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MICROWAVE  IS  LIKE PAC-MAN WITH A FEW DIFFERENCES. YOU START OUT IN A
MAZE WITH VARIOUS OBJECTS DROPPED ALL ABOUT YOU. THE OBJECT IS TO PICK
UP ALL THE OBJECTS AND GET OUT AT THE OTHER  SIDE.   HOWEVER  IN  THIS
GAME  YOU  HAVE  A  FEW 'FRIENDS' CHASING YOU; LURCH, TRIXIE, BIFF AND
TEDDY. LURCH SEEMS TO BE THE FASTEST AND MOST OMINOUS. 

AS YOU RUN AROUND THE MAZE ALL YOU NEED DO TO GET AN OBJECT IS TO  RUN
OVER  IT.  SOMETIMES  YOU WILL SEE A GRENADE. YOU CAN'T GET THESE, BUT
THEY CAN GET YOU. THEY'RE SAFE WHEN THEY ARE GREEN, BUT ONCE THEY TURN
BLUE THE EXPLODE IN ABOUT 1-2 SECONDS. YOU ALSO HAVE A WEAPON. IT'S  A
MICROWAVE  BEAM.   WHEN  YOU  FIRE  THIS  IT  FIRES  IN  THE DIRECTION
***OPPOSITE*** OF WHAT YOU WERE TRAVELLING. IT WILL EXTEND AS  FAR  AS
IT  CAN  IN A STRAIGHT LINE UNTIL IT RUNS INTO A WALL. IT STAYS ON FOR
ABOUT  5  SECONDS.  ANY  CREATURE  CAUGHT  IN  IT  SHRIVELS  AND  DIES
INSTANTLY.  SOME  MAY  RUN INTO IT, BUT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN.THEY
ARE REGENERATED IN (ABOUT) 7 SECONDS. 

YOU GO THROUGH 4 DIFFERENT MAZES,EACH WITH A FEW MORE OBJECTS THAN THE
FIRST. ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SCREEN IT SAYS 'POWER'  AND  GIVES  A
NUMBER.  THIS  IS  THE NUMBER OF MICROWAVES YOU CAN SHOOT. YOU CAN GET
ONE MORE SHOT PER MAZE BY RUNNING OVER WHAT LOOKS LIKE A  SQUARE.  YOU
CAN ALSO WALK INTO YOUR MICROWAVE TO HIDE, BUT DON'T STAY IN THERE TOO
LONG  OR  YOUR  LIFE-SUPPORT  WILL GET LOW THEN CRITICAL THEN FLASHING
CRITICAL AT WHICH POINT YOU PROBABLY WILL  DIE.  ONCE  (IF)  YOU  HAVE
GOTTEN  THROUGH ALL 4 MAZES IT REPEATS ITSELF ONLY WITH MORE STUFF.  I
FOUND THIS GAME TO BE EASIET USING THE KEYBOARD. JUST PRESS 'K' AT THE
BEGINNING AND THEN IT'S: 

<--- FOR LEFT
---> FOR RIGHT
'A' FOR UP
'Z' FOR DOWN.

AND SPACE BAR FIRES THE MICROWAVE.


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