SARACEN
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During the Holy Crusades the brave and adventurous young soldiers of the Christian world travelled to the "Holy 
Land" to fight the infidel Saracens. Your goal as the Crusader, Ilan, is to seek out and destroy the evil Chief 
of Saracens in the many mind-boggling mazes of increasing complexity and difficulty. A game of fast action and 
strategy designed to keep you riveted to your computer for hours on end.


The Story

During the Holy Crusades, the brave, adventurous young soldiers of the Christian world travelled to the “Holy 
Land” to fight the Medieval infidel Saracens. As Man the Crusader, you must make your way through mazes of 
stone walls that are patrolled by fanatical guards. Vour goal: destroy the Chief of the Saracens. Vour only 
weapon is a longbow; but when your arrows shoot staight and true, they have the power to crash through walls 
or start a chain of explosions.

Mazes are booby trapped with bombs; steel cannonballs thunder heavily after you; and locked and magical doors 
present a challenge to your wit and ingenuity.


SPECTRUM + AMSTRAD

Loading Instructions

Spectrum cassette: Type LOAD and press ENTER. Press PLAY on the cassette recorder. 

Amstrad Disk: Type RUN" SARACEN and press ENTER. Program will load automatically. 

Amstrad Cassette: Press CTRL and SMALL ENTER keys. Press PLAY on the cassette recorder.

Game Control Indicators

The selection screen gives you these options: J for Joystick or K for Keyboard (Spectrum).

SPECTRUM: If using a joystick press (S) to determine which joystick.

AMSTRAD: By pressing (S) you can play with either joystick or keyboard.

Levels

To select the level at which you wish to play, type the level number. On Spectrum and Amstrad there are 40 
levels numbered from 00-39.

Starting Levels

Spectrum/Amstrad. Press K or J or S (Amstrad only) to be at the start of the selected level.

Start Game: Press (S) Spectrum or Space Bar/ Fire Amstrad.

KEYBOARD  
CONTROLS		SPECTRUM	AMSTRAD

Left			O		O
Right			P		P
Up			Q		Q
Down			A		A
Fire: Pick up or 
drop objects or		M		SPACE BAR
shoot arrows		
Start level again	R		1
Terminate  game		T		2
Pause / Continue game	B		4

JOYSTICK CONTROLS

             Up

             |
             |
    Left ----*---- Right
             |
             |

            Down


Objects

- You may only carry one object at a time.

- To pick up an object, stand directly on top of it and press the joystick fire Button (Space Bar - Amstrad / 
  M Key - Spectrum).

- To drop an object (or shoot an arrow) stand in an open area and press the joystick fire button (Space Bar - 
  Amstrad / M Key - Spectrum). If given standing on top of another object or an arrow, you can not drop or shoot.


[Arrows] point in four directions: UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT. Use an UP arrow to shoot: UP, a DOWN arrow to shoot 
DOWN. To shoot LEFT or RIGHT, use a LEFT or RIGHT arrow.

[Arrow Makers] are reserve ammunition. Shoot them and they break into four usable arrows.

[Bombs] explode and kill you if you get too close. Use arrows to detonate bombs from safe distance.

[Soldiers] look like colorful “snowflakes”, they move around the screen in patterns. Shoot them with your arrows; 
but don’t too close or they’ll zap you.

[Keys] placed in [Keyholders] open [Locked Doors]

[Magic Doors] disappear when you shoot the single white cross.

[One-Way Doors] look like arrows. You can only enter them from the notched side.

[Cannonballs] bounce up-and-down or sideways. Stay out of their paths!

[Wall-Makers] are square spirals that can be used to “wall in” Soldiers and block Cannonballs. Shoot at one and 
the explosion builds a redbrick wall.

[Safety Zones] are areas where you may travel without fear (Soldiers and Cannonballs can’t enter). You can’t 
shoot arrows or pick up or drop anything here.

[Grenades] are used to kill the Saracen Chief. Place a Grenade next to him and shoot it with an arrow.

[The Saracen Chief] is the object of your crusade. Find and destroy him!



DATASOFT

Manufactured and distributed by U.S. Gold Ltd..Units 2/3 Holford Way, Holford, Birmingham B6 7AX.

© 1987 IntelliCreations Inc. Saracen is a Trademark of IntelliCreations Inc.

Datasoft is a Trademark of IntelliCreations inc. All Rights Reserved. Copyright subsists on this program. 
Unauthorised broadcasting, diffusion, public performance, copying or re-recording, hiring, leasing, renting 
and selling under any exchange or repurchase scheme in any manner is prohibited.