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- Metal Marines for Windows
-
- Welcome to the Demo version of Metal Marines!
-
- This file is provided to help you get started playing the
- game. If you have already installed the program, you may
- skip past the next section.
-
- INSTALLING THE GAME
- To install the Demo Metal Marines game, insert the Metal
- Marines diskette in a 3.5" disk drive. If Windows is not yet
- up and running, go ahead and start it. Once Program Manager
- is open, click on the File selection on the menu bar, then
- select Run from the File menu. A dialog will pop up asking
- which program to run; type
-
- A:\SETUP
-
- (or B:\SETUP depending on your system arrangement) and press ENTER.
-
- You will be given an opportunity to specify where the game
- will be installed, or you can simply use the default (which
- is C:\METAL). The setup program will verify that enough
- space is available on your drive (currently about 8
- megabytes is required for the install), and then the program
- will be copied onto your hard disk.
-
- RUNNING THE GAME
-
- The install program will create a new group for your Program
- Manager called Metal Marines, and will create a new program
- item inside it. Double click on the Metal Marines icon to
- start the game.
-
- You will see a brief introduction which you can either watch
- and enjoy or interrupt by selecting the game icon on the
- icon bar (the game icon looks like a small file folder). The
- game menu has a selection titled Start Game (the F4 key is a
- shortcut to starting a game if you do not wish to use the
- game menu).
-
- When you start a game you will be given the opportunity to
- enter you name in the Player Information dialog. When you
- have entered your name push enter or click on the CLOSE
- button to move on to the Connections dialog. Simply press
- enter on this dialog (or click on Continue). This is where
- you will be able to set up serial and modem connections to
- play head-to-head against a friend in the up and coming
- release of Metal Marines!
-
- Next comes the Alliances dialog. This is where you can set
- up alliances or enemies with the players who are available,
- but for now since there is only the computer opponent, press
- Enter (or click Continue) to move on to the game!
-
- At this point the game will actually start. A window will
- open for your island (territory), and another for your
- opponent's. You can use the mouse to move the view of either
- island with the scroll bars or by clicking inside the island
- view, holding down the left mouse button, and dragging the
- island view around. Experiment with moving around your
- island and your opponent's for a few minutes to familiarize
- yourself with how this works.
-
- You will notice a small window with three Headquarters units
- inside. You will need to build these three bases before you
- can attack your opponent, so find some good, flat spots on
- your island to build them before he is able to do the same!
- To build a base, click on it and hold the left button down,
- then drag the base over to where you want to build it, then
- release the mouse button. If you have selected a legal
- location, the base will construct for you.
-
- Once you have built your bases, the window will fill with
- the units you can build during game play. There is an Anti-
- Aircraft missile, which looks like a gold tube; a missile
- launcher; a Metal Marine hanger (which you can build in the
- demo but not yet use); an armored gun pod bunker; a mine
- field, which looks like a grassy area with mines on it; an
- antimatter ICBM; an energy plant, which looks like a nuclear
- reactor; a factory, which looks like a military warehouse; a
- headquarters, which is a hexagon shaped building; and a
- radar installation. Two additional units appear, one of
- which looks like a small farm and one which looks like a
- base, but these are not yet implemented. They are camouflage
- units to help you fool your enemy!
-
- Energy Plants: Build these to accumulate energy faster. It
- takes a certain amount of energy to launch those missiles!
- Watch you Energy meter on the Tactical View where your
- sergeants will talk to you.
-
- Headquarters: Build these to accumulate money faster. Each
- unit has a cost to construct, from missiles which cost $10M
- to build to ICBMs which cost $255M to build.
-
- Factories: These units cause construction to occur faster.
- Useful when you really need to build things quickly!
-
- When you are ready to attack, find a missile unit with a
- missile on it, then position your enemy's view so you can
- see what you want to target. Attacks are done in the same
- drag-and-drop style as building; simply click on the missile
- and hold the left mouse button down, drag over to your
- target, and release. Your missile's flight will send back
- reconnaissance which will allow you to see parts of your
- enemy's island that you don't know about yet. Watch out! His
- AA might knock your missile down!
-
- Your ultimate goal is to destroy your enemy's bases while
- fending off his attacks on yours. There are three levels of
- varying difficulty in the demo, so have fun!
-
-
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- Demo System Requirements
-
- 386 Processor, 33 MHz or better
- 8 MB of RAM or more highly recommended
- Hard Disk with 8 MB of free space
- SVGA 256-color graphics (640x480 or better)
- Windows-compatible mouse
-
- Supports:
- Windows MIDI music system
- Windows compatible digital audio system
-