THE SPECTRUM GAME DATABASE

SABOTEUR

PUBLISHER
Durrel

AUTHOR

YEAR
1984

DESCRIPTION
Saboteur is a side-view arcade adventure split-screen platform
game.

CONTROLS
You can use keyboard (redefinable) or joystick.

UP - Jump/climb up
DOWN - Duck/climb down
LEFT - Walk left
RIGHT - walk right
FIRE - Throw/pickup object

INSTRUCTIONS
When you select to start the game, you will be asked for a
difficulty level.  This determines how many enemies there are,
and how long you have to find the disk.  The aim of the game is
to find the secret disk and then escape from the complex using
the helicopter, before the time limit runs out.  Thankfully, the
time does stop as soon as you find the disk.

Up and down will may the saboteur jump and crouch respectively,
unless they are standing on or next to a ladder, in which case
he will climb it in the appropriate direction.

The top section of the screen display is your view of the world. 
The bottom section is divided into three parts.  The far left and
far right show what the saboteur is currently holding (if
anything) and what they are standing near.  The middle section
shows a variety of information, including score, time and health.

If the saboteur is standing near something, and is not carrying
anything, then pressing fire will pick it up.  Should fire be
pressed while the saboteur is carrying something, then they will
throw the object in the direction he is facing, unless it is the
disk.

CHEATS

SEQUELS/PREQUELS
Saboteur spawned one sequel - "Saboteur 2, Avenging Angel", in
which you played the sister of the hero of the original.  It was
a very similar game, but with a much larger map, and more variety
of enemies and graphics.

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SCORES RECEIVED
4/5 Sinclair User.

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GENERAL FACTS

NOTES
One minor gripe - the advert pictured an SAS man jumping into a
bunker with a machine gun.  Unfortunately, as far as I know,
there are no machine guns available in the game (but the enemies
carry them).