THE LEADING FORCE IN THE WORLD -= SKID ROW =- GIVES YOU THE DOX TO ========- ALIEN BREED 92 -============= TYPED IN BY -==SCOOTER==- THE STORY --------- 2191...AND THE GALAXY STANDS UNWITTINGLY ON THE BRINK OF WAR... THE COLONISATION. IT HAD HAPPENED SO FAST, FIRST THE BREAK THROUGHS,INITIAL TENTATIVE STEPS AND FINALLY THE STAMPEDE. PEOPLE RUSHING FROM THE SMOG RIDDEN,CLAUSTROPHOBIC EARTH BASES TO FREEDOM AND PROMISE OF THE ENTERPRISING STELLAR COLONIES. BUT THE DAWN OF WIDESPREAD AND ECONONOMICAL SPACE TRAVEL BROUGHT WITH IT NEW LEGACIES,NEW CRIMES AND A NEW ARA OF GREED. AS TENSION INEVITABLY SPIRALLED, THE INTERPLANETARY CORPS WERE BORN AS A PEACE-KEEPING FORCE. JOHNSON AND STONE WERE CRACK MEMBERS OF AN ELITE IPC PATROL UNIT, RETURNING BACK TO FEDERATION HQ AFTER A 6 MONTH SPELL IN THE OUTER SPIRAL ARM,NOTHING HAD TROUBLED THEM, BUT NOTHING USUALLY DID IN SUCH A REMOTE SECTION OF THE GALAXY, THEY WERE RELIEVED TO BE GOIN HOME. THEN CAME THE ORDERS TO CHECK OUT A DISTANT SPACE STATION IN THE INTEX NETWORK...ISRC-4 HAD CEASED TRANSMITTING ON ALL FEDERATION WAVELENGTHS..IT COULD BE A MAGNETIC STORM OR ANOTHER FICKLE REVOLT AGAINST AUTHORITY..WHATEVER IT WAS, THEY WERE ORDERED IN. STONE LOGGED THE STATIONS CO-ORDINATES INTO MIRACULOUS`S NAV-COMP AND INITIATED THE ENGINES FOR THE SMALL ION-DRIVE..THE CRAFTS ENGINES SHUDDERED AS IT PICKED UP THE PACE AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS THEY WERE IN ORBIT AROUND THE GAS GIANT PLANET OF GIANOR, WHERE THE STATION WAS LOCATED. JOHNSON AND STONE SHRUGGED THEIR SHOULDERS,EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE, SURE THINGS SEEMED A LITTLE QUIET, BUT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF MAGNETICE ACTIVITY. MIRACULOUS FIRED HER RETROS AND BEGAN HER APPROACH INTO THE STATIONS 3 LANDING BAYS...THEY WERE GOING IN. USEFUL BACKGROUND INFORMATION ----------------------------- INTEX SYSTEMS WAS THE NAME BEHIND MANY OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS OF THE PERIOD, THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HUGE INCREASE IN COLONISATION AND FOR MOST OF THE COMPLEX CUMPUTER AND DROID OPERATED STATIONS. MOST SYSTEMS HAD INTEX COMPUTER SYSTEMS NETWORKED THROUGH-OUT. OFFERING MANY SERVICES TO THE CREW INCLUDING A SPOT OF LIGHT RELIEF,SPACE TENNIS,WHICH WAS THE VERY LATEST ENTERTAINMENT CRAZE, ALONG WITH FIRST AID PACKS,AMMO PACKS,DECK MAPS AND SUCH LIKE WHERE ALL AVAILABLE INSTANTLY VIA THE MATTER DISPLACEMENT UNIT. INTEX SPACE RESEARCH CENTRE NO 4(ISRC-4) WAS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE,SHROUDED IN YSTERY IT WAS THE NERVE CENTRE OF COMPLEX AND SECRET SECURITY OPERATIONS, MANY PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS WERE RUMOURED TO BE IN DESIGN THERE AND VERY FEW WERE PRIVVY TO THE EXACT OPERATIONS. LOADING INSTRUCTIONS -------------------- SIMPLY RESET YOUR AMIGA IN THE CONVENTIONAL WAY USING `CTRL` AND 2 AMIGA KEY OPERATION..[SCOOTER NOTE; THATS LOAD OF GARBAGE TO AVOID VIRUS INFECTION, ALWAYS TURN YOUR AMIGA OFF FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS] WHEN THE MENU APPEARS, YOU CAN SELECT OPTIONS AND THEN PLAY THE GAME. