The Spindizzy Worlds manual...
Written to you by Sorcerer of The Digital Dictators!

                        SPINDIZZY WORLDS

THE INTRODUCTION

Hanging in space is a cluster of worlds.After your performance
in mapping Spindizzy you are assigned the job of exploring the
Spindizzy Worlds.We do not know what to expect but you do have
a refurbished second-hand GERALD (Geographical Environmental
Reconnaissance And Land-Mapping Device) to explore with.
This is a Mark IV GERALD with enhanced power supply and motors.

GERALD will beam onto the surface of each world and explore.GERALD
has only a limited supply of liquid fuel but can extract energy 
from jewels on the Worlds.Every time a new area of land is 
explored some energy may be extracted from it also.However the 
mission ends if the fuel runs out so donēt hang around.

GERALD uses fuel continuously.Also it for any reason GERALD is 
damaged fuel will be drained.In extreme cases GERALD may be 
destroyed.A replacement GERALD will be created but this takes a
lot of energy.GERALD may be destroyed by falling too far,contact 
with dangerous objects or aliens or GERALD may simply fall off the
landscape entirely!

If GERALD detects imminent danger a count-down will appear.
At zero you will be destroyed unless GERALD can escape to safety.

You have been equipped with a prototype mechanism-probe.If you are
near mechanical devices this may be able to give clues about 
what will activate the device.This has a short range.

Two clusters have been discovered of 9 and 23 Worlds.Your mission
is to visit all the Worlds in each cluster.
Good luck...


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GAME CONTROLS

ST AND AMIGA

Joystick fire button=Speed up
Space                Stop GERALD
R                    Rotate screen clockwise
T                    Rotate screen anticlockwise
P                    Pause game (any key or fire to unpause)
M                    Display map
ESC                  Quit world and return to main menu 

ST SPECIFIC CONTROLS

C                    Centre screen 
Left/Right arrow     Nudge screen left/right
W+left/right
arrow                Change size of scroll window


THE TITLE OPTIONS

During the title sequence pressing fire will produce a menu
of possible actions.

CONTINUE GAME

Spindizzy Worlds always remembers how much of the game you
completed successfully (or whether you started!).This option
restarts the game just after the last completed World.

START NEW GAME

Play from the start...

LOAD GAME

Load a set of saved games.You will be presented with a menu 
of saved games.Choose one with up/down/fire.This game can be 
continued with Continue Game.

SAVE GAME STATE

You may save your game (as for load game/continue).Select a slot 
to save into.

CHECK PERFORMANCE

Show the current game state.This will show how many Worlds you
have completed so far and some information on how well you did
on each of them.

WIND BACK WORLD

Wipe the record of the last World completed.This backs up the 
saved game allowing you to try for a better fuel rating for
example.It may be repeated as often as needed ēbacking upē
one world each time.


SELECTING A WORLD

After choosing whether to play the easy or hard cluster the screen 
will show the cluster.Each sphere is a World.When a World is
complete it is removed from the cluster map allowing access to
deeper Worlds.You can rotate the cluster with the joystick.
The nearest World will have its name shown,press fire to enter it.

The inner shells of each cluster hold harder worlds the further
in you go.The Worlds can be played in any order except that you
cannot enter a World if another one is closer to the screen than
the one you want.


ABOUT THE WORLDS

Each world contains up to 15 levels.The screen will show about
1/10th of a level,the rest scrolls into view as you approach
the screen edges.You can move from level to level by moving into
Warps.Often a Warp will only appear after all the jewels on a 
level are collected or after a switch is used.Watch the clue area.
A flashing jewel means collect the jewels.The objective on ALL
levels is to find the exit.Along the way other tasks may need to
be accomplished.

At the end of every World is a special level played against time.

Collect jewels as fast as possible.You cannot die on these 
levels.The jewels help fill a Reserve Fuel tank for use if your
normal supply is exhausted.There may be other Bonus levels hidden
in each World...


