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- WORLD OF ADEN
- ENTOMORPH: PLAGUE OF THE DARKFALL
-
- Coming from SSI for the Fall of 1995
-
- Developed By:
- CYBERLORE STUDIOS
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-
- Welcome to the demo for Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall! Set in SSI's
- fantastic new World of Aden, you play the role of Squire Warrik, an
- unlikely hero in a world that is going through a horrible transformation.
- It is the time of The Darkfall, an era where powerful evil is sweeping
- across this once peaceful land. As you travel on an island off the coast
- of Kyan, you notice that its inhabitants are changing, slowly and painfully,
- into horrible mutants; giant insects with a voracious appetite for death
- and destruction. Can you find the root of this horrible plague on the
- land? You must stop the advance of evil before it consumes you, as well!
-
-
- Instructions for Demo
-
- Sound
- To install the sound driver, type sound and press return. Follow the
- instructions given.
-
- Title Screen
- Combining sound with the opening cinematic requires a high performance
- machine. If the cinematic lost frames or played slowly, click on the sound
- box to turn off the music [does not effect the music during the game] and
- then watch it again!
-
- Screen
- Your Hit Points are measured by the red bar along the left edge of the
- screen. Your Mana, needed to cast spells, is in green along the right edge.
- The playing field is in the center, with the backpack, spell book and menu
- option buttons along the bottom of the screen. Just to the right of the
- spell book are three spell holding areas [see spells].
-
- Controls
- A mouse is required for the demo. Walk by holding down the right button
- while moving the mouse. Interact with the world by walking up to an object
- or person and clicking with the left button. It will make you talk, attack,
- open doors, or pick up an object [to name a few] as appropriate to the
- situation.
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- Combat
- Fight hand-to-hand with the left button. Move to dodge the monster's
- blows.
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- Spells
- After finding a spell, it is available in your spell book. Click on the
- spell book icon to open your book. You can ready a spell by dragging its
- icon from the spell book window into one of the three holding areas. The
- blue mana bar next to each spell is the power, or number of mana points,
- that you will expend with each casting. Close the spell book by again
- clicking on the book icon. Use a spell by pressing the "Z" "X" and "C" keys.
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- Backpack
- Click on the backpack icon to view what items you are carrying. Most items
- are automatically used when they are required. Click on the backpack icon
- again to close the window.
-
- Menu
- Click on the disk icon to open the menu. The only options active in this
- demo are Play and Quit.
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- Enjoy!
- This is the beta version of Entomorph. We hope you enjoy it! The full
- product will be available in Fall, 1995. It will include:
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- * Transformation of the main player into a monstrous insectoid creature
- [complete with ever-more powerful attacks!]
- * Huge monsters (some as large as buildings) with full animation
- * Numerous spells
- * Many varied (and horrific) areas to explore
- * Conversations which have bearing on the story (instead of laundry lists
- of information)
- * Spoken voice from all major monsters as well as the Narrator
- * Real time combat, traps and puzzles
- * Phenomenal [and original] soundtrack
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-
- -- Demo revision: July 9th, 1995. SSI & Cyberlore Studios
- -- SSI, Cyberlore, World of Aden, Entomorph, and The Darkfall are all
- trademarked names
- -- Cinematic work in Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall uses Smacker Video
- Technology. Copyright (c) 1994 by Invisible, Inc. d.b.a. R.A.D. Software
-