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Hello Timo.

Welcome to Your Castle!

Lets get ready for the journey of your life…

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 Thank you! Loading
Instructions
Team Pixelbrei Games wishes to thank you Commodore 64 with Disk Drive
for buying Timo‘s Castle for the C64. 1. Plug in the Joystick in Port 2.
2. Turn on your C64.
We have put a lot of love & energy into 3. Turn on your Disk Drive.
creating this game and hope that you enjoy 4. Put your Floppy disk in your Disk Drive
it as much as we had making it. and close the door latch.
Device number must be 8.
5. On the C64‘s keyboard type in:
LOAD“*“,8,1:RUN
This will load and start the Intro part of
Timo‘s Castle with Title Screen and
Story. To load and start the actual game,
select „LOAD GAME“ from the Intro‘s
Menu. The screen will turn black.

Alternatively you can load and start the

game file directly by typing in:
© 2024 by Pixelbrei Games LOAD“TC“,8,1:RUN

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 Installation Installation
PC
THEC64 Mini & Maxi VICE Emulator / Windows
1. Copy the file„Timo‘s Castle.d64“ from 1. Download the current VICE version
your PC to an USB-Stick (formatted to from https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io
FAT32). 2. Unpack the downloaded ZIP file.
2. Plug-in the USB-Stick into your THEC64. 3. Open the first folder called „bin“
3. Start-up THEC64. which stands for „binary“.
4. In the bottom menu, select the image 4. Double click x64sc.exe .
with the USB Stick Symbol. 5. Drag and Drop the file „Timo‘s
5. Select the copied .d64 file. Castle.d64“ into the VICE window.
6. The game should start immediately.
Recommended VICE Settings
We included some preset VICE settings for
your convenience. In VICE open
„Preferences“ → „Load Settings From…“ and
select the file „Pixelbrei VICE V3.8 Settings“.
This will enable/set:
PAL C64C with SID 8580 / Fast Load /
Joystick control with Cursor Keys and Ctrl

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 Control Goal

Joystick in Port 2 There are 8 rooms for you to master. In

Game Title each room you will find a selection of
• Move Joystick to switch between „Easy“ items to pick up. Collect them all. Some of
and „Normal“ mode. In Easy mode you the larger items will trigger some event
won‘t lose a life by falling too far. within the level. As soon as you have
• Press fire to start a game -or- to continue. collected all items, a key will appear.
In-Game
• Move Timo left and right to walk. Pick up this key to unlock the exit to the
• Move up and down to climb ladders. next room. If you manage to complete all
• Press Fire Button to Jump. rooms without the “continue” option, you
will unlock the happy ending to Timo's
Castle.
Keyboard
• F1 = Start New Game
In addition, you can choose to chase the
• P = Pause
high scores. Tip: Collect additional points
• RUN/STOP = Abort Game
by finishing any room as fast as you can.
• SPACE = Coolness on/off
The faster you are, the higher the bonus
• ALL KEYS = Enter High Score Name
points (only accessible in Normal mode).

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 Challenge Status Bar

Avoid contact with moving objects within the Score = Points you collected so far.
room, these are deadly to Timo. Everything Small items = 50 Points
wants to kill you. Large items = 500 Points
Hidden Bonus = 1000 Points
If you fall too far from height then Timo will = Time Bonus(Normal mode only)
lose a life (Normal Mode only). In the Additional points the faster you are
following image you can see where these Timos= Lives remaining
limits are. (New life after 20000 Points)
Room = Current Level / Room number

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 The Story The Story

There it was again! That pain from a long- With skillful precision, you were able to make
suppressed childhood of which nobody truly your way through the rooms of your parents
believed you, and yet, you had seen it with house to try and investigate the cause of this
your own eyes... haunting.

The house… it became… alive! When entering the musty cellar, you finally
discovered the answer. But in the back of
You are Timo, a Scottish outcast prince, and your mind it dawned on you that you should
you reluctantly remember the day when you not have embarked on this quest alone.
were alone at home as a little boy and
witnessed how ordinary objects suddenly In a flash of light and horror, you realised that
started to levitate and blocked the an evil witch had taken up residency here,
passageways ahead, with a shunt of doors bringing with it, a great misfortune upon the
locking all at once. estate.

In an effort of courage and bravery, you

engaged into a fierce battle with the witch.

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 The Story The Story

With much cunning and deceit, you had This pain even overshadowed the grief over
been able to win this duel and banished the loss of your parents, who were
the witch once and for all. discovered motionless in the marsh near
your Scottish estate a few months ago.
So you thought.
Surrounded by dozens of green croaking
After this formative event, you turned your frogs. The case was closed without result.
back on the noble life and became a brave
young rebel who could take on the world Despite this heavy blow of fate, and
at any time. But the stabbing pain you although you wanted nothing more to do
now felt in your chest was the same one with pomp and royal obligations, you
you had to endure in that battle against accepted the inheritance:
the witch.
Your parents' country house in the Scottish
Highlands that you've never heard of before.

And it turned out that it came with a

magnificent little castle.

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 The Story The Story

Together with your beloved Amber, you

begin your quest to restore the castle and
the neglected gardens to their former
glory.

As you collect the pine cones scattered

around the castle gardens, suddenly you
hear a blood-curdling scream reaching
you from the castle tower.

Amber!!!
The witch is back.
Thousands of images haunt your mind all
at once and with a shiver of disbelief the
mocking laughter that accompanies
Amber's scream.

And that pain, that sicken pain!

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 Credits Copyright

Roman Werner
Lead Design, Code, Graphics
Manual The computer program and its
associated documentation and
materials are protected by National
Timo Weingärtner and International Copyright laws.
Producer, Design Storage of the computer program and
its associated documentation and
materials in a retrieval system,
Benjamin Dibbert reproduction, translation, copying,
(Nordischsound) hiring, lending, broadcasting and
public performance are prohibited
Music, Design without the express written
permission of Pixelbrei Games. All
rights of the author and owner are
Oğan Kandemiroğlu reserved world-wide.
Cover Art

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