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The Island Of Dr. Destructo

The Island Of Dr. Destructo
The Island of Dr. Destructo front cover
Release 1987
Publisher Bulldog
Developer None
Programmer Eugene Messina
Musician None
Artist David Lincoln-Howes
Genre Shoot-em-up (Single Screen)
Players 1-2 (Simultaneous)
Controls Keyboard Joystick
Language Language:english
Media Cassette
Compatability 464, 664, 6128 & Plus
Magazine Reviews 77% - AA 025 (Oct 1987)
Information * Appeared on side B of the compilation Megaplay Volume 1
* Appeared on disk 5, side A of the compilation PP Games 15



The Island of Dr. Destructo is a single screen shooter for 1-2 players

Inlay Text

You have just seven days to prevent Dr. Destructo from carrying out his evil plans and launching a massive global attack.

Your mission is to destroy the Dr. Destructo and his island stronghold in just seven days. The buildings and fleet of the Destructo Empire are destroyed from the impact of shot down air and space craft, or by the bomb which is allocated to each player per screen. Each impact will remove a small section of the ship, island or building. When the missing sections amount to a gap through to the base, a leak is created and a water spout is formed. Most objects needthree leaks in order to be successfully destroyed.


CONTROLS

Joystick or Keyboard.

Single play - joystick in port one or keyboard.
For two Players:* Player one - joystick in port one.
* Player two - joystick in port two or keyboard.

JOYSTICK KEYBOARD
Anti-Clockwise LEFT Z
Clockwise RIGHT X
Accelerate UP SHIFT
Launch Bomb DOWN SPACE BAR
Shoot FIRE RETURN/ENTER
PAUSE P
QUIT Q (while Paused)
SOUND SWAP S (while Paused)

Screenshots

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Cheat Mode

Keypress

  • To skip to the next level:
    • Pause the game, hold down the shift key and type "Cave Canem"
    • From now on, whenever you pause the game you can press "Z" to progress to the next level

Multiface

POKE 5166,00 - Infinite Time POKE 3DAA,00 - Indestructability

Pokes

100 Lives & Extra Time (L. Townsend: AA 025 - Oct 87)

Island of Dr Destructo (AA Poke).jpg

Better Control & Stronger Bombs (Adam Todd: ACU 047 - Nov 88)

Island of Dr Destructo (ACU Poke).jpg

Trivia

Resources

Cover

The Island of Dr. Destructo Cover.jpg

Media Scan

The Island of Dr. Destructo (Cassette).jpg

Reviews

By Gary Barrett (AA 025 - October 87)

Island of Dr Destructo (AA).jpg

Magazine References

Magazine Issue Date Page Reference Type
Amstrad Action 025 Oct 1987 47 Review (reproduced above)
Amstrad Action 025 Oct 1987 54 Cheats (reproduced above)
Computing With The Amstrad 035 Nov 1987 52 Cheats (reproduced above)
Amstrad Action 028 Jan 1988 74 Cheats (reproduced above)
The Amstrad User 43 Aug 1988 24 Cheats (reproduced above)
Amstrad Computer User 047 Nov 1988 25 Cheats (reproduced above)
Amstrad Computer User 053 May 1989 47 Cheats (reproduced above)
Amstrad Computer User 054 Jun 1989 24 Cheats (reproduced above)
Amstrad Action 077 Feb 1992 39 Cheats (reproduced above)

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