REFERENCE CARD GETTING STARTED --------------- Before you play Street Rod, be sure to make copies of all the game disks. Put the originals in a safe place and use the copied to play, or copy the game disks onto your hard disk. To play Street Rod from a hard disk, create a directory called "SRod" and copy all of the files from your game diskettes into that directory. If you're using 2 floppy drives, insert the copy of disk 1 into drive A and disk 2 into drive B. You can boot the game in one of two ways on the Amiga. One way is to insert disk 1 into Drive A and turn on your computer. The game will start automatically. Another way is to load your workbench, and double click on the Street Rod icon when it appears. COPY PROTECTION --------------- At the start of the game, you will be asked a question concerning the manual (i.e., what color is the car on page 14?). TURNING THE SOUND OFF --------------------- You can turn off only the music, and leave all the other sound effects on, either by pressing the M key or by selecting the radio in the garage and choosing SQUELCH IT. To turn the music and/or sound back on, press the same keys a second time. QUIT/SAVE GAME/LOAD GAME/NEW GAME --------------------------------- When you want to save a game, start a new game, restart an old game, or just plain quit, move the wrench to the clock and select TIME TO QUIT. You can have more than one saved game, but be sure to use different names. Saving a current game under the same name as a previous game will overwrite the previous game. Save Game: Select SAVE GAME. The save game screen (it looks like a ---------- police ledger) will appear. You'll see several lines on which you can save your game. Move the cursor to the line on which you want to save the game and press the selector. That line will be surrounded by a box outline. Move the cursor to the memo sheet near the bottom of the screen until you get the message, "Click here to edit." and press the selector. At the prompt, type in the name under which you will save the game and press Enter or click on the mouse button to confirm the entry. Then, select SAVE to save the game. Load Game: Highlight the appropriate saved game with the cursor and ---------- select the LOAD option. New Game: You'll be returned to the driver's license screen at the --------- start of a new game. DRIVING CONTROLS ---------------- Numeric Keypad Key Action --- ------ 9 steer towards the right while accelerating 8 steer straight ahead while accelerating 7 steer towards the left while accelerating 6 turn right 4 turn left 3 steer towards the right while braking 2 steer straight ahead while braking 1 steer towards the left while braking SPACE shift gears The SPACE BAR is used for shifting gears. Whether you shift up to a higher gear or down to a lower gear depends on whether you're accelerating or braking while you're shifting. To shift up to the next higher gear, accelerate (by pressing keys 7, 8, or 9) and release the accelerator key momentarily while you press the space bar and then resume acceleration. To shift down to the next lower gear, brake (by pressing 1, 2, or 3) and release the brake key momentarily while you press the space bar and then resume braking. You can shift gears without releasing the acceleration or braking key, a practice known as "speed shifting", but you'll stand a greater chance of dropping your transmission. Joystick Position Action -------- ------ Up and to steer towards the left while accelerating the left Up straight steer straight while accelerating Up and to steer towards the right while accelerating the right To the right steer towards the right To the left steer towards the left Down and to steer towards the left while braking the left Down straight steer straight while braking Down and to steer towards the right while braking the right Joystick button shift gears The joystick button is used for shifting gears. Whether you shift up to a higher gear or down to a lower gear depends on whether you're accelerating or braking while you're shifting. To shift up to the next higher gear, push the joystick forward and release it momentarily while you press the joystick button and then push the joystick forward once again. To shift down to the next lower gear, pull the joystick back and release it momentarily while you press the joystick button and then pull the joystick back again. You can shift gears without releasing the joystick, a practice known as "speed shifting", but you'll stand a greater chance of dropping your transmission. Mouse Position Action -------- ------ Press right mouse button steer towards the left while accelerating and move to the left Press right mouse button steer straight while accelerating and keep mouse straight Press right mouse button steer towards the right while accelerating and move mouse to the right Move mouse to the right steer right Move mouse to the left steer left Move mouse down steer towards the left while braking and to the left Move mouse down straight steer straight while braking