Zombie Calavera Prologue


      Original ZX Spectrum game by
            The Mojon Twins


   CPlus/4 port by Digital Monastery   
 Hokuto*Force Game Developing Division  

       Programming by Majikeyric

         Graphics by Na=th=an

   Musics and sound effects by Uctumi

The story

For years, Santos Gimenez, who used to  
work as a guard in the graveyard near   
Ataualtepec, a small village located in 
Mexico, next to the north border, just  
lived for revenge. He had spent six 
years developing his skills to begin his
crusade by entering the purgatory and   
searching for his beloved wife. It was  
the only way to calm down his rage. 

Six years in the past, his village was  
calm and peaceful until rumours about   
Pellejo Martinez, a terrible narco who  
had rencently moved to a ranch in the   
outskirts of Ataualtepec began to 
arrive. Since then, villagers noticed   
how plants stopped growing around the   
ranch, and that traces of obscure 
ceremonies were found here and there. It
was rumoured that Pellejo was in fact   
the reincarnation of an old Aztec priest
and that he celebrated dark rituals in  
order to bring back from among the dead 
his ancient guard.

A dark day of January, while Santos was 
alone in the graveyard burying a poor   
drunkard who had died in a corner, he   
felt a deep tremor and witnessed how the
land cracked and opened in front of him.
Horrified, he saw how huge fragments of 
land rose in the air revealing an evil, 
bottomless darkness beneath. In the sky,
static, dead, the lone full moon glared 
greenishly. In the far, Ataualtepec 
burned to its foundations.

As fast as he could, Santos ran to his      
house, terribly worried about Mara 
Fernanda, his young and beautiful wife, 
who was waiting for him to have a late  
dinner. When he arrived to the village, 
he was horrified: Pellejo and his 
minions, surrounded in shadows which 
rendered them invincible, had 
slaughtered everybody using long knives.
Over their shredded corpses, black 
spirits floated, bound to Pellejo. 
Before he could be seen, Santos hid
behind a bush, near his home, and he 
could see how Mara Fernanda was saved   
from being killed: Pellejo had different
plans for her. He got his five hundred  
souls. He got the magical skills needed.
He just needed a woman of good heart to 
be the bearer. The beautiful and kind   
Mara was perfect.

Santos, blind with fury, ran in their   
direction, but there was little for him 
to do: with a simple gesture, Pellejo,  
his minions, the black spirits, and his 
beloved Mara disappeared from this 
world. They moved to the purgatory in   
order to complete Pellejos evil plans.  
Desperated, Santos falled on his knees  
cursing the heavens. The events drove   
him to insanity. The flesh which covered
his bones ended up falling out and 
redlight glared inside his skull. He wasnt 
human any more. Now he was just a 
creature driven by rage. He knew all 
about his fate: go to the purgatory, 
find Pellejo, and bring back his wife. 

The Game 

To be able to move to the purgatory, 
Santos must open a door and, for that,  
he needs spiritual energy. The only way 
to get enough spiritual energy is 
gathering up to sixteen crucifixes in   
the graveyard. The problem is that it   
wont be an easy task. 
The graveyard is infested of monsters.  
Santos, carrying a powerful shotgun, 
should be able to eliminate them without
much of a hassle, although this wont be 
always a good idea, because dead 
monsters will come back in the shape of 
winged spirits which will pursue you 
relentlessly and which are much more 
difficult to dodge. Luckily, they are   
almost blind so if you hide in the 
background and dont move they will stop 
seeing you and they'll go away.

Usually you can hide behind pinacles,   
big trees and the weeds growing in the  
corners or next to a wall. You will soon
discover which places are good hideouts 
and which arent. If you think you are   
hiden but spirits keep approaching Look 
for a better place! 

Finding the best hideouts, being patient
and shooting only when needed are the   
keys of success in your mission. 

Controls 

Use joystick in port 1. 

Sound 

The C64 SID made by Uctumi is included  
in the game which makes use of a SIDCard    
if one is detected at startup else it   
uses MConv by TLC to replay the C64 
sound. 

Thanks to BSZ for his SID detection 
code. 

Enjoy! 

Majikeyric