English Instruction Manual

the
MANUAL
 CONTENTS
CREDITS ....................................................................................................... 3 GIVING AND TAKING ............................................................................... 24

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ....................................................... 4 MORTAL COMBAT .................................................................................... 25

LOADING ..................................................................................................... 5 PART SIX - SAVING AND LOADING YOUR GAME ................................ 27

COPY PROTECTION .................................................................................... 6 PART SEVEN - QUICK START REFERENCE .............................................. 29

PART ONE - ABOUT THIS MANUAL ......................................................... 7 PART EIGHT - WHAT AM I MEANT TO DO? ......................................... 30

PART TWO - SO WHAT'S THIS "VIRTUAL THEATRE" ALL ABOUT? .... 9 PART NINE - AND FINALLY ..................................................................... 32

PART THREE - WHO ON EARTH AM I? ................................................. 13 ABOUT REVOLUTION SOFTWARE (REALLY FINALLY?) ........................ 33

PART FOUR - WHERE ON EARTH AM I? ............................................... 15 APPENDIX .................................................................................................. 36

PART FIVE - THE CONTROLS ................................................................... 16

THE MOUSE ............................................................................................... 16 CREDITS

POINT AND CLICK .................................................................................... 16
System design and programming .................. Tony Warriner, David Sykes
HOW TO CONTROL DIERMOT ................................................................ 16
Game author ......................................................................... Dave Cummins
MOVEMENT ............................................................................................... 17
Graphic art. ........................................ Adam Tween, Stephen Oades, Dokk
DRINK, EXAMINE, LOOK or STATUS ...................................................... 18
Music and sound effects .................................................... Richard Josephs
LOOK AT ... (AN OBJECT OR A CHARACTER) ........................................ 19
Production ............................................................................. Dan Marchant
MANIPULATING OBJECTS ........................................................................ 19
Direction .................................................................................. Charles Cecil
LOOKING THROUGH WINDOWS ............................................................ 20
Testing ...................................................................................... Paul Coppins
TALKING TO PEOPLE ................................................................................ 20
Manual design .............................................................................. Definition
ISSUING COMMANDS ............................................................................... 22
Special thanks to ............................................... Sean Brennan, Bob, Noirin
 LOADING
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MS DOS: It is recommended that you install the game on your hard drive
MS DOS: PC, XT, AT. by inserting the game disk and typing INSTALL (return).
640K RAM.
16 color VGA/EGA/MCGA.
Mouse control recommended*. AMIGA: Turn your computer off, insert boot disk, and turn the computer
Supports AdLibTM, SoundblasterTM, Roland™ and on. Lure of the Temptress will load automatically.
internal speaker.
Hard drive required.
*for keyboard controls see appendix.

AMI GA: A500, A 1OOO, A2000 compatible.

1 meg memory required.
 COPY PROTECTION PART ONE - ABOUT THIS MANUAL

Nobody likes copy protection - and that includes us - but it's a necessary
evil because of all the software piracy that goes on. We've tried to make
our copy protection as quick and as painless as possible though, so just
follow these simple instructions and it'll be over before you know it.

( 1) After the introductory sequence, a picture of two of the characters from

Lure Of The Temptress will pop onto your screen.

(2) Flick through this manual and study the boxed characters at the foot Hello! My name's Ratpouch, the real star of the game, and at the beginning
of every page. When you find the characters in the manual that match those of Lure Of The Temptress I'm very near to where you're pacing around
on your screen, simply type in the two page numbers that they appear on in your cell. Honest! I'm that close that I'm within spitting distance-which
and if you're correct the game will start ... You've 'won'. - Remember if is pretty apt because I'm the sort of person what often gets spat at, especially
the page number is lower than 10 you should type a zero first. since the Skorl have come to town. They don't care too much for my jokes,
see, and as a result I've found myself in a spot of trouble. The spitting I
(3) If either of the page numbers that you enter are incorrect, you still have could take, but being stretched on one of these rack contraptions isn't a
two more tries. However, if you're wrong three times in a row, access to bucket of laughs. Still, I don't want to burden you with my troubles -
the game will be denied and you will have to re-boot ... Game over, player though if you could somehow rescue me I'd be paternally grateful. I'd better
one! explain what's going on, and where you come in, or I'll be stuck here
forever ...

