User manual GAMES PC BHUNTER

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[. . . ] THE CITIES ARE THE STREETS, NOW COMPLETELY ABANDONED BY PEDESTRIANS, HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO AIR CORRIDORS BETWEEN ENORMOUS TRAFFIC OF THE HAS EVOLVED INTO AN ALL-OVER, HIGH-SPEED CHAOS THROUGH THE INVENTION HOVERJET CAR IN THE LATE FIFTIES, A VEHICLE WITH GREAT MANEUVERING AND ACCELERATION CAPABILITIES. THE CITY AS VARIOUS GANGSTER COMMUNITIES ARE TAKING OVER. GOVERNMENT IS SLOWLY BUT SURELY LOOSING CONTROL OVER MORE AND MORE PARTS OF TO KEEP CONTROL, SECTORS OF THE CITY HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVELY SEALED OFF LIKE HUGE FORTRESSES. THE HUGE CITY GATES KEEP THE CITY'S CONTROL CENTERS PROTECTED FROM THE GROWING ANARCHY ON THE OUTSIDE. AS POLICE AND GOVERNMENT, BOTH EQUALLY CORRUPT, STRUGGLE TO KEEP CRIME AWAY FROM THEIR DOORSTEPS, MORE AND MORE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS DELEGATED TO BOUNTY HUNTERS. THE BOUNTY MARKET HAS BECOME A TOUGH ENTERPRISE WHERE BOUN- TY HUNTERS USE JUST AS MUCH TIME FIGHTING EACH OTHER AS COLLECTING BOUNTIES. MOST HUNTERS USE THEIR EARNINGS TO IMPROVE THEIR VEHICLES AND INCREASE THEIR ARSENAL OF WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION, RESULTING IN A RAPIDLY ESCALATING LEVEL OF VIOLENCE. HOWEVER, THE BASE OF POWER SEEMS TO BE SHIFTING GRADUALLY FROM THE GOVERN- MENT OVER TO THE CRIMINAL CIRCLES OF THE SOCIETY. THESE ANARCHISTIC POWERS STRUG- GLE TO BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS PUT UP BY THE ESTABLISHED SOCIETY, SPREADING CHAOS AND ALLOWING ACCESS TO MORE AND MORE PARTS OF THE CITY. CORRUPT AND RUTHLESS NATURE. THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO FIGHT BACK BUT IN THE ATTEMPT, IT REVEALS MORE OF ITS THE CRIMINAL FORCES HAVE EVEN STARTED PUTTING OUT BY THE HIGHEST BIDDER, IT WILL SOON ESCALATE INTO A CHAOTIC WAR BETWEEN BOUNTY HUNTERS, POLICE AND CRIMINALS. BOUNTIES ON POLICE CARS AND GOVERNMENT INDIVIDUALS, AND AS THE LAW IS DICTATED STARTING THE GAME WHEN YOU HAVE STARTED B-HUNTER YOU WILL SEE THE "OPTIONS ROLLER". THIS IS A 3D SELECTION UTILITY THAT OFFERS YOU ACCESS TO NETWORK AND SETUP OPTIONS. IT WILL OF COURSE ALSO LET YOU START PLAYING. YOU SCROLL THE "OPTIONS ROLLER" BY USING THE ARROW UP/ DOWN KEYS, AND SELECT BY PRESSING RETURN. YOU CAN ACCESS THE FOLLOWING SUB MENUS: GAME, NETWORK AND SETUP. OF BUSINESS FOR GOOD, AND THE GAME IS OVER! THEN YOU WILL BE OUT RADAR THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENT IN THE CAR (UPPER RIGHT CORNER). HERE YOU WILL SEE PATHWAYS AND ROADS ILLUSTRATED AS GLOWING LINES. IT WILL DISPLAY OTHER B-HUNTER CARS AS GREEN DOTS, IDENTIFY CRIMINAL SUSPECTS AS RED DOTS AND MISSION TARGETS AS WHITE BLINKING DOTS. THE RADAR ALSO DISPLAYS THE LOCATION OF LOST WEAPONS (POWER UPS), AND LOCA- TIONS SUCH AS LOW DOT. BAILS OFFICES AND REPAIR SHOPS. THESE ARE ALL IDENTIFIED WITH A YEL- WEAPONS THE CAR CAN CARRY A HUGE ARSENAL OF WEAPONS, BUT IT ONLY HAS TWO SLOTS TO MOUNT THESE IN. LEFT CORNER OF THE SCREEN. THE WEAPON MOUNTED IN THE PRIMARY SLOT IS SHOWN IN THE LOWER THE SECONDARY HEAVY WEAPON IS DISPLAYED ON THE RIGHT. BOTH DISPLAYS ALSO LIST THE AMOUNT OF AMMO LEFT FOR THE WEAPON. IN