Auto Racing instructions To the right of the Level Number is the OBJECT IN RIGHT HAND. To the left of the Object in Left Hand is the COMPASS, represented by a letter (N, W, S, E) that shows the direction you are facing (North, West, South, East). Around the Compass are the items currently in your PACK. There can be from none to four items in the Pack. To the right of the Object in Right Hand is the 3-WAY SCORE: three sets of numbers separated by slashes. The top set is your WAR/SPIRITUAL STRENGTH SCORE. The middle set is your ARMOR/RING DEFENSES SCORE. The bottom set is your WAR WEAPON/SPIRITUAL WEAPON SCORE. Above the 3-Way Score is your TREASURE SCORE (Castle Map only). YOUR COMMANDS * To LOOK at CASTLE MAP, press and hold either Upper Action Button. The FLASHING WHITE DOT will tell you where you are -- level and location -- in the maze system. Up to 12 levels can be seen on the map. The SMALL YELLOW CHEST in the center of the lowest level indicates the location of the TARMIN TREASURE...guarded by the MINOTAUR. This is the first of 256 levels where the treasure can be found. Each level down is filled with nastier monsters and magic items...and maybe the terrible Minotaur! You CANNOT look at the castle map while fighting a monster! * To MOVE FORWARD, TURN LEFT, or TURN RIGHT, press and hold DISC in corresponding position. * TO COUNT number of FOOD UNITS you have, press and hold Lower Left Action Button. You'll hear a series of CLICKS. Each click corresponds to a food unit. You can collect up to 99 units of food by picking up flour sacks of 6 to 9 units each. * To COUNT number of ARROWS you have, press and hold Lower Right Action Button. You'll hear a series of CLICKS. Each click corresponds to an arrow. You can collect up to 99 arrows by picking up quivers of 6 to 9 arrows each. * To pick up or drop objects, press PICK UP/DROP (1). This relates to your RIGHT HAND only. Your hand must be empty to pick up something, otherwise this command will swap what is in your hand with what is at your feet. * To swap objects from one hand to another, press SWAP HANDS (2). * To rotate objects in your pack, press ROTATE PACK (3). Up to 6 objects will rotate in a CLOCKWISE direction, one position at a time, occupying the following clock positions: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 o'clock. * To swap an object in your pack with an object in your right hand, press SWAP PACK (6). You can only swap an object occupying the 3 o'clock position in your pack. * TO open an UNLOCKED CONTAINER at your feet, or a door or hidden door directly in front of you, press OPEN (4). Certain walls may contain a HIDDEN DOOR. If TRAPPED in a room, try this command when facing a wall. * To use an object in your right hand, or possibly act upon an object at your feet, press USE (5). * To attack a monster directly in front of you with the object in your right hand, press ATTACK (7). You cannot attack while the objects in your left and right hands are flashing (this means it's NOT your turn). Monsters often attack first. Wait for your turn. * To REGAIN both your WAR STRENGTH and SPIRITUAL STRENGTH after a battle, press REST (8). The amount of rest you'll get will depend on the number of food units you have picked up. Each unit of food can give you up to 5 units of war strength and 2 units of spiritual strength. * To GO DOWN a LEVEL into a new maze using the ladder at your feet, press USE LADDER (9). Once used, a ladder WON'T allow you to CLIMB UP a level again. However, when you reach level 256, the deepest one, a ladder will place you back up to level 1. * To see what is to your left, press GLANCE LEFT (CLEAR). * TO see what is to your right, press GLANCE RIGHT (ENTER). * To go back where you were last or retrace your last step, press RETREAT/RETRACE (0). Press once to retreat and the monster will take one LAST SHOT at you. If you continue pressing this command, the monster will continue hitting you until you let up on the Disc. GET READY Start by setting the skill level: Press 3 for Easiest Press 2 for Easy Press 1 for Medium Press DISC for Hard START YOUR JOURNEY! Once a skill level has been set, the game begins immediately with a brief display of the overall CASTLE MAP. The castle map comes and goes. You've been told where you are in the first maze level, by the FLASHING WHITE DOT. You've seen the ladders diagonally connecting the maze levels, and the TARMIN TREASURE (represented by a small YELLOW CHEST) right in the middle of the bottom level! Here are your INITIAL CONDITIONS, depending