Big Red Adventure - Manual

    BIG RED INTRODUCTION!
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    In the old Russia there  was  Communism,queues  the  Kremlin,Lenin,the
    KGB, Queues,Karl Marx,the Cold War and Queues...

    But  in  the  new Russia,things have changed. Now there is Capitalism,
    KGB TV,Burger Czar and Trotsky Interactive Games...

    Oh and Queues(some things never change)...

    Embroiled on this seething cauldron of cutthroat competition and cruel
    commercial cossacks, we find the beginning of our adventure -A BIG RED
    ADVENTURE that spawns an entire continent.

    In a story of truly  epic  proportions,  we  are  taken  on  a  crazy,
    off-the-wall   flight   of   fancy,   from   the   snowy   streets  of
    Moscow,slipping and sliding across the icy steppes of Zerograd,  along
    the  route of the famed Orient Express -and into the deep red heart of
    a secret so weird even David Lynch could never match it ...

    BIG RED REVOLUTION!
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    In spite of the benefits of Perestroika, not everyone  is  happy  with
    the  decline  of the Soviet state. In a secret meeting place somewhere
    in Moskow, a few old men in faded Red Army uniforms hark back  to  the
    days when Marx was called Karl and not Groucho or Harpo.

    They  formulate  a  cunning  plan to return Mother Russia to Communist
    rule - only,they didn't  reckon  on  a  trio  of  foreign  adventurers
    accidentially getting in on the action...


    BIG RED CHARACTERS!
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    DOUG NUTS
    ^^^^^^^^^

    Doug is a techno-nerd of the  first  order.There's  nothing  he  likes
    better  than  playing with his dongle or fiddling with his software.He
    often puts his ability with electronics to criminal use sometimes with
    hilarious results.

    DINO FIGOLI
    ^^^^^^^^^^^

    An ex-boxer of  Italian  origin,  Dino's  more  than  a  little  punch
    drunk,but  his  basically a decent and honest kinda guy.He often falls
    into traps set by people taking advantage of the fact that  his  brain
    is the size of a shrivelled wallnut...

    DONNA FATALE
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^

    Donna has the sort of past people describe as  being  chequered.  What
    they really mean, of coarse, is sordid. Forever trying to cover-up the
    indescretions of her youth, she is often  at  the  mercy  of  ruthless
    blackmailers.


    BIG RED CONTROLS!
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    Moving the character around the screen

    using the MOUSE, move the CURSOR to  wherever  you  want  either  Doug
    Nuts,  Dino  Figoli  or  Donna  Fatale to go, and press the LEFT MOUSE
    BUTTON. Doug, Dino or Donna will then walk  to  the  place  where  you
    pointed and clicked


    USING INVENTORY
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    Hold down the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON to bring  up  the  INVENTORY  SCREEN.
    This  Displays  all  the  OBJECTS  you have collected along with ICONS
    representing your INVENTORY OPTIONS:

    FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

    1. OPEN/CLOSE

    2. PICK UP

    3. EXAMINE

    4. TALK

    with the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON still held down, drag the CURSOR over  the
    ICON  you  want  to select. Said ICON will be highlighted by a Big Red
    Border. Let go of the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON and the INVENTORY SCREEN will
    disappear, leaving you with your selected INVENTORY OPTION.

    USING INVENTORY OPTIONS

    1. OPEN/CLOSE

    To use the OPEN/CLOSE ICON follow the above instructions for selecting
    it.  Once  back in the gameworld, drag the OPEN/CLOSE ICON CURSOR over
    the object you want it to open/close and press the LEFT MOUSE  BUTTON.
    TEXT will appear underneath the ICON CURSOR informing you that you are
    about to open/close the object.

    2. PICK UP

    To use the PICK UP ICON follow the above  instructions  for  selecting
    it.  Once back in the gameworld, drag the PICK UP ICON CURSOR over the
    object you want to pick up and  press  the  LEFT  MOUSE  BUTTON.  That
    object should then appear in your INVENTORY.

    3. EXAMINE

    To use the EXAMINE ICON follow the above  instructions  for  selecting
    it.  Once back in the gameworld, drag the EXAMINE ICON CURSOR over the
    object you want to examine and press the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON. One of the
    game characters will then give you information about that object.

    4. TALK

    To use the EXAMINE ICON follow the above  instructions  for  selecting
    it.  Once  back  in  the gameworld, drag the TALK ICON CURSOR over the
    character you want to talk to and click on the LEFT MOUSE  BUTTON.  If
    the  character  has  anything  to  say  he  or  she  will then say it.
    Sometimes there will be multiple choice questions or replies for  your
    game  character.  To select a question/reply, drag the cursor over the
    question/reply you want. When it highlights, click on the  LEFT  MOUSE
    BUTTON. And your game character will ask the question/give that reply.

    USING THE CURSOR (IN GENERAL)

    The CURSOR is the most important interface aspect in playing  The  Big
    Red  Adventure.  You  use it to move your game character around in the
    gameworld, to select and use objects, to choose inventory items and to
    talk  to  other  characters.If you drag the cursor over an object TEXT
    will appear underneath informing you whether you can  use  or  collect
    the  object(s). Sometimes the text will give you a clue, and sometimes
    the text will not appear at all. If this is the case then  select  the
    EXAMINE ICON and text should then appear.

    COMBINING OBJECTS

    To combine TWO OBJECTS from your inventory select the  OBJECT  1  from
    the  inventory  and  drag  its icon over to your game characters hand.
    Then bring up inventory again, select OBJECT 2 and your game character
    will  tell you whether the two objects have been combined or whether a
    new object has been created by the combination of OBJECTS 1 and 2

    BIG RED OPTIONS

    press the escape key to bring up the options PANEL

    options appear as :-

    MUSIC

    SFX

    SAVE AGAME

    LOAD A SAVED GAME

    CONTINUE

    EXIT TO AMIGADOS


    BIG RED HINTS!

    Pick up open/close and examine every object to get as much information
    as possible. Likewise try to talk to everyone you meet.

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    Typed by nes^hf on 12-May-1997