Tyrian: Online Manual (c) 1995 Epic MegaGames Inc and Eclipse Software ============================================================================= I) Requirements II) Installation III) Setup and Getting Started IV) Getting Started V) Story VI) How to play VII) The game - 1 Player Full Game - 1 Player Arcade Game - 2 Player Arcade Game - 2 Player Modem/Network Game VIII) The Worlds IX) Trouble Shooting X) Credits I) REQUIREMENTS * 386-33 or faster PC * 4 megabytes of RAM * Approximately 10 megabytes of hard disk space * VGA graphics capability Optional: * Sound Blaster compatible sound card, Gravis Ultrasound, or General MIDI MPU-401 compatible sound card (Roland Sound Canvas, RAP-10, MT-32) * Mouse or joystick recommended but not required. II) INSTALLATION Installation from Floppy disk: If you've purchased the floppy disk version of Tyrian, you must first install Tyrian to your hard drive. To do so, place disk 1 in the drive and type: a:install [Enter] or b:install [Enter] Follow the on-screen instructions until installation is complete. Installation from CD-ROM: If you have the CD-ROM version of Tyrian, you will need to perform either a partial install or a full install to copy the necessary files to your hard drive. To install Tyrian from CD, place the CD in your CD-ROM drive and do the following: 1. Change to the CD-ROM drive containing the Tyrian CD (D:\) 2. Type INSTALL to bring up the Installation Menu. 3. Choose "Install Tyrian" from the menu screen. 4. Choose "Full Install" to copy the entire game to your hard drive or choose "Partial Install" to copy the minimal amount of files to your hard drive and play from the CD. III) TYRIAN SETUP Before playing Tyrian, you need to run the SETUP.EXE program to configure Tyrian to your hardware. To do so: 1. Change to the drive in which Tyrian is installed (C:) 2. Change to the directory in which Tyrian is installed (CD\TYRIAN) 3. Type SETUP [ENTER] at the command line. 4. Supply the setup program with the appropriate information to configure the game. MUSIC No Music: Disables music. Choose this if you do not have a sound card, or if your sound card does not work with Tyrian properly. FM sound: If you have a Sound Blaster or compatible card capable of FM synthesis, choose this option. MIDI Port: If you have a General MIDI MPU-401 compatible interface, Roland Sound Canvas, SCC-1, or MT-32 sound module, select the MIDI port which your music card uses. The default port is usually set to 330 or 320. Gravis: If you have a Gravis Ultrasound or GUS Max, select "Gravis MIDI." NOTE TO GRAVIS USERS: remember to activate your ULTRAMID driver before entering SETUP. Gravis Ultrasound cards with less than 512K RAM will not play music with Tyrian. WSS: If you have the Windows Sound System, select "WSS." SB16-AWE: If you have a Sound Blaster AWE32, select "SB16-AWE." MUSIC VOLUME Use the left/right arrow keys or click with the mouse to change the music volume. SOUND No Effects: Disables sound effects. Choose this option if you do not have a sound card that supports digital sound. Sound Blaster: If you have a Sound Blaster or compatible sound card (including the AWE32), select "Sound Blaster." Gravis: For the Gravis Ultrasound or GUS Max, select "Gravis." WSS: If you have the Windows Sound System, select "WSS." SOUND VOLUME Use the left/right arrow keys or the mouse to change the volume. GAME DETAIL Low: for 386's or slower 486's. High: for 486 local bus processors or faster computers. Pentium: Maximum detail for Pentium computers. JUKEBOX Here, you can listen to all the cool tunes in the game. Just use the left/right or up/down arrow keys to select the tracks you want to listen to. You can also listen to Tyrian's sound effects here. Press the period and comma keys to change the current sound, and press the semicolon key to play the sound. IV) GETTING STARTED To run Tyrian after you have run the SETUP program, all you need to do is type TYRIAN. To run Tyrian from DOS at a later time, simply do the following: 1. Change to the appropriate drive letter to play Tyrian (C:). 