About 720
Midway's Arcade Classics : Volume 3 : 720°

720° was released in 1986 by Atari - its a classic game of shredden based in a skater's fantasy land.

These buttons are available on the game screen :

PLAY to begin or continue a game

OPTIONS to customize the game settings, controls, etc.

GALLERY for pictures related to the games.

HELP to access help files on the selected game.

CHANGE GAME to return to the game selection screen.

EXIT to exit Arcade Classics 3 and return to your desktop.

These functions are only available on the menu bar :

Save Game...

Load Game...

Reset Emulator

720°® © 1986

720° is a trademark of Atari Games Corporation.

Midway and the Midway Logo are trademarks of Midway Games Inc.

Atari® trademark for home video games used under license by Hasbro Interactive, Inc.


Play Button
The Play Button

Press P or click on the Play button to start the 720° Emulator.

The first time you do this after choosing a new game, you will start out in attract mode.  This is the mode the arcade game is in when it is waiting for a new player.

If you have already started the emulator it will resume where you left off.

To pause the game, press either the P or PAUSE key.

The Esc key will return you to the game's main title window.

For more information on the object of the game, see How to Play.

For more information on the controls used to play this game, see Game Controls.


Options Button
The Options Button

The Options button on the game's title window allows you to customize the game in a variety of ways.

You can:

•	vary the difficulty and game play options (see Game Settings)

•	change the keys used to control the game (see Keyboard Controls)

•	select and customize joysticks to be used to control the games (see Joystick Controls)

•	customize the mouse to control the games (see Mouse Controls) and more.


Gallery Button
The Gallery Button

Click on the Gallery button to enter a slide show of art work associated with the games in Arcade Classics 3.


Help Button
The Help Button

This button brings up help screens where you can find help on topics related to Arcade Classics 3.


Change Game Button
The Change Game Button

The Change Game button will exit any current game that you are playing and bring you back to the main Game Selection Screen.


Exit Button
The Exit Button

The Exit button will completely exit Arcade Classics 3.

To exit your current game in order to choose a new game to play, click on the Change Game button instead.


Joystick Controls

The joystick options page lets you change the joystick button assignments used to control the game.

First, select one of the installed joystick devices that are attached to your computer.

Then you can define what each part of the joystick will do in the game.

Note:  If the list of available devices is empty, then no joystick is currently detected by Windows.  Go to the Control Panel to check on the status of your joystick hardware, or to calibrate it if it's not functioning correctly. More Info

To define a joystick function select the Control and change its assignment in the Assign Buttons section (in the Game Operation box).  You may also select the Control with the right mouse button and select the assignment for the button from the list of options given.

Restore Defaults

The Restore Defaults button will reset all these options back to the game's original settings.


Keyboard Controls

The Keyboard page lists all the controls used by the game, and the current keys assigned to each.  To assign a new key to a control, click on the entry area, remove the current key selection using delete or backspace, and enter the desired key to perform the defined action.

Some additional keys, including tab and Enter are available by right-clicking within a key entry area.

Restore Defaults

The Restore Defaults button will reset all these options back to the game's original settings.


Game Settings

This page offers you control over operator settings: settings that the arcade owner could change in order to affect how hard the game was.

Ticket Levels

This sets the amount of point needed to gain park tickets.

Initial Tickets

This option sets the number of Skate Park tickets the player begins the game with.

Street Timer

This adjusts the speed of the timer that counts down when you are skating around Skate City.

Maximum Continues

How many times the player may continue.

Reset High Scores after 200 games.

Resets the high scores every 200 games.

Free Play

Whether quarters are required at all.

NOTE : if you change this option you will have to "Insert Coins" by pressing Q before you can play.

Clear High Scores

This button will reset the high score table - look for the initials of the original programmers on the "cleared" High Score tables.

Restore Settings

This will change the settings back to their defaults: the way the machine would have been set at the factory.


Mouse Controls

This page lets you change the mouse button assignments used to control the game.

Each of your mouse buttons (left, right and middle if you have one) can be set to a different action.

Additionally, your mouse can be used to steer the skater, and control his speed.

To assign a new key to a mouse button, click on the arrow next to the button assignment and select a new assignment from the list.