This smallish booklet contains more than its size would suggest (like me!),
and arms you with all you need to know about your journey into the
wonderful world of Lure Of The Temptress. Still, what do you care, eh? PART TWO
Go ahead and don't read it at all - that's what most people do with manuals,
SO WHAT'S THIS "VIRTUAL THEATRE" ALL ABOUT?
isn't it, they don't bother reading them. So why be different? As far as
It's a very good question, and it's one which hasn't been answered before,
you're concerned you can work out how to play Lure Of The Temptress
because Lure Of The Temptress is the first Virtual Theatre game ever in
on your own, and the last thing you need is some peasant talking you
the entire history of the whole solar system.
through your first moves. Off you trot then. Go it alone. See if I care. Just
Imagine for a moment that you're involved in a real life scenario - you're
don't forget that your mouse has more than one button.
standing in a room which looks out, through a window, onto a village
courtyard. Yes? A village courtyard with cobblestones. And let's say that
there are three people in this cobbled courtyard; Tom, Dick and Harry.
If you were to look out of your window you might notice that Tom and
ER, I HAVEN'T GONE ACTUALLY Dick were having a conversation - about the weather or something. You
might also notice that Harry, who is obviously not interested in talking
So you do read manuals. Good. Then prepare yourself for an adventure
about the predicted rainfall levels for the next day, is sauntering towards
unlike any you've experienced before. Prepare to enter the village of
the building which contains you. Sure enough, he disappears from the
Tumvale. Prepare yourself for the experience known as Virtual Theatre.
courtyard and 'click!', the door to your right opens. In walks Harry, into
your room. Let's say Harry wants to talk to you, so you turn towards him
and talk - as one would. Once your conversation with Harry is over he
turns away from you, walks back through the door (closing it behind him)
and, you presume, has strolled back into the courtyard. -So you look out
through the window again to check. Is he there? Nope. No sign of him.
The courtyard is Harry-less. Tom and Dick are there, talking about strip
farming now, but Harry is nowhere to be seen . So where is he?
 SO WHAT'S THIS GOT TO DO WITH VIRTUAL THEATRE? I BET HE'S WAITING OUTSIDE THE DOOR!

It's that the real-life scenario you've just read could easily happen in Lure So you open the door to find out. Except you can't. Harry has obviously
Of The Temptress, so I'll ask the same question based on this fact. Where locked the door after him. Typical. Still, let's not get bogged down in this
would Harry be now if he was in the world of Virtual Theatre? introductory scenario with things like as 'how to open a locked door'
because, well, it's beside the point. Let's just assume that you check your
Give up? pockets, find a spare key and can open the door in order to find out what
happened to Harry. So, is he there, outside the door? No. But just as you
Well, if the Lure Of The Temptress system was called Totally Imaginary expected there's another exit which bypasses the courtyard, so you set off
Theatre, you could probably come to terms with the fact that Harry had in hot pursuit. You find yourself in an alleyway. It's empty. Then another
just sort of 'disappeared'. Other adventure games are like that, after all. alleyway. Empty. Then you find yourself by a pub. Has Harry gone inside?
However, this is Virtual Theatre I'm talking about, not just another Or has he taken another road and gone somewhere totally different
adventure game - and as you've probably guessed from the word 'virtual', altogether? You'll never catch up now, so into the pub you go (after opening
things are just a bit more realistic. People don't simply disappear, and if the door, of course) and there is Harry, talking to the bartender and
Harry isn't in the courtyard then one of two things must have happened ... ordering a beer. Harry stares at you angrily. Suddenly you feel like
he's either (a) waiting on the other side of the closed door, or (b) he's taken discussing the weather, so you decide to retrace your steps and find Tom
another exit from the building - an exit which leads away from the and Dick again, back at the cobbled courtyard. But they're not there. The
courtyard and which can't be seen from the window. rascals. Back into the room you started from to look out of the window
then, just in case you can still see them through the glass. Nope, they're
definitely not there, not even through the window. What did you expect
though? This is Virtual Theatre, it's like life. You can't see something if
it isn't there anyrnore.

