User manual ZOO DIGITAL PUBLISHING BUGGY

[. . . ] Buggy © 2004 ZOO Digital Publishing INTRODUCTION Buggy racing: Fast, furious and fun. Take on all-comers to unlock new tracks, find new buggies and finally conquer the vast Hub System. Use and abuse the buggies, tracks and gates, to win all that lies before you. Learn the tracks and learn the gates, just perfect for some wild buggy power-ups and essential for first class racing! [. . . ] This consists of four circular level hubs, each containing several Access Teleporters. The type of game selected in the Game Selection room will be indicated by a flashing symbol in the top corner of the screen. Your location in the Hub System is indicated by the large floating numbers, showing the level hub number. You must win a Gold Medal from every available track to complete a level hub. Access Teleporters Each level hub contains several teleporters, which will transport you to the different tracks and locations. These display pictures depicting the destination, but driving close to an Access Teleporter will show additional help text. There are two types of Access Teleporter: Track Teleporter - Teleport to a specific race track Game Selection Teleporter - Teleport back to the Game Selection room "No Entry" Doors The glass doorways displaying "No Entry" signs, cannot be entered immediately. To open these, you will need to win a Gold Medal for every track within the current hub. Other "No Entry" doors require slightly different tactics, such as activating switches or using clever gate sequences! Save Room The Save Room gives you quick and easy access to the Save Game screen. If you drive into the Save Room, you will be asked if you would like to exit to the Save Game screen. The Save Room will store your current position within the game, the best times and any extra buggies that you may have collected. If you do not save your data, it will be lost once the game is turned off or reset. As you enter the Save menu, you will be presented with a list of the Buggy save game slots. To save your current game data, highlight and select one of the game slots. You can either save the game into a free save game slot, or highlight and select a previously used save game slot that can be over-written. Once you have selected a slot, you can enter a name using the keyboard. Use a memorable name, as this is for your own reference when you reload the data. Once you have finished with this menu, press the ESC key to exit BUGGY RACING As you race, useful information will be displayed about your current progress: 2 1 3 4 1. Lap Number Race Map Position/Race Time Power-up Icons Active Power-ups 5 To complete a race, you must finish a set number of laps around the track. The race map located at the top centre of the screen will display the relative distance between each buggy in the race. At the end of a race in a Challenge mode, Prize Trophies will be awarded depending on your finishing position. Second place will earn you a Silver Medal and third place will earn you a Bronze Medal. Remember, you must win a Gold Medal on every track, if you want to progress into further levels of the Hub System. [. . . ] Before you can proceed any further, you must specify the type of connection to be used for DirectPlay. Toggle between the available connection types using the Server option. This can be set to either IPX or Internet (TCP/IP). Setup Game The Setup Game option will allow you to set-up and host a multiplayer game. There are several options available to the server for defining the game settings. [. . . ]