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                              A Lee Bamber Game

 Author: Lee Bamber                                      Team: Digital Ninja

 Playtesting: Samuria Sword alias Christopher X alias Chessmaster alias Pleb

 Date Started: 01-Mar-93                            Date Finished: 10-Mar-93

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 The best things in life are free

 Welcome to DN`s first Public Domain Release. Soon to be one of many games,
 which find their way into your disk boxes, free of charge.  The games I`ll
 find myself submitting to APD is the games I always wanted to write on the
 C64 but hadn`t the time, nor the experience.  The larger, more complex and
 time-consuming projects I`ll offer as shareware or licenseware, as  reward
 for the long hours put into them.

 I must confess though, goodwill isn`t the only motive for this game. First
 and for-most, Digital Ninja Development Team gets a big credit,  which  is
 always welcome.  And secondly, the intro included on the disk give you the
 chance of seeing what else DN have created and hopefully the chance of one
 more person purchasing them in the hope that they find one to their liking
 you see.

 I do appologise for the lack of music for the origional AMOS  Owners,  but
 after using the AMOSPro MED Music commands, it`s hard to comply  with  the
 restrictions of Tracker and AMOS Music Modules.

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 Instructions

 As so many people have pointed out to me, with games that require little or
 no explanation, it is pointless to waste time describing what to do. So for
 you out there who NEED to know what to do, read on.


 The Title Page

 The title screen can be left by pressinng the fire button on your  joystick
 to load the Game Preferences Section.


 The Game Stuff

 The Game Preferences Section serves two purposes, firstly to choose between
 one and two player game.  And secondly,  to show the joystick directions to
 control your sword fighter.

 [] One Player Game - By selecting this, you will control the fighter on the
 left side of the screen using joystick port B.  Many users will  know  this
 as the port normally accomodating the joystick (Port A used for mouse).

 [] Two Player Game - By selecting this, you have the chance  of  fighting a
 second player using joystick 2 (Port A), while  the  origional  player uses
 joystick 1 (Port B).

 When you have selected the option (by moving left or right), press fire and
 you will be taken to the arena.

 [] Joystick Direction - Below the player selector boxes, a range  of  moves
 are displayed showing the actions responding to movements on the  joystick.
 The actions assume that the player is facing Right.  When the player  faces
 Left the responding actions are also reversed horizontally.  When the  fire
 button is pressed, it is dependant on whether the player has a sword or not
 as to what move is carried out.  If no sword is present, the diagonal  high
 move would be a punch.  With a sword, it would be  a  High  Stab.   Similar
 occurances happen with other directions.  The special acts as a  kick  with
 no sword and a head-chopper with the sword.  A sword may only be thrown  if
 another sword is carried to continue attack and to pick up a sword,  simply
 duck at the position of the sword.


 The Arena

 This is the place in which both sword fighters battle it out, regretably to
 the death.  The fighting matches last until one of the fighters have lost 9
 times.  On this count, the victor will be awarded the ultimate mortal prize
 of immortality.

 The doorways to the arena are defended by controlled spikes which  will  be
 pushed forward and backward by unseen slaves to spear the clumbsy  fighter.

 The best advice is to get used to the fighters and their methods.   A  good
 combination of moves may prove completely invunerable  to  counter  attack.


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