
				<<CASTLEVANIA QUEST >> 

After Simon Belmont got rid of Dracula in Castlevania, he headed back to his hometown.
But he found there his village totally destroyed and his family scared to death. 
In the middle of the fire, Simon had a vision of an angel, who revealed that Dracula had not been defeated at Castlevania, but just wounded. The angel said that Dracula had regained his power and was the cause of every disaster.
Simon Belmont took his whip and rushed back to Dracula's castle, but found dozens of zombies
and other cursed creatures on his path...


THE ACTION
The game is made by 10 levels, each one guarded by a boss. In your mission you will have 
to free the town from Dracula's creatures, visiting a graveyard, finding a secret passage
to the castle and much more...

THE COMMANDS
these is the default keyboard configuration:

CTRL(left)  : Jump /start the game
ALT (left)  : Whip /start the game
SPACE       : Throw the weapon

ARROWS KEYS : Move Simon in a certain direction. 
		  You can use the weapon by pressing UP and WHIP at the same time too.

ESC : Exit game/ open the option menu (see below)
F1  : Toggle ON/OFF joytick
F12 : Toggle ON/OFF fullscreen mode (Windows)
P   : Pause the game



THE OPTION MENU
At the very beginning or when you press ESC during a game play,
you can access to the options of this menu by pressing UP/DOWN arrows and
then pressing ENTER/JUMP/WHIP to open a new window or select/confirm the option. 
Press again ESC (or the option menu button on joystick) to exit the option menu.

*options*

PARALLAX ON/OFF : this will enable/disable the parallax on the second background, 
			if your computer is too slow, disable it to make the game faster.	
SET INPUT       : this open a window where you can configure your keyboard and joystick.
			(note: if your joystick doesn't support all four button you can skip some                                      			 functions..)
EXIT/RETURN     : you will go back to the previous window, if this was the main one, you will
			exit the game.


THE GAME: 
THE UPPER BAR 
The upper bar shows your score, your extra-lives, the number of hearts you have, the
current weapon and multiple shots.
The score is usually white, but if it gets red, it means that your score is Top-score too!!
(and will be saved on your hard-disk).
You start the adventure with 3 lives. Every time you die, you will lose 1000 points.
If you lose all the lives, you will have to re-start from a certain position with score 0.
The hearts are needed in order to use your weapon. Weapons can be collected in every part
of the game; if you find the special double/triple-shot icon, you can then throwing
more weapons at the same time.

THE ENERGY BAR
The energy bar tells you how much energy you still have.


THE WEAPONS
Weapons can be founded by hitting the candles with your whip.
Possible weapons are:
DAGGER: good for its speed.
AXE: useful to hit flying monsters. 	
BOOMERANG: it will come back to you after hitting the screen's edge.
HOLY WATER: when it touches a floor or a wall, a sacred flame is released burning
           whatever it encounters...


THE ITEMS
Items can be found inside the candles or released by monsters.

SMALL HEART : give you 1 heart point
LARGE HEART : give you 4 heart points
WHIP POWERUP: this will give extra-power to your whip 
	        (leather whip-> short chain-> morning star)
GOLDS       : this will give you extra points
DOUBLE/TRIPLE SHOT: this icon will make you able to throw more weapons at the same time
PORK CHOP   : eat this to gain some energy!
THE CROSS   : find the cross to rule the current level and warp to the next one...
CRYSTAL SPHERE: this item will restore your energy and kill every creature on the screen!!!
THE CLOCK   : the Clock will stop the Time for some seconds




 
	



