User manual GAMES PC ULTIMATE DOOM

[. . . ] Welcome to ULTIMATE DOOM, a lightning-fast virtual reality adventure where you are the toughest space trooper ever to suck vacuum. Your mission is to shoot your way through a monster-infested holocaust, living to tell the tale if possible. The gameplay for ULTIMATE DOOM is quite simple. This is not a cumbersome adventure game, but an action-oriented slugathon. [. . . ] By pressing the Tab key, you replace your normal view with a top-down map of everything you've seen up to date. The white arrow represents you, and points in the direction you're looking. You can zoom in and out by pressing "+" or "-. " Press the number "0" to toggle between zoom and full view. To mark your location on the map, press the "M" key. This will place a number over your location. To clear all the numbers from the map, press the "C" key. MOVING IN THE AUTOMAP: Using the arrow keys, you can move yourself while viewing the Automap. This is dangerous, since you can't see the enemy while viewing the Automap. To scroll the Automap without moving yourself, turn off Follow mode. Pressing the "F" key will toggle Follow mode on and off. TIP: When traveling narrow passages many players have found it useful to examine the Automap in a magnified mode enabling them to see exactly where to step. Controlling The Action Most of the play commands in ULTIMATE DOOM are a simple keypress away. You can use your keyboard, mouse, joystick, and combinations to move, pick up items, shoot, and open doors. MOVING At first, you might find yourself bumping into walls while demons beat on you. Once you've got movement down, everything else follows. USING DOORS, SWITCHES & ELEVATORS To open most doors and operate switches, stand directly in front of them and press the Open Key. Open is initially assigned to the Spacebar but may be changed in the Configuration dialog. PICKING UP STUFF To pick up an object, just walk over it. You're smart, and know if you need to take it. COMPLETING AN AREA At the end of each area in ULTIMATE DOOM there is an exit chamber. Enter this chamber and press the switch inside to exit the area and head onward. When you finish an area, an Achievement Screen tallies your performance. Hidden regions located, ratio of kills, percentage of treasure found, your completion time, and a par completion time are all displayed. ETERNAL LIFE AFTER DEATH If you die, you restart the level at the beginning with a pistol and some bullets. You have no "lives" limit you can keep restarting the level as often as you're killed. [. . . ] In DeathMatch mode the players begin in completely different areas if you want to see your buddy you'll need to hunt him down. Plus, each time you die, you'll restart in one of several random locations. KEYS: Unlike in single-player or Cooperative mode gameplay, in DeathMatch mode the players start each location with the keys necessary for opening any locked door in that area. STATUS BAR: In DeathMatch mode the ARMS section on the status bar is replaced with "FRAG. " The FRAG section displays the number of times you've killed your opponents. [. . . ]