Games PC URBAN RUNNER User Manual

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Contents

Installation ............................................................................. 2

WELCOME TO THE URBAN JUNGLE ....................................... 4

THE OPPOSING FORCES ........................................................ 6

THE CITY’S RESSOURCES ....................................................... 8

BECOME THE CENTRAL CHARACTER ................................... 10

The telephone, a real control panel ...................................... 10

The cursors .......................................................................... 12

The use of objects ................................................................ 13

Credits ................................................................................. 16

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Installation

Installation in Windows 3.1

1. Insert Urban Runner CD No. 1 into your CD drive.

2. Start Windows.

3. Click on File.

4. Select Run.

5. On the command line, type the letter corresponding to your

CD drive, then SETUP.EXE. Click on Ok or press Enter. For
example, if your CD drive is drive D, type D:\SETUP.EXE, click on
OK or press Enter.

6. Follow the on-screen instructions.

7. Once the game is installed, you may be asked if you would like

to scan the READ-ME file. This file contains the latest information
from the most recent game tests. We highly recommend reading
it.

Starting Urban Runner in Windows 3.1

1. Insert CD No. 1 into the CD-ROM drive.

2. Start Windows.

3. Double click on the game icon in the Sierra folder.

Installation in Windows 95

1. Start Windows 95.

2. Insert Urban Runner CD No. 1 into your CD-ROM drive.

3. If the game has not yet been installed, you will be asked if you

wish to do so. To install, a Windows 95 box appears on the screen
with two options: “Install” and “Cancel”. Click on “Install” to ins­tall Urban Runner.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Starting Urban Runner in Windows 95

1. Start Windows 95.

2. Insert (or reinsert) Urban Runner CD No. 1, 2, 3 or 4, depen-

ding on where you are in the game, into the CD-ROM drive. A
Windows 95 box will appear on the screen with two options:
“Start” and “Cancel”. Click on “Start” to start or pick up where
you left off.

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“Mysterious murder in the sauna...”
“The body of MARCOS, a drug
trafficker, was found around 10:30
this morning by a baths attendant.
Immediately alerted, the police
quickly arrived at the scene of the
crime. According to Inspector VAN

DALE, officer in charge of the

Welcome

to the urban jungle

reporter living in Paris. When the story
opens, Max has set up a meeting with
Marcos to negotiate an exchange of
information for an incriminating roll of
film. But when Max turns up, he finds the
drug trafficker dead... murdered. This is
the beginning of a hair-raising series of
events, because MAX, now hounded by
the cops for a crime he didn’t commit, has
also become a moving target for a gang of
thugs, who are hot on his trail. There’s
only one thing he can do to clear his name:
find the real killer, a killer who will stop at
nothing to achieve his evil ends.

case, this murder could be linked
to a large-scale industrial scandal,
promptly hushed up by mysterious
and influential individuals. Could
this be the beginning of a highly
embarrassing affair?”

This Friday’s edition

of the “Sierra Gazette”

You are MAX, an American investigative

You are being followed relentlessly by unidentified enemies who
will use any and all means to neutralise you (traps, anonymous
phone calls, bombs, kidnapping...). Danger lurks in every shadow...
Nowhere are you safe. Each time you escape, the situation only

seem to escalate. Not long after the chase begins, you will be joined
by ADDA, as mysterious as she is seductive. She’ll be willing to take
on delicate missions for you, although she’ll have her own share of
nasty surprises to look forward to. With danger closing in on all
sides, you’ll have to stay cool and use all your ingenuity and
cunning to solve a murder mystery jam-packed with dizzying twists
and turns.

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Max GARDNER

American investigative reporter. 35 years old. Has a good nose

for news and makes it his business to hound corrupt politicians.

In possession of an incriminating roll of film...

Adda WERTMULLER

27 year old German ecology student. To finish her
theses, becomes the part-time mistress of some
pretty shady characters.

The opposing forces

Lev KEVORK

Founder of the ELITE, a highly unethical
and diabolical organisation, although as
far as the public knows, officially created
to stimulate the potential capabilities of
individuals...

Paul LAGRANGE

The organisation’s second in command.
Ambitious young politician, who has a talent
for putting a damper on any legal
manoeuvres deployed against the ELITE.

Tony MARCOS

Third link in the chain.
In charge of manufacturing
medicinal substances
in his laboratory,
to meet the needs
of the ELITE.

Dr Arielle DRAMISH

Doctor renowned for her research in biotechnology. The results of

her work are vital to the Elite’s clandestine operations....

Inspector Gaston VAN DALE

Aggressive and stubborn cop. Has
become obsessed with arresting Max,
the prime suspect in the murders of
MARCOS and LAGRANGE.