on your skill level chosen: EASIEST Minimum Maze Levels: 2 Possible Length of Game: 5 to 30 minutes Your Vulnerability: 1/4 Your War/Spiritual Strength: 18/9 Your Food: 9 Your Arrows: 9 EASY Minimum Maze Levels: 4 Possible Length of Game: 1/4 to 1 hour Your Vulnerability: 1/2 Your War/Spiritual Strength: 16/8 Your Food: 8 Your Arrows: 8 MEDIUM Minimum Maze Levels: 8 Possible Length of Game: 1/2 to 3 hours Your Vulnerability: 3/4 Your War/Spiritual Strength: 14/7 Your Food: 7 Your Arrows: 7 HARD Minimum Maze Levels: 12 Possible Length of Game: 1.5 to 5 hours Your Vulnerability: FULL Your War/Spiritual Strength: 12/6 Your Food: 6 Your Arrows: 6 Now you're on your own in the NW corner of the maze...heading EAST...inside an outer corridor. You carry a BOW in your right hand, some ARROWS in the quiver, a little FOOD in a sack, and an empty pack. Neither the quiver nor the sack are seen. The pack occupies the area on the screen where the COMPASS is, and is noticed only when stuffed with objects. Move in the direction you want to go, by pressing edge of DISC. Often, EYEBALL MURALS will appear to you. They are always in the outer corridors, MARKING the ENTRANCE to the interior of a maze. They come in three different colors. DARK GREEN indicates a war type maze, BLUE a spiritual type maze, and TAN a mixed type maze. KNOW THE MAZE Check your direction with the COMPASS. Look for OBJECTS and DOORS. Objects can be anything...such as weapons, containers, keys, useful items or treasures. Doors are usually easy to spot. But... If TRAPPED in a DUNGEON, a HALLWAY, or a SECTION of the MAZE which seems to repeat itself endlessly, look for possible HIDDEN DOORS. Confront any suspicious wall as you would confront a regular door and press OPEN (4). If a hidden door exists, it will open. If not, turn around...step by step...and try other walls...or other pathways. Beware of OTHER DOORS...endowed with weird powers... A LADDER in your way will provide a quick exit, DOWN into a DEEPER LEVEL. Approach the ladder and press USE LADDER (9). A suction sound will immediately transfer you! You may want to check your new position on the castle map, if you're still displayed on it. Sometimes you will encounter GATES in hallways. Going through a gate moves you over to an adjacent maze, but it may JUMBLE your WAR/SPIRITUAL strength SCORE. And you CANNOT go back through it! (REST AFTERWARD to regain some points and check your new score.) Gates come in 3 colors: GREEN (makes you more war-like), BLUE (makes you more spiritual), and TAN (won't change you at all). TREASURES DISAPPEAR when picked up, because you either carry them in your pockets or wear them. THEIR VALUES are recorded only on the castle map, in BLACK, directly above the 3-way scoring display. QUIVERS and SACKS of FLOUR also DISAPPEAR when picked up. You'll be carrying them on your back! Other objects, like USEFUL ITEMS, may DISAPPEAR when picked up or used with your right hand. Or they may make you disappear...making you INVISIBLE to all monsters but the Minotaur (while also making the monsters invisible to you!) Such objects have SPIRITUAL POWERS. To use a spiritual object, and it must be in your right hand or at your feet, press USE (5). Use immediately -- rather than keeping it around -- to build up your spiritual power, increase your score, and stand better chances of SURVIVING ATTACKING MONSTERS. Check spiritual points, if any, right of the slash of any of the three displayed scores. ATTACKING! You must have a weapon or magical item for use in your RIGHT HAND to fight. If you don't, swap a weapon from your left hand or pack. Or pick up a weapon that you find. Try to be prepared with a shield in your left hand. If order of objects in pack needs rotating, do so, and get your most effective weapon out! Remember, many weapons and items will VANISH upon their use in battle. So keep several weapons in your pack to ensure victory. Watch both YOUR SCORE and the MONSTER'S SCORE before and after every round of attack. Work out a BATTLE STRATEGY. Some monsters will knock you out with just one or two blows...if you're not careful! Avoid attacking if your score looks weaker than the monster's. Press RETREAT/RETRACE and move away. Chances are you can PICK UP MORE WEAPONS in the hallways and dungeons and ATTACK LATER! You can only attack a monster STANDING DIRECTLY IN FRONT of you, although a monster may attack you from a nearby position. Sometimes he might just run smack in front of you from BEHIND a DOOR that behaves strangely because of