MANA FORCE for the TI-86
(c)2002-24 Dream of Omnimaga
https://dreamofomnimaga.page


Playing the game
-To install the game, send all 83p files to your TI-76.Fr, TI-82 Stats or TI-83 calculator using TILP. To play, simply launch prgmMANA, then start a new game or saved one. WARNING: There will be
very long load times during your first game execution as the programs get tokenized.

Controls/Contrôles:
-In this game, controls vary a lot from one place to another. In most cases, ENTER will confirm, but when there are no digit options available, in most cases ENTER will cancel instead. Otherwise, canceling requires pressing the (-) key or the corresponding digit option in menus. Arrows move the character around. ON quits the game.

Menu options:
-Status: View character level, HP, MP, Mana, Experience & gold pieces
-Items: View and use items
-Jobs: Views which form can your character take (which gives power ups or extra skills). Requires mana to switch jobs
-Skills: View the abilities that the character can use in his current form
-Save: Record character status and defeated bosses progress so you can continue later
-Battle mode: Toggles Auto/Manual battle mode (In auto mode, pressing any key other than 2-3-4 in battle will attack the enemy by default).

Jobs:
-Mage: LV 1 elemental magic
	Fire LV1 MP3 (5 - 495 dmg)
	Ice LV1 MP4 (7 - 693 dmg)
	Bolt LV1 MP5 (9 - 891 dmg)
	Heal LV1 MP6 (Restore 11 - 1089 HP in battle)
-Wizard: LV 2 elemental magic
	Flare LV2 MP6 (15 - 1495 dmg)
	Blizzard LV2 MP7 (19 - 1881 dmg)
	Blitz LV2 MP8 (23 - 2277 dmg)
	Cure/Cure LV2 MP9 (restores 1 - 9801 HP in battle)
-Dark Paladin: LV 1 & 2 dark & holy magic
	Holy LV1 MP9 (30 - 2970 dmg)
	Dark LV1 MP12 (36 - 3564 dmg)
	Evil LV2 MP15 (42 - 4158 dmg)
	Angel LV2 MP18 (48 - 4752 dmg)
-Master: Special magic
	Aura LV1 MP3 (305 - 795 dmg)
	Flash LV2 MP9 (915 - 2385 dmg)
	Mini MP10 (dmg = current HP)
	X-Flare MP35 (150 - 9999 dmg)
-Warrior: 2X damage by regular attacks
-Bargainer: Reduces item cost by half

Items:
-Herb: Restore 500 HP
-Walnut: Restore 100 MP
-Potion: Restore 5000 HP
-Ether: Restore 999 MP


Version history:

TI-86
-v1.0 (2024)
        TI-86 port with various changes to the menus due to the different layout and to gameplay due to speed differences.

TI-82
-v1.0 (2024)
        TI-76.Fr/82/Stats/83 port. Some stuff was renamed or fixed and some magic spells now last shorter.

TI-82A/83+/84+/SE/T
-v2.1en (May 2013)
	Translated entire game to English
	Fixed bug causing boss 7 sprite to appear in the wrong room
	Fixed bug causing boss 4, 5 and 8 to be invisible on the map
	Fixed bug causing any dungeon map matching boss 4 coordinates (if boss is undefeated) to reload every frame if standing in the middle of it
	Fixed map design issue in the final dungeon causing the character to get stuck inside a wall after exiting one of the rooms.
-Somewhere in 2006 (or 2010 on some sites)
	Fixed broken Omnimaga link in readme (still linked to omnimaga.tk, even though it hasn't been used since late 2004)
-April 2004
	Game finally released online
-v2.0 (Late 2002)
	Added difficulty settings (With easy mode as the original level)
-v1.9
	And then there was light at the end of the link port... er... tunnel.
-v1.8
	But the worst was about to come a year later (Mana Force 2)
-v1.6
	At this point, it became clear that not losing The Game was actually easier than fixing every bug in this game. 
-v1.5
	More and more and more of them
-v1.4
	A whole frickin lot of bug fixes
-v1.3
	Added battle modes (auto/manual)
	Even more and more bug fixes
-v1.2
	Even more bug fixes
-v1.1
	Several bug fixes
-v1.0 (May 2002)
	Initial release