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- N I N J A
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- by Robert Kemmetmueller
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- NINJA.ARC should include the following files:
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- NINJA.COM The program that is run
- NINJA.DAT Data file for graphics
- NINJA.DOC This file
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- INTRODUCTION
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- NINJA is a one-player arcade game that requires a Color/Graphics card and
- an RGB monitor. It was written in Turbo Pascal for public domain. You are
- free to copy this program and give it to other people as long as it is
- complete and unmodified. If you enjoy NINJA, please send money. If you want
- a copy of the source code, send a formatted diskette and a self-addressed,
- postage-paid diskette mailer with your contribution. My address is:
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- Robert Kemmetmueller
- 19420 133rd Ave N
- Rogers, MN 55374
-
- ...and Thank You for your support.
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- CONTROLS
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- The controls for NINJA are simple; use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad
- to move around, jump, and crouch, and press any of the function keys (F1-F10)
- to attack. What all the controls do may seem a bit complicated at first, but
- after you play the game a bit it will all make sense.
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- You are normally standing up; this position allows you to walk fast
- but you are easier to punch in this position. Pressing the down arrow will
- make you crouch. You can't walk as fast, but blows aimed at where you would
- be if you were standing up will miss. Pressing the up arrow while you are
- crouching will make you stand up again. If you press the up arrow and you are
- already standing up, you will jump.
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- Pressing the left arrow key will make you walk to the left. Pressing the
- right arrow key will make you stop. Pressing the right arrow key again will
- make you turn around and face to the right, and pressing it again will make
- you walk to the right.
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- INSTRUCTIONS
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- You are a NINJA, a martial arts expert, highly trained in the art of
- combat. You have been assigned to attack a heavily guarded fortress and make
- it through as many levels as you can before all three of your men are
- eliminated. Each level is guarded by more and more black-belt karate fighters
- who are intent on stopping you. Later levels will also be protected by the
- elite Red Guard, who are also trained in Ninja skills.
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- Each level consists of five floors with trapdoors, some of which are open,
- and you will fall through them to the next floor unless you jump over them.
- Once you fall through an open trapdoor, there is no way you can go back up.
- You cannot see the closed trap doors, and the only way to open them is by
- eliminating a guard. Sometimes even that won't work, so keep trying until it
- does. The bottom floor has no open trapdoors, so you can't escape to the next
- level until you eliminate a guard and one of them opens. Later levels won't
- have any open trapdoors on the bottom floor *or* the one just above it.
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- Both you and the guards get fatigued after a lot of intense fighting, so
- you have to rest once and a while. You can tell when you're wearing out when
- you start to walk slower, and if you fall over on your back, you're totally
- exhausted. To rest, just stay in one spot without moving for a while.
- Attacking takes a lot of energy, too, so don't do it unless you're rested.
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- To eliminate a guard, walk up to him within an arm's length and press any
- of the function keys. If he jumps or ducks to avoid it, you'll miss, but if
- you crouch or jump with him and then attack, you will hit him. It will take
- quite a few hits to eliminate him, especially if he's a Red Guard, and he can
- also hit you back the same way, so be careful. After you've beaten him up so
- bad he falls over, just crouch down next to him and give him a good chop.
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- SUMMARY
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- Remember, the controls are:
- Arrow Keys: Crouch, Stand Up, Jump, Walk Left, and Walk Right
- [F1]-[F10]: Attack
- [Scroll Lock]: Exit Game
- [S] key: Toggle Sound On/Off
- [ESC] key: Pause Game
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- To get to the next level:
- Eliminate guards until there are open trap doors in all the floors so you can
- fall through them and exit off the bottom of the screen.
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- Good Luck, NINJA, you'll need it!