




        QUEST2.TXT            Unregisteres Version            22.11.92
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                                   QUEST  II
                             Unregistered Version
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                                   VGA V1.01
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                     design & coding by A.Dax / Rincewood
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        PLEASE READ THE QUEST2.TXT FOR DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS
        VENDORS & SYSOPS: PLEASE READ VENDOR.TXT
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        SHAREWARE INFORMATION

        QUEST II is a shareware program and is provided at no charge to
        you for evaluation. But, if you try QUEST II and continue to
        use it, you are expected to register.
        Fell free to share QUEST II with your friends, but please do
        not give it away altered or as part of another system.
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        Short Description:
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        QUEST II is an Action-Arcade-Puzzle for PCs with a VGA-
        Graphics-Card. You have to reach the Exit of each level to
        finish the game and to free the kingdom of Lord Seventeeth from
        the evil monsters. To stay alive, you will have to survive lots
        of traps and monsters.


        The Levels:
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        Each Level of QUEST II consists of 3x3 Screens. If the hero
        leaves one screen, the graphics flips to the next one. To
        finish a level, you must reach it's exit. This sounds easy, but
        believe me, it is NOT !


        Playing the Game:
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        You control the hero with your keyboard












        Commands:
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        Cursor-Keys .... Change Direction

        Space .......... Use Object

        M .............. Show Level-Map

        S .............. Save Current Game

        L .............. Load Saved Game

        ESC ............ Retry Current Level


        Quick Start:
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        QUEST II has a little built-in playground. Select the GOTO
        PLAYGROUND line in the main-menu and you enter a training
        level, where you can test the effect of all items.


        Speed of the Game:
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        Game speed is adapted to a 12-MHz-AT-286. To adapt the speed to
        other machines, use the + and - key on your keyboard. Using the
        - key is always useful in risky situations !


        Saving and Loading:
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        Loading and Saving a game is always possible while playing. To
        save the current game, just press S. A little save-menu opens
        and you can enter a number from 0-9 and a short text. pressingh
        return saves the game.

        To load a saved game, just press L while playing and enter the
        number of the desired game.


        Collecting and Using Items:
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        You can collect an item by just walking about it. Some items
        can not be collected but just used at their home-place (e.g. a
        lever ). To use such items, touch them with your player (don't
        do that with pitfalls ! *smile* ).

        To use a item, you must put the hero in front of the target of
        the item-usage and press the space-key. After that a small blue
        box appears in the item-inventory. Use the cursor-keys to
        select the desired item with the blue rectangle. Then press
        Space again. Now the selected item will be used onto the object
        in front of your hero.












        E.g. to open a door, place your hero in front of the door,
        select the key right-colored key from the inventory and use it
        with space. The door will open !


        The Hero:
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        The Hero can be controlled withe the cursor-keys. He has
        infinite lives, but after every death you must start at the
        beginning of the current level. DON'T FORGET TO SAVE !!


        Your Friends:
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        YOu can meet a friend in each level. You can talk with him by
        touching him with your hero. He will ask you to bring him a
        certain item, which he is in need of. After you have found the
        item in the current level, go back to the friend and give it to
        him by using it onto his square. The friend will disappear and
        will leave behind some useful item as a reward for you.
        E.g. at the start of the game, you can see a friend in the
        prison-cell. When you talk to him, he will ask you to bring him
        the book lying around in the upper right corner of the cell.
        Bring it to him and as a reward he will give a bomb to you. Use
        this bomb onto a wall-block to blast your way out.


        The Monsters:
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        Most of them are really stupid. They always stay on their
        running-path. Don't touch them, they are lethal. To destroy a
        monster, just put a monster onto it's running-path. BANG !


        The Items:
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        Gold:

        Collecting through walking about. Not necessary to solve the
        game but good for getting a leading position in the Hall of
        Fame.


        Bomb:

        Use a bomb to blast a wall or the destroy a monster. To blast a
        wall just put your hero in front of the wall and use a bomb
        from the inventory. To kill a monster, just put a bomb onto his
        path. When the monster touches the bomb, BANG !


        Keys and Doors:













        Golden and silver doors can be opened ONLY by the right-colored
        key.


        Runes and Shrines:

        Use a rune (X-shaped thing, blue or red) with a shrine to make
        something strange happen on the current screen. Many times a
        wall block disappears and creates a new path.


        Levers and Pitfalls:

        Touch a lever to close a pitfall. Pitfall = Grey, rectangular,
        with a red center. Don't touch pitfalls, they are lethal.


        Blue Blocks:

        You can push blue blocks over the screen. They can be used to
        change the path of monsters or TO FILL PITFALLS. Just push a
        block into a pitfall and it will turn into normal ground.


        Other Items (Book, Dagger etc.):

        These items are not really useful for you, but you can exchange
        them against other items if you meet a friend.


        Exit:

        Shining blue, it is the finish of each level.


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        The Registration:
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        IF you or your children try QUEST II and decide to use it for a
        longer time, you are expected to register the program with the
        author.

        Please remember, the more people that register QUEST II, the
        more time and effort the author will spend in developing future
        programs.

        If you like QUEST II, decide to use it and want to play the
        full-version with 56 screens, you must send a registration
        payment of $ 10 (US-Dollar) or the same amount in another
        currency to:


        DAX Software
        Games Division

        Wieneroed 3
        A-4890 FRANKENMARKT











        AUSTRIA
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        PLEASE USE THE FILE REGIST.TXT FOR REGISTERING !!!!!

        For your registration you will get the registered version of
        QUEST II containing 56 action-packed screens full of traps and
        treasures.

        If you have new ideas or comments for QUEST II, please write to
        the above address or e-mail me.

        My Internet-Address is: ADAX@COSY.SBG.AC.AT

        IRC-Nickname: Rincewood


        ATTENTION, PLEASE !

        If you want to bring a little smile onto the author's face,
        please write a postcard of your hometown to the following
        address.

          HOLZINGER Andrea

          Kirchham 55
          A-4891 POENDORF
          AUSTRIA
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        This is the address of my girlfriend, who is very happy about
        every postcard she gets !




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        DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY:

        QUEST II IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
        EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED
        WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
        PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE IS
        WITH YOU. DAX SOFTWARE ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, DIRECT
        OR CONSEQUENTIAL, WHICH MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF QUEST II.



















