Full documentation to Gulp! TYPED BY IGGY/HELLFIRE EARTH DISASTER HEADQUARTERS The Earth has been flooded by the menace of the meddling scientists, who in an effort to control our weather systems ended up drowning the entire planet. Groups of Humans hang on holding their breath and pray that somewhere out in the far Galaxy there is someone brave enough to rescue this poor sodden planet. INTERACTIVE DISTRESS MESSAGE The Alien Interactive Distress receiver (AIDM) received and translated the terrifying message from the Humans of planet Earth. The AIDM knows that there is only one intergalactic hero troop capable of taking on such a gigantic task and that is Captain Gulp and the Aquarons. CAPTAIN GULP AND THE AQUARONS Our hero`s plot their course for Earth and prepare for the mighty task which they have endeavored to undertake. Each Aquaron prepares in their own special way as they face their ultimate adventure. Unfortunately, preparations were not all they might have been and our friends ended up on Earth as miniscule Fish. The fate of the Earth now depends on you, the player guiding the Aquarons back to their vessel, where they will resize to save the Earth. RESIZED TO SAVE THE WORLD Resized are intreped Aquarons drank all the water covering the world to return it to their own planet, where water was always welcome. The scientist vowed never to meddle again, or at least not for a week or two and the people around took great deep breaths. TO LOAD THE GAME FROM DISK Place disk 1 in df0: and switch on the computer. HARD DISK INSTALLATION Start your computer from workbench. Insert disk 1 into DF0: and click on the GULP icon which appears. Drag the install icon onto your hard drive and double click on it. Change disks as requested. When the installation has finished if you have WB 2.0 select UPDATE from the window menu otherwise close the existing open window and then re-open it. The GULP drawer should now appear, click this open and then double click on the Gulp icon to start the game. LANGUAGE SELECTION Click on your required flag. MAIN MENU FISH NAMES As you are the leader you get to choose the party to take along on your mission. The choices are as follows: MOVIE STARS SPORTS HEROES FAMOUS CHARACTERS POLITICIANS CUSTOM To change from one selection to the next, click on the icon until your required choice appears. SAVE PASSWORD At the start of each level you will be given a SAVE PASSWORD. This is distinct from the access password, as it will retain your score, position and fish. When you click on a load icon a box will appear into which you must type your save password. START GAME Approach this icon with the mouse and it will turn the amber. Click on it and the game will begin from the first level of the game. ACCESS PASSWORD The passwords for each level are given at the beginning of each level. It is a a good idea to note these down as you go along. Using the passwords will start you off with the least amount of fish you need to finish the level. Using the save password usually makes playing a little easier than using the access password. SOUND EFFECTS OR MUSIC Clicking between these icons will toggle between MUSIC, SOUND EFFECTS and NO SOUND. Set this to the one you require. ON BOARD STATUS SCREEN As you begin a level your current status will be beamed up to the mother ship. Displayed are names of your companians. Their individual scores and names appear below their pictures. Your score statistics are also displayed here. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Your most important information on each levl will be shown in the centre of this screen. The information will appear as follows: PRE-LEVEL STATUS REPORT LEVEL NAME ACCESS PASSWORD SECRET MISSION INFO Complete the secret mission and get oodles of points. MISSION TIME (top right) LEVEL FAILURE STATUS REPORT FAILURE INFORMATION OH DEAR!!! RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON Return to main menu LEFT MOUSE BUTTON Click the left mouse button to replay a level, but but remember you will only have the minimum number of fish for this level, as if you have used an access password. LEVEL SUCCESS STATUS REPORT SUCCEED INFORMATION OH YES!! SAVE GAME PASSWORD This password will restart the game at this point holds the information needed to restor your score and number of fish. INSIDE THE LEVELS TOP PANEL SMALLBOXES These represent the number and type of different MORPHS that you have available for this level. Below the MORPH representation is the number of MORPHS that you have. Click on any box with the right mouse button and it will change from individual to leader MORPHS, assuming that you have any leader MORPHS for a particular level. Click on any box with the left mouse button and it change from leader back to individual MORPHS. CENTRAL BOX Represents the currently selected MORPH. Clicking on a fish with the left mouse button will apply this MORPH to the fish. Leader MORPHS are indicated by seargent stripes at the corner of the box. BOTTOM PANEL FIN ICON Press both mouse buttons over this icon to stop playing the level and return to On Board Status Screen, form which you can replay the level or return to menu. CURRENT SCORE Displays your current score. MESSAGW AREA Hold the cursor over a fish and it`s name will appear followed by a message from the fish. When the game is paused the word pause will appear. RADAR SCREEN White dots are your fish, the green dot is the start position and the red dot is the exit. TIME REMAINING Click on this with both mouse buttons and the game will pause. ARROW Use this to finish the level, once you have saved one or more fish. This will then take you onto the next level. It is however, better to save as many fish as you can before using this. MORPHING THE AQUARONS There are two ways to change your fish into different morphs. Either change one at a time or set one fish as leader to change every fish that touches the leader. Note: to be changed by a leader the fish must be facing the same way as the leader. The following cannot be used as leaders: EXPLODE, TORPEDOS BULLETS, HAMMER, WALL and PUFFER. LEADER MORPH: Right mouse button on required MORPH, then left mouse button on required fish By selecting the picture of your required MORPH, from the top panel with the right mouse button youu will be able to assign