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INTRO
1.1. Story
1.2. Level
1.3. Control
1.4. System Requirements
1.5. Installation & Starting
PLAYER
2.1. Menu
2.2. the Game
2.3. Crystals
2.4. Stones
2.5. Extras
3.
Copyright
1.
Intro
1.1. Story
May I introduce myself? - I'm Tony, the galactic dustbin man, or as it's nowadays called,
interstellar refuge collector. In this big dirty world, the space crystals grow and breed like
cockroaches on mother earth. They hinder our transit routes, our colonies orbit routes and even
the surfaces of our raw material moons. Where the crystals grow into the sky, is where one
sends poor Tony to clean up. This is where Tony is at home. However, without this crystal
scrap, Tony would have no job.
1.3. Control
A good dustbin man is trained on KEYBOARD and MOUSE. Beginners clean up with following
keys:
Movement keys
The mouse to the left or right, or following buttons:
BALL launches with mouse click, or following button:
Return to main-menu / Abort mission
Help
CD Audio ON / OFF
Previous Audio track
Next Audio track
Decrease SFX Volume
Increase SFX Volume
Decrease mouse sensitivity
Increase mouse sensitivity
Enter, confirms input, confirmation (for example in the High score)
Pause
1.4. System Requirements
PC Pentium 166 MHz
Windows 95 with DirectX 5
20 MB RAM
minimum 4-x CD-ROM (12-x recommended)
PCI Graphic Card with 2 MB RAM, 800 x 600 x 256 under DirectDraw
Sound Card 16-Bit Stereo
5 MB free Hard Disk space on drive C
1.5. Installation & Starting
The game can be played directly from the CD-ROM and is started with DIONAKRA.EXE.
If the Autorun feature is active, then the game starts automatically after inserting the CD-ROM.
If your system has a very slow CD drive, we recommend you copy the program with all the data
onto your hard disk. You then only require the CD for the CD audio music.
DIONAKRA stores some data (High scores) in the file DIONAKRA.DAT on drive C. A deletion of
this file is the same as a Deinstallation of the program.
2.
Player
2.1. Menu
The game starts with the Introduction - Tony is sent to clear up. He activates a highly explosive
comet, steers the crystal scrap against it and clears up right away. An everyday scene in our
galaxy. A clearing up begins with the main menu.
In the main menu, one can...
START A NEW GAME
ENTER PASSWORD (in order to go directly to a specific Region/Level)
HIGH SCORE (in order to admire the High scores)
OPTIONS (in order to set the game options)
INTRODUCTION (in order to enjoy the Introduction again)
CREDITS (in order see the credits and Copyrights)
QUIT (in order to return to Windows)
2.2
the Game
You start a game by choosing START A NEW GAME .
During a cleaning mission, Tony can observe all important status information at the upper screen
edge. One looks from left to right.
The current Level
The cleaning quota in points
The remaining ships
LEVEL
SCORE
LIFE
The interstellar cleaning procedure stipulates the complete elimination of all crystalline
contamination in a region. The cleaning takes place with standard cleaning appliances. Tony flies
a refuge shuttle with cleaning satellites.
Once Tony's refuge shuttle has launched a cleaning satellite, it must always be
kept on course. Tony does this through a "ping-pong-game" between shuttle and crystal wall.
However be careful! If Tony should lose his satellites, he is withdrawn from the mission
instantaneously. Tony calls his cleaning satellites BALLS. Tony has a selection of 4 different
BALLS, that are active depending on the ship status:
A normal BALL breaks through a crystal and rebounds.
A SHRINK-BALL is a reduced variation and is more difficult, to steer.
A THRU-BRICK breaks through all crystals inexorably.
A comet is a FIRE-BALL, that causes bigger damage and rebounds again.
2.3.
Crystals
Tony is an expert in matters concerning space garbage, here is an explanation for us mere
mortals:
... one hit and it's gone, however it doesn't give a good SCORE
... one hit and it's gone, gives a little more SCORE
... one hit and the dirt is gone, SCORE is OK
... one hit and it's also gone, SCORE is great
... super SCORE with one hit
But there are some more awful things... the STONES
2.4.
Stones
Contrary to the detailed notes about crystals, our expert Tony is not too forthcoming about the
difficult side of garbage elimination. Following now additional notes from Tony:
The unstable explosion crystal also destroys surrounding crystals. It explodes with the
slightest touch and can also be detonated through an EXTRA.
A region soiled with crystals can often be interspersed with persistent slag coated crystals.
These slag coated crystals hinder the cleaning process enormously.
Metal slag can only be removed with EXTRAS
A totally slag coated crystal requires 3 hits,
a greatly slag coated crystal 2 hits
and a slightly slag coated crystal only one hit,
until it changes into an ordinary destructible crystal.
The camouflaged STONES are an especially annoying obstacle. They are invisible and
only become visible after the first hit.
2.5.
Extras
Beside the extraordinary vocabulary, that Tony masters for the distinction of the crystals, stones
and balls, he possesses the gift to activate his shuttles EXTRA functions at random during the
missions. Since Tony has never really understood his control console, the shuttles computer
shows new EXTRA functions regularly. However be careful! The shuttles computer isn't the
newest model and so some EXTRAS can also cause disadvantages for the cleaning process.
One should not activate all EXTRAS that the shuttles computer proposes.
An EXTRA appears in the crystal scrap and floats towards the player. If one collects that EXTRA
with the shuttle, it is automatically activated.
Shuttle segments drive out, hit surface increases
Drives in shuttle segments, hit surface reduces
Increases number of BALLS
Reduces size of BALLS
Slows BALLS down
Speeds BALLS up
Changes BALLS to break through
FIRE-BALL, activates comet
Removes crystal slag
Destroys metal slag
Increases explosion crystals
Allows detonation of explosion crystals
Activates Lasergun Segments
Extra life
Self destruction
Sets all crystals and stones to move
Level Warp
Activates the shuttles magnetic field; ball-catch-function and launching-control
3.
Copyright
software, graphics & design copyright © 1998 by
Ralf Schneider, Klaus Hartmann, Michael Rasche,
Wolfgang Morell, Roland M.