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- -^- PReSeNTS -^-
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- "Apidya '94 - Full Docs"
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- Typed In By: Charon/GOD
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- LOADING INSTRUCTIONS:
- AMIGA 1000
- Turn off your Amiga 1000 and put in the Kickstart-Disk. now turn on the
- Amiga again and wait until the order o put in the Workbench-Disk appears.
- Now put the "Apidya boot disk" into the internal disk drive of your Amiga.
- If you have a second disk drive, please put Disk 2 into it.
- ALL OTHER AMIGA`S
- Turn off your Amiga. Put your "Apidya boot disk" into the internal disk
- drive of your Amiga. If you have a second disk drive, please put Disk 1
- into it. (Or consult the info file). Now turn on your Amiga again.
-
- THE OPTIONS MENU
-
- After pressing the fire-button to start the game, an Options menu will
- apear on screen. If you are satisfied with the offered selections, just
- press the fire-button again and the game will begin. If you would like to
- change any of the selections, just move the arrow to the chosen option (up
- and down) by using the joystick. Show different options by moving the
- joystick either left or right. Your selection will turn white.
-
- To start the game after having made your selections, just move back
- to the starting position and press the fire-button.
-
- LEVEL
- Choose among four different difficult level.
- Practise
- Practise your skills while playing in the first four worlds
- Easy
- The first four worlds as a beginner`s game.
- Normal
- The complete game with moderate difficulties.
- Hard
- Like "Normal" but a little meaner.
-
-
- LIVES
- The number of lives you will start your mission with. You can choose
- between 3,4 or 5 lives. When playing the "hard" level, your number of
- lives will be limited to three.
-
- TEAM MODE.
- Decide whether you want to play with one or two players/
- simultaneous
- The second player steers a drone and so is limited to its abilities. The
- rone`s weapons system cannot be used when playing this mode.
- Every drone is able to protect the bee against five shots before it
- will be destroyed.
- alternate
- Two players alternating with each other.
-
- EXTRA SELECT
- Decide how your weapon systems are selected.
- Auto
- Your weapon systems are automatically selected by the computer.
- 2nd Button
- Pick your systems by using the second firebutton(only possible with
- joysticks which have two independent firebuttons).
- Stick
- Pick your weapon systems by quickly moving the joystick left and right..
- In every mode, you can also select your weapon systems by using the
- Spacebar.
-
- CONTROL
- There are different ways to steer "Apidya". Make sure you have plugged
- into the right terminal.
- Pad
- Allows steering with a Megadrive type Joypad.
- Competition
- Steering with a usual joystick.
-
- 1 UP
- You determine the number of points that have to be achieved to gain an
- additional life.
-
- BGM
- This option allows you to listen to the different background melodies. The
- selection has no influence on the gameplay.
-
- START
- Starts the game.
-
- SAVE
- By picking this option, you can save your selections for future games. To
- do so ensure you disable the write protection facility for Apidya - Disk 1
-
- THE CONTROL
-
- By using a joystick, you can move your magic bee around the screen during
- play. To destroy an opponent, you have to throw light-swords by pressing
- the firebutton. An extremely powerful light-sword (Power Blast) can be
- produced by holding down the firebutton to give the sword its maximum power
- level. then release the firebutton. You will know when the sword is loaded
- as you`ll hear a very distinctive rattling sound. To perfectly control
- this powerful weapon you need a good perception of time. After a while,
- you will become a master swordsman.
-
- FLOWER POWER!
-
- But how does the bee obtain new weapon systems?
- When you transform an opponent into magic steam wih your
- light-swords, some of them will leave a red flower symbol behind.
-
- Flying over a flower power-up will automatically collect it and the
- first icon on the weapons line will start to blink. With every collected
- flower, the blink. With every collected flower, the blinking will move one
- position to the right. Now you can activate the weapon which is
- represented by the blinking symbol. Depending on your decision at the
- beginning of the game from the Options menu, you can activate weapons by
- pressing the second firebutton on your joystick - you can also select the
- weapon by moving the joystick quickly to right and left.
