Th a n k yo u f o r p u rc h a s i n g T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E D E A D . P l e a s e n o t e t h a t t h i s
s o f t w a re i s d e s i g n e d o n l y f o r u s e w i t h P C s . B e s u re t o re a d t h i s i n s t ru c t i o n m a n u a l t h o ro u g h l y b e f o re yo u s t a r t
p l ay i n g T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E D E A D .
C O N T E N T S
B E F O R E YO U P L AY |
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C O N T R O L S |
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T H E B A S I C S |
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T H E F L OW O F T H E G A M E |
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G A M E D I S P L AY |
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M O D E S E L E C T I O N |
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A R C A D E M O D E |
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O R I G I N A L M O D E |
1 2 |
T U TO R I A L M O D E |
1 3 |
D R I L L M O D E |
1 6 |
B O S S M O D E |
1 7 |
R A N K I N G S |
1 7 |
O P T I O N S |
1 7 |
PA S S W O R D E N T RY |
1 8 |
I T E M I N R O D U C T I O N S |
1 9 |
G E T T I N G A TO P S C O R E . . . |
2 0 |
2 P L AY E R G A M E ( L A N o n l y ) |
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C R E D I T S |
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T E C H N I C A L S U P P O RT |
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B E F O R E YO U P L AY
Th i s i s a o n e p l ay e r P C g a m e . H o w eve r, t w o p l ay e r c o - o p e ra t i ve p l ay i s a v a i l a b l e v i a a L A N .
P l e a s e s e e p a g e 2 1 f o r t w o p l ay e r o p t i o n s .
K E Y B OA R D
T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E D E A D re q u i re s a ke y b o a rd t o p l ay. U s e t h e ke y b o a rd f o r a l l g a m e c o m m a n d s .
I N S TA L L AT I O N
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 .
Th e s e i n s t ru c t i o n s a s s u m e t h a t yo u r P C i s sw i t c h e d o n a n d yo u a re c u r re n t l y ru n n i n g W i n d o w s 9 5 , W i n d o w s 9 8 o r
W i n d o w s M E .
1 . I n s e r t t h e ‘ T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E D E A D ’ C D - R O M i n t o t h e C D - R O M d r i ve . I f ‘ T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E D E A D ’ s t a r t s t o
a u t o ru n p ro c e e d t o s t e p t h re e . I f ‘ T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E D E A D ’ d o e s n o t ‘ a u t o ru n ’ p ro c e e d t o s t e p t w o .
2 . Wh i l e i n t h e W i n d o w s D e s k t o p . C l i c k o n t h e S TA RT
b u t t o n ( u s u a l l y l o c a t e d o n t h e b o t t o m l e f t c o rn e r ) o n t h e W i n d o w s t a s k b a r a n d s e l e c t R U N f o l l o w e d b y B R OW S E . S e l e c t yo u r C D - R O M ( l a b e l l e d ‘ T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E
D E A D ’ ) d r i ve , u s i n g t h e d o w n a r ro w a n d l e f t c l i c k o n t h e S E T U P. E X E f i l e a n d c l i c k O P E N a n d t h e n O K .
3 . Yo u w i l l b e p re s e n t e d w i t h 5 c h o i c e s ( P L AY, I N S TA L L ,
I N S TA L L D I R E C T X , U N I N S TA L L a n d E X I T ) . S e l e c t I n s t a l l
4 . Th e l i c e n s e a g re e m e n t w i l l b e p re s e n t e d . P l e a s e re a d t h ro u g h i t a n d i f yo u a g re e , p re s s Y E S . P l e a s e n o t e t h a t
yo u c a n n o t i n s t a l l ‘ T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E D E A D ’ u n l e s s yo u a g re e w i t h t h e l i c e n s e a g re e m e n t .
5 . Yo u w i l l b e a s ke d t o e n t e r yo u r n a m e a n d t h e g a m e s s e r i a l n u m b e r.
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6 . Wh e n t h e " S e l e c t D e s t i n a t i o n D i re c t o r y " w i n d o w a p p e a r s , e i t h e r s e l e c t t h e d e f a u l t d i re c t o r y ( C : \ D I R E C TO RY ) b y
c l i c k i n g t h e N E X T > b u t t o n , o r s e e t h e n o t e b e l o w.
