 HEARTLAND
 Odin 1985

 CONTROLS : Keyboard, Kempston
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 AIM : Asleep one night, you dream of a land where a magical Book has
 been stolen by the demon Midas. The last chapter has been torn out and
 its six pages scattered through the land, while six Dark Pages created
 by Midas stand ready to be inserted into the book - which would doom
 the land to eternal darkness thereafter. Armed only with your trusty
 top hat and bed, you must rescue the six pages, destroy the Dark Pages
 and defeat Midas...

 GAMEPLAY : Much like a platform game - you can walk left or right,
 jumping to collect objects or to clear fatal gaps. Doorways and lifts
 links screens and levels and can be used by going "into" and "out of" 
 the screen. The bed permits travel between the various areas of the
 Heartland once you have collected pages of The Book. The Book flashes
 when a missing page is nearby, but it's up to you to identify the page
 as Good or Bad.

  Along the way, it is wise to collect some weapons. The top hat is weak
 but can be fired an infinite number of times; the knife is more
 powerful but gives less hits; and the fireball is the most powerful but
 only lasts a few shots. The various evil minions will do their best to
 sap your strength, as shown by the face of Midas in the top bar. As
 your energy drains, so Midas' face expands in size until you are
 dead...

  Various spells fly around some screens, some good, some bad. The
 large star spell is particularly bad, homing in and draining your
 energy. A small star spell will however give you temporary
 invincibility while bubble clusters restore your energy.

  The passage of time is shown by the two hourglasses at the top of the
 screen. The glass on the left revolves every few seconds, while the one
 on the right takes about eight minutes to complete a revolution. This
 one shows the amount of time you have left on a particular level; you
 only have eight minutes before Midas' malign influence makes it
 impossible to escape! - which means, of course, Game Over.

 COMMENTS : "One of the better games on the Spectrum."
 RATING : 92% (CRASH #31, August 1986)

 NOW : One of the prettiest Spectrum games ever... it's a bit too hard
 though!
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 KEYS : Z, C, V, M      - Left                  - Joystick left
        X, V, N         - Right                 - Joystick right
        A to L          - Through door          - Joystick down
                          out of screen
        Q to P          - Through door into     - Joystick up
                          screen / Jump
        1 to 0          - Fire / Use bed        - Joystick fire