Barbarian II

1991 Psygnosis

Manual
THE STORY: ---------Necron's back in town and he wants revenge. Only you - in the guise of Hegor The Barbarian - Have the courage, strength, and stupidity to face the challenge: Its time once again to don your dented helmet, tie your sweaty breechcloth, sharpen your rusting sword and move your big feet in the direction of danger. Forests, caves, dungeons, castles, and temples await your barbaric exploration, each is infested with deadly inhabitants and devious traps ready to terminate your lowbrow activities. Featuring 2,000 frames of sprite animation, 32 colours on-screen, paralax scrolling, 6 levels of continuous arcade/adventure action, over 1 megabyte of fully animated sprites, 50 divergent enemies, magic and Health Potions to help you on your quest and a plethora of unique weapons to find and use, BARBARIAN II is: THE ULTIMATE IN LOINCLOTH ENTERTAINMENT. --------------------------

Loading Instructions -------------------IMPORTANT:- Always switch your machine off for at least 30 seconds before loading the game. Failure to do so may result in virus contamination of the BARBARIAN II master disk. AMIGA Switch your computer on. Insert a kickstart disk if so prompted. When the display prompts for a workbench disk insert Disk 1 of BARBARIAN II in your computers internal drive. Insert the other disks when prompted. Once loaded, Disk 2 may remain in your first drive and Disk 3 in your second, for the duration of the game. The Amiga version utilises extra memory should you have it. BARBARIAN II is played with a joystick plugged into the second joystick port and/or a mouse plugged into the first joystick port. ATARI ST Insert Disk 1 of BARBARIAN II. Switch on your monitor/tv, then your computer, insert other disks when prompted. BARBARIAN II is played with a joystick plugged into the second joystick port. LOADING TIPS Should the title screen not appear within 45 seconds of turning on your machine there maybe a problem with your computer system. Check your computer connections and that the above instructions have been correctly carried out. If you are sure your computer is functioning properly (i.e. other sotware loads successfully) and are still unable to load BARBARIAN II then you may have a faulty disk, in which case you may obtain a free replacement from PSYGNOSIS LTD. (Or a local Skid Row BBS)

THE CONTROLS: ------------Note: Directional controls of the joystick have a different effect on Hegor dependant on what weapon (If any) he is carrying. These controls assume Hegor is facing right. JOYSTICK CONTROLS -----------------

With Or Without Weapon (No Fire Button): ---------------------------------------(2) (3) | / \ | / \ | / ----(8)-----| |-----(4) | | /-----\ / | \ / | \ (7) | (5) (6) No Weapon (With Fire Button): ----------------------------(2) (3) | / \ | / \ | / ----(8)-----| |-----(4) | | /-----\ / | \ / | \ (7) | (5) (6) Swords Of Axes (With Fire Button): ---------------------------------(2) (3) | / \ | / \ | / ----(8)-----| |-----(4) | | /-----\ / | \ / | \ (7) | (5) (6) (1) \ (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) High Defence Leaping Slice High Slice Neck Slash Low Slice Right Low Slice Low Slice Left Body Defence (1) \ (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Turn/High Kick Flying Kick High Kick Punch Right Low Punch Right Low Punch Turn/Low Punch Left Turn/Punch Left (1) \ (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Backward Leap Jump Forward Leap Run Right Ground Roll - Right Crouch Ground Roll - Left Turn/Run Left

Elfin Bow Or Crossbow (With Fire Button): ----------------------------------------(1) | | | ----(4)-----| |-----(2) | | ----| | | (3) Spear (With Fire Button): ----------------------------(3)-----| |-----(1) | | ----| | | (2) (1) Throw Right (2) Low Throw (3) Throw Left (1) (2) (3) (4) Jump & Shoot Shoot Right Crouch & Shoot Shoot Left

MOUSE (amiga verison only): ----------------------------------|(1) (2)| | | | | | | | | (1) Pick Up/Drop Item (2) Scroll Thru Inventory

--------KEYBOARD: --------<ESC> Pause Game <F10> Quit Game (While Paused) < S > Save Game < L > Load Game < Space Bar > Pick Up/Drop Item < Return > Scroll Thru Inventory Screen Positioning: ------------------<Up Arrow> Scroll Display Up <Down Arrow> Scroll Display Down

GRAPPLE AND HOOK: ----------------To Utilise your Grapple and Hook, Simply press your Fire Button and Push you joystick up. Hegor will throw the Grapple up and (If a Suitable surface is within reach) climb the rope. POTIONS: -------Potions - found or bought - will either enhance your currently carried weapon strength or your own stamina. You'll soon discover which does what. Potions have no effect on bows, Crossbows or the Grapple and Hook. KEYS: ----To pick up keys, simply walk Hegor over them. Locked doors should be no prblem to you if you're carrying the right type of key, simply push Up on your joystick to open them. SAVING AND LOADING YOUR POSITION: --------------------------------Barbarian II allows you to save your position at any point during play. To do this, merely press the "S" key and follow onscreen instructions. To load a saved position - again at any point during play - press the L key and follow on-screen instructions. HEGORS'S HINTS: --------------Explore every nook and cranny of each domain, for years, for you will need to find all available keys. If you can afford it, buy the helmet from your friendly Shopkeeper, it may save your life in an unexpected attack. Each weapon has a different effect on your enemies, learn which is best to use against which foe. Against the castle guards, the best defense is attack. Buy gossip at every affordable opportunity, it might provied a vital clue! Remember, you must be actually carrying a weapon for it to be enhanced by potions. All enemies exept werewolves) defeated in the forest, leave their gold for you to pick up and spend. Striking the thieving goblin will deter its return, Rolling into him could prove benificial. Keep and eye on your weapon strength, swords and axes will break if it get too low. --Typed by Slayer of Skid Row For more Amiga documents, visit www.lemonamiga.com