
               ATIC ATAC
              -----------

  I never did believe in Ghosts or
Monsters... Not until now, not until
the Main doors of the Castle closed
and locked themselves behind me...
There's no key here!!! I'm trapped!!!
HELP!!!... HEELLLPPPP!!!!...

No-one can hear me... I'm alone...
Why do the doors open and slam shut??!!
Is anybody there??... HHEELLLLPPPP!!!!
I can see strange shapes materialising
on the other side of the room... Evil
eyes glaring at me... Footsteps...
Somethings coming down the corridor...
Something large... Something cold...

I must run quickly... QUICKLY...
HHEELLLLPPPP!!!!... I must escape
before it's too late!!!!!


               THE CASTLE
              ------------
  Now that you have been trapped in the
evil haunted Castle, your object is to
find the hidden Golden Key of A.C.G.
and escape via your only exit, the Main
Doors.
  The Castle consists of 5 floors,
including the 'Atic' and the caverns,
which contain countless rooms. Within
the many rooms you may find furniture,
food, drink, objects, Ghosts, Ghouls
and Monsters. Eat and drink sparingly
so that you do not deplete your food
supply. Collect and utilise any objects
you find to your best advantage, be
wary of slamming doors and working
trapdoors which will try to trap you
and avoid contact with all the Ghouls
and Monsters, as each of these will use
their best endeavours to hamper your
search.

              YOUR WARRIOR
             --------------
Each of the characters, Knight, Serf and
Wizard, are armed with their own
specific weapons, individual movement
type and use of one set of secret
passages, unbeknown to the others.

GOOD LUCK!
----------


        CONTROLLING YOUR WARRIOR
       --------------------------
Use Joystick in Port 2.

LEFT  Your warrior will move left
RIGHT Your warrior will move right
DOWN  Your warrior will move down
UP    Your warrior will move up
FIRE  Your warrior will use his weapon

PICK UP/DROP Your warrior can pick up or
             drop an object using the
             SPACE or RETURN key.

PAUSE The whole game can be paused using
      the RUN/STOP key. Press it agin to
      continue.

      
          COMMODORE 64 VERSION
         ----------------------

    Coding ............. Tomaz Kac

    Graphics .......... Steven Day

    Sound ............. Saul Cross


  Special thanks go to Simon Owen for
helping with the disasembly and original
ZX Spectrum features, Richard Jordan for
helping with testing, Neil Walker and
Chris Wild for description of original
data. Also thanks to Richard Duffy for
carrying out the final gameplay tests.
  Also thanks to Jani and Enthusi for
helping with the Tape Loader.
  Additional testing and moral support
by Haywood, Bulb, Goran and Gregor.
And big thank you's to our wifes and
families who had to suffer through it
all.

                FEATURES
               ---------

* Freshly drawn and coloured hires
  graphics
* Hires overlaid sprites
* New room objects and features
* Animated items in rooms
* Ambient audio and visual effects
  (thunder and lightning)
* Special side mission that ties Atic
  Atac with other Ultimate games
* Multiple endings
* New Title Music
* Amazing Sound Effects
* 6 Scary Monsters


 (C) ULTIMATE.PLAY.THE.GAME 1983 - 2020


          LOADING INSTRUCTIONS
         ----------------------

DISK VERSION:
-------------
Insert disk into disk drive.

Type:

LOAD "*",8
RUN


TAPE VERSION:
-------------
Insert tape into tape recorder.

Press SHIFT and RUN/STOP.together.

Press PLAY.on tape recorder.
