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- Machine Hunter
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- Legal Stuff
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- Machine Hunter, @ 1996-1997, Eurocom Developments Ltd.
- All rights reserved.
- Licensed to MGM Interactive Inc.
- All rights reserved.
- Machine Hunter is a trademark of Eurocom Developments Ltd.
-
- This demo is released as freeware. Please feel free to copy and distribute
- this demo. All that we ask is that you do not modify the original zip file
- contents before passing it on. Thankyou.
-
- Welcome
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- This demo includes a fully playable level. The final game is due for release
- this summer. I know that you don't want to spend hours reading the README so
- the instructions here are very brief.
-
- Machine Hunter is a basically a shoot-em-up. It is not another DOOM clone
- but shows the 3D environment from above. This allows us to provide a fully
- directional firing system so you can shoot enemies all around you.
-
- You progress through the game by taking over enemy robots. As you take over
- a robot you inherit his weapons and abilities. This gives you a vast array of
- weapons each of which can be powered up with special pickups.
-
- A quick guide to installation and controls follows...
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- Running Machine Hunter
- ======================
-
- Machine Hunter requires DirectX to be installed on your machine. To
- keep the size of the download to a miniumum we have not included the
- drivers in the install program.
-
- If you do not have DirectX drivers installed on your machine, the game
- will still run but only in window form and without sound.
-
- You can obtain the latest DirectX drivers from Microsoft at
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- http://www.microsoft.com/mediadev/download/isdk.htm
- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pr/win95osr.htm
-
- The following assumes you have used MACHINST -D to install.
-
- From Windows 95, move to the MACHINST directory and double click
- on MACHHUNT.EXE.
-
- Important note for users with Windows graphics accelerators or 3D Video
- cards: Machine Hunter in full screen uses the Direct Draw mode of 320*240
- in 256 colours (also known as Mode X). On newer video cards, manufacturers
- tend to incorporate hardware acceleration for Windows graphics modes. This
- normally results in poor DOS performance. For this reason you may find that
- the game runs very badly in full screen on machines with a Windows
- accelerator board. The hardware acceleration normally means that you can
- maximize or stretch the window with no loss in performance so if you have
- problems running full screen try maximizing the windows or stretching it to
- a comfortable size. You will know if you have this problem since the frame
- rate will be very poor and the sound will tend to run too slowly when in full
- screen mode (Alt-Enter).
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- Player Controls
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- The cursor keys provide directional movement for the player
- The control key will fire forward
- The numeric keypad provides 8 directional firing for the player
- Y - Fire Up
- G - Fire Left
- H - Fire Down
- J - Fire Right
- Space will fire secondary weapons
- The W key allows selection of primary weapon
- The S key allows selection of secondary weapon
- Numeric keypad 0 provides a strafe key. (rotating views only)
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- Return acts as a start button and provides PAUSE in game
- TAB will bring up a 3D Map of the level
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- ALT-F4 will quit the program.
- ALT-Enter will make the game full screen.
- ALT alone when full screen will return the game to a window.
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- The in game menu accessed by the pause (RETURN) key provides different
- camera options to the player and allows the player to turn off shading
- and colour addition to speed up the game on slower machines.
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- Sound volumes should be set using the Windows 95 mixer.
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- Other Information
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- The final game features 16 levels with around 30 different maps.
- 9 different robots to conquer and master.
- Full CD Audio soundtracks to accompany gameplay.
- Full 8 player multiplayer support.
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- Where in the world?
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- Machine Hunter Information http://www.machinehunter.com
- Eurocom Developments Ltd. http://www.eurodltd.co.uk
- MGM Interactive Inc. http://www.mgm.com
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