THE CONTROLS

Control GERALD with the joystick.The joystick accelerates GERALD
in eight different directions.Pushing forward on the joystick
will move GERALD up and to the right on the screen (NORTH on
the map).You may find it useful at first to hold the joystick
at a 45 angle.

GERALD has inertia so the longer you push the faster GERALD 
will move.Use the fire button for extra boost.While going up
slopes you may need boost to make progress.Most surfaces will slow
GERALD down by friction (some more than others).You can slow 
or stop by thrusting in the opposite direction to GERALDēs 
motion or you may use the brakes to stop at once.
The SPACE bar applies the brakes.

GERALD may jump off ramps to make jumps,fall (a small distance)
climb slopes and generally follow the normal laws of physics.
Experiment.

Whilst playing you may find GERALD is hidden behind some scenery.
It is possible to select 4 different viewpoint.Use the keys R 
or T to rotate the view.The compass will show the new NORTH.
Sometimes only one viewpoint is available.If so,the view will
not change.

GERALD can make a radar scan of the entire level.Press M to see
the radar map.This will pause the game.Sometimes GERALDēs 
radar will be jammed preventing the map function from working.

To pause the game type P,fire to restart.


LIVING AND DYING

In play GERALD may be destroyed many times,provided you keep 
finding fuel it will not matter much.If however GERALD 
completely runs out of fuel several options are available.

USE RESERVE FUEL

This will appear if you have enough reserve fuel.All the
reserve will be used.The game will continue as if nothing 
happened but with no reserve fuel.

RETRY THIS WORLD 

Start this world over again.Everything is restored to the state 
it was in when you first started this level.
Reserve fuel is untouched.

ABANDON THIS WORLD

Return to the title sequence.From there you can continue with a
different world or restart the entire game.In general any world 
can be attempted as often as liked (it may not be possible to 
complete with the initial fuel however).


PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

Spindizzy Worlds does not give scores in the normal sense.
Instead it maintains statistics on your performance on each
world.The information given is:- World name,fuel in tanks,
jewels collected "of" jewels discovered on the world,
eg Waterworld 85%,23 of 25 jewels.

The jewels discovered value is the total number for all levels
you visited.The fuel percentage shows the amount when you
completed the World.


SWITCHES AND CLUES

Switches come in several varities.Push buttons turn on when 
run over.They can be square or round and interact in various
ways.How is for you to find out (the easy game has areas to
discover this...).

Floor switches are painted on the ground.They behave like Push 
buttons.Binary switches have two states,and can only be switched 
on by moving over them in the direction of the arrow.They can 
be switched off by travelling in the opposite direction of
the arrow.They are independent of each other (and of push 
buttons).

Clues are given in the clue boxes.The binary switches are shown
as dim or bright (for off/on).The push buttons may be shown as 
pushed or released.The clue shows the switch state that turns ON 
the device.

If a jewel is shown this means collect all the jewels on this
level.Clues appear near where something will happen (near lifts
for example).


ALIENS

All aliens are dangerous so avoid them.Noisy aliens are more 
dangerous.


BACKGROUNDS

Certain features in the scenery are lethal to touch.
Others have special properties.

Ice and glass are both slippery.Trampolines (work it out for
yourself...) Water GERALD cannot drown...or float.Avoid water.

Watch the title sequence to identify hazards.


LIFTS

Lifts may be needed to be switched on to get safety from place
to place on a level.Most lifts are obvious...Lifts have other
uses...


GENERAL ADVICE

Look at the map.If a level starts with a timer this will pause
the game and give you a breathing space to plan ahead.

Think denvious...

There are no deliberate attempts to build ēoptical illusionsē
into the scenery.Wherever possible what you see is whatēs really
there.

Levels have been tested thoroughly to make sure you cannot get
stuck in impossible situations.If you seem stuck it is most 
likely that you are not in fact stuck.I apologise for the 
few places I did not spot (or left in!)

Look at the clues.Do not assume they mean what you think they do!

Think more deviously!

Be prepared to make sacrifies.

Look in unusual places.

Think really devious!


Good Luck

Paul Shirley

Copyright 1990 Paul Shirley
Published by Electric Dreams Software Ltd