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ARCADE SYSTEM
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ENTERTAINING NEW IDEAS
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General Consumer Electronics, Inc. 1982. Santa Monica, CA 90401.
All Rights Reserved.
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Designates trademark of Cinematronics, Incorporated.
Manufactured under license from Cinematronics, Incorporated.
Copyright ©1980 Cinematronics, Incorporated.

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  • Page 1 ARCADE SYSTEM ENTERTAINING NEW IDEAS © General Consumer Electronics, Inc. 1982. Santa Monica, CA 90401. All Rights Reserved. Designates trademark of Cinematronics, Incorporated. Manufactured under license from Cinematronics, Incorporated. Copyright ©1980 Cinematronics, Incorporated.
  • Page 3 Beware of scavenging pirates trying to steal your precious fuel cells! The more pirates you destroy, the faster their successors become. Guard your tanks carefully . . . you are always outnumbered!
  • Page 4 Setting Up Screen Overlay Power Console Cord Cartridge Slot Outlet For Second Control Panel Reset Button Outlet For Built-In Control Panel Off/On/Volume Control Rip-Off Cartridge Second Control Panel For Simultaneous 2-Player Game Built-in Control Panel...
  • Page 5 Make sure the console power cord is plugged into a 120 volt AC 60 cycle electrical outlet. Check to be sure the plug for the built-in control panel is firmly seated in the control panel outlet on the right. For simultaneous 2-player game play, plug second control panel (sold separately) into the control panel outlet on the left.
  • Page 6 Rip-Off Controls As a one player game, Rip-Off is designed to be played with the built-in control panel. For two player game play, a second control panel is needed (sold separately). The functions of the controls are the same on both panels, as follows: Left Rotation Right Rotation Rotates your pirate -...
  • Page 7 How To Play Player Selection Rip-Off can be played as a one or two player game. When PLAYER appears on the screen, press Button 1 GAME on the built-in control panel once to switch to a two player game. PLAYER will then show on the screen. GAME When played as a two player game, a second control panel is necessary.
  • Page 8: Game Selection

    Game Selection You can select any of the 16 different game play op- tions. Each game play option determines the number of available fuel cells and which characters can wraparound the screen (e.g. leave on the left side of the screen and return on the right). The game play options are as follows: W R A P A R O U N D Pirate -...
  • Page 9 When PLAYER appears on the screen, press Button 2 GAME to change to the game you wish to play . For exam- ple, if you press Button 2 twice, PLAYER will appeear GAME on the screen. This will give you game play option 3. If you do not choose a particular game, Game 1 will be chosen for you.
  • Page 10 rotation. Move your ship forward by pressing Button 3. Press Button 4 to fire lasers at the pirates. The pirates can be destroyed by colliding with them, but you will then have to wait for your new pirate- destroying ship to appear before you can fire more lasers.
  • Page 11: Bonus Points

    Scoring Points are awarded for destroying each pirate, as follows: Pirate 1 - 10 points Pirate 2 - 20 points Pirate 3 - 30 points Pirate 4 - 40 points Pirate 5 - 50 points Pirate 6 - 60 points No points are awarded for destroying the other pirate-destroying ship (two player game).
  • Page 12 High Score Memory As long as your machine is on, with the Rip-Off cartridge in place, the high score is retained. Once the machine is turned off and the cartridge removed, the high score is lost. To view the high score, press the Reset Button on the console.
  • Page 13 Score Record Date Name Score...
  • Page 14: 90-Day Limited Warranty

    90 Day Limited Warranty This warranty is valid only for service in the country of purchase. General Consumer Electronics, Inc. warrants to the original purchaser of this cartridge that the pro- duct will be free of defects in material or workmanship for 90 days from the date of purchase.
  • Page 15 $2.00 each. Address check or money order to: GCE, Vectrex Screen Overlays, P .O. Box 8123, San Francisco, CA 94128. Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery . Offer subject to availability .
  • Page 16 ARCADE SYSTEM 98721-062 A MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY...