ZEPPELIN GAMES



SPECTRUM LOADING INSTRUCTIONS

Type LOAD"", and then press ENTER.

Press PLAY on the tape.



SOSSOSSOS



Incoming report International terrorism on the increase  stop. Desperate measures needed  stop. Current hostage situation critical  stop. President vows retaliation  stopend of report



Through the early summer morning something stalks A man as quiet and deadly as a panther A man determined and ruthless



Sword of the Samurai-

Awesome martial arts action!



GAMEPLAY

The Samurai can be controlled by the following methods:

1. Keyboard Control Method

2. Sinclair Joystick Control

3. Kempston Joystick Control



The object of the game is to rescue the hostages who are being held against their will by a renegade martial arts gang.



The hostages are held on the knees, under the protection of an armed and deadly guard. The number of hostages left to rescue are shown on the bottom left hand side of the screen, with Samurai lives shown on the right. To rescue the hostages, the Samurai must walk up to them, often killing their guard in the process.



The renegade gang have threatened to begin eradicating the hostages if their demands for a ransom is not paid. If the time to this deadline reaches zero, the Samurai has failed his mission and looses a life for bringing shame on to the name of these Noble Warriors.



The Samurai has the ability to drop a magical crystal by pulling down on flat ground. This means that the Warrior will return to this spot after he has lost a life. The Samurai can also pick up the crystal by the same method and take it with him to a later part of the level.



As well as the deadly Sword which can only be drawn in hand to hand combat, the Samurai has Shurikans which can be thrown at the enemy from a distance. Once two hostages have been rescued, the Samurai has the ability to throw cut throat daggers instead of Shurikans.



After all of the hostages have been rescued, the Samurai must take them to the end of the level to successfully complete his mission.



Combat takes place over the following locations:



DEAD FOREST

THE SEWERS

SLOW RAIN FOREST

HOLY MOUNTAIN

SAMURAI TEMPLE

KARAMARNI WOOD

DRAGON TEMPLE 



In the course of his mission, the Samurai will meet the following opponents:



SERPENTS

MAGICAL DRAGONS

THUGS

APE MEN

SORCERERS

CROSSBOW NINJAS

SPRING KICK BOXERS

MAGICAL NINJAS

LEADER OF THE RENEGADE GANG



JOYSTICK CONTROLS

JUMP UP

WALK LEFT

WALK RIGHT

DUCK/JUMP DOWN

FIRE . LASH OUT WITH WEAPON



JOYSTICK CONTROL - FIRE BUTTON PRESSED

SUPER JUMP

SUPER FALL

