H.E.R.O. (F256)

This is an adoption of the Atari 800 version of the game H.E.R.O. for the Foenix/Wildbits F256 line of home computers. Gameplay wise I have tried to stay as close to the original as possible. The sound effects can use some work.

GETTING STARTED

• Load game from SD card.
• Plug a Joystick Controller into jack 1.
• Press F1 to choose one of five one-player games. The higher the game number, the more advanced the challenge. (See “Variations.")
• To begin, press F7 and move Joystick.
• RESERVES. Begin with one life in use and three in reserve. Acquire an additional life, to a maximum of six in reserve, for every 20,000 points earned.
• POWER GAUGE. Power begins to diminish when you move the Joystick after Rod Hero appears onscreen. If power runs out and a reserve life remains, you return to the top of that level.*

*Game ends when you run out of lives.

Game Number	Starting Level
1	1
2	5
3	9
4	13
5	17*

*All following levels are random and no level number appears. In games 1-4, the word PRO appears in place of the level number after level 20.

EQUIPMENT CHECK

Prop-pack.

• To fly up or run or fly left or right: Move Joystick in that direction.
• To hover: Tap Joystick forward.
• To fly down a shaft: Step off the ledge.

Microlaser Beam. Your helmet's Microlaser Beam can blast creatures or slice through small walls.

• To fire: Press Joystick button. Hold for continuous fire. Dynamite. Each of the six sticks you begin with can blow up all or part of a small wall.
• Land and move near a wall.
• To place and ignite: Pull Joystick toward you. Then move fast or be blown up!

Raft. Ride the raft across the river whenever it appears.

Lanterns. Careful! Touch or shoot out a lantern and that section of the mine goes dark.

SCORING:

• Shoot a critter:     50 points
• Each dynamite stick remaining when miner is rescued:     50 points
• Dynamite a wall:     75 points
• Rescue miner 1000 points
• Earn points for every unit of power left when a miner is rescued. The higher the level number, the more each power unit is worth.

You've saved the day when the score reaches 1,000,000.