an OMINOUS SPELL. Watch out for those SURPRISE ATTACKS! After the initial assault, you ALTERNATE ATTACKS. If you attack first , you CANNOT attack again until the monster has thrown something at you. The exchange will be brief if either you or the monster is much stronger. Or it may last quite a while if there is a balance of forces. The BATTLE ENDS when either you or the monster DIES...or when you RETREAT. Monsters NEVER retreat. A dying monster will disappear in a cloud of smoke. His score will vanish too. If you DIE, your score will end up with a 0 on either side of the slash of your WAR/SPIRITUAL STRENGTH scoring display. However, cheer up! If you are worthy, you'll be REINCARNATED! And that means, a new opportunity for you to win! SCORING Your 3-WAY SCORING DISPLAY on BOTH MAPS plus your SPECIAL TREASURE VALUE SCORING DISPLAY on the CASTLE MAP tell you how you're doing. Anything LEFT of a slash on the 3-way scoring is a WAR-TYPE score, anything RIGHT of a slash is a SPIRITUAL score. At the BOTTOM is the score of the object (WAR WEAPON or SPIRITUAL WEAPON) you have picked up for use in COMBAT...or BUILD YOUR STRENGTH in preparation for such a combat. The score will remain on the screen as long as you hold the object in your RIGHT HAND. In the MIDDLE is your ARMOR/RING body DEFENSES score. At the TOP is your overall STRENGTH (WAR and SPIRITUAL) score. Keep it high! A similar overall STRENGTH score is kept for the monster attacking you! His comes in green or blue colors. GREEN for WAR-derived STRENGTH and BLUE for SPIRITUAL-derived STRENGTH. This score will appear DURING a BATTLE only and on the spot on the screen where normally the maze level indication appears. The score that appears initially is the weakest of his two -- WAR or SPIRITUAL. Thereafter, is the score that was last damaged by your weapon used. Notice that your MAXIMUM STRENGTH score (top line) under normal conditions is 49/24. But using useful items such as war or spiritual books or certain potions may change that! Notice also that your MAXIMUM WEAPON score (bottom line) is 99/0 (if WAR type) or 0/65 (if SPIRITUAL). Always check the SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE tables to plan your STRATEGIES...and SURVIVE! And ultimately WIN the GAME! [NOTE: In the original hand-written instructions by programmer Tom Loughry, Tom suggests that the true gamer will have more fun by NOT reading the SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE section, instead learning the secrets for himself while playing.] SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE WAR WEAPON TYPES BOWS: Use 1 arrow at a time; bows may break KNIVES: Vanish when used in an attack AXES: Vanish when used in an attack DARTS: Vanish when used in an attack SPEARS: Vanish when used in an attack CROSSBOWS: Use 1 arrow at a time; crossbows may break WAR WEAPON COLORS & POWERS TAN (wood/leather): Regular Power ORANGE (rusty iron): Greater Power BLUE (steel): Fair Power GRAY (silver): Medium Power YELLOW (gold): High Power WHITE (platinum): Super Power ARMOR TYPES SMALL SHIELDS: Hold in left hand during fight LARGE SHIELDS: Hold in left hand during fight GAUNTLETS: Use to put on; best color is kept HAUBERKS: Use to put on; best color is kept HELMETS: Use to put on; best color is kept BREASTPLATES: Use to put on; best color is kept * Wearing a piece of armor will protect you a little from war weapons thrown at you by monsters. ARMOR COLORS & POWERS: Same as WAR WEAPONS SPIRITUAL WEAPON TYPES SCROLLS: Reusable; may break SMALL FIREBALLS: Vanish when used in attack SMALL LIGHTNING BOLTS: Vanish when used in attack LARGE FIREBALLS: Vanish when used in attack LARGE LIGHTNING BOLTS: Vanish when used in attack BOOKS: Reusable; may break SPIRITUAL WEAPON COLORS & POWERS BLUE: Regular Power GRAY: Greater Power WHITE: Fair Power PINK: Medium Power RED: High Power PURPLE: Super Power RING TYPES SMALL RING: Use to put on; best color is kept LARGE RING: Use to put on; best color is kept * Wearing a ring will protect you a little from spiritual weapons thrown at you by monsters. RING COLORS & POWER: Same as SPIRITUAL WEAPONS CONTAINER TYPES MONEY BELTS: Contents REGULAR/Open to grab contents SMALL BAGS: Contents BETTER/Open to grab contents BOXES: Contents FAIR/Locked; use key to open and grab contents PACKS: Contents MEDIUM/Locked; use key to open and grab contents LARGE BAGS: Contents GREAT/Open to grab contents CHESTS: Contents SUPER/Locked; use key to open and grab contents * Containers may contain bombs, which will