Game Crafters Present The Adventures of Maddog Williams in The Dungeons of Duridian Maddog Williams is an Interactive Animated Adventure Game (TM) created by Game Crafters, an Orem Utah based software house. This Demo is only a small part of the entire game. The full game is over 120 scenes (8 Chapters on 5, 3.5" or 9, 5.25" Disks). This demo and the game are Hard Drive installable. To put the Demo on your HD just copy all the files into a directory and type MADDOG from that directory at to DOS prompt to run the game. To run it from a 720k, 1.44M 3.5" or 1.2M 5.25" disk, copy all the files to the disk, switch to that drive and type MADDOG at the DOS prompt. To run it from 360K 5.25" disks, you will need 2 (TWO), 5.25" 360K floppies. Label one disk Introduction and the other Chapter 1. Copy all of the files **** EXCEPT CHAPTER.1 **** to the disk labeled Introduction. Copy the file CHAPTER.1 to the disk labeled Chapter 1. Insert the Introduction Disk into the drive and type MADDOG at the DOS prompt. You will be prompted as you play the game to switch disks as needed. GETTING STARTED At first you will see the menu: Please Select Difficulty Level. 1. Easy 2. Hard 3. Pray For Deliverance Selection: If you select EASY, the enemies you encounter will be easier to defeat, and some of the puzzles have more than one solution. HARD makes the enemies a little more difficult to defeat and some of the puzzles change. PRAY FOR DELIVERANCE makes the enemies Nasty! but doesn't affect the puzzles. Next you will see the prompt Change Options? (Y/N). If you select Yes then you will be asked what type of musical device you have. If you answer no to this question the default device is the Computer Speaker. After you select the musical device you can answer No to this question the next time you play and it will remember your selection. (If the game locks up right after this and you don't have a sound card, try again and make sure you select Computer Speaker.) THE GAME BEGINS After the credits you will be greeted by the Guardian of Marinor. He will ask you "Is this your first time playing the game? (Y) or (N)." If you answer No the game will begin immediately. If you answer Yes you will see the introduction sequence. We suggest you watch the introduction at least once, it has information about the events leading up to the time the game begins. GAME PLAY After Maddog wakes up (Yes, adventurers always sleep on top of the covers fully clothed!) you will be in control of him. To move him around the screen you can use the arrow keys, the number pad or a joystick. To switch between KEYBOARD and JOYSTICK mode press CTRL J. An icon at the top of the screen will change between the picture of a joystick and a key so you will know what mode you are in. The number pad allows 8 direction control of Maddog. To use the keyboard press the direction you wish to travel and RELEASE the key. Maddog will travel in that direction until you press the same key again, or you press 5 on the keypad. If you press a different key Maddog will change directions. If you hold the key down, Maddog will walk rather spastically. As you type in commands at the prompt and press enter a response to what you typed will appear on the screen. You must press enter to get rid of it!. Any other key will result in a beep. We do this so you won't miss any important texts that come up automatically. During the game you will encounter enemies. You must use skill in fighting to defeat them. To enter fight mode you must first have a weapon, then press F1. If an enemy is present, (You can tell because there will be a second Health-O-Meter at the top of the screen just below Maddogs. If Maddogs health becomes blank he dies, the same is true for enemies.) Maddog will draw his sword and prepare to fight. If no enemy is present you will be ask if you want to practice. This allows you to practice fighting with your current weapon. To exit practice/fight mode press F1 again. FIGHTING KEYBOARD: SHIFT acts like the joystick button. LEFT & RIGHT arrows move Maddog Left and Right. UP arrow is like pressing up on the joystick. If you press SHIFT, Maddog will attack high. DOWN arrow is like pressing done on the joystick. If you press SHIFT, Maddog will attack low. This also causes maddog to block the enemies attack. AFTER MADDOG BLOCKS HE RETURNS TO NEUTRAL. You must pres the down arrow key again to block. Key pad 5 is neutral, (Pressing the same direction twice will return Maddog to neutral also.) If you press SHIFT, Maddog will attack middle. If you swing while Maddog is moving backwards, HE WILL TURN AROUND! This can be a very bad thing, the enemy will attack mercilessly. Practice the moves in practice mode to get a feel for how it works. A SHORT WALK THROUGH After Maddog is standing, type LOOK (This will give a description of the surroundings.) Type LOOK RUG (Maddog will describe the rug.) Type LOOK UNDER RUG (Maddog will walk to the rug and look under it.) Walk Maddog to in front of the shelves. Type LOOK SHELVES. Type TAKE SWORD (Maddog will pick up his sword) Press F1, and practice with the sword a bit. Press F1 to exit practice mode. A FEW FINAL SUGGESTIONS When you first enter a scene, type LOOK to get a description of your surroundings. LOOK at everything imaginable. Sometimes important clues are in the text. If you meet someone, try to interact with them in some way. TALK TO MAN is always a good way to start! (Unless its not a man!) Fighting to some may seem hard at first, but hang in there you'll get used to it! Since this is a demo version, you will not be able to save your game. (Bummer eh?) SPECIAL FUNCTION KEYS F1 Toggles Fight MODE F2 Help F3 Retypes last line typed F4 Not Available F5 Not Available F6 Set Speed F7 Show Inventory F8 Turn PC Speaker music off F9 Restart the game F10 Quit TAB Displays last text output ESC Erases the input line. SHIFT Acts like joystick button (Makes Maddog Jump when walking around. Attacks when fighting.) We here at Game Crafters hope you enjoy playing this demo. If you would like to play the entire game, order it through Cam DeBuck Software for $19.95 plus $4.50 shipping and handling. To Order, Call between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm mountain time at 1-800-521-8058 (ORDERS ONLY). (Visa, MasterCard, Diners, and JCB Cards accepted.) or... Call our BBS and order On-Line at (801) 489-3558 [HST Dual Standard 16.8k] For questions or info. call Cam DeBuck Software at (801) 489-4878. Send check or money order for $24.45 ($19.95 + $4.50 shipping) and system info (see note below) to: Game Crafters 1103 South 2230 East Spanish Fork, Utah 84660 NOTE: ***** IMPORTANT!!!!! ********* WHEN ORDERING, PLEASE SPECIFY COMPUTER TYPE (IBM, AMIGA, ATARI ST), DISK SIZE, AND GRAPHICS TYPE (EGA, VGA) GameCrafters, When it comes to games, we don't play around.