SuperTed

Powered


through the


passageways of


an ancient castle


by his jet-


propelled boots


and energised by


bubbling


blancmange.


Super Ted must


catch the


dastardly Texas


Pete gang before


time runs out!





Developed for


Longman Software


by Micromega





0 582 83571 2


MICROMEGA





Superted 1984


Petalcraft Demonstrations Ltd





SUPERTED


ZX SPECTRUM 48K





LONGMAN


SOFTWARE





Action


adventure


for 6 to 10 year olds





ZX Spectrum 48K


Starring the Texas Pete gang


SUPERTED





LONGMAN SOFTWARE VIFI


LONGMAN





ZX Spectrum 48K


SUPERTED





Texas Pete and his dastardly cronies Bulk and


Skeleton are at large in Creepy Castle, and their plan


is to blow it sky-high. Your mission is to catch them


all and put them behind bars before the bomb goes


off. But beware - there are hazards lurking in the


castle which can rob you of your magic powers just


when you need them most, making it easier for the


gang to carry out their plot.





Can you guide SuperTed through the castle's


twisting maze of corridors and paths to find Texas


Pete, Bulk and Skeleton in time? Can you help to jail


all the crooks before one of them has a chance to


escape? Will the technological teddy be able to foil


their foul felony? Why not play the game and see!





Playing the game





1. Once the program is loaded, you will be asked


how you would like to move SuperTed - either with


the cursor keys (5,6,7 and 8) or with various types


of joystick.


2. The aim of the game is to guide SuperTed


around the castle to pick up Texas Pete and his gang


one by one and put them all in jail before the bomb


shown at the right explodes.


3. Creepy Castle is mapped out on a grid three


screens high and three screens wide. You can only


see what is going on in detail on one screen at a


time, but there are castle scanners at the top left and


right of the picture to show you which characters


are in which part of the castle at any one time. Texas


Pete is shown on the scanners by a blue square:


Skeleton by a grey square; Bulk by a mauve square;


and SuperTed by a red square when he has his


magic powers, and a yellow square when he


hasn't.


4. On the main screen you can see one section of


the castle at a time in detail; its halls, courtyards,


dungeons, gardens or jail. You can move SuperTed


from one area of the castle to another through the


gaps in the maze. To catch one of the gang


SuperTed must bump into him and then fly to jail


with the villain in tow. When SuperTed is moved


next to the bars at the top of the prison his captive


will be thrown into jail. A rogue's gallery across the


top of the screen shows which members of the


gang are still at large, while the one at the bottom


reminds you who is in jail.


5. If SuperTed collides with one of the yellow


obstacles sticking out from the edges of the maze,


he loses his magic powers. Without them he cannot


catch the baddies, nor take them to jail. To re-


energise SuperTed you must guide him to one of the


red bowls of bubbling blancmange that are dotted


around the castle and its grounds.


6. Is SuperTed takes too long getting all the crooks


behind bars, the ones who are already in jail will


escape and need to be captured again.





Good luck SuperTed!





Loading & running





1. Set up your Spectrum as


described in the handbook.


2. Full rewind tape. Check


volume and tone controls are in


the middle to upper end of their


range.


3. Type LOAD "" by


pressing J once, then


SYMBOL SHIFT key and P


together twice. If unsuccessful,


pull out power supply lead,


reconnect and start 3 again.


4. Press ENTER key and


start tape recorder. If program


fails to load, pull out power


supply lead, reconnect and start


at 2, adjusting volume setting.





(C) Longman Group Limited


1984





LONGMAN SOFTWARE


Longmand House, Burnt Mill,


Harlow, Essex, CM20 2JE





Produced for


Longman Software


by Micromega