-
- THE WEAPONS SYSTEM
- Below is a break-down of the weapons bar giving details if each weapon
- system available to you during the game. Effective choice of weapon
- systems can be vital to your chances success.
- During the game, the different weapom systems can always be used by
- pressing the firebutton. Their activation, though, takes place at the
- beginning of the game in the Options menu,
- Most of weapon systems can be chosen several times. Their power increases
- with every selection,
- If it is impossible to choose a system again, its
- apporpriate symbol on the weapons line will change colour from red to
- yellow!.
-
- SPEED-UP
- Accelerates the movement of the bee.
- The Speed-up can be activated almost as often as you want. But be
- carefule as too many Speed-ups will render your bee uncontrollable... well,
- almost uncontrollable.
-
- BOMB
- These two weapon systems can be activated alternately. The bee
- drops enery-boms on the ground. The bee shoots two torpedoes at the same
- time. This weapon is able to doge the smaller obstacles.
-
- SPREAD SHOT
- THe bee throws light-swords at the same time. The bee can even
- throw five swords.
-
- LIGHTNING
- A single lightning bolt which will easily strike through your
- oppenents. Two lightning bolts of the same kind. Three lightning bolts of
- the already mentioned quality!
-
- PLASMA PULSE
- A chain of pure energy that burns everthing it touches. Two
- crossing lasers but thicker and more powerful. Deluxe version: amazingly
- thick and incredibly powerful, Almost unbeatable.
-
- DRONE
- A small drone that follows every one of the bees`s movements,
- independent of the chosen weapon!, It protects your bee against the
- enemies, standard shots and is able to throw its own
- light-swords(automatically!)
- A second companion of the same fantastic quality.
-
- SHIELD
- Energy shield which can protect the bee against five of your
- enemies standard shots. The shield can be re-armed as often as you like.
-
- SPEED DOWN
- In case you activated too many Speed-ups. You can reduce the bee`s
- speed with this device.
-
- Whenever your bee loses one of its valuable lives, every activated weapon
- system will be weakened by one level!
- The collected and already activated systems will automatically be
- transferred to every stage and into every new world. The only exception is
- the Energy shield which will be lowered to zero in every new world!. Oh
- well, life can be touch....
-
- THE GAME
-
- The way to the castle of the dark magician is guarded be Hexaa`s magical
- hordes.
- In the brains of these magically influenced creatures, there is
- only on though - they seek to punish every intruder into Hexaa`s domain
- with death.
- Without the weapons system of the bee, you would not have any
- chance against these beasts.
- To complete the mission of revenge and to save Yuri`s life, it is
- necessary to be able to control these weapons perfectly and to develop the
- right tactics. But remember, nobody really knows what horrible dangers are
- waiting to hurt your bee in the cruelest of ways.
-
- However, Hexaa has to be stopped and Yuri has to be saved.
- It is completely up to you whether Yuri will ever see a new
- morning. It`s a task that can only be accomplished by a true hero... May
- the joystick be with you!!.
-
-
- AnthRopomorphic Greetings go to the following Mortals:
-
- Tang0..MaD DaN..BonZai Tree..DreaM WaRRioR..TroopS..TrolL..
- TaS(DA RUG mAn)..BanDit..King ArthUr..Icon..Loose MarBleS...
- GoAt..GhoST..Da LibraRiaN(oooK!)..Da LoonS..WenOm!..SuGGS..
- BlAdE RUnnEr..OedIpUS(My HaiR iS not WhiTE!)..StAB..Ner0...
- T.C.B
-
- AND EVERYONE WHO KNOWS ME
-
- ~CIRCLE OF FIRE MY BAPTISM OF JOY AT AN END IT SEEMS
- THE SEVENTH LAMB SLAIN AND THE BOOK OF LIFE OPENS BEFORE ME
- BUT I WILL PRAY FOR YOU, SOMEDAY I MAY RETURN
- DON`T YOU CRY FOR ME, ITS YOUR SOUL I`LL BURN!~
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