hurt you when they blow up. There are 3 types of bombs. Nastier bombs will be found in better containers. There is no way of avoiding their blast. * When opened or unlocked, containers reveal a treasure or a useful item. The value of the treasure or item found depends on the type and quality of the container. Better treasures are found in better containers. * Use of a small potion increases the potential of all containers significantly while in effect. Attacking a monster with a container will make him take the container and forget about the fight. CONTAINER COLORS & POWERS TAN: Mild Quality ORANGE: Good Quality BLUE: Best Quality TREASURE TYPES COINS: 10 (silver), 30 (gold), 170 (platinum) NECKLACES: 20 (silver), 70 (gold), 200 (platinum) INGOTS: 50 (silver), 350 (gold), 450 (platinum) LAMPS: 100 (silver), 150 (gold), 220 (platinum) CHALICES: 120 (silver), 250 (gold), 400 (platinum) CROWNS: 300 (silver), 500 (gold), 600 (platinum) * Picking up treasures with your right hand automatically scores them for you. Read their special score in black on your overall castle map only. Watch each treasure being picked up disappear, since you'll be carrying it in your pocket or wearing it. USEFUL ITEMS TYPES KEYS TAN: Unlock tan containers ORANGE: Unlock tan or orange containers BLUE: Unlock any container WAR BOOKS (VANISH ON USE) BLUE: Increase your experience with war weapons; turn your war strength score blue when in use; raise maximum score to 99 PINK: Increase your experience with war weapons; turn your war strength score tan when in use; raise maximum score to 149 PURPLE: Increase your experience with war weapons; turn your war strength score white when in use; raise maximum score to 199 SPIRITUAL BOOKS (VANISH ON USE) BLUE: Increase your experience with spiritual weapons; turn your war strength score blue when in use; raise maximum score to 49 PINK: Increase your experience with spiritual weapons; turn your war strength score tan when in use; raise maximum score to 74 PURPLE: Increase your experience with spiritual weapons; turn your war strength score white when in use; raise maximum score to 99 SMALL POTIONS (VANISH ON USE) BLUE: Refresh war & spiritual strength to maximum; help in fights, but lose 1 turn during fights PINK: Help find better things in containers; magic ends with a little "whoosh" noise PURPLE: Make you invisible to all demons except the Minotaur (while making them invisible to you); magic ends with a little "whoosh" noise LARGE POTIONS (VANISH ON USE) BLUE: Raise war strength score by 10; help in fights, but lose 1 turn during fights PINK: Raise spiritual power score by 10; help you, but lose 1 turn PURPLE: Switch war & spiritual strength traits; help in fights, but lose 1 turn during fights SPECIAL BOOKS (NEVER VANISH) BLUE: Teleport books move you forward in maze rooms in spite of walls, but not into monsters PINK: Vision books allow you to see through walls for a time PURPLE: Midas books turn treasures & war weapons platinum at your feet * Useful items are found only in containers. BAD MONSTERS GIANT ANTS: Blue, Pink, Purple DWARFS: Yellow, Tan, Orange GIANT SCORPIONS: Blue, Pink, Purple DWARFS WITH SHIELDS: Yellow, Tan, Orange GIANT SNAKES: Blue, Pink, Purple ALLIGATORS: Blue, Pink, Purple DRAGONS: Blue, Pink, Purple * Bad monsters use spiritual weapons only. * Bad monsters are listed in order of increasing badness NASTY MONSTERS SKELETONS WITH SHIELDS: White, Gray, Orange SKELETONS WITHOUT SHIELDS: White, Gray, Orange CLOAKED SKELETONS WITH SHIELDS: White, Gray, Orange CLOAKED SKELETONS WITHOUT SHIELDS: White, Gray, Orange GIANTS WITH SHIELDS: Yellow, Tan, Orange GIANTS WITHOUT SHIELDS: Yellow, Tan, Orange * Nasty monsters use war weapons only. * Nasty monsters are listed in order of increasing nastiness. HORRIBLE MONSTERS GHOULS (SHORT HOODED & ROBED) WITH SHIELDS: White, Gray, Orange WITHOUT SHIELDS: White, Gray, Orange WRAITHS (TALL, HOODED & ROBED) WITH SHIELDS: White, Gray, Orange WITHOUT SHIELDS: White, Gray, Orange MINOTAUR: Purple (Guards the Tarmin treasure) * Horrible monsters use either spiritual or war weapons. * In harder two skill levels, horrible monsters will shatter your weakest of two scores -- war strength or spiritual strength. * All together there are 52 types of monsters; you'll find more of the nasty and horrible ones in the deepest levels...down to level 256...if you care to find them! * To win the game you must slay the Minotaur and grab the Tarmin treasure! -------------- (c)1983, 1998 Intellivision Productions Inc.

