Damocles box and manual

Damocles (large box)
Damocles (small box)
Damocles Mission Disk 1
Damocles Mission Disk 2
Damocles Compendium

With the former Novagen team agreement, here are the box scans and manuals for Damocles and its Mission Disks. Please provide scans if you notice missing parts!

A few notes: two box sizes exist, apparently a large one for the first releases, and a smaller one for the Compendium edition, and probably later releases. So far I have never seen the Compendium edition with a large box.
It seems all the Damocles boxes were designed for Amiga. Atari ST versions had an additional sticker to hide the "Amiga" label, and funnily some Amiga version also had an Amiga sticker to hide the... "Amiga" label.
Europe release was in PAL version, while American release was adapted for NTSC screens, and distributed by Bethesda Softworks.
The Mission Disks 1 and 2 manual and box are exactly similar, except (obviously) the floppy disk, and the sticker saying "1" or "2".
The Damocles Compendium edition holds the 3 disks, the 2 maps, the usual mission disk manual, and the Damocles manual, in an English only verion.

Damocles (large box)

Atari ST - PAL version	Picture (click to see)
Overview of the Damocles box contents: maps, manual, disk...
Front and back of the Damocles box, scanned at 120dpi.
Large side of the Damocles box, scanned at 120dpi.
Top side of the Damocles box, scanned at 300dpi.
Bottom side of the Damocles box, scanned at 300dpi.
The famous chart D 1745, showing the trajectory of Damocles. Scanned at 120dpi. The posters are initially together on a very large page.
The other chart, describing the planets and main locations of the Gamma System. Scanned at 120dpi.
The Damocles disk, scanned at 120dpi.
Damocles manual, page 1: loading instructions. Scanned in monochrom, at 200dpi (this may not be easy to read on screen, but has a nice printing quality).
Damocles manual, page 2-3: English instructions. Scanned in monochrom, at 200dpi.
Damocles manual, page 4-5: English and German instructions. Scanned in monochrom, at 200dpi.
Damocles manual, page 6-7: German instructions. Scanned in monochrom, at 200dpi.
Damocles manual, page 8-9: Benson Panel. Scanned in monochrom, at 200dpi.
Damocles manual, page 10-11: French instructions. Scanned in monochrom, at 200dpi.
Damocles manual, page 12-13: French and Italian instructions. Scanned in monochrom, at 200dpi.
Damocles manual, page 14-15: Italian instructions. Scanned in monochrom, at 200dpi.
Damocles manual, page 16: Keyboard summary. Scanned in monochrom, at 200dpi.
Set of French instructions, added to the manual for boxes sent in France I suppose. Note that the translation is a bit different, and better (although not always) than the one from the multilingual manual. Page 1, scanned in monochrom, at 300dpi.
Set of French instructions, page 2, scanned in monochrom, at 300dpi.
Set of French instructions, page 3, scanned in monochrom, at 300dpi.
Set of French instructions, page 4, scanned in monochrom, at 300dpi.
Set of French instructions, page 5, scanned in monochrom, at 300dpi.
Set of French instructions, page 6, scanned in monochrom, at 300dpi.
Amiga - PAL version (thanks to Stephen Stuttard for most scans)	Picture (click to see)
Front and back of the Damocles box, scanned at 300dpi.
Large side 1 of the Damocles box, scanned at 300dpi.
Large side 2 of the Damocles box, scanned at 300dpi.
Top side of the Damocles box, scanned at 300dpi.
Bottom side of the Damocles box, scanned at 300dpi.
The chart D 1745, showing the trajectory of Damocles, and the other poster, describing the planets and main locations of the Gamma System (similar to other releases). Scanned at 300dpi.
The Damocles disk, scanned at 300dpi.
Damocles manual, last page (keyboard summary) and page 1: loading instructions. This time scanned in colour, at 300dpi (better looking on screen).
Damocles manual, page 2-3: English instructions. Scanned in colour, at 300dpi.
Damocles manual, page 4-5: English and German instructions. Scanned in colour, at 300dpi.
Damocles manual, page 6-7: German instructions. Scanned in colour, at 300dpi.
Damocles manual, page 8-9: Benson Panel. Scanned in colour, at 300dpi.
Damocles manual, page 10-11: French instructions. Scanned in colour, at 300dpi.
Damocles manual, page 12-13: French and Italian instructions. Scanned in colour, at 300dpi.
Damocles manual, page 14-15: Italian instructions. Scanned in colour, at 300dpi.
Amiga - NTSC version	Picture (click to see)
Front and back of the Amiga Damocles box of the NTSC version for North America (from the internet, probably Ebay). Damocles was distributed there by Bethesda Softworks.
More of the NTSC version for North America (from Ebay): overview
More of the NTSC version for North America (from Ebay): posters
More of the NTSC version for North America (from Ebay): box top
More of the NTSC version for North America (from Ebay): box side
More of the NTSC version for North America (from Ebay): box back
Atari ST - NTSC version (thanks to www.atarimania.com website)	Picture (click to see)
Front and back of the Atari ST Damocles box of the NTSC version for North America. Damocles was distributed there by Bethesda Softworks.

