User manual GAMES PC MANIAC MANSION 2-DAY OF THE TENTACLE

[. . . ] If you have played (and saved) the game, typing UW takes you to the Main Menu. Command Icons Gargoyle MAIN MENU To select an option with the mouse, click on it. With the keyboard, use the arrow keys to highlight it, then press ENTER to select it. Use the mouse or arrow keys and follow the directions on-screen to make selections. [. . . ] Use the normal movement commands to determine your direction of flight. Use Q to lower yourself. INTERACTING WITH THE WORLD Default Mode. If no icons are highlighted, you are in Default Mode. (To "un-select" a highlighted icon, click on it. ) Talk. Put the cursor on the person or creature and briefly right-drag the mouse. Position the cursor on the object, press and hold the right mouse-button. If the object is "get-able, " it will be put inhand when you drag the object somewhere on the screen. Right-click on the creature or item you want to examine. Move the cursor to your inventory and click on the weapon in your weapon-hand. Click on the weapon again to exit fight mode. To use an object in your inventory, left-click it. When you awaken, you regain some percentage of lost Vitality and Mana. If you are hungry, sleep does less to revitalize you. PAUSING THE GAME With a mouse, click on the Options Icon. This pauses the game and brings up a menu of options. To unpause, click on "Return to Game. " On the keyboard, press F1 to pause, ESC to unpause. 3 MAGIC Magic requires three things: Mana. The Mana point cost of a spell is triple the Circle of the spell. Your character level, halved and rounded up, must equal or exceed the Circle of the spell. The rune stones required to cast each spell are listed below. If the three conditions above are met, you can attempt to cast a spell. To do so, click on the runebag in your inventory, then click on each rune required to cast the spell, in order. When the runes appear on the rune shelf, left-click anywhere on the rune shelf. When you left-click the rune shelf to cast such a spell, a targeting cursor appears on screen. [. . . ] Read the other person's response and pick one of your own. If you see the word "[MORE]" at the end of a comment, click either mouse-button or press any key to see the rest of what the other person has to say. If you see the word "Other" in your list of choices, you have the option of typing in something that isn't on your list. If you have the last word in the conversation, you return to the main game screen automatically. [. . . ]