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Turtle Odyssey
Version 1.0
June 15, 2005

Developed by Realore Studios
Distributed by RealNetworks, Inc.
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 CONTENTS
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1. GAME OVERVIEW 
    1.1 Introduction 
    1.2 Game Rules 
    1.3 Difficulty levels 
    1.4 Game features 
    1.5 Bonuses 
2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 
3. CONTROLS AND OPTIONS 
    3.1 Mouse and keyboard controls 
    3.2 Options 
4. TECHNICAL SUPPORT
5. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

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 1. GAME OVERVIEW
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1.1 Introduction

     Turtle Odyssey is a totally new adventure epic of Good versus Evil 
that will take players on a treasure-hunting journey into the mysterious 
underwater world. The game comes to life as Ozzy, a brave turtle, has 
been chosen to find thieves and bring back stolen talismans. To complete 
the mission you and Ozzy must overcome evil forces and bring all talismans 
to the Temple.

     Players will immerse themselves into the stunning undersea world and 
enjoy spectacular coral environments with exotic sea flora. Exploring 
hundreds of diversely themed levels, you must collect gold coins, health 
bottles and, of course, diamonds that open the way to the next game level. 
Along the way, you must outwit evil sea creatures including devilfish, 
sea hedgehogs and others. With the advanced motion control system, Ozzy 
can easily hop over enemies and holes, jump from one moving platform to 
another and show other acrobatic skills. 

     The game offers new stimulating gameplay, superb graphics and three 
difficulty levels that will make Turtle Odyssey an absolute game hit for 
you and your kids for a couple of months and even more! 

1.2 Game Rules

     Turtle Odyssey is a classic arcade game with elements of adventure. 
The game consists of a successive passing a series of episodes. Each 
episode has several levels. Each next episode is more difficult: new 
monsters chase you, tension increases, and gameplay becomes more challenging. 

     Guide a little turtle through levels and episodes gathering diamonds, 
coins and treasure. Diamonds open a door to next level. Collecting coins 
and treasure adds you lives. At the end of every episode, the turtle has to 
fight with a boss. After defeating a boss, you'll be given a talisman. Get 
all three talismans and bring them to the temple to win the game. 

     Besides bosses, every episode has many dangerous sea creatures. 
Carefully read information about every new monster or obstacle, which appears 
at the beginning of each level. This will help you to avoid danger and get 
more scores. There are the following monsters and obstacles on levels. 

Monsters:

 Octopus - this is the slowest and least dangerous monster. However, 
don't come too close or it will hurt. Jump on to it one time to protect 
yourself.  

 The flower - once in a while, this monster opens and closes its jaws in 
attempt to hurt you. Try to jump over it while it's small and harmless.  

 Sea-urchin - it moves and has very sharp quills that hurt. Try to jump 
over it.  

 Crab - this creature always moves. It has hard shell and deadly tentacles. 
Don't come close to it. Jump onto it one time and kick a little to throw 
it out. Be crafty and knock down spiny sea-urchins kicking crab shells at 
them.  

 Rifle fish always moves here and there shooting forward deadly bullets. 
Try to avoid the bullets and jump onto the fish twice to throw it out.  

 Plaice - this is a very guileful creature. It hides in the sand so only its 
eyes can be seen. Look attentively around and jump onto it twice to knock 
it down.  

 Jelly-fish - it wanders bottom-upwards and stings you if you are too close 
to it. Just avoid it.  

 Cannon fish - this monster doesn't move. It throws stones to hurt you. Be 
careful, avoid the stones and jump onto the fish twice to throw it out.  

 Jumping sea-urchin - it always jumps and has very sharp quills. Try to avoid 
it by sneaking underneath or jumping over it.  


Obstacles:

 Oxygen supply
It looks like a small bubble fountain. Just stay in it to get some oxygen.  

 Air rug - bubbles form a small air rug that throws you up if you jump on it. 
Be careful, such rugs burst after the 1st jump.  

