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Tabo's Tactics
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Instruction Manual
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v1.01
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-------------------------------- INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------
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Tabo's Tactics is an action puzzle game releaed by Character Soft for the
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Famicom game system in 1991. It was never officially released in English but
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was translated by Suicidal Translations and released on January 7th, 2003.
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This file serves as an instruction manual for the translated game. It is not a
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translation of the original instruction manual but is an original work based on
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my experiences playing the game.
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------------------------------ TABLE OF CONTENTS ------------------------------
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I. Introduction
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II. Table of Contents
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III. The Story
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IV. Gameplay
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V. Distribution Notes
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VI. Conclusion
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---------------------------------- THE STORY ----------------------------------
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Tabo is a little Japanese boy with a big imagination. Rumors hold that his
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mother intook copious amounts of MethyleneDioxyMethAmphetamine while pregnant.
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As a result, Tabo is rather prone to hallucinations, as evidenced by the ghosts
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who begin to chase him around during friendly games of Memory and Rubick's Cube.
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If you haven't figured it out yet, this game doesn't actually have a plot.
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---------------------------------- GAMEPLAY -----------------------------------
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There are two seperate games in Tabo's Tactics, a card matching game ala Memory
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and a cube spinning game ala Rubick's Cube. Both are puzzle games, so the
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gameplay isn't exactly difficult.
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In card matching mode, you, well, match cards. Surely you've played the Memory
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card matching game as a child. All the cards are face down and you flip 2 over
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to see if they match. If they don't, the first card flips back over and you
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continue until you've matched all of the cards.
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In the cube game, the object is to get a full line the same picture. This can
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be horizontally, vertically or even diagonally. Once you've made a few matches,
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you will discover the black cubes with blue ghosts on them. If you directly push
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this cube, you'll lose a life.
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Both games include enemies milling around the field. If you run into one, you'll
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lose a life but the playing field remains the same. If you run out of time, you
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will lose a life and have to start the level over. If you run out of lives, you
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will receive a password for that level.
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There are 25 levels for each game.
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General play control is simple:
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D-Pad: moves Tabo up, down, left, right and diagonally.
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B: spitball
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A: flip/spin card/cube
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Start: pause
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Select: not used
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The card matching game also includes a few bonus items:
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Alarm Clock: Freeze enemies temporarily.
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Jug: Slows enemies down.
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Scroll: Reveals all cards for a few seconds.
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Staff: Makes Tabo invincible temporarily.
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Wall Clock: Adds time to the timer.
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----------------------------- DISTRIBUTION NOTES ------------------------------
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This Tabo's Tactics translation should be distributed in a file named
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tabov101.zip and should contain the following files:
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taboev101.ips - the translation patch
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taboev101.txt - the readme file
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tabo-man.txt - this manual
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FCEUltra-Tabo.fc0 - FCE Ultra save state
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Nesten-Tabo.ss0 - Nesten save state
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Nester-Tabo.ss0 - Nester (and all varients) save state
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The first three files are (C)opyright 2003 by Suicidal Translations. All rights
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reserved. You may distribute this translation in any manner you desire as long
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as the original archive remains intact with no modifications and the archive is
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distributed free of charge.
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Tabo's Tactics is (C)opyright 1991 by Konami.
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Minna no Taabou no Nakayoshi Dai Sakusen is (C)opyright 1991 by Character Soft
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---------------------------------- CONCLUSION ---------------------------------
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So there you have it. Not an incredibly detailed game but quite fun with some
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decent replay value, especially when playing Death Match mode while drunk. This
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is probably one of my favourite NES games and several years after the initial
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translation, I still enjoy playing it.
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If you have any questions, feel free to ask. The official site of the Tabo's
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Tactics translation is at http://www.pigtails.net/ST and you can find the most
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current contact information there as well.
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-InVerse
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Tabo's Tactics Manual - (C)opyright 2003 InVerse - 01/07/03 |