Mouse Sensitivity

This options lets you adjust how sensitive the skater is to the movement of the mouse.

Restore Defaults

Restore Defaults will reset all these options back to their original settings.


Sound
Sound Options

Sound Enabled

This option allows the user to turn the sound effects and music of the game on or off.  (The sound is on when the box is checked.)

Volume

This option allows you to adjust the volume of the game, both sounds and music.  This is done by dragging the slider between Lion (the loudest setting) and mouse (the quietest setting).

During the game the sound can be manipulated by using:

ALT+NUMPAD PLUS:	Increased Volume

ALT+NUMPAD MINUS:	Decreases Volume


How to Play
How to Play 720°

Controls:

Move around the Skate City

Kick to gain speed.

Jump and turn in the air to perform tricks that earn points for tickets to the parks.

  *Use curbs, ramps, and other objects in your tricks to gain big points.

Use tickets to get into parks.

Win medals in the parks to gain money.

Use money to improve you equipment.

Game Play:

At the start of each game, players can select one of two play modes.  A training game is available for beginning players.  In this game, there are numerous playing hints and messages.  Experienced players can start off by skating to a higher platform.  Fewer game hints are given in this mode.

Game play starts with the player in the middle of Skate City.  Using the controller and the jump and kick buttons, the player maneuvers around the city trying to score points by performing skillful skate moves.  At various score thresholds, skate park tickets are rewarded.  These tickets allow entry into one of the skate parks, where players compete against the clock for gold, silver or bronze medals.

In the streets of Skate City players are given a limited amount of time to earn tickets and make their way to one of the skate parks.  Players must avoid hazards like cars, BMX bikers, Frisbee throwers, other skaters, gangs, and motorcycles.  Players must remain aware of the timer, the bar at the top of the screen, for when it runs out a swarm of killer bees is released.  The only refuges from these bees are the skate parks.  So when you hear the words "Skate or Die" get to a park as quickly as possible...oh, and you'd better have a ticket.

A skater may cross over the word Map (located in several areas of the city).  When this happens a map will overlay the screen to help guide them around Skate City.

There are four types of skate parks in 720°.

The Jump Park – Here the contestant streaks down a short ramp and jumps.  The goal is to jump into the diamond located under the ramp.  After landing the contestant continues to the next jump.  Performing actions in the air before landing in the target area (the diamond) will increase your score.  The closer to the center of the diamond the greater the score.  As you streak down the ramp towards the jump you will notice a small diamond etcher in the ramp.  This is here to allow you to line up your jump with the target-landing zone below.  As with the Slalom and Downhill parks, time is a factor in the final scoring so don't waste it.

The Slalom Park – Here the contestant races through a series of flags as quickly as possible.  If a set of flags is missed or the skater fails to go through a set, it hurts his final score.  Time is an important factor in the final score in this park so be quick.

The Downhill Park – Here the contestant races down a series of ramps.  The final score for this park is determined solely on the time it takes to go from the start line to the finish line.  Be careful, falling off the ramp will cost you time.   Look for short cuts – like jumping gaps between two sections instead of following the arrows around them.

The Half Pipe Park – Here the contestant has thirty seconds to perform tricks on the half pipe.  Each trick will earn the skater points.  After a set amount of points the skater will earn a medal.

There are four pieces of equipment in the game that help your skater.  Each piece has a rating from 0 to 3 ( 3 being the best).  As you earn money you will want to buy this equipment to help you skate better.

Pads - These help your skater recover quickly from wipeouts.  The better the pads, the faster the recovery.

Helmet - This helps your skater to not wipe out.  The better the helmet the more stable the skater.

Board - This increases the speed of your skater.  The better the board the faster the skater.

Shoes - This increases the height your skater can jump.  The better the shoes the higher the jump.


Troubleshooting

Joystick input not being recognized:  Go to Options button, Joystick tab.  Click on the Control Panel button.  Select Game Controllers.  Make sure that your joystick appears on this list.  If it does not then you should add it.


About this Game

720° TM(c) 1986 Atari Games Corporation.

All Rights Reserved.

720° is trademarks of Atari Games Corporation.

Midway and the Midway Logo are trademarks of Midway Games Inc.

Atari(R) trademark for home video games used under license by Hasbro Interactive, Inc.