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- Zeliard Dox
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- brought to you by DROOLMASTER RICK/THG!
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- ZELIARD
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- To learn mnore about your mission in Zeliard , watch the opening
- cartoon at least once. To bypass the opening cartoon, press the
- Spacebar.
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- If you have previously saved a game in Zeliard, you can bypass
- the opening and load the game directly from DOS. See "Restoring
- Your Game" for instructions.
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- INSTALLING THE GAME
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- 1. Place your backup copy you made of Disk 1 in your drive.
- 2. Sing the praises of The Humble Guys, and sing it reverently.
- 3. Type INSTALL and press Enter.
- 4. Sing "Praise be to Dave, from whom all software flows. Praise
- him you lamers here below."
- 5. Answer the on screen questions using the up and down arrow
- keys to highlight your selections, then press ENTER to select.
- 6. You will be asked if you wish to install the game on your hard
- disk. If you are some cheap lamefuk that doesn't have a
- harddrive, then what the hell are you doing wasting your time
- playing this game? Turn off that damned MTV, get your lardass
- outta that chair, and go get a job, ya deadbeat. Oh, what the
- hell, I'm in a good mood, so since you don't have a harddrive,
- pressing ESC will bypass this step. If you want to install the
- game on your hard drive, enter the letter designation of your
- drive (usually C) and follow the prompts.
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- NOTICE; Even if you install to a hard disk, the install procedure
- will write a file named RESOURCE.CFG to Disk 1. For the
- installation to be completed correctly, Disk 1 MUST NOT BE WRITE
- PROTECTED. No other files on Disk 1 are written or changed by the
- install command.
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- Loading Instructions:
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- After completing the INSTALL procedure:
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- From diskettes:
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- 1. Place Disk 1 into the A: drive.
- 2. Type A: and press Enter
- 3. TYpe ZELIARD and press ENTER.
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- From Hard Disk
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- From your root directory, type ZELIARD and press ENTER.
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- Moving Duke Garland
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- Use the arrow keys or joystick to move Duke Garland in the
- direction you wish him to go. On the joystick, the left button is
- for weapon, the right button is for magic. On the keypad, use the
- left and right arrow keys to travel. Use the up arrow to jump,
- and the down arrow to kneel.
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- In Town
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- Talk to each person you see in town, each one will have
- information for you. Beware! Some are under the spell of the Dark
- One and may mislead you. To talk to a townsperson, press the
- spacebar when they approach. Press the spacebar to scrol through
- each message. Visit each location in town to get advice and supplies.
- To enter a building, stop before a doorway, and use the up arrow or
- joystick position. Inside each place, you will be greeted by the
- person in charge. Use the spacebar to scroll through messages.
- Use the arrow key to select an option, and press spacebar to
- execute each option.
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- At The Bank
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- At the bank you can deposit and withdraw gold, or exchange almas
- for gold. If you are depositing or withdrawing gold
- from your account, use the up and down arrow keys to increase
- and decrease the amount by one. Using the left and right
- arrows will increase and decrease these amounts by ten.
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- In The Caverns
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- Using Your Weapon
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- To swing your sword, press the space bar. To swing upward, press
- the up arrow key while swinging the sword. To swing low, press the
- down arrow key while swinging the sword. To thrust straight downward,
- press the up arrow , then press space an d down arrow simultaneously
- (this move is difficult, and may require some pratice).
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- About Your Armor
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- You can find a selection of shields at the weapons shop. Each shield begins
- with a specific number of damage points, which will decrease as your
- shield takes damage. If you can reach town before the shield breaks,
- the Weapons Master will repair it for you. Watch the ARMOR window
- to determine how many damage points remain.
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- The Inventory Screen
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- Press ENTER to access this screen. The items in the SPECIAL ITEMS
- area will be used automatically as you need them. Items in the
- SPELLS and MAGIC ITEMS sections can be selected and used at will.
- Use the joystick or arrow keys to select an item or spell, then
- press the spacebar or fire button to select. Press
- ENTER to leave the screen.
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- Using Magic
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- Magic potions and items can be purchased at the magic shop, and the
- Sage at ech level (after Muralla Town) will reward you with a new
- spell. To use these items and spells, press ENTER to access the
- inventory screen. Use the arrow keys or joystick to select
- what you want, then press the spacebar to activate it. Press
- ENTER to return to the game screen. The active spell will be
- displayed in the SPELL window, to cast the spell, press the ALT
- key. Magic potions and items will take effect automatically.
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- Saving Your Game
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- To save your game, visit the Sage's hut (usually the only unmarked
- building in town) and select RECORD. Type in a name, and press ENTER.
- The game will be saved to the current disk and directory, with the
- file extention .USR
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- Restoring Your Game
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- Saved games can be restored from any point by pressing the F7 key. Use
- the joystick or arrow keys to select a saved game from the list, press
- the spacebar to activate the game, then press ENTER. From DOS, saved
- games can be loaded by typing ZELIARD followed by the name of the
- saved game file (example:zeliardgame1). The game will be loaded,
- bypassing the opening sequence.
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- COMMAND KEYS
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- F1 toggles music on/off
- F2 turns sound effects on/off
- F9 adjust speed ( 0 =slow, 9= fast)
- F7 restore game
- ALT cast spell
- ENTER see inventory screen
- CTRL-J select joystick control
- CTRL-K select keyboard control
- CTRL-Q quit game
- SPACEBAR use weapon (in caverns only)
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- To the men and women of Desert Shield, The Humble Guys salute you. Not
- only do we support what you are doing, we want you to be able to
- enjoy THG warez during your free time. That is why we are
- recruting couriers to get games to Saudi Arabia. If anyone out there
- would like to help out, contact any Humble Guy on any THG board.
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- THG '91!
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