THE NEW ZEALAND STORY

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INTRODUCTION
New Zealand is a peaceful place to live - if youre a kiwi, particually
in the Aukland zoo - Tiki is as happy as can be.
Trouble turns up in the guise of psychotic walrus who has an enormous
appetite for fresh Kiwi and kidnaps Tiki and his relatives to stock
the larder.
The walrus hides his captives around the island in 20 hazardous
locations and our hero escapes and sets about rescuing his buddies.
Watch the feathers fly as Tiki escapes his plan, for the walrus has
some very strange companions and their out for blood.

GAMEPLAY
You control Tiki the kiwi in his search for the release of his
kidnapped friends. Initially you are armed with just a bow and arrow,
but occasionally when you kill an enemy, they drop an item which you
can retrieve and use yourself. There are many differant types of items
which you must discover yourself, but they vary from extra weapons to
temporary invunrability pills.
Kiwis cannot fly and you are no exception, however you get around this
by knocking/shooting creatures off their balloons, which you can then
commandeer.
Suprisingly kiwis cannot breathe underwater either, so you must be
careful if you go swimming. Your oxygen level is shown on the screen,
so make sure you don't drown.
Shooting water from your mouth replenishes oxygen, and can be used to
pot your adverseries.
In earlier levels, you will be shown arrows on the background which
indicate the direction you must go to release the captured kiwi , but
beware of certain stages, releasing your captured friend alerts the
big guardian creature of that level, and you must first find a way of
defeating it before progressing to the next level.
HINT: Yuo must allow yourself to be swallowed by the whale so you can
destroy him from inside.

STATUS & SCORING:
On the bottom of the screen is the players remaining lives, the score
and an O2 oxygen meter which decreases while the player is in the
water.
The game finishes when the players lives are used up, or the game is
completed.
For each special item which is collected you will get 1000 points.
Fruits range between 300 nad 8000 points. For each enemy which is
killed the score ranges between 100 and 500 points, and the big boss
characters are worth 10000, 20000, 30000, 40000, and 50000 points.

HINTS & TIPS:
When in water, oxygen can be replenished by raising Tikis head above
the water - than spit by pressing fire if you want to gain oxygen
quickly.
Steal balloons by jumping on them while the baddie is still on ,
pushing him off.
After a lot of practice, playing skills can be improved considrably.
Use the duck balloon when you need speed.