SKID ROW--SKID ROW--SKID ROW--SKID ROW--SKID ROW--SKID ROW--SKID ROW--SKID ROW THE DOX TO [-PEGASUS-] WERE TYPED FOR BY SCOOTER THANX GOTO TO ANNIHILATOR AND KE**** FOR SUPPLYING THE DOX FOR ME TO TYPE IN. PLAYING PEGASUS; WHEN YOU PLAY PEGASUS,YOU WILL TAKE PART IN 2 VERY DIFFERENT GAME STYLES. ONE ON PEGASUS,THE FLYING HORSE. THE SECOND WITH PERSEUS ON FOOT. THEY BOTH PLAY DIFFERENTLY, AND DIFFERENT TACTICS WILL BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE EACH. THERE ARE 5 WORLDS IN TOTAL AND ON EACH THERE ARE 5 RUNNING SECTIONS PLUS 5 FLYING SECTIONS, MAKING A TOTAL OF 50 LEVELS!! THE 5 WORLDS ARE -SWAMP-ICE-DESERT- WAR AND FINALLY HELL. AT THE END OF THE TENTH SECTION OF EACH WORLD YOU WILL BE FORCED TO ENCOUNTER THE END OF LEVEL GUARDIAN. WHICH WILL REQUIRE SOME SUBSTANTIIAL BATTLING TO DEFEAT. SAVE UP AS MANY PULSE WEAPONS AS YOU CAN FOR THESE,AS THEY WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DEFEAT. PASSWORD; ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED 10 LEVELS AND DEFEATED THE END OF LEVEL GUARDIAN,YOU WILL BE GIVEN A PASSWORD THAT WILL SERVE FOR THE NEXT LEVEL WHENEVER YOU PLAY AGAIN. THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER A PASSWORD OCCURS AT THE START OF THE GAME. JOYSTICK CONTROLS; JOYSTICK FLYING SECTIONS RUNNING SECTIONS UP FLY UP JUMP UP DOWN FLY DOWN CROUCH DOWN RIGHT FLY RIGHT RUN RIGHT LEFT FLY LEFT RUN LEFT FIRE FIRE WEAPON FIRE WEAPON/SWING SWORD FIRE HELD FIRE PULSE WEAPON FIRE PULSE WEAPON SPACE CHANGE WEAPON UP CHANGE WEAPON UP STRENGTH: THE STRENGTH OF YOUR CURRENT CHARACTER IS INDICATED BY THE SWORD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PLAYINF SCREEN. AS THE WHITE OF THE SWORD IS REPLACED BY MORE AND MORE BLACK. YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOUR CURRENT CHARACTER IS ABOUT TO LOSE A LIFE AND DIE. ONB THE RUNNING SECTIONS,COLLECTING CRYSTALS WILL ALLOW YOU TO RESTORE FULL HEALTH. CRYSTALS; WHEN YOU PLAY, SOME CRYSTALS WILL BE FOUND,SOME WAITING TO BE COLLECTED,OTHERS ONLY APPEARING AFTER ENEMIES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. THEY CAN BE USED IN DIFFERENT WAYS, DEPENDING UPON WHERE YHEY ARE COLLECTED. IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE PLAYING SCREEN IS AN ICON, WHICH WILL BE A CRYSTAL WHEN YOU START TO PLAY, WITH A FIGURE TO THE RIGHT OF IT. THIS FIGURE REPRESENTS HOW MANY CRYSTALS YOU HAVE. THE ICON WILL CHANGE PERIODICALLY, TO INDICATE THE WEAPONARY OR AID AVAILABLE TO YOU, WHICH WILL BE DEPENDANT UOPN HOW MANY CRYSTALS YOU HAVE COLLECTED. THE FLYING SECTIONS; CRYSTALS ARE USED IN THE FLYING SECTIONS TO INCREASE THE POWER OF YOUR WEAPONARY. EACH TIME YOU COLLECT ENOUGH CRYSTALS, YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO ALTER YOUR WEAPONS FOR BIGGER MORE POWERFUL ONES. THE NUMBER OF CRYSTALS WILL VARY,DEPENDING UPON WHICH LEVEL YOU ARE ON, AND WHAT THE NEXT WEAPON IS. THE WEAPONS ARE AS FOILLOWS; 1. STANDARD FIRE; no crystals needed, this is the weapon that you will begin with. it is a rapidly repeating ball of energy that will destroy most of the smaller ene,mies you come across,but will need several impacts on bigger enemies. 2. DOUBLE BEAM; 2 beams will now fire, spreading out before re-converging and spreading again in a wave. this allows you to either hit 2 enemies at once,or with careful timing to hit a single enemy with 2 bolts of energy. 3. TRIPLE DAGGER; 3 daggers will be thrown. 1 straight forward, 2 others going off in diagonal directions. 4. PULSE ARC; this weapon will only fire forward,but will destroy most enemies with just a single hit. a very powerful weapon. when an enemy is hit the arc will continue to travel off the screen,hitting any others in its path. 5. HORIZONTAL DAGGERS; 3 daggers will again appear, but instead of 2 going diagonally, they will 1st spread out, and then the 3 will zoom forward in parallel at a tremonous speed. again this can be a very powerful weapon. 