Asylum
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Young Sigmund has a few problems.  To help him resolve his mental
instability you must enter the surreal world of his inner mind and shut
down the malfunctioning brain cells which are causing him these problems.

Playing
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Well, you dont really need any instructions to play the game.  Just
remember, the object is to find things that look like brain cells and
shut them down!  Good luck!

A Few Hints
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You'll need to find a gun as soon as possible.  Some are much better than
others.  Also, watch the bonus symbol in the bottom right hand corner.
If you collect the bonus shown the bonus symbol will advance, and when
it gets to a star you'll be transported to a bonus room.

There are teleport stations in the game.  See if you can find out how
they work.  Collect green and purple potions to increase your strength.

The brain cells are tricky to find, but in the first zone there are arrows
to help you.

Zones
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There are three zones for you to complete, the Ego, Psyche and Id.  You must
complete the Ego before you can tackle the Id.  Try the Ego first.  You need
to shut down eight brain cells in each zone.

Controls
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You can use Acorn standard joysticks - if you have other joystick which
doesn't work with the game you should contact the supplier to see if they
can help.

With a joystick, you can choose one of the mouse buttons as the jump key
using the Define Controls - Keyboard option.

The Options
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There are lots of options to select when the game starts up.  Most are self
explanatory.  Here are a few which may not be obvious.

 Speed Tweaks - There are a lot of different Acorn machines available, which
vary in their computing power.  The game will look at the machine when you
first play it and select the ideal combination.  You may change these if you
wish.  Ticked options require more computing power.

 Normal/High Quality Sound - High quality sound takes more computing power.

Hard Discs
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You can copy the contents of both discs to your hard disc if you have one.
Copy the discs to a directory on your hard disc by dragging the applications
!Asylum, !Ego, !Psyche and !Id to a hard disc directory window in the normal
 way and then shutdown and restart the desktop.

So long as you have seen the applications !Ego, !Psyche and !Id when you
double click !Asylum things should be fine.  You may remove any of Ego,
Psyche or Id if you no longer wish to play that zone.


What to do if it doesnt work
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The cure for all computer problems - shutdown, switch the machine off,
wait a few seconds and switch it on again.  Then try again.  If that
doesnt work try the following :

   Choose verify from the menu which appears when you click the menu button
over the disc drive on the bottom left of the screen.  Then choose verify
from that menu and wait for the machine to finish.  If the machine gives
the message 'verify failed' please return the offending disc as it is
faulty.  Do this for both discs.

   Consult your RISC OS User Guide, supplied with the machine, regarding
resetting your machine.

   If your still have problems after resetting your machine, please write
down details of the problems you are having and the details of your machine
and send it to Digital Psychosis.
