 ASTROCLONE
 Hewson 1985

 CONTROLS : Keyboard, Kempston, Cursor
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 AIM : In this, the fourth of the Seiddab series of games, the aim is
 simply to defeat the Seiddab by shooting down Seiddab cruisers en
 route to the enemy bases (in a DEFENDER-like arcade section) and then
 to knock out all the Seiddab bases (in an adventure section which
 looks rather like MARSPORT). You must also use some strategy in
 choosing the route you take to achieve the overall aim of defeating
 the Seiddab.

 GAMEPLAY : You begin the game in your Astroclone Assault Craft with
 your oxygen steadily draining. To operate the clone, you use an icon
 driven control system. Your clone can be in one of three modes, each
 of which can be selected via an icon driven menu:

  1. Movement 	- allows you to move around
  2. Arm	- allows you to pick up, drop or use objects
  3. Laser	- puts a weapon in your clone's hand and allows you
 		 to aim and fire it with a cross-hair cursor.

  The galaxy is shown on screen as a series of 24 box-like sectors. You
 can move from one sector to another by using a cursor to lock on to a
 space ship. You can then deploy it in another sector (perhaps one which
 is full of Seiddab!). You must think strategically here, as you must
 decide where it is best to deploy your forces.

 ARCADE SECTION : Once you're happy with your force dispersion you can
 then start fighting the Seiddab in a shoot-em-up section reminiscent
 of DEFENDER. Pick a sector where you want to fight and your ship enters
 it through a star gate. You will then be faced with a horizontally-
 scrolling landscape around which you can fly, and around which various
 Seiddab ships are also flying. As well as your targets, the Seiddab
 cruisers,  there are also three types of smaller ship, homing missiles
 and asteroids. These others don't have to be destroyed to clear a sector
 but it makes life easier if they are!

 ADVENTURE SECTION : If you clear a sector of all the Seiddab cruisers
 and it has a Starbase in it you can enter the base by flying into an
 object that looks like an electricity pylon. When you do so you enter
 the arcade/adventure section of the game. Here you have to work out how
 to destroy the Starbase by using the objects littered around the place.
 Wandering around the Starbase are the actual Seiddab themselves. They
 look like miniature three-legged robots with a vicious claw but you can 
 defend yourself with a laser gun. Once you've destroyed the base you
 can go on and try to find another Starbase, beginning the whole process
 over again.
 
 COMMENTS : "A strange mix of shoot-em-up and arcade adventure."
 RATING : 88% (CRASH #22, November 1985)
 
 NOW : Rather crude graphics but not a bad arcade/adventure, although
 it is ultimately rather repetitive. (As for the name; try spelling
 "Seiddab" backwards...)
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 KEYS : Up	- A to G
	Down	- Z to V
	Left	- B, N
	Right	- M
	Fire	- H to L