Cauldron

fantasy platformer game for Commodore 64, 1985

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Use Control Port 2.

You play the part of the hag and you must fly across the land searching
for the keys to the underworld, avoiding bats, evil bouncing pumpkins,
carnivorous plants and all manner of nasty creatures whilst you look.
You must take off and land only on grassy clearings, as trying to fly
through trees causes the witch to tumble off. Each colored key opens
only the same colored door, and once you have entered the realm beneath,
you have to jump from platform to platform to pick up the required
ingredient for the spell.

THE HAG'S MISSION.

Harken witches everywhere;
take the challenge - if you dare.
Tomorrow night. 'T is Halloween,
when only one shall be Witch Queen.
Six ingredients thou must take,
and in the cauldron bon and bake.
Juice of toad, eye of newt,
wing of bat and hemlock root.
Moldy piece of splintered bone,
found from deep in musty tomb.
Molten lava, coaled awhile,
taken from the smoking isle.
Then the spell shall be at hand,
to rid the pumpkin from the land.

NOTES

- Start flying or land only at clear places (never under trees!).
- Don't touch the trees, hills, water and other landscapes while flying.
- White flashing stars restore your magic.
- One coloured door is twice in the game. You can only open one of them!
- Each shot decreases magic one point.

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Some useful keyboard shortcuts
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       [PAUSE] - stop/continue game
          [F9] - quick load game state
         [F12] - quick save game state (still stored after leaving the site)
         [F10] - toggle performance meter
         [F11] - toggle fullscreen mode
  [ScrollLock] - quick switch control ports
    [PageDown] - make a screenshot (320x200)