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 . S e l e c t t h e p ro g ra m d i re c t o r y w h e re yo u w i s h t h i s
p ro d u c t t o b e p u t w i t h i n t h e W i n d o w s S TA RT, P R O G R A M S m e n u . ( D e f a u l t : S TA RT, P R O G R A M S , S E G A ) C l i c k o n
N E X T > b u t t o n , t o s t a r t t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n .
8 . Th e o p t i o n t o i n s t a l l D i re c t X w i l l b e p re s e n t e d . I f yo u d o n o t h a ve t h i s ve r s i o n o f D i re c t X o n yo u r m a c h i n e p l e a s e i n s t a l l i t , D i re c t X i s e s s e n t i a l t o t h e ru n n i n g o f ‘ T H E
T Y P I N G O F T H E D E A D ’ . Yo u w i l l n e e d t o re s t a r t t h e c o m p u t e r o n c e D i re c t X h a s i n s t a l l e d t o a l l o w ‘ T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E D E A D ’ t o ru n c o r re c t l y.
9 . A l o a d i n g b a r w i l l i n d i c a t e t h e p ro g e s s o f t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n . Wh e n i t i s c o m p l e t e c l i c k F I N I S H .
1 0 . C l i c k P L AY t o s t a r t p l ay i n g ‘ T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E D E A D ’
R U N N I N G ‘ T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E D E A D ’
C l i c k o n t h e W i n d o w s t a s k b a r : S TA RT, P R O G R A M S , S E G A , T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E D E A D .
N OT E
D u r i n g t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n yo u w i l l n e e d yo u r s e r i a l n u m b e r t o h a n d a s yo u w i l l b e p ro m p t e d t o e n t e r t h i s .
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C O N T R O L S
T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E D E A D ’ re q u i re s a P C K e y b o a rd . U s e t h e ke y b o a rd f o r a l l o f t h e g a m e a n d m e n u c o m m a n d s .
A R R OW S |
M e n u |
M e n u S e l e c t i o n |
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E N T E R |
G a m e p l ay |
S t a r t o r c o n t i n u e a g a m e ( i f |
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M e n u |
C o n f i r m c u r re n t l y s e l e c t e d |
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E S C |
G a m e p l ay |
D e l e t e " Ta r g e t i n g " ( s e e P 5 ) |
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M e n u |
Return to the previous screen TBC |
PAU S E |
G a m e p l ay |
Pa u s e t h e g a m e . P re s s a g a i n |
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F 1 - F 4 |
G a m e p l ay |
O R I G I N A L M O D E - U s e i t e m s |
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A LT + F 2 |
A n y t i m e |
P re s s s i m u l t a n e o u s l y t o re t u rn |
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t o t h e Ti t l e S c re e n |
A LT + F 3 |
G a m e p l ay |
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A LT + F 4 |
A n y t i m e |
Q u i t ‘ T H E T Y P I N G O F T H E |
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IF PLAYING IN GREAT BRITAIN GO TO OPTIONS AND ENSURE THAT THE KEYBOARD IS SET TO UK BEFORE STARTING YOUR GAME.
T H E B A S I C S
C o r re c t l y t y p e e a c h l e t t e r o f t h e w o rd ( s ) t h a t a p p e a r i n yo u r e n e m y ' s w o rd b o x .
Yo u w i l l d e f e a t yo u r e n e m y w h e n yo u h a ve f i n i s h e d t y p i n g i n t h e w o rd .
N OT E
Yo u d o N OT h a ve t o w o r r y a b o u t u s i n g
c a p i t a l s w h e n t y p i n g , n o r d o yo u h a ve t o i n s e r t ‘ s p a c e s ’ b e t w e e n w o rd s .
H o w eve r, yo u d o h a ve t o t y p e t h e
v a r i o u s p u n c t u a t i o n m a r k s t h a t m i g h t a p p e a r ( e . g . b ra c ke t s , c o m m a s ,
a p o s t ro p h e s e t c . ) .
TA R G E T I N G
I f t h e re a re s eve ra l o p p o n e n t s o n t h e s c re e n a t a n y o n e t i m e , t h e
f i r s t o p p o n e n t t h a t yo u a t t a c k w i l l c o r re s p o n d t o t h e f i r s t l e t t e r t h a t yo u t y p e .
