User manual GAMES PC GIANTS-CITIZEN KABUTO

[. . . ] TM Game Manual Giants : TM Citizen Kabuto GAME MANUAL 1 Table of Contents Background Story Menus Player ID Main Menu 4 6 6 6 Cast of Characters Meccaryns Sea Reapers Kabuto Other Characters Structures 10 10 11 12 13 19 Game Interface Mecc Interface Delphi Interface Kabuto Interface 21 21 23 26 Controls Movement Attacking Views 28 28 30 32 The Meccaryns Mecc Weapons, Packs, and Items Mecc Base 34 34 39 The Sea Reapers Sea Reaper Weapons and Spells Sea Reaper Base 44 44 49 Kabuto 54 2 Base Building The Base Building Screen Building a Mecc Base ­ Walkthrough 58 60 62 Multiplayer Host a New Multiplayer Game Join an Existing Multiplayer Game Multiplayer Game Types 66 66 69 69 Hints & Tips Appendix: The History of Planet Moon Credits 71 73 75 3 Background Story Before man climbed down from the trees to shop in megastores and drink cappuccino, before Earth wadded itself into a cool blue ball, before PLANET MOON even existed, there was the Island. The Island, a massive fragment of a long-lost planet, hurtling blindly through space. The description evokes the term, "asteroid", but the Island is no dead piece of scorched rock. Even from a distance of light years, the Island's radiant colors distinguish it as an anomaly within the void of the cosmos. [. . . ] Grenades work well while flying ­ you can drop them on enemies below while cackling maniacally. Flare If alerted that a homing missile is locked on to you, you can jettison a flare to confuse the approaching missile while you make your getaway. Mecc Disciples You and your Meccaryn buddies travel together, drink together, woo women together ­ it's only natural that you fight together too. During the single-player game, you'll find that your Mecc buddies ­ referred to as disciples ­ are only too ready to take your orders when it comes to adventure and battle. Your disciples can use their jetpacks to fly to locations, carry guns just like you, and have a true love for kicking ass. Your disciples will follow your orders to attack, go to positions that you point out, or return to you. 38 Mecc Gyrocopter Meccs can gain access to a gyrocopter once they haul a Smartie out of their party house to build a gyrocopter pad. One Mecc can pilot the gyrocopter, while teammates (in multiplayer games) can latch on to the sides and hitch a ride. Gyrocopters not only have greater airborne range than jetpacks (due to their unlimited fuel capacity), they also have a nose-mounted machine gun with unlimited ammunition, as well as 3 millennium bombs. Millennium bombs are similar in effect to the Millennium Mortar (described on page ##). You can aim these bombs by targeting a spot on the ground within a limited range. When you land on your gyropad, you'll load up on millennium bombs again. Millennium bomb icons are displayed at the bottom of the game interface. With all of this firepower, gyrocopters are unfortunately weak on the structural side. While you're piloting a gyrocopter, the heart-shaped health indicator on your interface refers to the gyrocopter's health, not yours. If the `copter takes damage, you can return to your gyrocopter pad to repair the vehicle. Don't wait too long, though ­ it doesn't take much to blow up a gyrocopter, damaging the pilot and any unlucky teammates who happen to be hitching a ride. MECC BASE When building a Mecc base from scratch, you'll start with a "pit" (with a "meat drop-off" circle in front) and a "Smartie drop-off" circle. The pit is where you bring Vimp meat that you've collected ­ Smarties that work for you will go to the pit immediately after a task is done for some good old Vimp-burgers. The Smartie drop-off circle is where you need to bring any Smarties you gather. You can only carry one Smartie on your back at a time, and when you do, you'll want to bring him here. Once you've returned a Smartie to your base, you'll get the following: 39 Pub When you get a Smartie back to your base, the first thing he'll build is a pub ­ hey, priorities, right?Built on top of the pit, the pub is a place for your subordinate Smarties to eat and drink in between tasks you give them. So long as you keep your Smarties well-fed, they'll sit in the pub and wait for you to assign them additional work. Build Base Platform After the pub, your number one Smartie will go and create a build base platform. When you stand on this platform, the camera will zoom out to an overhead view of your base ­ this is the base building screen. For a complete rundown of options on the base building screen, see page 58. [. . . ] 16815 Von Karman Avenue Irvine, CA 92606 81 COPYING PROHIBITED This software product and the manual are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by Interplay Entertainment Corp. and are protected by the copyright laws that pertain to computer software. You may not loan, sell, rent, lease, give, sub license, or otherwise transfer the software (or any copy). You may not modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reverse engineer or derive source code from all or any portion of the software or anything incorporated therein or permit or encourage any third party to do so. [. . . ]