The ERASER

LAGRANGE’s right-hand man. Deals with all
delicate missions: theft, kidnapping,
surveillance operations...

The BODYGUARD

MARCOS’ personal bodyguard. He’s tailing you with
only one thing in mind: get Max!

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The city’s ressources

THE APARTMENT:

Our reporter enjoyed a peaceful life here, up until the moment
he gets mixed up in this diabolical case... His home sweet
home becomes dangerous ground.

THE SQUAT:

half workshop, half-junk shop, piled high with bric-a-brac, home to
Denis DEQUERRE, known as D.D., one of Max’s oldest friends. In
brief... a refuge for Max who is running for his life.

THE BUENA VISTA HOTEL:

an oasis of relaxation, a haven of peace, unhoped-for respite from
the noise and the fury. This is where Max’s heart skips a beat on
catching a first glimpse of the woman soon to become his
devoted partner.

THE ZANZIBAR CLUB:

very private club where only top-level pool players
gain access. Will Max get the opportunity to discover
the secret passage leading to the alleyway?

MARCOS’ OFFICE:

discrete hiding place for a safe containing all the proof of a
bizarre plot.

THE CEMETERY:

where Max, taking advantage of a solemn occasion, gathers a
little more information on a certain doctor.

THE LAB:

hidden in the heart of a bourgeois house, but accessible enough
to allow Adda to conduct a fruitful search.

THE INSTITUTE:

the enemy’s last entrenchment, containing a Secret Room
housing the organisation’s most sensitive data.

THE SAUNA:

A place where all the big shots come to relax and conduct
business. For Max, it’s the unexpected starting point of a
desperate manhunt.

Marcos’
office

The Buena Vista hotel

The apartment

The Squat

The institute

The Cemetery

The Sauna

The Lab

The Zanzibar Club

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Become the central character

Your game screen comprises three sections:

- the telephone which
appears if the cursor is moved
to the top of the screen

- the central section where
the adventure unfolds

- the command line which
appears under the image

The telephone, a real control panel

There are six functions accessible by using the left button on the
mouse to click on the desired icon.

MANAGEMENT : is used to “SAVE”, “LOAD”,
“EXIT”.

SAVE: when you click on this, the game status save positions
appear. You can choose a line by moving “the lifts”; the name of
the screen appears automatically. You can change it, if you wish.

LOAD: you can return to any saved position. You will find the
game exactly as you saved it.

EXIT: Click on this function if you wish to exit the game.

JOKERS: you have three jokers (three clubs),

which, can be called on to help you if you get stuck. If
the icon displays “LISTEN TO THE JOKER AGAIN,” you can do just
that. More help is available when “ANOTHER

JOKER” is displayed. “NO JOKER” means no help at this point.
When you have gone through all your jokers (no more clubs), the
icon is deactivated.

STORING CLUES: clues contain information vital to

the investigation, without which the mystery can

not be solved. As clues are discovered, they are
automatically stored. If you haven’t managed to find any clues, a
“MEMORY EMPTY” message is displayed.

To access memory, use the left button on the mouse to click on
the MEMORY icon. Then choose a clue from the list. The clue
immediately appears in magnified form so that it can be easily
examined.

INVENTORY OF OBJECTS: the inventory contains

all the objects you have collected during your
investigation. You can use them individually on the image, or
combine them together.

To take an object from the inventory,

- fast mode: click anywhere using the right button on the mouse.

- normal mode: use the left button on the mouse to click on the
INVENTORY icon. Then choose an object from the list. Your fin­ger-cursor becomes an object-cursor.

To add an object (object-cursor) to the inventory:

- fast mode: click anywhere with the right button on the mouse.

- normal mode: click the object-cursor on the telephone’s INVEN­TORY icon.

To combine objects from the inventory:

Some objects can be combined to create a new object. To do this,
open the inventory in fast mode (click anywhere with the right
button on mouse), then click on the desired object. It becomes an
object-cursor. Then click the object-cursor on the telephone’s

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INVENTORY icon. The list of objects appears.
Click the object-cursor on the object you wish to combine. If the
combination is possible, a new object is created and becomes
part of the inventory.

THE MAGNIFYING GLASS:

magnifies objects from the inventory for examination.
Once the object has been
selected from the inventory,
click the object-cursor on the
MAGNIFYING GLASS icon.
This allows you to turn objects
around to examine both front
and back. In this way, you can
make out any writing (read a
message, etc...), or manipulate
objects with more precision.

OPTIONS: by default, the option box displays the % of progress
made in the game. The MUSIC and ESCAPE options are displayed
by clicking on the small “top” and “bottom” arrows.

- Music: allows music to be stopped or restarted at any point
during the game.

- Escape: for cutting short video sequences.

The cursors

Moving the hand-cursor in the central section of the
screen corresponds to an examining action.

