SINCLAIR SOFTWARE DATABASE2

Deviants

Written by: Colin Swinbourne, Richard Paul Jones

released:

  • Players in 1987
  • categories: platform

    Platforms: Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K

    Sections: controls instructions links

    Deviants: instructions

    ORIGINAL INLAY CARD TEXT
    
    LOADING INSTRUCTIONS
    
    48k owners type LOAD"" (Enter).
    128k owners use the loader option.
    
    THE HISTORY
    
    In AD 5150 the search began to find other worlds for human
    colonisation.  Eventually a small planet named Krauze was
    selected.
    
    The Earth-like surface of the new world was littered with the
    crumbling evidence of a long dead race: Ruined citys, giant
    monuments and fragmented records, were all that remained of the
    savage, brutal semi-human creatures.
    
    A Race of Deviants ...........
    
    100 000 years before, the Deviants had conquered their
    neighbouring planets, but the Deviants warlords were hungry for
    power and a bloody civil war erupted. This almost wiped out the
    race, only a handful escaped.
    
    Recently the colony has been under attack from a source tracked
    down to one of the star system's many asteroids.
    
    The deviants had awakened and were rapidly turning their asteroid
    into a massive battle station.
    
    A crack squad of 'Starwarrior' commandos were dispatched to
    destroy the Deviants base. They managed to plant a number of
    nuclear explosive devices, but failed to prime the timing
    mechanisms.
    
    As the last Starwarrior, you must complete the mission and uphold
    the honour of your fallen comrades.
    
    THE CONTROLS
    
    You can define your own control keys or use Kempston Interface
    II, +2 or +3 Joysticks.
    
    (Also in Spanish)
    
    Hints/Cheats:
    
    To arm the bombs, follow this simple procedure:
    
    1) If there an odd number of valves activated (flashing), press
    '3' 
    2) Then, *in order*, if these valves are de-activated, press the
    number of that valve: 14625
    
    To get into the area with green platforms, use the teleporter
    system with code 'DEVIANTS'.