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                            LORDS OF WAR

                          GAME DESCRIPTION
  The kingdom  is plagued  by a  fierce dragon  and the  king being  a weak and
  feeble man has offered his kingdom to the strongest knight. This knight  must
  prove himself worthy by defeating his rivals and the evil dragon. Four of the
  lands strongest men have been gathered for this task. The knights must engage
  in war amongst themselves until only one survives. these men will be  forever
  known as The Lords of War.

                          LOADING THE GAME
  1. Plug a joystick into joyport #2.
  2. Follow the normal booting procedures as described in your computer manual.
  3. At the workbench prompt insert the "Lords of War" disk in the internal
     drive (DF0:).
  4. The game will now load.
  5. DO NOT remove the "Lords of War" disk at any time during the game.

                          GAME OPTIONS
  Once the game has loaded you will  be prompted to "Select Type of Game".  You
  may choose the following options by  moving the joystick up or down  and then
  pressing the joystick button.

  DEMO-In  this mode  the computer  controls all  four players.  Press any  key
  during the demo to exit.

  1 PLAYER - In  this mode one player  battles three computer opponets.  Player
  one will use a joystick plugged into joyport #2.

  2 PLAYER  - In  this mode  two players  and two  computer players  battle one
  another. Player must use a joystick plugged into joyport #1.

                          SELECTING A CASTLE
  If you have selected a one or two player game you will be prompted to "Select
  Castle". A small image  of the playfield will  be displayed with a  shield in
  one of the castles. Use the joystick to position the shield on the castle you
  wish to choose  and press the  joystick button to  select and continue.  This
  will be the castle  you will be defending.  Please note in a  two player game
  players cannot select the same castle.

                          GAME LAYOUT
  The game consists of  four castles, one in  each corner of the  screen, along
  with four players(human or computer)protecting those castles. Game stats such
  as score  and remaining  lives are  displayed near  each castle.  The current
  level number and the "time until doom"  gauge are shown at the bottom of  the
  screen. Before the start of each level, a timer will appear in the corner  of
  each castle and count down to zero.  Once the timer has ended, the ball  will
  move in random direction,  from the center of  the screen and the  level will
  begin.

                          HOW TO PLAY
  The object of the game is to protect your castle while attempting to  destroy
  your  opponents'  castles.  The  game involves  a  ball  shooting  around the
  playfield. When the ball hits a castle wall it will destroy a section of  the
  wall. The number of hits to break through a castle wall depends on the  speed
  and angle of the ball. Each player's movement is limited to the perimeter  of
  his castle. Players hit, catch, and shoot the ball at opponents and also have
  the  option  of  casting  spells.  A  level  is  finished  when  a  castle is
  destoyed(higher levels require two and  three castles to be des-  troyed). To
  destroy a castle  the ball must  break though its  walls and hit  the shield.
  Each player starts out with three lives and loses a life each time his castle
  is destroyed(computer players do not lose lives). When a player has no  lives
  remaining that player is eliminated from the game. In a two player game  with
  only one player left,  the computer takes over  control of the dead  player's
  castle. You must survive  the level to advance  to the next one,  thus if the
  castle is destroyed you must play that level again. In a two player game,  if
  one player survives the level then  both advance to the next level.  Each new
  level  contains  different  obstacles, faster  and more  intelligent computer
  players, and ball speeds. After battling through twenty different levels  the
  player can then engage in a final battle with the dragon.

  MOVING THE PLAYER - Movement of  the player is controlled with the  joystick.
  The player will continue in a chosen direction until the joystick position is
  changed or the player  reaches the border. Players  can be moved even  if not
  visible on the screen.

  CONTROLLING THE  BALL -  When the  ball hits  a player  it will  deflect in a
  different  direction.  Caution  should be  taken to  avoid trapping  the ball
  between the player  and the castle  since this may  cause much damage  to the
  castle. To  catch the  ball, press  the joystick  button when  the ball makes
  contact with  the player.  Holding the  joystick button  down, without posses
  - sion of the ball, slows the player. Once the ball is caught the player  can
  move around the perimeter of  the castle(with the ball)at full  speed. Releas
  - ing the  button, when the  player has been  moved to the  desired location,
  will fire  the ball  at an  opponent. pointing  the joystick  in a  different
  direction before releasing the button will change the angle the ball travels.
  For computer opponents, a higher levels, it will be necessary to master  this
  technique to hit their castles. Holding the ball too long will cause the ball
  to automatically release.