 Jumping pad - it looks like a yellow sponge and throws you up till you jump out 
of it.  

 Lift
These are moving platforms that lift you up and down. Just jump onto them, when 
they are close to you.  

 Stairs
You can climb up and down the stairs, pressing up and down arrows buttons.  

 Upstream
This is a high stream that raises you up, if you step in it.  

 Stalactites
They hang above in caves and fall when you are close to them. Choose your own 
tactics to avoid them.  

 Spikes
They are very dangerous obstacles. Jump them over.  

     Every difficulty mode provides the turtle with a different number of lives 
(1 life on hard mode, 3 lives on medium mode, 5 lives on easy mode). In the 
left corner of the game interface a reservoir of oxygen is shown. It states a 
level of oxygen supply left. Make sure the turtle has enough oxygen. You can 
supply oxygen by gathering blue bottles on your way or standing for a while near 
the air bubbles. Beware, as the reservoir gets empty, the turtle dies. In the 
right corner of the game interface is a health bar. It is a big red heart showing 
you a level of the turtle's health. The health bar can be filled up with the help 
of red bottles, which you can gather on your way. 

1.3 Difficulty levels

     There are three difficulty levels in the game: Easy, Medium, Hard. The 
difficulty levels differ from each other by parameters of the game. 

1.4 Game features

Adventure gameplay. 
Brilliant graphics and special effects. 
A big cast of evil creatures including devilfish, sea hedgehogs and others. 
Easy, Normal and Hard difficulty modes. 

Cool bonuses such as health bottles, coins and others. 

1.5 Bonuses
     There are 10 bonuses that you can collect and use:

 Freezing.
Freezes and slows down movements of all monsters on a level  

 Small and big bottles of health 
Fills up the life bar if it is incomplete  

 Small coin
Gives you 10 points  

 Big coin
Gives you 50 points  

 Treasure box
Gives you 250 points  

 Diamond
Gives you 100 points  

 Full coins pot
Gives you 100 points  

 Heart
Gives you 1 more life  
 Small and big oxygen bottles
Provides oxygen  

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2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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CPU -			Pentium II, 450mhz or better
Minimum RAM -		64 Mb
Supported OS's - 	Windows 98, 2000, ME, or XP
Direct X - 		8.0 or higher
Sound -			Direct X certified sound card
Direct3D - 		compatible Video card with 8 Mb video memory 
HDD -			40 Mb free disk space 

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3. CONTROLS AND OPTIONS
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3.1 Mouse and keyboard controls

Menu controls:
Move and click mousee Browse menu/Change parameters 
Escape - Exit the game 
F10 - Fast exit 

Game controls:
Arrow left key Move the turtle left 
Arrow right key Move the turtle right 
Up arrow key Climb upstairs 
Down arrow key Move downstairs 
SPACE key Turtle jumps 
CTRL key Turtle shots
Escape Exit to the main menu 
F10 Fast exit 
PAUSE key Pause/Resume 

3.2 Options

Check for updates Get a new version 
Colors True Color / High Color 
Full Screen Toggle between full screen and window video modes 
Music volume Adjust music volume  
Sound volume Adjust sound solume 

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4. TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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If you are experiencing problems with Turtle Odyssey, please contact 
RealNetworks through our games support website at:

http://service.real.com

If you can, including the following information along with a 
description of your problem will help us to help you!

	-Title Of Game
	-Computer Manufacturer
	-Operating System (Windows 95, DOS 6.22, Etc.) 
	-CPU Type And Speed In Mhz
	-Amount Of RAM
	-Sound Card Type And Settings (Address, IRQ, DMA) 
	-Video Card
	-Mouse Driver And Version
	-A Copy Of The CONFIG.SYS And AUTOEXEC.BAT Files 



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5. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
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Turtle Odyssey (C) 2003-2005 Realore Studios

Distributed by RealNetworks, Inc.
