ALLIANCE ----> PRESENTS <---- HAGAR FROM KINGSOFT (ENGLISH) DOCS SCANNED AND EDITED BY : RAZOR BLADE SUPPLIED BY : THE HEDGEHOG HAGAR (ENGLISH) RELEASE VERSION DOCS Loading ~~~~~~~ Turn on your comuter and insert the game disk 1. The program will load and run automatically. Dont write protect the disk and leave it in the drive until you reset the computer. GAME DESCRIPTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hagar is essentially made up of the following parts; selection menu, assignment, level and score (in that order). At the start of the game Hagar is equipped with a sword, a few additional weapons and three lives. All in all, the game consists of a total of eight levels. The whole game is controlled using the joystick. The password from the table (see pages 12 and 13) is asked after the first level. Objective of the game ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The objective of the game is to successfully complete the eight levels one after another. To achieve this, it is necessary to survive and to fulfill the tasks which have been assigned by Helga to Hagar. The Selection Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Following the title picture a map appears showing eight islands. Each island represents one level. The game starts on the island which lies at 9 o'clock. It is the only island where no password is needed. When the menu is started, the cursor is always positioned on the island, which represents the level currently in play. The joystick is used to make a selection. To do this you move the indicator (sword) to an island and press the fire button. When a level has been successfully completed, the player receives the password for the next island. The levels follow on from the first on in a clockwise direction on the map. Levels which have already been successfully completed, are depicted on the map as destroyed islands. Should you still select one of these islands an appropriate message will appear. The Assignment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before Hagar goes to a particular level, he is given an assignment by Helga. The assignment is to collect the objects shown by Helga at that level. The objects cannot be bought in the shop. The Level ~~~~~~~~~ In addition to the play levelm, the level also has a shop and a tavern. These can be reached from the play area through doors and can be exited at the same point back into the play level. The game is made up of 8 levels, in each of which there are one or more shops or taverns. Before you can leave a given level, the final opponent must be defeated, he is also reached from the play level through a door. The Play Level ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Following the selection menu and the assignment, Hagar finds himself in the level, or more precisely in the play level. When he is in this level he can move in all directions moving as far vertically an horizontally as the limits permit. Here Hagar can now defeat opponents, collect objects, use doors or eat the provisions he has taken along with him. Pay special attention to water, as long as it reaches no further than up to Hagars chest, he can run in it (albeit at a reduced speed); however, if it gets any deeper Hagar cannot Swim! Opponents and Weapons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In order to defeat his opponents at the play level and the final opponent, Hagar hass his sword which he uses against his opponent by pressing the fire button. By keeping the fire button pressed he turns the sword into a super sword which posesses a greater force. This state is shown by the reddening of the sword which is visible in the lower status line. In addition to a sword, Hagars basic equipment also includes a few special weapons which can be used at once and which are operated using the function keys. He can buy replacements for the additional weapons later in the shop. On the play level the weapons are activated using the following function keys: - F6 : Knife - F7 : Spear - F8 : Axe - F9 : Fireball - F10: Magic Potion (Smart Bomb). The objects ~~~~~~~~~~~ The objects are divided into those which are important for completing Helgas assigment, and those which serve only to enrich. The objects mentioned in the assignment have to be found, otherwise the level is regarded as not having been completed. The key is a special object; the doors can only be used after it has been found. The player receives money (profit) for each object collected. Things can be bought in the shop or the tavern with this money. This does not include the objects mentioned in the assignment. The doors ~~~~~~~~~ The doors can only be used with the key. You can enter them by pulling back the joystick. A distinction is made between doors which lead to other doors (Secret passsages), doors to a shop or tavern and the door to the final opponent. The doors to the shop and tavern are marked accordingly. The Tavern ~~~~~~~~~~ Hagar can get sustainance in the tavern. There is a book in the status line. Its pages can be turned by moving the joystick to the left or right. The selection is made by pressing the fire button. There is a choice of turkey and beer and a game of dice. The beer increases hagars life energy. The same holds true for the Turkey, in addition to which you get a parcel which can be eaten on the play level by using F5 and which also brings life energy. You can increase (or decrease) you wealth with the aid of a game of dice. The winnings are as follows based on a stake of 100: Double : Your stake is doubled. 1 Joker : You keep your stake. 2 Joker : Your stake is quadrupled. None of them: You lose your stake. You leave the tavern via the "end" page by pressing the fire button. The Shop ~~~~~~~~ In the shop Hagar can acquire additional weapons and extra lives. The selection hook is controlled moving it to the right or left. The selection is made by pulling the joystick back. You use the fire button to exit the shop. The End of the Game ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The scoring for the game is in two parts. Firstly, on the basis of whether or not the assignment has been completed, and secondly, on the basis of how the remainder of the game proceeds. Here a distinction has to be made depending on whether or not Hagar is still alive. If he is, he recieves the password for the next level; if not, the list of top scorers appears. If Hagar is still alive but has not completed Helgas assignment and returns home after defeating the final opponent, the level has, unfortunately, to be repeated. ------------------> END OF HAGAR DOCS <--------------------