Please read carefully beforehand!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE GAME "RETURN TO EARTH" (C) 1988/89
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After the great success of "Battle for Eriador," we decided to
write another game. We started in the summer of 1988, when
there were no games like "Elite" or "F.O.F.T." for the Amiga.

Therefore, we took up the basic game idea and tried to create a similar game with
ourcompared to professional programmersmodest hardware requirements. Despite many setbacks during development, you now hold our first game written entirely in C.

"Return to Earth" can only be booted; starting it from the Workbench or
the CLI is not possible.

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* IMPORTANT for anyone with a 512K Amiga with an additional floppy disk drive: *
* Due to memory constraints, the second drive must be turned off, if possible, or even completely unplugged (if it cannot be turned off) before turning on / *
* booting the computer! *
* Otherwise, your Amiga will crash after the title screen appears. *
* You should also NOT remove the boot disk from the drive, as *
* data must be constantly reloaded. For this reason, you should *
* also save all saved games to the boot disk! *
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This program is SHAREWARE, which means it may be freely distributed and copied as long as the disk remains in its ORIGINAL CONDITION. If you
like the game and would like the printed German manual, please send one of us a small amount of money to support further projects of this kind. Our addresses:

Roland Hartz Ralf Bwing
Platanenweg 8 Platanenweg 4
4425 Billerbeck 4425 Billerbeck

Tel.: +49 2543 1791 Tel.: +49 2543 4057

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* Unfortunately, a few PRE-VERSIONS have already accidentally entered circulation *
* that still contain BUGS. The only valid version is the one *
* on this disk with this copyright notice! *
* If any of your friends or acquaintances still have older versions, please exchange them *
* for the new one so that the still-faulty program *
* cannot be further distributed. *
* If we missed any errors during testing, we would be very grateful if you would let us know. *
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* Thank you very much! *
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The program is published by:

WOLF Computertechnik
Deipe Stegge 187
4420 Coesfeld

Tel.: +49 2541 2874

This tutorial was made with the aim  to  make
you understand the game and it`s controls and
to give you a good headstart.


The Space Station

You are prsented with two columns of  numbers
and text down  each  side,a  picture  in  the
middle and 17 icons along the bottom.

The first column tells you how much  you  buy
cargo for,and sell it for on  that  paticular
station.

The second column tells you  of  your   cargo
and any special pieces of equipment.

The icons are laid out like so

1 2 5   6   7   8   9   10   11

3 4 12  13  14  15  16  17

1=Leave     2=Sell     3=Reapairs*      4=Buy
5=PowerLaser 6=ECM  7=Hyperdrive  8=Computers
9=Platinum   10=Drugs   11=Food    12=Missile
13=Rescue Capsule 14=Fuel  15=Robots  16=Gold
17=Slaves

Buying: Click on the BUY icon,then click   on
the item you want  (Nos.5-17),you  can  carry
up to  20  items(Nos.5,6,7,12  and  13  don`t
count).

Selling: Same as above,but use the sell icon!

*= Not really sure what this does,I thin   it
repairs your status (see The  Space  Ship).It
doesn`t drain your money so click it!

Leaving:  Clicking  on  this  brings  up  the
starmap see The  Space  Ship  and  Hints  for
more.

The Space Ship

On the left are a load of words  with  lights
next to them,in  the  top  right  (taking  up
quite a bit of  space)  is  the  `window`,the
bottom right is the status window and in  the
bottom  middle  is  the   Text   window/Board
computer.

The Panel of words are as follows:

Exit: Guess

Disk  Menu:  Allows  you  to  save  and  load
games,it doesn`t seem to work though.

ECM  System:  If  an  alien   attacks    with
missiles click this to kill the  missile,will
never run out.

Rescue:  Will  get  you  out   of   a   tight
situation,it  transports  you  instantly   to
your destination  with  all  your  cargo.Once
used you have to buy another.

Docking: If  the  Board  Computer  tells  you
there is a freindly ship then click  on  this
to dock.You will then enter a screen wich  is
just like the Space Station screen except for
a different picture.

Hyper Drive: Sends you to a new   galaxy,once
used it`s gone.

Starchart: This comes up  automatically    on
pressing  leave  at  The  Space  Station,just
click on the planet you want to go too and it
will be highlighted by a green  rectangle.You
present  location  is  idicated  by   a   red
rectangle,your choice of planets  is  limited
to your galaxy and fuel.

Identify: When the Board Computer  tells  you
there is an  enemy  coming  it  automatically
comes on.Don`t click anything just read. When
you have click on the word  Identify  on  the
left,not on the new window that has appeared.

Overview: Clicking on  this  opens  a  window
giving details about your ship.

The lights are as follows:-

Green: Can be used/clicked. Red   :  In  use.
Blue : Can`t be used/clicked.

The status panel gives the following info :-

Shields (Indicated by a red bar)

Fuel ( " " " blue " )

Status ( " " " green ")

Missiles   (Indicated   by   a   graphic   of
No.Missiles out of 4)

Laser (  "  "  "  "  "  a  laser,one  barrell
=Standard two barrells=PowerLaser)

NOTE : When you shield runs out it starts  to
drain your status,which must be the state  of
the ship.When you have  no  status  left  you
die.

The Window/viewer:-

This is where the fighting  is  done!Clicking
any where in here  will  change  your  cursor
into a crosshair,using  this  new  cursor  in
battle  click  on  a  baddie  to   shoot   at
him.Battles  ocur  just  after  the  identify
screen.


Hints

Follow the following steps and you  can`t  go
far wrong.

1) Buy 20 computers.(Should  be  about  15-20
credits)

2) Click on leave.

3) Click on planet D on this `diagram`.

...................C.....

.....................D...
......................B..
..............A..........

A=Terminus(Start) B=Inamu C=Vird D=Raseldipur

4)  Click  on  the  partitally  covered  word
`StarChart`.

5) Fight your way to the Space Station.

6) Land at D

7) Sell your computers.(Should be  for  about
50-60 credits!)

8) Top on fuel to somewhere in the 90s.

9) If possible buy PowerLaser.

10)  Buy  20  food.(Sould  be  4-6  credits,5
usually)

11) Goto planet E

12) Sell food.(For about 7-9 credits)

13) Goto step 1

General

After doing the above a  few  times  purchase
items in the following order,or the order  of
you prefference.

PowerLaser Rescue Pod ECM Hyperdrive

ALWAYS keep topped up on missiles and fuel.

NOTE: YOU do not need the food for your   own
consumption,you live without it!?!

If up against a big ship just  blast  out  of
there with the Rescue Pod before it can get a
load of shots in.

The Hyperdrive  will  take  you  to   a   new
galaxy which is esential if finding earth.You
did now you have to find earth didn`t  you?!?
I mean it says it on the intro.

Bye Bye

P.Murphy, 3 Charnville Rd, Gatley,  Cheshire,
SK8-4HE,

So Long!



