Games PC SPY HUNTER User Manual

WARNING

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT PHOTOSENSITIVE SEIZURES

A very small percentage of individuals may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these "photosensitive epileptic seizures" while watching video games.

These seizures may have a variety of symptoms including: lightheadedness, altered vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking arms or legs, disorientation, confusion, or memory loss of awareness. Seizures may also cause loss of consciousness or convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or striking nearby objects.

Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any of these symptoms. Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above symptoms – children and teenagers are more likely than adults to experience these seizures.

The risk of photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced by:

• sitting farther from the computer monitor,

• using a smaller computer monitor,

• playing in a well-lit room,

• not playing when you are drowsy or fatigued. If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures or epilepsy, consult a

doctor before playing. OTHER IMPORTANT HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION

Your computer hardware documentation contains important safety and health information that you should read and understand before using this software.

Unauthorized copying, reverse engineering, transmission, public performance, rental, pay for play, or circumvention of copy protection is strictly prohibited.

GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5

GAME HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

AGENT BRIEFING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

PROFILE MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

MAIN MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

MISSION DOSSIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

SYSTEM OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

SINGLE PLAYER MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

TWO PLAYER MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

TECHNICAL DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

VITAL DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-18

WEAPONS DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-21

ENEMY DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-24

SALIVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-26

CREDITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-28

WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

GETTINGSTARTED

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

COMPUTER : P3 / Athlon 500 Mhz processor / Keyboard or Gamepad

MEMORY : 64 MB of RAM

OPERATING SYSTEM : Windows 98, 2000, ME.

D I R E C T X : V e r s i o n 8 . 1 o r h i g h e r ( I n c l u d e d o n C D ) .

VIDEO CARD : ATI Radeon 8500, 9000 Pro, All-in-Wonder 8500, 9700.

DRIVE SPACE : 30 MB

SOUND CARD : Sound card that supports 3D stereo.

MULTIPLAYER : Spy Hunter (TM) supports up to 2 players split screen.

QUICK INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Place the Spy Hunter ( TM ) CD into your CD-ROM drive.

If your computer is AutoPlay compatible, the installation interface will automatically appear on the screen. Follow the onscreen instructions to install the game to your hard drive.

I f y o u r s y s t e m i s n o t A u t o P l a y c o m p a t i b l e , o p e n " M y C o m p u t e r" o n y o u r desktop. Then select the drive letter that represents your CD-ROM drive.

Double-click the "setup.exe" icon and the installation interface will appear on screen.

GAS / TURBO : UP ARROW BRAKE : Right CTRL

TOGGLE REAR VIEW : PAGE DOWN LOCK-ON : CAPS LOCK

SCANNER / TRACKER : Z CAMERA : BACKSPACE

F I R E D E F E N S E : C S E L E C T D E F E N S E : V

FIRE OFFENSE : SPACEBAR SELECT OFFENSE : Left ALT

STEER LEFT : LEFT ARROW STEER RIGHT : RIGHT ARROW

DEFAULT KEYBOARD CONTROLS

REVERSE : DOWN ARROW PAUSE MENU : ESC

MENU NAVIGATION

To navigate through the game menus ( i.e. options menu ), use the arrow k e y s ( u p , d o w n , l e f t, r i g h t a r r o w s ) t o h i g h l i g h t a s e l e c t i o n. To activate a selection or to acess the next menu, press ENTER. To go back to a previous selection, press the ESC key.

CONTROL

CONTROLLER : Keyboard and/ or Direct Input gamepad.

CONTROLS GAME HISTORY

Back in 1983, arcades could be found in almost every neighborhood of the United States. Jam-packed with people of all age groups, the videogame industry was booming and players eager to experience the latest games would make their weekly (sometimes daily) pilgrimage to their local arcade. During this time, game companies had released a wide variety of games geared towards specific consumers. Only a handful of those games would become classics; SpyHunter is one of them.

Created by George Gomez in 1983, SpyHunter hit the arcades with a style all to its own. Unique cabinet designs and highly addictive gameplay launched SpyHunter to the top of the “must play”lists. One of the original SpyHunter cabinets’ features was the steering wheel interface. While the cabinet itself contained the wheel, a gear shift and accelerator pedal, the wheel featured four buttons in which to complete your missions. Machine guns, Missiles, Smoke Screen and the Oil Slick were available to you at certain points in the game. All of which were activated by pressing a button on the wheel.

Another element of the game which made it special was the soundtrack. Fans of the original game still hum the tune to this day.The “Theme From Peter Gunn” is one of the most memorable songs from a game. In fact, most people would probably associate the tune with SpyHunter than Peter Gunn. Created by Henry Mancini (creator of the famous “Pink Panther Theme”), the “Theme From Peter Gunn”played in the background while the player tried to rid the world of evil. Now, almost two decades later, that same theme is still the “audio backbone” of SpyHunter.

