Dan suspected something vile and deeply despicable was creeping over the land of Banzaari. Call him paranoid, but when the skies blackened and all manner of indescribable wild and wicked creatures began to ravage the once tranquil land, Dan has a strange gut feeling.
The rest of the civilised folk also knew life wasn't quite going as smoothly as it should. Elders and officials gathered for emergency meetings. After days of intimate discussion behind closed doors, a pan was unveiled...
And this year's proud and, it has to be said, fashion conscious winner of the Dojo trials, you take the role of high kicking, thumping, pyjama parading Dan. Pick your bottom jaw up from the floor, gather your thoughts and prepare for the perilous adventure of a lifetime. Boldly strut forth to slaughter, like no other Karate champ has done before. Maybe you can muster just a smattering of confidence - hey, Valrog can't be the brutal, merciless tyrant he's portrayed to be with the surname K.A.T.E... can he?
Along the way, your skills will be tested to their limits. Tackle hover boarding, car driving, flying and logic problem solving. Offering a thin tether of assistance are magic pots which have been left behind by previous village champions on their voyage to destroy Valrog. These will give you extra strength and energy, and may even revive a life. However, some have been discovered and sabotaged by Valrog's creatures, and now contain deathly potions - consume these at your peril. And so your journey begins...
You must control Dan as he passes through the lands infested by Valrog's mutants. Battle your way through 20 gruelling cantons to finally pit your strength against Valrog. There are four cantons within each of the five sections, and you must complete the sections in order. You can choose the order of the four cantons within each section. Bear in mind that you may find a certain order preferable, due to various 'pick ups' which may help you in other cantons.
Your formidable adversary has assigned a number of powerful guardians to oversee each region on Banzaari; all must be destroyed before Valrog can be reached. Using your fighting and acrobatic skills, together with your wisdom to solve problems, strive to defeat the many minions along your perilous route to the almighty Valrog.
There are several items along the way you must collect to build your strength. These will considerably improve your prospects in ridding Banzaari of the ever more powerful minions of Valrog. Discover power pods (in the shape of a bent arm) to increase your resistance to the enemy. There are also a number of extra lives scattered around the land. Both pods and lives are held inside magical pots that have been left behind by previous villagers on their trek to valrog's domain.
As each creature is destroyed, they release their inner strength in the shape of Yin Yangs. Collect these to replenish your own strength and build up your chi. Once your chi reaches its maximum, you will be capable of unbelievable feats of valour as you release your inner hatred in the form of a crunching Thunder Punch. This fighting bonus lasts for the length of time it takes for the meter to deplete.
Around the magical lands are hidden rooms. In these sub-games, you must rescue the souls of imprisoned villagers from the cages they are held in An evil spirit torments these souls by prodding them with a big stick until they fall off the ledges. You must break open their cages to set their souls free. If you rescue enough of them in the given time period, expect a generous reward.
It pays to explore the lands in full, as a direct approach will certainly result in failure to complete the journey.
To complete each canton, you must defeat the guardian of that region. Each of these has a specific weakness - find it if you can. They die in a hail of bonuses so catch as many as possible to boost your score.
Once you have reached the final section, your choice of sections to explore is taken away and you must play the cantons in sequence. Confront the evil Valrog in the very last region, where you must defeat him to free Banzaari once and for all.
MAGICAL POTS: Contain one of several items. Punch or Kick them until they
break and spill their contents. Move over the freed symbol
if you wish to collect it.
STRENGTH: Increases your resistance to Valrog's minions. You start
with one pod and can build up to eight. You must collect
these wherever you find.
EXTRA LIFE: Gives Dojo Dan another life. You start with three and
should collect as many as you can find.
FULL STRENGTH: Refill all your energy pods to maximum.
FULL POD: Refill the pod you are currently using.
MAP: Enables you to call up a map of the land by pressing the F5
key.
DANGER: Takes a pod's worth of energy from you. Do not collect
these.
YIN YANG BONUS: Adds 10 units to your Thunder Punch meter.
MAGIC SHIELD: Makes you invincible for a short period of time.
GRAPES: Small energy increase and 1000 points.
APPLE: Medium energy increase and 2000 points.
BANANA: Maximum energy increase and 3000 points.
YIN YANG: As you kill the creatures, collect this to increase your
Thunder patch meter.
STAR: Minimum energy increase and 200 points.
SQUARE: 1000 points.
FAN: 1000 points.
COIN: 100 points.
LARGE YINYANG: If you walk over this, it will fall into the floor. If you
lose a life on this canton, you will start again from this
point. To receive a Yin Yang bonus, kick it before you
touch it.
SECRET ROOM: When you find this icon, you will be transported to a secret
room as described elsewhere in this manual. These are
difficult to find as they are not shown unless you stand for
a short while in their vicinity, thus causing them to spring
from the ground.
I-CHING: Collect these at every opportunity. As you collect the
symbols you improve your chi. This must be at its peek
if you are to successfully challenge Valrog. Remember you
cannot enter Valrog's castle until you have achieved
'Inner Truth'.WALK Joystick Left and Right JUMP Joystick Up DUCK Joystick Down LOW DUCK Joystick Down and Fire MIDDLE KICK Joystick in the direction you are facing and Fire FLYING KICK Joystick Up and Fire PUNCH Fire F1 Pause game F2 Music On/Off F3 Load saved game (from menu only) F5 Show map (When you have collected the map symbol) F10 Abort game
The program will prompt you at the end of each section to insert a blank disc is you wish to save your current position.
This product has been carefully developed and manufactured to the highest standards. Please read the following loading instructions carefully.
Insert disc 1 into drive 0, normally the internal drive, and switch your machine on to load the program. If you have two disc drives, insert disc 2 into the second drive. Dojo Dan requires 1 megabyte of memory so ensure your extra memory board is switched on. If you do not wish to view the introduction sequence, press Fire when the first screen of the sequence appears.
