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Rise of the Triad v1.2 Shareware Manual
Copyright (c)1995 Apogee Software, Ltd.
P.O. Box 496389 ■ Garland, TX 75049-6389
(214) 278-5655
For Technical Support, please run the ROTTHELP.EXE file in this directory.
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─────┐
│INTRO│
└─────┘
Hi there. You're playing Rise of the Triad. You're probably wondering what
the heck all of that stuff in the game is. Well, lucky you're here, because
in this document are all the descriptions and tips you need to play Rise of
the Triad: The HUNT Begins. Here is a list of the Table of Contents. You
can jump to any of these sections quickly, by pressing F7 to bring up a list
of them, and then going right to that section!
┌─────────────────┐
│TABLE OF CONTENTS│
└─────────────────┘
1 STORY
2 OBJECTIVE
3 STUFF IN THE GAME
3.1 HELPFUL ITEMS
3.2 WEAPONS
3.3 DANGERS
3.4 OTHER STUFF
4 ENEMIES
5 CONTROLS AND GAMEPLAY
6 COMM-BAT (multiplayer battles)
7 HINTS & TIPS
8 BEHIND THE SCENES
9 CONCLUSION
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─────┐
│STORY│
└─────┘
You are a member of the HUNT, the top secret High-risk United Nations
Taskforce, sent on extremely covert operations to possible trouble spots
outside the three-mile boundary waters of member countries. You are
investigating a breakout of cult activity on a small island in the Gulf of
Santa Catalina. Little do you know that your battle here is only the
beginning of the Dark War about to be waged. Fight bravely and survive
the onslaught of hundreds of the evil Oscuridos, because you have to defeat
their well-armed and heavily-funded forces to reach their master, El Oscuro,
in the next game! I mean--next mission. Oops.
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─────────┐
│OBJECTIVE│
└─────────┘
YOUR "OFFICIAL" OBJECTIVE
Vanquish the evil cult forces from the island and secure their stronghold.
Use whatever force is necessary to accomplish your objective.
WHAT THAT ACTUALLY BOILS DOWN TO
Travel through each area, kill everyone you can, and make it through the
exit arch to the next area. Enjoy the happy irony of blowing them up with
their own weapons.
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─────┐
│STUFF│
└─────┘
There is a lot of stuff in Rise of the Triad. We've boiled it all down into
four categories: Helpful Items (keys and health and such), Weapons (bullet
weapons and missile weapons), Dangers (things that will fry or slice you to
meaty ribbons), and the conveniently ambiguous "Other Stuff" (anything that
pertains to the game that isn't just scenery).
┌─────────────┐
│HELPFUL ITEMS│
└─────────────┘
KEYS
These are the most helpful items, because most levels have a locked door
that requires a key to open it. The doorframe of locked doors has an
image of the key needed to open that door. Keys are found spinning on top
of brown pedestals. There are different color keys to look for. The color
of the key will unlock that color locked door.
POWERUPS
Triad has a number of powerups and a few powerDOWNs. They change your
behavior rather radically.
POWERUPS/DOWNS WHAT THEY DO
God Mode Invulnerable, 10' tall, fire Godfire.
Mercury Mode Fly, be free! You're not an Egg from Ork, but you can fly
around. Press PgUp/PgDn to control the height you fly at.
Elasto Bounce off walls, have little friction.
Shrooms Disorienting, dangerous movement.
Rise of the Triad: Dark War also includes Dog Mode and Random powerups.
Dog Mode is quite fun, with its abusively-powerful BarkBlast.
PROTECTION
It's a necessity these days. There are three types of helpful protective
devices to find:
ARMOR HOW IT PROTECTS YOU
Bulletproof Saves you from those inconvenient skin perforations that
your job seems to involve.
Asbestos Firejets, fireballs, and missiles are a lot more survivable
with one of these on.
Gas Mask If you flip a switch or step on a touchplate and hear,
"Release the gas!" followed by hissing, you'll really wish
you were wearing one of these.
HEALING
You get injured, you need help. Pick up these items for a quick boost.
HEALING ITEM HEALS YOU THIS MUCH
Monk meal 10%
Priest porridge 20%
Priest porridge hot 50%
Monk crystal 10%
Large monk crystal 50%
Healing basin 0-63%
1UP and 3UP (glowing ankhs) Free lives (or full health, then free lives)
Life Items (silver/gold ankhs) 100 = 1 free life
There are four different types of ankhs (life items) that you can find. Each
will add a different amount to your total life item count. If this were a
nice printed manual, we could so incredibly show you what they looked like,
but we cannot. They're all over the place, so you can see them really easy.
They are in denominations of 1, 5, 10, & 25. Three of them look like anhks;
the best one has two rotating rings around it. An ankh is an Egyptian symbol
of life. It is not some sort of demonic or Satanic symbol. This is only a
game anyway. Get a grip.
┌───────┐
│WEAPONS│
└───────┘
There are quite a few weapons in Rise of the Triad. Most are devastatingly
powerful. Here they are all in a row, in a format we like to call a "list".
BULLET WEAPONS RATE (approx. Rounds Per Minute)
Pistol (Walther P38) 136
Dual Pistol 240
MP40 Machine Gun 400
MISSILE WEAPON WHAT IT DOES
Bazooka Shoots a missile out. Missile goes boom.
Firebomb Shoots a missile out. Explodes in four directions.
Very dangerous in close quarters.
Heatseeker Missiles seeks out heat sources: guards, fire, etc.
Many feel this is THE preferred weapon.
Drunk Missile Five missiles leave your weapon and go crazy, flying
off any which w