THE NEW ZEALAND STORY New Zealand is a peaceful place to live - if you're a KIWI, particularly in the Auckland Zoo - Tiki is as happy as can be... Trouble turns up in the guise of a psychotic walrus who has on enormous appetite for fresh Kiwi and kidnaps Tiki and his relatives to stock the larder! The walrus hides his captives around the island in 20 hazardous locations but our hero escapes and sets about rescuing his buddies. LOADING Spectrum Cassette Insert cassette in your tape recorder and type LOAD"" then press ENTER. Press play on the tape recorder. If using 128K machine then use LOADER. NOTE: 48K - This game will load in a number of parts, follow on-screen instructions. 128K- This game will load four levels at a time; follow on-screen instructions. CONTROLS Usual joystick options for UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT and FIRE. The keyboard controls are redefinable and the default controls are: UP - I DOWN - K LEFT - J RIGHT - L FIRE-SPACE SYMBOL SHIFT + CAPS SHIFT to quit. The game is controlled by either Sinclair joystick, Kempston joystick or keyboard. GAMEPLAY You control Tiki the Kiwi in his search for the release of his kidnapped friends. Initially, you are armed with just a bow and arrow, but occasionally when you kill an enemy, they may drop an item which you con retrieve and use yourself. There ore many different types of item which you must discover yourself, but they vary from extra weapons to temporary invulnerability pills. Kiwis cannot fly and you are no exception, however, you get around this by knocking/shooting creatures off their balloons, which you can then commandeer and take to the skies! Surprisingly, Kiwis cannot breathe under water either, so you must be careful if you go swimming. Your oxygen level is shown on screen, so make sure you don't drown! Shooting water from your mouth replenishes oxygen and can be used to pot your adversaries. In the earlier levels, you will be shown arrows on the background which indicate the direction you must go to release the captive Kiwi on that level, but beware, on certain stages, releasing your friend alerts the Big Guardian Creature of that level, and you must first find a way of defeating it before progressing to the next level. Because the various lairs of the walrus are so well guarded, we cannot brief you further. Your techniques will develop as you play the game and each new level presents new, frantic and more original challenges! * Note - make sure you do not waste time sightseeing as you have a limited period to complete each level. STATUS AND SCORING On the bottom of the screen is the payers remaining lives, the score and an O2 Oxygen meter, whic decreases while the player is in the water. The game finishes when the player's lives are exhausted or when he clears all the screens and reaches the end. For each special item which is collected you will get 1,000 points. Fruits range between 300 and 8,000 points. For each enemy which is killed the score ranges between 100 and 500 points, and the big boss characters are worth 10,000, 20,000, 30,000, 40,000 and 50,000 points. HINTS AND TIPS * When in water, oxygen can be replenished by raising Tiki's head above the water - then spit by pressing fire if you want to gain oxygen quickly. * Steal balloons by jumping on them while the baddie is still on, pushing him off. * After a lot of practice, playing skills can be improved considerably. * Use the duck balloon when you need speed. (c)1989 Ocean Software Licenced from (c)Taito Corp. 1988 The Hit Squad, RO. Box 350, Manchester. M60 2LX