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- -( iNSTRUCTiON mANUAL )-
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- (- vALHALLA II / BEfORE tHE wAR -)
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- -( Written by nICO!^7SK/NE )-
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- rELEASE dATE : O9.O2.1995
- rELEASE tIME : ..16:31:OO
- .......bYTES : .....11396
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- The Plot.........................................1
- Playing From Floppy..............................2
- Installing On Hard Drive.........................3
- The Action Icons.................................4
- The Rucksack.....................................5
- Under The Influence..............................6
- Technical Problems...............................7
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- THE PLOT (1) :
-
- In this four level adventure you play the part of
- Infinity`s mentor in his quest of hatred in which
- murder is the ultimate goal. Infinity`s brother, the
- good King Garamond has always been the favorite.
- Ever since they were children the people of Valhalla
- have worshipped Garamond whilst Infinity was born too
- late to be king.
-
- Tired of living in the shadow of Garamond, Infinity has
- decided to take destiny into his own hands, so whils Valhalla
- sleeps he turn his thoughts to darkness and finds in there
- an answer to his torment. Has his to be King turned him
- into a heartless murderer ? Will he destroy his own
- brother in order to fulfil his dream ? Or is Infinity
- just a victim of circumstance, alone and misunderstood.
- It is up to you to decide.
-
-
- PLAYING FROM FLOPPY (2) :
-
- 1) Switch on your computer and you monitor.
-
- 2) At the disk promt Insert the "Valhalla Disk".
-
- 3) You will be asked 3 times to select a page
- number of this manual that corresponds to
- the correct symbol an the top of the pages. (hahahaha) ;-))
-
- 4) Use the joystick to move the indicator left or
- right and press fire to activate your choice.
-
- 5) You will then be asked if you would like to
- see the story animation, choose Yes or No.
-
- 6) You will now be asked to enter a level code.
- If you wish to access level 1 simply press
- return. As you progress onto other levels you
- will see a code on the beginning title screen
- of that level, you are advised to write these
- down so the next time you play the game you
- can gain access to that particular level.
-
- 7) After entering the level code or pressing return
- you will be asked to insert the "Data Disk"
- followed by the relevant "Level Disk".
-
-
- INSTALLING ON HARD DRIVE (3) :
-
- 1) Create a new drawer on your hard drive and call it
- anything you like, or use an existing drawer and
- open it.
-
- 2) Insert the "Valhalla Disk" into your floppy drive
- and double click on the disk icon to real it`s
- contents.
-
- 3) Drag the "Valhalla" icon and the "-V-" icon into
- drawer on your hard drive.
-
- 4) Repeat this procedure with the five remaining
- disks, dragging their contents into the drawer
- on your hard drive.
-
- 5) When you have finished the drawer on your hard drive
- should contain the main "Valhalla" icon and six small
- icons that spell "VULCAN".
-
- 6) Now simply double click on the "Valhalla" icon
- to play the game.
-
- 7) If at any point you are asked to insert any of
- the six disks, it is an indication that the
- installation wasn`t correctly executed.
-
-
- PLAYING THE GAME (4) :
-
- Valhalla Before The War is set in the megical
- castle of Valhalla. There are four levels in
- which you will discover countless logical puzzles
- which you have to solve in order to progress.
-
- The puzzles can be solved by utilizing the many
- objects you find within the course of the game.
- Look out for the floor tiles that have a small
- hole in them, by operating these you will find
- essential treasures to help you on your way.
-
- The game is competely controlled by joystick,
- decide where you want Infinity to walk by
- pushing the joystick in the appropriate direction.
- pressing the fire button accesses the Action
- Icons, described in detail in the following pages.
-
-
- THE ACTION ICONS (5) :
-
- When you press the fire button an indicator
- will appear and can be moved left or right by
- the joystick to highlight the desired icon.
- Pressing the fire button once more will activate
- that action.
-
-
- These are outlined below :
-
- MAP :
-
- This is represented by the icon of a compass.
