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- -=(*) The BITSTOPPERS (*)=-
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- Presents:
- AGONY From -Psygnosis Ltd.- Dox.
- Typed by: JOEY BELTRAM
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- . (C) Copyright 1992.
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- Programming....................................................Yves Grolet
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- Intro............................................T.Landspurg & L.Larminier
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- Title Music...................R.Ling,M.Wall,M.Simmons,M.Iveson & A.Brimble
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- In-Game/Intro Music...........................................Jeroeen Tell
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- End Music........................................Robert Ling & Martin Wall
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- Graphics..........................................Frank Saur & Martin Wall
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- Cover Artwork.................................................Tony Roberts
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- Manual............................................................Nik Wild
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- Produced By...................................................Steve Riding
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- 1) -T H E S T O R Y-
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- Grand Master Sun Wizard, Acanthropsis stood on the crest of
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- Bromire and sighed into the cool, morning breeze. For a few brief
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- moments his steamy breath danced above his furrowed brow before being
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- whipped away on the wind towards the dark and distant mountains of Krocott.
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- As the first rays of the sun brushed Acanthropsis's wizened face, and
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- bird-song announced the dawning of a new morn, he knew that this was the
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- day he was going to die.
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- Staring at the welcome sunrise and drinking in its power-giving warmth,
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- Acanthropsis couldn't help but fear the inevitable. His mind replayed the
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- last few fateful hours in haunting colours.
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- It was in the twilight hours of this very day, while he was working in his
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- inner sanctum, that Acanthropsis discovered the power; the power that had
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- been eluding him for so long: Cosmic Power:
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- Years of research and experimentation had at last come to fruition; but at
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- what cost? He stood amid the mystical light of his mighty sorcery,
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- watching it play on the dank, stone walls of this sanctum, adn was must
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- have been hours, little dreaming of the cost.
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- Slowly, the memories faded and Acanthropsis looked once more on the
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- mountains of Krocott and their now sun-drenched peaks.
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- He knew now that the price for such a discovery was his life but but that
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- he had to pass on his knowledge, before he died, to one whoo was worthy.
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- He tought of his two apprentices: Alestes and Mentor. Both greatly skilled
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- in the art of magic and both equally deserving of Cosmic Power. The Grand
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- Wizard would have to devise a test for his two understudies...and hope
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- that one of them would fail.
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- 2) -T H E G A M E-
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- The Agony loading sequence shows the test Acanthropsis inflicits on his
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- two apprentices...and the result...
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- You are Alestes in his distance-devouring form of a mystical owl, and as
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- such you must battle your way across six beautifully animated but deadly
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- dangerous levels.
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- You must fly like the wind to the magical place that holds the secret of
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- Cosmic Power. And every inch of the way you fight for your life against
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- the maleficent creatures pitted against you by Mentor. Your dextery will
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- be tested to the limits as you avoid or destroy the enemy hordes while
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- finding andpicking up spells and potions to help you in your seemingly
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- impossible task.
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- Only incredible flying skills, bravery in combat and a sound knowledge of
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- the mystical arts will see you through...
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- 3) -C O N T R O L S-
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- Holding down the fire button - for longer than half a second - accesses
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- your spell menu. Spells not yet available to you (ie you've not collected
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- them) are indicated by a cross covering the appropriate icon. Collectable
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- spells are indicated on-screen by either a potion bottle or a scroll. You
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- may select a spell to utilise by moving the menu arrow adjacent to it and
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- pressing fire. Please note taht all spells have atime limit.
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- DOWN/BACKWARD DOWN/FORWARD
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- Spells Available:
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- Reverse Energy........................Useful against attacks from the rear
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- Rotating Fireball.................................For all-round protection
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- Time Freeze..................................Freezes all on-screen enemies
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- Black Magic Seeker.................................For those accurate hits
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- Plasma Shield..............................................Wide protection
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- Smart Bomb................................Destroyes most on screen enemies
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- Invulnerability.....................Means you're the boss (While it lasts!
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- Forward Power...............................Useful against frontal attacks
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- Signed Off: -The BITSTOPPERS- Joey Beltram.
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