SIMON THE SORCERER ------------------ IT OFTEN HELPS TO START WITH SOME SORT OF INTRODUCTION SO HERE WE GO.... IT ALL STARTED ON SIMON 12TH BIRTHDAY.HE WAS HAVING A PARTY,NOT A MODERN RAVE PARTY THAT TWELVE YEAR OLDS HAVE THESE DAYS,BUT A QUIET ENGLISH AFFAIR WITH JELLY AND ICE CREAM,PIN-THE-TAIL ON GRANDMA AND A MAGICIAN CALLED MARVELO. HE SPECIALISED IN PULLING RABBITS OUT OF A HAT AND MAKING SEEMINGLY ENDLESS QUANTITIES OF BRIGHTLY COLOURED HANKERCHIEFS APPEAR FROM HIS MOUTH. SIMON TOOK GREAT PLEASURE IN POINTING OUT HOW THESE TRICKS WERE DONE TO HIS AWESTRUCK FRIENDS AND EVENTUALLY HAD TO BE PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED BY HIS FATHER TO PREVENT MARVELO THE MAGICIAN BECOMING MARVELO THE MURDERER WHEN BLOWING OUT THE CANDLES TIME CAME,SIMON WISHED FOR A GAME BOY FROM HIS GRANDPARENTS AND FOR HIS OLDER BROTHER TO FALL DOWN SOMETHING PRETTY DEEP AND SPIKY.HE WAS SURPRISED WHEN LATER WHEN THE DOORBELL RANG ,AND UPON OPENING THE DOOR,HE DISCOVERED A SMALL,SCRUFFY LOOKING DOG WRAPPED UP IN SHINY PAPER.AFTER UNSUCCESSFULLY TRYING TO INSTALL HIS FRIENDS TETRIS CART,HE WAS PERSUADED THAT IT WAS NOT A GAMEBOY AFTER ALL. THE DOG(HE CALLED IT CHIPPY)HAD A STRANGE BOOK IN ITS MOUTH THAT NO-ONE COUOLD READ.HIS PARENTS HADN`T THE HEART TO TELL THE YOUNG BOY THAT THE DOG WASN`T FOR HIM AND THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA FROM WHERE OR WHOM IT CAME. IT WAS,AFTER ALL,A NEW TARGET FOR THE BOYISH SADISM FOUND IN ALL YOUNG- STERS.THE FAMILY ADOPTED THE DOG AND THE BOOK WAS DUMPED IN THE LOFT AND LONG FORGOTTEN....... UNTIL NOW.... GETTING STARTED --------------- TO ENJOY SIMON THE SORCERER YOU WILL NOT NEED LIGHTING REFLEXES,NOR AN I.Q OF MORE THEN 175 NOR THE COURAGE OF THE GREAT WHITE BEAR.IT COULD HELP IF YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOUR BUT IT`S NOT ESSENTIAL. OBVIOUSLY,IN ORDER TO USE THESE ITEMS,YOU WILL REQUIRE A FULLY OPERATIONAL CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM,ALL VITAL ORGANS AND AT LEAST ONE HAND (OR COMPATIBLE) USING THE KEYBOARD: IF YOU DON`T KNOW HOW TO USE THE KEYBOARD THEN THERE IS NO REAL HOPE FOR YOU NOW!!.FEEL FREE TO CHUCK YOUR REAL COMPUTER OUT OF THE WINDOW AND GO BACK TO YOUR GAMES CONSOLE.WE`RE SURE THAT THE QUEEN OF THE FUNGUS PEOPLE (OR WHATEVER WOULD APPRECIATE IT) SERIOUSLY THOUGH,THE MOUSE IS USED TO SELECT ICONS ON THE SCREEN.THESE WILL EXPLAINED LATER IN DETAIL.IT IS ALSO USE TO MOVE SIMON AROUND THE AREA HE IS CURRENTLY IN. SOME KEYS WILL BE OF ASSISTANCE DEPENDING ON YOUR MUSICAL TASTES OR REAC- TIONS. PRESSING ~M~ TURNS THE MUSIC OFF OR ON(ITS A TOGGLE) PRESSING ~S~ TURNS THE SOUNDS OFF OR ON (ITS A TOGGLE) PRESSING ~F1~WILL INCREASE THE SPEED OF THE ON-SCREEN TEXT PRESSING ~F3~WILL SLOW DOWN THE SPEED F THE ON-SCREEN TEXT PRESSING ~F2~WILL RETURN THE TEXT SPEED TO NORMAL INSTALLATION ------------ THERE ARE TWO MAIN METHODS OF INSTALLING GAMES ONTO YOUR HARD-DRIVE METHOD 1 -------- THIS METHOD IS REALLY CLEVER AND FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW A LOT ABOUT COMPUTERS WE SUGGEST YOU TRY THIS WAY FIRST 1.REMOVE THE DISKS FROM THE BOX AND FLUSH THEM DOWN THE TOILET 2.GO AND BUY ANOTHER SET OF DISKS AND REPEAT THE PROCESS METHOD 2 -------- THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT COMPUTERS.ANYONE WITH HALF A BRAIN CELL SHOULD`NT REALLY NEED TO READ THIS SECTION. 