Dancing Monster
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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Weird..

A beautiful princess has been turned into an ugly monster by an evil Wizard and to make matters worse she has been made to dance forever in this single screen 1st person perspective game. You have vowed to help her by removing her hideous body parts, piece by piece as she dances around the screen. On the top left of the screen it tells you the next body part to remove and so you move a cross-hair and try to shoot it with a magic ray. A clock counts upwards and you have to remove all parts before it reaches a certain time. There is also a gauge that decreases and if you don't fire before it empties then it is game over. If you shoot your ray too many times without hitting the correct part then a new part reappears again.

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THE OBJECTIVE

A wicked wizard has cast a spell on a beautiful princess and changed her into a hideous monster, 
destined to dance forever to his evil music.  Release her from this dreadful fate by removing the 
monster piece by piece with your magic ray.

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

At the top left of the screen you are advised which part of the body to aim for, starting with the 
HORNS.  If you are successful in removing both horns, the procedure continues through HORNS to 
EARS, TRUNK, TONGUE, TAIL, HANDS and finally FEET.  Because of the nature of the spell, the 
monster cannot help but dance to the music and make it more difficult for you to achieve your goal.  To 
add to your plight, your time units run out if you play for too long without pressing the fire button.  

Unfortunately, to increase your frustration, if you press the fire button too often, parts of the monster  which you removed can regrow!  The parts of the monster which you should be aiming at in any given moment are always shown at the top left of the screen.

You lose the game if your time is allowed to run out.  If this happens, the monster sighs and shuffles 
off the screen.  The game is won when all the appendages to the monster's body are removed.  Watch 
the screen for the amazing transformation!

CONTROLS AND SCORING

When the program has been loaded, a title screen is displayed.  To set the level of difficulty, press 
one of the following function keys:

F1 - Slow
F2 - Medium
F3 - Fast
F7 - Very Fast
