Games PC THE TYPING OF THE DEAD User Manual

Thank you for purchasing THE TYPING
OF THE DEAD. Please note that this
software is designed only for use with
PCs. Be sure to read this instruction
manual thoroughly before you start
playing THE TYPING OF THE DEAD.

CONTENTS

BEFORE YOU PLAY 2

CONTROLS 4

THE BASICS 4

THE FLOW OF THE GAME 6

GAME DISPLAY 8

MODE SELECTION 9

ARCADE MODE 10

ORIGINAL MODE 12

TUTORIAL MODE 13

DRILL MODE 16

BOSS MODE 17

RANKINGS 17

OPTIONS 17

PASSWORD ENTRY 18

ITEM INRODUCTIONS 19

GETTING A TOP SCORE... 20

2 PLAYER GAME (LAN only) 21

CREDITS 23

TECHNICAL SUPPORT 24

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BEFORE YOU PLAY

This is a one player PC game. However, two player
co-operative play is available via a LAN.
Please see page 21 for two player options.

KEYBOARD

THE TYPING OF THE DEAD requires a keyboard to play. Use
the keyboard for all game commands.

INSTALLATION

In order to successfully run ‘THE TYPING OF THE DEAD’ your
PC must be at least the following: Pentium 2 233 with 800 MB
hard disk space, 64 MB RAM and have an 8 MB graphics card.

These instructions assume that your PC is switched on and
you are currently running Windows 95, Windows 98 or
Windows ME.

1. Insert the ‘THE TYPING OF THE DEAD’ CD-ROM into the
CD-ROM drive. If ‘THE TYPING OF THE DEAD’ starts to
autorun proceed to step three. If ‘THE TYPING OF THE
DEAD’ does not ‘autorun’ proceed to step two.

2. While in the Windows Desktop. Click on the START
button (usually located on the bottom left corner) on the
Windows taskbar and select RUN followed by BROWSE.
Select your CD-ROM (labelled ‘THE TYPING OF THE
DEAD’) drive, using the down arrow and left click on the
SETUP.EXE file and click OPEN and then OK.

3. You will be presented with 5 choices (PLAY, INSTALL,
INSTALL DIRECT X, UNINSTALL and EXIT). Select Install

4. The license agreement will be presented. Please read
through it and if you agree, press YES. Please note that
you cannot install ‘THE TYPING OF THE DEAD’ unless you
agree with the license agreement.

6. When the "Select Destination Directory" window appears,
either select the default directory (C:\DIRECTORY) by
clicking the NEXT> button, or see the note below.

NOTE: If you wish to install ‘THE TYPING OF THE DEAD’
into a different location, click the BROWSE button and
enter a new destination in the Path box and press the OK
button. If the directory you specify does not exist, you
will be prompted to create it, click on the YES button and
NEXT> button.

7. Select the program directory where you wish this
product to be put within the Windows START, PROGRAMS
menu. (Default: START, PROGRAMS, SEGA) Click on
NEXT> button, to start the installation.

8. The option to install DirectX will be presented. If you do
not have this version of DirectX on your machine please
install it, DirectX is essential to the running of ‘THE
TYPING OF THE DEAD’. You will need to restart the
computer once DirectX has installed to allow ‘THE
TYPING OF THE DEAD’ to run correctly.

9. A loading bar will indicate the progess of the
installation. When it is complete click FINISH.

10. Click PLAY to start playing ‘THE TYPING OF THE DEAD’

RUNNING ‘THE TYPING OF THE DEAD’

Click on the Windows taskbar: START, PROGRAMS, SEGA,
THE TYPING OF THE DEAD.

NOTE

During the installation you will need your serial number to
hand as you will be prompted to enter this.

5. You will be asked to enter your name and the games
serial number.

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CONTROLS

THE TYPING OF THE DEAD’ requires a PC Keyboard. Use the
keyboard for all of the game and menu commands.

ARROWS Menu Menu Selection

(up/down & left/right)

ENTER Game play Start or continue a game (if

you have credits remaining)

Menu Confirm currently selected

option.

ESC Game play Delete "Targeting" (see P5)

Menu Return to the previous screen TBC

PAUSE Game play Pause the game. Press again

to continue

F1-F4 Game play ORIGINAL MODE - Use items

that you have obtained in the
game (see P12).

ALT+F2 Any time Press simultaneously to return

to the Title Screen

ALT+F3 Game play Return to the Menu Screen from

DRILL MODE or TUTORIAL MODE

ALT+F4 Any time Quit ‘THE TYPING OF THE
DEAD’.

IF PLAYING IN GREAT BRITAIN GO TO OPTIONS AND ENSURE THAT
THE KEYBOARD IS SET TO UK BEFORE STARTING YOUR GAME.

THE BASICS

Correctly type each letter of the word(s)
that appear in your enemy's word box.

You will defeat your enemy when you
have finished typing in the word.

NOTE

You do NOT have to worry about using
capitals when typing, nor do you have to
insert ‘spaces’ between words.
However, you do have to type the
various punctuation marks that might
appear (e.g. brackets, commas,
apostrophes etc.).

TARGETING

If there are several opponents on
the screen at any one time, the
first opponent that you attack will
correspond to the first letter that
you type.

The word box of the opponent that you
are presently attacking will display
cursors in its four corners (Targeting).

In this situation, type P to start
attacking the left opponent and M to
attack the right one.

CHANGING TARGETING

Press the Escape key to change targets. The letters that you
have typed so far will be deleted and you will be able to
select a new opponent to attack (by typing the first letter in
its word box).

This is a good technique to master if you are typing a long
word and another opponent suddenly starts to attack you.

Note that if you have defeated an opponent you do not have
to press Escape, targeting will automatically switch.

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THE FLOW OF THE GAME

Use the up/down arrows to scroll through the game options
displayed on the start screen. When happy with the option
you want (the one currently displayed on screen) press
Enter to confirm your choice.

To start playing select either Arcade Mode or Original Mode

CHAPTER SELECT

Select a Chapter. The higher the Chapter number the harder
it is. Not all Chapters are available at the start of the game.

Use the left/right arrows to display the
available Chapters. Press Enter to
confirm your choice and start the game.

Defeat your opponents by typing in the
words that appear in their word boxes.

MISSION

Sometimes, you will be given new
orders halfway through a chapter.

Successfully carry out your new mission
to get a reward (e.g. obtain a new item,
gain an additional life etc.).

BOSSES

You will meet a boss (extra powerful
creatures) at the end of every chapter.

RESULT

Defeat a boss to end the present chapter
and display your results.

Try to score as many points as possible
in order to get a good final rank.

CHAPTER SELECT

At the next Chapter Select Screen select the next chapter
you want to attempt.

You can only choose Chapter 6 after you have successfully
cleared Chapter 5.

Every boss has a characteristic attack (the
way that the words are displayed).
Instructions on how to defeat a boss will be
displayed just before it commences its attack.

The boss will be defeated when its life gauge reaches 0.

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