﻿TASKMASTER (c) 1985 Thorn EMI
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You have fallen in love with the
beautiful princess Kelly and in order to
win her hand in marriage you must
conplete seven tasks set by her father,
the King Otto.
Before you attempt a task, you are told
what you must do in some very classy and
authentic antique script. You start the
tasks in the centre of the screen and
can shoot or move in one of eight
directions using the joystick in port 2.
Each screen consists of an appropriate
graphical backdrop, depending on the task
and plenty of shooting.

On some screens you not only shoot
anything that moves, but you have to pick
things up as well. On others it is a
simple case of shooting to survive, and
on a couple the nasties actually fire
back!

You have a bonus at the start of a task,
which is ’hit’ related,
10 points  are deducted from the bonus
whenever you miss something with a shot,
so you have to be accurate. If any bonus
exists at the end of a task, then it will
be added to your score.


THE SEVEN TASKS
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1. Survive a night alone in the valley
   of zombies. The sun sets behind the
   castle in the hills, and hordes of
   mortified—looking zombies mill out of
   the sides of the screen. Shoot as many
   as possible and stay alive before the
   sun rises.
   
2. Slay the Wizard of Dabbit Wood. A
   fairly effeminate wizard materialises at
   a random point on screen, fires at you
   and then dematerialises, leaving you
   little time to destroy him.

3. The four sacred statues from Vampire
   Mountain are randomly placed on screen
   in front of a bats cave. Quickly collect
   them, avoiding or shooting the bats that
   attempt to stop you.
   
4. Wipe out the devil worshippers of the
   Temple of Demons. Evil monks come out
   from the edges of the screen onto an
   inpressive Stonehenge—style backdrop,
   firing in all directions in an attempt
   to kill you. Shoot a certain number of
   monks to move on to the next level.
   
5. Destroy the ancient spirit stone of
   the Runes of Tygorth. It appears on
   screen as a small object guarded by
   large numbers of spirits.
   
6. Steal the five ritual skulls from
   the village of the Northern Barbarians.
   Walk around the screen and try to locate
   the right five out of the many placed
   randomly about. Avoid or shoot the
   vicious Barbarians before they shoot you.

7. Your final task is to get to the
   wedding ceremony at the Castle of the
   Birdmen. The entrance into the castle is
   blocked by aggressive birds that kill on
   contact. Shoot and avoid the birds and
   sneak into the castle doorway to take
   the Princess's hand in marriage.