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 OKAY, OKAY, I GET THE IDEA
PART THREE - WHO ON EARTH AM I?
Yes, sorry to labor the point, but Lure Of The Temptress really is like life.
You are Diermot, an unwilling hero who'd prefer a quiet life, and are, to
That's the whole idea, and it's the reason for using the word 'virtual'. All
all intents and purposes, a good man. Your recent history is covered in the
the characters involved in the story (and there are heaps of them as you'll
Lure Of The Temptress introductory sequence, but if you prefer to read
find out) lead little lives of their own. They walk here, they walk there,
about your character on paper rather than on-screen then here it is ...
they do this, they do that and they talk to the other characters, exchanging
information and gossip ... and you, of course, can join in too. But why else
After decades of unrest the King has united the warring factions in his
would you be here? You'll no doubt be itching to join in right this second
kingdom and all his lands are at peace. Well, nearly all of them, because
come to think of it, but first it's a good idea for you to know who you are,
there's still one slightly dodgy area left - a remote region around a town
where you are, what to do and how to do it. The next sections deal with
called Turnvale. A revolt has recently taken place in Turnvale, a revolt
all these questions in turn, so let's get moving ...
orchestrated by an apprentice sorcereress called Selena. That's all that's
known .

"I'm not going to take this one lying down," says the King, after receiving
the news of the revolt from a bedraggled messenger, and so he calls together
his finest horsemen, tells them of the revolt, and heads off (with you in
tow) to Turnvale.

As night turns to dawn and the riders draw near to Turnvale, the mists rise
to reveal not, as expected, a pathetic resistance force made up of peasants
with pitchforks, but an army of grotesque creatures, the like of which have
never been seen before. They are, as it happens, hellish mercenary monsters

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known as the Skorl - and they're all armed to the teeth. The battle which
ensues is less of a battle and more of a massacre in which the horsemen PART FOUR - WHERE ON EARTH AM I?
are slaughtered and the King is killed. You, however, aren't even hurt -
well, not much, anyway - you fall off your horse and bang your head rather
heavily on the ground. Everything goes hazey. It's almost like going to
sleep, but a bit more painful, and with less in the way of choice involved.
Your lights, as they say, are out.

So now the game begins. You're somewhere in the region ofTurnvale. Or

so you suppose - after all, you've been unconscious for Gethryn knows how
long - you could be anywhere. You're in a dingy cell, though, that's for
sure. There's a locked door to the left, bars in the window high in the wall
ahead, a flickering torch on the wall to the right and a rather smelly bed
made of damp straw beneath it. This is your new 'home', and every so often
a guard looks inside to make sure you're still in residence. He's a Skorl
guard, and he's not very friendly - as you discover when you try to chat
with him. Maybe it would be an idea to try and escape. But surely that
wouldn't be possible. Hey ... is that a small crack in the wall to the right?

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 the on-screen pointer, your direct link with the Lure Of The Temptress
PART FIVE - THE CONTROLS world, changes into different shapes at different times and allows you to
THE MOUSE perform different actions. "Oh, I'm getting confused!" you cry. Fear not
Lure Of The Temptress is entirely mouse controlled. On a mouse with though, 'cos even I could understand it. Empty a small part of your brain
three buttons, the middle one is as much use as a beetroot, so forget it exists and get ready to take the following on board ...
and concentrate solely on the left and right buttons. On a mouse with two
MOVEMENT
buttons, well, they both do something, so don't ignore either one of them.
First of all you'll be wanting to make Diermot move about in his
If you're playing the MS DOS version and you haven't got a mouse you're
probably thinking of rushing back to the shop in disgust, but don't worry!
The keyboard equivalents of the mouse controls are listed in the appendix
[£] environment, and it couldn't be easier. The mouse pointer is
generally shown on-screen as a little white arrow thingy. POINT
at the back of this manual. this to the exact location you wish Diermot to move to CLICK button A
' '
and Diermot will walk there. Don't worry if there's something in the way,
POINT AND CLICK he's clever enough to walk around it.

