IMPULSE
by Chris Handley
from Your Computer, October 1985

Chris Handley can't help acting on Impulse for the Spectrum.

[This version includes the missing line printed in the November ]
[issue (although the checksum on the correction was wrong). JimG]


You play the part of Max Headroom whose mission is to keep control
of the internal workings of the computer. To do this you must collect
power from the electronic impulses travelling through the circuit.
They must pass through the top of Max's head to gain power. Having
obtained 1000 points computers will start to flash - indicating that
the computer needs attention and you must go to it. As you do this
you will lose power. You must reach all the computers needing
attention before power loss is stopped. If you lose all your power you
lose a life. If, however, you complete your task you go on to the next
level.

Just to make life difficult there are "bugs" which are fatal. You only
start with two but they increase in number with each new level. Each
time you lose a life the "bugs" are reduced to only two but don't be
fooled they will soon reactivate themselves. The best way to learn the
game is to play it!! So get typing.

Keyboard controls are:
Up    = any key on the top row
Down  = any key on the bottom row
Right = any key on the right
Left  = any key on the left

Enter listing 2 using the hex loader program, listing 4 then save the
code straight away using the command:
	SAVE "Impcode2" CODE 40000,2200
Enter listing 3 and then save the code straight away using the command:
	SAVE "Impcode3" CODE 64000,1535
then type in the Basic program, listing 1. Do not run the Basic 
program until you have saved it to tape. Use the command:
	SAVE "Impulse" LINE 0
Once this is done you may run the Basic program. This will load the
two blocks of code - previously saved - into memory and, all being
well, you should get a message saying "press any key to start".
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