INSTRUCTIONS



1. OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

   You are Arthur Pendragon, banished from Camelot by the wicked Black Knight.  An unknown ally

   has loaned you fifty bags of gold pieces.  On your travels you will have to collect the seven items

   that are hidden in the countries shown on the map.

   The seven items are:



   1.  EXCALIBUR	2. THE GOLD KEY		3. THE SILVER KEY

   4. THE IRON KEY	5. A CYGNET RING	6. A GOLDEN CROWN	7. A ROYAL

   SEAL

   When you have found the 7 items you will have to unlock the secret door using the three keys in 

   the correct sequence.  If correct you will be crowned King Arthur!



2. FEATURES OF THE GAME

   On your travels around the map you will meet roving bands of Brigands, Dragons, Evil Magicians

   and the Castles of Evil Knights.  Your path from country to country will always be different and you 

   cannot rely on an easy passage back to Camelot, even when you found all the required items.

   You will have to defeat whatever is opposing you before you can search that country, unless

   nothing is blocking your path.  You may find the Magic Ring which will assist you against the Evil

   Magician (but only once), all other foes will have to be defeated by your warriors.  All activities consume

   food depending upon the number of warriors you have with you.

   You may also be hit by a plague and lose warriors, unless you have the Healer, in which case you

   lose him, but retain all your warriors.

   There are three Bazaars which are indicated by 'B' on the map where you may buy food.  Warrios,

   the Healer or the Guide.  You may only purchase one item at a time, after which you will have to

   leave the Bazaar and re-enter it to make further purchases.

   The Guide stays with you, once purchased abd will prevent you losing warriors if you run from the

   battle, although you will lose gold by running.

   When you have collected the items required you may try to re-enter Camelot.  You will have to

   insert the three keys in the correct order.  The combination ranges from game to game and you

   only have three attempts to insert the keys correctly.  If you fail on your third attempt the keys are

   forfeited and you are expelled to search for them again.

   When you successfully re-enter Camelot you will be asked to repay the initial loan of 50 bags of

   gold.  If you can do this you will be crowned King and your skill level will be displayer.  If you cannot

   repay your initial loan you are banished again with only the food, warriors and gold that you

   entered with.

   At any time if your food supply runs out, or you do not have any warriors left to defend you may lose

   the game and are given the opportunity for another try.

   When the map is displayed you may take an inventory by pressing 'i'. This inventory costs one bag

   of food, and displays your status at that time including the items tat you are carrying with you.



3. COMMANDS

   The program features input exclusively via the INKEY function and the program will reject all

   invalid inputs.

   1. The Map

   N - moves you North

   S - moves you South			2. The Locations

   E - moves you East			   R - Retreat/return to map.

   W - moves you West			   F - Fight

   I - Inventory (list of items found)	   S - Search.

3. The Bazaars

   Move cursor using keys 6 or 7.

   Press "N" until required number of items are displayed.

   R - Return to map.



4. HINTS ON STRATEGY

   The ideal number of warriors is 14. 15 or more warriors consume 2 bags of food to move and 2

   bags of food to search, whereas less than that number only consume 1 bag of food for each

   activity.

   Restrict the taking of an inventory as this also costs 1 bag of food, irrespective of the number of

   warriors.

   Always purchase a Healer particularly on the higher skill levels as the plague is more virulent and

   the Healer is cheaper than the purchase price of the warriors you will lose.

   Always purchase a Guide if possible as he enables you to run without losing warriors.  The amount

   of gold you can carry depends on the number of warriors you have and you therefore also lose

   gold if you lose warriors.

   On skill level one, the chance of finding something if you search the country with nothing in it is

   evens, so a search is always worthwile.  The higher the skill level the less chance you have of

   finding anything unless you have beaten an opponent and searches should be restricted to

   countries in which you have defeated your enemy.

   The battle points of your opponent are between 50% and 150% of your battle points so even with

   a few warriors it is worthwhile fighting.  The gold you are allocated is in proportion to the strength of

   your enemy.  The higher your enemies battle points in relation to yours the more gold you will git it

   you beat him, provided you have enough warriors to carry it of course.

   The only remaining thing to say is good luck and we hope you succeed in becoming Arthur King of

   Camelot.