Pointing and clicking is easy and you probably know already what it means.
You POINT the on-screen pointer to the part of the screen you want to If there's an exit available from the screen you're on and you , . . . . . ,
interact with, and then you CLICK one of the buttons, be it the left button point to it, then the small white pointer will change to a LARGE I
or the right button. From here on, and for no particular reason whatsoever, white arrow. You can't miss it, it's big and indicates the direction

I'll be calling the left button BUTTON A and the right button BUTTON in which you'll be travelling. Click as above, using button A, and Diermot

B. will walk to the next screen.

HOW TO CONTROL DIERMOT DRINK, EXAMINE, LOOK or STATUS

Diermot, as you'll see, can do many things; from walking to talking to This is a menu which you can bring up at any time during the game simply
fighting to ... well, like I said, many things. All you need to know is that by moving your pointer anywhere on screen (as long as it isn't over a
character or an object) and pressing button B. If you decide you don't want

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this menu after all, then click button B, and the menu will disappear. If a list, of all the objects Diermot is carrying about his person, including
you haven't made a mistake, and do wish to use this menu then highhght money.
the option you require an' click button A. Here's a brief description of the
four options. One thing I ought to point out is that at the very beginning of the game,

I when you don't actually possess any drinkable items or any objects, only
DRINK: This allows Diermot to drink - water, potions or whatever. When ) LOOK and STATUS will be available to you.

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button A is clicked on 'Drink', Diermot will take a swig of whatever liquid
he's carrying. If Diermot has more than one drinkable item in his inventory LOOK AT ... (AN OBJECT OR A CHARACTER)
then scroll through them by pushing the mouse backwards or forewards - If you move the pointer over a character, it'll turn from a pointer
one item will be highlighted at a time. Click on the item you require (using into a small crosshair. The same thing will happen if you position - ,-
button A again) and Diermot will swig it down. the arrow over certain objects ... you'll get the crosshair. This
means you can look at whatever is highlighted, be it animal, vegetable, or
EXAMINE: Click button A on this option and a menu will appear offering mineral - so click button A and Diermot will walk to, and examine, the
you a list of every single object that Diermot is currently carrying. (If he's object in question. Clicking button A again clears the text window
carrying a lot, the list can be scrolled up and down simply by rolling the containing the description of the object.
mouse backwards and forwards). Click button A again while the object
you 're interested in is highlighted and a description will appear. MANIPULATING OBJECTS
It's often the case that Diermot is able to manipulate an object as well as
LOOK: Selecting this (with button A) will give you a text description of look at it. While the crosshair is positioned over an object, click button
Diermot's current location. It's not unknown for a location description to B. A menu should appear. Move the mouse up or down to scroll through
include a 'hint' of some sort, so I'd use this option regularly if I was you. the available commands, then press button A to select the required action.
Button B, on the other hand, will cancel the menu box and return you to
STATUS: Click on this with button A and you'll be given an information the main play window.
screen which tells you, at a glance, and without the need to scroll through

