SHANGHAI KARATE - PLAYERS PREMIER SOFTWARE

LOADING INSTRUCTIONS

48K owners type LOAD"" (ENTER).

128K owners use the loader option on menu. This version includes music
and digitised sound. Recorded after the main game is a Joe Blade II
demo, to load it Type LOAD"" (ENTER).

THE LEGEND OF LO YIN

"Tell us a story honourable grandfather", the children sat around the
old Japanese sailor. This was the old man's story.

The Changchun Academy was the most famous karate school in the whole
of Northern China, from where the karate masters taught their students
from the sacred karate scrolls. Then one night, a disgraced former
pupil, the evil Wang Chen and his army, slaughtered the Karate Masters
and their pupils. Only Lo Yin survived, as he was studying the sacred
scrolls at the time and managed to take them with him when he escaped.

Lo Yin knew that Wang Chen would not rest until he had the scrolls and
he was right. Wang dispatched his finest warriors to bring back the
scrolls. After many legendary fights, Lo reached Shanghai where he
entrusted the scrolls to his old friend Derek who brought them safely
to Slough where they remain to this day. According to the story, Lo
was lured into a dragon temple and was never seen again.

THE GAME

You take on the role of Lo Yin, in his epic journey from Changchun to
Shanghai.

SIDE A (THE JOURNEY): In level one you play the part of Lo in the
caves below the academy, level two places you on the Great Wall and in
three you must fight Wangs men by the Yangtze river.

SIDE B (SHANGHAI): In level one you face opponents in Shanghai
harbour, level two places you in the sewers below the city. In you
reach level 3 you are given the chance to complete the story in the
Dragon Temple.

THE CONTROLS

The game supports Sinclair and Kempston joysticks options as well as
keyboard.

On the 2 player option one player should use Joystick and the other
should use the keyboard. For a more challenging game select SOUND OFF.

HIGH        HIGH       HIGH FLYING HIGH
BLOCK  JUMP BLOCK      PUNCH  KICK KICK
     \  |  /                \  |  /
      \ | /                  \ | /
       \|/                    \|/
WALK ---*--- WALK       MID ---*--- MID
LEFT   /|\   RIGHT    PUNCH   /|\   KICK
      / | \                  / | \
     /  |  \                /  |  \
 MID   LOW  MID         LOW  SWEEP SWEEP
BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK     PUNCH

                     FIRE BUTTON PRESSED

SHANGHAI KARATE CREDITS

DESIGN: IAN THOMPSON
CODE: KEVIN PARKER
BACKDROPS: JABBA SEVERN
SPRITES: COLIN SWINBOURNE
128K VERSION TECHNICAL SUPPORT: ANDY SEVERN
ORIGINAL MUSIC: MIKE BROWN
TEXTUALS & STORY: SIMON DANIELS

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PRODUCED FOR PLAYERS SOFTWARE BY RICHARD PAUL JONES
© 1988 PLAYERS

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