DEMON'S TOMB - THE AWAKENING Typed in by Parasite, Shagratt, and Frodo. Edited by Parasite. Note that this is a slightly edited version of the docs, and not word perfect as we didn't bother stating the obvious, (except for all the intro's which are word perfect) but all vital information is present and correct for playing the game. Thanx to Vulcan for supplying the originals. REVELATIONS OF KLAADRA The Barfwyd were born twin sons by his first wife. He named them Thai and Tzen, both where wise and learned in the craft of high priesthood but Tzen the youngest had the greatest skill. He taught his mind to float free from his body and looked beyond the world.... but Thai argued that universe had no end. Tzen could not believe this and sought so prove his elder brother wrong. In a fit of rage Tzen seized the mind of his brother and flew out into the void. Thai struggled to break free but his brothers will held him fast. Tzen travelled further than he ever had been before and became afraid. Still he travelled on. Tzen passed the last star he knew and still he travelled on. All the while he probed ahead looking for an end, the edge of everything. Darasuggotha heard them as a whisper at the edge of his void and reached through to take the mind of Tzen. Perceiving the foul touch of Darasuggotha on his brothers being, Thai fought to pull him free. Darasuggotha looked into the mind of Tzen and for a dreadful purpose of his own, released him to Thai. When Tzen mind returned to his body his eyes burned with cruel madness..... and in the years after his fathers unexpected death lord Tzen worshipped the forbidden god openly. He even dared to speak of summoning his master from beyond the edge. For high priest Thai this was too much. He banished Tzen to the unholy isle of Breton... On hearing the news, high priest Thai journied in disguise to the isle. There, in secret he grew to know to mind of his evil brother. So on that midsummers eve when lord Tzen began the rights of summoning, Thai was ready and stepped into the circle. None other but an identicle could have passed another web of throught. Thai knew that this way, the only the way he could better the stronger will of his brother. From within the being of Tzen, Thai spoke, "Mend thy way brother. I speak from within you and could end your life at a throught." Tzen replied "You dare not Thai for your life would end also." Undaunted by this, the high priest, "To save our world from the forbidden god I am willing to die. Call off the summoning." Tzen considered this and submitted to his older brother. Tzen refused to renounce the forbidden god. High priest Thai pleaded with him but Tzen just argued that the stars would not be right for another summoning for many lifetimes so what harm was there. The high priest knew this to be true and took pity on his younger brother. Later that year, Tzen too his own life and was buried on a tomb on the unholy isle. His disiplies believed that he was not dead but just sleeping until the time was right for the summoning. The high priest did not trust his brothers death for he had not felt it in his heart as a twin should of done. He believed that his brother had hidden his mind where none could find it, until as such time as the heavens where ready once again. For this reason the high priest built himself a tomb on the unholy isle close to his brothers. Sealing the door from the inside, he sat down and looked out into the void for the return of his brothers mind. In time the tombs became grassy mounds and their tale faded from the memory of their people. Yet even to this day the high priest maintains his lonely vigil. EXMOOR NEWSLETTER - SPRING 1990 STRANGE DEATH ON THE MOORS 78 year old Edith Turner was found dead on the roadside this month, close to Culcombe manor church, where she was walking her dog every day. Her body was discovered by a National trust worker Dug Walker, on his way to the compound at Culcombe with some new saplings for the forest, in early hours of May 3rd last. "It were a bit of shock comin' across the old dear like that, she was lyin' in heather a few feet from the road her and the dog, stone dead the pair of 'em. Not a mark on them mind you, just a horrible look on her face, like something from hell had come up and got her. Horrible it were." Police sources commented that there was no discernible course of death at the time but the inquest had reviled massive damage of the hearts of both Miss Turner and the dog. Pathologist where at a loss to explain the findings, other than a simultaneous heart attack. The final twist to the story comes from Dr. Blaise, how carried out the autopsy on Miss Turner. "I have seen nothing like it, the heart wasn't so much damaged as torn to pieces. It looked as if something has worried it, like a dog worries a bone. If it was a heart attack, it must have pretty dam spectacular... and there where claw marks." Unfortunately Dr. Blaise was unable to elaborate after speaking to the authorities and later denied he had ever made the statement." will be best remembered for her work raising funds for the village community and for her tireless campaigning for the privately owned Culcombe manor church to be reopened to the public, following it's closure by the new owner last year. EXCEPTIONAL TIDES THIS YEAR The forthcoming Equinox brings with it the usual tide warnings, however this years first day of spring will produce exceptional highs and lows according to Bristol University. They claim that the unusual alignment of the Solar system, with the Moon closer to Earth than ever before since records began, will cause freak conditions around the time of the tide turning. The coastguard are particularly warning locals to stay clear of the shallow channels around the Exmoor coast on March the 21st itself, as the channels will be at their lowest ebb and miles of beach normally underwater will be revealed. Around 11.15 is the point of lowest water, with the strong possibility