RAPSCALLION Instructions : LOADING THE GAME: 1) Put the cassette into your player and connect it to your computer. 2) Enter: LOAD " " and hit the ENTER key on your Spectrum. 3) Press play on your cassette recorder. GAME DESCRIPTION: 'RAPSCALLION' is a fully animated cartoon adventure for the 48K Spectrum. You are in low spirits. Your arch-enemy the dreaded and ugly RAPSCALLION THE ROGUE has seized your crown and castle and thrown you in the dungeon to rot. Yet all is not lost. You still have many friends with magic powers who will help you if they can. The Fairy Princess makes your counter-attack possible by transforming you into a bird and granting you six lives. You have before you a hard and dangerous task. There are many perils to face, but with skill and determination you can retake your castle and enter your name on the title deeds to prove it! At any time you can change from a bird into a fly or back again, but at the cost of a life each change. As you would expect the dangers are not always the same for flies and birds. Beware of things dropping on your head (which will slow you down) and of sparks and flames (which will speed you up! ) Avoid becoming tangled in obstacles, or it will cost you a life to escape by changing character. If you are killed then you lose a life and become a ghost (of course!), in which state you may pass through barriers and fear no dangers, but cannot touch anything. To change back you must first find and then re-enter your body by pressing the character change button. On your travels you will see gems, containing information, and pixies, with gifts to offer. All you need to do is touch them to take their offerings. Your search will take you through three domains, the WILDERNESS, the MAGIC LABYRINTH, and finally the CASTLE. In the wilderness your quest is to gain the key to the magic labyrinth. To do so you need the power to see it, and probably also the magic shield to protect you from the sleepy guard. ( He will throw you back into the dungeon if he sees you). With the key you can move freely between the labyrinth and the wilderness. Any attempt to cross without the key will lead to disappointment. In the labyrinth you must find the pixie with the magic eye, to allow you to see the three wizards who guard the castle entrance. The wizards will help you providing yo approach them only when they are resting. When the drawbridge is lowered you may enter the castle, but beware, RAPSCALLION THE ROGUE knows you have escaped and is on the rampage. He will not be able to recognise you but if he bumps into you then you will be knocked for six! The castle is full of secret passages and unusual doors that Rapscallion is not aware of. Using these you can enlist the help of the two friendly genies in obtaining the secret and all powerful MAGIC WAND. This done, all you need is to touch the now very frightened and subdued Rapscallion to make him vanish completely, regain your castle and have your name entered on the title deeds. A copy of the deeds can be made by saving to tape as a permanent record of possession! If all your lives are lost then you can start again, but the pixies, gems and wizards are restless creatures and may well have moved to different places. At any time you can save the current game to tape by pressing key "T". However, if you retake the castle after reloading a saved game then you will only gain a leasehold title. Full freehold is only available by a successful conquest in a single attempt. CONTROL SELECTION: A series of options is presented below for controlling movement. Programmable joysticks should be programmed to use the direction and 'change character' keys indicated for the keyboard. Joystick 'fire' buttons are used for 'change character'. 1) SINCLAIR JOYSTICKS; 2) KEMPSTON JOYSTICK; 3) FULLER JOYSTICK; 4) PROTEK JOYSTICK; 5) KEYBOARD - DOWN=A or ENTER; UP=Q or P; RIGHT=Z or SPACE; LEFT=CAPS or SYMBOL SHIFT; CHARACTER CHANGE=1 or 0 IN ALL CASES KEY 'T' = TAPE ( for saving a game )