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A Dragonstomper’s Guide
to Defeating the Dragon.

O Oh No! When Deranged Creatures rapid rate.
nce upon a time, The En-
To check how much strength and
chanted Countryside was a
dexterity you possess, simply push
Attack!
land of happiness and pros-
your joystick down to STATUS on the
perity. Then, a Druid magi-
cian created an amulet so powerful, he Enemies: action menu. This menu also allows
would be able to control a dragon at his you to view your gold and inventory
command and become invincible to Warrior listing.
whoever opposed him. When the ma- Monkey Once you’ve defeated the creature,
gician entered the dragon’s cave, he Slime you will usually be given an object and
fell into a trap and lost his grasp on the Maniac some gold. You may also receive ab-
amulet, which then skidded into the Bug solutely nothing for your efforts, except
dragon’s claw. The magician fled in Demon for a decrease in strength from fighting.
terror and the amulet’s power ultimately Golem Some creatures are more easily
coursed into the dragon. With his new Spider defeated than others. The toughest foe
found power, the dragon became con- Beetle you will face is the WARRIOR. It is
sumed with evil and unleashed his fury Scorpions recommended that you avoid fighting
of black magic onto the once peaceful the Warrior until you’ve built up suitable
kingdom. Crops withered and died, As you move your Dragonstomper, strength and dexterity.
quicksand pits and swamps trapped crazed creatures will randomly attack. There are several ways to gain
unwary travelers, and barbaric crea- For some reason, the first line from the strength. One time consuming way is
to avoid fights and let your strength
tures attacked those who dared to “Theme from Dragnet” will play. Why?
travel through the countryside. Even I have no clue. Now you are given the build itself up over time. Another way
the king’s brave knights fell to the option (onscreen via your “action is to find a Church. At the church you
are given the option to DONATE or
dragon’s fierce warriors. All hope was menu”) to FIGHT, MOVE, or USE a
lost in the kingdom. weapon or magic spell. PRAY. While it doesn’t hurt to try pray-
You, the mighty Dragonstomper, Choosing to FIGHT will put you into ing , odds are it won’t do a thing for
you, unless you are very low on
must restore hope by traveling the battle with the creature. Each battle’s
countryside to defeat the dragon’s action receives a blow by blow account money. Even then, the strength gain is
many evil minions and collect objects onscreen. Creatures possess 10 not substantial. Your best bet at gain-
and gold. Then, you must journey to points of strength, and the goal of the ing strength is to donate 200 pieces of
the Oppressed Village and prepare for fight is to defeat your opponent by di- gold. Yes, it hurts to give, but if you
battle against the almighty dragon. minishing his strength to zero. Since are near death, this is a sure-fire way
Once you enter the dragon’s lair, there they don’t like you very much, he will to get a quick strength increase. The
will be no turning back until you meet be trying to return the favor. Since the third way of building strength is to USE
face to face with the mighty beast him- one of your objects.
self.
The Spoils of War
Level I: The Enchanted Countryside The objects you win in battle will
You are represented by a dot vary and can be used for different pur-
(sound familiar?) as you move about poses. Each time you begin a new
the countryside. You begin with 23 game of Dragonstomper, the objects
points of strength, 23 points of dexter- will randomly serve a different purpose
ity, and 400 pieces of gold. To move than your last game.
your Dragonstomper (dot), push your The Cross, Ring, Staff, and Potion
joystick in the direction you wish to will either affect your strength and dex-
terity, or will locate the many traps
travel.
A Warrior Answers His Door
action is “turn based,” you will need to
push your joystick in the direction of
FIGHT to continue the battle.
Your other option is to simply
MOVE away from the fight. Some-
times you’ll manage to escape, but
other times the creature will still take a
few swings at you, which is not very
sporting of him. MOVE is also neces-
sary if you are involved in a fight and
Paper Delivery your strength is being depleted at a Time to Say Your Prayers
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