Games PC DARWINIA User Manual

DARWINIA...

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Darwinia... a land of contrast.

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Innovation

Imagination

Intellect

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designer of the

PROTOLOGIC

68000

A promotional magazine advert from July 1986, two months before Protologic

Entertainment filed for bankruptcy

CONTENTS

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OVERVIEW

PROGRAMS

VIRUSES

BUGS

STRUCTURES

TECH SUPPORT

CREDITS

REFERENCE

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OVERVIEW

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Darwinia is a Virtual Themepark, built by Dr Sepulveda out
of malfunctioning Protologic 68000s.

Darwinia is populated by a sentient evolving
life form called the Darwinians.

Unfortunately, the systems of Darwinia have been overrun by an evil red
Viral Infection.

Your task is to destroy the Viral Infection and save the Darwinians.

CAMERA

Use the W,S,A,D keys to move the camera.
You can move the camera up and down by scrolling your mouse wheel,

or by pressing Q and E.
You can zoom by pressing the middle mouse button, or by pressing Z.
To speed up the camera, hold SHIFT.

SQUADS

Your primary weapon against the Virus is the Squad.

To create a Squad, hold ALT to access the
Task Manager and then draw this gesture:

Release the ALT key and click in one of the highlighted
areas to place your Squad in the world.

Squads are controlled by Left Clicking to move, and Right
Clicking to fire lasers.

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ENGINEERS

To create an Engineer, hold ALT to access the
Task Manager, then draw this gesture.

Engineers can capture research, reprogram
buildings and collect souls.

RESEARCH

From time to time you will find Research Items scattered
around Darwinia. These may be captured by Engineers to
provide new weapons and upgrades.

BUILDINGS

Most buildings in Darwinia are controlled by a nearby
Control Tower.

You can use Engineers to reprogram Control Towers, enabling

you to use the building that the Control Tower is connected to.

SOULS

Whenever a creature dies in Darwinia, be it a Darwinian or an evil
Virus, it will leave a Soul behind.

Use Engineers to gather these Souls and take them to the
nearest Incubator, where they will be reborn into Darwinians.

TASK MANAGER

Y ou can swap between running programs (e.g. Squads and Engineers) by
holding ALT to access the Task Manager, and then pressing TAB.

You can terminate a program by pressing CTRL-C.
For a list of objectives, hold ALT then scroll right. For a list of research,

hold ALT then scroll left.