Amiga (compatible with all 1 meg chip machines)
Insert disk 1 into your internal disk drive & the game will automatically load. Change disk when requested on screen. (If you have an Amiga 1200 the game will automatically load the enhanced AGA version). The game will now load. If you have problems loading your A1200 version (and the game loads up in A500 mode) press the left mouse as indicated on the loading screen. To force an A500 version press the right mouse button.
Load up workbench & insert disk 1. Double click on minski-1 icon. Double click on install-minskie. Instructions are given from here to install & load Minskies.
To save high score to disk you must put the 1st disk into the drive write enabled, input your name press enter & wait until Minskies title screen comes up. this will ensure a saved highscore. if you are playing from hard drive high scores are saved automatically.
The game is joystick compatible. select your options from the menu using keys or joystick.
LEFT/RIGHT cursor keys to move cats left & right or push left/right on joystick.
RIGHT Amiga & alt key to rotate cats left & right or push fire button on joystick.
DOWN cursor to speed up drop time pull down on joystick
UP cursor to select weapon from bottom select bar or push up on your joystick.
On two player mode you can choose the speed that the kittens fall just before you play.This is a handicap for good & novice players alike.The right cursor key or pushing right on the joystick will increase your handicap & left cursor key or pushing left on the joystick will decrease your handicap.
F1 - Pause
Esc - Quit
At the bottom of the screen is a weapon selector. When certain blocks explode they have collectable weapons inside. Each one you collect advances the weapon selector along e.g. from left to right.
Half of the weapons (bomb,laser & ice blast) need to be positioned via the cursor keys or joystick & then right Amiga to fire the weapon or push the fire button on the joystick.
On the bonus fruit machine level, use right Amiga key or fire button to spin the reels. alt key skips the fruit machine level.
The idea of the game is to line up 4 or more cats of the same colour. These will then explode sending a single cyberfish to your enemy that they must destroy. Depending on your performance at the end of each level you will be awarded coins to play a bonus fruit machine level where you can obtain extra points, or more coins (you must have a minimum of 10 coins to play this).
Try to build up large amounts of similar coloured cats. When you have a reasonable stack of these, trigger off on of the connections. (the closer to the bottom the better) depending on your structure you will receive multiple connections. The more successful connections you achieve the amount of cyberfish dumped on your opponent.
With any connection the enemy will receive the corresponding amount of cyberfish to hamper their stack. These are destroyed by simply placing a connection adjacent to it.
Occasionally concrete blocks are sent down instead of fish, use these to your advantage. If you create a connection next to them it will reveal a weapon pod. Once collected your weapon meter will advance one place.
The aim of the game in both single or double player mode is to fill the opponents third column. The opposing player must keep third column (from the left) as clear as possible.
We have designed each character within the game very carefully. Each character has their very own phrases, cartoon story,attitude & style, thus giving a wider variation.
