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VALHALLA FULL DOCUMENTATION
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CONTENTS
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PROLOGUE
THE BEGINNINGS
PLAYING FROM FLOPPY
INSTALLING ON HARDDRIVE
PLAYING THE GAME
THE ACTION ICONS
THE RUCKSACK
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
HAVING MORE CONTROL
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Prologue
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He said: I want to reach the stars and I want you to help me.
There exists a place where the ideas are born where
the impossible is realised where the creative spirit flies.
There came a day when reason was exchanged for dreaming and time was the
the greatest sacrifice to witness nothing become something.
On this day the unbelievers looked up to the sky to see the sunrise on
VALHALLA
He said: I like it up here!
The Beginnings
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The two brothers had always been so different. The elder, Garamond, was a
natural leader, strong and fair minded. Infinity, on the other hand, was
prone to tantrums and dark moods.
Garamond was cherished by all of Valhalla - and, as the years passed.
Infinity became wrought with jealousy.
It was Valhalla law that decreed the eldest-born son of the high King was
first in line to the Throne. When the old King died, Valhalla mourned for
many days before Garamond was crowned King.
The bishop had watched Infinity on this day. He had watched the hatred grow
in his eyes and he knew then Infinity would one day betray his brother.
Garamond was a good King: and under his reign Valhalla prospered. He
married a Princess from a neighbouring kingdom and she bore him a son - the
little Prince of Valhalla.
As time passed, Infinity became more and more withdrawn. He would spend
weeks wandering in the hills. When he returned, he would lock himself in
his chambers. He would see no one.
Then, one day, a man dressed all in black, arrived on horseback and
demanded to see Infinity. They spent days shut away in Infinity`s chambers,
muttering quietly to each other. This became a regular occurence during the
months that followed, until Infinity was receiving many visitors.
The Bishop watched this new activity, his fears growing with each passing
day. He decided to inform the King.
Garamond would not listen, he had always defended his brother, refusing to
see evil in anyone. He told the Bishop not to judge Infinity, for this was
not the way of Valhalla.
No one remembers when the atmosphere of Valhalla began to change. It had
always been a kingdom of sunshine and laughter, but the days had begun to
seem unnaturally-still and the people appeared subdued.
The Bishop was wandering in the streets of his beloved Kingdom trying to
understand what was happening around him, when he came across a small boy,
crying in an alley.
He told the Bishop he was frightened, and when the Bishop asked him why,
the small boy stared at him with tear-filled eyes and said he had heard the
people whispering about a plot to murder the King.
The Bishop cried out as he remembered the look on Infinity`s face when his
brother had been crowned King of all Valhalla. The time had come: the
betrayal was imminent.
The Bishop ran to the castle and there he found the King in conference with
his best warriors. His face was pale and drawn. The Bishop cried out:
`Now do you believe me, can you see what is happening? My lord, your own
brother is plotting to kill you!'
The King rose to his feet, lifted his arms to the sky and cried:
`Infinity, tell me it isn`t true!' The sounds echoed through the chambers
of the castle, and the reply came like a roll of thunder.
`You are not my brother, you are just an obstacle to my destiny and so you
will die!'
The stillness of the days that had gone before shattered with that cry and
Valhalla was filled with the sound of war.
It became apparent that Infinity had not been idle in those early years of
Garamond`s reign. He had formed an army from the Nomads and Bandits who
lived beyond the boundaries of Valhalla. He had wooed them with talk of
power and riches and they had become his faithful servants - the followers
of Infinty.
They fought with the fury of men with a mission, their minds had been
poisoned by Infinity`s words of evil - and, from the moment war had been
declared, they descended on Valhalla like an army of destrcution, leaving
pain and suffering in their wake.
Garamond had acted quickly to ensure the safety of the old, the women and
the children - but the confusion and panic slowed him down and the
followers of Infinity broke through the castle defences before they could
escape.
