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- Product: Apocalypse Abyss
- by Software Visions
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- THE STORY
-
- In the land of Ruidia, somewhere unknown to you and me, lived a prosperous
- ppopulation of dwarfs. They enjoyed a comfortable life, and didn't worry
- about the tidings of tommorow.
-
- But then tommorow came. An evil wizard by the name of Niche came with his
- dark cloud of magic and captured all the dwarfs... except Ashtar.
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- Ashtar, a simple farming dwarf, was for some strange reason spared Niche's
- wrath. He immediately recognized this as the phenomenon predicted within
- Ruidia's legend books, and from there knew exactly where to go... To the
- Apocalypse Abyss.
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- BASIC GAME PLAY
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- Once you begin a new game, you will be presented with a list of the six
- dungeons within the Abyss. Within each of the first five dungeons is a
- single artifact, all of which are required to enter Asmodeus, the final
- dungeon. You may otherwise do the dungeons in any order. The first dungeon,
- however, is recomended for beginners as it contains the easiest levels
- which provide a painless introduction to the game elements.
-
- Select a dungeon with the arrow keys and Enter, or select Save and Exit to
- save the current game and return to the main menu. The game is saved at the
- exact point at which you exited.
-
- Note that in this Unregistered version of Abyss, you can only select the
- first THREE dungeons. The other three dungeons (with a total of 30 levels)
- are only available in the registered version of Abyss.
-
- Once you select a dungeon, you are transported to level one of the ten-level
- dungeon. Use the arrow keys to move Ashtar on the screen. Pick up items
- like bombs and daggers by running into them. You can interact with other
- things, like buttons, by touching or standing upon them.
-
- To battle enemies, destroy walls, and such, you can throw daggers or drop
- bombs. To drop a bomb in front of you, press Space. To throw a dagger in
- your current direction, press Ctrl. You must, obviously, have a dagger or
- bomb to throw or drop.
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- Your health and status is displayed at the bottom of the screen. You can
- have up to eight full hearts at any given time. You lost a half heart
- every time you are hurt. When you lose all your hearts, you die and restart
- the current level. Remember that you have unlimited lives. When you restart
- a level, your health is not automatically set to full, but to what it was
- when you began that level.
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- Although you can have up to eight hearts, at first your heart limit is
- three. To gain additional "empty hearts", you must pick up magical orbs
- within certain levels.
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- To win a level, you must reach the exit door. On the final level of each
- dungeon except the last is an artifact. Pick up the artifact to conquer
- the dungeon and return to the dungeon selection screen. Your health is
- refilled at this time.
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- REQUIREMENTS:
- IBM PC (286 or higher) compatible computer
- 400K RAM in unused conventional memory
- VGA or MCGA display adapter
- SoundBlaster optional
- Hard drive with 1.3+ Meg free
-
- To register Apocalypse Abyss, send the
- registration fee of $14.00 + $2.00 shipping & handling (U.S. funds)
- to Software Visions. (make out checks to Gregory Janson or your order
- will be returned)
-
- Benifits of registration:
-
- 1) The registered version of Abyss has all SIXTY levels (twice as many as
- the unregistered version) AND the final confrontation with Niche!
- 2) You can edit sixty levels instead of just five.
- 3) You get a PRINTED hint sheet to help you through those tough levels.
- 4) You get an updated catalog (with digitized music!) and you are eligible
- for bi-yearly mailings. (free)
-
- Software Visions Phone: (818) 249-1030
- 4875 Sunset Ave. Prodigy: PJTK93B
- La Crescenta, CA
- 91214
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