You  are  McClane,  and  your  mission is to eliminate terrorists
leaded   by   Hans,  from  the  Nakatomi  Corporation's  new  highrise
headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.

Security codes:

A  23 45 65 24 87 97 01 34 46 22 67 81 23 98 29 12 34 78 23 90
   36 29 57 79 31 03 64 46 96 12 98 23 12 56 86 96 34 56 91 31

B  16 23 45 87 05 07 37 69 26 86 38 42 58 12 41 84 90 23 65 21
   39 25 48 43 52 10 76 82 61 21 76 89 37 87 12 10 50 71 92 32

C  76 23 32 65 59 93 74 05 08 11 25 84 23 69 43 45 87 02 12 34
   34 65 05 62 39 58 36 27 59 48 63 69 89 13 03 51 86 94 99 05

D  65 96 26 69 35 75 97 36 54 12 04 86 63 41 24 85 42 85 76 89
   74 85 82 62 64 29 17 74 16 42 74 41 46 97 25 43 85 87 21 00

E  10 65 99 73 44 98 28 75 33 75 62 46 54 22 87 28 58 66 83 13
   28 84 47 22 85 90 04 83 74 23 84 99 63 61 15 95 27 32 47 65

F  76 86 36 47 97 72 36 85 63 63 48 83 48 22 44 99 87 83 38 34
   23 84 85 26 15 13 55 89 22 94 93 81 99 44 22 43 17 37 58 28

Invocation line options:

DIEHARD  -chooses right graphics mode automatically
DIEHARD EGA  -forces EGA mode
DIEGARD CGA  -forces CGA mode
DIEHARD JOYOFF  -turn off joystick
DIEHARD NOMUSIC  -turn off music
(note: the sound will stay on. Press T to turn off also sound.)
Multiple options may be used.

Lower right corner: McClane's Health bar.

     Upper  left  corner: Status of the seven vaults. As each vault is
broken, a line is removed from each side of the red blinking bar. When
all  the lines have gone, Hans will start the countdown to blow up the
Roof.

     Die  Hard  must be played through in 20 minutes, see the clock at
top of the screen.

     At  the  bottom  of the screen is the inventory panel. As McClane
accumulates  items,  they appear in the panel. Use the < and > keys to
move  the  selection box through the inventory, and press Enter to put
that item in the active box at the left end of the panel.

     Joystick  controls:  Left,  Up  left,  Up,  Up right, Right, Down
right,  Down,  Down left, (or if only four functions: Left, Up, Right,
Down).  If you use keyboard, the numeric keypad keys are respectively:
4, 7, 8, 9, 6, 3, 2, 1 (or 4, 8, 6, 2).

Normal: Move Left, Forward, Right and Backward.
With button #2 down: Turn Left, Walk Forward, Turn Right, Turn Around.

Hand-to-Hand Combat
     With  Button  #1  down:  Block, Forward Roll, Jump, Forward Kick,
Punch, Roundhouse Kick, Duck, Duck.

Armed Combat

Button #1 when holding gun: Raise gun and activate Aiming mode.
To fire, press button #1 again.

Aiming mode
     Point  gun  left, Forward roll, Forward roll, Forward roll, Point
gun right, Duck, Duck, Duck.

To deactivate Aiming mode: Press button #2.

     To  switch  from hand-to-hand combat to fighting with a gun (once
the  gun has been chosen and is in the active window), press G (if you
have a machine gun and want to use it, press M).
To switch back to hand-to-hand combat, press H.

Universal Keyboard commands:

< and >     Moves selection box in inventory panel left or right.
Enter or A  Activates highlighted item from inventory panel.
G           Selects handgun from active panel.
M           Selects machine gun from active panel.
H           Returns McClaine to hand-to-hand combat from weapons mode.
D           Drops highlighted inventory item from panel.
F           Finds object on floor adjacent to McClaine's location.
S           Searches terrorist for items and weapons.
P           Pauses play. Press again to resume.
T           Turns sound on or off.
Alt-J       Centers joystick.
Ctrl-Esc    Exits Die Hard to DOS.
Alt-Esc     Exits Die Hard to Restart screen.
1,2,3,...,0 Quickly highlights items in inventory panel from left to right.

Good gaming, and remember: Hans has a hostage - your wife!