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 LOOKING THROUGH WINDOWS CONVERSING IN GENERAL
It's worth me mentioning that if you want to look through a crack or a I'd better explain a little further about the actual conversing, because I hope
window, you treat it as if you're manipulating an object. Once your it's something you'll be doing a lot of in Lure Of The Temptress . Having
crosshair appears click button B and you will be offered the option to "Look selected the character you wish to interact with, you then select TALK TO
through the window," "Look through the crack," or whatever. Press button from the TALK menu I mentioned a moment ago . One of two things will
A to select this action or button B to cancel. By the way, you can't interact happen ...
with people or objects you see in this mode - all you can do is observe,
and pressing either button will just take you back to your actual location. (1) A conversation will unfold in front of your eyes, contained within
dialogue boxes. If you've read what's been said by one character and wish
TALKING TO PEOPLE to advance the conversation, then position your pointer over the name at
Talking to the other characters in Lure Of The Temptress works the top of the dialogue box, and press either button. (If you do nothing
in a similar way to interacting with the objects. Move the pointer at all then the conversation will advance automatically after a short period
over a character and the pointer will change into the crosshair of time anyway).
sight. At the same time, in the top left hand corner of the screen, the
character's name - or their description - will appear. Clicking button A (2) When talking to certain characters you may be given a choice of
will make Diermot EXAMINE the character (as I've said), but to talk to questions or statements - the relevant lines of text will appear at the very
them click button B instead. A TALK menu will then appear allowing you top of the screen. After deciding what you're going to say (and do be
to converse with the character, ask them for something, give them careful), move the pointer to the line of text you've decided on and then
something or in some cases tell them to do something - to issue commands. click button A. You'll immediately get a response from the other party and
When characters are engaged in conversation (whether with you, me, or may be given another list of questions or statements. Do the same again
each other) they'll have a small word balloon above their head so's you'll and again, until the conversation is terminated. If you decide you don't want
know. to continue talking at any time then click button B - the talk option will
be cancelled and you'll be back to the main play window.

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 A CONVERSATIONAL EXAMPLE of, highlight it and press button A. Let's say you picked 'go to', so now
Imagine you see a Skorl warrior wandering about and want to have a quick the example reads "Tell Ratpouch to go to ... " And now the menu has
chat. Bring up the TALK menu (point at him and press button B), then click changed to a list oflocations . How about The Sewer Outlet? Okay, highlight
on TALK TO (with button A). You have started conversing with the Skorl. it and click button A. "Tell Ratpouch to go to the Sewer Outlet and ... "
Let's suppose he says ''I'm gonna kill you." And let's also suppose that he Back comes the verb menu. Highlight 'get'. A menu of gettable items
doesn'tkill you immediately and that you're lucky enough to get three reply appears ... choose sewerage. The verb menu reappears ... choose drink. A
choices at the top of the screen- "Please don't kill me," "Go on, I was asking drinkable items menu appears ... choose sewerage. Then choose 'return'.
for it," and "You and whose army, turniphead?" Let's assume you highlight Your command now reads "Tell Ratpouch to go to the Sewer Outlet and
"You and whose army, turniphead?" and select it. So what happens next? then get sewerage and then drink sewerage and then return." If you want
Er ... did you remember to save your game position? (I'll explain how later). me to carry out the order, highlight the word FINISH, click button A, and
off I'll trot, to do your bidding.
ISSUING COMMANDS
If you're talking to certain characters in Lure Of The Temptress, you'll Mind you, drinking sewerage isn't a nice thing to ask anyone to do, not
notice that the TALK menu contains not just the GIVE, ASK and TALK even me, so you might decide to step back through the commands and
TO commands, but also the TELL command (I briefly mentioned this change them. And, luckily for me, you can. Every time you click button
earlier). By using this TELL command you can get a character to do exactly B, one command is removed from the sentence, starting from the last one
what you want. (You can command me, Ratpouch, for one - so here's how entered. Hopefully you'd remove the chunk which says "And then get
to make me do things). sewerage and then drink sewerage." Now the command reads "Tell
Ratpouch to go to the Sewer Outlet and then return." If you click on FINISH
Having clicked on me and selected TELL in the TALK MENU (with button then off I'd trot. You could follow me if you liked, but there wouldn"t be
A), the beginning of a sentence appears at the top of the screen. It says "Tell much point as I really will do as I'm told ... (Besides, going to the sewer
Ratpouch to ... " But to what? Tell me to what? Okay, so you'll notice that Outlet, doing absolutely nothing at all and then coming back is as dumb
a new menu has opened up, containin' a list of verbs which you can scroll as dirt.)
through by moving the mouse back and forth. Find one you like the look

