Outbreak

An experiment gone wrong leads to an outbreak that threatens your survival! Malfunctioning,

self-replicating nanobots have escaped from the lab and formed a super-swarm around your space

station. Developed to recycle waste, a flaw in their programming has left them with a directive to

break down everything, including you. Impossible to stop all at once, your only hope is to eliminate

the threat one segment at a time by transmitting shutdown codes to the nanobots with the station’s

parabolic reflector antenna. Careful alignment and quick reactions are required as you must also

receive confirmation codes. Your mission is to stop the outbreak!

Starting the game

On reset, select the game difficulty you want to play using keyboard A. You can start the game at

four different skill levels by pressing the corresponding number. The scoreboard displayed briefly

at the top of the playfield shows score on the left and the remaining transmitter batteries on the

right. Once your game is over, press reset or key 1 on keyboard B to play again.

Difficulty level Select key (sets position of swarm)

Novice A.0

Standard A.1

Advanced A.2

Expert A.3

Moving your reflector

Use direction keys 4 and 6 on either keyboard to move the reflector across the bottom of the screen.

Press the same key on both keyboards for double speed. Position the reflector to transmit to and

receive transmissions from the swarm. The direction of the transmissions depends on which part

of the reflector it hits. The reflector is divided into four parts, as shown in the diagram below. You

score 1 point for each segment of the swarm you deactivate. If you miss a transmission, you lose

one transmitter battery. An extra battery is earned if you deactivate the entire swarm.

Press 'Clear'. On Keypad A choose difficulty (0-3) '0' (easiest) to '3' (hardest). Controls are '4' (left), '6' (right)

Pressing left or right at the same time on Keypad B '4' (left), '6' (right) doubles the paddle speed