Stormlord is finally available on your Oric system!
Jealous from your friends because they could play Stormlord on their C64 or Atari ST?
Stop crying, and enjoy this great Oric version!
Featuring smooth animation, clash-free colorful graphics1, multiple difficulty levels, full joystick support, etc...
Stormlord will keep you entertained with three levels packed with both action and puzzles.
System requirements
To play this game, you need a 48KB Oric system2 with a tape player, or an emulator3
providing the equivalent feature set.
The game is compatible with the Oric-1, Atmos and Telestrat models.
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Stormlord is a Single Player 3 level platform
game.
The aim of the game is to free all the fairies
on each level before the time runs out.
The time is shown as a sun and moon in the
score panel. As soon as a full day expires the
time will run out and it will be game over.
The number of Fairies to free is shown in the
bottom right of the Score panel.
The Number of fairies you have collected is
displayed to the left of this.
The Score is in the centre and the number of
lives to the far left.
BONUS SCREEN
Between each level is a bonus screen where you
can gain more lives.
Holding down fire will blow kisses in the form
of hearts at the fairies. If they hit a fairy
she will shed a single tear. Collect the tear
to gain an extra life.
HIGHSCORES
If your score exceeds the highest score held
you will be presented with the high score screen
where you can enter your name (5 characters).
OPTIONS
KEYBOARD CONTROLS
Cursor keys to move and Space bar to Fire.
Move Left - Cursor Left
Move Right - Cursor Right
Jump - Cursor Up
Fire Orb - Space Bar
Fire Sword - Hold space bar
Restart Level - ESC key
OPTIONS
Pressing a Cursor key during the title screen
will display the Options screen.
Move up and down with the cursor keys and
left/right to change an option.
Fire will always start the game.
SOUND
full - Full music and in-game sound
soft - half volume music and in-game sound
off - No music or in-game sound
By default Full is selected
IN GAME
music - Music will play in the game and
highscore
sfx - SFX only will play in the game and
highscore entry
By default Music is selected
INPUT
keyboard - Cursor Keys and Space to Fire
ijk joy - The IJK interface is active in-game
pase joy - The ALTAI interface is active in-
game. Sound will NOT be disabled.
tele joy - The Telestrat joystick is active
in-game. The second fire is not
supported in this game.
By default Keyboard is selected.
When a joystick interface is selected it will
only become active on starting the game and
the keyboard controls will still be active.
For all Joystick options. both joysticks will
be read rather than left or right.
SCREEN
colour - All top graphics will be in
colour
monochrome - All top graphics will be in
black&white
DIFFICULTY
novice - Easy game
You'll start with 9 Lives and get alot
of time to spend on each Level.
normal - Normal game
You'll start with 3 Lives and get a
reasonable amount of time.
insane - Insane game
You'll start with 1 Life (just like
real life) and be expected to rush
around like a headless chicken(again
just like real life).
GAMEPLAY
The game is spread over 3 levels. The first
is set in the underworld beneath the lands
of Stormlord. You can only traverse left or
right to the next screen and to climb you
must repeatedly jump onto higher ledges.
Stormlord can also fall any height so long
as there is a floor beneath him.
You can restart a level by hitting the ESC
key, but you will lose a life and your score
will be restored to the value is was when you
started the level.
The fairies are dotted around the landscape
and expect nothing more than you to approach
them to free them. They will dissapear on
contact.
This is the same for other objects in the game.
OBJECTS
dotted around the levels are various objects. Each Object has a specific purpose..
OBJECTS
dotted around the levels are various objects. Each Object has a specific purpose..
The Key
The key will open any door but then you will lose the key.
The Honey
The Honey will attract Bees.
The Boots
The boots will make you jump higher
The Umbrella
the Umbrella will protect you from acid rain.
Trampoline
Also dotted around are Trampolines.
Trampolines transport you to other areas of the game.
In most places there will also be a trampoline to take you back.
OTHER CREATURES
Throughout Stormlords stomping ground are other creatures that strive to get in your way.
Spider
Spiders move up and down only.
Lobbing a few Orbs at them should destroy them.
Ball
This strange ball rises out of a launcher only to fall back inside and repeat.
It can be destroyed with a few orbs.
Dragon
This vicious beast flies in from the side of
the screen and attempts to rip your head off.
Acid rain
These blue drops will dissolve your skin should you decide to take a shower.
They cannot be destroyed but the Umbrella will protect you.
Grubs
These ground based insects shuffle along the ground and can kill you if they fall on you.
Bees
Bees like to buzz around Honey. If there is no honey then they'll buzz around pots.
They can't be destroyed but can be moved if you posess a Honeypot and can swap it for something else on the screen.
Egg Wasps
These nasty insects fall as eggs from the sky and on landing crack open to reveal wasps within.
The can be taken out with an orb or sword.
Credits
The game code, graphics, sound and gameplay was written by Twilighte (Jonathan Bristow).
The original game was written by Raffaele Cecco.
Many thanks to the following contributors to the game: Chema, Jede, Yann, Symoon, Ibisum, Dbug.
This game is dedicated to Symoon whose undeniable devotion to the Oric over the years has kept it alive for all of us.
Copyright, price and similar things
This game has been written by fans, for the fans. The game is entirely free.
1) A monochrom mode is also available. 2) This includes the Oric 1, Oric Atmos, and Oric Telestrat.
OSDK is not compatible with the first, original, machine in the Oric range (the Microtan 65).
If you never heard of Oric before, you can read about it on Wikipedia 3) This game should be compatible with the following emulators: Oricutron, Euphoric (and derived versions like Caloric or XEuphoric), Mess, Atoric, Amoric,
and probably some more.
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