6. BACK AND FRONT FIRE; this will allow you to defend pegasus from the enemies that sometimes appear at the back of you. weapons will be launched that will go forward, but will also spin around and fly behind you to protect you. 7. ALL DIRECTIONAL FIRE; this one will fire its bolts in a direction that will depend upon the position of pegasus on the playing screen. it can be utilised with very accurate effect with some practise. 8. EAGLE OUTRIDERS; these outriders allow you to destroy just about anything that is thrown at you. they are stunningly powerful,but be warned, they have a limited life span. if you manage to collect enough crystals whilst you have outriders, you can still upgrade your own weapons without effecting the outriders. 9. EXTRA LIFE; 40 crystals are needed to gain an extra life.and the crystal zero will reset to zero. PULSE WAVE WEAPONS; IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE WEAPONS THERE ARE ALSO PULSE BEAMS WHICH CAN BE COLLECTED. THESE ARE UTILISED BY HOLDING THE FIRE BUTTON DOWN,AND WILL DESTROY JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE SCREEN. THE NUMBER OF PULSE WAVES THAT YOU HAVE IS INICATED TO THE RIGHT OF THE CRYSTAL INDICATOR BY AN ICON WHICH LOOKS LIKE A `STRONG ARM`. THE WHITE FIGURE TO THE RIGHT OF THIS TELLS YOU HOW MANY PULSE WEAPONS YOU CURRENTLY HAVE STORED. THESE ARE BEST UTILISED WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF ENEMIES ON SCREEN. 1. SMART BOMB; OCCASIONALLY SHOOTING AN ENEMY WILL LEAVE A MUSHROOM CLOUD ON SCREEN. ALTHOUGH THESE CANNOT BE COLLECTED,BY MOVING OVER IT A SMART BOMB IS ACTIVATED,WHICH WILL DESTROY EVERY ENEMY ON THE SCREEN. 2. RUNNING SECTIONS; the flying sections are interspered with running sections which perseus must traverse without any help from pegasus. these are a little easier than the flying sections. provided you take your time, although you may easily lose a life by faloling over a crevasse or an edge. as in the flying sections,killing enemies can reveal icons which when collected will provide some assistance to you. pulse weapons are also available to you on these sections. NOTE; on some running sections, it will seem that there is no method of exiting a screen without sustaining damage. there will be one, but it is UP to you to find it. some will lead you into hidden caverns, and some will take you elsewhere. 3. KEYS; other collectable items are keys, which open some doors on the running sections. if you have collected any keys. simply pull down on the joystick when you are stood in front of the door, you will find yourself inside the building, some will be packed with crystala waiting to be collected, but some will also be inhabited by hordes of enemies. it is up to you to take a chance on enetring. 4. CRYSTALS; collected and used as in the same way as in the flying section, but one of the benefits you will gain in the running section is the ability to restore strength. collect enough crystals and a red cross will appear over the crystal icon. this is an indication that tapping the space bar at this point will restore your strength to full. collecting 30 crystals will also give you a special magical sword that will launch a fireball in front of you,killing an enemy if it hits before they reach you. these are surprisingly effective. and thats yer lot...HI`S GOTO THE BEST UK GROUP AROUND L-S-D AND TO ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME..(EXCEPT SOMEONE IN SHEFFEILD WHO MIGHT THINK I`V FORGOTTEN SOMEONE REALLY IMPORTANT)