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GHOSTBUSTERS II ONCE UPON A TIME, FIVE YEARS AGO ... ... Manhattan was infested with spooks and ghouls of every description. Slime oozed and squirted from each nook and cranny of the city. The very atmosphere throbbed with paranormal activity. Gozer, the destroyer of subcreatures, and his terror dogs transformed a skyscraper into the Temple of Zuul. They wanted to take over the world. So who did New Yorkers call... ? The Ghostbusters! Armed with proton packs, they zapped and toasted every ghost in town. They even brought a giant marshmallow man to life that helped them quell Gozer, and rescue New York and the rest of the world from impending doom and destruction! Five years later, the Ghostbusters have discovered a huge tunnel of slime running through the old Van Horne pneumatic transit line underneath the city. This time, it's mood slime feeding off bad vibes, meanness, rudeness, and general ill-will that permeates the city. This river of slime is flowing directly to the Manhattan Museum of Art, resident headquarters of Vigo, the Scourge of Carpathia. Trapped inside a portrait, this legendary blood-thirsty tyrant from the Middle Ages is impatiently waiting for the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. Then he will emerge, drawing together all the evil potency of the slime to unleash a reign of terror upon an unsuspecting world. So, who ya gonna call this time... ? The Ghostbusters! Join them in a precarious, paranormal-filled dangle above the Van Horne tunnel on a slime-scooping mission. March with the Statue of Liberty down Broadway on her way to the Museum, dodging ghosts of every description. And, if you can make it through these ghoulish gauntlets, face Vigo in his lair and slime him into submission and out of commission - forever. GETTING STARTED On both systems, plug a joystick into port 2. C-64 SYSTEM 1. Insert the GHOSTBUSTERS II disk in the drive with the label side up. 2. Type LOAD"*",8,1 and press Return. At any time during the game, you can press Q to quit. 3 AMIGA SYSTEM 1. Turn on your computer and wait for the WORKBENCH prompt. Note: Amiga 1000 users should first insert their Kickstart disk (version 1.2 or higher) into DF0: when prompted. 2. Insert GHOSTBUSTERS II Disk A into drive DF0:. 3. If your Amiga has only 512K RAM, leave disk A in the drive and press the CTRL-Left Amiga-Right Amiga keys at the same time to "warm boot" your machine. The game will then load as expected. VAN HORNE It takes slime to battle slime. And Van Horne is where you have to go to get it. Your object is to make it down the shaft to the river of slime and take a slime sample. METHOD OF OPERATION * Use the joystick only to control the Ghostbuster. * Press the joystick fire button to fire whatever weapon you've selected in the status panel. * Amiga version only - press ESC to quit the game. THE SCREEN OF THE SLIME The screen is divided into two parts. One is the shaft down which the Ghostbuster must negotiate to get to the slime; the other is the status panel with the various meters and gauges that let you know what's going on in different critical areas. Amiga _________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | SCOOP | | | |_______|_________| | | | | | | DEPTH | | | |_______| CURRENT | | | | WEAPON | | SHAFT / | | | /| | | | / |_______|_________| | / | | | CABLE / | | | CONDITION / | COURAGE | | | INDICATOR | | | | |_______________________|_________________| C-64 _________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | SHAFT | | | | | | | | DEPTH | |________________________/________________| | / | | ___________ / ___________ | || | | %00 | | | | || | | 99 | | | | ||___/_|___|_| |_|___|_\___| | |___/______|_________________|______\_____| / | | \ COURAGE SCOOP CURRENT CABLE INDICATOR WEAPON CONDITION 4 THE SHAFT * Maneuver around the shaft by scooting up or down the cable. The Ghostbuster's feet must touch the bonus items on the sides of the shaft in order to pick them up. * Reassemble the slime scooper by collecting all three of its pieces from the sides of the shaft. * Stock up on courage-restoring elixir hiding in the nooks and crannies of the shaft. * You begin your mission armed with the proton beam and a few PKR bombs, but you'll need to collect the PKR bombs and shields and extra proton packs scattered throughout the shaft to effectively fend off the supernatural swarms surrounding you. THE STATUS PANEL * Current Weapon: Once you've collected your weapons by having the Ghostbuster touch them with his feet, press the space bar to cycle through them. Press the joystick fire button to fire the one you selected. - Proton beam: Use the joystick to swing from side to side and press the fire button to fire the proton beam. - PKR bombs: Hold the fire button and move up or down with the joystick. When you want the bomb to explode, release the fire button. - PKR shield: Press the fire button while moving the joystick up or down to shield yourself from ghosts and falling rocks. * Depth meter: This number shows how far down the shaft you are. * Cable condition: The cable is endangered by ghostly sawing hands. This gauge measures the amount of fraying the cable has sustained, and gives you an idea of how much more it will take. * Courage indicator: The indicator shows how much strength the Ghostbuster has left. The bottles of elixir you collect stave off panic for a while, at least. 