~First Samurai

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~LEVEL 1.

Head right until you reach thin bridge of land prior to the 
second statue. Kick  downwards,go down hole, kill or avoid 
stalactite, leg sweep on thin ground and drop down hole. Walk 
immediately right. clout large moving statue as it comes towards 
you. Climb and descend tree trunk. Venture right along ground 
level and pass over preceding statue by means of jumping onto a 
tree trunk and  leaping over. Dodge falling stalactite above 
blue spike. collect special at far  right, avoid statue and 
climb left side of second tree from right, right, grab  bell and 
use potion.  Continue right ( nipping down hole if you feel like 
a sword and a seeker or two ) beyond yellow baddies and make use 
of regeneration pot. Summon your friendly neighbourhood Wizard 
Mage ( by ringing bell ) while standing next to  fire, which 
should douse its flame`s. Overhead chop at underside of 
platform, collect bell, and descend waterfall. Hack right, wait 
until dragon stops throwing flames before abruptly grabbing 
special and deftly jumping out of the way. Slice through scenery 
and that potion is yours. Jump over fire, leap onto platform 
next to spinning yellow tower ( avoiding mines ), onto platform, 
onto platform and onto tree trunk above gragon. Clamber up, 
carefully jump left and collect treasure if desired, positioning 
Samurai on the far most right - hand edge of right tree trunk. 
Jump with joystick pulled right with repeated fire presses for 
flying slashes. Hopefully you will land under frog, which can be 
killed with an over - head slice or eight. Descend leftwards, 
spring over fire, fend off stalactite, jump to land in 
protection of tree trunks. When sword thrower crouches down ( 
you may have to climb up slightly for this to happen ), skip 
over him and kill the bast. Jump right from grey hut onto 
platform and slash for a seeker. Right, use pot, slash wall and 
stand on edge of pit. Jump into middle ( to avoid spikes ), then 
fully left, once you have passed second row of spikes on left in 
order to miss fire. Chop wall, use platforms to ascend and once 
back on level ground, gash ceiling to reveal seeker. Explore 
left, slashing ceilings and travelling via teleports for extra 
treasure, food,and a special ( in fiery pit ) then return. Use 
sword to remove ground under yellow rocks, drop down onto yellow 
tower, hurdle left and crouch behind regeneration pot. Hack 
scenery and climb down right hand side of wall, then down again 
onto left side to hack and collect treasure. Up and left we go, 
and quickly down left wall again, avoiding stalactite ( theres 
food available by using your sword against the cave roof - food 
- up if required ). Walk left, up platforms, ( jump directly up 
to avoid spikes ), left and ring bell to rid yourself of the 
rocks and hit upwards for food. return to previously scaled top 
platform and wield your sword in the general direction of the 
ceiling to collect another bell. Back left, and a    special and 
potion will be waiting for you. Lower yourself downwards ( don`t 
jump ) and immediately right, leaping daintily across the 
disintegrating bridge and operate teleport. Left a little, up 
right via platform, trying to get to the top of insect colony 
where food and a special lie ( thats a smart bomb below 
incidentaly ). Cavort over fire using platform, climb up 
platform over second fire, use pot and right, right, right. Ring 
bell next to waterfall and cross bridge to face end of level 
dragon. Turn around, touch the ground, bagsy no returnsto kill. 
simply remain on left hand side of the screen and hack shoot his 
head every time he comes towards you. Don`t get stuck underneath 
his noddle though, or he`ll breath fire on you. No probs. 





~LEVEL 2.