Damocles Mission Disk 1

Amiga - PAL version (Thanks to Iain Smith for the scans)	Picture (click to see)
Overview of the Damocles Mission Disk 1 box contents: manual, disk... This box seems to be complete, but if you notice items are missing, please contact me.
Front and back of the Damocles Mission Disk 1 box, scanned at 300dpi.
Large side of the Damocles Mission Disk 1 box, scanned at 300dpi.
Bottom side of the Damocles Mission Disk 1 box, scanned at 300dpi.
Top side of the Damocles Mission Disk 1 box, scanned at 300dpi.
The Damocles Mission Disk 1 disk, scanned at 300dpi.
Damocles Mission Disk 1 manual, pages 1 and 4. French instructions on page 4. Scanned at 300dpi.
Damocles Mission Disk 1 manual, pages 2 and 3: English and German instructions. Scanned at 300dpi.

Damocles Mission Disk 2

Atari ST - PAL version	Picture (click to see)
Overview of the Damocles Mission Disk 2 box contents: manual, disk... This box seems to be complete, but if you notice items are missing, please contact me.
Front and back of the Damocles Mission Disk 2 box, scanned at 120dpi.
Large side of the Damocles Mission Disk 2 box, scanned at 120dpi.
Bottom side of the Damocles Mission Disk 2 box, scanned at 120dpi.
Top side of the Damocles Mission Disk 2 box, scanned at 300dpi.
The Damocles Mission Disk 2 disk, scanned at 120dpi.
Damocles Mission Disk 2 manual, page 1. Scanned in monochrom, at 200dpi (this may not be easy to read on screen, but has a nice printing quality).
Damocles Mission Disk 2 manual, page 2-3: English and German instructions. Scanned in monochrom, at 200dpi.
Damocles Mission Disk 2 manual, page 4: French instructions. Scanned in monochrom, at 200dpi.

Damocles Compendium

Amiga - PAL version (Thanks to Stephen Stuttard for most of the scans)	Picture (click to see)
Overview of the Damocles Compendium box contents.
Front and back of the small Damocles Compendium box, scanned at 300dpi.
Large side 1 of the small Damocles Compendium box, scanned at 300dpi.
Large side 2 of the small Damocles Compendium box, scanned at 300dpi.
Bottom side of the small Damocles Compendium box, scanned at 300dpi.
Top side of the small Damocles Compendium box, scanned at 300dpi.
Damocles Compendium posters, scanned at 300dpi. Similar to all other releases!
Damocles Compendium disks: game, mission disk 1, and mission disk 2, scanned at 300dpi.
Damocles Compendium mission disks instructions 1, scanned at 300dpi.
Damocles Compendium mission disks instructions 2, scanned at 300dpi.
Damocles Compendium main game instructions, scanned at 300dpi. English only! Pages 8 and 1. Note that even if the manual states "distributed in USA and Canada by Bethesda Softworks", the disk is the PAL version (verified in two Compendium boxes).
Damocles Compendium main game instructions, scanned at 300dpi. English only! Pages 2 and 3.
Damocles Compendium main game instructions, scanned at 300dpi. English only! Pages 4 and 5.
Damocles Compendium main game instructions, scanned at 300dpi. English only! Pages 6 and 7.

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