AUTO RACING

Cartridge Instructions

(For 1 or 2 Players)

You're in the driver's seat of a Grand Prix-type course. The road snakes and

twists before you. As your car starts rolling, trees and buildings rush by on

either side. Your tires scream as you hurtle past them and around tight turns.

You're in a race to the finish, balancing speed against control. Look out for

that curve! You'll need fast reflexes and split-second timing to see what it's

like to participate in one of the world's most exciting sports. Are you ready?

Ladies and gentlemen, START YOUR ENGINES!

OBJECT OF THE GAME

2 players: Score 50 points before your opponent does. You get 2 points every

time your opponent crashes, 1 point if you lead far enough to reach the edge of

the picture. Maximum 2 cars on the course at any time.

1 player: Complete 5 laps in the shortest possible time. A crash makes you lose

distance and time. Only 1 car on the course, racing against the clock.

PRESS RESET BUTTON

Title will appear on TV screen.

CONTROLS

Select Course: [1] - [5]

Select Cars: [1] - [5]

Braking: Any Side Button (press one only)

Restart at Last Checkpoint: Any Side Button

Confirm Car/Course: [ENTER]

Steering Control: Disc

GET READY!

When you see the AUTO RACING title, press the Disc or any key on either Hand

Controller. The screen shows:

SELECT COURSE:

Pick one of 5 courses. The courses are numbered in order of difficulty, with #1

the easiest and #5 the hardest. Punch in that number on one of the keys and then

press [ENTER].

If you press ENTER without first pressing a number key, the computer will

randomly select a course for you, from #1 through #4.

Now pick one or two of the 5 cars (see their specifications below).

If you're going to drive just one car in a race against the clock,

press its number key then press ENTER on the Hand Controller you want to use.

Then press ENTER on the other Hand Controller. After a moment you'll see that

car at the starting line, and it will begin to move. The clock's running!

To race two cars, the first player presses the key for one car, then ENTER. The

other player presses a key on the second Hand Controller for the competing car,

then ENTER. The positioning of the cars (inside/outside) is randomly decided by

the computer.

CHECKPOINTS

There are 5 different courses. Each has checkpoints where races will be re-

started after a crash or after one car in a two-car race has a big lead. Re-

starts occur at the last checkpoint that has been passed.

THE CARS

When you select a car to drive, consider these factors:

1 (white): top speed 55, acceleration POOR, cornering EXCELLENT

2 (green): top speed 65, acceleration EXCELLENT, cornering GOOD

3 (red): top speed 75, acceleration GOOD, cornering GOOD

4 (tan): top speed 90, acceleration POOR, cornering FAIR

5 (blue): top speed 90, acceleration POOR, cornering FAIR

NOTE: The TAN and BLUE cars are identical in every respect, so they should be

used for two-car races when the players have equal skill.