of freak waves as the tide rushes back in, urged on by the odd conditions. Naturalists wishing to study the phenomena are warned to take care. 02.28 SUNDAY MARCH 20TH 1990 The story begins on a one man archaeological dig in a remote English forest in the heart of Devonshire. The one man with whom we are concerned is a professor Edward Lynton, an unfortunate academic doomed to die a violent and mysterious death....... A cold gust of night air blew through the open door of the tomb. The lamp light flickered wildly, throwing eerie shadows on the face of the kneeling figure. Lynton paused for a moment to glance up at the inscriptions on the wall before him, then resumed his frantic scribbling in the notebook, his face twisted with desperation and his eyes those of a man nearing total madness. Startled by a noise behind him Lynton spun around, but it was too late. The massive stone door had slammed shut before he could cover half the distance to the entrance. The oil lamp which had been hanging from it had been dashed to the floor and it ignited, sending flames shooting across the layers of dry leaves and debris covering the floor. Even as the blaze took hold and swept towards him Lynton could see there was no escape for him and he turned away, in the tomb to find a way to warn those who would find his charred body ......... He had to save everything of importance from the fire, so very much depended on it now........ You will begin the game in control of Edward Lynton and must help him save his knowledge from the flames. Following his death his son Richard will be looking for him and you will assume control of this character. If Lynton senior. succeeds in preserving enough clues, then Richard should be able to go on and solve the riddle of his fathers murder, becoming evermore involved in a much larger and more horrifying mystery as he does so. The episode with Edward in the tomb is played as a prologue to the game proper, which must be solved before a full solution is possible. Note that saving him is not possible! Whatever devious method you may concoct, there is nothing to be done other than to ensure he does not go out in vain. Time to play......................................................... QUICKSTART INSTRUCTIONS. 1. The game will be set to typed text mode when you start, enabling you to enter text as you would for any other adventure. The parser supports multiple commands, separated by 'and' or fullstops. 'Again' repeats the whole of your last line of input as though you had retyped it. Graphics are called up by pressing F1. 2. At the outset you are in control of Lynton senior. he will die soon after the game begins, what ever you do, don't waste time trying to save him. Concentrate on trying to save his possessions from the blaze. 3. Use the 'ramsave' function often then when you are killed, which you will be, often, 'ramload' puts you back at the point you reached when you last typed 'ramsave'. 4. The game uses a 'think about' feature, as another form of the 'examine' command, which activates your characters experience and can provide clues and insight into particular objects and people. You will need this to solve many of the puzzles, or even to progress very far into the mystery. Characters can think about anything they come across, even if they have only read about it, or have been told about it by someone else. 5. 'Undo' can be used to undo what ever consequences occurred as a result of your last actions, even if it was fatal. One undo works on one input line, regardless of how many commands it contains. CONTROLING THE GAME There are two modes of interaction to allow the user to customise things to suit himself. These are Typed text mode and Menu mode and can be changed by between, during the game. TYPED TEXT MODE This the normal way in which commands are entered into adventure games, simply type in your commands and press the return key. However the game has three features which enhance the speed of entry and the ease of use. A. LINE EDITOR - This allows you to correct typing mistakes in your current command line and to recall, alter and re-use any of your previous ten command lines. B. MACROS - These are essentially user defined abbreviations. For example you can define 'X' to mean 'Examine', 'GA' to mean 'Get all' etc. C. ADVANCED PARSER - The parser interprets your commands and turns them into actions. The games parser accepts many effort-saving complex commands. It also deliberately encourages you to be lazy by filling in missing parts of your input. If ambiguities exist, it can offer you a numbered possibilities and your simply press a key complete your input. THE LINE EDITOR This allows you to do two things; A. Make alterations to the line you are typing. You will make typing mistakes, and the simplest of these is hitting the wrong key. To correct this press the 'Backspace' key until you have deleted the unwanted characters. If you make a mistake earlier in the line there is no need to delete and re-type the whole line. Instead move the cursor to where you made the mistake by using the following keys; LEFT ARROW - 1 character left RIGHT ARROW - 1 character right CTRL LEFT - one word left CTRL RIGHT - one word right HOME - start of line END - end of line Some other useful keys for chopping your input; DELETE - delete the character at the cursor CTRL BACKSPACE - delete everything before the cursor CTRL RETURN - delete all from the cursor onwards It is useful to know that it doesn't matter where the cursor is on the line when you press return. B. retrieve any of the last ten lines your typed for re-use. By repeatedly pressing the up cursor key you can step back through the last ten lines you typed in and find the line you wish to re-use. If you go too far use the down cursor key to step forward again. Once you have found the one your require, you can either edit as if you had just typed it in or enter it by pressing 'RETURN'. If you want to look at a previous