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This game features a Zorlon Cannon that bounces off the shield. (Watch out! It can destroy you on its return flight.) There are two alternating Shield configurations, plus a Destroyer Missile and a Swirl travelling at normal speeds.

GAME 5

This is the two-player version of Game 4.

ULTIMATE YARS:

Games 6 and 7

Ultimate Yars features a bouncing Zorlon Cannon, plus some unusual twists that distinguish it from the other Yar games.

First, you must bounce the Yar against the left side of the screen to make the Zorlon Cannon appear. Also, to make the cannon appear, you need five TRONS. TRONS are units of energy which you can collect at the following rate:

1.Eat a cell from the shield: 1 TRON

2.Touch the Qotile: 2 TRONS

3.Catch a Zorlon Cannon shot after it bounces off the shield: 4 TRONS

If a Yar bounces of the left side with less than five TRONS, it will not get a shot, but it won't lose the TRONS it has, either. (Each time a Yar is destroyed, it loses its TRONS). Each Yar has a capacity of 255 TRONS. If a Yar tries to take on more than that, it will short out and the Yar will lose all its TRONS. The count of TRONS is not displayed on the screen. Yar scouts understand the count instinctively.

Game 6 is the one-player version of ULTIMATE YARS.

Game 7 is the two-player version.

Scoring

ACTIVITY	POINTS	BONUS
Cell, hit by Missile	69
Cell, devoured by Yar	69	100 points
Qotile, destroyed	1000
Swirl, destroyed in place	2000
Swirl, destroyed in mid-air	6000	additional life

HIGH SCORE GAME FEATURES:

POINTS 70,000

150,000

230,000

ACTIVITY

Swirl triples in frequency and sometimes fires instantly. Shield turns blue.

Swirl returns to normal frequency but will remain in mid-air to hit you. Shield turns grey.

Swirl again triples in frequency and sometimes fires instantly. Shield turns pink.

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