GALLEONS - SUPER DISK BONUS GAMEBY ALAN CAPESIUS   You've sailed across the AtlanticOcean, through weather both good andbad!  The journey has taken months,but at last you are approaching yourdestination, the New World!  Onboard, everyone is relaxing, whensuddenly your lookout shouts, "Reefahead!" Instantly, all hands assumetheir posts and within seconds, yourmighty galleon is turned away fromthe reef!   As you survey the immediate area,you realize that you have enteredthe coral reefs at the east end ofthe Caribbean Sea!  You must be verycareful to cross these waterswithout your hull being damaged!   But it gets even worse!  "Shipahoy!" the lookout cries!  Then yousee the dot on the horizon!  As itcomes closer, a chill grips yourheart -- it's the infamous RedScourge, terror of the AtlanticCoast!  His red sails areunmistakeable!  To arms!  Readycannons!  To battle!SINK THE ENEMY   Galleons is a neat two-playergame in which you control your shipwith joysticks and try to sink theenemy ship!  Move your ship bymoving the joystick in any of thefour main directions (forward,backward, left and right)!  But becareful -- don't forget that yourship is the middle of a bunch ofrazor-sharp coral reefs!   There's coral all around, andit's not all visible!  Running intoa reef will damage your ship and youmay even sink!  The counter at thebottom of the screen shows how muchdamage your hull can still take!   If you absolutely must go intothe coral, you can!  But you'll haveto smash through it and suffer theconsequences!  At least when youbreak down the coral, it's destroyedand won't do any more damage!  Theship's cannons can smash the coralat long range, but it may take a fewshots!   To fire your cannons, just pressthe button and move the joystick inthe direction you want to fire!  Theamount of damage done by acannonball varies according todistance and angle!   If you're desparate enough, youcan ram the enemy ship!  Butalthough you'll cause major damage,your hull will also suffer!   The bottom of the screen displaysthe strength of each ship and thegame speed!  There is also anindicator next to each player'sscore that will light when yourcannons are ready to fire!TO BEGIN   Format a fresh disk with DOS 2 orDOS 2.5 (remember to WRITE DOS FILESto this disk)!  Next, copyGALLEONS.EXE to this disk!  Finally,rename GALLEONS.EXE to AUTORUN.SYS!To start the game, insert yourGALLEONS disk into the disk drive,remove any cartridges from yourAtari (XL and XE owners shoulddepress the [OPTION] key) and turnon your computer!  GALLEONS willautomatically load and run!   The [START] key begins a game anytime!  Pressing [OPTION] redraws thescreen!  Each time you do this thecoral reefs will be drawn randomly,the ships will be placed in randompositions and the hulls will berestored to full strength!  The[SELECT] key changes the speed ofthe game between slow, medium andfast!  Changing the speed does notinterrupt game play!