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ------------------- THE GAME REQUIRES 1 MEGABYTE OF RAM TO PLAY AND WILL RUN ON ALL AMIGA SYSTEMS. DISK ACCESS IS STILL NECESSARY BETWEEN LEVELS, BUT THIS IS MINIMAL AND SHOULD NOT DETRACT FROM PLAY. A JOYSTICK IS OF COURSE NEEDED, TWI\O IF DUAL PLAY OPTION IS SELECTED. SOUND OUTPUT THROUGH AN AMP OR HIFI IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. THE SHARE CREDITS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO SPLIT THE REWARDS OF ANY CREDITS YOU MAY DISCOVER WHEN PLAYING IN THE 2 PLAYER MODE. THIS CAN PROVIDE BETTER ENJOYMENT TO GIVE A BETTER TEAM EFFORT...BUT SOME PEOPLE MAY MISS THE FIGHTS AND ARGUMENTS THAT BREAK OUT WHEN FELLOW PLAYERS RACE TO GRAB EVERYTHING BEFORE THE OTHER PLAYER CAN GET A LOOK IN. THE GAME FEATURES A FULL ATTRACT SEQUENCE IF LEFT ALONE... CONTROLLING THE IPC MEMBERS --------------------------- BOTH PLAYERS ARE CONTROLLED USING THE JOYSTICK, SIMPLY MOVE THE STICK IN THE DIRECTION THAT YOU WISH THE CHARACTER TO TRAVEL,THE BUTTON WILL (AMMO PERMITTING) FIRE OFF A ROUND FROM THE CURRENT WEAPON YOU ARE USING. WEAPONS,KEYS,AMMO ECT CAN BE PURCHASED WITH ANY CREDITS YOU MAY HAVE FOUND AT THE VARIOUS COMPUTER CONSOLES AROUND THE STATION...TO ACTIVATE A CONSOLE, GO TOWARDS IT,MAKE CONTACT AND PRESS THE SPACE BAR. COSOLE OPERATION IS MADE ENTIRELY WITH THE JOYSTICK IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO THE GAME MENU USING THE ON SCREEN CURSOR. YOU CAN EXIT FROM THE SUB GAME BY PRESSING THE OTHER PLAYERS BUTTON (OR THE MOUSE IF CONNECTED) PLAYERS HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF ENERGY, WHICH IS REPRESENTED AS A BAR ON THE PLAYERS STATUS PANEL(EITHER AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN FOR PLAYER ONE,OR AT THE BOTTOM FOR PLAYER 2) THIS IS DECREASED THROUGH INJURY AS THE GAME PROGRESSES BUT CAN BE REPLENISHED WITH THE HELP OF FIRST AID KITS THAT ARE FOUND SCATTERED AROUND. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BUY A SMALL PORTABLE HOLO-MAP OF THE SPACE STATION AND IF IN POSSESSION YOU CAN TURN IT ON/OFF WITH THE `M` KEY ON YOUR COMPUTER. THE HOLO MAP WORKS BETTER WHEN YOU ARE NEAR TO A CONSOLE. YOU CAN ALSO PURCHASE BIGGER AND BETTER WEAPONARY, TO SELECT A DIFFERENT WEAPON YOU MUST USE THE LEFT ALT KEY(BOTTOM LEFT OF MAIN KEYBOARD) FOR PLAYER 1 ,OR THE RIGHT ALT ALT KEY (BOTTOM RIGHT OF MAIN KEYBOARD) FOR PLAYER 2. DURING THE GAME. YOU CAN ALSO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU, AND SOMETIMES YOU MAY HAVE TO IF YOUR JUDGEMENT HAS FAILED YOU...BY PRESSING THE `ESC` KEY. TIPS ---- ALIEN BREED 92 IS A GREAT 1 PLAYER GAME, BUT LIKE ALL THINGS IN LIFE IS EVEN BETTER WHEN DONE WITH A PARTNER. WE RECOMMEND A 2 PLAYER AS THE ATMOSPHERE TAKES ON A NEW MEANING ONCE TEAMWORK IS REQUIRED. THE GAME BOASTS AN INCREDIBLE ARRAY OF INTENSIVE ATMOSPHERIC SOUND FX AND SHOULD BE RELAYED THROUGH AN AMP OR HIFI FOR BEST EFFECT. TURN UP THE VOLUME AND DOWN THE LIGHTS AND EXPERIENCE `ALIEN BREED 92`!! ------------------================================---------------------- TYPED IN BY SC00TER FOR THE LEADING FORCE -= SKID ROW =- NEVER SLOW ------------------================================---------------------- Enjoy this great update , new levels etc. Ministry UK Division ( Cracker ).