Omega Virus Rules

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THE PATE: 30 SEPTEMBER 2051
THE TIME: 06:20
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ENTER YOUR
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Your Probe:
Gameboard Assembly: See the separate
A
Powerful Robot
Assembly sheet for battery insertion and
Take the Probe that matches your color
gameboard assembly instructions.
Commando, and place its peg into the
Command
Center hole directly in front
of you. See Figure All players do the
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Figure shows a game fully set up for 4 same. Place any extra Probes in the
1
Command
players. Take a look at as you set up Center holes nearest their
it
your own game. matching color Sectors.
Commando Your Probe is a powerful robot that can
Your
cut your search time in half! You must
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Take the Commando that matches the
find by exploring Rooms; you can use
it
color Docking Bay in front of you. Place <
immediately after finding Here’s what
it it.
your Commando on that Docking Bay.
your Probe can do:
All players do the same. Place any extra
• Explore Other Rooms. Your Com-
Commandos
out of play.
mando and your Probe can explore dif-
Your Commando equipped with
IIP is ferent Rooms on your same turn. Your
weaponry and defense
state-of-the-art
Probe has access to the same color Rooms
systems, which are used during battle.
Commando
your does; whatever finds
it
Attached to your Commando’s back is a
belongs to your Commando.
Power Pack designed to hold the 3 differ- • Battle Other Commandos and
ent Anti-Virus Devices (AVDs) needed to
Probes. Although it is weaker in battle
battle the Virus.
than your Commando, can collect items
it
for you when it attacks successfully.
FIGURE 1 Here’s what your game
.
looks like fully set up for 4 players Command
Center
Probe
Commando
Sector
Exploration
Docking
Open Sector
Bay
Panel
Green Access Card
The speaker transmits the
Omega
voices of the Virus on Button
and the BSatl computer.
Command
Buttons
1,2, R)
(0,
Red Access Cards
Blue Access Cards
Negatron AVDs
Decoder AVDs
AVDs
Disruptor
Yellow Access Cards
FIGURE THE COMMAND CENTER
2.
Set Up the
• Help You Find the Omega Virus. The 2 Voices of the Speaker: From the
Command
Center
Your Probe can explore other Rooms in speaker, you will hear 2 distinct voices:
search of the Virus. However, cannot There are 3 storage areas on the Command the voice of the besieged BattleSat
it 1
battle the Virus. During the game, you Center: one for Negatron AVDs and Red computer, and the voice of the deadly
may Access Cards; one for Disruptor AVDs and Omega
find (and lose) your Probe several Virus.
times. Make good use of while you Blue Access Cards; and one for Decoder When you explore a Room, you’ll hear
it
have AVDs and Yellow Access Cards. Place AVDs what you’ve found there. You'll also hear
it!
The Command Center and Access Cards in their storage areas as a Secret Code that will tell you whether or
described below. See Figure
3. not you've found the Virus!
This state-of-the-art computer controls
AVDs
• Fit the 4 Disruptor side-by-side
the entire space station. See Figure 2.
onto the rim.
Command
During the game, the Center
• Place the 4 Blue Access Cards in the
does the following things:
slot provided.
Omega
• Transmits the voice of the
Set up the Negatron and Decoder stor-
Virus, and the voice of the weakening
age areas the same as above, with their
BSatl computer.
matching color AVDs and Access Cards.
• Receives input from players: Skill Figure 2 shows the Command Center fully
Level, Secret Codes, Room Codes, Com-
set up for play and explains its features.
mand Codes and more.
The Command Buttons: During the
• Keeps track ofthe timed countdown,
game, you will press buttons to transmit
and of items found (and lost) by players.
commands to the computer, such as your
AVDs
• Stores (Negatrons, Disruptors
Skill Level and your Secret Code. You
and Decoders), Access Cards and Probes.
will also press buttons to explore Rooms,
attack and defend in battle, pass, or repeat
a missed message.
y
A LOOK AT THE
FIGURE THE YELLOW SECTOR
4.
Green GAIVIEBOARD
Access Card
The 4 Colored Sectors: Notice that the
gameboard divided into 4 colored
is
Commando
Sectors: Red, Yellow, Green and Blue.
Commando
See Figure 4. Each starts the
game in its matching color Sector.
Red Room During the game, Commandos and
Probes will move from Sector to Sector
either by moving along the silver
Blue Room pathway, or by teleporting from one
Sector to another via Docking Bays.
Sector Panels: Attached to each
Open Sector
Green Room Sector a Sector Panel, with quick-
Panel is
Yellow
reference information about starting a
Docking Bay
Command
game, movement, battling,
Codes and more. After you’ve read this
manual carefully, refer to your Sector
Panel for a quick source of information
as you play.
Make sure all Sector Panels are open
(as shown in Figure at the beginning of
1 )
the game.
Green Access Cards: Take one Green
Access Card and place it in your Sector
GREEN ROOMS BLUE ROOMS Panel slot. All players do the same.
Gameboard Spaces: The gameboard
Name: Supply Depots Name: Disruptor Banks
features 3 types of gameboard spaces:
Needed to Enter: A Green Access Needed to Enter: A Blue Access Card. Rooms, Connector Pads and Docking Bays,
Card. (Each player starts the game with (You must explore other color Rooms all connected by the silver pathway. Each
a Green Access Card, so Green Rooms for this.)
type of space is explained below.
can be entered immediately.) What You May Find There: A Disrup-
What You May Find There: Your tor AVD; your Probe; Red or Yellow
Probe; Red, Blue or Yellow Access Access Cards; hazards; or nothing.
