What Is A LEGEND Adventure Game? In a Legend adventure game , you become the main character in an evolving story that takes place in a new world populated with interesting people, places, and things. )'ou see this world through your main character's eyes, and you play the game by directing his actions . Like a book or a movie, the story is organized into chapters or scenes. In each chapter you will travel from location to location , encountering situations which require action on your part.
than most people . Think how much our lives have been enriched by just the ones listed below: Nee spell (create a shrubbery) Urg spell (lift a massive weight) Phlub spell (drop a massive weight) Hrlgut spell (induce vomiting) Wufbam spell (cause small dogs to explode) Bahnzo spell (turn a world leader into a monkey) Emverdoo spe ll (create organizational chart) Sashakol spell (summon a beautiful young woman) Slugbgon spell (cause lawyer to vanish) Academics .
5 4 The Story Of SPELLCASTING 101 SPELLCASTING 101: SORCERERS GET ALL THE GIRLS is set in the magical realm of Peloria. You'll play the role of a young, slightly nerdy fellow named Ernie Eagle beak. Ernie, the victim of a mean stepfather, dreams of becoming a famous sorcerer and winning the attentions of the delectable Lola Tigerbelly. Thus will you enter Sorcerer University, spending your days studying with Peloria's wisest mages - and your nights swinging with Peloria's hottest babes.
6 7 Quick Start: Playing The Game The big news here is that this game is unbelievably easy to play without ever touching the keyboard. Using the mouse you can: * Move from place to place by clicking on the compass rose. * Single-click on objects in a picture to look at them. * Double-click on objects in a picture to take them, open or close them, greet them , etc. * Select a verb from the verb menu and then click on an object in a picture to apply that verb to that object.
9 8 GRAPHICS WINDOW OBJECT MENU This window can contain: This menu contains all the things that you see from your current location. If you want to refer to other objects in the game, you must type them in. A picture of your location A map of the surrounding area Your inventory (what you are wearing and carrying) Your status (score, number of turns taken , etc.
11 10 Playing The Game With A Mouse If you have a mouse, playing this game is simplicity itself. Merely by pointing and clicking you can do all of the following : Move around from place to place by single-clicking on the compass rose or the directional buttons next to it. Legitimate exits from your current location are always highlighted. Double-clicking on an exit that is pictured in the graphics window will move you through that exit.
13 12 Playing Without A Mouse EMULATING THE MOUSE If you don't have a mouse, there are still quick and easy ways to build commands from the menus without typing . To do this , first you need to press the < TAB > key. When you do so , a mouse cursor will appear on your screen. You can move this cursor around by using the arrow keys on your keyboard. Then you can "click" by hitting < ENTER>, and " double-click" by hitting < SHIFT> .
14 15 Save, Restore, and Quit Talking To The Game Once you have begun the game, you can use the SAVE command whenever you want to capture and store everything you have done so far . SAVE allows you to define a point you can return to if you are " killed" or if you just want to turn off the machine for a while. You "talk" to SPELLCAST/NG 101 by telling the game what you want Ernie to do at each turn.
17 16 > GIVE APPLE TO BOY > POINT MAGIC WAND AT THE GORILLA > BUY VELVET STRIPS FROM BELINDA Sorry, it's time to introduce some mind-bogglingly complicated concepts. You can include several inputs after a single prompt, as long as you separate them by a period or by the word " then" : > GET IN BOAT THEN START ENGINE > LOOK THROUGH KEYHOLE. SLIDE NOTE UNDER DOOR. You can also use pronouns: > TAKE TOASTER OVEN. TURN IT ON. PUT PIZZA IN IT > TAKE FEATHER FROM LISA. TICKLE HER WITH IT.
19 18 Game Commands And Their Abbreviations Many of the mode commands below have function key or command button equivalents. These are listed in parentheses after the description of the command. AGAIN (G) Repeats your last input. CAST Shows you a list of all the characters you've met so far in the game, along with a short description of who they are. Useful for those players with poor memories who abhor taking notes. 'l I LOOK (L) Will give you a full description of your current location.
20 21 PICTURE MODE Restores the picture to the graphics window . (< FS > key) (PICT button) QUIT (Q) Tells the game "Hey, I'm outta here! " You might want to SAVE first. RESTART Starts the game over. Again , you might want to SAVE first. RESTORE Brings you back to any point in the game where you've previously made a SAVE file . SAVE Creates a file which the RESTORE command can use to return you to this point in the story.
23 22 The following sample transcript shows a typical interaction with a game like SPELLCASTING 101. It's not a part of SPELLCASTING 101 ; we just made it up for the manual. However, it shows how you "talk" to the game , and it may give you some ideas. > READ THE LETTER The letter is printed on the stationery of Theta Eta Pi , a Sorcerer University fraternity.
24 > NORTH Gymnasium You are in a large and expensive athletic facility , the pride of this wellendowed college and its well-endowed alumnae. Doorways lead north and south. There is a medicine ball and a locker here. > EXAMINE MEDICINE BALL Unlike most balls, this one has a small hinge . Your shoulder is getting numb and your hand is turning green . > OPEN THE BALL The medicine ball hinges open to reveal some medicine.
26 27 Tips For Novices Here are ten rules of thumb for those of you new at adventure gaming: l. "Crime pays." TAKE everything that isn't nailed down. 2. "Keep your eyes open." EXAMINE things that you come across; you'll get extra tidbits of info. 3. "Two heads are better than one." Play with a friend, relative , spouse, lover, etc. Even your pet cat may think of something you've overlooked . 4. "Jesus saves.
29 28 Credits Author ... .. ........ .. ........... .. ... .. .... . .. .. ... .......... . ........ Steve Meretzky Computer Art ....... ....... . . . ..... .. .... . ..... .... . ...... . .. . ........ Tanya Isaacson Music Composition . . .. ..... .. ..... .. .. ..... ........... ... . . . .. . .. .... .... Arfing Dog System Architecture ... .. ...... ... .. . ............ .... .. .. Duane Beck & Bob Bates System Programming .. ... ... ...... . ..... .. .... ... .... .
31 30 CD'\. GAMES'\. LEGEND'\. SlOl After this, type SlOl and the game will run. If you get an out-of-memory message when starting the game, be sure you have NOTE: The Startup and System files should not be combined with the Picture/ Music files (the computer wants to see them on different disk drives). See instructions for COPY in your DOS manual if you need information about copying files between floppies . removed all of your TSR (terminate and stay resident) programs from memory.
32 33 CONFIGURATION DEFAULT OVERRIDES MT32# where the# is optional, and is a number from 3 to 9. This number will override the default MIDI IRQ channel 2. XMOUSE to override default mouse driver The game will automatically detect what kind of graphics card you have (CGA , EGA, VGA, etc.) and it will default to the highest standard that it finds . The game expects you to be using a Microsoft compatible mouse driver.
35 34 RealSound is a Patent Pending technological breakthrough that works with any IBM compatible computer with a built-in speaker. If your machine beeps when you turn it on , then it is compatible with RealSound . AdLib Music Synthesizer Card Owners To use the AdLib card you must make sure the AdLib sound driver has been loaded on your machine BEFORE running the game . The sound driver is contained in a file named SOUND .COM which came packaged with your AdLib card.
36 Legal Stuff We appreciate your purchasing a license to use our product, and we want you to feel good about that purchase. Unfortunately, our lawyers have forced us to put some rather obnoxious verbiage here. Fortunately, all of our competition puts the same stuff in their manuals. Some of the things written below may appear to be outrageous and unconscionable. But then, so are our lawyers.
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