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Table of Contents for HyperBlade(tm) Demo
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1. About The Full Version of HyperBlade
2. Ordering Information
3. Game Goals For Demo Version of HyperBlade
4. Game Features For Full Version of HyperBlade
5. System Requirements
6. Installation Instructions
7. Keyboard Commands
8. Heads Up Display Description
9. Drome Objects Description
10. DirectX(tm) Information
11. Known Bugs And Incompatibilities
12. Hardware Compatibility
13. Activision Customer Support
1. About The Full Version of HyperBlade
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It is the year 2065. You are one of the sporting elite, a player in
the Transnational HyperBlade(tm) League, battling for the World
Championship against eleven of the toughest, dirtiest, and deadliest
teams ever to skate onto a Drome. Your opponents will try to stop you
any way they can -- even if it means taking off your head in the
process. But you can get the edge. Skate, pass and score your way to
victory. Or simply fight your way to survival. It's all up to you.
Category: Sports/Action
Publisher: Activision(R)
Designer: WizBang! Software Productions in collaboration with Activision
Platforms: Windows(R) 95/MS-DOS(R) hybrid CD-ROM, Sony PlayStation
and Sega Saturn
Availability: November 1996 for the PC and Spring 1997 for the Sony
PlayStation and Sega Saturn
2. Ordering Information
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See your local retailer or in the United States call 1-800-477-3650.
3. Game Goals For Demo Version of HyperBlade
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HyperBlade is a futuristic sports game, played in a large drome
with goals at both ends. The object of the game is to score more
goals than your opponent. Each team has three players, two forwards
and a goalie.
You are the Los Angeles Shockwave (the blue team) playing against the
Seattle Fury (the red team) in the Los Angeles Drome.
The game begins at the Startgun, which launches the ball (the Rok) to
the right or left. Players carry the ball in the scoop attached to
their right hand (the Jak). To score a goal, you must throw the Rok
into the opponent's goal past his goalie. After every score, the
players return to the Startgun.
There are 3 five-minute periods in the full version of the game. This
demo version allows you to play one five-minute period.
There are numerous objects you can use to gain an advantage over your
opponent in HyperBlade. A description of the objects currently
implemented follows below (there will be more objects in the final
game). Also, there are no penalties in HyperBlade. To get the ball
from another player, you have to beat it out of him.
When a player is injured and his health rating reaches 0, he will fall
to the ground and a substitute will be put in at the next Startgun. In
the demo, you have as many substitutes as you need to remain at full
strength through the period. The final version of the game will include
a limited bench of substitutes and the ability to control substitutions
in season mode, so you can manage your team's strength over a season.
4. Game Features For Full Version of HyperBlade
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This demo version of HyperBlade provides you with a small sample of
the hard-hitting action and scoring excitement of HyperBlade. The full
version of the game provides numerous features not found in this demo,
including:
- 12 distinctive teams
- 12 different arenas with varied layouts and designs
- Network play (up to four players)
- Ability to run offensive and defensive play sets
- Additional arena objects, providing more dangerous
obstacles, scoring multipliers and power-ups
- Season, and Exhibition modes
- Trackable game and season statistics
- Selectable camera views
- Complete league history, team descriptions and virtual player
trading cards
- Original music soundtrack
- Fully texture-mapped players, arenas and game objects (ONLY
AVAILABLE on systems with Direct 3D-compatible video acceleration
cards)
- Texture mapped players, arenas and game objects
- Bi-linear filtering for smooth texture shading
- Mip mapping for detailed close-up textures
- Anti-aliasing for smooth edge definition
- Perspective correct textures
- Hardware acceleration for polygon drawing provides performance
boost
- Special effects (explosions, particle effects, trail effects,
etc.)
Check the .AVI movie that is included on the HyperBlade Demo to see
a sample of the action-packed gameplay available in the full version
of HyperBlade! With the CD in your CD ROM drive, click "Game Preview"
from the HyperBlade Splash Screen. NOTE: You must have Video For Windows
installed in your computer to play the movie and have your display
settings at 16-bit High Color.
5. System Requirements
----------------------
Minimum System Requirements for Demo:
- A 100% Windows(R) 95-compatible computer system (including compatible
32-bit drivers for CD-ROM drive, video card, sound card and input
devices)
- Microsoft Windows(R) 95 operating system
- Pentium(R) processor
- 16 MB RAM
- Double-speed CD-ROM drive (300K/second sustained transfer rate)
- 32 MB of uncompressed hard disk space plus 20 MB free for virtual
memory swap space
- 256 color VGA 320 X 200 graphics
(Recommend: SVGA 640 X 480 graphics with a VESA local bus (VLB) or
PCI video card)
- 100% Sound Blaster 16-Compatible sound card (for digital and general
MIDI audio)
IMPORTANT NOTE: This demo requires your system to have the latest
Windows(R) 95 drivers that can fully support Microsoft's DirectX(tm) 2
technology, and requires that your system have hardware drivers that
fully support DirectX(tm) 2.
NOTE: This demo does not include the Direct3D enhanced features of
HyperBlade. The full version supports texture-mapping of all objects,
hardware accelerated polygon drawing, and many more special effect
features on computers equipped with Direct3D-compatible video
acceleration cards (see Section 4).
Recommended System:
- Intel Pentium 90 processor or higher
- 16 MB of RAM or higher
- 4x CD-ROM Drive
- 100% Sound Blaster 16-compatible sound card
6. Installation Instructions
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Windows(R) 95:
1. Insert CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Double click the My Computer icon on your desktop.
3. Double click the CD-ROM drive icon.
4. Double click to open the "HBDEMO" folder.
5. Double click on SPLASH.EXE.
6. On the HyperBlade screen click the "Install" button and follow the
on screen instructions. If you have installed DirectX, then you
will have to restart your machine before playing the demo.
7. Once the demo has been installed to your hard disk, you can just
click the Start button on your taskbar and select Programs/
HyperBlade Demo/HyperBlade Demo. Or, you can open the
HYPERBLADE_DEMO folder on your hard disk and double-click on
the HYPERX.EXE icon.
To uninstall - From your desktop, click the Start button and go to
Programs/HyperBlade Demo. Click on the "HyperBlade Demo Uninstall"
option and then follow the on screen instructions.
Note:
ONLY ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS SUPPORTED IN THIS DEMO.
WARNING: HyperBlade uses Microsoft DirectX(tm) 2 technology
for Windows(R) 95. You will need drivers for your hardware that support
DirectX(tm) 2 to play the HyperBlade Demo. If you are not sure whether
your hardware and drivers support DirectX(tm) 2 please consult the
hardware manufacturer.
7. Keyboard Commands
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Arrow keys on the keyboard steer your movement
Up Arrow FORWARD (You must press and hold to maintain
forward thrust)
Down Arrow STOP
Left Arrow Turn LEFT
Right Arrow Turn RIGHT
Double Up-Arrow JUMP
Double Down-Arrow CROUCH
Double Left-Arrow SIDE PUNCH (left)
Double Right-Arrow SIDE PUNCH (right)
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