  CASTING SPELLS - During the game  the ball will ocassionally glow and  may be
  caught to  gain spell  points. A  player can  accumulate a  maximum of twenty
  spell points. Players(human and computer)receive some spells at the start  of
  each level. If a player  has aquired at least one  spell point he may cast  a
  spell. To  do this,  player must  have possession  of the  ball. He must then
  point the joystick  diagonally towards his  corner of the  screen and release
  the button(ex. Upper  left castle would  move the joystick  up and left).  At
  this point a  list of spells  will appear on  the screen and  the action will
  temporarily halt. Moving the joystick up  or down will change the pointer  to
  the current spell. At the bottom of the spell list are two power  indicators.
  One shows  current power  for casting  spells and  the other  shows power  re
  - quired for that spell. If you have the required spell points, pressing  the
  button  will select  the  desired  spell. Some  spells may  require a  target
  castle. In this case move the joystick until the pointer points to the proper
  castle and press the buton.
                        
                          HIGH SCORES
  If your score is  among the top one-hundred,  you may enter your  name in the
  high score  list("Hall of  Souls"). Use  the ksyboard  to type  your name and
  press return  when finished.  If you  would like  to save  your high  scores,
  write-enable the disk BEFORE you enter your name and re-insert the disk  back
  into the drive. DO  NOT remove the disk  once you have entered  your name! To
  view the high scores, move the joystick  up or down. To exit from high  score
  screen press the joystick button.

  REMEMBER: DO NOT remove the disk from the drive at any time during game play
                             
                          OTHER FEATURES
  PAUSING THE GAME - To pause a game in progress, press space bar. To  continue
  the game press any key.
  
  RESTART GAME - Press the ESC key to quit the current game.

  EXTRA MEMORY - Fro computers with at least one megabyte(1024k)of memory,  the
  program will store the levels, graphics, and sounds into memory when they are
  initially loaded.
   
                          HINTS
  1. Whenever possible catch the ball.
  2. Shoot the ball at angles towards your opponents.
  3. Cast spells on castles that are almost destroyed.
  4. Increase your speed on higher levels if opponents block all your shots.
  5. Try and hit castles in the same place with your shots.
  6. Hit castle walls in the mid-sections rather than corner and end sections.
     This will allow you to break through faster(this will not work on higher
     levels).
  7. Protect your castle's mid-sections for the same reason stated previously.
  8. Use obstacles to bounce your shots. This will also confuse the computer
     players.
  9. Do not slow the ball speed down on higher levels. Computer players will
     be faster than the ball preventing any hits on their castles.
  10. If a computer player is blocking your shots, and you have increased your
      speed, try increasing the ball speed(on some levels this may be the only
      way to destroy an enemy).
  11. Try to destroy different castles in the earlier levels. This will give
      you practice for later levels that require more than one castle to be
      destroyed.
  12. Take advantage of spells cast on opponents by other players whether
      human or computer.
  13. Everytime a computer player is destroyed he will become "smarter" and
      will start to cast spells to speed himself up and to protect him when he
      is in danger of being destroyed.

  TWO PLAYER GAME HINTS:
  1. Choose castles that are at opposite corners of each other. This will
     allow both players easy access to both computer players.
  2. Pass the to each other to destroy the computer players.
  3. Don't kill each other unless you have no other option.

                          SPELL LIST
  Cancel Spell - Returns to the game without casting any spells.
  Increase Timer - Increases the amount of time left on the "TIME UNTIL DOOM"
                   timer (see below).
  Speed Ball - Increases the ball's speed (for that level only).
  Slow Ball - Decreases the ball's speed (for that level only).
  Speed Player - Makes your player move faster.
  Slow Enemy - Makes an opponent slower (timed).
  Confuse Enemy - Makes an opponent move in the wrong direction (timed).
  Freeze Enemy - Stops an opponent from moving (timed).
  Protect Castle - Makes your castle walls indestructible (timed).
  Freeze Enemies - Stop all opponents from moving (timed).
  Teleport - Takes you to the next level.
  Destroy Castle - Destroys an opponent's castle.
  Extra Castle - Awards an extra life.

