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--------------------------[ VIDEOCART 14: SONAR SEARCH ]-----------------------
---------------------------------[by Ice Queen Zero]---------------------------
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      INTRODUCTION
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You would have to be living under a rock if you don't recognize this game...
Well, I mean the game this is based off of. Does the board game, Battleship,
ring a bell? Instead of pegs, you will use your sonar to search random spots
in the field.

If you are playing this using the MESS emulator and you don't know the actual 
controls of the system, I will tell you the buttons to press on the emulator. 
As you can see, I've contributed a lot of screenshots to the system itself with
the MESS. I'm playing this on the actual console itself.

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       DISCLAIMER
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Videocart 14: Sonar Search and its characters are trademarks of Fairchild and 
all copyrights belong to them.

This FAQ is the sole copyright of Andrea "Azul Fria" Castillo aka Ice Queen 
Zero and cannot be put on other sites or posted without my given permission 
nor can it be reproduced without proper consent.

For my other guides: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/74803.html

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	OVERVIEW
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Play alone or another player and try to locate each other ships using Sonar. 
You are looking to sink the opponent's five ships before yours get sunk.

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        CONTROLS
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Console and Controller

1 - Play alone
2 - 2 player game

Plunge Down = Search
Joystick = Move cursor into that direction

MESS EMULATOR

1 - Play alone
2 - 2 player game

Button 1 (Plunge Down) = Search
Arrows = Move cursor into that direction

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        GAMEPLAY
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1-player game

There are five ships to locate but you a given a random number of shots to win
the game. The five ships are: Destroy, Submarine, Cruiser, Battlewagon, and the
Aircraft Carrier (aka Battleship). Each ship takes a certain amount of hits to
destroy.

Destroyer - 2 hits
Submarine - 3 hits
Cruiser - 3 hits
Battlewagon - 4 hits
Aircrat Carrier - 5 hits

The game screen is blue which I assume is either water or "nighttime darkness."
Take your sonar and fire at random spots on the screen. When you fire a shot,
you will see a block occur, if you manage to hit all parts of the ship then it
will change into the ship itself and be considered sunken. Manage to sink all
five ships and you win the game. However, failure to sink them all before all
of your shots are fired, the unsunken ships will blink indicating where they
were and the game is over.

When a shot is missed you will hear a series of pings, the shorter the series,
the warmer you are to a target. The longer the series, the colder. Use that to
indicate where you need to fire.

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2-player game

The concept is still the same except each player will get eight shots a turn
on the first try and try to sink the other player's ships first. When one ship
is sank, it will match the other player's color. Each subsequent turn starts
the player of with random shots of no more than eight and no less than four.
When all ships are sunk, the winner's ships will blink and the game ends.

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	CREDITS
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Fairchild for making the game.
GameFAQs for hosting my FAQ as well as my reviews.
The readers for reading the FAQ.
My grandpa, Jageau "Jagged O" Steile Sr. for having the actual Channel F unit.

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       CONTACT ME
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My email address is here if you have any questions to ask about this FAQ or
give any suggestions.

azulfria[at]hotmail[dot]com 
[at] = @ and [dot] = .
Don't want any email bots.

Check out me and my sisters Youtube page at
http://www.youtube.com/user/PurrfectTrio

my facebook is facebook.com/icequeenzero

Thank you for reading

-Ice Queen Zero