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Welcome to Acorn Syndicate+ Demo Version
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This Syndiacte Demo allows you to play level 3 of this stunning action-strategy
game from EA/Bullfrog brought to RiscOS by RCI. Your mission is to eliminate
all enemy agents. The fate of the local police and law-abiding citizens we
leave up to you! This is only part of the whole Syndicate game, and full
details are listed at the end of this file.
The game requires a machine with ARM 3 or above and 8Mb or more of Ram. It
also requires a super-VGA monitor or better, capable of 640x480x256. Music
is via MIDI, although the music in this demo is pretty limited. Note also
that many sound effects have been removed to keep the size down.
Controling your Agents
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To control your agents in this demo, simply left click to move them around.
Moving your pointer to the edge of the screen will scroll the map, so that
you can see more of the base.
To select an individual agent, click on his portrait at the top left of the
screen. To select all 4 agents, click on the "group" button between the upper
and lower sets of portraits.
To draw a weapon, click on the icon representing it on the bar on the left hand
side of the screen. We've given you an assortment of weapons including the minigun
and flamethrower, but these aren't normally available on mission 3. It's much
harder when you only have pistols and the odd shotgun!
To fire a weapon, simply right click on the enemy when the crosshairs are coloured
red.
Getting into Vehicles
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To enter a vehicle, make sure it is unoccupied (this may require a round of
gunfire!) then left click on it to make your agents get in. You can then
drive around the roads simply by clicking on your desired destination. To
get out, simply click on the vehicle.
Enhancing Agents
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Because Syndicate is set in the future, you can adjust the levels of various
mind/body enhancing drugs that your agents receive. The bars next to the
portraits represent adrenaline, awareness and aggression. As you expose an
agent to the drugs, he gradually, becomes "resistant" to it, so the effect
wares off. To get round this, you can move the bars below the midpoint which
will decrease the agent's performance, but compensates for the "addiction".
Then, when you need the boost, the effect will be significant again.
Extra Information
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The minimap in the bottom left hand corner shows the current level and marks
any agents as red spots, and police as blue spots. Regular citizens are
shown as tiny whit dots.
We've given you an excessive amount of weaponary to play with here, which
will make this demo pretty simple. It does, however, give you some idea
of the cool gear available in the full version. We've left out a few
treasures, tho, such as the missile launcher (gauss gun), air strikes
and other goodies.
Full Version Details
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In the full version of Syndicate, these combat missions represent only part
of the full game. Completing missions will gain you territories on the
world map. These can be taxed to fund your plans for glabal domination, and,
more importantly, fund your scientists as they develop more powerful weapons
and cybernetic upgrades for your agents. As you play, the clock ticks on,
and your scientists will make breakthroughs. Will you find new items on the
battlefield to help them? Or will you stash them away and use them immediately
on your foes?
Choosing what to research, how much to invest, and how to equip your agents
is critical to your success in Syndicate, and it's tough expansion "The
American Revolt" (both contained in Syndicate+).
Syndicate itself has 50 missions for you to contend with, and The American
Revolt has a further 25, but those are *big* *hard* missions for real
heroes!
Of course, there are more weapons, upgrades, vehicles, maps, enemies, animations,
cinematics and stacks more sound effects. Indeed, we had to cut out quite
a bit just to keep the demo down to a respectable size.
Pricing and Availability
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Syndicate+ costs 29ukp including VAT and EU delievery. It is available NOW.
Orders outside the EU are subject to 5ukp extra delivery. The game is
available direct from RCI at the address below, or from all good Acorn
Dealers. We accept VISA, MasterCard, EuroCard, Delta, Switch and Solo, as
well as cheques.
R-Comp Interactive
22 Robert Moffat
High Legh
Knutsford
Cheshire, UK
WA16 6PS
Tel: (+44) (0)1925 755043
Fax: (+44) (0)1925 757377
Web: http://www.rcomp.co.uk/
Email: rci@rcomp.co.uk
Copyright Messages
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Acorn Syndicate+ Version 1.03 (1/7/1998)
Syndicate © 1994-98 Bullfrog/EA
Acorn version © 1998 R-Comp Interactive
Acorn coding © Matthew Bullock
Ethereal MIDI Player © Rob Smith
DataVox Module © Philip R Banks