The Final Odyssey

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                        BASIC  INSTRUCTIONS
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     The main goal of The Final Odyssey is to rescue 6 girls
     from the dungeons and to kill the Minotaur.

     In order to do that there are many other puzzles and sub-
     plots.

     The Final Odyssey is broken up into arenas (small sections
     of the labyrinth), in order to make the puzzles more
     manageable and less confusing.

     Level Passwords are as follows :

                          Level 2 - minos
                          Level 3 - badlands
                          Level 4 - darkcastle

                          after entering a password you can
                          then enter in another password
                          which is - givemepower, to activate
                          the cheat mode (infinite lives).

         - The girls are rescued by getting an orb using it
           to open a jail where there is a girl. Once the girl
           is free she will follow you around. You need to find
           the porthole (rainbow coloured tunnel) and take her
           to the end of it to rescue her. The porthole transports
           girls to the outside of the labyrinth to safety.

         - Press 'space bar' to place a bomb. The number of bombs
           remaining is displayed at the bottom left of the screen
           in blue. The bomb is placed at your feet. Place next
           to something that is destructable or use it as a smart
           bomb to kill everything currently alive in the maze.

         - Press 'P' to pause the game

         - Press 'Q' to restart the arena. If you do something wrong
           in a particular arena, ie. you get trapped or move a block
           in the wrong way, you can press 'Q' and the arena will
           restart as it was when you began. This gives Theseus a
           second chance but results in the loss of one life.

         - There is an exit at the end of each level. It will not
           open until both girls are saved.

         - Theseus's energy and lives remaining is displayed at the
           top left of the screen. Once you lose all your energy
           you lose a life. Energy is replenished by finding food.
           There are occasional extra life pickups as well.
           You lose a whole life by falling down a trap door, being
           blown up in a random arena or pressing 'Q'.

         - random arenas are mazes that are different each time you
           play. To prove it, activate the cheat mode. When you get
           to a random level, press 'Q' to restart the arena and
           you will notice it's different. Keep pressing 'Q' to see
           a new maze.

           Random arenas are usually hedge mazes and are occupied by
           guards that come out of the ground. These guards drop bombs
           that will detonate after a period of time. You must collect
           the bomb before it detonates or you will lose an entire life.
           The bombs have a dial which shows how long before the bomb
           detonates, you can also tell by the frequency of the ticking.
           To get out of a random arena, you must kill all the guards
           without being blown up by the bombs.

         - The panel at the bottom of the screen displays current objects
           you are holding. On the far right of the panel is an image of
           a bag of money. There is a bar which shows you how full your
           money bag is. If you cannot pick up any more money then you
           know the bag is full.
           The panel also displays messages from scrolls etc.

         - Weapons that are picked up only last during the arena that
           you are currently in. This gives you infinite ammo but you
           will go back to the crossbow if you leave the arena.