1.START UP YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM.THIS OFTEN INVOLVES PRESSING A BIG BUTTON LABELLED ~ON~ 2.INSERT DISK 1 INTO YOUR FLOPPYDRIVE. NB THERE MAYBE DIFFICULT HAND-TO-EYE CO-ORDINATION REQUIRED HERE. COPY PROTECTION --------------- ? STARTING TO PLAY ---------------- THE FIRST THING YOU DHOULD OBSERVE HAPPENING IS CREDITS.WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU WATCH THESE AS THEY MAY PROVIDE VITAL CLUES TO THE GAME(THAT JUST COZ WE`RE A BUNCH OF ATTENTION SEEKERS).IF YOU CAN`T BEAR TO WATCH ALL OF THEM THEN PRESS THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON TO SKIP THE WHOLE THING.JUST DON`T SAY WE DIDN`T WARN YOU AFTER THE CREDITS FOR THE OPENING SEQUENCE CARRIES ON FROM WHERE FOREPLAY LEFT OFF.THIS CAN ALSO BE SKIPPED BY PRESSING THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON. PLAYING THE GAME ---------------- AS WILL BECOME APPARENT,YOUR GOAL IS TO RESCUE CALYPSO THE WIZARD WHO HAS THE POWER TO RETURN YOU TO YOUR OWN WORLD.YOU TAKE ON THE ROLE OF SIMON,A YOUNG BOY SUDDENLY THRUST INTO THE UNIVERSE OF FANTASY AND MAGIC... THAT`S ABOUT ALL WE CAN SAY WITHOUT RUINING THE STORY.DON`T WORRY,ALL THINGS WILL BECOME CLEAR TO YOU AS YOU PROGRESS THROUGH THE GAME. MOVING ABOUT ------------ IN ORDER TO MOVE SIMON ABOUT THE SCREEN YOU SIMPLY NEED TO HIGHLIGHT TO HIGH LIGHT THE ~WALK TO~ ICON BY CLICKING ON IT AND THEN CLICKING ON THE AREA YOU WISH SIMON TO MOVE TO.HE WILL WALK TO THAT POINT AS NEAR AS HE GET TO IT. SCREEN ------ ~WALK TO~ IS THE DEFAULT VERB WHEN THE PIONTER IS OVER THE SCREEN WINDOW ~LOOK AT~ IS THE DEFAULT VERB WHEN THE PIONTER IS OVER THE INVENTORY. DOING STUFF ----------- ALL THE OTHER VERBS ENABLE SIMON TO PERFORM A VARIETY OF ACTIONS ON A VARIETY OF THINGS. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT BY MOVING THE POINTER OVER CERTAIN AREAS THE SCREEN ID BAR WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS UNDER THE POINTER.SIMON CAN ONLY INTERACT WITH OBJECTS IDENTIFIED BY THE POINTER IN ORDER TO DO SOMETING TO AN OBJECT,FIRST SELECT THE VERB YOU WISH TO USE.IT APPEARS IN THE ID BAR.SECONDLY SELECT THE OBJECT YOY WISH TO USE ON IT.IT REPLACES THE VERB ON THE ID BAR.THIRDLY CLICK THE LEFT MOUSE BUTTON TO PER- FORM THE ACTION.EITHER SOMETHING HAPPENS OR SIMON TELLS YOU THE RESULT OF HIS ACTIONS. SOME VERBS REQUIRE THE INPUT OF TWO OBJECTS,E.G IF YOU SELECT~USE~THEN TWO OBJECTS USUALLY NEEDS TO BE SELECTED IN ORDER TO MAKE SOMETING HAPPEN.AFTER THE FIRST OBJECT IS SELECTED A PROMPTING INSTRUCTION (IN THIS CASE ~WITH WHAT~) APPEARS IN THE ID BAR.ANOTHER OBJECT MUST THEN BE SELECTED TO COMPLETE THE ACTION CLICKING TWICE ON THE AREA OF THE SCREEN WITH NO OBJECTS IN OR COMPLETEING AN ACTION RETURNS YOU TO THE DEFAULT VERB. VERBS AVAILABLE --------------- WALK TO: TELLS SIMON TO WALK TO AN AREA OF