Sega Maken X Instruction Manual

Thank you for purchasing Maken X.
Please note that this software is
designed only for use with the
Dreamcast console. Be sure
to read this instruction manual
thoroughly before you start
playing Maken X.

Contents

2. INTRODUCTION

3. PROLOGUE

4. THE DREAMCAST

CONTROLLER

6. STARTING UP

8. SOUND SETTINGS

9. NAME ENTRY

10. THE GAME

12. WORLD MAP

13. SYSTEM WINDOW

16. ACTION SCREEN

17. BASIC ACTIONS

18. LOCK

-

ON

19.

BRAINJACKING

& PSI POINTS

20. ITEMS

21

. CHARACTER

INTRODUCTIONS

25. GLOSSARY

Maken X is a memory card compatible game
[

Visual Memory Unit (VMU)sold separately].
In order to save game files, the VMU to be used
must have at least 10 memory blocks of free
space available.

~

Deus Ex Machina

~

The world was tumbling into chaos.
Five minutes into the future, China and the USA had reached a
standoff in their battle for supremacy.
The curtain will fall on a round of confidential Sino- American talks in
only five minutes. Their discord is tangible.
The European Union is about to be engulfed by the shadow of
misfortune, and is losing its strength like a dying old man.
People will be embraced by a sense of uneasiness that they have
never felt before.

Japan
At the Kanazawa Research Institute, funded by an overseas Chinese
merchant, epoch-making research was being carried out on a
treatment for mental illness that involved PSI engineering.

PSI

The existence of the human spirit which has been scientifically
proven…

Maken
The first medical instrument in the world that can extract PSI and
modify it. The development of artificial life is based on Plan X.

Maken is about to awaken.
What kind of PSI will it have?

The world was tumbling into chaos.
Five minutes into the future, China and the USA had reached a
standoff in their battle for supremacy.
The curtain will fall on a round of confidential Sino- American talks in
only five minutes. Their discord is tangible.
The European Union is about to be engulfed by the shadow of
misfortune, and is losing its strength like a dying old man.
People will be embraced by a sense of uneasiness that they have
never felt before.

Japan
At the Kanazawa Research Institute, funded by an overseas Chinese
merchant, epoch-making research was being carried out on a
treatment for mental illness that involved PSI engineering.

PSI

The existence of the human spirit which has been scientifically
proven…

Maken
The first medical instrument in the world that can extract PSI and
modify it. The development of artificial life is based on Plan X.

Maken is about to awaken.
What kind of PSI will it have?

~

Deus Ex Machina

~

PROLOGUE

PROLOGUE

54

[

Visual Memory Unit (VMU

)

]

to Control Port A.

EXPANSION
SOCKET 2

EXPANSION
SOCKET 1

TRIGGER L

TRIGGER R

X

BUTTON

B BUTTON

A BUTTON

Y BUTTON

Make sure that you insert the Jump
Pack (sold separately)into Expansion
Socket 2 of the controller.

THE JUMP PACK™

MOVES

ANALOG THUMB PAD Move character/cursor;

Press down and hold during battle to guard

D-PAD Move cursor

A BUTTON Jump, select
B BUTTON Cancel
X BUTTON Attack
Y BUTTON Activate lock-on

✽

TRIGGER L Hold down while moving the Analog Thumb Pad to

look around

TRIGGER R Hold down while moving the Analog Thumb Pad to

strafe left or right

✽ You can change the lock-on controls in Options.
NOTE:

To return to the Title Screen at any point during the game, simultaneously
press and hold the A, B, X, Y and Start Buttons.

CONTROLLER

76

-

Pad to select

A Button to enter your

OPTIONS

You can modify all the game settings. Press the
Analog Thumb Pad or the D-Pad to select an
item. Select “EXIT” to make your modifications
effective.

LOCK-ON TYPE

Select a lock-on type.
TOGGLE Enables you to use the

Y Button to toggle the

lock.

HOLD Enables you to lock on

only when Trigger R is
held down.

SOUND

Select from “STEREO” (Speaker),
“STEREO” (Headphone)and
“MONO.”

SE

Adjust the volume of the game’s
sound effects.

BGM

Adjust the volume of the game’s
background music.

JUMP PACK

Switch the Jump Pack ON or OFF
(

if it is connected).

INITIALIZE SETTINGS

Revert to the default settings.

EXIT

Return to the Title Screen with
changes in place.

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(

Speaker

)

-

15

NAME ENTRY CONTROLS

Once the game starts and the story
has been introduced, you will be able
to enter a name. Press the Analog
Thumb Pad and the D-Pad to select
letters and press the A Button to enter
your selection.

ANALOG THUMB PAD Move cursor
D-PAD Backspace/space

A BUTTON Enter a letter
B BUTTON Backspace
X BUTTON Return to Menu
Y BUTTON Delete

TRIGGER

R Not used

TRIGGER

L Not used

START BUTTON Move the cursor to “END” (Will not enter

)