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- SCORCHED PLANET DEMO
- ====================
-
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- Scorched Planet is a fast paced 3D action/strategy game featuring 19 action
- packed missions across 7 huge and hostile terrains.
-
- Scorched Planet is published and distributed by Virgin Interactive
- Entertainment and will be released in Europe in October and in North America
- in November 1996.
-
- For the latest information on Scorched Planet and Criterion Studios check out
-
- www.csl.com/studios
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- System Requirements
- -------------------
- * IBM PC compatible computer, Intel Pentium( 60 (P90 recommended)
- * Windows( 95
- * 8Mb RAM (16Mb recommended)
- * Double speed CD ROM drive (Quad speed for better quality FMV).
- * Fast reactions, great blasting skills and a tactical mind
-
-
- DOS Installation
- ----------------
- Before you play Scorched Planet for the first time you should first run
- SETSOUND to set up Scorched Planet for your sound card. If you don't do this
- you will not be able to hear any sound while playing the game.
-
-
- Playing Scorched Planet
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- The colony world Dator 5 is under attack from the marauding Voraxian Hordes.
- The people have sent out a distress call to the Galactic Federation, but
- yours is the only Galactic ship in the vicinity. Dator 5 will be taken. And
- your job is to save the humans.
-
- Using your Type 16 morphing vehicle, you must defend the people of Dator 5
- against Voraxian attacks, both from the skies and from the hills. Voraxian
- creatures will attempt to destroy the humans, or capture and carry them back
- to the Voraxian factory ship for 're-processing'. You must protect the
- humans, and beam them up to the relative safety of your cargo ship orbiting
- the planet.
-
- Your Type 16 can carry up to 5 humans at a time. Urge them on-board by
- opening the door of your tank-buggy (press the 'Home' key to open/shut the
- door). Beam the humans to safety by flying them through the floating
- spacegate.
-
- Beware: your flying fighter craft uses fuel. If you run low, you'll
- automatically morph back into the tank-buggy. You may find fuel power-ups
- around the terrain... or perhaps a destroyed Voraxian will leave a gift...
- or maybe you'll come across secret weapon/fuel dumps.
-
- The humans may also be able to assist you. The soldiers (yellow uniforms) are
- pretty good at defending themselves when under fire. The civilians (blue
- uniforms) aren't really fighters... but some of them are pretty hot
- scavengers, maybe they can help you find power-ups. Tip: always be on the
- look out for new modes of transportation and pieces of equipment which may
- help you in your mission.
-
- Look for the "city beacon" to appear when a settlement is under attack. All
- the humans will head towards their city beacon. Tip: if you're quick, you may
- be able to evacuate a settlement by grabbing the beacon and dropping it
- outside the settlement.
-
- Watch out for spiders mutating humans into zombies. Anti-venom can be used to
- cure them.
-
- Remember, collectibles can only be picked up when driving the tank.
-
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- Weapons
- -------
- Weapons are selected by hitting the appropriate keypad number.
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- Default Weapons
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- Type Key No. Weapon Description
- ---- ------- ------------------
- Shocker shell 1 Slow firing artillery shell.
- Laser bolt 1 Low powered high velocity laser.
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- Collectible Weapons
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- Type Key No. Weapon Description
- ---- ------- ------------------
- Plasma Bolt 2 Short range plasma bolts designed not to kill humans:
- ideal for freeing cocooned humans.
- Sonic Blast 3 Long range but slow firing rings of destructive sonic
- energy.
- Homing Missile 4 Highly powerful missile: use T to target and L to
- lock, then just fire and forget.
- Multi-Missile 5 Low powered, auto targeting homing missile.
- Trident Strike 6 An upgrade to your shocker/laser combo with a higher
- burst rate and field of fire.
- Mines 8 Highly explosive proximity mines: fired backwards.
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- Power-Ups
- ---------
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- Item Description
- ---- -----------
- Fuel 25% fuel recharge
- Shields 20% shield recharge
- Max Shields Maximum shield recharge
- Map Enhancer Terrain map
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- Inventory Items
- ---------------
- See below under Key Control on how to select and deploy inventory items.
-
- Item Description
- ---- -----------
- City Beacon When a settlement comes under attack a Beacon will
- appear ( flashing red circle on radar). The humans
- from that settlement will always follow the beacon
- to try and get within its radius of influence. You
- can use the beacon to herd the humans away from
- danger.
- A-Tron An attractotron capable of attracting Voraxians for 1
- minute.
- R-Tron A repellotron capable of repelling Voraxians for 1
- minute.
- Anti-Venom Will cure Zombies when dropped nearby.
-
- Special items
-
- Item Description
- ---- -----------
- Regeneration Indicator Indicates that a collectible is being regenerated.
-
-
- Human Behavior
- --------------
- The key to completing the game is understanding the humans' behavior and
- using the humans to help you. To do this you must be clear on how the humans
- interact with Beacons and other objects.
-
- If you press Home to hail the humans to your tank, this will override all
- other behaviour. If the humans are within the beacon radius then they will go
- about their default behaviour. If you transport a human outside the beacon
- radius then the human will go about its default behaviour.
-
- Soldier - A soldier will attack Voraxians if they are nearby. If there is a
- gun turret nearby the soldier will use it. If there are no Voraxians nearby
- then a soldier will head for its beacon.
-
- Civilian - A civilian will collect power-ups if they are nearby and leave
- them at the beacon. If there are no power-ups nearby then a civilian will
- head for its beacon.
-
- Zombie - Humans cocooned by spiders become zombies. A zombie will always
- attempt to turn other humans into zombies. A zombie will self destruct in 2
- minutes.
-
- If you transport the beacon then the humans outside the beacon radius will
- head towards their beacon. If, when outside its beacon radius, a human
- passes into the influence radius of another beacon then that beacon becomes
- its home beacon.
-
- For every human you save over your quota you will have an enhanced human on
- the next stage. So, if you save 12 humans when your quota was only 10 then
- you will have 2 enhanced humans on the next stage. An enhanced human is
- bigger, stronger and more effective in its tasks than ordinary humans.
-
-
- Controls
- --------
-
- Mouse Control Function
- ------------- --------
- Right mouse button (RMB) accelerate (double click for higher tank speed)
- Left mouse button (LMB) fire
- Alt + Mouse movement move tank turret up and down
- Alt + Mouse movement move aircraft from side to side
- Mouse movement vehicle direction
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- Key Control Function
- ----------- --------
- Home vehicle door open/close calling humans onboard
- End vehicle morph
- <> radar range lower/higher
- Shift accelerate (double click for higher tank speed)
- Ctrl fire
- Arrows vehicle direction
- Tab map view on/off
- [ ] cycle through inventory items
- Enter use selected inventory item
- Space bar rotates vehicle 180 degrees
- - + brightness down/up
- Alt + up & down arrows tank turret up and down
- Alt + up & down arrows move aircraft from side to side
- P pause game
- S shadows on/off
- T select homing missile target
- L lock onto selected target
- M toggle homing missile camera angles
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- F1 cockpit view
- F2 1st person view
- F3 top down view
- F4 fixed camera orientation
- F5 fixed chase view
- F6 fixed rear view
- F7 left side view
- F8 right side view
- F9 free chase view
-
- Radar signatures
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- white dot human
- yellow dot power-up (flashing=fuel/shield)
- blue dot flying Voraxian
- red dot ground Voraxian
- purple dot Voraxian Factory Ship
- red square spacegate
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- Scorched Planet(tm), (c) 1995,1996 by Criterion Studios. All rights reserved.
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