Little Samson
NES-LT-USALittle Samson(tm)Instruction manual---The legend of the majestic bellsDire times have fallen upon the Kingdom of the Imperial Forgy. Ta-Keed, thePrince of Darkness has escaped his supernatural prison. Red lightningdestroyed the magical seal that held him at bay, freeing him to rampage thecountryside - getting revenge for his centuries of captivity!Emperor Hans heard of those who own the Majestic Bells of Power. He askedeach of the owners to come to the capitol city to begin the quest to rid theland of the evil Ta-Keed. Samson - the boy adventurer, Kikira - the DragonLord, Gamm - the Rock Lord and K.O. - the Enchanted Beast unite to fight thedreaded intruder and his armies of deadly creatures! Let freedom's bellsring!---Let the quest begin...Insert the Little Samson cartridge into your Nintendo Entertainment Systemand turn the machine on. Press Start to begin the game. You are give achoice between the four game characters (Samson and his friends). You musttake each character through their own levels before they can unite as ateam.Once each character has completed their own levels, they are taken toEmperor Hans for their first assignment. At this point, Kikira may need somecoaxing by Samson to obey...Once this has been accomplished, you can choose which character you wish touse during any portion of the game! They all possess strengths and weaknessesthat you will have to learn to master this game.---Controlling the heroesThe basic moves for all the characters are shown below. Each charcter has aspecial move, however, that gives him an extra advantage in tough areas!The Controls:Up, Down, Left and Right on the control pad moves the charcters in thosedirections.The A Button is pressed to make each character jump.The B Button launches an attack from the characters.---The heroesLittle Samson - A kind-hearted boy who owns the legendary White Bell. Samsonis a skilled mountain-climber! With his training, he can grab a handhold onnearly any surface. (Avoid the spikes, though.) This allows him to scalevertical walls and go hand-over-hand across ceilings. Samson can throw hismagic bells at enemies while he is climbing.To grab ceilings, press Up on the control pad, then press the A Button. PressRight or Left at this point to move. Press the A button again to drop fromthe ceiling.To latch on to walls, press Right or Left on the control pad, then press theA button to jump on to the wall. As soon as you touch the surface of thewall, press the A Button again. Press Up or Down to move along the wall.Detach from the wall by pressing the A button again.Kikira the Dragon Lord - This mighty creature owns the legendary Blue Bell.Actually, Kikira was once a human girl until she turned into a dragon becauseof her arrogance and selfishness.With long dragon claws, Kikira never slips on icy surfaces! She can fly for asmall amount of time as well as breath fire against her enemies. There is aspecial attack that happens if you make Kikira hold her breath! Her firebreath is launched in an arc, not a straight shot, like Samson's bells.To fly, press the A Button, then while in mid-jump, press and hold down the AButton to maintain flight. Let go of the A Button to drop to the ground.Kikira will drop automatically after a few seconds of continuous flight.For a Super-fire breath, press and hold down the B Button. Kikira's body colorchanges to show you that she is storing her fire blast. Release the B Buttonto let out the powerful flames!Gamm the Rock Lord - This rocky creation owns the legendary Red Bell. Oncethe most notorious thief of the realm, Gamm stole a magical potion from awizard - then drank it! This changed him into the stone creature that he istoday. He seeks repentance for his life as a thief and vows to change hisways.Not only is Gamm the strongest of all the strong men in the kingdom, but histough hide lets him walk across spikes without taking any damage! His mightyfists can extend in all directions (up, down, left or right), to make apowerful punch! The distance is short, but he really packs a wallop! Pressany direction on the control pad to direct Gamm's attacks.K.O. the Enchanted Beast - The Lord of the Mice is the owner of the legendaryGreen Bell. Once a powerful and kindly wizard, he took a potion to escape fromthe thief Gamm. (We know what happened to Gamm...) This potion turned himinto a small but potent creature. K.O. is so tiny, in fact, he can race acrosswater without sinking!K.O. has the same wall and ceiling abilities as Samson. Combine this with hissmall size and you can get in and out of some pretty tight squeezes! Hisweapon is a delayed fuse bomb. These bombs do heavy damage after sitting fora couple of seconds. Press the B Button to drop from 1 to 3 bombs.---Game notesThe heroes remain inside the leader's bell until they are summoned by Samson.To use the other characters, press the Start Button to bring up the Sub-Menu.Select players by using Right or Left on the control pad. Press the Startbutton to return to the game.The columns represent the character's statistics. Filled squares are energypoints. Empty squares represent lost energy points. The initials representthe following characters:L Little SamsonD Kikira the Dragon LordG Gamm the Rock LordM K.O. the Mouse*P Number of heroes remaining---There are various items that are found or uncovered during the game. Theseare:Doll - an extra hero is gained.Potion - when activated, the hero that owns the potion has all energy pointsreturned to maximum level. Select by moving Up or Down on the Sub-menu andpressing the A Button.Heart (big) - Energy gauge receives 4 units.Heart (small) - Gauge recovers 1 unit.Crystal Ball - Add 2 units to the gauge's potential!---Ta-keed's minions(three game pictures)