Firstly, dont get that dagger to your right ( more later ). In 
lieu, a bit of  killing and a little axe collecting would be 
nice. Saunter right, past first tree ( dont slash this to 
collect a dagger either ), yonder second tree and remove the 
ground under the next visible hut. Down, left, hack ceiling for 
treasure, hack wall, hack at large, moving baddie and cross over 
him by climbing up left side of hut sticking out of the ground 
and dropping down, then collect bell. Back to far right, use 
bell to destroy rocks, collect special, back left again, collect 
another bell from the same place and back up to ground level ( 
via double use of teleport if you like ). Fully right, initiate 
regeneration pot, stand adjacent to fire and ring bell to calm 
it down a bit. Right, secure that special and bell for your own 
use and back out left past fire. Stand slightly to the left of 
the scenic statue in the distance in order to jump onto 
platform, upwards and onto tree. Strike the stalactite and 
nearby ceiling for food. Mount grey wall, take immediate left, 
use bell and cross the bridge. Clout ceiling and pocket the 
bell. Make your way left through maze of tree trunks and spiky 
blue things ( you can get on edge of trunk with - out getting 
killed by the spiky things ), and climb down last trunk ( dont 
jump ). Jump up left into passageway on left, summon that 
helpful Wizard chappie to help with your special collecting. 
Jump up right into a small cavern for bell collecting purposes. 
Walk left, treat the regeneration pot to a little useage and 
yank right on the joystick whilst plummeting down the hole next 
to the yellow pillar. If no - one else wants the special, then 
help yourself and swiftly clamber out of right side of pit, and 
return to where you just saved the game. Ring bell to rid 
yourself of rocks, up steps and teleport. Down, collect bell, 
up, ring bell, take special, up again, get bell behind 
disintegrating stone blocks, hack at wall on left and use 
potion. This probably isnt the best time to mention it but the 
end of level baddie is easier to kill if you have a dagger or 
two. lucky that you saved two earlier then. Manipulate your way 
back to the start of the level, help yourself to the two 
daggers, one to your immediate right and the other materialising 
when the first tree to your right is swiped, and return via the 
potion. Trek left and fall left to arrive alongside the maze of 
blue spiky things. Hurtle over the spikes, work the teleport and 
ring the bell for severe fire dousing purposes. Save your 
position, ready to slaughter the end of level robot. Jump up the 
provided platforms, but remain on the top one, slightly lower 
than the level of the robot. All his shots at you will now miss. 
Kill him by throwing daggers - only throw when he is close, so 
that all your shots hit and the weapon wont run out. 





~LEVEL 3.




Right, evade blue spiky thing, up steps, avoid dragon breath 
jumping over last visible part of ground bridge, otherwise it 
will disintegrate. Dodge blue spiky thing ( after an initial 
double spike ) and indoctrine regeneration pot. Hurl yourself 
manically fully right from end of platform into a tree, and 
collect bell. Drop down, wallop ground near to waterfall and 
teleport. 

Get back to blue spiky thing number 2 and summon Mr Wizzard. 
Onto stars, right, onto top layer of crystals and jump right to 
eventually obtain a yellow bell - type thing. Spring left onto 
single crystal, drop directly down from left - side to the 
second row, jump right, ring bell, and collect what looks 
suspiciously like a special. Advance left, fall down at first 
available opportunity and steal bell from branches. Descend for 
the usual teleporting business. Back at the blue spiky thing, 
its onto the stars, up left, left, ring bell, slash at the end 
of the corridor, get treasure and two specials, down, right, 
left underground and teleport. Back past the blue spike, stone 
dragon and second blue spike. Cascade from edge of platform, 
pulling sharply in left as you go. Time your way across the 
multitude of blue spiky things, collect bell, right once more 
and fall from edge. Take the lower of the two left corridors. 
Another blue spiky thing.You know what to do. Have another slash 
upwards for food, treasure and a dagger, along first corridor on 
right for another special, then left to suitable exit. Keep the 
dagger, ascend the tree trunk and onto yellow spinning tower. 
It`s sword on ceiling time` for food, and head fully right. This 
time, once past the stone dragon, fall from end of platform onto 
bridge.Left, take upper corridor, carefully over spikes, collect 
special and return left. Take lower corridor. Ring bell by fire, 
left, and teleport.At the end of this level you`ll come across 
an array of banshees. Jump to far right of the screen, move back 
in left slightly and fire daggers, slash forwards and overhead 
when necessary. Easy as pie. 
 



~LEVEL 4.




Bounce nimbly onto right platform, annihilate baddie, drop down 
and liquidate rats to give you your sword. Use far right 
teleport. Stroll in the general left direction, killing/jumping 
over yellow baddies as you go. Ignore first bell, jump left onto 
platform, get bell, jump again and put that special under your 
hat. The yellow baddies will leap to a suicidal death ( and 
you`ll end up back at level one if you fall off ). Left again 
and teleport at first opportunity. Jump onto stars, left and 
fall in between fires. Up left with joystick to clutch 
spectacularly onto the tree trunk and dismount left. That 
Special ? Pick it up , man. Left, yee - haa into gap between 
flames, vault onto tree trunk, up and teleport. Teleport using 
teleport on left, clang bell and up for another spesh. Teleport 
back to starting screen and re - use right teleport. Pinch that 
bell from the far left. And perhaps teleport back again using 
the far right teleport ( as opposed to the one in the middle ) 
while you`re at it. Down hole, ring bell, right, right, right, 
slash wall and get special. Back to starting screen, use right 
teleport, jump off far left platform, back to level one, go 
right to level two, collect bell and potion, back to level four. 
Teleport from top left of starting screen, leap over mine, jump 
away from right platform and hit ceiling for food plus dagger. 
Right, then right and ring bell by robot. Stand towards left of 
screen, faceleft and continuously press up and fire for a flying 
slash, continue doing so, edging slightly away each time you 
think the robot is going to hit you. When you are nearing one 
side of the screen, turn to face the robot, fire the dagger and 
whilst the robot is blocking your great shot, cunningly leap 
over him, doing a flying slash as you go. Then repeat the 
process until he ( and preferably not you ) are dead. 




