LOADING

Type LOAD"" (ENTER).

Thrill to the real arcade feel as you are plunged in the world of Maranna
inhabited by a hardy race of barbarians, King of this race is Rastan, an
adventurer, a warrior, a man pure of heart and rich in spirit. The evil wizard,
Karg, thwarted by Rastan in his attempts to overthrow the throne has opened the
portals of hells and unleashed a variety of beasts and demons upon Maranna. Only
one man has proved himself true enough to confront the hordes; the king himself
- Rastan. His task... to fight his way through the countries of his continent,
killing beasts and demons in order to reach the far-off land of the wizard and
the final confrontation with Karg himself, in his deadliest guise as the
soul-sucking dragon.
Will he succeed?.., it's up to you.

CONTROLS

The game is controlled by Kempston, Sinclair or cursor, joystick or keyboard.
The joystick controls cause the following effects in these circumstances.

WHILST ON THE GROUND

			(up)  JUMP UP
	                  
	(up + left) JUMP LEFT		(up + right)  JUMP RIGHT
                          
	(down + left) CROUCH LEFT	(doen+right)  CROUCH RIGHT

                   (down) CROUCH DOWN

FIRE - Use current weapon in facing direction.
Down followed by Up is high lump.

WHILST JUMPING/FALLING

		(up) THRUST SWORD UP
		(in conjunction with fire)
	(left) FACE LEFT	  (right) FACE RIGHT

		(down) POINT SWORD DOWN
            (in conjunction witn fire)

FIRE - Use current weapon 

WHILST CLIMBING A ROPE 

		(up) ASCEND ROPES

(left) FACE LEFT 	 (right) FACE RIGHT

(down) DESCEND ROPE

FIRE - Use current weapon in facing direction.


PLAYING

Proceed through all six levels (only one level per load) reducing your enemies
to sword fodder, along the way collecting more powerful weapons. Some of your
enemies may carry the following useful or dangerous items.

SHIELD - Reduces damage 
MANTLE - Reduces damage by half 
ARMOUR - Stops all damage for a limited time
MEDICINE - Replenishes energy 
POISON - Depletes energy 
GOLD SHEEP - Totally replenishes energy
JEWELS - Bonus points 
RING - Weapon speed up 
NECKLACE - Doubles points 
ROD - ??MYSTERY??

Each level has a powerful adversary to be defeated at the end before you can
progress.
Rastan can increase the power of his weapons and utilise mysterious powers for
short periods, the discovery of which will aid your survival and help you
complete your heroic quest.

ID 1987 Imagine Software
Licensed from (c) Taito Corp, 1986.
The Hit Squad,
P0. Box 350,
Manchester. M60 2LX