Konami

KONAMI
VIDEO GAME
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POOYAN (C)Konami

GAME CONCEPT

One day, in the middle of a forest, a group of fierce Wolves attacked the
House where a Mother Pig (Mama) and her little Piglets (Pooyans) were living
together peacefully.  To protect her Pooyans, Mama fought back using arrows
and bait, but despite all her efforts, some of the Pooyans were kidnapped.
Full of hate for the Wolves, Mama bravely seeks out the Wolves' Lair to
rescue her Pooyans.  Will she succeed in overcoming the Wolves and bringing
her Pooyans back home?

BEFORE STARTING

Control Lever

I. Using the control lever
1) For a solo game, use the left-hand control lever only.
   When playing with a partner, Player 1 uses the left-hand
   lever and Player 2 the right.
2) Start the game by pressing the red button on the control
   lever.
3) When playing with a partner, players take turns starting with
   the player on the left.
4) You cannot begin the game from the player on the right.
5) Move the Mother Pig by pushing the control lever up or down.
6) When playing with a partner, the player on the left has a white
   pig, and the player on the right a red one.
7) Press the red button to shoot arrows and bait from the Mother
   Pig.

Use Joystick Controllers

Game Selection

II. Using the game select switch to choose your game
1) The game number is displayed in the center of the upper part of
   the screen.
2) You can select a solo or partner game, and vary the degree of
   difficulty.
3) If you press the game select button during the course of a game,
   the play will return to the 'ready' state, and you can select a
   new game.

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Game	 |	No. of	 |	Speed of	 |	Trajectory of
 No.	 |	Players	 |    wolves' stones	 |      wolves' stones
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 1	 |	   1	 |			 |	   Horizontal
---------|---------------|			 |	      or
 2	 |   	   2	 |			 |	   Parabolic
---------|---------------|       Slow		 |-------------------------
 3	 |	   1	 |			 |
---------|---------------|			 |	   Parabolic
 4	 |	   2	 |			 |
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 5	 |	   1	 |			 |	   Horizontal
---------|---------------|			 |	      or
 6	 |	   2	 |	 		 |	   Parabolic
---------|---------------|	 Fast		 |-------------------------
 7	 |	   1	 |			 |
---------|---------------|			 |	   Parabolic
 8	 |	   2	 |			 |
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The difficulty of the game depends on the speed of the wolves' stones and
their trajectory.

Resetting the Game

III. Using the reset switch to reset a game during play.
1) If you press the reset button during the course of a game, the same
   game will start again from the beginning.
2) You can use the reset switch even when not playing.

Game Sequence

IV. There are two scenes (1 and 2) in this game, and they follow on from each
other alternatively as one scene has been completed.  The scene number
is displayed in the center of the upper part of the screen while the START
melody is being played.

SCENE 1 (THE PIGS' HOUSE)

Moving the Mother Pig (Mama) up and down using the control lever, try to
burst the workers' balloons with arrows as they come floating down into
the valley.  You can also make the wolves fall by throwing the bait that
appears at the top right-hand side of the valley.  When the wolves try to
grab the bait, they let go of their balloons and so fall down into the
valley.  At the same time, the wolves defend themselves with shields and
attack by throwing stones.  If you allow the wolves to float safely down
to the bottom of the valley, they will climb up the steps and attack the
Mother Pig from behind.

SCENE 2 (WOLF VALLEY)

In this scene, the wolves float up from the bottom of the valley (Wolf
Valley) with their balloons, and the Mother Pig tries to stop them using
arrows and bait as in the previous scene.  When six wolves have safely
reached the top, they can start dropping large rocks down on the Mother
Pig.  To prevent them from doing this, you must get rid of the flashing
'boss wolf'.  The 'boss wolf' will appear when there are only 5 wolves
left.  If you fail to get the boss wolf, five more wolves will float up.

1) At the start 30 wolves will appear in scene 1, after which it will
   automatically change to scene 2 regardless of the score.
2) Following this, the number of wolves appearing in each scene will
   increase 1 each time the scene changes.
3) In both scene 1 and scene 2, the color of the valley floor will change
   from yellow to green when there are only five workers left.
4) To take the bait that appears at the top-right hand side of the valley,
   first move the Mother Pig up to the level of the bait, release the lever
   and then push it upwards once more.  When she has got the bait, the
   Mother Pig turns red.

MISTAKES

V. The following are mistakes, and you lose one Mother Pig.
   * If the Mother Pig is hit by one of the wolves' stones.
   * If the Mother Pig is eaten from behind by a wolf.
   * If the Mother Pig has a rock dropped on her from above.

SCORING

VI. If you hit a balloon/wolf/stone with an arrow or the bait you score the
    following points:

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				Hit with an arrow	Hit with bait
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Balloon only		      |		5 points     |
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Wolf holding balloon	      |	       20 points     |  80 points
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Stone thrown by wolf	      |	       10 points     |  10 points
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1) When throwing the bait, it is possible to hit more than one wolf/stone
   at the same time.  However the bait will bounce off the balloons.
2) The score will be displayed up to a maximum of 999,995 points.

END OF THE GAME

VII. Each player has 3 Mother Pigs at the start of the game.  When you score
     more than 5,000 points, you get an extra one, but the display can only
     show up to 4 pigs.

REPLAY

VIII. When you want to play the game again, first check the game number and
      then press the red button on the control lever or use the reset button.

POOYAN (C) Konami

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