______________________________________________________________________ CD Gamer August Issue, 1995 BRUTAL Paws of Fury In order to enjoy your playable demo of Gametek's BRUTAL PC version, please make sure you do NOT have WINDOWS running. From the DOS prompt in the, type "BRUTAL" to begin the game. SOUND - Please insure that you have selected the correct sound card for your computer during installation. If you haven't don't worry, you can do it at any time by typing INSTALL. To Exit the Demo, press "Escape." -------------------------------------------- BRUTAL PC PLAYABLE DEMO V0.01a 9/02/95 BY: Dani Arrusi @GAMETEK This is a 2 Player Demo, One round, one character, and one backdrop. In the Full Version of Brutal PC, Keys Will Be Redefinable. This Demo Uses The Following Layout PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2 UP u UP Arrow DOWN j DOWN Arrow LEFT h LEFT Arrow RIGHT k RIGHT Arrow BUTTON A q INSERT BUTTON B w HOME BUTTON C e PG UP BUTTON X a DELETE BUTTON Y s END BUTTON Z d PAGE DOWN ------------------------------------------ The Brutal PC Demo is also compatible with a Joypad. CHARACTER SELECTION ENTER - selects your character H&K - scrolls through the selection for player one Left & Right arrows - scrolls through the selection for player two -------------------------------------------- During play you can increase or decrease the speed of the game by hitting F6 through F10. Additionally F3 and F4 turn on and off bits of the parallax scrolling. --------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT! Please make sure that you DO NOT run this demo from within windows. Always QUIT out of windows never use the DOS shell from windows. OVERVIEW Brutal is a game of cartoon Martial Arts. The characters in Brutal each have certain traits that they embody. Like all heroes, these traits are their strength and weakness. BACKGROUND Every four years the Dali Lama travels the world searching for the greatest warriors. He judges not only on martial prowess but how far they truly possess the "warrior spirit". Inviting them all to his peaceful island they compete to see who is worthy to wear the belt of heaven. Each character represents one of the paths of wisdom. Right Understanding Right Resolve Right Speech Right Action Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Mindfulness Right Meditation Right Love Right Attitude Right Power The characters are - Kung Fu Bunny Thai Cheetah Kendo Coyote Foxy Roxy Rhei Rat Prince Leon Ivan the Bear Panther Dali Llamma Chung Poe Karate Croc Phycho Kitty Each of the Characters has his own background and abilities. Here are the two found in this demo. KUNG FU BUNNY Right Understanding - "To know fear is courage" Style - Relaxed Paw He bowed his head in contemplation. Cross legged he looked for guidance from deep within his soul. "It is in the nature of things that all good must come from evil and all evil must come from good." He remembered what his old teacher had told him. "A white painting on a white canvas is not a painting at all." Kung Fu bunny nodded slowly at the wisdom. The invitation had arrived yesterday at his temple refuge. Hand written in the Dali Lama's own hand it asked him to come and fight in the competition once again. Kung Fu bunny was torn. He had taken his vows of non violence and yet the monastery was poor and badly needed the funds the competition could provide. But to compete would be to break his word to the kind monks who had taken him in and cared for him when he arrived here injured and hungry, all those years ago. He gazed around at the peace of this forest retreat. Idly two butterflies meandered by oblivious to any concerns he might have. It was their nature to fly and feed not to ponder the world. He smiled as he struck upon the answer. He would enter the competition and fight, if he won the monastery would be safe for years. But he knew that was not why he was going , he fought because it was his nature to fight and reluctantly he realized he could never be free of his nature. "A white painting is still a painting, to the painter." he said aloud and smiled. The butterflies ignored him and flew on. WHO PLAYS KUNG FU BUNNY? You are kind and considerate. Nothing gives you greater pleasure than seeing how you have helped another succeed. However you have difficulty making personal decisions and keeping them. Your desire to help others comes from your desire for someone else to give your life direction. PRINCE LEON OF KENYA Right Effort - "I have only one judge, the world." Style - Tan Ku (The Iron Rage) Leon walked from the jet and waved to the crowd. A cheer rose from the people gathered and garlands of flowers were thrown in front of his footsteps. It was good to be home. The Limousine raced him to the royal palace where he was greeted by the servants. His father the king was still out hunting and would not be back for some days. "Your highness?" A servant pushed forward a small envelope towards Leon. He took it with a nod and opened it. After reading the invitation he neatly folded it back into the envelope and laid it on a small table. Moving to a window he gazed out at the african plains beyond. "You both will be there won't you?" He spoke to himself. Moving to his study he opened a scrap book and flicked through it. It was filled with clippings of his two enemies, Tai Cheetah and Kendo Coyote. "Kendo Coyote to appear in new movie!" The headline of the New York Informer blared. "Tai Cheetah invests in Telecommunications." The Wall Street Journal reported. Leon pushed the book aside and stared up at the ceiling. "I will shame you both as you shamed me." Leon vowed to himself . For honors sake he would cross the world and fight, but for prides sake he would win. WHO PLAYS LEON? You never forget a debt for right or wrong. You stop at nothing to even up the score. Your will power is indomitable howvere you find it difficult to focus on more than one thing at a time. ENJOY! HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE FEATURES IN THE FULL VERSION OF BRUTAL PC: Instant replay - Allows players to gloat over their victories by watching the whole fight frame by frame at whatever speed they desire. Tournament system - Up to 8 People can play in a single tournament or they can play as teams to defeat each other. Belt System - Players do not start off with all the moves available to them. They must earn their belts by defeating opponents and finally proving themselves to the Dali Lama in the dojo. With each new belt the character's extra moves are made available to him. Password entry/Save game - The game stores the characters information including his Belt level as well as his victories and losses. Also included is the players name so each password is individualized..