5 * Scoop: As you collect the parts of the scoop, it's assembled in this window. When you have it all together, you'll be able to scoop up the slime at the bottom of the shaft -- if you make it that far. ON BROADWAY The Statue of Liberty and the battalion of Ghostbusters are out to make it to the Museum of Art to stop Vigo before the New Year begins. Miss Liberty unleashes a fire ball from her torch to shoot the ghosts out of the sky. Once hit, the ghosts dissolve into globs of slime which stay until a new wave of ghosts appear. The Ghostbusters march out into the street to mop them up, which replenishes the slime beaker. Libby has to cover for the stalwart lads by firing her torch - there are pavement monsters, zombies, and flying baddies out to do them in. And it's very important that there be a constant supply of slime: * If the Statue of Liberty gets hit by a ghost, the slime in the beaker goes down. * Libby has a limited number of shots in each fireball. When she runs out, a new fireball is generated. Amiga _________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | |_____________ DISTANCE TO MISSION _____________| | | / | | | ______ |____/________________| | | | | | _/_______________ | | | | | | ||||______________| | | | |______| |_____________________| | | |||||||| | _________ | ______ | | | |||||||| ||||||_____| ||||____|| | |______|______|_____/______|___\____|_____________| | / \ BEAKER FIREBALL CLOCK OF SLIME STRENGTH C-64 _________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | |_____________ FIREBALL STRENGTH _____________| | | / | | | ______ |____/________________| | | | | | _/_______________ | | | | | | ||||______________| | | | |______| |_____________________| | | |||||||| | _________ | ______ | | | |||||||| ||||||_____| ||||____|| | |______|______|_____/______|___\____|_____________| | / \ BEAKER DISTANCE CLOCK OF SLIME TO MUSEUM 6 CONTROLLING LIBBY Use the joystick to aim Libby's fireball-belching torch. Toggle the space bar to make the Ghostbusters walk left and right. Amiga version only - press ESC to quit the present game. THE MUSEUM The Ghostbusters are ready for the big battle with Vigo. But, like any battle, there are lots of parts to the campaign. First, they have to slide down the rope into the gallery. Then you have to decide who will be the first to attack Vigo. That Ghostbuster has to slime Janosz and rescue baby Oscar. When Janosz is finally out of the way, Vigo appears on the scene. CONTROLLING THE GHOSTBUSTERS Use the joystick to control each Ghostbuster. Press the space bar to select the Ghostbuster. Press Return to get to the weapon screen (and space bar to return to the museum). Press the joystick fire button to fire the weapon. Amiga version only - press ESC to quit the present game. THE DESCENT INTO THE GALLERY When the scene opens, you'll see a picture of a Ghostbuster about to come on down, and a close-up of his hands on the rope. To adjust the tension of his grip on the rope and determine how fast he'll slide, move the joystick up or down. Move it down to slide, and up to stop. If he comes down too fast and hits the floor, he may be temporarily stunned, or out of commission permanently. Down on the Floor Once the Ghostbusters are safely down, a status screen appears, letting you know who is on the floor and what weapon each one has. If you want to control the first one in line (the first one down the rope), use the joystick to move him. Press the fire 7 button to have him fire his weapon - it'll be either a proton beam or a slime blower (and that matters depending on who you're fighting). To select another Ghostbuster, tap the space bar to cycle through the guys. Use the joystick to control who you've selected. You can choose another Ghostbuster at any time during the action - he will take over while the deactivated Ghostbuster will stay where he was, ready to be reactivated if or when you want to do so. To change weapons between Ghostbusters, press Return to get the weapon select screen. Position the pointer over a weapon and press the fire button. Use the joystick to move the weapon to its new position, and press the fire button again. Press the space bar to leave the weapon select screen. You can do this at any time while you're playing to give the Ghostbuster you're controlling the best weapon for the situation. CURRENT SELECTED JANOSZ'S WEAPON CHARACTER STRENGTH VIGO ENERGY | | | \_____________|__________________|_________|_________________ |\ | | | | | \___________|________ __ _| ________|________ __ | | |\ | | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |__|_________________|_/| |__|_||______________||_| | | / | | | | / VIGO'S PERCENTAGE | | CHARACTER'S STRENGTH OF TRANSFER | | STRENGTH TO BABY | | (OSCAR METER)| |____________________________________________________________| CHANGING THE BABY Baby Oscar lies on a pedestal in the center of the gallery. As long as he lies there, Vigo is entering him, so you'll want to move him to a safe place as soon as possible. If Vigo enters him completely (check the Oscar meter), you lose the game. To move Oscar, maneuver your Ghostbuster next to him and press the fire button. Once you've found a safe place for him, set him down by pressing the fire button. 8 Janosz is concerned with getting Oscar back to the pedestal, so you'll have to keep him away from Oscar, or rescue the baby if Janosz is successful in moving him back. Use the slimeblower to get rid of Janosz. VANQUISHING VIGO Once Janosz is out of the way, Vigo himself comes out to confront you. Only the proton beam is effective against him, so make sure whichever Ghostbuster fighting him is properly armed. Vigo can only be destroyed if he's caught between the cross-fire of two proton beams. You'll have to do some fancy maneuvering and shuffling among your Ghostbusters to manage this. If you do dispense with Vigo, don't sit back and wait for congratulations. Vigo enters Ray, and you also have to catch Ray/ Vigo between the cross-fire of two proton beams. Note: Use a proton beam to push Ray into the painting. Make sure the Ghostbuster taking on Ray/Vigo is properly armed. 9 ============================================================================ DOCS PROVIDED BY -+*+-THE SOUTHERN STAR-+*+- for M.A.A.D. ============================================================================