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           --       The Martian       --
           --    By: Team Poo Hill    --
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| Created for 72-Hour Game Competition in July 2003 |
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|        Ported to Nintendo DS in July 2007         |
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Readme File
Written by:   Paul Langworthy (ThousandKnives)
Last Updated: Sunday, 7/22/2007

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|   HOW TO PLAY:    |
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The Martian should run on any DS or DS homebrew emulator, except those that do not support libfat.

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|    OBJECTIVE:     |
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You are the Martian- you are BRUTE! You are going to destroy earth and you're starting with this nameless city.
Of course the city's finest are out to stop you, so you'll have to fight your way through them first!

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|     CONTROLS:     |
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Use D-Pad to move your Martian.
A button: Jump (hold to jump longer)
B button: Fire (hold for rapid fire with some weapons)
A button + D-pad down: Jump down from some platforms

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|    GAME PLAY:     |
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- There are two stages to fight your way through.
- At the end of each stage there is a boss that you must kill.
- You can take 3 hits before dying, and you start with three lives.
- When you die you will re-spawn at the same location with full health.
- When you run out of lives, your game is over and you will have to start over from the beginning of Stage 1.

Collect powerups to help your mission along:
- Health up (Red Cross): Recovers health completely
- One up (Martian head): An extra mans
- Points (Star): Gives a boost to your points
- Various Weapons: See below.

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|     WEAPONS:      |
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- Machine Gun (blue): Fires rapidly to the front
- Spread Gun (orange): Fire a spray of bullets
- Laser Gun (green): Sends out a devestating laser beam, but reload is slow
- Missle Launcher (yellow): Fire missles that explode for area and time damage

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|     ENEMIES:      |
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- Popo:       A simple policeman who enjoys eating donuts and seems to want nothing to do with Martians.
- Red Popo:   A more experienced policeman who will fire when he sees you!
- Chief:      A big man in charge who fires a spread weapon and take take many hits.
- SWAT Team:  A speedy, well trained officer who can jump and will fire (watch out!)
- Window Cop: Hides in open windows and tosses grenades at passing Martians.
- Boss Cop:   Big nasty cop with digestive problems.
- Greenie:    Big nasty cop wearing a green uniform, who has a lethal fist and is capable of mighty leaps.

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| Team Poo Hill is: |
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- ThousandKnives (DS port, additional DS graphics, coding, graphics tidying, map design, game design, sound effects)
- Jawsh (boss cop, chubby cop, window cop, windows, platforms, gibs, bullets, powerups, text/HUD, title)
- Pegwo (popo, hero, swat, background tiles, bullets)