Garamond found himself trapped by his people trying to escape. He struggled
to reach his wife, but he was too late. They killed her in cold blood
before his unbelieving eyes: an act so abominable, he could not move or
speak. His cherished wife destroyed on the orders of his own brother. It
was too late for forgiveness.
Garamond vowed on that day to protect his son at all costs. The young
Prince was taken to the outskirts of Valhalla with only his nanny and a
handful of guards to protect him.
The war raged on for three long years. How the Prince survived, no one
knows.
On the last night of the battle, the Kingdom of Valhalla was a land of
destruction. There were few men left to fight, but, exhausted as they were,
they could not stop until either Garamond or Infinity was dead.
Outside the castle gate, in view of everyone beneath, a blood-red sky was
where the final confrontation took place. Garamond and Infinity raised
their swords and prepared to fight.
Garamond was still the stronger, but, for one split second, a memory
flashed into his mind of his brother when they were children. Infinity saw
his brother soften, he raised his sword high above his head - and struck!
It was as if he fell in slow motion: the few survivors of the King`s army
were staggered to their feet - but it was too late. From that desloate
place, they watched their King die.
Silence engulfed the scene as Infinity gazed down at his broken brother:
his eyes showed no remorse. This was his destiny.
The Bishop watched the outcome of his fears unfold before his eyes and
could only turn his head away. As he did so, he noticed a small figure
running wildly towards the dead King. The old man`s heart missed a beat as
he realised it was the little Prince.
Infinity screeched at his followers to kill the boy.
The Bishop lunged forward and reached him first. As the small Prince
struggled, the Bishop shouted for the help of one of Valhalla`s warriors,
who grabbed the child and slung him on to his horse. Infinity could only
watch as they galloped away.
The very next day, Infinity crowned himself King. A shadow descended over
the once-beautiful Valhalla - and there it has stayed for ten long years.
Despite extensive searches, the Prince was never found. Though to this day
Infinity swears he will not rest until the Prince is dead,
The warrior who saved the Prince took him far to the north of Valhalla. He
stayed with him and taught him all the things his father had wanted him to
learn.
The Prince learnt of wisdom and temperance: he learnt of the history of
justice and, most importantly, he learnt the secrets that had been passed
down from King to first-born son for countless generations.
Now, the Prince has come of age. He is impatient to return to his beloved
Valhalla, where he is the rightful King, to destroy his father`s murderer
and release the people of Valhalla from slavery and oppression.
PLAYING FROM FLOPPY
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1. Switch on your computer and your monitor.
2. Insert the Valhalla Disk into your disk drive.
3. Double click on the Valhalla Disk icon.
4. Double click on the Valhalla icon.
5. You will now be asked to type in a word from this manual. After
typing in the relevant word, press return.
6. After the Introduction sequence, you will be asked to type in a
level code. If you are playing the game for the first time, simply
press return to start from level one. As you progress on to the
other levels, you will see a code on the beginning title screen of
that level, you are advised to write this down, so next time you
play the game you can gain access to that particular level.
7. After entering your level code or pressing return, you will then be
asked to insert the data disk, followed by the relevant-level disk.
From now on, there is no more disk-swapping until you progress on
to the next level.
INSTALLING ON HARDDRIVE
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1. Create a new drawer on your Harddrive and call it anything you
like, or use an existing drawer and open it.
2. Insert the `Valhalla' disk into your floppy drive and double click
on the disk icon to reveal its contents.
3. Drag the Valhalla icon and the 1994 icon into the drawer on your
harddrive.
4. Repeat this procedure with the five remaining disks, dragging their
contents into the drawer on your harddrive.
5. When you have finished, the drawer on your harddrive should contain
seven icons that read: Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity 1994.
6. Now simply double click on the Valhalla icon to play the game.
7. If at any point you are asked to insert any of the six disks, it is
an indication that the installation wasn`t correctly executed.
PLAYING THE GAME
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