__________________________________________________________________________ THE LAND BEYOND TIME: Simon Allan Software 2006 WRITTEN & DEVISED: BY S.D.Allan & J.B.Rogan __________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION & THANKS The Land Beyond Time is a two part graphic adventure. Programming started in 1985 and was finally completed at the end of 2006. I'm so sorry for the delay but I've been out enjoying myself. I haven't seen Mr Rogan in all that time apart from one occasion when we 'bumped' into each other at Blackburn College in 1997. We exchanged the normal 'hello, what have you been doing... what are you doing now... then goodbyes... see you in another 12 years' and I haven't seen him since. We wrote another game together called 'The Ring of Dreams' a text adventure. This adventure came with a 'Manual' which introduced the game with a short story. This game was published by Central Solutions along with another text adventure game of mine called 'Trail'. You can download these games at the World of Spectrum website. This website and the Classic Adventures Solution Archive (CASA) website finally motivated me to finish The Land Beyond Time - 21 years after it was originally started. I wonder if we qualify for a new World Record? A BIG THANK YOU TO: Jacob Gunness at the CASA website (www.solutionarchive.com) for his inspiration and patience in waiting another couple of months for me to finish this adventure. Everyone involved at the World of Spectrum website (www.worldofspectrum.org). Gilsoft Home Computing Software for writing The Quill, The Illustrator and The Patch (The Land Beyond Time is a 'patched' adventure). Finally, all Spectrum users for keeping the Spectrum alive since 1982. THE LAND BEYOND TIME - PART ONE You are about to start a great adventure and you will need to overcome numerous puzzles and foes in order to gain access to PART 2 of THE LAND BEYOND TIME. Your travels will take you into rain forests, caves, waterways and vast plains. Some of these locations can only be accessed via TIME PORTALS. The portals will appear after carrying out certain tasks in a particular order. You have a lot of exploring to do before you meet CRONUS in the Garden of Elysium. So go forth pilgrim but beware this is a very strange land. Commands that may help you include: GET GO LOOK EXAMINE HELP READ DRINK WEAR REMOVE TIE ENTER DROP DIG LIGHT MAKE CLIMB HIDE LOWER RAISE KILL LIFT UNLOCK OPEN GIVE BLOW UP DOWN N,S,E,W etc.. LOAD SAVE QUIT At the end of this adventure you will be given a PASSWORD for Part 2. THE LAND BEYOND TIME - PART TWO In Part 2 you will travel further into The Land Beyond Time. Woodlands, caverns, labryinths, catacombs and finally The Garden of Elysium await you. You will meet many Gods and creatures before you meet up with Cronus at the end of your journey. During your travels always remember to respect all the people you meet along the way. The Gods will be a great HELP to you if you talk to them properly. You will also need to overcome HARPIES, a GORGON, a nine headed HYDRA and a couple of other obstacles before you reach your final destination. Commands that may help you include: GIVE HELP LOOK EXAMINE LOOK PLAY KILL DROP WEAR REMOVE PLACE PUSH UNLOCK PUT CLIMB ROW KNEEL UP DOWN N,S,E,W etc LOAD SAVE QUIT ___________________________________________________________________________ Simon Allan Software 2006