COUNT DUCKULA 2 =============== Count Duckula's arch enemy Von Goosewing has fixed a rocket to one of the castle turrets, blasting the vegetarian Vampire and his cronies into outer space. Duckula though, thinks the motion of the turret is a side effect of drinking Nanny's potion (understandable really), but he soon realises their true predicament when they hit an asteroid field. Fortunately Tremendous Terence, Count Duckula's hero, comes to the rescue, knocking their 'turret spacecraft' on to a nearby planet surface. Oh dear though it's the planet Cute! - Yuk! Duckula hates cute things, and he soon realises that if he and his pals stay on this planet for any length of time, they too will become... Cute ... aagghh! All the cuties dollies and teddybears want to give our pal a big wet kiss (Blah!) to speed up the cuteness process. There's only one thing for it Duckula, Igor and Nanny have got to get off this planet and quick, but they have lost the lightning conductor in the crash landing and they will need this to escape. Can Tremendous Terence help, will they get away, it's up to you. GAME PLAY ASTEROID SECTION You have to guide the 'space turret' through the asteroid field by skillfully moving to avoid asteroids or blasting them to pieces by firing electric bolts at them with the turrets lightning conductor. The negotiation of the asteroid field is made more difficult by the appearance of satellites and these must also be avoided. GAME PLAY PLANET CUTE You have to guide Duckula past various obstacles and cute toys to find the lightning conductor. On the way you collect cereal packet tops which help Duckula become like his hero Tremendous Terence for a short time and be invulnerable to the effects of the cuties. You can also pick up bottles of ketchup that Duckula can squirt at the "cuties," rendering them temporarily harmless. Duckula can call on Tremendous Terence to help him get past really awkward obstacles, but only a limited number of times, and when Duckula meets up with Igor, he is refreshed with broccoli sandwiches, so allowing his search for the lightning conductor to continue. Finally, if you have successfully kept Duckula from becoming cute, the lightning conductor is seen, but a large lovable puppy toy is in the way. Igor has already done all he can and Tremendous Terence cannot be contacted at the moment, that just leaves Nanny. Will she be able to help get Duckula past the puppy and retrieve the lightning conductor? HINTS AND TIPS In the main game, you have plenty of time so don't rush. Time your jumps to the movement of the platforms, which follow a set pattern. Fire sauce at "Cuties" to get past them. Top up your supply of sauce by collecting sauce bottles. Collect four cereal packet tops to gain temporary invulnerability. If you find a screen too difficult, call Tremendous Terence, but remember you can only use him once. LOADING INSTRUCTIONS C64: Press SHIFT and RUN STOP together. Spectrum 48k: Type LOAD"" and press ENTER. Spectrum 128k: (Side B) Switch on and press ENTER on loader. Amstrad 464/664/6128: Press CONTROL and small ENTER together. CONTROLS JOYSTICK UP Jump DOWN & FIRE Call Tremendous Terence LEFT Walk left RIGHT Walk right FIRE Fire sauce NB. Spectrum 48k and Amstrad versions do not have an asteroid section. © Alternative Software Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication/work or name and title therto including the appearance and get-up therof may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without either the prior written permission of the copyright holder for which application should be addressed in the first instance of Alternative Software Ltd. TAKE NOTICE that Alternative Software Ltd is recorded as asserting all rights of authorship in this work in accordance with the provisions of The Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988 © Cosgrove Hall Productions 1992