FIREBIRD   (C) 1981 Gebelli Software Inc.


As if our fearless hero, PIGGO, the firefighter, didn't have troubles 
enough... now a FIREBIRD races through the sky leaving behind a trail of 
fire setting the buildings in town ablaze.  You must help PIGGO put out 
the blazing rooms and save the hapless occupants as they leap for 
safety.

CONTROL KEYS

Start Key..........Begins the game.
Break Key..........Causes the game to pause until pressed again.
Reset Key..........Restarts the entire game, including high score.
(Use the joystick for movement and the button to use the firehose.)

THE GAME

The object of the game is to quench the fires, and failing that, to save 
the victims leaping from the burning rooms.  There are no "levels" as 
the game progresses:  the FIREBIRD just goes faster and faster.  To 
quench the flames you must position PIGGO just to the left of the fire 
and press the joystick button.  To save a falling victim, position PIGGO 
just to the left of the victim close enough to touch him.  PIGGO will 
grab automatically, then take the victim to the top of the ladder where 
the circling helicopter can pick him up.  The helicopter will return 
with a replacement for the lost room and place it where it is needed 
most.  If you position PIGGO directly over the burning room, or directly 
under it, the leaping victim will knock PIGGO off the ladder... so stay 
away, you only have three firepigs for the game.  Finally, you can't 
quench fires while PIGGO is holding a victim, and there is only room for 
one victim at a time at the top of the ladder... so plan ahead.

RESULTS

The game is over when you run out of firefighting pigs or when two or 
more columns of rooms burn completely to the ground.  If you manage to 
save the bottom row so that only the bottom row remains, then you get a 
5000 point bonus, and the game restarts with your score intact.  You 
score other points as follows:

          25 points . . . . . . . . . . . . quenching a fire
          50 points . . . . . . . . . . . . saving a falling victim
        100 points . . . . . . . . . . . .  helicopter pick-up


Manual typed in by Scott Wozniak on March 18, 1999.
Swozniak@aol.com