Toy Bizarre instruction manual Converted to text by Gerard Sweeney (www.the-tipshop.co.uk) for World of Spectrum (www.worldofspectrum.org), 26/01/05. 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. The page breaks (---------) do not appear in the original manual. They're there purely to display where each page ends. Best viewed with a non-proportional font. ------------------------------------------------------ LOADING INSTRUCTIONS * Be sure that the EAR socket of the spectrum is connected to the EAR socket of the tape recorder. * Place the cassette in the recorder and rewind to the beginning. * TYPE LOAD "", using the [J] key for LOAD, and the [P] key and [SYMBOL SHIFT] for the " quotes. * Press the [ENTER] key. * Press PLAY on the cassette recorder. * After several seconds, the program title should appear. After a minute or so, a full title screen will appear, surrounded by a moving, static-like background, and lasting approximately three minutes. If this loading sequence does not occur adjust the volume on the recorder and repeat this entire procedure. TIPS FROM MARK TURMELL "Listen, it's important to remember that you can control Merton while he's in the air. Also, the screen "wraps around"; that is, move off the left side and you'll appear on the right. Careful not to run into toys or Hilda when you do! Enjoy yourselves! Mark Turmell ------------------------------------------------------ PLAY THE GAME * When loading is complete, the menu will appear. Select desired controller by pressing its corresponding numerical key. * Begin the action by pressing [ENTER] on the keyboard. * You/Merton are represented by the flashing figure which turns yellow upon using your selected controller. Merton always enters at the bottom left hand side of your screen. When using the joystick, a movement left to right directs Merton left and right. Press the fire button and Merton jumps. When using the keyboard, the [O] key is left, [P] is right and [Z] is for jumping. * Live a Little. Begin with four lives. Acquire an additional life for each 10,000 points earned. Game ends when you run out of lives. To start again, just press your red button or move your joystick. * Indicator A row of balloons (top left) indicates how many balloons you must deal with in this round. * Valves. Balloons fill up at valves. If not popped, balloons release toys. Toys work ------------------------------------------------------ their way to the bottom level where they hop into one of two IN bins, only to re- emerge as balloons at an open valve. Of the six VALVES that appear during the regular shift, all but the top two can be turned off. Hefty Hilda turns them back on, so be alert. If all four valves are off at the end of an "hour," you earn 4,000 extra points. -All valves which appear during a SAFETY CHECK can be turned off. The faster you turn them all off, the bigger the bonus. * Piston Platforms are paired and appear along runways. Jump up an elevated one and its mate pops up. Toys caught on one as it pops up are stunned for a while. These can be touched without jumping over them. If Merton or Hefty Hilda are caught on a Platform, they disappear up off the screen. Merton loses a life, or gains 500 points for "boosting" Hilda. * To reset the game you have just played, press [CAPS SHIFT] and [ENTER]. To reset back to controller menus, press [SYMBOL SHIFT] and [ENTER].