THAT'S THE SPIRIT
(The Edge)

Program and game concept (c) 1985
Simon Lipowicz & Andy Blazdell


LOADING THE GAME
Ensure that the tape is full rewound and then load TTS by entering:
	LOAD "" and pressing ENTER

TTS will start automatically when loading is completed. Note that this
copy of TTS may feature our Turbo Load system which allows loading
time to be halved. However, the Turbo system is a little more
sensitive than normal loading, so please ensure that your player's
heads are clean, and that you either have well charged batteries in
the player or are using mains supply for power.


THE GAME
The year is 1996, and the Government has gone too far. Since the
formation of the World Council the people had had to put up with a
lot, but it really was going too far to rename every city in the
world.
I mean, it may not have been too bad if some bright spark hadn't
noticed the fact that most cities were beginning to look the same -
and like New York in particular. But to then decide to call every city
"New York"? Hum, that was weird.
The government explained in a 40-page booklet the advantages of this
move, about how conversation would be simplified (as in, "Hi! Where
you going?" "New York!" "Well, that's great, so am I. Let's go
together.") Road sign posting was greatly clarified, true, and rumour
had it that both Birmingham and London were now almost easy to
negotiate in a car.
And there were philosophical connotations too; for now New York was
just another way of saying "everything" or "anywhere", which an
appendix to the Government's 40-page booklet described as a major step
forward in world unity and peace. It also solved approximately 42
other problems that no one could remember anyway.

But now things had gone too far. It had been called the "second
prohibition". The Government had decided on a strictly "no spirits"
rule in every New York world wide. This, as you can imagine, has
caused great problems for us, the city law enforcers - we have enough
difficulty trying to grasp the concept, let alone the offenders.

Some of use blame the Canadians for even mentioning the possibility
that Norway would win the song contest - they've won the global New
York song contest every year since.

So here I am, a new kind of Spirit chaser in what some reckon was the
original New York. Inflation has wreaked havoc, and rumour has it that
it just materialised and is held up with its lady on Liberty Island.
This could be bad news, the philosophical connotations hardly being
touched upon in the Government's 40-page report; New York is in danger
and as we are well aware New York is now all we've got ...

Shouldn't be too much trouble on the streets these days, nothing
substantial anyway. Maybe a few rogue grannies who escaped the age
round-up a few years back. And maybe a few break-dancers, discarded
nuclear generators, unused micro computers ... you know, the usual
stuff.

I'd feel a lot surer of my task if I could remember where I'd left my
Electronic Detector of Ghostly Entities ... that'd fry the little
creeps.


CONTROLS
The reverse side of these instructions has a keyboard overlay which
you might (if you have a non-Plus Spectrum) like to cut out and use.
In fact, bearing in mind that this game relies to a great extent upon
single-key entry of commands, you may be well advised to use this
overlay, or at least keep it close at hand for reference.

<-  ->  HOLD  CONNECT  TAKE  DROP  THROW  HOLD  <-  ->
Q   W   E     R        T     Y     U      I     O   P

LOAD SAVE SOUND SWEAR SLEEP EAT DRINK ENTER EXIT SHOOT
A    S    D     F     G     H   J     K     L    Enter

*     CONTINUE BUY READ EXAMINE HOLD USE *PAUSE  *QUIT
Caps  Z        X   C     V   B  N    M   Symbol  Break
Shift                                    Shift   Space

There are many things to discover in this game, but many of the
single-key commands should be clear (even if it's not so clear how and
when they are useful). But we will tell you that you can 'connect' up
different objects and in some cases this will enable you to use them.
To connect objects arrange them so that they are above each other in
the display of what you are currently carrying, and then position the
'hold' indicator over the first of the objects and press 'connect'.

More than that we will not say, so good luck!

Note: You can bypass the opening credits sequence by simultaneously
pressing the BREAK and SPACE keys, although the authors cannot imagine
why you should wish to do this ...

Oh, by the way, there are no penguins in this game. OK?
