THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI
Across the 8th Dimension


LOADING INSTRUCTIONS:

Note...  This  program  requires MS-DOS versions between  1.0  and 
2.11. higher versions will not work. 

     1). Boot your computer with the DOS 2.11 disk in drive A:

     2).  If  you  have  a  color Monitor and  wish  to  view  the 
Graphics, type MODE CO40

          If you have a Monochrome Monitor or if you wish to  play 
the game in Text form only, type MODE MONO or MODE BW80, depending 
on your hardware setup.

     3). Insert the Buckaroo Banzai disk in Drive A:

     4). Type START


HOW AN ADVENTURE WORKS:

     You  are  in  charge of the  main  character...  any  action, 
response  or behavior that the character performs comes from  you. 
When your character asks,  "WHAT SHALL I DO", answer him by typing 
in  2-word  commands from your keyboard.  If  your  character  has 
spotted an item in his vicinity, he might be able to acquire it if 
you tell him to TAKE it or GET it, as in GET BOOK or TAKE HAMMER.

     Be literal and precise. your character is depending on you to 
tell him exactly what to do.  If he or she doesn't understand your 
meaning,  you'll  be told that they don't  understand.  When  that 
happens, try different commands until you find one that works.

     Finding out what commands work and what ones don't is part of 
the fun of an Adventure.  Common Sense helps.  For  example,  your 
character cannot Wear a coat until he has Gotten it first.

     To  find  out what your character has with him at  any  given 
time, type TAKE INVENTORY.

     Some, (but not all!) of the words you might find useful are:

Climb     Examine   Leave     Move      Quit      Say
Drop      Go        Light     Pull      Read      Take
Enter     Help      Look      Push      Save      Wear 


     Solving the mystery is up to you. Good Luck!


STORY BACKGROUND:

     Buckaroo  Banzai,  born to an American mother and a  Japanese 
father, began life as he was destined to live it, going in several 
directions at once.  A brilliant neurosurgeon, this restless young 
man  grew  quickly  dissatisfied with a  life  devoted  solely  to 
medicine.  He  roamed  the planet studying the  Martial  Arts  and 
Particle  Physics,  and in the process he collected around  him  a 
most unusual group called the Hong Kong Cavaliers.

     With the advent of the jet car,  Buckaroo was able to  travel 
through  solid  matter,  where he discovered a  dimension  passage 
through  space itself.  In the process,  he discovered  that  evil 
Aliens  called  Lectroids had used the passage and  were  here  on 
earth.   Their  presence  was  a  worldwide  threat  and   through 
tremendous effort, Banzai and his friends were able to destroy the 
aliens.

     With the Lectroids disposed of, Buckaroo was planning to take 
some well-deserved R&R. but the phone rang...

     As  Perfect Tommy handed Buckaroo the  phone,  he  whispered, 
"It's the President and he sounds worried." Buckaroo took the call 
and  was  quickly  filled in on the details of  the  new  Lectroid 
dilemma.

     Just  before the Lectroids assembled to leave  the  earth,  a 
small  group from a Yoyodyne office in Arizona created a  problem. 
The   President  had  received  a  communication  that   a   large 
thermonuclear  device  had been buried deep inside  Kyn  Mountain, 
just outside Trantham,  Arizona.  The message further stated  that 
any attempts to destroy the bomb would trigger its detonation. The 
area  around  the mountain,  including the town  of  Trantham  was 
evacuated,  but a panic set in and power and phone lines have been 
knocked out by the mass evacuation.

     The  CIA and other resources have been able to establish  the 
following information: the bomb is located inside a hollow cavern, 
too  deep  inside the mountain to reach  quickly  by  conventional 
blasting.  The bomb is giving off some sort of radio interference, 
preventing radio communication in the area.  The bomb size,  based 
on  hot-spot satellite scanning,  may be large enough to take  out 
the entire state.

     "Buckaroo",  said  the  President,  "Can you  save  Arizona?" 
Banzai  agrees  to try and has the Air Force airdrop the  jet  car 
into the area for possible use.  Worried,  however, by the threats 
made  in the message,  he prevents the rest of the Cavaliers  from 
accompanying him on this, possibly his final, mission.

     Now,  you,  as Buckaroo Banzai, have a job to do, if you want 
to see the rest of the world again.