~LEVEL 5.




The train level. This level is excrutiatingly easy, so not much 
to say about it, really. Head towards the front of the train, 
entering the carriarges by swiping the cracked sections of the 
roofs. It`s very easy this level, as i`ve just said ( twice ), 
so make the most of it for searching around grabbing bonuses - 
don`t forget sword to ceiling contact, and remember to have a 
nosey in between the carriages ( you can`t fall through ). There 
are plenty of daggers and axe`s all over the shop as well. 




~LEVEL 6.





After level five and before level seven comes level six. Jump 
onto oil drum, scrabble up ladder, fall back down to gather 
daggers and re - ascend. Stand around and dispatch a few baddies 
until your sword power is intact, then plunge down to start. 
Traipse left and hack twice at the broken paving stone. Drop 
down into chasm, position yourself at the edge of the platform 
and leap upwards, cleaving wildly to hopefully render a smart 
bomb. Get this pronto, bag bell, stand on right oil drum, then 
bound left, fly - slashing as you go, to collect your first 
special and exit stage left. Onto oil drum and up onto the 
platform again. Walk to the right side of the platform, propel 
yourself over the gap to surmount the oil drum, latch onto the 
ladder and climb up. Sound the bell for aa starry bridge, left 
and onto smaller platform for another yellow doobrie, and 
retreat right to previously climbed ladder. Negotiate the newly 
formed bridge onto roof of house, walk left and quickly right to 
end up on lower level of roof, drop into house, down to second 
level, right and lacerate ceiling for your first special. Be 
wary of the blue monster who appears and fires discs at you - he 
appears throughout the level, but his discs can be used against 
him by hacking, kicking or punching them back in his direction. 
Slash at the ceiling on the top level for food and a smart bomb, 
up via ladder onto roof, right. When you are beneath the soldier 
and the food, use an overhead chop to kill him and re - chop for 
food ( by re - hashing ). Right and summon Wizard Mage. Grab 
ladder, set off left, take special, slash at manhole and drop 
down ( keeping joystick held left ) onto platform for another 
bell. Leap right, across platform, across bridge, onto roof, up 
ladder and left. Invite the Wizard along to help, while standing 
next to what will become a disintegrating house. Get bell. 
Right, drop onto lift and when it`s at it`s highest, jump onto 
roof. Right and ring bell where appropriate. Ignore bridge, drop 
onto lower level of roof, drop down into house. These windows 
will reveal food if slashed, but ignore them unless you are 
desperate as you should come back later. Jump over gaps in 
platform ( in front of pillars ). You`ve deserved that bell to 
your right, and should have no problems getting onto the oil 
drum and onto the roof ( avoiding acid ). Climb bridge on right, 
right and lift special. Dig at broken paving slab back to the 
left, down ladder onto green roof, chuck yourself down hole, 
stand next to oil drum and ring bell to reach special. Traipse 
left of platform, seeing to those baddies by fly - slashing them 
at close proximity in fear of being grenaded ( polish off one 
and he`ll leave some grenades for your own personal use ). Hit 
yellow ceiling and pocket bell. Revert right, use regeneration 
pot and pursue stone blocks to the far right. Facing the blocks, 
jump with an overhead slash to reveal another special. Ring 
bell, and when the angels have removed the first block or two, 
hurdle onto those remaining, cannily collecting the other 
special in the process. The end of level nastie is down that man 
hole - and tragically for you, he is by far and away the hardest 
end of level nastie to kill all game. Firstly, ensure that your 
energy is full. There are three area`s which you can get food 
from : by slashing at the good food sign quite far along to the 
left, by slashing at the windows in the buildings or 
alternatively in the secret passageway ( about halfway along the 
level, entered through the manhole, or preferably through the 
other cracked paving stone to its left. Get some food then if 
necessary, down the manhole and do the honours behind the pot. 
The green monster fires heads at you at regular intervals, but 
will fire an extra head if you hit it with your sword or 
alternative weapon. Stand directly next to it and start slashing 
until there are five or six heads out, and try to kill them with 
overhead slashes. This and combined frantic fly - swiping are 
your best tactics. If ( and when ) your energy gets very low, 
jump onto the ladder, run away, get some more food and 
return....... 