When the finger points, it is indicating noteworthy

objects or places, the names of which appear on the com-

mand line.

When the hand turns into an arrow, it indicates the directions of

movement.

Left/Right go under/go over

In front/behind turn the wheel to the right/

to the left

When you examine magnified objects or clues, cursors appear
which display the appropriate actions:

zoom in,

zoom out,

left rotation,

right rotation,

finger (zone of an object that can be activated),
accompanied by commentary on the command line.

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The use of objects

To take a object from the image, click on it using the left button
on the mouse; the finger-cursor turns into an object-cursor.

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In this case:Clicking the right
button of the mouse places the
object in the INVENTORY.

Clicking the left button allows
you to use the object within the
image. “USE” then appears on
the command line, followed by
the name of the object, then
the place or individual indicated
by the cursor, e.g.: use KEY on
DOOR. A left click is for action, a
right click allows you to change
your mind.

Depending on the context, “USE” indicates: give, show or acti­vate.

The object must be placed in your inventory for subsequent use.
To do this, click anywhere with the right button on the mouse, or
click the object-cursor on the telephone’s INVENTORY icon.

A propos

of the introduction sequence

The story begins when Max, having arrived at the sauna for a
clandestine meeting with Tony MARCOS, finds the gangster
stone cold dead. Max panics, picks up the wrong locker key and
is obliged to put on the gangster’s clothes.
While hightailing it out of there, Max is spotted by the body­guard. Dodging a hail of bullets, Max runs down corridors, climbs
up an iron ladder and ends up on the roof. But Max can’t shake
the bodyguard and after running a tortuous course, all the while
deftly avoiding lethal ricochets, he is forced to climb down into a
disused factory .
You can discover Max’s other possible movements by clicking the
left or right button on the mouse at certain times.
Here are three key moments:

- at the bottom of the first staircase: click the left button and
Max will go to the left instead of continuing to the right

- at the end of the corridor, after the killer falls, click the right
button and Max will go right instead of left

- at the bottom of the iron ladder which goes down into the
factory, click the left button and Max will go left instead of
right.

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UPERVISION

Roland OSKIAN
Arnaud DELRUE

GAME PLAY

Muriel TRAMIS
Silvan Boris SCHMID
Jean-Marc VINCENT
Philippe LAMARQUE

PROGRAMMING

Herve DENIS
Valery CARPENTIER
Mathieu MARCIACQ

VISUAL EFFECTS

Yannick CHOSSE
Bruno QUINTIN
Fred CHAUVELOT

Credits

Jerome LAMOUREUX
Bruno DELANGLE

OUNDTRACK

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Herve LAVANDIER
Michel GOLGEVIT
Olivier RABAT
Francois MUSY
Bernard LEROUX
SMB sons
RAMSES

THE FOLLOWING ALSO
PARTICIPATED:

Magali Jallais
Jérôme Yermia
Fanette & Hélène
Philippe Laroque
Isabelle Gely
Jérôme Peyrebrune
Alexis Bonnet
Karim La Vaullee
Christine Ferrer
Olivier Behra
Olivier Abele
Marc Elusse
Laurent Guibert
Marc Beauvais
Nathalie Tomasini
Sylvie Deldon
Henri Demonio
Philippe Naert
Sylvain Tetrel
Emmanuelle Quenot
Agnès Renault
Benoît Gourley
Brigitta Scholtz
Claude Segard
Pascal Riccieri
Manuelle Mauger
Lionel Carre
René-Guy Tramis
Christian Sparrevohn
Charles Callet
Bertrand Hasnier
Marie-Thérèse Marciaq
Kendo
Martine Merliaud
Denis Besson
Jeff Rey
Kaki
Marta Thongsavarn
Françoise Glaser
Michel Guérin
Chantale Lamarque
Gina Lollia
Jean Paul Bruyelle
Félix Citer
Fred Dauptain

Céline Lerouge
Sabine David
Mike Carlisle
Josef Kluytsman
Michel Riochet & fils
Patrick Dumas
Fred Paris
Pierre Gilhodes
Emmanuel Chagnas
Laurent Jorda
Sabine Granier
Olivier Beaudelain
Matthias Schütze
Eva Kruse
Valérie Perruzza
Frédéric Tibout
Adrien Hermans
Michel Vinogradof
Marion Charrier
Studio Big Wheels
Patrick Poivey
Pierre-Alain de Guarrigue
Luc Bernard
Marie Vincent
Mark Blezinger
Martin Ploderer
Florian Schneider
Doug Kruse
John Marzili
Russ Fegn
David Pires
Georges Sinns
Rebecca Dowus

Special thanks at Clichy city

and at the “Cité des Sciences

et de l’Industrie de la

Villette”

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