       Super Hamster
   Curse of the Kooky Cult
       instructions
          *V.1.0* 
       (unregistered)

Controlling the characters:

     Use the numeric keypad
(keep num lock on) to control
the various characters that
appear in the game.  You can
use a joystick if you have one
by calibrating with F9 and 
then toggling it on with F8.  
I'll just include the keyboard
instructions here, refer to 
the complete instruction guide
for Joystick commands.

S.H.

Right Arrow (6)= Walk Right
Left Arrow (4)= Walk Left
Up Arrow (8)= Jump Up
Down Arrow (2)= Crouch
(7)= Jump left
(9)= Jump right
(1)= Crawl left
(3)= Crawl right
(space bar)= shoot (high)
(s)= shoot (low)
(h)= release Hillary Clinton
(q)= Do a little dance
(t)= a useless but fun button

Chad (easy)

Right arrow (6)= Skate Right
Left arrow (7)= Skate Left
Up arrow (8)= hover up
Down arrow (2)= crouch
(7)= Hover left
(9)= Hover right
(1)= Slide left
(3)= Slide Right
(J)= Jump up

Chad (hard)

Right arrow (6)= Kick Right
Left arrow (7)= Kick Left
Up arrow (8)= hover up
(7)= Hop left
(9)= Hop right
(1)= Slide left
(3)= Slide right
(J)= Jump up


Now that you know how to
control yourself I think we 
should move right along to the
stages... shall we? lets.

Stage 1: Don's Disco Inferno
The object of this stage is to
get from the catwalk down to 
the convenient opening to the
sewer at the ground floor.  
Very few enemies actually 
attack you in this stage so 
shoot them for target practice
this stage builds your skills
controlling S.H.
Power ups are in mood rings.

Stage 2: The Phantom's lair
Now that your in the phantom's
lair it's just a matter of 
finding Mindy and escaping 
with her.  Hey There she is!
But there's a wall between you
so you'd better find another
route to the phantom's inner
sanctum.  The bad guys are
faster and smaller but aren't
very dangerous.
Power ups are in crystal balls

Stage 3: The Mountains of 
Redwood
These hills are alive with
giant insects wearing togas.
Your objective is to get the
necrotic tissue for Madame
Roseallini.  Unfortunately
it's at the top and your at
the bottom, so start climbing
buster.  The enemies are a 
little bigger and meaner here.
Watch out for the invisible 
buffalo.
Power ups are in snowballs

Stage 4: Chad's sewer 
adventure.
Chad (in either easy or hard
mode) must navigate through
the sewers on his hoverboard
in search of the lost disco
ball.  Don't worry so much
about bad guys.. because there
aren't any.  But beware the
waste treatment grinders that
will tear you to shreds in a 
second.
Powerups are in gleaming cubes

Stage 5: Channel 10
This is a three part level.
First your in the sound stage,
you have to visit each show to
get it's security code (touch
the pole with the green light 
so it turns green) and then, 
and only then, can you pass 
through the security gate that
leads to the executive lounge.
Be alert, some of the sets are
hidden, so be on the look out
for 5 different shows.
Once in the executive lounge 
you have to find the key card
that disarms the force field
guarding mogul Aaron 
Mispelling's office.  Once you
have it, take the elevator up
and be prepared to face aaron 
and his droid in a fight for
the shroud of Dick Clark.  
Power ups are in TV's


Power Ups:

The Super Hamster Logo:
It will increase your score.

Hearts:
These increase your hit points

Pictures of the character:
An extra life!

Purple hearts:
3-5 Extra Lives!!!

Any money like thing:
MONEY!

Note...

Um, hello there person
Just a few things you should
know before you get started...
The voice files won't work on
a few computers.  If you get
music and no voice yours may
be one of them.  I'll see if
it can't be fixed in the next
version.  If you get no music
but voices or neither it may
be your driver so try that in
config.
This game will work suckily on
a 486sx with 4 megs
Okay on 
a 486sx with 8 megs
Better on anything higher
a Pentium with 32 megs is nice
Anyway if the animations break
up occasionally its a memory
thing, all I can say is get
a faster computer.  
Or make a boot disk, that will
Help.  All you need is a clean
boot with your soundcard and
you have all you need for the
game.  If you want a joystick
and it has to be loaded go 
ahead.
I wouldn't
recommend going below a 486 
with 8 megs because the game
will run slow.  Even with 8 
megs it might jam up at one
part and go into slow motion
and sorta freeze for a minute
or so.  Wait it out, after it
happens once it won't happen 
again. (at least it shouldn't)
If you notice any other bugs
let me know so I can try and
address them. 