~LEVEL 7.



A light step to the  immediate  right,  bounce  over what looks 
like a stick of  celery  (  but  probably  isn't  ),  along  
right  (  ignore retracting platforms ), seize bell, jump  up, 
slash, walk over special and return to start ( get the  grenades 
but use extremely sparingly ). Left, avoid acid drip, fully  
left  (  avoiding  acid ) for food. Back along, jump up right 
hand side of  ladder  and right if you need food, otherwise 
left. Climb down ladder, quickly slashing when you reach the 
bottom for rat killing purposes. It's probably best to scarper 
here in preference to standing around getting killed. Left ( 
avoiding acid )  and  jump  onto platform.Jump over leeks, left 
and jump over pits ( position samurai  so that his front foot is 
fully over the platform in order to  make  it  ). Ring bell, 
croos stars and fall directly downwards to obtain  another  
special. Up via retracting platform, left across bridge and  use  
pot.  Continually hit left hand side of the stone tablet, this 
will  move  it  to the right so you can use it to jump  on  to  
the  first  retractingplatform  to collect the special. Left, 
directly down and  down  again. Right, climb ladder,get bell and 
take potion (  go  down  right  to  kill  baddies if the bell 
has'nt appeared ). Head right from the position to  which you 
are teleported, spring over celery and go  down  ladder.  
Carefully  manoevere  yourself  onto the ladder below and summon 
the Wizzard Mage  to  lend a hand or two. Some stars will appear 
below the retracting platforms to ease your crossing of the gap 
(  climb  up  ladder  before  jumping  ),  but DON'T CROSS. 
Instead , go up ladder, along right, up ladder, and right for 
ages.Get bell, slash at nearby ceiling for  food  and treasure, 
return to where you just rang the bell, stand on platform ( not 
ladder ) and cross pit using stars to support you.  Down  steps,  
move  stone tablet along by hitting it until it's under the  
projecting platform ( and lashing out at the large moving 
statueas it  comes  towards  you ),jump up, and up again for 
another special and a bell. Jump over statue and right. Ring 
bell  next to water jetty and hack it when it solidifie's. Slash 
at  ceiling  to  the right for treasure and use pot. Go back 
left, use  stone  tablet  to get onto the platform so that you 
can jump over  the  statue,  and  get  bell.Back right to the 
second water jetty and ring bell. Slash ice, right, sslash 
ceiling and left for end of level nasty number one - a big red 
dragon's head. He's easy. Stand at either the left or the  right 
- hand side of the dragon and and slash at his head every  time  
he come's towards you. To speed things up, jump around a bit 
using  fly  slashes to hit him. Don't get stuck underneath his 
torso, though, in fear of being fired at. There's food to be 
gobbled if  you  jump  and  slash from the first projecting 
platform you get to. Right, climb wall, get bell, drop onto the 
yellow platform, jump left. Jump up  retracting platforms for 
another special and ring bell next to water  jetties,  then hit 
them when solid. Left, up retracting platforms, and that's 
it..... 


~LEVEL 8.



Right, sock all  passing  windows  for  suitable  refreshment, 
and the third group preceeding the soldier for  a yellow object 
to ring. Right ( do not save position ),  bash  windows for 
food, right, call Wizard, ring bell whilst  to  left  of  pillar  
underneath  firing gun turret, right, fetch ball and utilise 
potion.  Slash windows to your immediate left for food. The 
Wizard  should  come  in  handy for blowing up that doorway with 
the resulting special coming in double handy. Right and up the 
first  lift.  Jump  left  onto  the lower roof, punch windows 
and jump via same lift onto the green roof directly right. Use 
lift, manically hurling yourself  left  weilding  your sword 
ceiling -wards for a bell. Left and up first visible lift. Bound 
left onto blue roof, then onto lift which moves up  and down 
directly over the other. Jump right when top lift reaches  it's  
high  point. Ring bell to calm the firing down a tad, right  and  
use  pot.  Take out cracked part of platform, sink downwards and  
slash  windows.  Say  thank  you for the special. pounce from 
right hand side of platform, trundle fully right, collar the 
bell and exercise the potion. Chime bell at end of platform,  
tumble  down right, right, and I doubt anyone else will be  
wanting  that  bell  or  potion. Once teleported, right is the 
direction you'll be  wanting - over bridge, save position via 
second pot and fling yourself  off  the  end  of the roof with 
the joystick wrenched rightwards to land  on  the  blue roof. 
Ring bell in the vicinity of the force - field,  and hack 
repeatedly at the crystal until the barrier breaks. Right ( 
don't teleport yet ), up  ladder, up ladder, make off with the 
bell and special, slash  at  cracked  part  of  the platform, 
down and teleport. Hack left behind the scenery for treasure, 
and jump and hack for a special. Ring bell, hit  crystal, right, 
use pot, slash windows, right, slash  windows  and  teleport.  
Walk  to  right  side  of roof, carefully get down to lower 
level  of  roof  and enter house. Slash at ceilings for food, 
snitch bell and  withdraw  to roof. Leap from right hand side of 
roof onto  middle  platform,  use  pot, ascend ladder and pinch 
special.Left to get your  feet  back  on  terra ferma, ring bell 
when both force - fields come into  view, hit crystals and and 
proceed right. Onto oil drum, onto first retracting platform, 
left above where barriers were and cleve ceiling for booty. To 
bump off  end  of  level  baddie,  simply  slash  at  it  using 
the retracting platforms on left when necessary, avoiding it's 
shots. It's very very easy.Complete  level  by  going  up  
platforms, jumping onto projecting scenery to right, and 
slashing  for two more specials. Back to top retracting 
platform, grabbing ladder ( by standing on the right edge of the 
top platform,  jump  right  then  quickly  left ). Up. And left. 



