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234 lines
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-:[First Class Presents]:-
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[The Black Cauldron Ducumentation]
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[Written by: The Andrex]
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Requirements: Apple ][e/][c with 128k
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Loading Instructions
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1) Insert Disk 1, label side up, into
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drive 1. Close the door to the disk
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drive.
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2) Turn on power to the monitor, then
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the computer.
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3) If you are using a joystick, you
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will be prompted to center the joy-
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stick, then press either joystick
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button.
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4) When prompted, turn the disk over
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and press RETURN.
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5) To bypass the banner page and cred-
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its, press any key.
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If you have trouble loading The
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Black Cauldron on an Apple ][e, first
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look at the serial number on the cen-
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ter back of your computer's mother-
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board. If it ends in "A", you have an
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old motherboard, which you can get up-
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dated free of charge through any Auth-
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orized Apple dealer. If you have the
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right motherboard, check your 80-col-
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umn card. If there are two or three
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exposed lower prongs in the lower left
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corner, you are missing the jumper
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that goes over these prongs. Acquire
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one through your local Apple dealer.
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Because of random events and diff-
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erent levels of victory, you can play
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the game many times over and never play
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the same game twice! If you are espec-
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ially clever, and find every hidden nu-
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ance in the game, you can score a maxi-
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mum of 230 points in The Black Cauldron
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COMMANDS FOR THE HERO
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STATUS
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At the STATUS screen, you may see a
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list of objects you are carrying, or
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perform any one of several game com-
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mands:
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HELP (see list of control keys for
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available commands.)
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SAVE the current game.
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RESTORE a previously saved game.
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RESTART the game.
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Press the black Apple key or press
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the upper joystick button to view the
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STATUS screen. Use the arrow keys or
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joystick to highlight a game command
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(HELP, SAVE, RESTORE, RESTART), press
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black Apple or upper joystick button,
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and follow the prompts to perform the
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command you have highlighted. To go
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back to the game screen, press black
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Apple key or the upper joystick button.
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TO LOOK
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In your explorations, you will often
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want to look at an area or object on
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the screen:
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Look at the room.
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Look at the magic sword.
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Press 8 (or use the lower joystick
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button) to LOOK. What you actually see
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will depend on where you are standing.
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To LOOK at something you are carrying
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, go to the STATUS screen and highlight
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the object; then pressing the clear
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Apple key (or lower joystick button).
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The game screen will reappear, with a
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closeup of the object you want to ex-
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amine.
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TO DO
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You can DO any of a large variety of
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activities:
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Open the door.
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Talk to Dallben.
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Get the apple.
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Press 6 (or use the lower joystick
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button) to DO something. What you ac-
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tually DO will depend on what has happ-
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ened in the game, and where you are
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standing. To open a door, you need to
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stand next to it. If you stand some-
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where else, something quite different
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may happen.
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TO USE
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At some point in the game, you may
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USE each of the objects you pick up:
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Use the gruel to feed Hen Wen.
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Use the flask to get water.
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Use the key to unlock the door.
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Go to the STATUS screen, and high-
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light the object you want to USE. Af-
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ter you return to the game screen,
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press 4 (or use the lower joystick but-
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ton) to USE the currently selected ob-
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ject. The objext will remain selected
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until you give it away, use it up, or
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select another object.
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CONTOL KEYS
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BLACK APPLE - display STATUS screen.
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TAB - display STATUS screen.
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ESC - PAUSE game.
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1 - toggle sound on/off.
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2 - display HELP screen.
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3 - SAVE current game.
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4 - USE object currently sel-
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ected on status screen.
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5 - RESTORE a previously
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saved game.
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6 - DO something: talk, enter
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exit, get, etc...
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7 - RESTART game.
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8 - LOOK at an area.
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CLEAR APPLE - LOOK at selected object
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from STATUS screen, or
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display USE, DO, LOOK
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menu.
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CTRL-Q - install and/or center joy
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stick during game.
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RETURN - RETURN to game from
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STATUS screen.
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BLACK APPLE - RETURN to game from
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STATUS screen.
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Use the arrow keys to move north,
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south, east and west.
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S
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<-- --> ^
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W E /!\ !
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! \!/
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v
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N
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Use these keys to move diagonally:
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NW: ; & :
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NE: " & '
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SW: > & .
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SE: ? & /
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SAVING YOUR GAME
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Preparing a save game disk
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You will need to prepare your "save
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game disk" only once. From the game
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screen, type INIT DISK and press the
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RETURN key. Following the prompts on
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the screen to create a "save game disk"
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If you have two drives, you may put
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your "save game disk" in drive #2 and
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leave it there as you play.
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Saving your game
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To save your game, press 3; or go to
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the STATUS screen and yse the joystick
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or arrow keys to highlight SAVE GAME,
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then press Black apple key or the upper
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joystick button. Next, follow the
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prompts on the screen. You will be
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asked to enter a letter to identify
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your game. Type a different letter for
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each game you want to save--if you type
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a letter you have already used, the
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game previously saved under that letter
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will be erased.
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Restoring your game
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To resume a previously saved game,
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press 5; or go to the STATUS screen and
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use the joystick or arrow to highlight
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RESTORE GAME. Following the prompts,
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type the ltter for the saved game you
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wish to restore.
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thats it..
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