Neptune's Daughters
arcade game for Commodore 64, 1983
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Deep beneath the ocean's waves, not far
from NEPTUNE'S PALACE, dwells the evil
Sea Serpent whose staple diet is that of
lovely, tasty sea horses! From time to
time, the evil Sea Serpent tires of his
own slimy company and ventures into
NEPTUNE'S PALACE to try his luck with
the daughters of NEPTUNE, the magical,
mysterious one. Having lived beneath the
waves for centuries, NEPTUNE has managed
to create a host of beautiful daughters
whose only desire is to carry forward
the name of NEPTUNE into all eternity!
But the evil Sea Serpent knows that by
keeping the daughters captive, he will
eventually bring an end to the reign of
the magical one. So he seizes the
daughters in his slimy embrace and car-
ries them off to his secret lair... But
all is not lost... our intrepid aquaman,
absorbing oxygen through the gills on
the side of his neck comes to the rescue
(he fancies his chances, as well!) Tra-
velling through underwater caverns and
braving the hazards of the deep, he
seeks his favourite female with only the
aid of his trusty harpoon.
His mission:
To destroy the deadly SUCKER PLANTS to
ensure safe passage...
Do battle with the sinister OCTOPUS
which seems to live forever...
Decimate the converging AMOEBA SWARMS
and collect the oxygen as they die...
Harpoon the MONSTER CRABS and carry them
forth through the ruins of the lost city
to feed the greedy serpent...
Rescue NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER and lead her
back to the safety of the PALACE...
CONTROL:
NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER is controlled by the
joystick in port 2.
UP, DOWN and LEFT, RIGHT movements con-
trol the direction of your aquaman. The
button will fire the harpoons, which are
unlimited in number. On reaching the SEA
SERPENT'S lair, once positioned above
the flipping tongue of the evil snake,
push the button to release the MONSTER
CRAB to feed the creature... Feed the
creature with 5 MONSTER CRABS to put him
to sleep, then you will be able to lead
his beautiful captive to safety.
PROGRESSIVE SKILL LEVELS:
After the successful rescue of your be-
autiful captive, enter your name in the
NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTERS HALL OF FAME and
proceed once more to seek and rescue the
next poor maiden held captive by the
evil serpent. Your journey will be
tougher, with less oxygen, more deadly
attacking creatures... but the promise
of reward and riches beyond imagination
spurs you onward and ownward.
SCORING:
POINTS are scored for:
Hitting the SUCKER PLANTS
Hitting the OCTOPUS
Killing the AMOEBAE
Collecting the oxygen bubbles
Killing the crabs
Feeding the crabs to the serpent
Saving unused oxygen
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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)
[F11] - toggle fullscreen mode
[ScrollLock] - quick switch control ports
[PageDown] - make a screenshot (320x200)