~LEVEL 9.



Gasp loudly at  the  three  -  speed  parallax  scrolling.  Then 
treat yourself to that smartbomb,  jump  left  and heartlessly 
murder enough baddie's to enable you to swipe bell, and plunge 
left. Depart right as far as poss to pocket three  specials. 
Scale right side of third-from-right pole ( jump in order  to  
clutch  to  it ), jump right onto next platform, down and that 
special is  your's.  Up ( by vaulting left out of cabin and 
abruptly pulling right on the joystick to grab outside of the 
ladder ), and up again. Cavort  right, slash ceiling and down 
onto ground level. Get special  on  left  and  at  far  right ( 
slashing at ceilings for food ). Climb first  pillar  from 
right, reach smart bomb and drop down to collect special. Up 
right side of pillar again, hurry onto shorter platform, slash 
up left for another special, collect, and up and down other side 
back to ground level. Up into cabin on left and continue upwards 
as far as possible, collecting special on the way. Continue up 
by using the tower to  the leftand jumping between the two when 
necessary, slashing ceiling and  video camera's when 
appropriate. Following the  above  information  should  get  you  
to  a  horizontal platform with a bell and  the  nine  required 
specials ( and hopefully enough energy ). There  are  plenty  
more  food and specials scattered about it if you can be 
bothered  to  locate  them ( i couldn't ). Move right until a 
force-field  is  reached  and  ring  that bell. Hack the 
remaining force-field once,  kill  the  resulting  baddie, hack 
again, kill, and so on. You can abandon this  part to find food 
if you really muck it up. And thats just about the size of the 
level. 



~LEVEL 10.



Left, apprehend smart bomb, left,  nab  special, right, lay your 
hands on the bell, right, hop onto  potted  plant, thrust 
joystick up again, grab ladder on left and  heroically  clamber  
out.  Right for age's to abduct another special, and back left  
again and cross gap. Left, jump onto shortest brown barrel,  
leap  left,  left  again,  left again and slash at grey ceiling 
for a  little  something  to put behind your ear for later. Drop 
directly down  and  slash  onto second ground level of level and 
show your weapon to the grey thing for a smart bomb. Walk right 
over barrels, grab ladder and climb up. Right, up steps and left 
into black room with computers  in.  Project yourself to climb 
up ladder, enter house, hit the ceiling to purloin food and 
special. Walk down ladder, left along  grey  platform,  jump  
and  slash for another special. Left onto brown  ledge's,  
hooraying, truncating for treasure and food. Up ladder, hail 
Wizard when you  can,  go no further right, claim that bell you 
just lapsed and  ascend.  Left,  jump onto gray platforms and 
slash twice at end  ceiling  for  a  light  snack  and a 
special. Back right, up twinkling stars and right.  Watch  out 
for the blue baddie's who blow deadly rings at you -  they 
deserve nothing more than instant death as soon as they appear. 
Continue  along the platform and lob our hero off the end. 
Right, onto small grey platform and onto ladder, up, and up 
ladder on level above. Left, up steps and up ladder. Left  as  
far as feasible ( slashing for treasure ), up ladder, right,  
onto  potted  plant, get smart bomb and get special. Right, past 
chequered scenery, get lamp, hit scenery in a variety of shown 
places, back to  either  side of chequered part, ring bell and 
kill  the  end-of-level  nastie-possibly  the  easiest end of 
level nastie to kill in the whole game. 


                                THE END
 
