Description:
Rogue quarks have entered the Nuclear Reactor and are agitating the atoms!
As the only remaining scientist you must destroy the quarks and cool the
reactor before it destablizies and melts down.
Controls:
- Joystick Left/Right moves the Atomic Stabilizer.
- Joystick Up/Down moves the Cadium Tube.
- Left Difficulty Switch
- Position B (easy): Atoms can be fired upon with no effect.
- Position A (hard): Firing on atoms without quarks will strip them
of electrons, and cause them to shrink.
- Right Difficulty
- Position B (easy): Quarks are bound within the grid, and can not
wrap around grid edges.
- Position A (hard): quarks can quantum leap (wrap-around) grid edges,
i.e. they can be on bottom row and then go to the top row.
*** Note for all games the higher the starting score the faster the game speed.
Game Matrix:
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Screen Starting
Display Game Score Notes
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1 1 0
3502 2 3,500
7503 3 7,500
11004 4 11,000
14005 5 14,000
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6 6 0 Games 6-10:
3507 7 3,500 - Auto Alignment of Cadium Tube.
7508 8 7,500 - Left joystick moves Atomic Stabilizer Left/Right.
11009 9 11,000
14010 10 14,000
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11 11 0 Games 11-15 (two player action):
3512 12 3,500 - Left joystick moves Atomic Stabilizer Left/Right.
7513 13 7,500 - Right joystick moves Cadium Tube Up/Down.
11014 14 11,000 - Firebutton on either joystick inserts Cadium Rod.
14015 15 14,000
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References:
AtariProtos.com
http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/meltdown/meltdown.htm