inlay Text

You have just seven days to prevent Dr. Destructo from carrying out his evil plans and launching a massive global attack.

Your mission is to destroy the Dr. Destructo and his island stronghold in just seven days. The buildings and fleet of the Destructo Empire are destroyed from the impact of shot down air and space craft, or by the bomb which is allocated to each player per screen. Each impact will remove a small section of the ship, island or building. When the missing sections amount to a gap through to the base, a leak is created and a water spout is formed. Most objects needthree leaks in order to be successfully destroyed.


CONTROLS

Joystick or Keyboard.

Single play - joystick in port one or keyboard.
For two Players:* Player one - joystick in port one.
* Player two - joystick in port two or keyboard.

JOYSTICK KEYBOARD
Anti-Clockwise LEFT Z
Clockwise RIGHT X
Accelerate UP SHIFT
Launch Bomb DOWN SPACE BAR
Shoot FIRE RETURN/ENTER
PAUSE P
QUIT Q (while Paused)
SOUND SWAP S (while Paused)

Screenshots

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Cheat Mode

Keypress

By Jonathan Adams (AA 028 - Jan 88)

  • To skip to the next level:
    • Pause the game, hold down the shift key and type "Cave Canem"
    • From now on, whenever you pause the game you can press "Z" to progress to the next level

Pokes

By L. Townsend (AA 025 - Oct 87)

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Trivia

Cover

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Media Scan

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Reviews

By Gary Barrett (AA 025 - October 87)

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Magazine References

Magazine Issue Date Page Reference Type
Amstrad Action 025 Oct 1987 47 Review (reproduced above)
Amstrad Action 025 Oct 1987 54 Cheats (reproduced above)
Amstrad Action 028 Jan 1988 74 Cheats (reproduced above)


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