STARBYTE SOFTWARE PRESENTS ------CLOWN-O-MANIA------- ------------- Typed in by Wolverine/Likely Lads on 27-12-91 Written and Directed by ROMAN BOSSART Graphic Artists ORLANDO PETERMANN ROMAN BOSSART Original Music Composed by ROMAN WERNER Software, manual, package design (c) 1989 Starbyte Software, all rights reserved CLOWN O'MANIA INSTRUCTIONS INTRODUCTION Clown 'o'Mania is the adventure of Beppo who has made millions of spectators happy throughout his whole life as a clown. One evening, wandering among the empty stands of the Circus, he comes across a mysterious map which shows the way to a strange land full of valuable crystals. From that moment on, Beppo gives up clowning and goes in search of the crystals. CONFIGURATION Commodore Amiga / Atari ST LOADING THE GAME Put the program disk in the internal drive and it will load automatically. YOUR TASK You must direct Beppo through 70 different labyrinths, help him to collect all the crystals and protect him from the many hidden dangers which become ever more resourceful as you progress through the game. You must achieve this within a set time and plan your strategy with great care. THE CRYSTALS The small round crystals are worth 1 point each. The large and angular ones 10 points each. CONTROL 1) If you turn the joystick from "12 o'clock" to "1 o'clock", you will find it better fits the perspective of the game. 2) Only practice will make perfect...... BEAMERS These are shown as blue rectangles with a grey and allow instant transportation. Fortunately for Beppo, the creatures which attack him are unaware of the beamers and their effect - this could be your only means of escape! The direction of the beam depends on the direction from which Beppo steps onto the rectangle. RAZORS - 30 Points Don't panic when you see the razor blades on your screen - collect as many as possible and use them as weapons. When Beppo is still and facing in the right direction all you have to do is press the fire button and he will throw a razor blade to destroy one of your enemies. JUMPS - 20 Points If you can catch one of the jumps it will allow you to leap over great precipices - if there is a platform on the other side, of course! All you need to do is start running and press the fire button when you want to jump - if you can land on a monster it will be destroyed and you gain a bonus of 2000 Points. ENERGY You can increase your energy level by 10 units for every special Energy Box you can find - you will need plenty of energy to move the pyramids about. PYRAMIDS If your energy level is high enough, you can collect pyramids by pressing the fire button. The pyramid can then be dropped wherever you think it will be of the greatest strategic value. The blue ones can only block the way for a monster but a white one will destroy it totally on contact. FUNNEL The funnels allow you to fall down to the next platform. TRAMPULINES & VOLCANOES Two short-cuts to the next level upwards! HOLES Keep well clear! All the holes are full of acid and mean instant death. CLOWN MASKS Collect the masks for extra lives. POWER PILLS Swallow at once to make all the monsters leave the screen for around 12 seconds. COLOURED PLATES If you can change all the coloured plates in an area to the same colour within a certain time (and you'll have to find out how long for yourself..) you gain an extra 10,000 points. NUMBERED PLATES Contact will set the numbers to zero - if you set all the plates you will get 1000 bonus points. ARROW PLATES These are one-way only! BLUE PLATES These plates increase your speed - but also the speed of your enemies - so beware! ISLANDS On the more complex levels, you may land on an island with no jumps left to allow you to escape. To avoid being marooned you may press the ESCape key - but this will cost you a life. PATTERNED PLATES These plates will turn the whole screen upside down - do not adjust your set! Just carry on playing as best you can until the screen turns over again. HAVE FUN WITH CLOWN 'O' MANIA!