IMAGIC
DRAGONFIRE TM
GAME PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS
Dragons have driven the Royal Court from the Castle.
"O we are lost, lost!" laments the King. "Without our vast treasures we cannot
raise an army 'gainst these accursed dragons. Our Kingdom must now languish
under lizards!"
"Nay, not so, my liege!" replied the young Prince. "None knows that Castle,
those many bridges and storerooms, better than I. Give me leave and I shall
loot those lizards of their plunder and restore my lord to his birthright."
"Brave boy," said the King, fully pleased. "But," he added arkly, "beware
dread Dragonfire!"
Now the Prince is ready to challenge the ferocious Dragons. But first he must
cross bridges and face an onslaught of fireballs thrown by Dragon hatchlings.
If he succeeds in crossing a few bridges, he must then dodge arrows shot by an
archer atop a castle tower.
When the Prince crosses a bridge, he arrives in a storeroom full of beautiful
treasures, but guarded by a Dragon. Now he is the moving target and most run
fast and true to reach each treasure while he evades the dreaded Dragonfire.
And there's only one small place to hide!
If the Prince can touch every treasure in the room (stuffing them in his
magical invisible sack), he is able to escape and go on to another bridge. He
can make more raids on the Dragons' plunder, unless he's hit seven times by
fireballs, arrows, or Dragonfire.
Can his bravery and speed restore the King's rightful treasures? That's up to
you!
Objectives
- Direct the Prince across the bridge, dodging fireballs and arrows.
- Once inside the storeroom, move the Prince so he can touch and take every
treasure.
- Avoid the fiery breath of the Dragon.
- Escape from the storeroom and be ready to cross another bridge and meet
another, more ferocious Dragon.
Console Controls
- Insert cartridge in right side of unit, label up.
- Turn power switch to on.
- To begin Dragonfire (or to restart the game), press Start on either
controller keypad.
- To pause action during the game, press keypad numbers 1 and 9 or 3 and 7
simultaneously.
- Screen goes blank.
- To resume action: press any keypad number, side button or the disk.
- Action resumes exactly where you left off.
NOTE: Turn console unit off while TV is still on. Do not remove
cartridge while the console is still on.
[Illustration of the overlay, with arrows pointing to "Jump (Any Side Button),"
"Select Difficulty Level" (7, 8, 9), "Select Number of Players" (Clear, 0), and
"Control Runner" (Enter). To the side is the caption, "Press Any Key To
Start."]
[Illustration of a hand controller with the overlay partially inserted.]
- Remove left and right controllers from console.
- Slip keypad covers securely into place over both left and right keypads.
Pick Your Game
- When the Dragonfire title and castle scene appear, press Start. (Use this
key any time to re-start a game.)
- Select the number of players.
- Press 1 Player or 2 Players key.
- Select the game difficulty level.
- Press Easy, Medium or Hard (see Game Variations for details).
[Snapshot of the Bridge scene, with arrows pointing to "Archer," "Fireballs,"
"Treasure Room Entrance," "The Prince," "Safety Zone," "Remaining Chances," and
"Active Player's Score."]
The Prince is ready to brave the onslaught of the Dragon's fireballs, and to
cross the bridge to a storeroom full of treasures!
The Prince's First Challenge: Cross The Bridge
- Watch out for fireballs! Dragon hatchlings throw fireballs high and
low at the Prince. There are 3 things you can do to keep him from being hit
(7 hits and the game is over).
- Duck under high ones. Press the bottom of the disk and the Prince
crouches down under high fireballs.
- Jump over low ones. Press any side button and the Prince leaps over
low fireballs. He jumps farther if you press the button while he's running
toward the fireballs, not just standing still.
- Run back to safety. Press the right edge of the disk to return the
Prince to safety, behind the tower at the right side of the bridge.
NOTE: If you cannot return to the safe zone when there are close-trailing
fireballs, try to squeeze through by pressing the bottom of the disk and
any side button at the same time. The Prince will jump in a crouched
position.