When the course and car(s) are selected, the race begins. You "drive" your car

with your Hand Controller, and there are three factors which determine where,

and how fast, your car will go -- Steering, Braking, and Accelerating:

STEERING [ORIGINAL CARTRIDGE RELEASE]

Steer your car with the Direction Disc. When you first start playing AUTO

RACING, your impulse will probably be to use the Disc as if it were a steering

wheel, where you would always press the left side to turn left, etc. However,

THE DISC ORIENTS THE CAR TO THE FOUR SIDES OF THE TV PICTURE: to point the car

toward the top of the screen, press the top of the Disc. To point it toward the

left edge, press the left side, and so on.

STEERING [REVISED CARTRIDGE RELEASE]

Use the Directional Disc to steer your car. The car will go straight ahead when

the Disc is not touched. To turn left, press the left side of the disc; to turn

right, press the right side.

Until you get accustomed to this steering system, it is easy to make the mistake

of "over-steering" your car by trying to change its direction too much. The

farther away from the direction of movement you press the rim of the Disc, the

less actual control you will have.

REMEMBER, FINESSE COUNTS, NOT FORCE! Keep a light, sensitive touch on the Disc

and just make steering adjustments that are necessary to keep your car in the

center of the road as much as possible.

BRAKING

When you're learning to "drive" these cars, it will probably help to do some

braking, especially as you approach sharp curves. Use ONLY ONE of the side

buttons on your Hand Controller. You'll hear the squeal of the brakes as they're

applied. When you race two cars side-by-side, you can use the brake to cut in

behind your competitor when you go into a curve. As soon as you release the

BRAKE button, your speed increases.

ACCELERATING

Acceleration is automatic -- when you're not braking your car, its speed

gradually builds up to its maximum (shown in "The Cars"), and will slow down

only by skidding around turns or by running on the grass or through water. As

you get better at driving, you'll be able to take full advantage of this

constant acceleration to make "power drifts" through turns. The acceleration

will give you some forward momentum that reduces the effects of sideslipping and

skids.

Occasionally, your car will get out of control and careen across the grass and

completely off course (the five courses are laid out side-by-side). If this

happens, the best thing is to deliberately crash so you can get re-started at

the last checkpoint and not lose any more precious time.

SCORING AND STRATEGY

Two-car races: The cars start off side-by-side. If you use the TAN and BLUE cars

(#4 and #5), they are matched in every respect, making skill

all-important. There are two ways to score: when your opponent crashes (you get

2 points) or when you take a commanding lead (you get 1 point). The first player

to accumulate 50 points wins the race. When there's a crash a message flashes on

the screen: CRASH.

The "CRASH" message is in the color of the car that hit an obstacle. During the

race, there may be collisions between the racers. No points are won or lost, but

the impact will usually make you lose control.

The best strategy in a two-car race is to outdrive your opponent on the curves

and get out in front. When one car is leading by about 12 lengths (or the cars

are getting too far apart to appear in the picture), the race is stopped and you

see "AHEAD" in the color of the leading car. The updated score appears,

including 1 point awarded to the car that is ahead.

After a CRASH or AHEAD interruption, press any side button on either Hand

Controller. The cars reappear at the last checkpoint passed.

One-car races: When just one car is running, the race is against the clock. The

length of the race is 5 laps around whichever course you select. Whenever you

CRASH, press a side button and the car will be restarted at the last checkpoint

it passed. A message will show elapsed time and full laps completed. There are

no penalty points for crashes but you do, of course, lose some time. When the

car crosses the finish line at the end of the 5th lap, the picture freezes and

you see: FINISH

WINNING TIPS

� Pay close attention to the course you're running. As you become familiar with

the road, you'll be able to anticipate the turns and steer more gradually.

Radical direction stages will result in lots of crashes.

� Practice steering so you can make smooth direction changes. The less skidding

and sliding your car does the faster it can go.

� Stay off the grass as much as possible, to keep from slowing down.

� If you are going out of control, do whatever you can to stay away from

the blue patches of water, especially when you're running one car against the

clock.

� Steer by pressing the Disc on the edge that approximates the car's direction.

If you press the "east" side of the Disc when the car is going "west," you'll

lose all control of the vehicle.

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