Chrono Quest ENJOY FROM FLYBOY-------- DEAR SON, When this letter reaches you I fear I will have perished at the hands of greedy men. I leave you the family chateau and what's left of the family fortune. The later has been reduced a great deal since your departure. In order to forget the circumstances in which you left i invested all my time and money in my last experiment. It was the start of a fantastic adventure-which may prove to be the cause of my death. That experiment was to find a way of traveling in time. After more than ten years research i finally succeeded in perfecting the machine that would allow my dreams to come true -EXPLORA. With this machine i took numerous trips in time to different ages and lands. I know that you will take me for a senile old fool, but what follows will prove my sanity. During a trip to the future of 1987 i discovered a fantanstic machine called a computer and brought back two samples that will prove that i havent gone out of my mind, you will find them in the machine room. Soon i began to run out of money , to continue my research i was forced to bring back treasures from each journey and sell them to unscrupulous dealers. Unfortunately my servant richard found out and i had to dismiss him. This vile character still lurks around the chateau and spies on me. I am obliged to hide in order to carry on my work and fear for my life. I decided on a plan to transport myself into the future the year 2125 however just before my intended departure richard discovered the secert of my time machine and stole the program. If you find this letter i will probably be dead, YOU MUST FIND RICHARD and avenge my death. You must bring him to justice. What follows is notes on the time zones i have visited. The time machine will have returned and i have hidden all the necessary programs in the chateau. The final program that will take you to the future has been broken up and scattered in the other 4 time zones. PREHISTORY-- 33172BC we are in the middle of the upper palaeolithic era, improperly called the stone age. Useful tools have still not been invented so you must survive with brain and hands. Evidence of mans development is found in their cave dwellings. The cave painting are basic and crude and seem somehow out of place. THE CHATEAU 1922AD-- your long journey will start in this magnificent lorie chateau. you must locate the secret room where i built the time machine . The payload is limited so be careful what you take with you into the unknown. INDIA-- 1605 AD-- the beginning of jahangir's reign. The empire reaches its peak but leprosy decimates the population, this the most contagious of diseases, be careful for you inevitably meet with the carriers of this disease. You may marvel at the splendor of the forest from your privileged position on elephant back. Find the holy temple and you will be rewarded. MEXICO-750AD-- the decline of the maya civilization is underway. The sun god will be most helpful in your quest to gain access to the temple of chicken itza. Beware the energy sapping heat will only allow you so many moves through the jungle or so much time. Follow all the directions you are given carefully. The plush vegetation contains many clues ... this is the most difficult land you will visit...understand well what i have told you. EGYPT--1100BC--the twentieth dynasty defends egypt in the face of the Indo-eourpeian advance. Brave the arid deserts and find the pyrimids. this pyrimid holds the sacred remnants of the pharrohs. The mazes are tricky so plan your way carefully. THE FUTURE 2125AD--Paris is no more the capital of France. You will discover a model society where order and justice prevail. Due to the nature of this place all conventional forms of direction finding are useless...you must go on courage alone.. You must explore the various lands in a very PRECISE order to avoid the most demon like traps and use your sharpest wits to recover the four pieces of the missing magnetic card to take you into the future. There lurks the evil culprit...but how will you recognize him....YOU MUST FIND RICHARD.... COPY PROTECTION-- the disk is not copy protected in any way. You will need the code sheet to answer the questions as to the color on the front cover of the box. (or look below) CHRONO QUEST COLOR PROTECTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 920 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 930 1 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Z|C C C C C Y Y G G G C C C C C G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G|Z | C=BLUE Y|C C C Y Y C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C G G G G G G G G G G G|Y | Y=YELO X|Y Y C C C C C C C C C C G G C C C C C C R R C C C R R G G G G G|X | B=BROWN W|Y G G R Y C Y G G G C C C C C G G G G G G G Y Y Y C R G G G G G|W | G=GRAY V|C R G G C G G C C C C C C C C C C C C B B B Y B Y Y B G G G G G|V | R=RED U|C G G R G G C C C C C C C C C C Y Y Y C Y Y Y Y C Y R R R G G G|U | ?=? T|Y G G C G G C C C C C C R R Y C C C C C Y Y Y R R R Y Y Y Y Y Y|T S|C R R R C C C C C Y Y C C R C C C C C R R R R Y Y R R C G G G G|S R|C G G C R G R Y C C C C C R C B B Y C C Y Y Y Y Y R R C G G G G|R Q|C C C C G G C C C C C C R R R C C C C R Y Y Y Y Y R R C C G G G|Q P|C R G G C C C C C C Y Y R R R C C C C R R R R R R R C C C G G G|P O|Y G G G R G Y C Y Y C C C R R R C C C C Y Y Y R R R C C C G G G|O N|C C C C G G C C C C C C C C R R R C C C Y Y Y Y R C R C C G G G|N M|C G G G G G C C C C C C C G R R R R C C Y Y Y C C C R C C G G G|M L|C G G G G G C C C C C C C G R R R R C C Y Y C C C C C C C G G G|L K|Y C C C R G C C C C C C C ? R R R R R C Y C C C C C C C C G G G|K J|C G G G G G C C C C C C C R R R R R R C Y Y Y C C C C C G G G G|J I|C R R R C C C C C C C C C R R R R R R Y Y Y Y Y C C G G G G G G|I H|C C G C R G C C C C C C C R R R C R R C Y Y C C C C C G G G G G|H G|C R R C G G C C C C C C ? R R C C C R C C C C C C C C G G Y Y Y|G F|C G G G C C C C C C C C ? ? C C C C R ? Y Y Y G G G Y Y G G G G|F E|C G G C C C C C C C C C ? ? C C C C C C G C Y G G G G G G G G G|E D|C C C C C C C C C C C C B C C C G G G G B B B G G G G G G G G G|D C|C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Y C B G G G G G G G G G G|C B|C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Y Y C C B B Y Y G G B Y Y Y Y|B A|C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C B C C Y B B C C B C C C G G G G G|A ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 920 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 930 1 2 playing instructions...... MOVEMENT--Movement may be made in any one of the eight compass point movements.place the cursor on the compass points and press the left button. get throw resume previous action turn drop object start text hit search/examine show inventory push/pull light on/off load save game use shoe the time machine control go up go down TO DROP AN OBJECT if you need to drop an object in a location use the put down icon, take the object out of your inventory and drop it into a horizontal quarter of the room. If you drop the object in the room in which it belongs it will resume the original position. If you wish to pick the object up again use the pick icon and click in the same quarter of the room as dropped. You may drop up to four objects in a room.