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But in the new Russia,things have changed. Now there is Capitalism, KGB TV,Burger Czar and Trotsky Interactive Games... Oh and Queues(some things never change)... Embroiled on this seething cauldron of cutthroat competition and cruel commercial cossacks, we find the beginning of our adventure - A BIG RED ADVENTURE that spawns an entire continent. In a story of truly epic proportions, we are taken on a crazy, off-the-wall flight of fancy, from the snowy streets of Moscow,slipping and sliding across the icy steppes of Zerograd, along the route of the famed Orient Express - and into the deep red heart of a secret so weird even David Lynch could never match it ... BIG RED REVOLUTION! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In spite of the benefits of Perestroika, not everyone is happy with the decline of the Soviet state. In a secret meeting place somewhere in Moskow, a few old men in faded Red Army uniforms hark back to the days when Marx was called Karl and not Groucho or Harpo. They formulate a cunning plan to return Mother Russia to Communist rule - only,they didn't reckon on a trio of foreign adventurers accidentially getting in on the action... BIG RED CHARACTERS! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DOUG NUTS ^^^^^^^^^ Doug is a techno-nerd of the first order.There's nothing he likes better than playing with his dongle or fiddling with his software.He often puts his ability with electronics to criminal use sometimes with hilarious results. DINO FIGOLI ^^^^^^^^^^^ An ex-boxer of Italian origin, Dino's more than a little punch drunk,but his basically a decent and honest kinda guy.He often falls into traps set by people taking advantage of the fact that his brain is the size of a shrivelled wallnut... DONNA FATALE ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Donna has the sort of past people describe as being chequered. What they really mean, of coarse, is sordid. Forever trying to cover-up the indescretions of her youth, she is often at the mercy of ruthless blackmailers. BIG RED CONTROLS! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Moving the character around the screen using the MOUSE, move the CURSOR to wherever you want either Doug Nuts, Dino Figoli or Donna Fatale to go, and press the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON. Doug, Dino or Donna will then walk to the place where you pointed and clicked USING INVENTORY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hold down the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON to bring up the INVENTORY SCREEN. This Displays all the OBJECTS you have collected along with ICONS representing your INVENTORY OPTIONS:- FROM LEFT TO RIGHT 1. OPEN/CLOSE 2. PICK UP 3. EXAMINE 4. TALK with the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON still held down, drag the CURSOR over the ICON you want to select. Said ICON will be highlighted by a Big Red Border. Let go of the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON and the INVENTORY SCREEN will disappear, leaving you with your selected INVENTORY OPTION. USING INVENTORY OPTIONS 1. OPEN/CLOSE To use the OPEN/CLOSE ICON follow the above instructions for selecting it. Once back in the gameworld, drag the OPEN/CLOSE ICON CURSOR over the object you want it to open/close and press the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON. TEXT will appear underneath the ICON CURSOR informing you that you are about to open/close the object. 2. PICK UP To use the PICK UP ICON follow the above instructions for selecting it. Once back in the gameworld, drag the PICK UP ICON CURSOR over the object you want to pick up and press the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON. That object should then appear in your INVENTORY. 3. EXAMINE To use the EXAMINE ICON follow the above instructions for selecting it. Once back in the gameworld, drag the EXAMINE ICON CURSOR over the object you want to examine and press the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON. One of the game characters will then give you information about that object. 4. TALK To use the EXAMINE ICON follow the above instructions for selecting it. Once back in the gameworld, drag the TALK ICON CURSOR over the character you want to talk to and click on the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON. If the character has anything to say he or she will then say it. Sometimes there will be multiple choice questions or replies for your game character. To select a question/reply, drag the cursor over the question/reply you want. When it highlights, click on the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON. And your game character will ask the question/give that reply. USING THE CURSOR (IN GENERAL) The CURSOR is the most important interface aspect in playing The Big Red Adventure. You use it to move your game character around in the gameworld, to select and use objects, to choose inventory items and to talk to other characters.If you drag the cursor over an object TEXT will appear underneath informing you whether you can use or collect the object(s). Sometimes the text will give you a clue, and sometimes the text will not appear at all. If this is the case then select the EXAMINE ICON and text should then appear. COMBINING OBJECTS To combine TWO OBJECTS from your inventory select the OBJECT 1 from the inventory and drag its icon over to your game characters hand. Then bring up inventory again, select OBJECT 2 and your game character will tell you whether the two objects have been combined or whether a new object has been created by the combination of OBJECTS 1 and 2 BIG RED OPTIONS press the escape key to bring up the options PANEL options appear as :- MUSIC SFX SAVE AGAME LOAD A SAVED GAME CONTINUE EXIT TO AMIGADOS BIG RED HINTS! Pick up open/close and examine every object to get as much information as possible. Likewise try to talk to everyone you meet. nes^hf 12-MAY-1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------