Ark Pandora

A murderous pirate imprisoned for life on a remove fantasy island. Set free by the island people on the condition he frees them from the evil tyranny of the island's ruler, the High Priest of the evil cult. You must combine his acrobatic skill and deadly weapons with your problem-solving abilities to obtain his ultimate freedom.

94 screens of full colour graphics

Game Plan

Escape from the island by retrieving the sacred scroll. To do so, you will require a great deal of ingenuity, wheeler-dealing and not a small amount of pure brain power. We do not propose to give you any clues but it may help to know the following:

Enemies:
Soldiers, Guards, Bandits, Trackers, Bats, Boars, Snakes, Mercenaries, High Priest, Warlock, Guard of Palace

Friends:
Hermit, Witch, Fisherman, Prisoner in Dungeon, Condemned man at gallows, Disks, Trainer Eagle, Crucifix, Studded Ball

When the game has first loaded you will be presented with a title screen and prompted to make an entry:

1. Old Game
   Allows user to load a pre-saved game position.
2. New Game
   Starts game afresh.
3. New Graphics
   Allows user to load a preferred set of graphic backgrounds.
4. Screen Designer
   Allows user to design a set of graphics for the game from building blocks provided.

Arrow can be moved around by cursor keys and joystick. Use Return or Fire to select an option.

Movement

The whole game is icon-driven for user simplicity. When using joystick, the 'arrow' displayed on-screen moves around and when it rests over the option you wish to choose, press Fire button. On keyboard, use cursor keys and Return key.

F1 - toggles control between game movement and icon movement
F5 - displays score
F7 - clears icon screen

Game Controls

Left, Right, Down and Fire - takes control from character to icons
Fire with no icon selected - takes control from icons to character
Fire + icon - select icon options offered then move arrow to select and press fire

< - Left, > - Right, Z - Fire, SPACE - Jump

In icon mode, use cursor keys.

Icon Descriptions

Look (L Keyboard)
Inventory (I Keyboard)
Drop (D Keyboard)
Use object (U Keyboard)
Take (T Keyboard)
Store/Load information
Leave position and restart
Green OK, Red danger

If Look is selected, an indicator of possible dangers is given:

Screen Designer

The up, down, left and right icons are used to move geographically around and to design the background graphic to be displayed at that point.

ENTER is used to put blocks in location.

I/O icon is used to load and save files.

< and > move through blocks. The cursor keys (or joystick) move the arrow around.

To change a block, take the arrow to the chosen block on the bottom of the screen. Press Return or Fire and block number will light up in red. Take arrow to chosen position on the top of the screen and press Return of Fire.

This block number will also light up in red. Take arrow to enter icon and press Fire or Return and the new block will be printed on-screen.

To change path's design, take arrow to path and press Return or Fire.

Good luck!

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SHIFT-RUN/STOP