You are captain of the cargo ship Chromium B.S.U.,
responsible for delivering supplies to our troops on the front line. Your
ship has a small fleet of robotic fighters which you control from the relative
safety of the Chromium vessel.
y o u r m i s s
i o n
Do not let ANY
enemy ships get past your fighters! Each enemy ship that makes
it past the bottom of the screen will attack the Chromium, and you lose
a fighter.
Use your fighters as weapons!
Crash into enemies to destroy them before they can get past you.
Strategic suicide is a
powerful tactic! When the Chromium launches
a new fighter, it releases a high energy burst which destroys all enemies
in range.
Self-destruct to preserve
your ammunition! A double-right-click
will cause your current fighter to self-destruct. Before the ship blows
up, it ejects its ammunition so that the next fighter can pick it up.
ammunition
power
ups
MACHINE GUN Otherwise known as the 'pea shooter'. But you'll
miss 'em when they're gone.
- - -
SHIELD REPLENISH The penguin protects you. Grab this power up
to restore shields to 100%.
Let it pass through for big points.
ION CANNON This gun slices through your enemies and keeps
on going.
DAMAGE REPAIR The penguin gives you life. Grab this power
up to repair all damage to your fighter.
Let it pass through for big points.
PLASMA REPEATER Your most powerful weapon. The plasma ammunition
runs out quickly, however.
SUPER SHIELDS / EXTRA
LIFE Restores shields to 100% and gives you temporary
invulnerability.
TIP: If
you let it pass through the bottom of the screen, you will be rewarded
with an extra fighter.
items
BIG RED BUTTON The ultimate weapon. Double right-click or press
the '0' key twice to eject the fighter's ammunition and self-destruct.
Chromium B.S.U. command line options:
-f/--fullscreen : run in fullscreen
mode -w/--window
: run in windowed mode -v/--vidmode <mode> : mode 0 = 512 x
384
: 1 = 640 x 480
: 2 = 800 x 600
: 3 = 1024 x 768
: 4 = 1280 x 1024 -na/--noaudio
: do not initialize audio