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ARC OF YESOD



PUBLISHER

Thor



YEAR

1986



CATEGORY

Platform



DESCRIPTION

Arc of Yesod is a walking and shooting game.



CONTROLS

Keyboard, Kempston, Cursor.



 Keys :  Left                 -  Z, C, B, M

         Right                -  X, V, N

         Jump / Sphere up     -  Q to P

         Drop smart bomb /    -  A to L

         Sphere down

         Toggle between       -  1 to 0

         Sphere & Charlie



INSTRUCTIONS

After his adventures in NODES OF YESOD, Charlemagne

Fotheringham-Grunes is once again called upon to save mankind.

At the end of NODES, the alien Monolith teleported off the Moon

back to its homeworld of Ariat. Charlie has followed it there and

must destroy it before the hostile Arians download the sensitive

information on Earth which it has collected.



Charlie must traverse the caverns below Ariat to reach the

Security Centre where the Monolith is being examined. Arriving

on the surface, he must find a convenient manhole down which to

enter the caverns. A teleport system exists within the labyrinth,

and Charlie can zap between locations by stepping into one of the

various transporters.



Apart from the usual static obstacles, there are also a wide

variety of strange alien creatures to hinder you. Contact isn't

immediately fatal but it does drain your life energy which, if

drained completely, will lead to the loss of one of your four

lives. In the meantime, Charlie must search for eight crystals

before he can have a go at the Monolith.



Charlie has a useful ally in the form of a Sphere, or Electronic

Mole, which is released from his backpack and can be controlled

by you (although Charlie has to remain immobile while you do

this). The Sphere can get rid of the aliens by ramming them. It

can also open concealed secret passages by bumping into the

masonry covering them. Charlie himself is armed with a limited

supply of Smart Bombs which wipe out all the aliens on screen

when detonated.



SEQUELS/PREQUELS

Thsi game is the follow up to Nodes of Yesod.



SCORES RECEIVED

Crash: "A great little game, very much the follow on to Nodes of

Yesod - maybe too similar". RATING : 89% (CRASH #26, March 1986)

















































