Semtex for OS/2

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Semtex is a clone of the game "Dynabusters" by TSCC for the good old Atari ST/STE/Falcon computers. The game is very simple and has only one rule: Bomb all your opponents away! Easy, isn't it?

To do this you can lay bombs, kick them over walls or use other stuff (like smokebombs, fast bombs, shields etc.) to irritate your opponents. Here's a list of the items:

|  | These are the "strong walls". They cannot be bombed away! You can use them to hide behind. But beware! There is no way to go over them. But you can kick a bomb over these walls... |
|  | These are the "weak walls". You can blow them away. In fact: You really should do so! Under these stones there are all extras and specials you can get! |
|  | This type of walls will appear a short while before the game ends. They are unbreakable. |
|  | This is a bomb. Bombs which are on the playfield at beginning of a new round will not explode automatically. Your own bombs will explode after a while. The detonation expands horizontal and vertically. |
|  | This is a mine. Avoid it! The detonation is 3 x 3 fields big. |
|  | This is an extra bomb. At the beginning of each round you have only one bomb to lay. Each time you get an extra bomb you will increase the number of bombs you can lay by one. Take them! |
|  | This extra increases the distance of the explosion of your bombs by one. Take them! |
|  | The "Jumper" enables you to kick bombs over walls. At the beginning you are unable to do so. This extra increases the amount of bombs which are jumping 'round at a time by one. To kick a bomb just press fire twice. |
|  | The bottle gives you some special stuff for 20 seconds. These specials could be good for you or bad or both. This depends on what you can do. Example: Your bombs detonates much faster. Good: You can destroy more walls or opponents. Bad: You recognize this fact too late... |
|  | The skull has the same effect as the bottle, but for one minute. |
|  | The questionmark has the same effect as the skull. But the extra es given to all players. It is possible that each player gets another extra. |
|  | The clock deactivates the actual extra immediatly. |
|  | This is an extra for your second fire-key. You get 15 smokebombs. Just try them out... |
|  | This gives you 5 mines to lay with the second fire-key. (Don't stay too long on your own mines!) |
|  | This gives you 5 shields activated by the second fire-key. Maybe the best extra. (You could run into a dead end with your oppenent, but you could survive...) |

The game is only for 2-4 players. It is possible to use the keyboard and two joysticks for control. Each player can move up, down, left, right and has two fire-buttons. The primary one is good for dropping bombs or to give them a kick. The secondary one is good for activating smokebombs, dropping mines or activating the shield. One player can only have one extra for the second fire-button. This is always the last one he took up.

The bottle, skull or questionmark will give some specials to you or all players. There are 19 different specials to explore...

A short while before the game ends the playfield will get smaller. Keep this in mind.

By default the following keys are used for movements (German keyboard):

| Player 1 |  | Player 2 |
| Key |  | Action |  | Key |  | Action |
| Cursor left |  | move left |  | 'a' |  | move left |
| Cursor right |  | move right |  | 'd' |  | move right |
| Cursor up |  | move up |  | 'w' |  | move up |
| Cursor down |  | move down |  | 's' |  | move down |
| Space |  | primary fire-button |  | Shift left |  | primary fire-button |
| Ctrl right |  | secondary fire-button |  | '<' |  | secondary fire-button |

.have fun.

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