2. Change to the directory to which Tyrian installed (CD\TYRIAN) 3. Type TYRIAN at the command prompt. V) THE STORY The year is 20,031. You are Trent Hawkins, a terraformation pilot. For three years, it has been your job to fly over tough-to-navigate planetary formations and check for habitable locations on newly terraformed planets. You execute more hair raising maneuvers in a day than most League trained pilots do during the course of their whole career. After many years of war, however, you prefer blasting rock formations to vaporizing enemy starships. Your latest assignment from the Interplanetary Council is Tyrian, a proposed trading world on the edge of the sector, near Hazudra territory. The Hazudra are a lizard-like race recently discovered in a nearby asteroid field. One of your fellow workers and close friends, Buce Quesillac, was a Huzudra. Yesterday Buce was shot in the back by a waiting hoverdrone that disappeared into the sky before you could blink, let alone stop it. Someone killed your best friend, and if it's the last thing you do, you're going to find out why. The only lead you have is what Buce told you before he died.... "My friend...you must leave Tyrian now, or you will be killed. Even after death, I could not bear to lose you. Still, what I am about to tell you will mark you, so listen well... You are familiar with the corporation that controls the terraformation of Tyrian, called Microsol. They are responsible for my death. And, do you remember that glowing rock we discovered in the mines west of here? It was more than just a pretty mineral. It is a new source of power called Gravitium. Harness it, and engines will soon be obsolete. It can... control gravity. Microsol wants it, and will eliminate anyone who knows of its existence. They captured me two days ago and tried to erase my memory as a warning. They did not know my memory is holographic in nature, and cannot be wiped out. Today I would reason that they discovered this, and found me to finish the job. Now you must go, before they hunt you down. Hurry! Head towards Savara, the freeworld. It will be difficult for them to follow you there. GO!" You ran to your quarters and found them torn apart. Luckily you managed to obtain three weeks leave and a Gencore Hawk fighter. You set out for Savara tomorrow, and grieve at the thought of telling your parents that your best friend has been murdered. You grieve even further wondering how you're to stay alive with the whole of Microsol dogging your heels. Preparing for a troubled day, you close your eyes at last, vowing to avenge Buce's death, not knowing that what will take place in the next three weeks will become the legend of Tyrian. Ready yourself.... VI) MENUS AND OPTIONS TITLE MENU When you run Tyrian, you will be taken to the title screen. The selections you can choose at this menu are: Start New Game: Begins a new game of Tyrian. Tyrian has several modes of play: 1-Player Full Game 1-Player Arcade 2-Player Arcade Modem/Network game The differences in gameplay for each of these modes are described later under "Playing Tyrian." After you select the type of game you want to play, you will need to select the difficulty of gameplay. You can choose from Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulties. *SECRET* From the "Difficulty Select" screen type a capital "G" to switch to the IMPOSSIBLE difficulty setting. Load Game: This selection will load a game that you previously saved. The last level you completed will be saved automatically in the bottom save-game slot called Last Level. Instructions: Choose this option to view the in-game manual with information on how to play. Info: General information, version number, and legal stuff. Quit: Takes you to the nether regions of DOS. GAME MENU Once you've selected an episode and difficulty settings, you will be taken to the Game Menu. From the Game Menu, you can modify your ship, change the game options, read the your datacubes, and enter the game. Data: (Only appears in Full Game). This selection allows you to read any datacubes you've collected in the previous level. Datacubes contain all the secret lowdown on the plot and extra tips and hints that may help you pass the next level. Upgrade Ship: (Only appears in Full Game). Takes you to the Ship Configuration Menu. Player 1 Input/Player 2 Input: (Two Player Arcade game only.) Lets you choose the controller for the first and second player. Options: All control aspects of the game can be configured from this menu: Controls (joystick, mouse, and keyboard), loading and saving games (Full Game only), and music and sound volume. Next Level: Takes you to the NAV screen, where you choose your next destination. Choose wisely! The datacubes you collect contain valuable info on planets you may want to steer clear of early on in the game. Quit Game: Returns you to the title screen. UPGRADE SHIP MENU (1-Player Full Game only) The "Full Game" of Tyrian allows you to customize your ship's weapons and defenses by buying and upgrading items. Not only can you configure a ship of your own, but you can upgrade to 3 different ships during the game. Each ship has str...
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