********************************************* * D A R K C I T A D E L (DEMO VERSION) * ********************************************* This is a demo version containing only a part of one level. The full game has 3 puzzle-filled levels, intro & end game sequences and is available from all F1 Licenceware dealers. Nb. There is not enough space on this demo disk to store any saved games. If you are playing from floppy disk and wish to save a game, you will need to use another disk. (See Loading Dark Citadel) Any problems with this game, contact the author: rob.massey@motel.overflow.com Please do NOT contact F1 for assistance with this demo as you will just be passed onto rob anyway. Ordering details ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The full version of Dark Citadel comes on 4 disks and costs 6.99 UKP + shipping costs of: UK 0.75p Europe 1UKP ROW 2UKP You can pay by: Access/Visa/Mastercard/Delta/Eurocard. By cheque, made payable to 'F1 Licenceware'. All cheques must be in pounds sterling AND drawn on a UK bank, the exception being Eurocheque which is fine. By cash, if you must, at your own risk! UK pounds and US dollars are acceptable, notes only, no change available. You can place your order via post: F1 Licenceware (DC Demo) 31, Wellington Rd, Exeter, Devon. EX2-9DU England Phone: 44-(0)1392-493580 (office hours only) Outside of office hours you can leave your order on our answer machine, speak slow and clear and spell awkward words. Don't forget your name, address, cardholders name, card number expiry date and what you wish to order. On-line: http://www.f1lw.demon.co.uk or by e-mail PGP public key available on the web site or mail me for it. A free catalogue of all F1 titles is available from Aminet: aminet/docs/f1info.lha The F1 site: http://www.f1lw.demon.co.uk/archives/cat.dms and free with all orders. About Dark Citadel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dark Citadel is a speech adventure for anyone who likes their adventures with lots of puzzles and a little humour. It is not like all those other adventure games where your character gets killed every time you make a simple mistake. In this game, if you try to do something really stupid, the very worst you'll get is a witty remark from our little hero. So what are you waiting for ? Your quest awaits you ! The Story So Far... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The lovely Ysadora has fallen under an evil spell. She has been found by a brave young knight named Marlon, and returned to her father, the wizard Gnaxar. Alas, his powers can do nothing to reverse the effects of the spell affecting his daughter, but he tells Marlon the location of a powerful elixir, which will surely save her. So, taking with him only an amulet, given to him by Gnaxar, which will enable him to use any magical items he might find, the knight sets off on his quest for the elixir, which lies hidden within the magical Dark Citadel. Installing onto a Hard Drive ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you have enough memory available you can run Dark Citadel from hard drive. To install Dark Citadel, just double click on the HD Install icon and follow the on screen prompts. When asked to enter the path where you would like the game to be installed, simply type in the location of the directory where you usually keep your games. (eg. Work:Games) The installer will then create a new drawer in your selected directory and install the game into it. Loading Dark Citadel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dark Citadel will run on any Amiga with at least 1 Mb of chip memory (graphics memory) and a PAL display. To load the game, simply double click on the Dark Citadel icon. Once the program has loaded, there will be an intro before the title screen appears. You can speed through this intro by pressing the fire button on the joystick, or you can skip it entirely by pressing the Esc key. If you have an extra disk drive, this can be used to load the level disks while the game disk remains in your internal drive. This will allow you to save your games onto the game disk without further disk swapping. Upto 10 saved games can be stored on your game disk. If this is not enough, you can use another disk to save 10 more games. To do so, just format a disk and create a directory on it called SavedGames (nb. no space between words). Then, before selecting save game, simply insert the new disk in place of the game disk. Title Screen Options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The title screen has the following options, all of which can be accessed by moving the pointer up and down with the joystick and pressing fire to select. START QUEST - Starts the game from the very beginning. LOAD SAVED GAME - Loads a previously saved game and continues play from the point at which it was saved. CREDITS - Displays credits and program details. QUIT - Exits the game. Playing Dark Citadel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before each level a page will appear telling you about this part of the adventure. When you have read the text, and are ready to start exploring, just press the fire button. The game screen is split into 3 sections:- The top section of the screen displays the inventory (whatever Marlon is currently carrying with him). A maximum of 8 objects can be carried. The large area in the centre of the screen is your view of Marlon in the Citadel. Here you can control his movements with the joystick. The bottom part of the screen shows the action icons. Pressing the joystick button allows you to access the action icons. The joystick can then be used to move the yellow box along the windows, and between the action icons and inventory. A further press on the joystick button will select the action, or object, currently indicated. When an item in the inventory is selected it will be indicated by a green box, and the yellow box will return to the action icons, so that an action can also be selected. Action Icons ~~~~~~~~~~~~ From left to right, the action icons do the following:- LOOK/EXAMINE - Look at whatever is directly in front of Marlon. If an object from the inventory has been selected, then Marlon will examine that instead. GET/DROP - Pick up whatever is in front of Marlon, or drop an object if one has been selected from the inventory. OPERATE/USE - Operate whatever is ahead of Marlon, or use the currently selected object on whatever is ahead or on its own. EAT/DRINK - Eat/drink whatever our hero is facing, or eat/drink an item selected from the inventory. Objects usually need to be carried and selected to be eaten or drunk. RETURN TO JOYSTICK CONTROL - Return to joystick control of Marlon. GAME OPTIONS - Enter game options screen. Game Options ~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you select the disc icon on the main game screen you will presented with another screen which has 3 game options:- SAVE - This will bring up a list of the 10 slots where games in progress can be saved. Those slots which are currently empty will be shown in grey, whilst any that have already been used will be shown in black. Of course, you may choose to overwrite a slot that has previously been used. The letter 'C' at the end of the list of slots stands for 'Cancel' and selecting this will abort the save. QUIT - Quits the game and returns to the title screen. Beware - Once this has been selected there is no way to return to the game that you were playing, unless you have saved the game first. CANCEL - Returns to the game in progress. Hints and Tips ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't be afraid to try things out. Remember that Marlon is the star of the game, and like all really good heroes, he won't get killed. Nothing that you can do will leave you unable to finish the game, so don't give up and start again, just have another look at the objects that are available, and hopefully, something will give you a clue. Try looking at and operating everything. Maybe something will be revealed that was previously hidden. Remember that simply looking at an object, is not the same as picking it up and examining it. eg. Looking at a book lying ahead of Marlon will cause him to simply describe it as a book. Whereas, when carried and examined, Marlon might actually be able to read it. In other instances, Marlon may notice something about the object examined, which will give you a clue as to its possible use. Acknowledgments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to the lovely Anna Walker (News reader/TV presenter), who unknowingly provided the inspiration for the face of the beautiful Ysadora. 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