The Midnight Reaction of De Berea Crew proudly presents ...

Documentation for :   C R A S H   G A R R E T T
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                       THE BACKGROUND

Crash Garrett flies the sole plane owned by Emerald Air, an air- taxi
business Garrett runs with longtime sidekick Grease Flanagan.  Based in
Hollywood, Emerald Air deals mostly with people from the movie industry.
Things are going pretty well; in a year or two they may be able to buy some
transport and get into the lucrative freight business.

Garrett's lively love-life also looks like settling down to cruise speed.
He's been spending a lot of time with Glory Streek, a no-nonsense working
girl who's a production assistant over at Mega Movies.  There's a hint of
permanence about their relationship that would have appalled the Garrett of
a few years ago!  But the days of flying bootleg liquor, of break-ins,
shoot- outs with G-men, gun-running and gang-wars are over.  Garrett's gone
legitimate and aims to stay that way.

Somehow, though, just as moths are irresistably attracted to the light, a
guy with adventure in his blood can't help smelling trouble when it's
around.  And trouble is a perfume he cannot resist.  This game, based on
the Arbeit von Spacekraft film, is the perfect example of that.  (If you've
seen the movie, don't worry; the game's got a few surprises in store!)

Life's looking up in th U.S.  of the late 1930's.  If the situation in
Europe's sliding closer to chaos with every week that passes, why should
Americans care?  What many don't know is that Nazi spy and sabotage
networks are being set up, even thousands of miles from Hitler's Berlin.
The lurid and shocking plan revealed in the film (and in this game)
thrilled the movie-going public, who beleived it to be no more than a
gripping tale thought up by imaginative Hollywood script-writers.  How
would they have reacted had they known just how close to the truth the
story of Crash Garrett was?  And if this episode in the eventful history of
the 20th century remains relatively unknown to the public, it's probably
because the Price Commision published its report on the very day president
John Kennedy was assasinated in Dallas, Texas.

                         THE GAME

As in the film, Crash keeps up a constant dialogue with a 'voice' in his
head.  He's the only one who can hear it.  Nobody else even knows about it
(luckily for Garrett!).  The exact nature of this 'internal friend' is a
mystery to both Garrett and the voice itself.  It started a few years back,
whan Crash was in a coma as a result of a serious headwound sustained
during a less than glorious adventure (see the Torve interveiw with von
Spacekraft, in edition 666 of LES CAHIERS DU SEPTIEME ART).

As the player, you are the voice.  You will have to guide Garrett through
this adventure.  One of your objectives will be to find out what the voice
is and where it comes from...  who you are, in fact!  Other objectives will
become clear during the story.  You may very well acheive some very
important goals without actually winning the big one!  Should that happen,
you'll have to come up with some other ideas.


HOW TO HELP GARRETT:

When Garrett needs your help, he'll turn to you and ask.  Type in your idea
on the keyboard.  Your message will show up at the bottom of the screen.
Validate your idea by pressing RETURN or ENTER.  The best way to get your
message through to Garrett is to be clear and brief.  Follow the advice and
he'll pick you up loud and clear!  If Garrett accepts your idea (he's a
stubborn so-and- so and won't go for anything he doesn't like the sound
of), he'll do it...  a scene will unfold on the screen, describing what
happens.  At the end of the scene Garrett will turn to you again.


MOVING AROUND:

To tell Garrett where to go, just type something like:  "GO TO GLORY'S", or
"FLY TO HOLLYWOOD", etc...

As for Thorn's clinic, given its relatively complex layout and the number
of different places, you must give a compass direction, like "NORTH-EAST",
etc...  You'll see a N on the screen, so you can't lose your bearings.


OBJECTS:

During the story, Garrett will come across things which may prove useful
and which he may decide to pick up if you suggest it.  All such objects are
represented in the right-hand box on the screen.


POWER:

Not only must you, as the voice, guide Garrett's actions, you also have a
reservoir of power at your disposal.  For the moment, you don't know where
the power comes from.  It's divided into 'doses', represented in the
top-left corner of the screen.  Using a dose of Power helps Crash do
whatever he's doing more efficiently.  To activate a dose of Power, simply
validate your order by pressing the $ key, instead of the normal ENTER or
RETURN.  If garrett decides to turn down your idea, the Power won't be
used.


SAVING A GAME:

To save your game, put a blank formatted disk into your drive.  Then type
"DISK" instead of an instruction to Garrett.  Validate with ENTER or
RETURN.


TO LOAD A SAVED GAME:

First load the game normally, then replace the Crash Garrett disk with your
disk, and type "GAME", when Crash asks you for an instruction.  Validate
with ENTER or RETURN.


TO CHANGE TEMPO:

If you want to modify the speed at which the game's scenes unfold, type in
'T', followed by a number from 1 to 9 (1 is the fastest).  For example :
"T7".  The default speed is 5.


                     LET'S GET GOING !

The events in the story take place over 2 days in May 1938, and the action
starts in mid-flight.  Garrett's taking Cynthia Sleeze, the famous gossip
columnist (millions read her weekly "Hot from Hollywood" reports), to the
little town of Lone Pine, where she's going to interview top star Shucks
Shottaway on location for his new western, "Let's Lynch 'em Anyway".

The flight's going without a hitch, but Cynthia seems worried about
something...