Move mouse down steer towards the right while braking and to the right The left mouse button is used for shifting gears. Whether you shift up to a higher gear or down to a lower gear depends on whether you're accelerating or braking while you're shifting. To shift up to the next higher gear, press the right mouse button to accelerate and release it momentarily while you press the left mouse button and then resume acceleration. To shift down to the next lower gear, move the mouse back towards you to brake and pause momentarily while you press the left mouse button and then resume braking. You can shift gears without releasing the accelerator or brake, a practice known as "speed shifting", but you'll stand a greater chance of dropping your transmission. GENERAL KEYBOARD COMMANDS ------------------------- key action --- ------ SPACE BAR skips cruising sequences and voice balloons / selects choices INS selects choices M toggle music on/off CONTROL toggle all sound on/off ARROWS move cursor around the screen ENTER select default selections (highlighted borders) ESC forget it / skip it / cancel ADDITIONAL KEYBOARD COMMANDS ---------------------------- While all selections in the game can be made with the mouse or joystick, the following "quick keys" can be used in various parts of the game to select items, in place of using the mouse/joystick to point and click. Note that the same key wil control different actions in different circumstances. Items that are indented under another item will control actions within that main action. As an example, take a look at the group of keyboard commands next to the asterisk *. In the Garage, pressing 'N' will bring up the newspaper. With the newspaper on screen, you can press U or C to go to the used car section, A or P to go to the auto parts section, or G or ESC to go back to the garage. Let's assume you pressed U or C to go to the used car section and the used care listing appears on the screen. Now, you can press 'N' to skip to the next page, 'P' to move back to the previous page, or 'G' to go back to the garage. The number keys (1-9, 0, F1-F5) are used to select items from a menu. For example, if the opponents menu is on screen at the drive-in, key 2 will select the second opponent on the list, key F1 will select the 11th opponent on the list, etc... Menus will hold up to 15 items at any one time and can be selected with the corresponding number keys: 1-9, 0, F1-F5 (shown below as 1...F5). GARAGE ------ Key Action --- ------ ______ N Check out newspaper | U or C used car section | N next page | P previous page | G go to garage |-- * A or P auto parts section | N next page | P previous page | G go to garage | G or ESC go to garage ______| M Music on/off R Chop/restore roof F Strip/replace front bumper B Strip/replace rear bumper P Paint job N next color P previous color F forget it Enter go ahead I Installed car parts list S Stickers 1...8 select a sticker Esc skip it T Change tires 1...F5 select a tire from menu Enter change tire F, Esc forget it C List of your cars 1...F5 select a car from list Enter, S switch it L sell it Enter make offer F forget it H Pop up hood T tune engine A advanced timing R retard timing D dune P list of engine parts 1...F5 select engine part from list Enter change part F forget it D done 1...9 select bolt (hit 2x to remove or fasten) W connect/disconnect wire G get gas P select pump handle T put gas in tank A change transmission S list of spare transmissions 1...F5 select transmissions from list L Spare parts list 1...F5 select specific part from list Enter sell part Enter accept offer N no thanks Q Save, Restart, Quit S save game O load old game N play new game Q quit F forget it D Hit the street X Check the calendar DRIVE-IN -------- G Return to garage H Check out opponent's engine C Challenge opponent D drag race 1...3 select bet amount F forget it R road race 1...3 select bet amount F forget it O Call opponent 1...F5 select specific opponent from list Enter call selected opponent F forget it AUTO PARTS COMPATIBILITY ------------------------ The auto parts listed in the auto parts section of the newspaper will only fit in cars with matching auto makes as listed below. For example, all auto parts that are listed as 'Ford' will only fit on cars that are Fords or Mercurys. Auto Parts Make | GM Ford Chrysler ---------|------------------------------------------- | Chevrolet Ford Dodge Car make | Oldsmobile Mercury Plymouth | Pontiac ERRATA TO THE STREET ROD MANUAL ------------------------------- Page 9 & 22: The description of tuning the engine is incorrect. The best effect on performance is achieved by lining up the pointer with the timing mark. Retarding or advancing the engine will not give you an advantage in the drag or road race; it will simply place your car out of tune and make it perform less efficiently. Your engine will gradually go out of tune as you drive your car, so make sure to recheck your engine timing after you've raced a few times or after you've cruised to town a few times.