Now in the next millenium, Midway has returned to the roots of the original game. Fast-paced, exciting and challenging, SpyHunter returns with a vengeance. Could the original game somehow return as well?

The world is in distress, evil lurks throughout the globe.Your Interceptor

is waiting.....

ABOUT USING PC GAME CONTROLLERS

Spy Hunter (TM) supports most Windows Direct Input controllers. It is r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t y o u u s e a g am e p a d t o f u l l y e n j o y y o u r S p y H u n t e r ( TM ) experience. Please refer to your controller documentation for proper installation and operating instructions. You can configure your controllers in the Controllers sub menu located under the System Options menu. The Systems Options menu is located in the game's main menu screen.

Spy Hunter (TM ) supports up to 2 players on one screen for intense 2 player action! You can configure your controllers in the controller sub menu as well. Simply select the correct inputs when assigning keys.

VIDEO OPTIONS

You can access the game's video options in the RESOLUTION sub menu which is located under the System Options menu. The System Options menu is located in the game's main menu screen. Here you can set the resolution that Spy Hunter (TM) will be displayed in.

You can select a resolution by using the UP and DOWN arrow keys and hitting ENTER to select your highlighted selection. You will notice the resolution change in the driving portion of your game only.

Please refer to page 3 for information on compatible video cards.

AGENT BRIEFING AGENT BRIEFING

Nostra International is a company based in Israel with facilities all over the globe.They deal in food products, bio-chemicals, genetics, e-commerce and children's software.

Daemon Curry, President of Nostra International, is viewed by some as the next messiah. He is an intellectual with keen business sense and political savvy. He is connected in very high places within every government of the world, and even with the church.

Hell is about to be unleashed.

Ever since Daemon Curry was a teen, he was fascinated with the prophecies of Nostradamus. He felt the one spoken of in the books, the one who would be king and bring the world to its knees, the one who would rewrite history; he felt this one would be him. It's funny how a name can go to your head.

In the early 80's he started Nostra to fund his visions of destruction. Twenty-two years later, he is at last ready to start his unholy war. He has tainted government elections; assassinated presidents and poisoned priests to attract the media and buy himself time. He has grand plans for this world. "Fire will fall from the sky, rivers will run red with blood, and a war unlike any the world has seen will unleash the four horsemen unto earth.” To help him realize his vision, he has assembled an army of spies and assassins to spread across the globe like a disease and establish strongholds in strategic locales. Once his plan is complete, he will unleash the four horsemen to spread famine, disease, pestilence, and war. Then, as it is written, "One man will become king and all the dying world will become slaves for his pleasure."

To deal with this growing threat, IES (International Espionage Services) has created a team known as SPYHUNTER.The main weapon in this team's arsenal is the G-6155 Interceptor: a state of the art automobile with enhanced weapon and transition capabilities and an onboard computer, named "Leonie," that helps analyze and identify possible targets. The G-6155 driver is Alec Sects, a former F-15 fighter pilot recently FBI trained with focus on international affairs.The Weapons Van, a mobile ammo replenishment unit, is usually positioned just past enemy lines to assist the G-6155 in fulfilling its mission. Their job is to locate Nostra's legion and prevent them from carrying out these prophecies.

The Hunt is on.

PROFILE MENU MAIN MENU

At the game’s Title Screen, press ENTER

to access the game’s

Profile Menu.

STARTING A NEW PROFILE You are able to create and save up to three player profiles.When you are pl ay i n g for the first time, you can create a profile or use the default profile named HUNTER. To create a profile, highlight a blank profile and p

ress

ENTER . . Next, you will enter your profile name.Your profile

name can be up to seven characters in length.To enter your name, highlight the character you want to use and press

ENTER. . When you are finished entering your profile name, highlight DONE and press ENTER . If you wish to delete a profile, highlight the profile to be deleted and press the DELETE button.

CONTINUING A GAME This game contains an Autosave feature.This will automatically save your game progress to your computer's hard drive.To continue a previously saved game, highlight the profile you want to load and press the

ENTER button.

After you have pressed

ENTER , you will access the game’s Main

Menu.

OPERATIONS The Operations Menu contains your mission data. This menu will show you what missions you currently have unlocked and will give you a brief description of that particular mission’s objectives. When you are ready to accept a mission, press the

ENTER button.

TWO-PLAYER Two players can compete against each other in three mini-games. Check out Page 14 for a list of the three games and their descriptions.

SYSTEM OPTIONS This is the Options Menu portion of the game. You can adjust sound levels, enter cheats, watch videos and listen to the game’s soundtrack. Some video and audio items must be unlocked before you can view or listen to them. See the next page for more information.

DOSSIER Your mission dossier gives you the status of your current and past missions. Here you can check your level objectives (how many you’ve accomplished or need to) as well as your best mission time.

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