one of your trusty fishes to be a leader. The leader fish will animate in his position and every fish that touched him/her will be morphed into that MORPH type. For example: Select a leader for springing, with the right mouse button. The leader fish will stay in it`s position and gently spring up and down. Every fish that then touches that fish will begin to spring into action. INDIVIDUAL MORPH: Left mouse button on required MORPH, then left button on required fish. By selecting the picture of yuor required MORPH, from the top panel with the left mouse button you will be abale to change your selected fish into that MORPH type. For example: Select a spring MORPH from the top panel. Then select a fish with the left mouse button and your fish will spring into action. CONTROL WITHIN THE GAME AREA THE FISH HOOK Use the mouse to control the fish hook. BUBBLE Move the hook over a fish and a bubble will encase him or her. You may now apply a MORPH to the fish by clickibg on the left mouse button. Hold this over the fish for any length of time and the fish name will be displayed on the message area, along with a message. ARROW Move the hook near to the edge of the play area and it wil change into an arrow. There are eight possible compass directions. Note: While the cursor is an arrow you are still able to operate MORPH functions. INSIDE EACH LEVEL MOVEABLE OBJECTS The movable objects will help you by operating switches that your fish cannot reach and blocking off unpleasant areas. The fish can push the objects around and over edges. The moveable object is always prone to its environment, if it is on a slope it will roll. For example; On one lab level, the eyeball rests on a shelf. By operating a nearby switch the shelf will tilt, this causes the eyeball to roll down the shelf and fall off. SWITCHES Move the fish over a switch or drop a moveable object onto it and it will effect an area on the screen, by switching it on or off, opening or closing it etc.. The area affected may be a door, a transporter, a death zone a shelf a current or any one of the different action areas that are in the game. Keep an eye on what changes and be careful that things do not change for the worse. TRANSPORTERS These are areas which will transport your fish from one area to another. They may work both ways or be only one way. Note that some transporters may need to be switched on using a nearby switch. DEATH ZONES There are many areas of danger for the fish and the death zones are the worst. Do not go anywhere near them unless you can find a switch to disable them. DOORS Doors will open at the flick of a switch and come in many different disguises. BITEABLE AREAS Your fish will need to chomp through here. DRILLABLE AREAS These areas are tougher than biteable areas and will need to be drilled through. CURRENTS Currents flow through the water and will take your fish along with them. Their speed and direction vary and some can be changed by switches. EXPLODABLE AREAS Exploding through areas can be tough and unfortunately your fish will be lost in the process. Set your fish to explode and watch him or her approach a wall. When the fish is up against the wall turn it into a puffer and wait for the explosion. Beware: you cannot turn a puffer into an exploding fish but you can turn an exploding fish into a puffer. You can also use Torpedo MORPHS to explode these areas. MONSTERS There are some really mean creatures out there waiting for an innocent fish to pass by. Get rid of these enemies by using a torpedo, bullet hammer or exploding fish. BONUSES Collect bonuses which will appear in many different forms. EXTRA MORPHS Collect these to add to your inventory of MORPHS at the top of the screen. FOOD Eat, munch and enjoy and gain lots of wonderful points. CHANGING MORPHS If your fish swim over these areas your fish will change into that type of MORPH. THE MORPHS IN THE SEA Not surprisingly, even for alien fish, the natural state of your fish is in water. Your fish will swim along until they can go no further rather than collide, they will turn around and swim in the opposite direction. IN THE AIR To travel through the air your fish must be MORPHED into fish with watertanks. Now as they walk through the air they can use different MORPHS that they can not use in water. UNDEWATER MORPHS BITTING Bite through areas that are bitable. DRILLING Drill through these areas that are drillable. FLIPPING Use the tail of a fish to flip others through the air. TORPEDO Torpedos can be used to destroy enemies and explodable areas. WEIGHT Morph your fish into weights and watch hem drop through the water. WATERTANK Use this underwater to make your fish rise up to the top. Use this at the surface to make your fish walk out into the air. PUFFER Use this and your fish will puff up to stop any other fish passing by. Very useful if applied to an exploding fish for accuracy in blowing up explodable areas. TURBO Speeds your fish though the water. Be careful not to hit a collidable area as your fish will not withstand the collision. AIR MORPHS WALL Turn your walking fish into a wall and it will stop any fish from passing by. HAMMER Use the hammer to whack a monster over the head. SPRING Use the spring MORPH to bounce over obsticles. FLYING Fly through the air to rach otherwise unaccessable places. BULLET Blast your enemies into oblivion with this Kamikaze MORPH. BOTH AIR AND WATER MORPH EXPLODE Use this to explode enemies and collidable areas. PROBLEMS DISK SWAPPING If the program asks for a disk and having put in the requested disk it still displays the same message, then reinsert the disk which was in the drive when the message appeared and wait a few seconds. Once the drive light has gone on and off then reinsert disk 3. Do you have enough memory? Hard drive version. Make sure you have 420 chip(graphics) and 420(extra) memory. Suggestions to increase: Hold down mouse buttons on boot-up and disable any floppy diskdrives and then select boot without start-up. Then type "cd-gulp" the "gulp" to start the game. TYPED UP BY IGGY/HF ON A WARM STICKY NIGHT WITH ZOLTRIX SPEWING OUT COMPLETE BOLLOX ON THE PHONE... WHY DO I HAVE TO ALWAYS GET THE BADLY WRITTEN MANUALS AGAIN LIKE THE PREMIER MULTI EDIT MANUAL I HAVE HAD TO CORRECT MISTAKES. GREETZ GOTO ALL HELLFIRE MEMBERS ........ 5/5/95