. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEVIATHAN MEDIA CORPORATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLADE DEMO V3.5.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This version of BLADE is for demonstration purposes only, it is NOT for resale. BLADE IS a 256 color arcade style game for the Macintosh. It features 30Mb of 8 bit graphics and stereo digitized sound. The Hero has 4 levels of animation consisting of over 250 frames each level. Enemies are just as detailed with intricate sequences of attack. There are a total of 15 terrorizing and bizarre screens of play. BLADE DOES require this minimum configuration to run: Mac with 68020 or better 4Mb RAM partition 8 or 4 Bit Graphics 13Ó Monitor (640X480) or larger Double Speed CD ROM Drive System 7 or greater Accelerated for PowerPC This BLADE Demo requires 2.0Mb of hard disk space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QUICK LEAD IN You are Blade, Point Lancer of the Guardian Legion, a genetically tailored army, serving as earthÕs ultimate defense and attack force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLAYING THE BLADE DEMO Open the application BLADE by double clicking on it. At this point the title screen is loaded and the game is idle. If you wait a few seconds, the self-running demo will pop up. To exit the self-runner click the mouse button. To play choose ÔPLAYÕ from the FILE Menu, or press CMD T. This command toggles the game between play and pause. When youÕre in play mode, no other selection can be made from the menus, except CMD T, once youÕre paused you can then make further selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEY COMMANDS LEFT Ñ> Moves Hero left RIGHT Ñ> Moves Hero right DOWN Ñ> Makes Hero kneel or climb down UP Ñ> Makes Hero jump or climb up ATTACK Ñ> Makes Hero attack DOWN + LEFT or RIGHT Ñ> Makes Hero crawl DOWN + ATTACK Ñ> Makes Hero attack while kneeling JUMP + ATTACK Ñ> Makes Hero spin kick in the air Character control is very simple, you can choose the keys that represent LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN and ATTACK under KEYS in the OPTIONS Menu. The mouse button also triggers ATTACK. The keys perform as you would think. LEFT moves the hero left, RIGHT moves him right, DOWN makes him kneel as well as climb down a ladder, UP makes him jump or climb up a ladder, ATTACK makes him attack. You can also use the keys in combination, while youÕre kneeling you can crawl with LEFT and RIGHT, you can also attack from this position. When you jump you can start moving left and right either before or after you start the jump. If you let go of the UP key early you will immediately start to fall, so hold on to the key to get maximum height. You may also attack while jumping by pressing ATTACK during the jump, as long as you hit ATTACK before the hero starts to fall he will spin attack. The spin attack also gives him a little more height. To get maximum height in a jump, hit ATTACK as late as you can in the jump. The hero has one other ATTACK mode, when his heart is above 3/4 full the Guardian Legion Logo appears to the right of the heart. This means his stand attack is powered up. This is now his most devastating attack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHAT TO DO The idea behind the game is to collect all the Teleporter Pods by walking over them, if there are more they will pop up after the previous is collected. When you collect them all, the handle will appear on the Teleporter, get back to it and ATTACK the handle, you will be transported to the next screen. Along the way you will find PowerUp Pods, these can give you more life as well as speed. To open the pods, ATTACK them. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FEATURES The following features can be found under the OPTIONS menu. DIFFICULTY Allows the player to choose the level of difficulty for the game. The options are Beginner and Advanced. GRAPHICS Changes the drawing mode used by the engine. CopyBits is slower but totally compatible. DirectPlot is A LOT faster but MAY have compatibility problems. SOUND Allows the user to toggle on and off game sound, music, and MacInTalk. KEYS This dialog allows the user to re-map our hero's functions to different keys on the keyboard. ADVANCED This dialog has a few miscellaneous settings. First is the Speed of the engine in milliseconds, the smaller the number the faster the play. Second is the Sound Percentage of total CPU load, adjust this lower if you have graphics performance problems. Third is the Demo Delay, this simply is the amount of idle time before the demo runs, set this to 0 to turn demo mode off. Finally there's the Continue check box, this feature allows you to restart at the beginning of the screen you were on when you were killed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRAVIS MAC GAMEPAD BLADE supports the use of a Gravis Mac GamePad. To use the GamePad, load the ÒBladeª GamePad SetÓ into the ÒGamePad SetÓ folder in your system folder. Rename the file Ò[Bladeª]Ó for autoloading of the set when BLADE starts. This set assumes the default key mapping listed below. Key Controls Left Ñ> Left Arrow Right Ñ> Right Arrow Down Ñ> Down Arrow Up Ñ> Up Arrow Attack Ñ> Space The GamePad responds as follows moving the directional pad around makes the hero walk left, right, jump, squat, crawl and climb. The RED button also acts as Jump, the YELLOW as Attack and the GREEN as Play/Pause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BUG NOTE For those of you with the Standard Apple Keyboard or Keyboard II, there is one consideration. These keyboards cannot ÒseeÓ more than two key events at a time like the Extended Keyboard can. This has caused problems because this game really needs the ability to see more than two actions. There is no direct fix to the keyboard problem; it is related to the ADB processor in the keyboard. The work around is to use the mouse button for attack with these keyboards and the keys for movement control. With an Extended Keyboard you can play either with the mouse button or the key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ABOUT PARAGRAPH BLADE is the first in the FLUX series of arcade style games for the Mac. Because the series is based upon our own method of developing games, we will be continually upgrading and supporting our products. To obtain the Deluxe CD ROM Edition of BLADE, contact your local retailer, Educorp, or us at: Leviathan Media Corporation 53673 Cranston Macomb, MI 48042 Customer Support 1.810.786.5634 Facsimile 1.810.786.5747 Internet markf@ic.net AppleLink LEVIATHAN Web http://ic.net/~markf/ Educorp 7434 Trade Street San Diego, CA 92121 Orders 800.843.9497 Info 619.536.9999 Fax 619.536.2345 Internet service@educorp.com AppleLink EDUCORP Enjoy! Copyright © 1992-1995 Leviathan Media Corporation. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. BLADE and FLUX are registered trademarks of Leviathan Media Corporation. Macintosh, MacInTalk and AppleLink are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Mac GamePad is a registered trademark of Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd. Rev. 12/9/95