Product:     Armor Battle (Mattel Electronics) Simulator
Version:     S3/1.01 (Standard 3, final +manual)
Started:     March 31st, 2000
Released:    April 14th, 2000
Last update: March 14th, 2001
Author:      _MADrigal_ (email: lucantignano@email.it)
                        (write in Italian or English only please!)
Website:     http://madrigal.retrogames.com    (main site)
             http://www.madrigal.emuita.it     (Italian mirror)


SECTIONS
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1. INFOS and COPYRIGHT NOTICES
2. REQUIREMENTS and INSTALLATION
3. WHAT IS THIS SIMULATOR?
4. WHAT IS SIMULATED
5. HOW TO PLAY
6. CONTROLS
7. THANKS TO



                         INFOS and COPYRIGHT NOTICES
                         ---------------------------
This program is a handeld simulator, and it's been completely coded with
Borland Delphi 4.0.
This program is freeware. If you paid for it, you've been ripped; if so,
please contact the author immediately. You are allowed and encouraged to
redistribute it freely, but just in case the ZIP package comes in as follows:

 ARMORBTL.EXE main program
 FMOD.DLL     sound library
 MANUAL.EXE   instructions program
 SOUND        folder containing seven .WAV files

 README.TXT   this file
 LICENSE.TXT  license file in English
 FAQ.TXT      frequently asked questions

 VERSIONI.TXT history file in Italian
 WHATSNEW.TXT news file in English

If you disagree these terms DELETE THIS SOFTWARE NOW!

The author is in no way affiliated with Mattel Electronics.
"Armor Battle" (C) Mattel Electronics Inc., 1978.



                        REQUIREMENTS and INSTALLATION
                        -----------------------------
You need a PC with Win95, 98, Millennium, NT4 or NT2000 installed
A sound card is optional.
Simply unzip to any folder using full pathnames (right-click on the
game archive icon and select the "extract to folder ..." option)



                           WHAT IS THIS SIMULATOR?
                           -----------------------
It is a program which reproduces the behaviour of an electronic handheld game.
If you want more infos on handheld simulators, or if you're looking for
similar products, visit my website:
http://madrigal.retrogames.com
There you'll also find nine more _MADrigal_'s simulators:
- "Motor Cross" Simulator
- "Grab Man" (Inno-Hit) Simulator
- "Las Vegas" (Bandai) Simulator
- "PuckMan" (Tomy tabletop) Simulator
- "Donkey Kong Circus" (Nintendo - Panorama Screen Series) Simulator
- "Banana" (VTech) Simulator
- "Lifeboat" (Nintendo - Multi Screen Series) Simulator
- "Penguin Land" (Bandai tabletop) Simulator
- "Sub Chase" (Mattel Electronics) Simulator



                              WHAT IS SIMULATED
                              -----------------
All features of the original handheld game



                                 HOW TO PLAY
                                 -----------
*Press Power switch to turn the game on.
*Instructions:
 - Computer controls enemy fire and invisible land mines
 - Turn power on: single dot appears - your tank. Plus blinking dot - your
   target
 - Game starts when fire button (control key) is pressed. Clock ticks
 - Use cursor keys to maneuver your tank over the ground
 - Enemy fire costs you time
 - You have 99 seconds to score as many hits as you can
 - To fire, both fire and direction keys must be pressed simultaneously
 - Get away of mines: radar beeps when a mine is near
 - Hit a mine and your tank will be returned to the starting line
 - Game is over if your tank runs over a land mine 10 times
*Score: 1 point per enemy tank destroyed



                                   CONTROLS
                                   --------
A) by MOUSE
   Press Power switch to turn game on or off
B) by KEYBOARD
   CONTROL key alone        begins game
   CONTROL key + arrow keys fires towards a certain direction
   arrow keys               move your tank around
   ESC                      quits program



                                   THANKS TO
                                   ---------
Daniele Pinna          (for providing hardware)
Francesco Rumignani    (for providing the original game)
Simone Congiu          (for additional Delphi programming)
www.handheldmuseum.com (for providing the instructions booklet)



ALL YOUR OLD OR MALFUNCTIONING HANDHELDS WANTED. EMAIL ME!!!

_MADrigal_, March 31st, 2000