Th e w o rd b o x o f t h e o p p o n e n t t h a t yo u a re p re s e n t l y a t t a c k i n g w i l l d i s p l ay
c u r s o r s i n i t s f o u r c o rn e r s ( Ta r g e t i n g ) .
I n t h i s s i t u a t i o n , t y p e P t o s t a r t
a t t a c k i n g t h e l e f t o p p o n e n t a n d M t o a t t a c k t h e r i g h t o n e .
C H A N G I N G TA R G E T I N G
P re s s t h e E s c a p e ke y t o c h a n g e t a r g e t s . Th e l e t t e r s t h a t yo u h a ve t y p e d s o f a r w i l l b e d e l e t e d a n d yo u w i l l b e a b l e t o
s e l e c t a n e w o p p o n e n t t o a t t a c k ( b y t y p i n g t h e f i r s t l e t t e r i n i t s w o rd b o x ) .
Th i s i s a g o o d t e c h n i q u e t o m a s t e r i f yo u a re t y p i n g a l o n g w o rd a n d a n o t h e r o p p o n e n t s u d d e n l y s t a r t s t o a t t a c k yo u .
N o t e t h a t i f yo u h a ve d e f e a t e d a n o p p o n e n t yo u d o n o t h a ve t o p re s s E s c a p e , t a r g e t i n g w i l l a u t o m a t i c a l l y sw i t c h .
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T H E F L OW O F T H E G A M E
U s e t h e u p / d o w n a r ro w s t o s c ro l l t h ro u g h t h e g a m e o p t i o n s d i s p l ay e d o n t h e s t a r t s c re e n . Wh e n h a p p y w i t h t h e o p t i o n yo u w a n t ( t h e o n e c u r re n t l y d i s p l ay e d o n s c re e n ) p re s s
E n t e r t o c o n f i r m yo u r c h o i c e .
To s t a r t p l ay i n g s e l e c t e i t h e r A rc a d e M o d e o r O r i g i n a l M o d e
C H A P T E R S E L E C T
S e l e c t a C h a p t e r. Th e h i g h e r t h e C h a p t e r n u m b e r t h e h a rd e r i t i s . N o t a l l C h a p t e r s a re a v a i l a b l e a t t h e s t a r t o f t h e g a m e .
U s e t h e l e f t / r i g h t a r ro w s t o d i s p l ay t h e a v a i l a b l e C h a p t e r s . P re s s E n t e r t o
c o n f i r m yo u r c h o i c e a n d s t a r t t h e g a m e .
D e f e a t yo u r o p p o n e n t s b y t y p i n g i n t h e w o rd s t h a t a p p e a r i n t h e i r w o rd b o x e s .
M I S S I O N
S o m e t i m e s , yo u w i l l b e g i ve n n e w o rd e r s h a l f w ay t h ro u g h a c h a p t e r.
S u c c e s s f u l l y c a r r y o u t yo u r n e w m i s s i o n t o g e t a re w a rd ( e . g . o b t a i n a n e w i t e m , g a i n a n a d d i t i o n a l l i f e e t c . ) .
B O S S E S
Yo u w i l l m e e t a b o s s ( e x t ra p o w e r f u l
c re a t u re s ) a t t h e e n d o f eve r y c h a p t e r.
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.
Th e b o s s w i l l b e d e f e a t e d w h e n i t s l i f e g a u g e re a c h e s 0 .
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R E S U LT
D e f e a t a b o s s t o e n d t h e p re s e n t c h a p t e r a n d d i s p l ay yo u r re s u l t s .
Tr y t o s c o re a s m a n y p o i n t s a s p o s s i b l e i n o rd e r t o g e t a g o o d f i n a l ra n k .
C H A P T E R S E L E C T
A t t h e n e x t C h a p t e r S e l e c t S c re e n s e l e c t t h e n e x t c h a p t e r yo u w a n t t o a t t e m p t .
Yo u c a n o n l y c h o o s e C h a p t e r 6 a f t e r yo u h a ve s u c c e s s f u l l y c l e a re d C h a p t e r 5 .
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