Dragon's Lair

Long ago, in a magical time, a good King named Aetheired ruled a peaceful kingdom. Now his kingdom has many treasures, but its greatest prize was Princess Daphne, the King's only child. Brave Knights and handsome Princes came from afar just to pay her court, for she was a maiden of exceeding beauty and grace.

But, although they laid vast riches at her feet and pleaded most earnestly for her hand, Princess Daphne refused them all. For her heart had long been given to another... Dirk the Daring, the King's champion and bravest Knight.

Then, one dark day, Singe, an evil dragon who ruled over a shadowed land, appeared in Aetheired's kingdom and demanded that the King deliver up his kingdom and people to him. When Aetheired refused Singe's vile demand, the monster kidnapped the beautiful Daphne and imprisoned her in a crystal sphere in the horrible dungeons beneath his enchanted castle. Singe then sent Aetheired this message:

"Relinquish your kingdom before the setting sun or your beloved daughter will perish... Aetheired and all the peope of the kingdom were plunged into despair. All except for Dirk who vowed to go to the enchanted castle and free the Princess... if he could survive the dungeon's many perils... if he could reach the Dragon's lair.

Scoring

As you adventure through the enchanted dungeons, you'll earn points for vanquishing foes, overcoming obstacles, finding treasure and conquering dungeon rooms. Watch your score indicator.

You will earn bonus Dirks (extra lives) after completing the weapons room and one Dirk for each screen completed. After that up to a maximum of five Dirks (you will need them!).

To record your high score of the day, just press the spacebar when on the title screen and you wil be able to put in your initials.

Order Of Screens

1. The Falling Disk
2. Skull Hallway
3. The Burning Ropes
4. The Weapons Room
5. Ramps and Giddy Goons
6. The Tentacle Room
7. The Second Disk
8. The Deadly Checkerboard
9. Slaying The Dragon

Game Controls

Z - Left, X - Right, K - Up, M - Down, L - Draw Sword/Jump, SPACE - Jump on Giddy Goon

When playing the Ramps and Giddy Goons screen, you will need to press SPACE to jump from ramp to ramp. In Skull Hallway, the Weapons Room and the Tentacle Room, the joystick will only accept the correct action at the the correct time. The correct action at the wrong time will be ignored. If you hold the joystick in anticipation of a move it will be ignored, resulting in losing a life. So be warned, timing is very important in these rooms.

The Spectrum Versions

Special instructions for Dragon's Lair multi-load games.

Please note that when prompted to stop tape and turn it over, do not do this, just stop the tape.

Spectrum 48K owners with a separate data cassette and tape counter, should reset the counter at 000 at this stage.

Spectrum +2 owners and users without a tape counter should rewind to the beginning of the tape when prompted by the game.

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