THE DEFAULT KEYBOARD SETUP THE PRIMARY WEAPON IS SELECTED WITH KEYS 1-5 AND FIRED WITH THE CTRL KEY, AND THE SECONDARY WEAPON IS SELECTED WITH KEYS 6-0 AND FIRES WITH THE SPACE BAR. BOUNTIES AND FINES ONE PRIMARY GOAL AS A B-HUNTER IS TO EARN AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE. DONE BY COLLECTING THE BOUNTIES ON THE MISSIONS YOU GET THROUGH THE GAME. SCREEN. THIS IS IT IS NOT AS EASY AS IT SEEMS THOUGH, BECAUSE IF YOU SHOOT THE WRONG CARS YOU WILL YOUR MONEY AND UNPAID FINES ARE SHOWN AT (SEE BAIL OFFICES BELOW FOR PAYING OF FINES). THE BOTTOM MIDDLE OF THE THE COMMUNICATOR THIS IS A SMALL AUDIO VISUAL DEVICE MOUNTED AS A HUD (HEAD UP DISPLAY) IN THE 7 CAR. IT DISPLAYS ALL INCOMING MESSAGES AND T-MAIL. YOU WILL GET BOTH PERSONAL AND PUBLIC MESSAGES, WHERE SOME WILL BE OF BOUNTIES TO COLLECT AND OTHERS JUST NEWS FROM THE LOCAL OF MAILS YOURSELF, AND READ WHAT YOU FIND IMPORTANT. T-MAIL STATION. YOU WILL HAVE TO SORT THROUGH THE STREAM REMEMBER THAT THE COM- PUTER HAS A MESSAGE MEMORY SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS YOU TO READ OLD MESSAGES AGAIN, AS IT CAN SOMETIMES BE HARD TO FOLLOW THE MESSAGE WHILE ENGAGED IN HEAVY FIGHTING. MESSAGES. YOU SIMPLY PRESS THE TAB KEY ONE OR SEVERAL TIMES TO REPLAY OLD FIRST TIME B-HUNTER WHEN YOU FIRST ENTER KNOW THE BASICS. THE CITY AS A ROOKIE MAYOR AND THEN GUIDED BY A VETERAN B-HUNTER YOU WILL BE GREETED BY THE B-HUNTER. HIS JOB IS TO MAKE SURE YOU HERE ARE A FEW TIPS TO TAKE BUT HE WILL NOT TELL YOU EVERYTHING AND WHEN THESE FIRST FEW TRAINING MISSIONS ARE OVER, YOU WILL BE ON YOUR OWN. WITH YOU INTO THE CHAOS OF THE CITY. MISSIONS WHEN YOU START THE GAME, YOU WILL BE GIVEN MISSIONS THAT ARE FAIRLY EASY, WITH ONLY ONE OR TWO TARGETS. LATER ON YOU MUST LEARN TO HANDLE MANY TARGETS, AND UNFORTUNATELY YOU CANNOT ABORT A MISSION WHEN IT HAS FIRST BEEN READ INTO YOU COMPUTERS MEMORY. YOU MUST COMPLETE THE MISSION BEFORE ANYONE WILL GRANT YOU A NEW ONE. THESE ARE THE HARD FACTS THAT SOMETIMES AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. ONE HAS TO ACCEPT IN THE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE BOUNTY BUSINESS. SUSPECTS THE CITY IS FILLED WITH CRIMINALS OF ALL KIND, BUT NOT ALL OF THESE HAVE HUGE BOUNTIES ON THEIR HEADS. MOST OF THESE PETTY THIEVES ONLY REGISTER AS "SUSPECTS". THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ALL SOUGHT BY THE POLICE AND CITY OFFICIALS, AND THEY HAVE PUT A SMALL FEE OUT TO ANYONE CATCHING A SUSPECT. YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO IDENTIFY THESE, AS THEY ARE AN EASY SOURCE OF INCOME IF YOU NEED FAST CASH TO BUY WEAPONS OR PAY BACK FINES. BUT WATCH OUT, SOME OF THEM MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE REAL NASTY OPPONENTS IN A FIGHT. OVER FINED THE CITY OFFICIALS AND POLICE HAVE DECIDED THAT 50. 000 IS THE FINE LIMIT ALLOWED. [. . . ] THE RESULTING BLAST EASILY KILLS SEVERAL CARS. THE FAT LADY IS BEST USED AGAINST HUGE NUMBERS OF ENEMIES, OR AGAINST STATIONARY TARGETS. BUT BE PREPARED TO GET SOME FINES FOR KILLING THE INNOCENT. STATIC COATING THIS IS NOT A WEAPON, BUT RATHER A DEFENSIVE SHIELD. IT ENGULFS THE VEHICLE IN A STATIC ENERGY FIELD THAT EFFECTIVELY PROTECTS FROM OUTSIDE DAMAGE. [. . . ]