=============================================================================== Gargoyle Medieval Pack version 1.4 Copyright (c) 1995 Synaptic Entertainment 1 - STORY SO FAR 2 - OBJECTIVES 3 - INSTALLATION 4 - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 5 - GAME CONTROLS 6 - DISTRIBUTION INFO 7 - CONTACTING STORY SO FAR: =================== For centuries, the elves lived in peace, farming, raising families and living life day by day. Then, one day the evil Gargoyle Empire invaded the peaceful village, stealing all the gold and jewels from the elves, leaving them in destitution. The elves became prisoners in their own village, for the Gargoyles guarded the outskirts of the village, never allowing the elves to leave. The Gargoyles had also invaded the King's castle, becoming rulers of the small country. Desperate, the elves called upon you to help them regain control of their castle and their gold. OBJECTIVES: =================== Gargoyle: As the elves attempt to recapture the gold in the castle, the Gargoyles drop deadly firebombs. The elves must carefully maneuver buckets of water to catch and extinguish all firebombs to save the village from burning. However, they must also take precaution as to not catch the falling rocks. The rocks cause the buckets to shrink to half their original size! On the other hand, if the elves catch the falling rubies, their buckets grow to twice their original size. Goal: Help the elves get all the way to the throne room and reclaim their gold. Keyboard: * space ....... start new level * arrow keys ....... move buckets Joystick: * button 1 ....... start new level/release pause * button 2 ....... pause game Mouse: * button 1 ....... start new level/release pause * button 2 ....... pause game Gargoyle Revenge: Now that the elves have reclaimed their gold, the Gargoyles begin to throw the elves from the windows of the castle tower! This time you must maneuver the two elves with the trampoline back and forth to meet the falling elves. Each elf will bounce three times before getting to the safety of the hay wagon. Goal: Bounce as many falling elves as you can to safety. Keyboard: * arrow keys ....... move trampoline Joystick: * button 1 ....... release pause * button 2 ....... pause game Mouse: * button 1 ....... release pause * button 2 ....... pause game Gargoyle Mania: The Gargoyles have assembled their army and are attacking again, this time for the final battle. Now you must help the elves fend off the enemy by moving their cart back and forth avoiding the attacks and shooting back. Meanwhile, you must also catch the falling treasures so that you can enhance your weapons and defenses. The more coins you have the better the weapons you can buy. Goal: Destroy all attacking Gargoyles. Keyboard: * arrow keys ....... move weapon * space ....... uses potion (smartbomb) * ctrl ....... fire weapon * enter ....... buy/exit store Joystick: * button 1 ....... fire weapon * button 2 ....... uses potion (smartbomb), buy/exit store Mouse: * button 1 ....... fire weapon * button 2 ....... uses potion (smartbomb), buy/exit store The potions in Mania have different purposes. Red ..... 10 seconds of invincibility Green ..... doubles your coinage Blue ..... smart bomb (joystick button 2, right mouse click, or space bar) Purple ..... recharges shields to full capacity Gray ..... gives metal buckets There are also other falling objects: Falling elf ..... gives you extra man. Gold coin ..... worth 200 Silver coin ..... worth 75 Bronze coin ..... worth 25 Between phases, you will be given the chance to buy better weapons with the coins you have saved. The weapons available (when you can afford them) are as follows: Crossbow (Single Arrow) Crossbow (Double Arrow) Crossbow (Triple Arrow) Automatic Rock Shooter Double barreled Rock Shooter Explosive Acorn Shooter Crystal Laser (Registered Version Only) besides weapons, the following equipment is available: Metal Buckets (Can not be damaged by enemy fire) Magnets (pulls falling coins towards buckets) Shield Regenerator INSTALLATION: =================== Copy GARGOY14.ZIP to c:\gargoyle, and unzip files. Before Playing you must run "setup.exe" to config the sound card. Type "gargoyle.exe" to run game 1 Type "revenge.exe" to run game 2 Type "mania.exe" to run game 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: ==================== 1 ..... 640K RAM ( 538k full, 439k min ) 2 ..... MINIMUM 386 33 MHZ (486 33 mhz for full speed) 3 ..... Hard disk with 6.5 meg free space 4 ..... VGA card 5 ..... Sound Blaster for music/digital sound effects MEMORY USAGE: -538k for Digital sound effects and full music -490k for Digital sound effects and no music -439k for game only NOTE: the game auto configures when run to your amount of memory. GAME CONTROL: =================== ESC = back to menu P = pause game Alt-X = will exit to DOS enter = release pause DISTRIBUTION INFO: =================== You are encouraged to upload and/or pass this game around. Gargoyle is SHAREWARE which means you get to try before you buy, and the game is freely distributed ( As long as the following criteria are met ) with the following files. setup.exe - Setup Program gargoyle.exe - Gargoyle Game revenge.exe - Gargoyle Revenge Game mania.exe - Gargoyle Mania Game gargoyle.elf - Game data revenge.elf - Game data mania.elf - Game data demo.dat - Game data readme.txt - This Documentation File order.frm - Order form file_id.diz - description for BBS's Please Call the file GARGOY14.ZIP CONTACTING: =================== Email us at synaptic@telepath.com with your questions and comments or visit us on the world wide web at www.telepath.com/~mtx/synaptic/ or www.telepath.com/~synaptic/