Fairlight 2: Trail Of Darkness ============================== Introduction ------------ Fairlight 2: Trail Of Darkness is the sequel to Fairlight - the legendary 3D arcade adventure which won just about every magazine award going. Fairlight 2 is more like two games in one, with about 128K of game code! Fairlight 2 starts where Fairlight leaves off. You, Isvar, have found the magical Book of Light, but, falling victim to a cruel deception, have lost it again... Now you must travel to the dark lands of Nadir, seek the tower where the Dark Load plots the final destruction of the land of Fairlight, and recover The Book of Light! Fairlight 2 uses the "3D Worldmaker Technique" to create a magical world of such detail that individual objects possess "real world" attributes such as weight and momentum, and can be moved, carried and used. You, as Isvar, can truly interact with this environment in exploring the superbly depicted scenes. You have fine "pockets" in which to carry objects: you can jump and fight. But you'll need to use all these abilities, and, above all, your wits to overcome the many obstacles and puzzles that beset you in your quest to recover The Book of Light! The Game -------- The land had been dying by degrees over the millenia. The Light and Magic that had once made the beauteous land of Fairlight a joy to behold had gradually faded. It is known in the Lore of the Land that one day a wizard will be born who will be called by the Elders to free the land again of the dark grip that holds it. But has that time yet come? Isvar, you seem to have been called. You have been drawn by magic powers into the castle of Avars, to the very place where the King of Avars was slain. You had you thought been called by the kindly wizard Segar who legend tells was entrapped in a tower within the castle. Knowing no better, you heard the call of Segar and followed his plea to find the fabled book of Light within the castle's depths, and have returned the book to your bidder. But Isvar, you were decieved: for it was not Segar the Immortal in that tower but the Dark Lord himself. And in taking the Book of Light to him you have potentially sealed the fate of the Land of Fairlight. Soon, if you cannot act to stop him, the Dark Lord will be able to harness the power of the book and turn its power to his own evil ends. You must seek him within the Land and without it. Seek him where he lies for there he must be - at his weakest so that his power can turn that of the Book to his own ends. Go now, Isvar. Game Controls ------------- Q - Up/Left, A - Down/Right, P - Up/Right, L - Down/Left, SPACE - Jump, B - Fight, V - Pick Up, CAPS/Z - Drop, 1,2,3,4,5 - Pockets/Objects, 6 - Use SYMBOL SPACE - Pause (Any key to restart) To save a game, first Pause the game then press S to Save (make sure the deck is recording first!). To load a game, first Pause the game then press L to Load. When loaded, Restart the game. Loading ------- LOAD"" (ENTER) If using a 128K Spectrum, enter 48K Mode and issue the above command. Fairlight 2 consists of two parts. When the counter at the top of the loading screen gets down to zero, stop the tape and press ENTER to start the game. If you get far enough into the game, you will be prompted to load Part 2. Start the tape, then, when Part 2 has loaded, carry on playing. If you then fail in your quest, you will, in order to restart, have to load in the data for Part 1 again. This is on Side 2 of the tape, so turn the tape over, rewind and start the tape. Stop it when loaded. If after a while you need to load Part 2 again, just start the tape, since Part 2 is repeated after Part 1 Data on Side 2.