----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·| | ______ // \\ ______ | | RLV917 // == M R. C R A C K S M A N == \\ RLV917 | | // \\ | | || (c) 2013, Relevo Videogames. || | | | $ | || || | $ | | | \\ Thank you very much for downloading // | | \\ MR.CRACKSMAN for the MSX system // | | \\ // | |·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·¥·$·| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== (*) STORYLINE =============================================================================== Mr. Cracksman is the most famous thief in the world. He loves challenges and that's the reason why he is planning a huge robbery: the big fortune in the vaults located at the basement of Richter's Bank! His task won't be easy, as the Police has been informed about his intentions and they have surrounded the place with them special forces! Would you be able to get every coin in each vault and much more treasures before they catch you? Run for your loot and try to get the highest score! =============================================================================== (*) HOW TO PLAY =============================================================================== You take the role of Mr. Cracksman, the thief. You must travel each stage trying to get coins and treasures, taking care of not getting caught by the policemen. If you get every coin in the stage, you will proceed to a new level. In this fast arcade, you're always running around inside the bank's basement mazes. You can speed up so you can strategicaly evade policemen, and also change your path when you find enough space to do so. Policemen will try to catch you: at first levels you will only find one slow policeman, but at higher stages you will find speedier ones, and even a couple of teamed up policemen trying to catch you, so beware and analyze your decisions and your path wisely while running! ARCADE MODE.- Play as Mr. Cracksman in your mission of getting the biggest loot. Go for a high score while trying to get coins and treasures, and progressing to highest levels. Try to get the record! VERSUS MODE.- Challenge a friend a play a Cops'n Robbers game! Player one will need to get every coin to win, while player two will try to catch the other one before he succeed. Beat the opponent three times and be the winner! =============================================================================== (*) CONTROLS =============================================================================== MR. CRACKSMAN is a game for one or two players. Player 1 can either use cursor keys or stick (port 1). When playing in VERSUS MODE, Player 2 will control Mr. Policeman with the stick (port 2). | UP | ___________ _ | ____ | | ^ | |___________| (_) | |____| | | LEFT < · > RIGHT | |___________| <-> | |____| | | v | SPACE BUTTON | F1 | | DOWN | | | | | | | | Move your character | Use space bar or | You can pause | | using cursor keys | button to speed up | your game using | | or stick | your character | F1 key | Playable characters and enemies in this game are always moving around the maze. You can use direction keys to change your track position when you find empty spaces to do so: you can also speed you character up to try to avoid enemies. =============================================================================== (*) CREDITS =============================================================================== GFX, design and code: Jon Cortázar Music, SFX, testing: José Vicente Masó Support: Angel Sainz Powered by Wyzplayer and Bitbuster. Compiled with Karoshi's asMSX. Dedicated to: Almighty Iker! Sega's "Head On" crew Special thanks to: (drum roll...) Albert Beevendorp! www.relevovideogames.com (c) 2013 Relevo Videogames. All rights reserved.