HOW TO PLAY “IN THE HUNT”
While viewing the TITLE SCREEN use the DIRECTIONAL PAD on CONTROLLER 1 to select OPTION and press the X BUTTON to raise the OPTION MENU. Use the directional pad to highlight and select the desired LEVEL, REST (subs), SOUND MODE, the desired MEMORY CARD SLOT for saving the game, the desired GAME MODE and to turn the RAPID option ON or OFF. Use the directional pad to select SOUND TEST then use the directional pad and the O BUTTON to sample music and sound effects from the game. Once you have completed your selections press the X BUTTON to drop the OPTION SCREEN. Press the START BUTTON, select START then press the START BUTTON once again to begin the game.
PLAYING THE GAME
You are the captain of heavily armed attack sub and you have just received orders to break off training exercises in the South Atlantic ocean and set a course for the Antartic Circle. Once there your mission is to find and destroy the headquarters of D.A.S., (The Dark Anarchy Society.) A status display appears across the bottom of the screen showing each players SCORE, the number of SUBS each player has remaining, The number of STARS you have collected, the number of CONTINUE options you have remaining and the TIME remaining in which to clear the current stage. There are six stages in the game, (THE SOUTH POLE, THE CHANNEL, SEABED RUINS, SUNKEN TOWN, DEEP DARK SEA and ENEMY BASE.) You have a limited amount of time in which to clear each stage. On each stage you will be subjected to unrelenting attack by scores of enemy air and sea craft. At the beginning of the game your sub is equipped with a MACHINE GUN, mines and torpedoes. At various points through out the game you will come across metal canisters which you may shoot to release power up icons. Collect a rotating icon bearing an A which, after several rotations, changes to an M, and you will power up your MISSILES and MINES. Collect a rotating icon bearing a BLUE GEM which, after several rotations, changes to a RED GEM, and you will power up your TORPEDOES. Collect 100 STARS and you will earn a BONUS SUB. At the end of each stage you will be locked in battle against a powerful foe, (stage boss.) Defeat the boss and you will advance to the next stage. If you are hit by enemy fire or any harmful object you will lose a sub. When all of your subs are gone you may CONTINUE from the last point attained in the game. Once you have exhausted all of your CONTINUE OPTIONS the game is over.
GAMEPLAY TIPS:
If you lose a sub you will be invincible for a brief period of time when you resume the battle with a new sub. Take advantage of this brief time to break through barriers, inflict casualties on the enemy and clear out as much area as possible.
Maintain a safe distance when dropping explosive charges onto mines, (when the mines detonate they send fragments out in all directions.)
The boss at the end of stage three is a giant who will pursue you forcing you to move in an upwards direction in an effort to elude him. Continuously press the O BUTTON to fire missiles and clear a path up through stone obstructions while dropping mines on the head of the boss. When you reach the top of the screen continue to drop mines on the boss while moving to avoid being crushed by stone structures which fall from the top of the screen, (you also have to remain alert to avoid being grabbed by the boss.) When the boss begins to change color it means he is about to perish.
In a ONE PLAYER GAME, when you are about to lose your last sub, press the START BUTTON on CONTROLLER 2 to bring the sub for player two into the game then switch subs to get extra lives.
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