AEGIS: DERNIER EXODE - "Sector Alpha" demo (v0.1, 15 October 2026)
A FRAG game for the Amstrad CPC 6128 - (C) 2026 FRAG - All rights reserved
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WHAT IS IT?
A space exploration and combat game for the Amstrad CPC 6128. You fly a light fighter
stranded in an unknown sector: real "drift" inertia, radar, asteroid mining, trading,
and combat against pirates. The demo covers one complete sector (about 15 to 25 minutes)
and ends at a gate: "TO BE CONTINUED". The game is in French (an English version is not
planned yet - tell us if you would like one).

REQUIREMENTS
- Amstrad CPC 6128 only (128 KB). The 464 and 664 are not supported.
- Tested emulators: WinAPE and Caprice32 (Cap32), CPC 6128: loading, menu, music, controls,
  sound effects, save/load and a full playthrough without problems. Arnold and CPCEC should
  work but were not tested. Please tell us what you used.
- Real hardware: the .dsk image is meant for a 3" 40-track disk. It has NOT yet been tested
  on a real CPC with a real disk controller.

RUN
1. Insert AEGIS_DEMO_ALPHA.dsk in drive A.
2. Type:  RUN"AEGIS  then ENTER.
3. A loading screen with a progress bar appears; press RETURN when it is done.
4. Title screen: up/down arrows, ENTER or SPACE to select, ESC to go back.

DEFAULT CONTROLS (AZERTY layout; remappable in COMMANDES on the title screen)
  Q / D       turn left / right
  Z / S       thrust up / down (real inertia: you must brake!)
  A / E       strafe left / right
  F1 (keypad) or SPACE       laser (also mines)
  F2 (keypad) or ENTER       cannon (after buying it at the base)
  Y           grey triangle: heading to the current objective
  T           target a ship
  C           contact a structure in range (base, station, wreck)
  F0          fixed / free camera (test tool)

QWERTY KEYBOARDS (US/UK PC, non-French CPC): the game reads keys by PHYSICAL POSITION, based
on a French CPC keyboard. QWERTY equivalents:
  turn left = A, turn right = D, thrust up = W, thrust down = S,
  strafe left = Q, strafe right = E. Y, T, C, D, S, E are unchanged.
Note: at the BASIC prompt, an English-ROM CPC (or emulator) reads the keyboard as QWERTY;
on a PC AZERTY keyboard, typing Q then gives A (RUN"AEGIS is typed RUN2QERIS). In-game, keys
are the ones in the table above. If a key feels wrong, remap it in COMMANDES.

SAVING (PLEASE READ)
Saving writes to the game disk itself (Base Alpha menu, "SAUVER LA PARTIE") in a raw
sector of track 39. It has not been validated on a real disk controller: please work on a
COPY of the disk image and do not write-protect it. In WinAPE the modified image is saved
when ejected or when closing.

FEEDBACK
Please tell us: your machine or emulator (and version), what you liked, what bothered you
(controls, difficulty, readability, bugs), and how far you got.
Project page and contact (comments): https://fragfren.itch.io/aegis-dernier-exode

Aegis: Dernier Exode - (C) 2026 FRAG - All rights reserved.
The demo may be copied and shared free of charge, unmodified, together with this file.
