=============================================================================== Atlantis Atari 2600 FAQ Version 1.10 Mike Truitt =============================================================================== Contents: I About this FAQ II Version History III Game Modes IV Strategy V Scoring VI Enemy List VII Notes & Thanks =============================================================================== I ABOUT THIS FAQ =============================================================================== This FAQ is copywritten work of its author, Mike Truitt. Any usage not noted by its author in this FAQ is strictly forbidden. If you would like to have this FAQ posted on your site, then simply send me an e-mail asking permission to use the FAQ, as well as a link to your website. Send all e-mails about this game / FAQ to mat2810@cs.com with the subject line "Atlantis for Atari 2600" anything else might not be read. =============================================================================== II VERSION HISTORY =============================================================================== ____________ Version 1.00 Started as well as completed the whole FAQ, odds are there ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ will be no more updates added on to this FAQ unless my e-mail changes alltogether. ____________ Version 1.10 Added the "Armageddon" ship to the Enemy List section of the ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ FAQ, apparantly I had forgotten it when I was typing it up. _____________ Last Updated: Sunday, February 3, 2002 (Super Bowl Sunday!!!) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ =============================================================================== III GAME MODES =============================================================================== _____________ 1 Player Easy This, quite simply is the easiest difficulty setting of the ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ game. The ships are the slowest out of any of the other levels of the game. The planes themselves are also much less agressive than any of the other levels of the game. Simply put, this mode is for beginners only. _______________ 1 Player Normal As opposed to the Easy mode, the enemies are a bit faster ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ and they come out swinging. You will have to learn how to use more than one of your guns at a time to be any good at this level of play. _____________ 1 Player Hard As the name implies, this is the hardest mode of the game. ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ The ships come out with their engines juiced and they are starting to taste blood, and they want much, much more of it. The only question is, can you handle it? =============================================================================== IV STRATEGY =============================================================================== In order for you to get high scores, you have to have some strategy involved, otherwise, you will not even know what hit you before you get your head blown up. _________ Your Pods The first thing that you will see are three pods on the ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ screen, one on the right, one in the middle, and one in the center of the screen. Each one of your pods has a gun attached to it. To shoot the gun, you will need to hit the Action button. This will only shoot the middle pods gun. To shoot the gun of the pod on the right, hold Right as you shoot, and the left for the left. Both the right and the left pod shoot towards the opposite corner of the screen. Should you loose one of your pods when the killer emeny comes, a new pod should be given to you after you score 5000 points. _________ The Enemy Not soon after you start off, there will be planes that fly ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ across the screen in either direction. These planes are your enemy that you must shoot down. There is only one kind of plane that will shoot down at you, and those rarely come across the screen. However, when they do, they will be fast and you will have to shoot it down using one of the side pods. Preferably the one nearest to the side of the screen that it came out of. If you do this, then you will not loose any of your pods. However, if you do not, then the center pod will be blown up and you will have to stick to using the side pods in order to kill. Should another killer enemy come around before you recieve a new pod, then you must shoot it down or else the game is over. _____________ Shooting Plan As there are with any shooting game, there is usually a ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ pattern that is followed, or a basic strategy that should work most of the time... It may seem simple, but the first thing that you will want to do is just come out shooting with your center pod. Since the guns are not automatic then you will miss a few of the enemy planes. When this happens, use the side pod (the one that is on the side of the screen that the plane came out from) to shoot it down. This should take care of almost nine out of ten planes. You will have to watch out for low flying planes, because these planes are the killer planes. As soon as one of these planes pops up, you must shoot it down using the pod closest to the one that is closest to the side it came out from. Following this basic pattern should keep you alive for a very long time. =============================================================================== V SCORING =============================================================================== Other than the sheer bragging rights, there is not too much point to scoring high. If you do loose one of your planes than you will need to score 5000 points to recieve a new one. My personal high score was 376 900 points, and I challenge anybody to beat it! (Superiority complexes ROCK!!!) Each one of the planes has a designated point value, these point values will be listed in the ENEMY LIST section of this FAQ. If you are trying to score a huge score, then you should try using your side pods as much as possible, because those pods double the score that you would recieve normally. =============================================================================== VI ENEMY LIST =============================================================================== _____________________________________________________________________________ | # | Plane Name | Point Value | Speed | Visual Description | ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ _____________________________________________________________________________ | 1 | Star Trek | 100 Points | 3/10 | This plane has a long | |ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| almost shaft-like body | |ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| and a large elliptical | |ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| front. | ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ _____________________________________________________________________________ | 2 | Long Plane | 100 Points | 5/10 | This plane has a long | |ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| strait body, much like | |ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| an arrow | ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ _____________________________________________________________________________ | 3 | Stealth | 1000 Points | 10/10 | This plane is small and| |ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| very fast. You will | |ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| to have good reflexes | ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ _____________________________________________________________________________ | 4 | Killer | 1000 Points | 4/10 | The largest plane, has | |ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| a large circular body. | |ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| THIS ONE WILL SHOOT YOU| ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ _____________________________________________________________________________ | 5 | Armageddon | None..... | 6/10 | This plane only appears| |ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| once you have lost the | |ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| game. It is kind of an | |ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| "In your face" type of | |ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| feature. | ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ =============================================================================== VII NOTES AND THANKS =============================================================================== A large thank you goes out to every person who has read this FAQ and helped them out. Another thanks goes out to all of the webmasters that host this FAQ on their site. This FAQ is copywritten work of its author, Mike Truitt. Any usage not noted by its author in this FAQ is strictly forbidden. If you would like to have this FAQ posted on your site, then simply send me an e-mail asking permission to use the FAQ, as well as a link to your website. Send all e-mails about this game / FAQ to mat2810@cs.com with the subject line "Atlantis for Atari 2600" anything else might not be read. (c) 2002 Mike Truitt