Story

Ramire is a 500 years old vampire who lives in a small castle located 
in the wastelands of Transilvania, between the Peak of the Steak, 
the Hill of the Pill and the Mountain of the Fountain (province of 
Badajoz). Ramiro has a daughter, Minna the Slaughter, who got 
vampirized when she was still a teenager.

This time, we present you two games in one, because we will have to 
aid Ramire in two endeavours, each one located at each side 
of the tape. You can play either chapter freely.

In the first chapter, “Ramire the vampire ain’t got a break!“, Ramire 
has forgotten her daughter’s Deathday, so she has got completely mad 
with anger and has decided not to let her father get back to his 
coffin during daylight. She claims that she won’t let Ramire into 
his chambers until he brings her a proper present… And it’s dawning! 
She wants The Rapture Treasure. To get hold of it, one must go 
fetch it to the treasure chamber located at the eastmost side 
of the moors surrounding Ramire’s manor, but the chamber is 
firmly shut and can only be open using magic. Twitch the Witch, 
a good old friend of Ramire’s, tells him that she would be able 
to perform such spell, but she needs the legendary German 
Talisman, an old jewel split in four sections, each one hid 
in a different crypt full of traps: the crypts belonging to 
the families of Hwang the Fang (an old school chap of Ramire‘s), 
Elegant Giant (a big guy with spectacles), Barf the Dwarf 
(the hideous and smelly short man) and Grant, the Servant. 
The main problem is that Ramire is a vampire, so the sun will 
reduce him to ashes in a blink of the eye – Luckily, Twitch 
the Witch can perform a Rearm Charm on you which can make 
you walk under the sun for just a minute before getting 
burned, so be quick and look for shelter!

In the second chapter, “Ramire gets back the Zaphire“, things 
are gone bad. Remember the German Talisman? it happens to belong 
to Weevil the Evil, a devious demon who lives in the Hassle Castle, 
just nearby Ramire‘s manor. Upon learning that Ramire had gathered 
the four sections of the Talisman, he got nuts and kidnapped Minna 
the Slaughter, to Ramire‘s dismay. You encounter Twitch the Witch 
in an old barn near the Castle, and she tells you about all this 
mess. She advices you to go see Weevil first in his chambers, 
located at the top of the Castle. Weevil tells you that he will 
give your daughter back if you put each section of the talisman 
on four shrines located in four chambers in his castle. The problem 
is that the castle’s personnel (composed of Jim Taylor, the Sailor 
(Weevil‘s driver), Fritz Barker the Banker (the account), Raiden 
the Dead Maiden (the housekeeper) and Dappen the Misshapen) has 
risen up because they are not being paid since months ago and 
are guarding the chambers, letting nobody in. But not everything 
is lost: Weevil has activated a security device. Just activating 
the crystal located near the entrance of each chamber, the security 
device will dispose of the angry employees. Whoah, 
this is really stressful! 

Gosh! This looks like a lot of work!


The game

Control Ramire and help him success in his two missions. Once you 
get the rearm charm in chapter 1 you will be able to go outside 
in the daylight, but not for long: check the time remaining in 
the status bar – when it gets to zero, Ramiro will start burning!

The crypts containing the four sections of the German Talisman 
in chapter 1 and the chambers in the castle containing the shrines 
you’ll have to put the sections on in chapter 2 are armed with 
traps. Once activated, you have to collect all the crosses 
for them to deactivate… But beware of the evil bat!

Crystals and shrines in chapter 2 can be activated using the 
key A or moving the joystick down.

Be sure to check the game’s messages, they will give you valious hints!


Controls

You can use the Sinclair Interface II or Kempston joysticks, 
or the keyboard. The commands are as follows:

O (joystick left): move left
P (joystick right): move right
SPACE (joystick fire), Q (joystick up): jump
A (joystick down): activate shrine/crystal.