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