INTO THE EAGLE'S NEST

INTRODUCTION

CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNIQUE

DATE: March 8, 1945
TIME: 12:43
ISSUED BY: Army Intelligence, 9th Division

MISSION: Destroy the Eagle's Nest

BRIEFING: Six key divisions are in your area - the main force is believed to be quartered in the Nazi fortress codenamed Eagle's Nest. Command is concerned that the increase in number of axis troops may represent preparations for a new counter-offensive.

Three allied saboteurs sent into the Eagle's Nest have failed to report back. Intelligence indicates limited success by the third man: The explosives were planted prior to his capture

ORDERS: Penetrate the Eagle's Nest. Rescue captives before they break. Destroy Eagle's Nest using hidden explosive caches. In the process, save as many stolen art treasures from destruction as possible. Good luck.

PLAYING THE GAME

As the game begins, you have smuggled yourself into the Eagle's Nest and are safe - for the moment - in a small storage room on the ground floor. You are armed and have 99 rounds of ammunition - hardly enough to make a dent in the Nazi hordes you hear in the hallway outside.

You are in good health, and luckily, the key to the steel door in front of you is in easy reach. Your screen looks like the following:

+-------------------------------------------------------+
!        !                               !              !
!        !  X <--Nazis                   !   KEYS  00   !
!        !                               !   AMMO  99   !
!        +------------+          +-------!   HITS  00   !
!                     !----------!       !              !
!                     !----------!       !  0000000000  !
!                     !    ^     +---+   !   (score)    !
!        +------------+Steel Door    !   !              !
!        !                           !   !              !
!        !                           !   !              !
!        !  X <-Key                  !   !              !
!        !                           !   !              !
!        !             X <-You       !   !              !
+-------------------------------------------------------+

When you first enter the game, you will start with the first of four missions inside the first castle. Missions one, two and three each involve the rescue of one of the prisoners, and mission four is to blow up the castle. You will enter a second castle with four new missions once you successfully destroy the first castle.

Now that you have entered the castle, your mission starts in earnest. You need to explore the four floors of the castle in search of either the mission man or (in the case of the demolition mission) the four detonators needed to explode he hidden dynamite caches.

In the process of exploration, you will find various objects designed to help and hinder you. They are:

Nazi Soldiers: Very unhealthy. They shoot you and do great damage. You must shoot each twice to kill. Be careful, you won't know you've been shot unless you watch the hits indicator. You can take 50 hits before you die. When the limit is approached, you will start flashing. At 50, the game ends. Hits can be cured with first aid and food.

Drunken officers: Harmless, but kill them anyway.

Keys: Needed to unlock steel doors.

Art Objects: Worth points, but not worth your life. There are paintings, jewels, vases and other things lying about the castle.

Chests: Closed or open. Open closed chests by shooting them. Be careful not to shoot an open chest as it may contain fragile and valuable items. It may also contain explosives (also fragile).

Elevator Pass: Needed to operate the elevators.

First Aid: Heals hits.

Cold food: Heals hits.

Ammo: Useful for killing Nazi soldiers. You can carry 99 rounds at a time. Each box holds 7 rounds.

Steel Door (Grey): Locked and impenetrable without a key.

Wooden Door (Yellow): Can be shot open.

To rescue your fellow soldiers, find them and bring them back to the starting point. Be careful not to lose them though; their fatigue makes them travel more slowly than you do. If they seem to be dazed and refuse to move, you may even have to fire a warning in their direction.

Each time you complete a sub-mission (i.e. rescue a prisoner), you will have the option of proceeding to the next sub-mission. When all three men are freed, blow up the castle. If you survive this first mission, you will be offered the chance to perform the same service in another castle of greater difficulty.

TIPS

1.  Always fire from a covered position. Remember, you can't see incoming fire, so you had better stay covered and watchful as much of the time as you can.

2.  Explore only as much of a level as you need to. Once you have found what you need, move on.

3.  Use the elevators only when you are certain you are done with the current level. All open doors will be locked again once you leave the current other floor.

4.  Don't waste: keys, bullets, your life.

5.  Only shoot at a known target. It is awfully easy to hit a dynamite crate by accident.

6.  Have fun!