Broodslayer =========== Broodslayer is an adventure game where the player moves across plains, rivers, forests, murky swamps, black pits, black tunnels and is constantly attacked by Broodlings with their deadly venom. However, the player can protect himself by using his Broodshield. His task is to find and kill the Broodsmother in her nest. LOADING INSTRUCTIONS -------------------- The procedure for loading a program into your Spectrum is given in your manual. Please follow these steps for loading a program. 1. Connect the ear socket of the computer to the ear socket of your tape recorder. 2. Set the volume control as per Sinclair manual. 3. Adjust the tone control to maximum. 4. Type LOAD "". 5. Start the tape recorder. The program will RUN automatically once loaded INSTRUCTIONS ------------ 1. OBJECTIVE ------------ The player moves around a territory called the Outland. The territory is overrun by venomous creatures knows as Broodlings. The aim of the game is to locate the nest from which these cretures come and to kill the Broodmother. 2. COMMANDS ----------- (a) Movement Movement around the map is by means the cursor keys. Movement into a brick wall is suicide and will result in the game being restartet. (b) The Broodshield When attacked the player may defend himself by using the Broodshield. He must key the apprpiate number according to the direction of the attack. 1 2 3 \ | / \ | / \|/ 4 -------+------- 6 /|\ / | \ / | \ 7 8 9 The player has a limited time in which to react. Failure to react promptly results in him being hit by venom and loosing power points. If a player's power level reaches zero, then he 'dies' and the game restarts. (The power level is shown on the top of the screen display). The Broodshield cannot be used in the dark. However, Broodlings cannot fire across water or through brick. (c) Other Commands p = quit game and restart s = save data to play game at a later date 3. THE KILL ----------- When the Broodmother is found and confronted, the player must immediately strike by keying 's'. 4. OTHER FEATURES ----------------- Power can be restored to its original level of 100 by the player moving onto the "circles of healing" which are dotted around the Outland territory. All found objects are assumed to be carried and are listed in the inventory alongside of the main map. 5. HINTS -------- If the player keeps to the edge of the rivers at first he will be protected on one side from the Broodlings. Avoid dark pits and tunnels as they harbour Broodlings and lead to the Labyrinth of Chaos. 6. LOADING DATA PREVIOUSLY SAVED -------------------------------- When the program has loaded the player will be asked "Are you loading a saved game?" If the player answers 'y' he will be allowed to load the data previously saved. (c)1984 J. Sherry Copies of this recording may only be made for the sole use of the purchaser unless written permission is obtained from the publisher. CASES COMPUTER SIMULATIONS LTD., 14 Langton Way, London SE3 7TL