line without losing the line you are typing, use the up key, the old line and then the down to return to your current line. You may also use the mouse to move the cursor and retrieve previous lines. Horizontal movement move the cursor left/right and vertical movement retrieves previous lines. On the Amiga you may use the 'SHIFT' key instead of the 'CTRL' key, you may also use 'CTRL DEL' instead of 'CTRL RETURN'. USING KEYBOARD MACROS There are three commands wich allow you to define macro's (abbreviations). These are 'define', 'list', and 'undefine. DEFINE - This allows you to define one word to mean another word or words and can then be used instead of the word or words. E.G 'Define ga=get all' LIST - This command lists all the macro's you have defined. UNDEFINE - Incase you change your mined or define a macro incorrectly, this deletes a particular macro. E.G 'Undefine ga' THE POWER OF THE PARSER The game understands more complex input's than so far described. These are listed below. Multiple sentences on one input line; >go north and then kick the bucket >go north.Kick the bucket >n, kick bucket Some verbs allow more than one direct object; >Take the bag, the bucket and the pen >Take bag,bucket and pen >take bag, bucket, pen It/them and to reference the direct object; >take the note book >read it >put them in the bag Smart use of and/,/&; >get book and bucket and pen and put them in the bag >get book, bucket, pen put them in bag Him/her to reference the last character; >Pick sam up. Examine him >take the sandwich from sam. hit him with it Some verbs allow you to use all/everything and but/except; >take all >take everything >take all except notebook and bag >take all but notebook Adjectives can be used to specify a particular object; >get the red bag and the black bag >get all the red things >put all the metal things down Some verbs allow you to use plurals; >drop the books >take everything but the books >drop all the books execept the old one and the red ones Random selection of an object; >drop something >throw a book at sam >read one of the books Speaking with the characters in the game; >say " hello" to sam >sam, "hello" >tell Vaulker about the notebook It also tries to complete incomplete sentences. E.G >take (sleeping bag) If there is more than one visible object you will be presented with a list E.G 1. sleeping bag 2. notebook 3. biro 4. torch take which of these? just press a numeric key to select an item. This system is also used for directions. For verbs like 'examine' and 'look under', no selection is offered as this may give away some of the puzzle. Instead, a question is displayed for you to type in a answer. E.G >Examine Examine what ? >The coffin In many cases the game will take or drop objects as required before executing your command. E.G. (assuming you are not caring a key) >unlock the door with the key (taking the key first) MENU MODE This allows you to enter commands in a fast way. A menu at the bottom of the screen offers a range of verbs. To give a command you must select a verb from this menu in one of these ways; 1. If the verb you want is already highlighted, then just press return. 2. If the verb you want is adjacent to or almost adjacent to the currently highlighted verb, just use cursor keys to select and press return. 3. Otherwise, type in the first letter of the verb you want. This moves the highlighter to the next verb which starts with that letter. If this isn't the verb you want, then press the same letter until the verb you require is reached, or use the cursor keys to reach it. Verbs starting with the same letter have been ordered so the most frequently used verbs come first. EG. ~examine' comes before 'eat' as there are more things to examine than eat. Another useful feature is backspace key, this highlights the previous verb starting with the same letter. If the verb selected requires an object you will be presented with a list of possibilities; EG. 'examine' notebook torch sleeping bag You must select an object using the same techniques already described. Some verbs require a direct object and an indirect object, in which case a second menu is offered. SOME IMPORTANT COMMANDS The following commands do not make your character do anything in the story, they make it easier for you to play the game. 'again' This will repeat the last input 'undo' This will undo whatever happened as a consequence of your last input. 'exits' This will list all available exits. 'time' This will tell you the current game time in a 24 hour format. 'restart' This takes you back to the beginning of the game. 'quit' This quits the game. 'ramsave' / 'ramload' This will save/load your current position and situation in the game. 'load' (or restore) / 'save' (or store) this is the same as 'ramsave' / 'ramload' but uses the disk. OPTIONS MENU To select this menu press the escape key or right mouse button. A list of options will be displayed, which can be changed by using left/right cursor keys. There are may options available, and most are straightforward, and so will not be described here, except the following; 'echo to printer' turning this option on will cause everything to be printed out via your printer. If the printer isn't on, this will stop working and the option will be turned off. Note that 1 megabyte is required for this. THE PANIC BUTTON Now you can claim you are hard at work on your Amiga, if someone enters the room simply press f2 and the screen will clear and a dummy prompt will appear. If someone presses any key a message is displayed 'the machine is busy, do not touch'. Press f2 to return to game. DEMONS TOMB, A WAY THROUGH What follows next in the manual is a list of hints (written backwards) of how to solve them adventure, I am not prepared to type these backwards, and having them printed forwards means you will read part of them without realising, which would spoil the game, which isn't very hard. Real men don't need hints. So yah boo you cheating gits ha ha.