Epic Adventures are full-scale machine code adventure games. Sophisticated compression techniques have been used to provide a large number of locations and puzzles in each game. The adventures take place in a fantasy world which you must explore in order to find the solution to each game. You will require a combination of cunning, logic and magic, not only to complete your task but even to remain alive.

Each game is played by typing ordinary English sentences into the computer, which responds by describing your surroundings and telling you what is happening. Full playing instructions are included in each game.

Each adventure has the following features:-

Approximately 230 fully described locations, ultra-fast response, fast save of partially completed game on tape, scoring, disk compatible.

Can you unlock the secrets of The Wheel Of Fortune and return to civilisation with enormous riches?

Walking through a lonely country lane one day, you notice a strange object lying by the side of the road.

On picking it up, you find that it consists of a number of silver discs pivoted together through the centre. A circle of brightly coloured jewels is set around the circumference of the outer disc.

The inner disc bears the legend: 'Spin me and I'll tell you true/What the future holds for you.'

As you spin the wheel, you start to feel dizzy and collapse to the ground.

When you regain your senses you find yourself amidst strange surroundings in a magical world. The Wheel of Fortune is gone and you can see an old beggar running away in the distance.

Your adventure starts here. You must find the Wheel of Fortune and use it to escape back to civilisation.

Any treasures that you find along the way are yours to keep.

The program is equipped with advanced language and speech interpreters, which enable you to type single or multiple sentences into the computer up to 254 characters in length.

Any number of different instructions may be included within the same command which should be phrased just as you would speak it.

In addition, it is possible to have one verb operating on a number of objects, and vice versa, eg:-

Here IT refers to the last object in the list, i.e.: LAMP.

The program remembers the direction in which the player last moved, so it would be able to make sense of a command similar to the following:

Here are some further examples of valid commands. (These situations may not appear in this particular game.)

In general then, the program will understand most commands as long as you phrase them and spell them correctly. You can even tell it what not to do!

Some words have a special purpose, these are listed below.

The other characters in the adventure are programmed to act in an intelligent manner and their reactions towards you will depend upon the way in which you have previously treated them.

Each character is allocated an area in the game which he normally patrols, until something causes him to stop or leave that area. The areas for the characters may overlap, or even change at different stages of the game.

In addition, the characters may walk at varying speeds or they may leave their areas if they are ordered to by the player, or by another character.

To speak to a character, enclose the speech in quotation marks:i.e.-

You will sometimes be told what the other characters are doing even though they may not be with you. Do not be confused by this, it is to help you understand what is happening.

Also, they are programmed not to walk away from you, in case you wish to talk to them.

This is an alphabetical list of all the locations, objects, characters and items referred to in The Wheel Of Fortune. The location and purpose of each item is given, and the information provided in one entry will usually lead you to other items in the list. If you cannot find the word you are looking for, it probably plays no significant part in the game.

It is up to you how you use these clues. You may want to read through them as you play the adventure, or you may prefer to use them only if you get stuck. In this case, a fair amount of will-power will be required to avoid reading entries that you do not wish to see!

Due to our policy of continually improving our products, there may be minor differences in detail between these clues and your version of the game.

During your travels you will occasionally come to a stage of the game where you appear to have solved all of the available puzzles, yet still cannot progress forward in the adventure. When this happens, take the Wheel of Fortune into the hut and spin it. You may also be able to buy more objects from the vending machine at this point.

THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE contains characters which are programmed to interact with you, and each other, in an intelligent manner. Their actions depend upon the circumstances and moods prevailing at the time. Because of this, it is impossible to list every situation that may arise during the game. However, we have covered all the situations you are likely to encounter, and you should have no difficulty in completing the game if you follow these clues carefully.

As explained in the instructions, there is no random element involved in the movements of the other characters in the game. They each have their own predefined areas which they patrol, although these areas may change depending upon the circumstances. It is quite easy to plot the movements of a particular character. The simplest way is to walk alongside them until they disappear. This means that they have come to the end of their patrol area, and have reversed direction. Whenever you meet a character, that character will remain in position until you move away. This is deliberate, and allows you to interact with the characters without them ignorantly walking away from you. Therefore, if you want to get rid of someone, you will have to step sideways and back again. They should have walked on by then. This will also tell you in which direction they have gone (which is often useful). As an example, you must give the penny to the beggar when he has just passed the vending machine, and is walking away from it along Beggar's Walk. For why, see Matches. If you want someone to help you at a certain location, lead them there after getting them to follow you.

--HAPPY ADVENTURING--