Cybermercs Demo Version 1.23 CopyRight 1998 JC Research Inc. Digital Impact Nora Production Aozora All right Reserved Web Site : www.game-club.com Email : jcrsch@game-club.com Tech Support : Please send Email, or fax to (408) 977-0202 Additional Game tips and patch information at Web site. ---------------------------------------------------------- Features 1. Immersive, High-resolution, 16-Bit Color graphics. 3. Dramatic 3D Rendered cut scenes. 4. A number of original characters and a wide range of enemy creatures. 5. The normal course of the game as well as a number of subsidiary events will vary from one game from another. 6. Character Powers increase as you obtain weapons and items. 7. Fast, Multi-player connectivity.(internet,general network service, personal modem, network IPX, etc.) System Requirements Computer: Pentium-166MHz or higher. IBM PC compatible Memory: 32MB or higher O/S: Windows 95 or higher Driver: DirectX 5.2 and DirectX Media version Drives: HDD with 70MB of space or more, 4x or faster CD-ROM Input Device: Keyboard and mouse - 100% IBM PC compatible Video: Capable of displaying 640x480 in High Colours Sound: Sound card - 100% Sound Blaster compatible Minimum Requirements Computer: Pentium-100MHz or higher. IBM PC compatible Memory: 16MB or higher O/S: Windows 95 or higher Driver: DirectX 5.2 and DirectX Media version Drives: HDD with 70MB of space or more, 2x or faster CD-ROM Input Device: Keyboard and mouse - 100% IBM PC compatible Video: Capable of displaying 640x480 in High Colours Install Insert CYBERMERCS CD in the CD-ROM. The Autorun prompt will ask you whether to continue with the installation procedure or not. If autoplay does not run, select CD-ROM from 'My Computer' window and run 'Setup' Once you choose the directory you wish to install CYBERMERCS to, and whether to install direct-X drivers, the installation will begin. After installation is completed, CYBERMERCS icon will be added to your program directory. You will need to install direct-X (version 5.2 or higher) drivers to run the game. If you do not have direct-X 5.2 installed or have direct-X but the older version, choose "install" at the prompt asking for the installation of direct-X drivers. If you wish to install them later, you can find the installation program in direct-x 5.2(alpha) directory in the CD-ROM. You will need to reboot your system. Screen Description (screen.bmp) 1. 1,2,3,4: Each slot represents the weapon available. Weapons other than the pistol in slot 1 can be selected/deselected by drag & drop with the mouse. 2. Q, W: Instant items (grenade, flare, medical aids, etc) can be applied immediately with Hotkeys (Q,W) 3. Get Off: Eject from mobile suits. 4. Status: The representation of the back pack status and physical condition of the body.Equip: for the confirmation and the replacement of equipments currently in use. 5. Menu: Opens the option menu. 6. H-P: Energy of the character / maximum energy of the character 7. Load: Number of bullets loaded / maximum load 8. Map / Tracker: game instruction and motion tracker toggles alternately. 9. Gold: Representation of money earned during the course of the game. Hot Keys 1,2,3,4: Select weapon in the weapon slot by numbers designated for each weapon. Weapon #1 Default is the pistol with an unlimited number of bullets. Q, W: Use items installed to either Q or W slot. (Instant items will be installed automatically provided slots are empty. You can either select or deselect items at your wish with mouse) S: The representation of the back pack status and physical condition of the body. E: for the confirmation and the replacement of equipment currently in use. TAP: Map, motion tracker the game map and the motion tracker, which detects enemy motion, can be used alternately. (Toggle switch) G: Eject from mobile suits. H: Detect and illuminate operational items P: Pause the game. Mouse Operation Left Button : Used for selection of settings from the menu, selection or deselection of weapons or items installed to each slot by drag & drop. It determines the direction of the character during the game. Right Button : Used for cancellation in the menu, selection and application of items from the weapon slot, and application of selected items and weapons. Background Earth, in the year 2114, was suffering from a population crisis and exhaustion of natural resources. The atmospheric conditions fluctuated to the extreme and no life on the earth could avoid being damaged by the intense heat and cold. Moreover,the portent of the fourth glacial age accelerated colonization of other planets and migration of citizens to another galaxy. The Interplanetary Transit Law, which was the biggest obstacle for the advancement of mankind into other galaxies, was amended and a new space route was developed based on the space warp. There was soon found a planetary system that was formed around the same period as the Earth solar system and wished to build a utopia there. As the atmospheric conditions of the 4th and 5th planets were suitable for human habitation, each nation immediately dispatched special work forces to develop colonies for their benefit. With the conflict between countries being mostly diminished due to the formation of the Planetary Union, criminals remained on Earth and corrupt government officials united to expand their influence to immigration agencies to dominate the new planetary system. Their attempts continued for three years eventually resulting in an open revolt against the colonies. The rebel army was repressed by the Governor General and troops dispatched from the Earth. In the end the Planetary Union came under the direct control of the Governor General. The rebel army sought refuge on a planetoid near the colony and continued to lash out in acts of piracy against freighters and merchant ships that ferried between earth and the new utopia. The Governor General, whom did not wish to lose his soldiers in petty skirmishing, focused on the development of the colony. The relative peace of this arrangement, however, was short-lived. Unidentified life-forms attacked the 6th colony and completely destroyed the installation. Troops were sent to the colony to regain control of the situation but they were ill prepared to face the life-forms, and defeated outright.. Subsequently, mercenaries who had previously earned livings defending merchant cargo ships from pirate attacks, were invited with the promise of great rewards, to aid the Governor General troops in the destruction of the alien threat. Equipped with the latest high-tech weaponry, as well as genetically and cybernetically enhanced, the mercenaries have become the most powerful weapon in the fight against the creatures. The availability of cloning means that the only thing a mercenary need fear in battle, is running out of money for re-equipping and re-growing themselves after dying in battle. The colony, once a utopia filled with new hopes, has become a deadly battle field where the distinctions of life and death are no longer meaningful.