TURRICAN II 1 ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONS 11 ISTRUZIONI ITALIANO TURRICAN II The Final Fight 13 LOADING INSTRUCTIONS 15 PROLOGUE 16 THE GAME 18 THE WEAPONS 19 THE SYMBOLS 22 THE DISPLAY LOADING INSTRUCTIONS 1 AMIGA To avoid the danger of computer viruses, please first turn off your Amiga and turn it on again after a few seconds. Amiga 1000 users must now insert the Kickstart disk. As soon as the screen shows the icon of the Workbench disk insert the game disk into drive DF0. The program will start automatically. ATARI ST Turn off your computer and insert DISK 1 into drive A. As soon as you turn on your computer again, the computer will load and start the game automatically. Follow the instructions on the screen. C 64 DISK Insert the game disk into your disk drive and type Load ":*",8,1. Press the RETURN key. The program will start automatically. Follow the instructions on the screen. C 64 TAPE Rewind the tape and insert the tape into the data recorder. Press SHIFT and RUN/ STOP simultaneously. Press PLAY on your recorder. The program will start automatically. Follow the instructions on the screen. AMSTRAD DISK Insert the disk into your drive, side A showing face up. Type RUN"DISK and press RETURN. The game will load and start automatically. Follow the instructions on the screen. 2 LOADING INSTRUCTIONS AMSTRAD TAPE Owners of a CPC 664,6128, or 464 with a disk drive have to enter |TAPE and then press RETURN. Insert the rewound tape into the data recorder, side A showing face up. Press Control and small Enter simultaneously. Press PLAY on your datarecorder. The game will start automatically. Follow the instructions on the screen. SPECTRUM DISK Turn your computer off, and then on again. Insert the disk into your drive, side A showing face up. Now select item LOADER from the menu, and press the ENTER key. The game will start automatically. Follow the instructions on the screen. SPECTRUM TAPE Owners of a +3 first select item +3 BASIC from the 'On' menu and press the ENTER key. 128K: Insert the rewound tape into the data recorder, side A showing face up. Press ENTER and press PLAY afterwards. Follow the instructions on the screen. 48K: Insert the rewound tape into the data recorder, side A showing face up. Now enter LOAD"" and press the ENTER key. The game will load and start automatically. Follow the instructions on the screen. PROLOGUE 3 THE LEGEND OF TURRICAN CONTINUES... Morgul, the three-headed incarnation of evil, has finally been destroyed! But you, Turrican, cannot rest because your most dangerous and most noble mission is yet to commence... A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, brave rebellious fighters destroyed the menacing hordes of the MACHINE and it's tyranny-spreading satellite, which circled the planet of the brave, the planet called Landorin. The evil moon has gone, but Landorin wasn't free. The MACHINE still ruled the surface of the planet. The Landorins retreated to the inner core of their world to await their destiny...DEATH. The machines and mutants, however, went on to roam through the deserted ruins of a long-lost paradise in search of the entrance to the secret caves. Before, the Landorins retreated, they managed to send a desperate cry for help: A last radio signal floats through the endless reaches of the tri-solar system and off to the farthest reaches of the universe. The cry is heard, and a man has to be found... A man with the courage to face the hordes, a man to free the last survivors of Landorin, a man on his most dangerous adventure ever... TURRICAN. Go out to seek the MACHINE and its' slaves, collect the weapons and ships of an ancient civilisation and free the planet Landorin forever! 4 THE GAME Turrican travels through five different worlds in which he will be confronted by various perils. In the middle of the game he has to enter a space ship and fight through 3 levels with this hyper fast-moving ship. Ever changing enemies will constantly try to destroy you. You will have to use your weapons skilfully in order to survive the various levels. To assist you in battle, further weapons and extras may be obtained during your journey, e.g. force shields and extra lives. Examine every level closely, you will find new surprises and useful items everywhere. HOW TO PLAY THE GAME General information: The game is played with joystick and keys. Owners of an Amiga may use a joystick with two independent fire buttons. This is explained below. Joystick up: Player jumps. If he is the gyroscope mode, he will transform back to normal again. Joystick down: Player ducks away, e.g. from enemies. Joystick down and press space: (For Amiga: Joystick down and press second fire button.) The player will transform into a gyroscope. While in this state the player is invincible and will destroy enemies on touch. The gyroscope spins automatically, and can only be directed to move left or right with the joystick. This shape also allows you to pass through narrow corridors. THE GAME 5 Turrican may transform into a gyroscope as often as he wants to. Only in the gyroscope mode he can place mines... The mine is placed on the ground and explodes shortly afterwards. Various enemies around can be dealt with in this manner. Joystick left/right: Moves player left/right. Keeping the fire button depressed: The player can activate a flash of lightning (Surround) and may direct it (as long as the fire button is held), by moving the joystick left (lightning rotates anti-clockwise) or right (lightning rotates clockwise). The lightning can be of different lengths. At the beginning of the game it stretches over half the width of the screen. By gathering up extras it can be extended to stretch over the whole width of the screen. Pressing fire button briefly: Player fires. 