- Run to the left side of the bridge! Press left edge of the disk and
the Prince runs toward a treasure storeroom.
[Illustration of the Prince making a crouched jump over a low fireball.]
- Watch out for the archer! After the Prince has sacked some storerooms
and crossed a few bridges, the Archer starts to shoot arrows.
- Press left or right edge of disk to make the Prince avoid the arrows (a hit
by an arrow is the same as a hit by a fireball -- it costs the Prince one
of his chances).
The Prince's Big Challenge: Recive The King's Treasures, Then Escape
- Once across the bridge, the Prince enters a treasure-filled storeroom. He
begins in a safe hiding place. He can return to this safe place whenever
he's in the storeroom.
- Press left edge of disk and the Prince leaves the hiding place.
- Direct the Prince to every treasure in the room. As soon as he touches a
treasure he recovers it for the King. Keep the Prince away from the
Dragonfire!
- Use disk to direct the Prince. Press edge in the direction you want him to
move.
- When the Prince has taken every treasure, an escape passageway appears in the
top left corner.
- Use disk to direct Prince to the exit.
- After his escape, the Prince (or the second player's Prince, if two are
playing the game) appears at the right side of the bridge, and is ready for
another raid on the Dragons' loot.
[Screenshot of the Treasure scene.]
[Large two-page picture of a dragon descending a flight of stairs toward the
Prince, who carries terasure in his hand.]
Game Variations
1-Player Version
You direct the Prince until he has used all 7 chances.
- Use left controller only.
2-Player Version
You take turns with another player, each directing your own Prince.
- Use both hand controllers.
- Player using left controller starts the game.
- Each player continues until his Prince crosses a bridge, clears out all the
treasures from a storeroom and then escapes.
- When turnnn shifts:
- Alternate player's Prince appears at the right side of the bridge.
- Active player's score is displayed (Black numbers for left player, Blue
numbers for right player).
- 2-Player game ends when both players' Princes have used 7 chances.
- When one player's Prince has used all his chances, the other player
continues until his Prince runs out of chances.
Difficulty Levels
There are 16 different Dragons, each one more aggressive than the one before.
[Illustration of a green dragon.]
- At the Easy level, players start with the 1st Dragon.
[Illustration of a blue dragon.]
- At the Medium level, players start with the 5th Dragon (and the Archer will
shoow at the Prince on the bridge).
[Illustration of a light blue dragon.]
- At the Hard level, players start with the 9th Dragon (and all treasure score
points are doubled).
(The 11th Dragon is really tough -- in fact, he's invisible!)
Scoring
Every treasure object is worth score points:
[Eight illustrations. The first is a HELMET worth 10 points; the second is a
HARP worth 20 points; the third is a LAMP worth 30 points; the fourth is a
CHEST worth 40 points; the fifth is a JUG worth 50 points; the sixth is a
CANDELABRA worth 80 points; the seventh is an ORB worth 100 points; and the
eighth displays the exit door and the prince, with the caption "Escape from
Treasure Room 100."]
The 7th Dragon and after:
- All scores (except the escape bonus) are doubled.
Tactical Tips
- Take a minute to study the pre-game screen. Look at the different speeds of
high and low fireballs to learn what to expect.
- Don't make your Prince stay on the bridge any longer than necessary. The
faster he gets across, the fewer fireballs he'll encounter!
- Remember to run back to the right side of the bridge to avoid difficult
combinations of fireballs -- the Prince is safe there.
- Squeeze through close-trailing fireballs by making the Prince jump while
crouching (press bottom of disk and a side button at the same time).
- Once inside the storeroom, keep the Prince moving! As the game goes on, the
Dragons get faster, but so does the Prince.
- Use the hiding place if you need a rest because the Dragon never stops
hunting for the Prince.
- In 2-Player games, be ready to take control of your Prince immediately
after your opponent escapes. The fireballs start right away!
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