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_br	= $00	; line break flags
_delay	= $FC	; set delay (given in the next byte)
_pause	= $FD	; wait player to press A/B/C button
_cls	= $FE	; clear window
_end	= $FF	; finish hint

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Hint_Pre:
	dc.b	'HELLO AND WELCOME TO',_br
	dc.b	                    '',_br
	dc.b	'    sonic erazor',_br
	dc.b	                    '',_delay,10,_br
	dc.b	'THE CRAZIEST JOURNEY',_br
	dc.b	'YOU WILL EVER TAKE',_br
	dc.b	'WITH YOUR FAVORITE',_br
	dc.b	'BLUE HEDGEHOG!',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'I KNOW YOU WANT TO',_br
	dc.b	'DIVE RIGHT INTO THE',_br
	dc.b	'ACTION AND GET YOUR',_br
	dc.b	'BRAIN SLAIN APART BY',_br
	dc.b	'BY INSANITY AND',_br
	dc.b	'EXPLOSIVE MADNESS.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'BUT, FOR YOUR OWN',_br
	dc.b	'SAFETY, THERE ARE A',_br
	dc.b	'FEW THINGS YOU',_br
	dc.b	'SHOULD GET YOURSELF',_br
	dc.b	'COMFORTABLE WITH',_br
	dc.b	'FIRST!',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'FIRST OFF, THIS GAME',_br
	dc.b	'REQUIRES MORE THAN',_br
	dc.b	'HOLDING RIGHT AND',_br
	dc.b	'JUMPING FROM TIME TO',_br
	dc.b	'TIME.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'YOU WILL FACE SOME',_br
	dc.b	'OF THE MOST RAGE',_br
	dc.b	'INDUCING, UNIQUE,',_br
	dc.b	'AND EXPLOSIVE',_br
	dc.b	'CHALLENGES EVER',_br
	dc.b	'CREATED FOR A SONIC',_br
	dc.b	'GAME!',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'BECAUSE TEARS OF',_br
	dc.b	'FRUSTRATION SHOULD',_br
	dc.b	'BE KEPT AT A MINIMUM',_br
	dc.b	'THE FOLLOWING LEVEL',_br
	dc.b	'WILL TEACH YOU SOME',_br
	dc.b	'OF THE BASICS YOU',_br
	dc.b	'WILL NEED TO KNOW',_br
	dc.b	'LATER IN THE GAME.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	_br,_br
	dc.b	'   ALRIGHT THEN,',_br
	dc.b	_delay,10,_br
	dc.b	_br
	dc.b	'   let us begin1',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_end

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Hint_1:
	dc.b	_br,_br
	dc.b	'   WELCOME TO THE',_br
	dc.b	_br
	dc.b	'   tutorial place',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'MONITORS LIKE THESE',_br
	dc.b	'ARE SPREAD AROUND',_br
	dc.b	'THIS LEVEL AND WILL',_br
	dc.b	'TELL YOU A LOT OF',_br
	dc.b	'USEFUL INFORMATION,',_br
	dc.b	'SO BE SURE TO KEEP',_br
	dc.b	'AN EYE OPEN FOR',_br
	dc.b	'THEM!',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'HOWEVER, IF YOU FEEL',_br
	dc.b	'LIKE YOU ALREADY',_br
	dc.b	'KNOW EVERYTHING YOU',_br
	dc.b	'NEED TO KNOW, JUST',_br
	dc.b	'JUMP INTO THE RING',_br
	dc.b	'TO YOUR LEFT AND',_br
	dc.b	'ENTER THE INSANITY',_br
	dc.b	'RIGHT AWAY!',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'OTHERWISE, GO TO THE',_br
	dc.b	'RIGHT AND BEGIN THE',_br
	dc.b	'TUTORIAL!',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_end

