Falcon - The Renegade Lord instructions. Taken from original release. Converted to text by Gerard Sweeney (www.the-tipshop.co.uk) for World of Spectrum (www.worldofspectrum.org), 03/02/05. I do NOT give permission for this text reproduction to be used/stored on "commercial" or profit-making medium such as CD-ROMs. Frankly, we in the Speccy community are all sick of leechers making money out of our hard work. --------------------------------------------------------- FALCON THE RENEGADE LORD This superb arcade game is based on the popular multiple-choice adventure series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, published by Sphere Books. Set in 3033 AD you are a special agent, codename FALCON, and your mission is to halt the tracks of a renegade Time Lord who is threatening to disrupt future history by his ruthless meddling in the past. Your time machine "Falcon's Wing" takes you in your quest to ensure the timelines of the future remain uncorrupted! --------------------------------------------------------- FALCON - THE RENEGADE LORD This arcade game features 8 different "time zones" comprising some 70 screens of fast and furious action. You are Falcon, a special agent of TIME, the Temporal Investigative and Monitoring Executive, a person with exceptional talents and skills. Your time machine, Falcon's Wing, allows you to travel through null-space to the past and the future. Falcon's Wing is equipped with CAIN (Cybernetic Artificial Intelligence Nexus) which is one of the most advanced computers ever devised. CAIN is linked to TIME'S massive memory banks, accessible at any point in space or time by means of your holophone. CAIN keeps you informed of others' movements within the time zones and you can pursue the renegade Lord to defeat his time-meddling. When you exit Falcon's wing, you wear a back-mounted jetpac and can closely explore the many atmospheric time zones. Key time artifacts may well have been moved around or disrupted by the renegade Lord and you will have to be alert and put to right any situation that may jeopardise future events. As well as an ever-ready trigger finger you can call upon powers of Thinkstrike and Power of Will to defeat any hostiles you may encounter. Based on the popular FALCON book series, this game captures the elements of combat and time travel with superb graphics and exciting game play. --------------------------------------------------------- FALCON: The Renegade Lord Game Scenario You are FALCON an agent for TIME. You are one of an elite band of Time Agents in active service. TIME monitors the Time Lines (to past, present and future) for earth and other planets and the Time Agents effectively ensure that anyone with access to time travel does not meddle with events and change the face of history. In this mission your opponent is particularly dangerous as it is a powerful Time Lord, one of TIME'S own agents that cannot be killed! You must follow the tracks of the renegade Lord and put to right any interference with important time artifacts. You must pinpoint the schemes hatched by the renegade Time Lord and thwart his plans. Important time artifacts from different planets could cause catastrophic consequences by showing up in the wrong place at the wrong time. While you set out to reverse the effects of the renegade Lord's meddling, he is attempting to set further plans in motion! Your time machine is Falcon's Wing and you have excellent facilities to assist you. You use CAIN (Cybernetic Artificial Intelligence Nexus) to control Falcon's Wing and access huge databanks of information, including current events in Time Zones. Studying the database gives you all the information you need about the Time Zones, the inhabitants and vital historical objects. CAIN will control the machine's Timewarp allowing you to travel through null-space. You can use the on-board Auto-Doc as an ideal way of restoring flagging stamina. You must complete 3 missions in this way to defeat the renegade Lord! Game Controls To load type LOAD "" and press ENTER. Press PLAY on your tape machine. Select your joystick or keyboard requirements (Sinclair, Kempston or cursor joystick) as listed. --------------------------------------------------------- Press 5 to begin play. Play begins in the Eiger Vault, TIME'S H.Q. You will have to fight your way to and find the Falcon's Wing as the renegde Lord has programmed some Cydroids to kill you. When you find your time-machine you must enter from the top (facing left). Press FIRE to enter and you will see the control panel of Falcon's Wing. CAIN'S options appear in the box at the top of the screen. Select between the following: DATABASE: supplies information on a wide range of subjects and will alert you when there are any irregularities in a Time Zone. AUTODOC: an excellent cure for flagging stamina, but not without penalty. TIME ZONE: you may warp to any Time Zone of your choice. EXIT: leave Falcon's Wing. Pressing FIRE will open CAIN for your use (via CAIN's spider- like assistant ABLE!). LEFT and RIGHT scrolls the functions available on CAIN and FIRE selects. Choosing DATA-BASE, you will be presented with information on any subject or with a further menu to select from. You can highlight your selection with UP or DOWN and use FIRE to select. If you wish to dispense with a screen move RIGHT and press FIRE as ABLE hovers over the box marked RETURN, if you wish to get out of the option completely, then move LEFT and press FIRE as ABLE hovers over the CANCEL box. When you choose TIME ZONES you can SELECT which one you wish to warp-drive to or CANCEL if you change your mind. To leave Falcon's Wing and explore a Time Zone, select EXIT. The remaining function is an AUTO-DOC facility where you may replenish your strength. On the right hand side of Falcon's Wing you can see a picture of the object you are receiving information about, a --------------------------------------------------------- clock showing your remaining time and another box showing the current date in the Time Zone you are in. Keyboard controls are: UP Q DOWN A RIGHT P LEFT O FIRE SPACE DOWN on an object allows you to pick it up or drop it, but you can only carry one object at a time. FIRE when you are in the correct location and facing left, this allows you to enter Falcon's Wing. When you leave your time machine CAIN will automatically disguise it to blend in with the surroundings, so take a careful note of where you exit. You are equipped with a rapid- response lazer gun for immediate defensive action. Additionally you can uncover Power of Will and Thinkstrike tokens, only of use to Time Lords. These tokens will build up your POW and TS bars on the main playing screen. Thinkstrike can immobilise your enemies for a short time and Power of Will will render you impervious to harm for a short time. When your stamina has been depleted you will be returned to Falcon's Wing but you will incur a time penalty. Some of the historical objects can greatly help your task, you must experiment to find out how. The Database can help you identify the enemies you will encounter and provide background on the historical objects. The game ends if you run out of stamina completely and die, or if you run out of the time alloted to complete the missions. CREDITS Programming and graphics by Sentient Software. Based on the book "Falcon: The Renegade Lord" by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson. Published by Sphere Books. Insert illustration: Peter Andrew Jones © Copyright: Solar Wind Ltd.