====== VIDEOKID Doc's ====== LOADING INSTRUCTIONS -------------------- Commodore /|miga 1. Insert your Videokid game disk into the default disk drive. 2. Plug your joystick into port number 2. 3. Turn on your computer and monitor. The game will now load. INTRODUCTION ------------ Billy was just an ordinary everday kid who loved to watch television. One day, his father brought home a brand new video recorder and some cassettes. Billy settled down to watch one, but instead of the sound of the video tape starting, he heard a crazy, evil laugh. He approached the screen slowly, listening carefully. Suddenly, the screen exploded into a million particle, but instead of being thrown back by the blast, Billy found himself drawn in. He felt himself being sucked down endless tubes, tiny particles of light searing through his body. Then, as suddenly as it had started, it stopped, and the acrid smoke began to clear. Looking down, Billy realised that he was dressed as a Magician. 'Billy, you are now trapped. You must find your way through the mazes and worlds i have created for you. There are five worlds to battle through, each with evil monsters and hazards to impede you. Should you succeed, you will be free to return to your normal life. But if you fail......'. PLAYING VIDEOKID ---------------- You are Video Kid. You must travel through Five worlds, each of which is full of traps and enemies attempting to bring about your downfall. Each world except the first is made up of four sections, and ends with a Giant evil guardian, who must be destroyed before you progress to the next section. Once you have completed the fifth world, you will have to face your biggest foe, but we will leave you to find out what that entails yourself. The worlds that you will encounter are as follows: MEDIEVAL WORLD This world is placed within the confines of an ancient castle, and you will encounter Knights, Gargoyles, Giant enemy swords, ghostly monks and dangerous flying spears. The castle will also prove dangerous, and you will find that a portcullis may try to crush you, a magical door may create extra enemies for you, or a gargoyle belch life destroying fire at you. WESTERN WORLD This world has four parts, two dominated by cowboys, and two by Indians. On this level you will encounter hordes of dynamite wielding cowboys, and more cowardly ones who hide in doorways or behind windows. Vultures will swoop down and attack you, and lightning bolts from vicious clouds will try to fry you out of existence. You will also come across fish in lakes which will attempt to ram you, and find that the forests are populated with evil axe throwing beings. The indian country has axe wielding Indians who row across the water, as well as those hidden in wigwams who will try to blow you up using small rockets. Some clouds may even try to drop anvils on your head. Bats and snakes hide in caves, and giant arrows from the end of world guardian will attempt to give you more holes than a teabag. SCIENCE FICTION WORLD The Sci-Fi world has many advanced life-forms, as well as quite a few not very advanced ones, all attempting to zap your bones. Flying spaceships shoot widely at you, and bouncing aliens follow their bad example. vicous splitting slugs and floating acid bubbles will also do you no good. Alien plants will shoot pods, and horrible tar drips from cavernous ceilings try to engulf you. Watch out for the missile armed spaceships hiding within caverns, the spinning fans and advanced silicon chips that home in on you, and just wait to you see the baddies waiting for you at the end! GANGSTER WORLD A very 1930's Chicago world with a vast array of men in heavy coats with even heavier weaponary, attempting to machine gun you to death. Watch out for the cars packed with villians, and bi-planes who try to shoot or bomb you with deadly grenades. Once you are inside the bar area, hidden gangsters under tables will attempt to shoot you, or squash you with giant barrels, whilst all the time giant black bullets fill the air. HORROR WORLD Packed with ghosts, ghouls and zombies just for your delight, along with skeletons and bats. Monster trees will throw rocks at you, and coffins open up to reveal mummies armed with deadly bullets. Not to mention the ghostly knights, and lots of other surprise beasties waiting for you. WEAPONARY AND WEAPON ICONS -------------------------- You begin your quest with the standard fire weapon, but this can soon be upgraded to more powerful arnaments. The orange sphere will, when shot, cycle through the different weapons available to you. which weapons they are will be dependant upon your current weapon, and what level of the game you are on. They are in, in order, Missiles, Flame Thrower, Ripple Arrows, Spheres, and finally the Laser weapon. If you lose a life, then you will lose one weapon, or one power up bonus. MISSILES Missiles are fast, but fairly weak. They are still better than nothing though. FLAME THROWER This is the next step up. The balls of flame move much more slowly than the missiles, but they do alot more damage. RIPPLE ARROWS The ripple arrows are next. These arrows are a fast, and pack quite a powerful punch. SPHERES Slightly slower than the Ripple Arrows, but they are very powerful, and do quite alot of damage. LASER The Laser is the ultimate weapon. It has a medium speed, but is very destructive, and is the only weapon that is able to pass through background obstacles. POWER UP ICON ------------- Collecting the Power Up icon, the blue sphere, will make Video Kids weapon more powerful and damaging. DIRECTION ICON -------------- This is the grey sphere. Shooting this icon will change it between three different weapon types. 1. Two Way Horizontal Fire This will allow you to fire your current weapon both backwards & forwards. 2. Two Way Vertical Fire Allows you to fire current weapon up and down, as well as forwards, providing weaponary in three directions. 3. Two Way Diagonal Fire Your current weapon will now fire a total of three bolts forwards, making a very formidable weapon. EXTRA ICON ---------- Instead of weapons, this icon will provide other assistance for your perilous journey. When shot, this icon will give you a choice of the following two weapons: SPHERE ICON This gives you a protective sphere which spins around. This will kill any enemies that come just that little bit too close for comfort. BOMB ICON This will give you a bomb which will be thrown all of the time while you have this. these will fall through an arc before hitting the floor. SHIELD ICON Occasionally a shield icon will appear, which, if collected, will give you a limited period of invulnerability. The shield will spin around you, and will slow down when it is about to expire. SMART BOMB ICON When collected, this icon will give you an extra smart bomb. JOYSTICK COMMANDS ----------------- The joystick controls are the same for both ST and /|miga Up: Move up Left: Move left Down: Move down Right: Move right Space: Fire smart bomb Fire: Fire current weapon P Pause ESC Quit Game STATUS BAR ---------- The status bar at the bottom of the playing screen will provide vital information whilst you are playing VideoKid. Score Smart bombs left Energy ______|______________|___________________|_______ | ________ ___ ________ | | |________| |___| ___ |________| | | |___| | | Lives Left End............ CREDITS ------- DESIGN CODING: Twilight Ltd MANUAL TXT & DESIGN: Sean Kelly