ZEPPELIN GAMES SPECTRUM LOADING INSTRUCTIONS Type LOAD"", and then press ENTER. Press PLAY on the tape. SOS…SOS…SOS… Incoming report… International terrorism on the increase – stop. Desperate measures needed – stop. Current hostage situation critical – stop. President vows retaliation – stop…end of report Through the early summer morning something stalks… A man as quiet and deadly as a panther… A man determined and ruthless… Sword of the Samurai- Awesome martial arts action! GAMEPLAY The Samurai can be controlled by the following methods: 1. Keyboard Control Method 2. Sinclair Joystick Control 3. Kempston Joystick Control The object of the game is to rescue the hostages who are being held against their will by a renegade martial arts gang. The hostages are held on the knees, under the protection of an armed and deadly guard. The number of hostages left to rescue are shown on the bottom left hand side of the screen, with Samurai lives shown on the right. To rescue the hostages, the Samurai must walk up to them, often killing their guard in the process. The renegade gang have threatened to begin eradicating the hostages if their demands for a ransom is not paid. If the time to this deadline reaches zero, the Samurai has failed his mission and looses a life for bringing shame on to the name of these Noble Warriors. The Samurai has the ability to drop a magical crystal by pulling down on flat ground. This means that the Warrior will return to this spot after he has lost a life. The Samurai can also pick up the crystal by the same method and take it with him to a later part of the level. As well as the deadly Sword which can only be drawn in hand to hand combat, the Samurai has Shurikans which can be thrown at the enemy from a distance. Once two hostages have been rescued, the Samurai has the ability to throw cut throat daggers instead of Shurikans. After all of the hostages have been rescued, the Samurai must take them to the end of the level to successfully complete his mission. Combat takes place over the following locations: DEAD FOREST THE SEWERS SLOW RAIN FOREST HOLY MOUNTAIN SAMURAI TEMPLE KARAMARNI WOOD DRAGON TEMPLE In the course of his mission, the Samurai will meet the following opponents: SERPENTS MAGICAL DRAGONS THUGS APE MEN SORCERERS CROSSBOW NINJAS SPRING KICK BOXERS MAGICAL NINJAS LEADER OF THE RENEGADE GANG JOYSTICK CONTROLS JUMP UP WALK LEFT WALK RIGHT DUCK/JUMP DOWN FIRE . LASH OUT WITH WEAPON JOYSTICK CONTROL - FIRE BUTTON PRESSED SUPER JUMP SUPER FALL