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Hint_2:
	dc.b	'AHEAD OF YOU IS A',_br
	dc.b	'SMALL OBSTACLE',_br
	dc.b	'COURSE WHICH WILL',_br
	dc.b	'REQUIRE SOME OF THE',_br
	dc.b	'ABILITIES I AM ABOUT',_br
	dc.b	'TO EXPLAIN.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'YOU CAN ONLY JUMP',_br
	dc.b	'WITH b AND c, AS a',_br
	dc.b	'IS REQUIRED FOR SOME',_br
	dc.b	'MISCELLANEOUS',_br
	dc.b	'ABILITIES, I WILL',_br
	dc.b	'EXPLAIN LATER.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'ON THE GROUND YOU',_br
	dc.b	'CAN PERFORM A SPIN',_br
	dc.b	'DASH BY PRESSING',_br
	dc.b	'down AND b OR c.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'SIMILAR RULES APPLY',_br
	dc.b	'TO THE SUPER PEEL',_br
	dc.b	'OUT, WHICH CAN BE',_br
	dc.b	'BE PERFORMED BY',_br
	dc.b	'PRESSING up AND b OR',_br
	dc.b	'c.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'WHILE JUMPING YOU',_br
	dc.b	'CAN DASH FORWARD AND',_br
	dc.b	'PERFORM A HOMING',_br
	dc.b	'ATTACK BY PRESSING',_br
	dc.b	'THE c BUTTON.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'BUT MORE IMPORTANT',_br
	dc.b	'THAN FORWARD DASHING',_br
	dc.b	'IS DOUBLE JUMPING,',_br
	dc.b	'WHICH CAN BE USED BY',_br
	dc.b	'PRESSING c AND up',_br
	dc.b	'WHILE IN AIR OR',_br
	dc.b	'SIMPLY BY PRESSING',_br
	dc.b	'THE b BUTTON.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'YOU MAY ALSO DASH',_br
	dc.b	'DOWNWARDS BY HOLDING',_br
	dc.b	'THE down BUTTON',_br
	dc.b	'WHILE PRESSING THE',_br
	dc.b	'b OR c BUTTON.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	_br
	dc.b	' go ahead and',_br
	dc.b	' experiment with',_br
	dc.b	' these abilities to',_br
	dc.b	' get to the next',_br
	dc.b	' room1',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_end

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Hint_3:
	dc.b	'DESTROYING THIS',_br
	dc.b	'MONITOR MAKES SONIC',_br
	dc.b	'ENTER THE SO-CALLED',_br
	dc.b	_br
	dc.b	'    inhuman mode',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'IT WILL MAKE YOU',_br
	dc.b	'TOTALLY INVINCIBLE,',_br
	dc.b	'EVEN FROM BOTTOMLESS',_br
	dc.b	'PITS AND BEING',_br
	dc.b	'CRUSHED TO DEATH!',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'ADDITIONALLY, BY',_br
	dc.b	'PRESSING a YOU CAN',_br
	dc.b	'SHOOT A SMALL BULLET',_br
	dc.b	'WHICH, IF YOU TOUCH',_br
	dc.b	'IT, WILL PROPEL YOU',_br
	dc.b	'IN THE AIR. YOU CAN',_br
	dc.b	'CHANGE THE DIRECTION',_br
	dc.b	'WITH YOUR d_pad.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	_br
	dc.b	' have a little fly',_br
	dc.b	' around and find',_br
	dc.b	' another s_monitor',_br
	dc.b	' in the upper part',_br
	dc.b	' of this room to',_br
	dc.b	' continue1',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_end

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Hint_4:
	dc.b	'THIS S-MONITOR IS',_br
	dc.b	'DIFFERENT. IT WILL',_br
	dc.b	'STILL MAKE YOU',_br
	dc.b	'INVINCIBLE AND YOU',_br
	dc.b	'CAN STILL SHOOT',_br
	dc.b	'BULLETS, BUT YOU',_br
	dc.b	'WILL LOSE ALL OF',_br
	dc.b	'OTHER ABILITIES.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'BUT MORE IMPORTANT',_br
	dc.b	'IS THE FACT, THAT',_br
	dc.b	'YOU WILL SLOWLY LOSE',_br
	dc.b	'RINGS OVER TIME AND',_br
	dc.b	'VERY FAST WHEN YOU',_br
	dc.b	'ARE STANDING ON THE',_br
	dc.b	'GROUND, UNTIL YOU',_br
	dc.b	'REACH ZERO AND DIE!',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'THESE ARE VERY RARE',_br
	dc.b	'AND YOU SHOULD ONLY',_br
	dc.b	'FIND THEM IN VERY,',_br
	dc.b	'VERY OLD AND RUINED',_br
	dc.b	'PLACES.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	_br,_br
	dc.b	' get through that',_br
	dc.b	' narrow spot to',_br
	dc.b	' get to the next',_br
	dc.b	' room and continue1',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	' normally you would',_br
	dc.b	' need to hurry up',_br
	dc.b	' before your rings',_br
	dc.b	' run out; but for',_br
	dc.b	' the sake of this',_br
	dc.b	' tutorial; we will',_br
	dc.b	' cut that out for',_br
	dc.b	' now:',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_end

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Hint_5:
	dc.b	'TOUCHING SPIKES',_br
	dc.b	'DURING THIS SPECIAL',_br
	dc.b	'INHUMAN MODE WILL',_br
	dc.b	'TELEPORT YOU BACK TO',_br
	dc.b	'WHERE YOU STARTED',_br
	dc.b	'AND REMOVE A FEW',_br
	dc.b	'RINGS, SO YOU SHOULD',_br
	dc.b	'COLLECT MANY!',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_end

