======= Toobin' ======= Document created by rstuart@ukonline.co.uk on 10th Jan 00 for World of Spectrum: http://www.void.demon.nl/spectrum.html Taken from the Tangen/Domark compilation 'TNT'. Toobin' ------- Get Toobin' with the Tube Dudes. Ride the rapids and check out the white water challenges for an action packed fun day out toobin'. "Great music... heaps of playability... a brilliant conversion" ACE "Looks, sounds and plays great" C&VG "Playable, addictive and above all great fun" The Games Machine (c) 1989, 1988 Tangen Inc. All rights reserved. TM Tangen Inc. TM Atari games Corporation Programmed by Teque Software Developments Ltd The Game -------- Toobin' - The first game of its kind. Join Biff and Jet, the tube-dudes, as they cruise the baddest rivers in and out of this world! Getting Started --------------- A game for one or two, play either Bill or Jet in search of the most outrageous party they can find. Guide the tube-dudes to places even your travel agent doesn't know about! Each river contains new and exciting backdrops to the varied obstacles that you must negotiate. Pick up tin cans that you'll find in the rivers to defend yourself against the shoreside creeps like punks, fly fishermen, swamp monsters and even kamikaze penguins. Watch out for sticks, branches and spiked logs that can easily burst your tube. Paddle through the gates for mega-bonuses, but don't bump the poles or you'll halve your score. Hot toobers can rack up the points this way. Don't lag behind 'cos the big 'gator is just waiting to catch those slow toobers at the back. Hold tight as you challenge the white water rapids. Toobin's got lots of special features like simultaneous two player action for double the fun, and higher levels with wild and varied rivers from the Amazon to Mars!, taking in the Nile and the Colorado along the way. Complete the rivers and you can join in the playing! Controls: --------- Joystick Controls: ------------------ Left: Paddle Left Right: Paddle Right Up: Paddle Forward Down: Paddle Back Fire: Throw Can Atari ST: --------- Player 1: F3 selects Joystick or Keyboard Keys: A, D, Z, X, SPACE Player 2: F4 selects Joystick or keyboard Keys: Numeric Keypad 4, +, 2, 3, 0 Pause: F1 Quit: SHIFT F2 Note: Only one player can play keyboard. Amiga: ------ Player 1: F3 selects Joystick or Keyboard Keys: A, D, Z, X, SPACE Player 2: F4 selects Joystick or Keyboard Keys: Numeric Keypad 4, +, 2, 3, 0 Pause: F1 Quit: SHIFT 2 Amstrad: -------- Player 1: Follow on screen menu Player 2: Follow on screen menu Pause: CTRL and P Quit: CTRL and Q Spectrum: --------- Player 1: Follow on screen menu Player 2: Follow on screen menu Pause: Symbol Shift and P Quit: Symbol Shift and Q Commodore 64: ------------- Player 1: Follow on screen menu Player 2: Follow on screen menu Pause: Shift and P Quit: Shift and Q Loading Instructions (Cassette) Spectrum: Type LOAD"" and press ENTER, then start tape. Amstrad: Press CTRL and small ENTER key. If you have a disk drive attached first type |TAPE. (| is obtained by pressing the Shift Key and the @ key together). Commodore 64: Press Shift and the RUN/STOP key. Loading Instructions (Disc) Atari ST and Amiga: Insert disk and switch on machine. Spectrum +3: Select Loader option from main menu. Amstrad: Type | cpm (| is obtained by pressing the Shift Key and the @ key together). Commodore 64: Type LOAD "*",8,1 Hints ----- Make full use of the two player option if you want to be king of the river! With a friend to help you the game becomes not only a competition to get to the and but also to see who makes the highest score. Try to hit the shoreside obstructions as soon as possible. By stunning them with your cola cans your passage down the river will be that little bit easier. Picking up a Beach Ball gives you extra speed enabling you to whizz around at high speed for a short while. Keep up your speed and gain extra points by steering through gates without hitting the sides. Be careful not to dawdle for too long, however, as a giant alligator will start chasing you! The only way to get him off your tail is to paddle through the gate. It's very important to shoot everything when you first start playing the game. The letters T, O, O, B, I and N will be released as you hit each object earning you massive points when the game is over. Try shooting innocent looking objects, such as bushes, as these often cover the bonus letters.