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 MORE SENSIBLE USE OF THE TELL COMMAND MORTAL COMBAT
It's something that you'll have to discover for yourself, but you can achieve You didn't think you'd get away with not having to fight in Lure~
some extremely sophisticated effects using the TELL command, and you Of The Temptress did you? In a land where you're surrounded ~
can save yourself some time to boot - by getting someone like me to do by vicious Skorl? Well, if you did, you were wrong. If you've
things for you. Occasionally you may actually need to use the TELL forgotten to save your game for a while, it'll pay dividends to
command, for example when Diermot is unable to carry out an action have read this next section carefully.
himself. At other times the TELL command is necessary because although
Diermot is capable of doing something, he really ought to be elsewhere, As soon as a combat situatio~ is entered, the pointer system will change.
doing something else. The pointer is now displayed as an 'advance arrow', a 'retreat arrow' or
an 'axe icon' ... It all depends on the positioning of the mouse. Let's do
GIVING AND TAKING a walk through.
If you click button A on GIVE in the TALK MENU, it will be assumed that
you want to give something to the character you've selected, and a menu ADVANCE ARROW: If the pointer is in front ofDiermot's body, you'll
containing your inventory will be shown. Scroll through it (if it's necessary get this, the advance arrow It still works in the same manner as the pointer
to scroll) and highlight the object you wish to get rid of by clicking with insofar as you need to press button A to make Diermot move. He'll
button A again. If the person you 're trying to give the item to actually wants advance.
it, then they'll take it. If they don't, they won't.
RETREAT ARROW: It's obviously the exact opposite of the advance
arrow. If the pointer is behind Diermot and button A is pressed, then he
It's the same process for taking an object from a person. Once you've will retreat.
selected a character, highlight ASK in the TALK MENU and then a menu
THE AXE ICON: This is trickier, because the axe icon appears in three
of things you have either seen or heard about will appear. Click on the object
different places, depending on the position of the pointer. To get the axe
you require with button A and if the person you ask (a) has the object and
icon at all, the pointer has to be over (or very near) Diermot's body. If
(b) wants to give it to you, then they will. If they don't, they won't.
the pointer is near Diermot's head you'll get the axe icon in a high position.

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If the pointer is at Dierrnot's waist level, you'll get the axe icon in a central
in-1r-.-..1
position, while if you drag the mouse down towards Diermot's feet you'll
get the axe icon in a low position. These are the three different attack
Immediately after you have POINTED, CLICKED and
structed Dierrnot to move somewhere, the pointer will change
into a clock. This means the computer is 'thinking' about the
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positions - an' they're also the defense positions, strangely enough. routes Dierrnot could realistically take.
Whether Diermot will attack or parry depends entirely on which button
is pressed, and which button you press depends entirely on which side PART SIX - SAVING AND LOADING YOUR GAME
Dierrnot is being attacked from. As this is of utmost importance, I've
written it in capital letters ...
There are differences in the procedure, depending on which version you're
THE ATTACK BUTTON IS THE BUTTON NEAREST YOUR ENEMY playing. So, Amiga users can skip this next bit, which doesn't concern them.
THE PARRY BUTTON IS THE ONE FURTHEST FROM YOUR ENEMY
MS DOS USERS
So there you have it - three attack movements, three defense movements,
Move your pointer to the top of the screen. A menu bar will appear. Point
an advance movement and a retreat movement, all controlled by the mouse.
to FILE, hold down button A and a menu appears, which contains SAVE
HA! Who needs a joystick?
GAME and RESTORE GAME. If you want to save your position, point to
SAVE GAME, release the button, and then type in a file name (it's up to
TWO OTHER POINTER ICONS
you what you call it). Click button A and your position will be saved. The
Every so often during the game the pointer will become a strange shape
procedure for restoring a game is similar. Click on LOAD GAME from the
that will have you thinking: "Oh no, why is it doing that? What have I done
FILE menu. Highlight the required saved position (because it won't be long
wrong???" Don't worry though, you've done nothing wrong at all ...
before you have more than one) and press RETURN. It'll load in
If the pointer changes into a tiny picture of a movie camera it's automatically and you can resume from where you left off.
just there to tell you that a graphic sequence, such as a door being
opened, has been initiated.

