FULL DOCUMENTATION TO RUFFIAN / XPLOSIVE SOFTWARE XPLOSIVE SOFTWARE HAVE WON THE 1996 AWARD FOR THE WORST MANUAL! Fuck me, these guys need an elementary course in English. I think a 7 year old can type better than this. Some of their sentences don't even make sense! Literally! THE PLOT The witch doctor has sent Ruffian on a mission. He must search vast levels for pixies trapped in carnivourous plants. Then using only seeds collected from fruits along the way, spit the seeds at the trapped pixies to set them free, before they are digested. When all the pixies are saved, Ruffian must quickly find the secret exit by following a trail of helping hands left by the pixies. To help Ruffian on his journey, the witch doctor has left many spells and potions, some of which are essential for Ruffian to progress. LOADING Switch on your Amiga and insert Ruffian disk 1 into the internal drive. Ruffian is played with a joystick pugged into the joystick port. BEFORE PLAY COMMENCES From the main intro screen, screen select with the joystick:- OPTIONS ENTER PASSWORD To access later levels of the game. Each level password is given on its completion VIEW HIGHSCORES For an update on the highscores SPEED To vary Ruffians speed, between 4 and 8 pixels per frame INERTIA To vary Ruffians inertia, low or normal. HELPING HANDS Select either on/off. Helping hands assist in either 2 ways. Moving helping hands direct Ruffian to the last few pixies on the level. Then stationary helping hands are placed in a trail around a level (when all pixies are saved) to help direct REuffian to the exit. DIFFICULTY To alter Ruffians resistance between easy, normal and hard. Easy mode decreases Ruffians energy by 1% per frame, with four helping hands at the end of the level. Normal decreases energy by 2% with two helping hands. Hard decreases energy at 4% with one helping hand. MAIN MENU To return to the main screen. START To begin the game. JOYSTICK CONTROL Push up to jump, or climb if on a ladder. Left/right, to move left or right. Down, pull down then release for big jump (ater J potion picked up), or down if on a ladder. RUFFIANS MOST USEFUL FEATURE To spit at any angle press and hold the fire button, move the joystick left/rigth to position his head, then release the fire button to spit the pip. KEYBOARD CONTROL To restart the game press the ESC key. DISPLAY DURING THE GAME The number of pips remaining is shown in the bottom left hand side of the screen. Any number of pips can be collected, but the maximum number displayed on screen is 99. Ruffians power level is shown at the bottom of screen in the middle. Ruffians maximum power level is 100%. The time remaining is shown in the bottom right hand side of the screen. The number of lives remaining is displayed when Ruffian explodes each time he loses a lfe. When Ruffian loses all his lives he has 2 continues, each continue is worth 2 lives. When 9 or less pixies remain on any one level, the number of pixies to be saved is displayed on screen, where the last pixie was rescued before floating off the screen. END OF LEVEL DISPLAY Shows fruits collected, time remaining, number of pixies saved etc. and converts the numbers into a score when fire is pressed. DISK ACCESS When the pixies are saved and the exit found th elevel is completed. When requested, place the required disk in the internal drive and press the joystick fire button. POTION BOTTLES There are up to 17 different potions that can be found around a level. Each one has a helpful effect and are as follows: (E) Increases energy by 10% (max 100%) (J) Allows Ruffian to do a big jump (for the whole level). Pull down on joystick then release for a big jump. Onlyt a small part of any level (apart from level one) can be completed without it. (S) Increases Ruffians speed by 1 pixel per frame for the whole level, up to eight pixels per frame. (W) Enters whirlwind mode, where Ruffian travels at full speed killing baddies in his path. (P) Changes pips to more powerful spinning stars and changes the effect on some baddies. The pip carries on through baddies to kill others. If two big pip potions are found the pips will home in on moving baddies. (T) Gives one minute of extra time. (L) Gives one extra life. (50) Gives 50 extra pips (10) Gives 10 extra pips. (R) Makes Ruffian fire a spray of pips rapidly. (Q) Quakes the screen to kill all baddies. (N) Nukes all baddies on the screen in a brilliant flash of light. (I) Makes Ruffian invincible for a few seconds. (F) Freezes all baddies for a few seconds (C) Icon brings on a flying carpet for Ruffian to fly to any part of a level for 30 seconds or until he lands. Smiling pixie icon when found lifts Ruffian back onto any branch he just fell or jumped off when the stick is pushed up while falling. The exit icon if found, takes Ruffian to the exit when all the pixies are saved. GAME TIPS To spit at any angle press and hold fire button, move the joystick left/right to position his head, then release the fire button to spit the pip. Each level is completed in two stages:Free all the pixies within a reasonable time limit. Then find the exit of the level within a much shorter time limit, following a trail of helping hands left by the pixies. Stationary hanging monkeys when hit will fall onto seesaws below them, springing Ruffian high into the air if he is positioned correctly on the other side of the seesaw. This feature is needed for example to reach the exit at the end of level 2. Helping hands direct Ruffian to the last few pixies to be saved on any one level, and then leave a trail to the exit. Whenever Ruffian runs out of pips he will be given 1 pip after 3 seconds. Levels 1&2 have no big jump (J) potion, in all other levels (except the 2 bonus levels) you can only progress so far unless you find it. Pixies become more difficult to hit as Ruffian progresses through the game. To free them Ruffian must bounce pips off walls. Docs Typed by iGGY 2ND OF JUNE 1996