| Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Individual authors. Graphics by David E. Gervais and Klaus Rennecke Music sequenced by Ron Clarke and Margaret Greentree Source code by Sandra and Klaus Rennecke This software may be copied under the terms of the Artistic License More info at http://sagaj.sourceforge.net |
System Requirements
| java -jar saga.jar |
from the directory where you extracted the distribution, if these scripts
should fail for your system configuration.
The Game
| Once the game is started, the character generation screen opens. Adjust
things as you like, but leave the game controls at the right side alone
since they are not yet live. Once satisfied with the character image and
traits, press "Accept" and you are popped into the Town.
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| Find a guild in town, it's the house with the elbow symbol on it. Knock on
the door and request a quest by pressing the button with the scroll. There
come some instructions with the quest description. Leave the town by
pressing the Button with the foot in the center of the compass-like movement
panel and follow the quest instructions. |
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First are the shops that sell armor and weapons. The equipment you start
out with in the beginning of the game is not the greatest, so you might think
about spending the initial 100 gold to buy yourself something more suitable to
the world. I recommend buying the best sword you find (Gemstudded
Longsword) and the best shield you can find (Round Shield). You may need
to do a bit of fishing to help pay for your purchases.
If you
don't find what you need at the armor/weapon shops try looking in the 'general
store' type places. These shops sell everything from food to magical
potions that heal you when they are injured. These shops also will buy
items that you find on the corpses of your enemies or the fish that you catch.
Adventurer Guild
Adventurer Guild is a place to get Quests. You can improve your stats here by
training. Constitution, Strength, Dexterity and Agility are trained here
to a max value of 5. Each training costs skill points and takes several weeks.
You get skill points by solving quests. Training shows increases <oldvalue
>> newvalue> and costs <oldvalue> skillpoints.
Rest and get healed
If you get tired of sleeping on the hard ground, you should visit one of the
many hovels that are conveniently positioned in town to provide you with a
peaceful nights rest. Be warned, hovels are know to take advantage of
tired travelers and may raise their prices above that of their neighbor!
If you die
or do not have enough healing mushrooms to survive, the temple will heal you for
a price.
Earn some money
If you are short on cash and need some fast, you might try your luck at the local
water whole. Some fish you land might be worth a pretty gold piece, but
others might not be usable at all.
Things to do on the Islands
Fight
monsters! Complete quests! Gain skill points!
Take a
ride on the magic blue turtle and find yourself on another island to explore.
Have Fun!
Author: Paul Hatcher Last edited: 10/26/01
System Requirements and Running by Klaus Rennecke