Cards; hazards; or nothing.
* Room
Yellow
ROOMS YELLOW ROOMS
RED Rooms: On the BSatl gameboard,
Room
Name: Negatron Labs Name: Decoder Stations there are 24 colored Rooms. Each
Needed to Enter: A Red Access Card. Needed to Enter: A Yellow Access counts as one game space.
(You must explore other color Rooms Card. (You must explore other color During the game, you'll explore Rooms
Rooms for this.) for special items. The computer will
for this).
WhatYou May Find There: A Negatron WhatYou May Find There: A Decoder announce what you've found: an Acce—ss
AVD; your Probe; Blue or Yellow AVD; your Probe; Red or Blue Access Card, your Probe, an AVD, a hazard
Access Cards; hazards; or nothing. Cards; hazards; or nothing. or nothing at all. At left, there is a
description of each Room, and what you
may
find there.
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Connector Pads: The round silver
spaces along the pathway are called
Connector Pads. Commandos move onto
Connector Pads to get to Rooms or Dock-
ing Bays. Each Pad counts as one space.
FINDING
THE VIRUS
Omega
The Virus
hiding in one of the
gameboard’s 24 Rooms.
To discover location, you
its
must listen for your Secret
Code. you hear your Secret
If
Code after exploring a Room,
Docking Bays: There are 4 colored
only you will know that the
Docking Bays on the gameboard:
Room!
Virus is in that
Red, Yellow, Green and Blue. Each Com-
mando enters the space station from its
own Docking Bay. Each Docking Bay
counts as one space.
TAKE YOUR
EXPLORATION LOG FIGURE 5. YOUR LOG
ROOM FOUND
Take one Exploration Log and place it in TRACKING CHART
0 0.0
front of you. All players do the same. RED 0.0.1
+ SECTOR .
Your Log is your personal record of = Wanted Items (Access Cards, 0.0.2
-
your mission on BattleSat You'll mark AVDs and your Probe). 00.1 -O -
1 . .1 .1
your Secret Code on the back of on the Note: You may find it helpful to 0.1 .2 +
it;
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front, you’ll keep track of what you find mark down what you—find in each YELLOUJ 2.0.0
2 0.1
in the Rooms you explore. “Wanted Item'' Room especially SECTOR 2.0.2
.
How to Use Your Log: if you find your Probe. Some Rooms 2.1 .0 Hh
2 1-1
which contain nothing now may con- - +
2.1 .2
After you explore a Room, quickly and
( tain a wanted item later in the game. GREEN 1 .1 .0
secretly) mark on your Log what you've “ SECTOR 1 .1 .1
— = Hazards (Security Breaches and 1.1 .2 Hb
found there a wanted item or a hazard.
1 2.0
Teleport Traps). .
Also mark your Log if you find the Virus! 1 .2.1 -f.
V 1 2.2
The Tracking Chart at right gives some = The Virus! (When you hear .
0 2.0
BLUE .
suggestions on how to mark your Log your Secret Code on your turn, 0 V
2.1
SECTOR .
after exploring a Room. Figure 5 shows that's where the Virus is! Keep this 0.2.2 +
1 0.0
.
an example of a Log during a game discovery secret!) 1 0.1
-
1 0.2
in progress. .
.
Your
(mission
COUNTDOWN RUNS
i TIMED IF TIIVIE OUT,
Be the first to locate and destroy
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the Omega Virus before it takes over Once your mission starts, the countdown
BattleSat 1 and destroys Earth! begins! You will have a limited time to If no one destroys the Virus before time
To accomplish your mission, you must: complete your mission. You could have runs out, the Virus wins the game! This
• Explore Rooms. To enter a Room, anywhere between 10 and 35 minutes, may affect your strategy in a down-to-
you must have a matching color depending upon your game's Skill the-wire game.
Access Card. Level and the number of players. With only a minute or two remaining,
AVDs
• Collect 3 different (Anti-Virus Important: The countdown is not in you may decide to sacrifice your turns to
Devices). Collect a Decoder, a Disruptor effect while the computer is talking. The allow an opponent with all 3 AVDs more
and a Negatron. computer only counts the time takes time to battle the Virus.
it
• Find the Virus and destroy it! The you to play! Also, if you press a button In most games, however, it’s every
Virus is hidden in one of the 24 Rooms while the computer is talking, it will Commando for himself as players search
on BSat 1 have no effect. frantically to find wanted items, or attack
each other to try to steal them!
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Select Your Secret Code: On the back After writing your Secret Code, turn your
1 .
of your Exploration Log, write down any Log faceup.
AIMPORTANT!
2-digit combination of 0, 1 and 2. For ex- During the game, listen for your
ample, you could choose 2-2, 1-2, 2-0, etc. Secret Code! if you hear your Secret Game ON Button: Press the
These are the buttons you will later press Code after exploring a Room on your ON button whenever you
to enter your Secret Code. (Do not use R.) turn, you have found the Virus! want to start a new game. Caution:
you accidentally press this button
If
ON mem-
Press the button to start your during a game, the computer's
^ mission. ory will be erased for that game. The
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