THE SCREEN (NEVER) TALK TO: BET YOU CAN WORK THIS COMMAND OUT??? GIVE : INSTRUCTS SIMON TO GIVE AN OBJECT TO ANOTHER CHARACTERIN THE GAME IT THEREFORE REQUIRES SELECTING AN OBJECT AND THEN A CHARACTER MOVE : TELLS SIMON TO PUSH OR PULL AN OBJECT SELECTED LOOK AT: SPEAKS FOR ITSELF I THINK?? USE : INSTRUCTS SIMON TO USE TWO OBJECTS TOGETHER.IT REQUIRES TWO OBJECTS. WEAR : INSTRUCTS SIMON TO DON A PIECE OF CLOTHING. REMOVE : OPPOSITE OF WEAR. CONSUME: INSTRUCTS SIMON TO EAT OR DRINK PICK-UP: DON`T REALLY WARRANT AN EXPLINATION DOES IT OPEN : ERRRR DUNNO M8?? CLOSE : OPPOSITE OF ABOVE! TALKING TO PEOPLE ----------------- SOME TIMES SIMON HAS TO INITIATE A CONVERSATION BY HIMSELF AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE START TALKING TO HIM.WHAT THE PERSON SAYS APPEARS ON THE SCREEN NEXT TO THEM.SIMON IS USUALLY GIVEN A LIST OF CHOICES ,OVERLAYING THE VERB BANK AND IVENTORY WITH THE LIST TO CHOOSE FROM. THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES UNTIL A PERSON SELECTS A QUIT OPTION FROM THE QUIT OPTION E.G "I DON`T REALLY WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU ANY MORE" THIS USUALLY LEADS TO THE END OF THE CONVERSATION.IF SIMON WANTS TO RE- ENTER A CONVERSATION THEN HE MUST SELECT ~TALK TO~ AND THE PERSON HE WISHES TO TALK TO. SAVING ON SHOE LEATHER ---------------------- AS WE ALL KNOW,SHOES CAN BE EXPENSIVE.HOWEVER LUCKILY FOR YOU,WE HAVE INCLUDED A MAP FEATURE IN THE GAME.SIMON RECIEVES A MAGIC MAP AT THE START OF THE GAME.THIS CAN BE USED TO JUMP INSTANTLY TO THE IMPORTANT POINTS IN THE GAME ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED. AS SIMON WALKS AROUND THE GAME HE ADDS DRAWINGS TO THE MAP,REPRESENTING CERTAIN KEY LOCATIONS.BY SELECTING THE~USE ~MAP IT IS POSSIBLE TO JUMP STRAIGHT TO THESE LOCATIONS BY CLICKING ON THEM WITH THE LEFT MOUSE BUTTON IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT THE MAP THEN CLICK ON THE COMPASS IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE GAME. THIS FEATURE IS ONLY AVAILABLE WHEN SIMON IS FREE TO MOVE AROUND.IF HE IS TRAPPED THEN THE MAP CANNOT BE USED AS A MEANS OF ESCAPE. SAVE/RESTORE & PAUSE -------------------- SIMON HAS IN HIS POSSESSION A MAGICAL POSTCARD.BY SELECTING~USE~ POSTCARD THE SAVE,LOAD,QUIT OPTIONS BECOME AVAILABLE.NB THE GAME IS ALSO PAUSED WHILST ACCESSING THESE FEATURES. BY SELECTING ~SAVE~ YOU CAN RESTORE YUR CURRENT GAME ON HARD DISK.SIMPLY CLICK ON ~SAVE~ AND THEN ON EITHER A USED SAVE GAME OR AN EMPTY SLOT.NOW ENTER THE NAME OF THE FILE YOU WISH TO SAVE AND THERE IT IS!!!! BY SELECTING ~LOAD~ A GAME PREVIOUSLY SAVED CAN BE LOADED AND CONTINUED SIMPLY CLICK ON ~LOAD~AND THEN ON THE NAME OF THE FILE YOU WISH TO LOAD. THEN YOU CAN CONTINUE. BY SELECTING ~QUIT~ YOU ARE ADMITTING DEFEAT AND YOU WISH TO COMMIT RITUAL SUICIDE AND BEING A COMPLETE WASTE OF SPACE(BUT IF THERE IS A VALID REASON LIKE ELITE 2 ON THE AMIGA IS FINALLY OUT THEN YOU WILL RETURN TO THE DOS PROMPT!!!!!) ___________________________________________________________________________ TYPED BY JAVAHEAD 1993!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~