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 AMIGA USERS PART SEVEN - QUICK START REFERENCE
First you'll need to make a data disk. Insert a blank disk into the drive (Drive
0 on the Amiga) and move your pointer to the top of the screen. A menu I make it easy for you, I really do . If you couldn't be bothered to take in
bar will appear. Point to FILE, hold down button A and select FORMAT the whole manual, but still need a bit of guidance, then here are the main
DISK, then release the button. You will see a message to remind you that points again.
you're about to format. Press button A to make a data disk. If you want When dealing with menus the general rule to follow is that the LEFT button
to save your position, select SAVE GAME from the FILE menu, release the acts as the selector while the RIGHT button acts as the deselector. In other
button, then select one of the 9 save slots on your data disk. When a slot words, to advance a menu click the left button, and to return to a previous
is empty the name of the slot appears in lower case, and when used it will point in a chain of menus, click the right button.
change to capitals. To RESTORE a game follow the same procedure,
selecting the required saved position from the list of slots. When the pointer is a small arrow the mouse buttons act as follows:

TEXT SPEED LEFT: WALK to the selected spot.

I nearly forgot, if you want to change the speed at which the text is printed
on screen simply select the HELP menu from the top of the screen. Two RIGHT: DRINK, EXAMINE, LOOK, and list STATUS (inventory).
options are available: slow text and fast text.
When the pointer is a crosshair:

LEFT: EXAMINE object or character.

RIGHT: interact with an object GET, PULL, etc.

interact with a character TALK TO, GIVE, TELL, etc.
 PART EIGHT - WHAT AM I MEANT TO DO? Hints
Talk: Talk to everyone. They may occasionally be rather boring in the same way
that people in real life are occasionally rather boring, but they may al:so have
Now, that would be telling, wouldn't it, and it would totally spoil all the
important iriformation to impart. There's only one way to find out, and that's to
fun. At the end of the day, this is an adventure, and an adventure wouldn't talk. (But be careful what you say ... see Enemies).
be an adventure if you knew exactly what was on the cards from the word
go - but that doesn't stop me giving you a few hints. If you see yourself
Look: Some items are so obvious they could be spottedfrom the other side ef afield ...
but some aren't and can't. "There's got to be a such-and-such here, there's just got
as a hardened adventurer and think you won't need any help, then skip this
to be, "you may think, and you may very well be right. Search your location carefully.
section. If you think you might need some hints, then don't. If you've
already started playing, have become seriously stuck, and have come back Peek: You can sometimes peek from one location to another. A crack in a wall, a
here to find out exactly what you did wrong then you shouldn't have rushed window, a small gap - it can help Diermot a great deal to know what's going on
off so quickly in the first place, should you? elsewhere in the game without actually being there: (a) it's amazing what some people
will say behind your back, (b) you may want to make sure a certain person is (or
isn't) in the room before you do something, and (c) ifyou've seen an object, it will
be added to your noun inventory - you can ask someone about it even though you've
never even set foot into its actual location.

Bribe: ifyou've got the cash then you can sometimes extract that all-important piece
ef iriformation by being a bit 'liberal' with it, just before asking someone a question.
Be careful though, you don't want to be too liberal with your cash or you soon won't
have any left to be liberal with.

