Count Vecula

Bottom-of-the Screen Shooter

How To Play
"Greetings visitor, and welcome to my castle. Come in and enter at your own risk! I am Count Vecula. And I love to count. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Easy, isn’t it? It’s as simple as that. Let us play a little game. We will play for a price. Nothing much, just your soul. All you have to do, is count. Make no mistakes, and you will live. Miscount, and your days are numbered. If you can count all the rooms in my castle, then I will let you go. There are numerous rooms in my castle, and they are not all accounted for. You might encounter strange things on your way, and you must count them all. Don't be afraid. I am your counterpart, and I will always be close. I only want your best. I have played this game countless times before, and I have never lost count. Now, get ready, and take a bow. After all, I am the Count, and you can always count on me…"
Objective: visit all rooms of the castle.
Count (shoot and eliminate) all objects of each room from 1 to 9 before the clock strikes midnight.
Always shoot the lowest number which is active and visible next.
Hitting the wrong number results in various penalties...

Button 1: pause game
Button 2: reload the bow immediately (auto-reload takes longer)
Button 3: move with double speed
Button 4: hold-and-release to draw bow and shoot arrow
Joystick left-right: move bow sideways
Joystick up-down: accurately draw bow and use button 4 to release (alternative to using button 4 only)
Player selection allows for a single-player mode, or for a two-players-taking-alternating-terms mode.
Game selection determines the initial level of difficulty and the number of bows given.-screen skill shooter