Rodland (c) 1991 Storm Software ------------------------------- LOADING Insert the Rodland cassette and ensure it is fully rewound. If available, use the "TAPE LOADER" option, otherwise type LOAD"" and press RETURN. Press PLAY on your cassette deck and the game will now load and run. Follow the on-screen prompts for in-game loading. LOADING PROBLEMS? The utmost care is taken at all stages of manufacture of this product to ensure it reaches you in perfect condition. If you experience loading problems, please first reset all your equipment, check connections and try to reload following the loading instructions relative to your machine. If you still experience difficulty, please return only the disk or cassette to Storm Customer Services, 50 Lombard Road, London SW11 3SU. THE STORY SO FAR Tam and Rit live in a fairy village. Having led a happy life full of sticky cakes and endless parties, they find that something awful has happened overnight to their fellow inhabitants. They've turned nasty and captured their Mom and locked her in the top of the Maboots Tower. Luckily for Tam and Rit they've inherited the Rods of Sheesanomo from a village elder and some rainbow shoes from their Pop, Armed with these they can tackle the tower by wopping cuddly beings on the head with their rods and climbing ladders built with the help of the rainbow shoes. It's not easy though, when your former friends have some rather mean surprises in store for you! HOW TO PLAY The game consists of over 40 levels of cuddly-bashing action. You must work through each screen, wopping the nasties and collecting the flowers. Wop them often enough and you'll pick up a useful weapon, or just tickle them with the rod and see what happens. To get around the screen you must build ladders either up or down to collect the platforms. As soon as you build a second one, your first ladder will disappear. If you don't clear the screen of your opponents in time, the game will change to "meany" mode where life will become far more difficult. Collecting all the flowers switches you into the EXTRA GAME. Here you can collect an extra life by picking up letters to form the word E X T R A. You can play with 1 or 2 players, but 2 player games can only be started on the 1st screen. JOYTICK CONTROLS WITHOUT fire button pressed:- WITH fire button pressed:- Climb up ladder Build ladder upwards | | | | Walk | Walk Fire rod | Fire rod left ------+------ right left ------+------- right | | | | | | Climb down ladder Build ladder downwards When holding an enemy with your magic rod, press the fire button to "wop" him on the ground. ------------------------------------------------------------------ THE CAST Spectrum & Amstrad Programming: Twilight Spectrum & Amstrad Graphics : Shaun McClurg Copyright (c) 1991, The Sales Curve Ltd Licensed from (c) 1989, Jaleco Ltd Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending and broadcasting prohibited. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Complete Instructions typed in by Paul Thompson, March 2003