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- -- HI-OCTANE --
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- the FASTEST race game EVER!
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- from
- BULLFROG PRODUCTIONS LTD.
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- Contents:
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- * Introduction
- * System Requirements
- * How to play
- * Controls
- * Help & Hints
- * Troubleshooting
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- Introduction:
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- Welcome to the world of Hi-Octane, Bullfrogs visceral, high-speed deathchase.
- Hi-Octane is all about two things: Speed and Death. The main objective is to
- come first in the race. How you achieve this, however, is entirely up to you.
- You will be racing against (initially) three other Hover-vehicles around a
- simple, roughly oval track. This demo features a SINGLE-PLAYER mode and a
- MULTIPLAYER mode. It does not reveal all features of the full game, which
- appears very soon.
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- When June comes...You won't believe your eyes!
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- FULL GAME SPECIFICATIONS.
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- Features:
- * Super-fast arcade action
- * 6 types of cars to choose from (with different colours)
- * Select from a veritable armoury of weapons
- * Race through cities, Wastelands and deserts
- * Find your own fastest route around the multiple tracks
- * A practice mode
- * League table to chart yor progress
- * SVGA option
- * 8-player multiplayer option
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- System Requirements
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- Intel 486DX2/50 Processor-based PC or higher
- 4 MB of RAM
- Double speed CD-ROM drive
- VGA card
- 2-8 player network option (NETBIOS & 4MB RAM)
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- Sound:All Major Sound cards, and all Music formats.
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- Start-up
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- Type DEMO to play. That's all there is to it. When you enter the game,
- choose options to configure your game to any preference you wish, including
- the amount of computer players and the difficulty level.
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- If you experience problems with sound, you will have to copy the
- demo to your hard drive. Once installed, enter the directory and type
- "SETSOUND". Configure your sound card, save the settings and exit.
- Type DEMO again to begin.
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- How to play
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- The basic premise of Hi-Octane is identical to any other race game:
- ..race around the track, and win. It is, however, radically different in
- other areas:
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- * Controls: Hi-Octane is NOT a driving simulation. What it is
- is an ultra fast, easy to play, true-3D combat racing game.
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- * Speed: Hi-Octane contains a unique Turbo feature. Using this
- while playing will catapult your vehicle to speeds toppling 400 mph!
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- * Combat: Not so much combat as chassis crushing violence! If you find
- your opponents are insurmountable, BLOW THEIR BONES AWAY!
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- This demo track is left entirely open to the player. There are no
- time penalties, nor indeed any lap-clocks at all. Just be first to the line
- in lap 10, and then you can consider yourself a truly competent player.
- Similarly, the game is not over once all contestents have completed 10 laps.
- We have tailored it so you can continue playing for as many laps as you wish,
- exploring the track, or entering full-on combat with all the other players!
- The track will also be scattered with power-ups. Collect these to
- charge your initial weapon levels to cause as much damage to your foes
- as possible. If you die, (and you will!) you are not out of the race, but you
- are forced to wait until the track mechanics' ship picks you up, repairs you
- and drops you back into the thick of it again. This will lose you a good few
- seconds, but this is the price you pay!
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- Controls
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- Hi-Octane supports most major joypads including Gravis and Phase 9
- Phantom controllers.
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- * Button 1 - Mini-gun
- * Button 2 - Missiles
- * Button 3 - Turbo
- * Pull backwards on the pad to brake.
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- Keyboard:
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- Movement - Cursor keys. Weapons:
- * Up - Accelorate * X - Missiles
- * Left * Z - Mini-gun
- * Right * C - Turbo
- * Down - brake
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- Help and Hints
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- * Collect as many power-ups as you can, as the other drivers tend
- to ignore them most of the time. These can give you a major advantage over
- your competitors, so don't be afraid to lose some time over this, as they are
- by no means perfect and are constantly trying to kill eachother as well
- as kill you.
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- * All weapons can be fired at any state of movement whether stationary or
- hurtling down a straight at 400 mph. Your weapons can all be powered-up to
- spectacular levels, the most crushing being the Full Homing Devestator
- missiles. Missiles, however, can never be fully accurate at the speeds that
- Hi-Octanes' vehicles travel, so positioning yourself before you fire is
- important. Get behind them and bide your time: A square hit with one of these
- powered up missiles is instant death for your enemy.
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- * If you find that you simply can't trade blows with your enemies, then
- you may well be able to out-run them. At the starting gate, try to achieve
- first place before you hit the start line. Have the turbo key held down
- BEFORE you hit the start line, and DON'T let go until the fist bend looms.
- You should have a good head start and KEEP USING TURBO AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!
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- * There is a small short cut in the level. Try to find it: You could see
- barriers dissapear before your eyes.
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- OO GOOD LUCK!
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- ^^ ^^ (c) 1995 BULLFROG PRODUCTIONS LTD.
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