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Hint_6:
	dc.b	'THIS DEVICE IS A',_br
	dc.b	'SO-CALLED',_br,_br
	dc.b	' hard part skipper1',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'IF A CHALLENGE IS',_br
	dc.b	'SIMPLY TOO HARD FOR',_br
	dc.b	'YOU, BUT YOU DO NOT',_br
	dc.b	'WANT TO USE CHEATS,',_br
	dc.b	'YOU CAN ALWAYS USE',_br
	dc.b	'THIS DEVICE INSTEAD!',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'ONCE YOU HAVE MADE',_br
	dc.b	'YOUR DECISION, JUST',_br
	dc.b	'POSITION YOURSELF IN',_br
	dc.b	'FRONT OF ONE AND',_br
	dc.b	'PRESS THE a, b, AND',_br
	dc.b	'c BUTTONS AT THE',_br
	dc.b	'SAME TIME.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'THIS ALSO WORKS FOR',_br
	dc.b	'SPECIAL STAGES,',_br
	dc.b	'ALTHOUGH YOU CAN DO',_br
	dc.b	'THIS AT ANY TIME IN',_br
	dc.b	'THE LEVEL JUST BY',_br
	dc.b	'PRESSING a, b, AND c',_br
	dc.b	'AT THE SAME TIME.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'KEEP IN MIND THAT',_br
	dc.b	'YOU WILL LOSE ALL OF',_br
	dc.b	'YOUR RINGS, SHIELDS,',_br
	dc.b	'AND INVINCIBILITIES',_br
	dc.b	'IN THE PROCESS!',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	_br
	dc.b	_br
	dc.b	' come on; try it on',_br
	dc.b	' this ridiculously',_br
	dc.b	' spiked tube1',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_end

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Hint_7:
	dc.b	'IT SOUNDS EVIL, BUT',_br
	dc.b	'SOME CHALLENGES',_br
	dc.b	'SIMPLY CANNOT BE',_br
	dc.b	'COMPLETED WITHOUT',_br
	dc.b	'TRIAL AND ERROR.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'DO NOT WORRY THOUGH,',_br
	dc.b	'REAL GAME OVERS DO',_br
	dc.b	'NOT EXIST ANYWHERE',_br
	dc.b	'IN THIS GAME, SO DO',_br
	dc.b	'NOT BE AFRAID TO BE',_br
	dc.b	'MANIAC!',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	_br
	dc.b	_br
	dc.b	' find a way through',_br
	dc.b	' this room to',_br
	dc.b	' continue1',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_end

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Hint_8:
	dc.b	'AT SOME POINT IN',_br
	dc.b	'THIS GAME IT WILL BE',_br
	dc.b	'POSSIBLE TO CONTROL',_br
	dc.b	'THE GRAVITY OF SONIC',_br
	dc.b	'AND THUS HIS FALLING',_br
	dc.b	'DIRECTION.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'THIS CAN BE DONE BY',_br
	dc.b	'HOLDING DOWN THE',_br
	dc.b	'a BUTTON WHILE BEING',_br
	dc.b	'IN AIR.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	_br
	dc.b	_br
	dc.b	' fly around to get',_br
	dc.b	' to the final',_br
	dc.b	' monitor and finish',_br
	dc.b	' this tutorial1',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_end

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Hint_9:
	dc.b	'AND THAT CONCLUDES',_br
	dc.b	'THIS TUTORIAL!',_br
	dc.b	_delay,20,_br
	dc.b	'YOU SHOULD BE ABLE',_br
	dc.b	'TO FIGURE OUT THE',_br
	dc.b	'REST ON YOUR OWN.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'JUST ONE WORD OF',_br
	dc.b	'ADVICE, YOU CAN',_br
	dc.b	'ALWAYS GO BACK TO',_br
	dc.b	'THE OVERWORLD BY',_br
	dc.b	'PRESSING a WHILE',_br
	dc.b	'THE GAME IS PAUSED.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'NOW GO OUT THERE AND',_br
	dc.b	'HAVE FUN WITH',_br
	dc.b	_br
	dc.b	'    sonic erazor',_br
	dc.b	_br,_delay,30
	dc.b	'I HOPE YOU WILL HAVE',_br
	dc.b	'AS MUCH FUN AS I HAD',_br
	dc.b	'CREATING IT!',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_cls

	dc.b	'      BY selbi',_br
	dc.b	_br,_delay,60
	dc.b	'  THEY CALL ME THE',_br
	dc.b	'    MICHAEL  BAY',_br
	dc.b	'   OF SONIC GAMES.',_br
	dc.b	_br,_delay,90
	dc.b	' AND VERY SOON YOU',_br
	dc.b	' WILL ALSO SEE WHY.',_br
	dc.b	_pause,_end