6 THE WEAPONS MULTIPLE SHOT The multiple shot can be increased twice in strength by collecting the right symbols. That means in the end this weapon has 5 shots. LASER The laser has a high penetration rote, making it very effective when fighting against several enemies simultaneously. The laser fires horizontally, and can be increased in strength by up to 5 times by gathering up the corresponding symbols. The laser will then increase in width and become more effective. BOUNCE This shot can be increased in strength by up to three times. Very efficient in narrow passages or caves. When twice in strength, the balls burst into smaller balls bouncing back from the walls. POWER LINES ATARI ST, C64, SPECTRUM: SPACE BAR AMIGA: SPACE BAR or second fire button AMSTRAD: RETURN Releases two energy beams, moving right and left over the full height of the screen. All enemies in range will be destroyed. Should an obstacle bar the way, the beam will be terminated. SUPERWEAPON Pressing the fire button and SPACE (or second fire button) simultaneously The super weapon is activated. Once per life Turrican can activate this weapon. It is the most effective weapon as all weapon systems are activated simultaneously. The window at the bottom left indicates whether this weapon is still available. PAUSES GAME Pressing CTRL: Pauses game Press the fire button to continue THE SYMBOLS 7 ESC Quit the game and return to the introductory sequence. During his mission, the player will find the following symbols with useful functions: Shoot this symbol to activate the hidden extra. Red - MULTIPLE Activates multiple shot. If already active, the shot will increase in strength. Green - LASER Activates laser. If already active, the laser will be increased in strength. Purple - BOUNCE Activates the bounce shots. If already active, the Bounce will be increased in strength. 8 THE SYMBOLS Blue-SURROUND Extends lightning. Light blue - SHIELD Activates force shield, making the player Invincible for a short duration. Enemies will be destroyed on touch during this period. Yellow 'P' - POWER-UP Recharges energy. White 'L' - POWER LINE The player gains on energy beam. Grey '1 up' -ONE-UP The player gains on extra life. THE SYMBOLS 9 Yellow - SMART BOMB Touching this symbol destroys all smaller opponents on the screen. Diamonds Once the player has gathered up 100 diamonds, he receives another 'CONTINUE', i.e. has the chance to continue the game after all lives have been lost. The maximum no. of CONTINUES is 5 (that means there are exactly 599 diamonds hidden). You can view the number of CONTINUES of the bottom left. NOTE: There are no CONTINUES when the game is started. The player has 3 lives at the start of each game. He can lose them in three ways: 1. Time, indicated on the display runs out. The screen display with announce TIME OUT. 2. The player has lost all of his energy. A loss of energy occurs every time the player touches an enemy or is hit by enemy fire. 3. The player falls into an abyss. If you lose a life the number of energy beams will default to 3. Surround, multiple, bounce and laser will be reduced - if not already at minimum strength. 10 THE DISPLAY The player can gain the following information from the display (from left to right): • Number of lives (Amiga: Upper left corner of the screen). • Number of CONTINUES (Amiga/ST: diode display). • Time. • Number of diamonds. • Number of energy beams. • Score (Amiga: Upper-right corner of the screen). • Energy (above score). HIGHSCORE TABLE Please follow the Instructions on the screen! AMIGA, ATARI ST, SPECTRUM, AMSTRAD If you achieve a top score, you may enter the highscore table. After entering your name press RETURN. C64 A menu will appear. Enter the main menu by pressing the fire button. Pressing the S-key will prompt a request to insert side 1 of your disk. Return to the menu by pressing the RUN/STOP-key, or press the fire button to save a highscore. AMSTRAD, SPECTRUM, C64, TAPE VERSIONS It is not possible to save highscores. TIPS & TRICKS • Try to use all weapon systems. Think carefully which system will best helps you in a given situation. • Use the gyroscopes! Remember you can use them as often as you want to. Don't forget you are invulnerable and can use mines! • Collect as many lives and Continues as possible • Never give up - there is always a solution... • Do not always take the easiest way - there are hidden secrets everywhere. 11 CREDITS Designed by Manfred Trenz Andreas Escher Holger Schmidt Julian Eggebrecht (based on an original design by Manfred Trenz) C64 - version developed by Rainbow Arts 16 Bit - versions developed by Factor 5 Z80 - versions developed by Enigma Variations Programmed by Manfred Trenz (C64) Holger Schmidt (Amiga) - courtesy of Factor 5 Thomas Engel (Atari ST) - courtesy of Factor 5 Graphics by Andreas Escher (C64, Amiga) Manfred Trenz (C64) Sven Meier (Atari ST) Music & Sound effects by Chris Huelsbeck (Amiga)-courtesy of A.U.D.I.O.S. Markus Siebold (C64) Jochen Hippel (Atari ST) Manfred Trenz (C64) Package Artwork Celal Kandemiroglu Layout Monika Roder Marketing & Press Kristin Dodt Stefan Graen Produced by Julian Eggebrecht Managing Director Marc A. 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