GCE Vectrex Solar Quest, Manual

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The first group of aliens will fly on to the screen.
Use the Joystick to rotate your ship and Button 3 to
move forward. You must try to destroy the ships
before they collide with you. To destroy alien vessels
one at a time, press Button 4 to fire rockets. You can
destroy many alien vessels at the same time by using
Button 2, the Nuke. Press this button once to fire
the Nuke and a second time to release its force. The
number of remaining Nukes are shown at the bot-
tom of the screen.
Button 1 allows you to move mysteriously on the
screen to avoid being hit. Use it cautiously . . . it
might put you in an even more difficult predicament.
Once an alien vessel is destroyed, its survivor will
remain and float toward the sun in the center of the
screen. You can earn extra points by either destroy-
ing the survivors or picking them up in your craft
before the sun destroys them.
As the game progresses, new types of aliens, who
are even faster and more deadly, will enter the field.
Game Play
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Getting Hit
If an alien collides with you or you get too close to
the sun, you will lose one ship. If you have addi-
tional ships left, you will return to the field with the
same type of alien that destroyed you.