Help: Don't be too proud to askfor help. ifyou think you can't do something yourself,
then maybe you could talk someone else into giving you a hand, or, heaven forbid,
even doing it for you.
Enemies: You 're in a situation where you need enemies like you need a visit from
 ABOUT REVOLUTION SOFfWARE (REALLY FINALLY!) Revolution Software was formed in 1990 after Charles Cecil met David
the tax collectors. !Jyou 're talking to someone and annoy them in some way, it might Sykes at a disco in Sunderland, and then they both met Tony Warriner on
not end there - they may meet someone else on their travels and relay the incident: the way home. David had been involved in a small skirmish at the bar and
"That Diermot," they could say, ''There's something extremelyfishy about him ifyou was sitting outside in the rain, mopping a bloody nose, when Charles
ask me." That sort ef thing. Rumors and gossip can travel like wile/fire in a village approached and said he thought he recognized him from somewhere. It soon
like Tum vale, and you '11 be oblivious to it until it's too late. transpired that both of them had frequented the same amusement arcade
when they'd lived in Norfolk, and had both managed to get their name in
Examine: You've got an object and can't work out what to do with it. So examine the top ten list on the Operation Wolf cabinet. More importantly they'd
it. The detailed description you '11 be given may just jolt your brain's logic centers done it on the same day and at roughly the same time, a crowded Saturday
to the point where they say, "But ef course, how silly ef me, maybe I could use this afternoon in May. It was just one of those amazing things. As Charles and
for ... " and you've solved the problem. And never forget that everything can be David were taking a bus ride home, someone boarded the single decker,
examined, and I don't just mean the objects you 're carrying. paid his fare, and sat next to them. He introduced himself as Tony
Warriner. He'd been to a Kylie Minogue concert and was in jubilant spirits,
PART NINE - AND FINALLY ... resplendent in a Kylie sweatshirt. The three got talking and the conversation
soon revealed the stunning fact that David, too, had got a top ten highscore
Well, that seems to be that, and I've hopefully given you just enough on the Operation Wolf cabinet. Same town, same arcade, same day. Same
information about what needs to be done in Lure Of The Temptress without afternoon, even.
actually telling you too much about the game itself. Okay, so I could have
given you a brief outline on how the storyline develops, I could have given Was it a coincidence? Or was it karma? Who could tell, but fate had bowled
you a few maps or charts, and I could also have given you a complete cast a strike and the inevitable happened. As we said, Revolution Software came
list containing information about all the characters you'll be meeting on into being.
your travels. But I decided not to. It would be like telling you the plot of
a play just before you were about to go into the theatre, and you wouldn't
thank me for that, would you? Have fun.
 THE LURE OF THE TEMPTRESS TEAM
responsible for, well, the other half of the art work. He too wields a mean
Charles Cecil: Being the Managing Director, Charles has had to master
mouse as you can see from the results.
the art of the 'unfeasibly long business lunch', and he's succeeded - nine
hours is his current record. In between lunches he organizes things and has Paul Docherty: What would the scenery be without the little people to
wander around inside it? Paul produced most of the sprite graphics in the
ideas.
game.
Tony Warriner: Tony has been writing computer games since he wore
short trousers, and now communicates solely in hexadecimal. If you find Richard Joseph: Richard's a 'music and sound effects' man through and
yourself thinking that Lure Of The Temptress is rather clever, then thank through, who has provided the themes and effects for many top computer
Tony - it's because he's rather clever. games. He composed the original music for Temptress.
David Sykes: David used to program aeronautical control tower systems
in the real world but decided it was too much like hard work. He now lives ... AND THE FUTURE?
in self-imposed exile in Kingston upon Hull, the "Gateway to Europe". The team are hard at work, expanding the Virtual Theatre system and
Dave Cummins: Dave's been in the computer games industry since the writing their second game, for which they have teamed up with Dave
abacus was invented, and could spot a great game from the planet Mars. Gibbons. Dave is already well known as the co-writer and artist behind the
Thank your lucky stars, then, that it's Dave who's been in charge of the Watchmen graphic novel (among others). Enough said!
design aspects of Temptress.

Noirin Carmody: What can you say about Noirin? Well, she's a hardened
businesswoman, she'll take no nonsense from anybody, and she's a demon
on the phone.

Adam Tween: Adam is one of the two in-house artists who brought
Turnvale to your screen. He was born on Newcastle, probably with a mouse
already cradled in his hand.

Stephen Oades: The other half of the art department, Stephen is

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