*** Blade Warrior Readme.txt *** - System Requirements 1) Minimum System Requirements IBM PC 486DX2 50MHz and 100% compatibles 8 Mb RAM CD ROM drive VGA video card 2) Recommended System Requirements Pentium 75 MHz and above 16 Mb RAM 40 Mb of free hard disc space Double speed CD ROM drive SVGA video card with 256 colours Operating System : Windows 95 (only for the sample - The O.S. of full game on sale will be DOS or Windows 95.) Windows 95 compatible sound card Keyboard or Joypad - How to Install the game "Blade Warrior" 1) Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive, then Autorun Window will appear. (or execute install.exe in bladewarrior folder.) 2) Select "Installation" in the Autorun Window, and the Window for Setup will appear. 3) To continue Setup, click "Next", and "Choose Destination Location" will appear. 4) If you want to change the drive(& directory) for installation, click "Browse..." 5) Select directory and click "Next" then program files & data files will be copied to Hard Disk. 6) When the "Setup is complete." appear, click "OK". 7) The Setup is completed. - How to install "DirectX" 1) Once the installation of Blade Warrior is finished, the Window for DirectX Setup will appear. 2) To install DirectX, click "Reinstall DirectX". 3) If DiectX has been already installed in your computer, press the "ESC key" or click "X" at top right corner of the Window to cancel installation. 4) When the installation of DirectX is finished, click "OK" to restart Windows. Warning : The DirectX contained in Blade Warrior distribution is DirectX2 version. If your computer already have lower verion of DirectX2 installed, install the DirectX in this CD-ROM. - Adjusting Joypad 1) Connect Joypad to PC. 2) Double click Joypad in Control Panel. 3) Select Joypad. 4) Click "Adjust location", and set up as instructions. 5) Click "OK", and the Setup will be completed. ** We can not guarantee the well execution of Joystick except for the Joystick for Sound Blaster. - Starting the Game 1) Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive, then the Window for AutoRun will appear. 2) Select "Start" in the AutoRun. 3) Now you can play Blade Warrior. * Warning : Don't take the CD out of CD-ROM drive while playing. - The Main Menu 1) GAME START Staring a new game. 2) CONTINUE Starting the game from the stage where it was over. 3) Exit Quitting the game. 4) Option Setting up options. (Once "Option" is selected, the Setup screen will appear.) 5) Game Level Selecting game levels(modes). There are 3 modes(Practice/Normal/Hard) in this game. With practice mode you can only play upto stage 3. 6) Brightness Adjusting the full screen's brightness. 7) Button Swap Changing "Attack key(X key/Button 2)" to "Jump key(Z key/Button 1)" and vice versa. 8) Key Config Setting up all the keys for the game. After setting up, *DEFAULT : Starting the Setup of Keys and going back to the Option Setup screen. *CANCEL : Canceling the Setup of keys and going back to the Option Setup screen. *OK : Finishing the Setup of keys and going back to the Option Setup screen. - How to control 1) Directions Keyboard : left/right arrow key. Joypad : left/right button. 2) Crouching Keyboard : Press and hold down arrow key. Joypad : Press and hold down button. 3) Walk Keyboard : Press and hold left/right arrow key. Joypad : Press and hold left/right button. 4) Run Keyboard : Double press and hold left/right arrow key. Joypad : Double press and hold left/right button. 5) Jump up Keyboard : Press Z key. Joypad : Press button 1. * Hero Sou can Jump up at standing position and can also jump up in the direction that he is going while moving. 6) Attack Keyboard : Press X key. Joypad : Press button 2. There are five types of attack in this game. a) Combination attack : Press and hold X key(button 2). b) Jumping attack : Press X key(button 2) when jumping. c) Pounce attack : Press and hold down arrow key(button) + X key(button 2) after Jumping. d) Attack upper zone : Press adn hold up arrow key(button) + X key(button 2). e) Attack lower zone : Press and hold down arrow key(button) + X key(button 2). 7) Defence Press and hold attack key(X/button 2), and hero Sou will defend himself after a turn of attack. Hero Sou can not defend himself in the following cases. * Enemies' attack from behind * Enemies' laser attack - Function Keys Control 1) f1 : Pause 2) f3 : Changing window size (320x200 640x400) 3) f4 : Changing screen (full screen window) 4) f5 : Adjusting screen's brightness to darker 5) f6 : Adjusting screen's brightness to lighter 6) spacebar : Skipping over introducory animations(Fast View) 7) Esc : To end this game currently in progress - The Screen Layout 1) Credits(remaining number of lives) When the vitality on the vitality bar is completely consumed, the credits decrease. The game will be over when no credit is left. 2) Vitality If hero Sou crashes against the enemies or he is attacked, the vitality decreases. If the Energy Item is taken, the vitality increases. 3) Energy of Battle gear Battle gear is hero Sou's weapon. If hero Sou is attacked, the energy of Battle gear decreases. If hero Sou takes the Energy Items and Battle gears, the Energy of the Battle gear increases. The Battle gear will disappear when the Energy of Battle gear is completely consumed. The Energy colour will change to red in the case of a special level. - Weapons & Energy Items 1) Battle gear Battle gear supports hero Sou's attack. There are five kinds of Battle gears. If player Keep taking the same kind of Battle gears, and the Battle gear will level up. a) Shot gear Shot gear fires high-frequency condensed energy bullets. It has an auto-chasing function. b) Homing gear Homing gear chases and attacks Energy-being just like a guided missile with a hitting rate of nearly 100%, but it takes a while to recharge. c) Bomb gear Bomb gear has the highest condensed energy bullets with a long recharging interval, but you will be amazed at its annihilating power. d) Guard gear Guard gear is made of special metal alloy. It won't break easily. With the help of balance controller, it hovers around hero Sou, defending Sou from all attacks. e) Smash gear Smash gear instantaneously fires energy in the form of plasma from it's own body. Unlike other Battle gears, Smash gear attacks the particular area of the enemy with concentrated power. The recharging interval is long. 2) Energy Item It enables hero Sou(and Battle gear) to recover his(it's) vitality(energy). - How to Play a full game Press Enter key and type "FULLGAME" and then press Enter key again while playing the game. You can now play the full game. * Warning : Don't take the CD out of CD-ROM drive while playing. - Customer Technical Support World Wide Web : http://www.phantagram.com email : support@phantagram.com PHANTAGRAM (UK) Limited For technical assistance please call our Customer Service Department on 0181-324-1372 at 3:00-5:00pm Monday to Friday. Address : PHANTAGRAM (UK) Limited HYGEIA BUILDING, 66 COLLEGE ROAD HARROW, MIDDLESEX, HA1 1FD, U.K. Tel : 0181-324-1372 Fax : 0181-324-1411 e-mail : sdkim@dircon.co.uk - Copyright (c) 1996 Phantagram Limited. All rights reserved. Developed and published by Phantagram Limited Distributed by Phantagram (UK) Limited Unauthorised copying, reproduction, adaption, rental, public performance, broadcast or other exploitation of this product, or its transferral to any electronic medium or machine readable form, is strictly prohibited and is a breach of applicable laws. - Age Rating This game is granted an "11 upwards" suitability rating. This game is exempt from classification under UK Law. In accordance with The Video Standards Council Code of Practice it is considered suitable for viewing by the age range(s) indicated.