  When a spell  is cast on  a player, a  timer may pop  up above that  players'
  castle indicating how  long the spell  will last. A  player may cast  as many
  spells as desired but only  one spell may be cast  on a single player at  any
  one time. If a timed spell is cast on a player, any previous timed spell will
  be cancelled.

  DOOMSDAY
  If the  "TIME UNTIL  DOOM" timer  runs out  before a  level is  finished, the
  dragon will appear in the center of the screen. It will rapidly fire the ball
  at the players. Once the dragon has appeared, players can no longer catch the
  ball or cast spells. This dragon will stay until the level is over and cannot
  be destroyed at this point in the game.
  
  THE FINAL BATTLE
  Once twenty levels have been completed  the game will enter the final  stage.
  In a two player game, if both players survive, they will enter a sudden death
  level,  where   both  players   complete  against   each  other(no   computer
  players)until one is eliminated. The  surviving player will enter his  castle
  and fight against the dragon. There are no castles to defend or destroy; only
  the  player  and  the dragon  exist. The  player can  move around  the entire
  perimeter of the play area while  the dragon flies around the entire  screen.
  The player must hit the dragon several times with the ball to destroy it. The
  player may hold onto the ball for an unlimited amount of time. Once the  ball
  has been fired it  will continue to move  until the player catches  it again.
  Once you defeat the dragon you will become KING!

                          SCORING
              Points are awarded in the following manor....
     25 - Hitting the ball.             5000+ - surviving a level.
    50 - Catching the ball.              10000 - Destroying a castle.
  250 - Hitting a castle wall.            150000 - Killing the dragon.



Opisi:
Amiga Joker, April 1990, Werner Hiersekorn, Gesamt 58% 


LORDS OF WAR

  Der Titel klingt zwar  äußerst kriegerisch, aber tatsächlich handelt es  sich
bei  diesem  Game  eher   um  eine  Breakout-Variante  in   "mittelalterlicher"
Verpackung.
  An jeder  Bildschirmecke befindet sich eine  Burg, die durch ein  bewegliches
Schild verteidigt  warden muß.  Das Schild  läßt sich  waagrecht und  senkrecht
(immer die Burgmauer  entlang) verschieben, als  Kügel dient makabrerweise  ein
Totenschädel! Ziel ist es,  innerhalb eines vorgegebenen Zeitlimits  die Mauern
einer  der  anderen  Burgen  zum  Einsturz  zu  bringen.  Schafft  dies niemand
rechtzeitig, schaltet  das Game  automatisch auf  "Schnellgang", bis  das erste
Schlößchen zertrümmert  ist. Damit  die eigenen  drei Leben  nicht allzuschnell
futsch sind,  kann man  sein Schild  per Druck  auf den Feuerknopf "magnetisch"
machen und den Schädel so besser in Schußposition bringen.
  Die gut animierte Grafik ist  nicht schlecht, ändert sich von Level zu  Level
aber kaum (immer anderer Fußboden), das Scrolling ist sauber. Die  Soundeffekte
sind, passend zum  Atmosphäre, schön schaurig  geraten – zeitweise  ertönt eine
dämonische Stimme aus dem Off. Über die Joystick-Steuerung kann man auch  nicht
meckern. Was gibt es sonst  noch? En Menü mit zahlreichen  Optionen (schneller,
langsamer,  etc.),  Pausefunktion, Highscore-Liste.  Das  Spielprinzip ist  nun
nicht gerade das Neueste, aber die originelle Präsentation und die  eingebauten
Gags (besonders spaßig: in der  Highscoreliste lauert ein sabbernder Gnom,  der
sich mit begeisterung den Finger absäbelt!)  heben die Lords of War doch  etwas
vom üblichen Breakout-Einerlei ab. Immerhin... (wh) 

Grafik:         72% 
Sound:          76% 
Handhabung:     70% 
Spielidee:      32% 
Dauerspaß:      48% 

Red. Urteil:    58%

Für Anfänger 
Preis:          noch offen 
Hersteller:     Digital Concepts 
Bezug:          noch offen 
Spezialitat:    Schlößchen zertrümmern darf man zu zweit oder alleine gegen den
                Computer. Einen Demo-Modus gibt es auch noch.


ACE, #33, June 1990, Screentest, Laurence Scotford, ACE Rating 750
Amiga Action, #9, June 1990, Doug Johns/Alex Simmons, 67%