SWORD OF IANNA
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INTRODUCTION

Evil has awoken.

After centuries of calm, peace has abandoned the steppes of Dasht-e 
Kavir and Dashr-e Lut. Orcs, dark knights and other evil creatures 
ambush and attack travelers in the roads, and they even dare to get 
close to undefended villages. It is rumored that the chimneys from 
Dal Gurak's tower are smoking again, and the shamans are sharing 
the news with bated breath, as if they were afraid of making the 
bad omen come true.

You are Jarkum, a barbarian from the lineage of Arram. Your ancestor 
Tukaram was chosen by the goddess Ianna to end the darkness created 
by Asherat, the Lord of Chaos. Now, everything poitnts to a return 
of the same evil, although you do not dare to say it aloud to avoid 
attracting bad luck. However, when an old shaman came to your tent, 
you knew something was going wrong.

You must leave immediately and go to Kashgar. Evil does not rest, 
and you are our only hope. Our people, once proud and powerful, 
has become fearful after all these years of peace, and it won't 
resist the attack from the forces of Chaos. You must go to Kashgar 
and listen to your ancestors.


JARKUM, THE HEIR

It is told in the village that there was a terrible time when 
the fate of these lands was in the hands of a single person: 
Jarkum.

Jarkum, heir of Tukaram, was marked since he was born. He was 
trained since his first steps, not only in the arts of fighting 
and war, but also in astrology, medicine and meditation. 
Everything would be necessary, if one day his fate was 
fulfilled and the goddess IANNA called him to fight 
against evil.

We could only pray to IANNA, so the moment was held back 
until Jarkum was ready to face his destiny.


PROLOGUE

A long time ago, the world was ruled by the nocuous 
LORD OF CHAOS.

The goddess IANNA appointed Tukaram to wield the sacred 
sword that could defeat evilness.

Tukaram brought peace to our lands, and his lineage was 
blessed as servants of the goddess.

But evil does not rest, and some centuries later it tries 
to recover.

JARKUM, as an heir of Tukaram, it is your sworn duty to 
go now, overcome chaos and restore order.


HOW TO PLAY

"The sword of IANNA" is a game for the ZX Spectrum 128k (any 128k
model) and MSX2 computers. These computers were created in the 
80s. Both versions can be freely downloaded, and we have created 
physical releases in a cartridge.

You can play in different ways, choose the one that better suits 
you.

With the original cartridge

If you have the machine and our cartridge, it is as easy as 
connecting the cartridge with your computer powered off, and 
then turn it on. Remember that you must power off your computer 
before you disconnect the cartridge.

On a modern system

Of course, if you want to play the game on a modern system (PC 
Windows, Linux, MAC, iPad, Android tablet, etc.) you will need  
an emulator of the machine the game has been designed for.

Download the game, selecting one of the systems (ZX Spectrum or 
MSX2). Find an emulator of that machine for your modern system 
and install it. Run the emulator and load the game. You may need 
to change some parameters in your emulator, such as the computer 
model (48k, 128k, MSX1, MSX2, etc.) or the control type (map keys 
to joystick controls, or configure a game pad).

On a ZX SPECTRUM +3

If you have a Spectrum +3 and a disk you just have to download 
the ZX Spectrum version and save the DSK contents.

On your own ZX Dandanator! Mini

If you have a ZX Dandanator! Mini you can program its EEPROM 
with the cartridge version, and play with it as if it was one 
of our cartridges.

On a ZX-UNO, DIVIDE or similar

Download the ESXDOS version and save it on a new directory on 
your device’s SD card. Then, just run "LOADER". 


CONTROLS

The game can be controlled using keyboard or joystick, you can 
choose which one to use by hitting the Fire button in the main 
menu.

There are two modes: exploration and fight. Using the special 
key  "FIRE 2" you can switch between modes, and each mode will 
make our character do different types of movement.

DIR: 		P-O-Q-A/JOYSTICK
FIRE: 		SPACE/JOYSTICK
FIRE 2: 	CAPS SHIFT
MENU/INV: 	H


CREDITS

"The sword of IANNA" © Retroworks 2017 / http://www.retroworks.es

Idea and code: Fco. Javier Pena (utopian)

Graphics, level design and art: Fco. Javier Velasco (pagantipaco)

Music and sound effects Alberto J. González (McAlby)

Loading screen: Marco Antonio del Campo (MAC)

Betatesting: Javier Ortiz (tbrazil), Iván Sánchez (IvanZX), 
	     Jaime Tejedor (Metalbrain) and the rest of the Retroworks team.

ZX DANDANATOR! MINI cartridge and technical support: Daniel Leon (Dandare)

MSX2 technical support: Manuel Pazos (Guillian)

Additional testing for MSX2 version: Manuel Pazos (Guillian), 
                                     Fco. Javier Loscos (Metr), Pablibiris

English text proofreader: Felix Clowder