The Story

For years, Santos Gimenez, who used to work as a guard
in the graveyard near Ataualtepec, a small village 
located in Mexico, next to the north border, just lived 
for revenge. He had spent six years developing his skills 
to begin his crusade by entering the purgatory and searching 
for his beloved wife. It was the only way to calm down his rage.

Six years in the past, his village was calm and peaceful… 
until rumours about Pellejo Martinez, a terrible narco who 
had rencently moved to a ranch in the outskirts of Ataualtepec 
began to arrive. Since then, villagers noticed how plants 
stopped growing around the ranch, and that traces of obscure 
ceremonies were found here and there. It was rumoured that 
Pellejo was in fact the reincarnation of an old Aztec priest 
and that he celebrated dark rituals in order to bring 
back from among the dead his ancient guard.

A dark day of January, while Santos was alone in the graveyard 
burying a poor drunkard who had died in a corner, he felt a deep 
tremor and witnessed how the land cracked and opened in front 
of him. Horrified, he saw how huge fragments of land rose 
in the air revealing an evil, bottomless darkness beneath. 
In the sky, static, dead, the lone full moon glared greenishly. 
In the far, Ataualtepec burned to its foundations.

Has fast as he could, Santos ran to his house, terribly 
worried about María Fernanda, his young and beautiful wife, 
who was waiting for him to have a late dinner. When he arrived 
to the village, he was horrified: Pellejo and his minions, 
surrounded in shadows which rendered them invincible, had 
slaughtered everybody using long knives. Over their shredded 
corpses, black spirits floated, bound to Pellejo.

Before he could be seen, Santos hid behind a bush, near 
his home, and he could see how María Fernanda was saved 
from being killed: Pellejo had different plans for her. 
He got his five hundred souls. He got the magical skills 
needed. He just needed a woman of good heart to be 
the bearer. The beautiful and kind María was perfect.

Santos, blind with fury, ran in their direction, but 
there was little for him to do: with a simple gesture, 
Pellejo, his minions, the black spirits, and his beloved 
María disappeared from this world. They moved 
to the purgatory in order to complete Pellejo’s 
evil plans. Desperated, Santos falled on his knees 
cursing the heavens. The events drove him to insanity. 
The flesh which covered his bones ended up falling out 
and a red light glared inside his skull. He wasn’t human 
any more. Now he was just a creature driven by rage. 
He knew all about his fate: go to the purgatory, 
find Pellejo, and bring back his wife.


The Game

To be able to move to the purgatory, Santos must open 
a door and, for that, he needs spiritual energy. 
The only way to get enough spiritual energy is 
gathering up to sixteen crucifixes in the graveyard. 
The problem is that it won’t be an easy task.

The graveyard is infested of monsters. Santos, carrying 
a powerful shotgun, should be able to eliminate them 
without much of a hassle, although this won’t be always
a good idea, because dead monsters will come back 
in the shape of winged spirits which will pursue you 
relentlessly and which are much more difficult to dodge. 
Luckily, they are almost blind so if you hide 
in the background and don’t move they will stop 
seeing you and they’ll go away.

Usually you can hide behind pinacles, big trees and 
the weeds growing in the corners or next to a wall. 
You will soon discover which places are good hideouts 
and which aren’t. If you think you are hiden but spirits 
keep approaching… Look for a better place!

Finding the best hideouts, being patient and shooting 
only when needed are the keys of success in your mission.


Controls

O LEFT
P RIGHT
Q JUMP
SPACE SHOOT


Loading instructions

For 48K models just type in LOAD “” and press ENTER, then 
PLAY on tape. The game will load automaticly (unless it 
fails miserably, in which case you’ll have to start 
over again).

For 128K moderls, switch to 48 BASIC, and then 
follow the instructions for the 48K models.