Scenario
Rescue the captives! You are The Green Beret, a highly trained combat machine.
Your mission; infiltrate all four enemy Strategic Defence Installations - you
are alone, against immeasurable odds, have you the skill and stamina to succeed?
The game
Use the platform and ladders to advance through four defence stages: Missile Base,
Harbour, Bridge and Prison Camp. Use your knife to attack the defenders who will
jump, kick and shoot to stop you. Watch your step! You may become a human "Mine
Detector". Dodge the bullets, missiles and mortar attacks along the way.
Collect your weapon systems by killing the commandant. Weapons are: flame thrower,
rocket launcher and grenade.
Beware! At the end of each stage, the enemy will launch a major offensive using
all the means at their disposal.
Controls
The program is controlled by joystick and keyboard.
Up:
Jump/Go up
Up/Right:
Jump forward/Go up
Right:
Right
Right/Down:
Lie down/Go down
Down:
Lie down/Go down
Down/Left:
Lie down/Go down
Left:
Left
Left/Up:
Jump back/Go up
Press the space bar to activate the "shoot" weapon.
Status and scoring
On screen information show current score and lives remaining at the top left of
the screen and high-score and current stage at the top right. Any weapons that
you may be carrying are graphically displayed at the top left of the screen. You
begin your mission with three lives and gain bonus lives at 30,000 points and
every 70,000 points thereafter.
Hints and tips
• Avoid the bullets and missiles by laying down or jumping.
• Weapons can be used to destroy more than just the enemy.
• Keep moving or you may have a lot of company.
• Try to save weapons for the end of each stage.
• Watch the skies!
Loading instructions Cassette: on the C128, type Go 64 (Return)
and continue. Position the cassette in your Commodore tape recorder with the printed
side upwards and make sure that it is rewound to the beginning. Ensure that all
the leads are connected. Press the Shift key and the Run/Stop key simultaneously.
The screen message should follow: press play on tape. This program will load automatically.
When loading is complete, press Fire Button to start.
Product information and credits
This software tape has been carefully developed and manufactured to the highest
quality standards. Please read carefully the instructions for loading. If for
any reason you have difficulty in running the program, and believe that the tape
is defective, please return it direct to: Mr. Yates, Imagine Software (1984) Limited,
6 Central Street, Manchester M2 5NS. Our quality control department will test
the product and supply an immediate replacement if we find a fault. If we cannot
find a fault, the tape will be returned immediately to you, at no charge. Please
note that this does not affect your statutory rights.
Its program code, graphic representation and artwork are the copyright of Imagine
Software (1984) Limited and may not be reproduced, stored, hired or broadcast
in any form whatsoever without the written permission of Imagine Software (1984)
Limited. All rights reserved worldwide. Green Beret runs on the Commodore 64 and
Commodore 128 in 64 mode.
