                          J O A N   O F   A R C 
                                (U.S. Gold)

                 (Full playing guide for Atari ST version)

At  the start of the game, select START A CAMPAIGN from the main menu, then
select  DISPLACEMENT  from  the 2nd menu. This will enable you to move your
army  into another province. Move your army into the province of ORLEANAIS.
You will meet enemy armies here and will enter the "BATTLE IN OPEN COUNTRY"
arcade game.
(See HOW TO WIN ARCADE GAMES below)

When  you have defeated the enemy in the field, select OFFENSIVE from START
A CAMPAIGN menu, then select ORLEANS. You will then enter "ENTRY INTO TOWN"
and "TAKING OF THE WALL" arcade games.
(see HOW TO WIN ARCADE GAMES below).

ORLEANS  must  be taken before you can go to RHEIMS to crown the king. Once
you  have  taken  ORLEANS,  move your army to the province of CHAMPAGNE and
take  the  town of RHEIMS. There the king will be crowned and you can start
your war in earnest. Take the rest of the towns in the CHAMPAGNE province.

Move your army north and attack each province in turn, taking all towns and
fortresses in each province before moving on to your next target. Work your
army from north to south once you have taken the northernmost province. You
will  not  meet  many enemy armies in the field, most of the action will be
"ENTRY INTO TOWN" and "TAKING THE WALL" arcade games.

As  for  the money to pay your armies, use your hostages for this. From the
DIPLOMACY  menu  select  LIBERATION, deal with HENRY VI only. Use TREMOILLE
and  REGNAULT OF CHARTRES as your ambassadors and use the following list as
a guide to the amount of ransom to demand.

DUKE OF BEDFORD...#4.000000
DUKE OF WARWICK..DUKE OF GLOUCESTER...#2.OOOOOO
CAPTAIN FALSTAFF..COUNT OF SUFFOLK...JOHN TALBOT..CARDINAL OF
WINCHESTER..#1.00000.

Ransom these characters only. If you capture any of the others then execute
them by accessing the ROYAL JUSTICE menu. If the ransom is not paid for the
amounts asked for from above, then execute the hostage. The graphics in the
BEHEADING scene are worth watching.

Should  you not have any hostages in your prison at the time you need money
to  pay  for your armies, then select HELPING HAND menu and kidnap one, but
do  not  try  for  the  DUKE  OF  BEDFORD as this is the most likely not to
succeed. Make sure you pay your HELPING HAND well.

As  for  your  army, you will not need a large one to succeed; 2000 archers
and 3000 troops are enough, mortars if you can get them, if not then do not
worry, they are just a luxury. But do not waste your money on knights, they
are  expensive  and  are  NOT needed and if you follow these guidelines you
will not meet an enemy army strong enough to defeat you.

Do  not  waste  time on taxes, collect only the TITHE TAX when it is due to
you  in september. You will not get enough from taxes to pay for your army,
but take it anyway, but be careful as there is a bug in the program and the
TITHE TAX and HEARTH TAX are mixed up. You should only have time to collect
the TITHE TAX once.

On a cautionary note, save the game each time you take a complete province,
and should you meet an enemy army when you move into the next province, and
things  do  go wrong, then just reload and adjust your army accordingly (in
the  3 times that I have completed the game, I have not needed to do this).
Also  watch  out  for JOAN OF ARC, she will get captured no matter what you
do,  and  if  she  is still leading your army, then you will lose your army
too.

                        HOW TO WIN THE ARCADE GAMES

"ENTRY INTO TOWN"

After  this  has loaded in and before the screen changes, push the joystick
to  the right - that will get your man off to a running start. When you get
to  combat  range,  press the fire button. Keep the button pressed till you
kill  the  enemy, then release it. Your man will run forward again till the
next enemy is in combat range. Repeat this process till you enter the town.
Remember always keep the joystick pushed to the right even during combat.

"TAKING OF THE WALL"

As with "ENTRY INTO TOWN" start your man off before the screen changes, but
this  time  push  the joystick forward. You should be halfway up the ladder
before  the  first  stone comes down on you. Press the fire button and your
shield  will  protect you.  Keep your joystick pushed forward and press the
fire button when you need to.

"DEFENCE OF THE WALL"

This is the one you need to master, as you will destroy more enemy this way
than  any other. Push the joystick forward and press the fire button before
the  screen  changes.  This  way you will have a couple of rocks on the way
down  before the enemy has got its foot on the ladder. Use rocks when there
is  time;  if time is short then use oil. The instructions say that the oil
is  limited  but  I have used it up to six times. I do not know if you will
get more than that, as six times is the most that I have ever needed to use
it.  If  you have time when you move from the left ladder to the right one,
then drop a rock over the centre one, it will save time later.

"BATTLE IN OPEN COUNTRY"

First  thing  to  do  is to raise your mortars (if you have them) then fire
your  arrows.  Bombard  the  enemy  with mortar and arrows, and adjust your
mortar  to  suite  the  range  of  the  oncoming  enemy  (you cannot adjust
archers).  Let  the enemy come to you, do not go to them, as you will enter
the  range of their arrows and mortars. When they are almost upon you, send
your  troops  forward to engage the enemy and protect your archers. If they
retreat do not chase them, bombard them instead. You may find that there is
a  time  when they have held back their cavalry. Move your archers forward,
only  enough till they are in range, do not move closer as you will then be
in  range  of the enemies' mortar fire. Use knights at any time if you have
them.

"MAN TO MAN COMBAT"

Move your horse to the right hand side of the screen, and turn facing left.
Push  the joystick forward and keep it there then press the fire button and
hold it down. You will be hit in the initial movement and during the fight,
but  do  not  move nor move the joystick or release the button and you will
win the fight. You will hit your opponent on a ratio of two to one.

If  you  follow  these guidelines you will complete the game before JOAN OF
ARC  gets burnt, which is a pity as the "burning scene" is pretty to watch.
Also no matter what you do you cannot stop her from being captured. Even if
you  behead  JEAN  OF  LUXEMBOURG, he will come along later in the game and
capture JOAN. Use RICHEMONT to lead your army after you have lost JOAN.

NOTE: Bugs in the game!

1)  In  the instructions it tells you that the TITHE TAX is a common tax, a
HEARTH TAX is one imposed on one province. THE GAME WILL NOT LET YOU IMPOSE
A HEARTH TAX. The caption comes up "HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS SHOULD KNOW THAT THE
TITHE TAX IS ONLY COLLECTED IN SEPTEMBER....."

2)  When  you  load a saved game, the caption reads the same as if you were
saving  it,  therefore  you  are  never  too sure as to which icon you have
pressed.

3)  In  the instructions it says that in the DIPLOMACY part of the game you
can rectify a message before you put your seal on it, but THE GAME WILL NOT
LET YOU DO THIS.

4)  In the arcade game called "MAN TO MAN COMBAT" the instructions say that
if the fire button is pressed and maintained, the man is supposed to charge
with a pointed sword. THE GAME DOES NOT LET YOU DO THIS.

5)  If  you press a wrong menu by mistake, the game does not let you escape
from that menu.

6)  There  are  characters listed in the instructions that do not appear in
the  game.  Also  there  are  characters  in  the  game that are not in the
instructions.

7)  If  you  behead JEAN OF LUXEMBOURG before she captures JOAN OF ARC, she
still appears later in the game and captures JOAN. Also PIERRE CAUCHON will
be in charge of the inquisition EVEN THOUGH YOU KILL HIM.

8)  If you choose DUOIS to lead your army, when his name marker comes up on
the screen during a movement or a modification to the army, the name marker
comes up blank and wraps around the screen.

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