- Access this function and you will see a map of
- the level you are playing.
-
- LOOK :
-
- This is represented by the icon of an eye.
- Access this function and Infinity will inform
- you of the contents of the square in front of
- him.
-
- TAKE :
-
- This is represented by the icon of an open hand.
- Access this function and Infinity will attempt to
- take the object in the square in front of him.
-
- OPERATE :
-
- This is represented by the icon of a spanner.
- Access this function and Infinity will attempt to
- operate the object in the square in front of him.
-
- JOYSTICK :
-
- Accessing the icon of the joystick will take you
- back into walking mode.
-
- DISK ACCESS :
-
- Accessing the icon of the Disk will change the
- screen and you will be faced with four more
- icons, described on the following page.
-
-
- ( R ) = restarts the level from the beginning.
-
- ( S ) = saves your current postion to disk *
-
- ( L ) = loads in your previously saved position.
-
-
- If you do not wish to choose any of these
- options then choose the joystick icon.
-
- THE MOUTH ICON :
-
- Accessing this function changes the icon from an
- open mouth to a closed mouth. When the mouth
- is closed you have enabled the "Limit Speech"
- option so Infinity will only speak the essential
- phrases, when the mouth is open Infinity will
- ramble on regardless.
-
- You can also alter the volume of the atmos
- tracks using keys "1" and "2" on the keyboard.
-
- * When playing from floppy your save positions are made
- directly to the levels disk so please ensure that the
- level disk are not write protected !!!!
-
-
- THE RUCKSACK (6) :
-
- Any item you pick up will appear in your
- rucksack at the top of the screen. By pressing the
- fire button and then pushing the joystick up, you
- will gain access to these objects.
- The highlighter can by moved left or right and a
- further press of the fire button on your desired
- choice will give you access to the various
- functions below.
-
- LOOK :
-
- This is represented by the icon of an eye.
- Accessing this function Infinity will inform you
- about the object or if it`s readable, the screen will
- change to a close up of that object.
-
- You will meet many strange and interesting
- characters in your adventure. Look at them to
- initiate conversation. You can also converse
- with some characters by looking at certain objects
- in your rucksack whilst facing them.
-
- DROP :
-
- This is represented by the icon of an open hand.
- Accessing this function Infinity will attempt to
- drop the object into square in front of him.
-
- INSERT :
-
- This is represented by the icon of a finger.
- Access this function and Inifity will attempt to
- insert the object from your rucksack into the
- square in front of him.
-
- DRINK :
-
- This is represented by the icon of a cup.
- Access this function and Infinity will attempt to
- drink the item you have selected in your rucksack.
-
- JOYSTICK :
-
- Accessing this takes you into walking mode.
-
-
- UNDER THE INFLUENCE (6) :
-
- After drinking a potion, the potion indicatir on
- the left of the main screen rises to the top and
- slowly begins to descend.
- When it reaches the bottom, the potion has run
- out and Infinity will no longer be under the
- influence. He can drink only one potion at a
- time as a mixture could prove fatal.
-
- STAMINA :
-
- If Infinity hurts himself, the Stamina indicator
- on the right of the main screen will go down.
- When it reaches the bottom, Infinity will die.
- Do not be disheartened though, as you can
- always load in your previously saved position
- or restart the level from the beginning.
-
- Stamina can be found during the course of the
- game so you can top up your supply.
-
-
- TECHNICAL PROBLEMS (7) :
-
- If you have any technical problems whilst
- playing Valhalla Before The War then telephone
- Vulcan Software on ( 01705 ) 670269.
-
- We offer full technical support and can replace
- any faulty disks within two days of receipt.
- Below are two common problems.
-
- Q. When I try to save the game it crashes back to
- the workbench screen.
-
- A. Make sure your level disk is not write protected
-
- Q. The game crashes or refuses to save for no
- apparent reason.
-
- A. Remove any extra disk drives, CD Rom attatchments
- and external devices.
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