NIGHTWING
(Zenobi Software)

Spectrum 48K/128K+2


"..... a shimmering sensation overwhelms you and for a moment you
are disoriented, but as your vision clears you perceive a huge
dark shape standing before you, slowly flapping its enormous wings.
As if in a trance you step forward and clamber onto the broad back
of the creature, then with a sudden shriek it rises into the night air.
To prevent falling off you grasp hold of its feathers, only to find
that they are cold and metallic in feel. Faster and faster it flies,
so fast that the wind brings tears to your eyes and as you blink to
clear them there is an almighty crack of thunder and both you and
the creature are thrown through the very radix of time ........"


Moments later you realise that the centuries have passed as seconds
and that the great creature has vanished. You gaze around at your
surroundings and are astonished to find that you are stood in the
middle of an enormous dome. Before you is a small tableau, upon
which a video display shows you that the EARTH, ravaged by wars, has
descended into a state of barbarism. The ANIMEN, as the barbarians
are known, live outside in the once deadly but now safe atmosphere,
whilst the remains of true humanity, who had built the dome to protect
themselves from the radiation, have long since departed to other worlds
leaving only the tableau as a warning to any who came after them.


Can you unlock the secrets of the dome and find the means to bring humanity back
to EARTH again? Will you to able to seek out the sacred texts and decipher their
meanings in order to unravel the mystery of the re-colonisation of EARTH? The
texts contain many clues as to how this task should to completed but are you capable
of locating them ? Beware however, as many traps have been laid in order to prevent
the ANIMEN from destroying the dome and the knowledge that it contains. Find the
means to complete your task and perhaps, just perhaps, you will be restored to your
own tine ...... FAIL and you will undoubtedly remain here for ever!!!!!


NOTES

Full sentence analysis is recognised and multiple commands bay he used quite easily
and effectively. So do not be afraid to try such inputs as ... GET THE LIQUID AND
GO NORTH AND DRINK THE LIQUID AND GO SOUTH. Movement can be by either single key
command or else in full .... N or GO NORTH, L or LOOK, R or REDESCRIBE.

To save a position during play simply use either QSAVE to save to memory or SAVE
to save a more permanent position to tape. Use either QLOAD or LOAD to restore a
saved game position.

LOOK will display the current graphic, whilst REDESCRIBE will display the current
text. RECALL will call up any of the "texts" located so far and SCORE will display
the status window.

Should it be necessary to input any information into a computer please use the TYPE
command ... TYPE (followed by whatever it is you wish to input). You must input any
numbers in full and not as numerals.