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- DOJO DAN From EUROPRESS Documentation
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- DOJO DAN - THE TELLING OF A TALE
-
- Dan suspected something vile and deeply despicable was creeping over the
- land of Banzaari. Call him paranoid, but when the skies blackened and all
- manner of indescribable wild and wicked creatures began to ravage the once
- tranquil land, Dan has a strange gut feeling.
-
- The rest of the civilised folk also knew life wasn't quite going as
- smoothly as it should. Elders and officials gathered for emergency
- meetings. After days of intimate discussion behind closed doors, a pan
- was unveiled...
-
- And this year's proud and, it has to be said, fashion conscious winner of
- the Dojo trials, you take the role of high kicking, thumping, pyjama
- parading Dan. Pick your bottom jaw up from the floor, gather your thoughts
- and prepare for the perilous adventure of a lifetime. Bodly strut forth
- to slaughter, like no other Karate champ has done before. Maybe you can
- muster just a smattering of confidence - hey, Valrog can't be the brutal,
- merciless tyrant he's portrayed to be with the surname K.A.T.E... can he?
-
-
- THE CHALLENGE
-
- Along the way, your skills will be tested to their limits. Tackle hover
- boarding, car driving, flying and logic problem solving. Offering a thin
- tether of assistance are magic pots which have been left behind by previous
- village champions on their voyage to destroy Valrog. These will give you
- extra strength and energy, and may even revive a life. However, some have
- been discovered and sabotaged by Valrog's creatures, and now contain deathly
- potions - consume these at your peril. And so your journey begins...
-
-
- GAMEPLAY
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- You must control Dan as he passes through the lands infested by Valrog's
- mutants. Battle your way through 20 gruelling cantons to finally pit your
- strength against Valrog. There are four cantons within each of the five
- sections, and you must complete the sections in order. You can choose
- the order of the four cantons within each section. Bear in mind that you
- may find a certain order preferable, due to various 'pick ups' which may
- help you in other cantons.
-
- Your formidable adversary has assigned a number of powerful guardians to
- oversee each region on Banzaari; all must be destroyed before Valrog can
- be reached. Using your fighting and acrobatic skills, together with your
- wisdom to solve problems, strive to defeat the many minions along your
- perilous route to the almighty Valrog.
-
- There are several items along the way you must collect to build your
- strength. These will considerably improve your prosprects in ridding
- Banzaari of the ever more powerful minions of Valrog. Discover power pods
- (in the shape of a bent arm) to increase your resistance to the enemy.
- There are also a number of extra lives scattered around the land. Both
- pods and lives are held inside magical pots that have been left behind by
- previous villagers on their trek to valrog's domain. See the section on
- pick ups further on into the documentation by 2TUFF/CRYSTAL hoho.
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- As each creature is destroyed, they release their inner strength in the
- shape of Yin Yangs. Collect these to replenish your own strength and
- build up your chi. Once your chi reaches its maximum, you will be capable
- of unbelievable feats of valour as you release your inner hatred in the
- form of a crunching Thunder Punch. This fighting bonus lasts for the
- length of time it takes for the meter to deplete.
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- Around the magical lands are hidden rooms. In these sub-games, you must
- rescue the souls of imprisoned villagers from the cages they are held in
- An evil spirit torments these souls by prodding them with a big stick until
- they fall off the ledges. You must break open their cages to set their
- souls free. If you rescue enough of them in the given time period, expect
- a generous reward.
-
- It pays to explore the lands in full, as a direct approach will certainly
- result in failure to complete the journey.
-
- To complete each canton, you must defeat the gaurdian of that region. Each
- of these has a specific weakness - find it if you can. They die in a hail
- of bonuses so catch as many as possible to boost your score.
-
- Once you have reached the final section, your choice of sections to explore
- is taken away and you must play the cantons in sequence. Confront the evil
- Valrog in the very last region, where you must defeat him to free Banzaari
- once and for all.
-
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- COLLECTABLE SYMBOLS
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- MAGICAL POTS: Contain one of several items. Punch or Kick them until they
- break and spill their contents. Move over the freed symbol
- if you wish to collect it.
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- STRENGTH: Increases your resistance to Valrog's minions. You start
- with one pod and can build up to eight. You must collect
- these wherever you find.
-
- EXTRA LIFE: Gives Dojo Dan another life. You start with three and
- should collect as many as you can find.
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- FULL STRENGTH: Refill all your energy pods to maximum.
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- FULL POD: Refill the pod you are currently using.
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- MAP: Enables you to call up a map of the land by pressing the F5
- key.
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- DANGER: Takes a pod's worth of energy from you. Do not collect
- these.
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- YIN YANG BONU: Adds 10 units to your Thunder Punch meter.
-
- MAGIC SHIELD: Makes you invicible for a short period of time.
-
- GRAPES: Small energy increase and 1000 points.
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- APPLE: Medium energy increase and 2000 points.
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- BANANA: Maximum energy increase and 3000 points.
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- YIN YANG: As you kill the creatures, collect this to increase your
- Thunder patch meter.
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- STAR: Minimum energy increase and 200 points.
-
- SQUARE: 1000 points.
-
- FAN: 1000 points.
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- COIN: 100 points.
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- LARGE YINYANG: If you walk over this, it will fall into the floor. If you
- lose a life on this canton, you will start again from this
- point. To receive a Yin Yang bonus, kick it before you
- touch it.
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- SECRET ROOM: When you find this icon, you will be transported to a secret
- room as described elsewhere in this manual. These are
- difficult to find as they are not shown unless you stand for
- a short while in their vicintity, thus causing them to spring
- from the ground.
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- I-CHING: Collect these at every opportunity. As you collect the
- symbols you improve your chi. This must be at its peek
- if you are to successfully challenge Valrog. Remember you
- cannot enter Valrog's castle until you have achieved
- 'Inner Truth'.
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- CONTROLS
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- WALK Joystick Left and Right
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- JUMP Joystick Up
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- DUCK Joystick Down
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- LOW DUCK Joystick Down and Fire
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- MIDDLE KICK Joystick in the direction you are facing and Fire
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- FLYING KICK Joystick Up and Fire
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- PUNCH Fire
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- F1 Pause game
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- F2 Music On/Off
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- F3 Load saved game (from menu only)
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- F5 Show map (When you have collected the map symbol)
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- F10 Abort game
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- The program will prompt you at the end of each section to insert a blank
- disc is you wish to save your current position.
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- LOADING
-
- This producthas been carefully developed and manufactured to the highest
- standards. Please read the following loading instructions carefully.
-
- Insert disc 1 into drive 0, normally the internal drive, and switch your
- machine on to load the program. If you have two disc drives, insert disc
- 2 into the second drive. Dojo Dan requires 1 megabyte of memory so
- ensure your extra memory board is switched on. If you do not wish to view
- the introduction sequence, press Fire when the first screen of the sequence
- appears.
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