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Neuromancer Quick Reference
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GETTING AROUND IN THE REAL WORLD
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While walking through Chiba City, you'll see the world one "room" at
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a time. Many rooms have exits or doorways you can walk through. Exits at
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the bottom of the main screen are represented by a black line. Some doors
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may be locked or guarded; in this case it is up to you to find out how to get
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in.
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As you cruise through each room, you'll see and talk to other
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people. You can control your actions and movement using keyboard commands or
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a joystick (more commands later).
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The screen is divided into three main areas. The largest section
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shows the room itself. In the bottom left corner are the eight command icons.
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In the bottom right corner is a special text window used for room
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descriptions and other short bits of text. When a conversation is in
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progress, "word balloons" will appear above the speaking characters in the
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room.
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JOYSTICK CONTROL
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To toggle the joystick on and off, press "J" while holding down the
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"open-apple" key. If you have a joystick, you can use it to move a "pointer
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arrow around the screen. Whenever you want to select anything on the screen
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-- a command icon, a menu option, some softwarez to download -- you can just
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point to it with the pointer and press the joystick button.
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COMMAND ICONS
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You use the command icons to perform actions. You can pick an icon
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by either pointing to it with the joystick pointer and pressing the joystick
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button, or pressing the corresponding key on your keyboard.
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The command icons are arranged _______________
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as in the figure to the right. The table | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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below refers to each icon by number, as |---|---|---|---|
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shown in the figure. | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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---------------
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SOUND CONTROL
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To toggle the sound effects on and off, press "S" while holding down
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the "open-apple" key".
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Here is a list of the command icons and what they do.
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KEY ICON DESCRIPTION
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--- ---- -----------
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1. M MODE Toggles through these display options:
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Current amount on credit chip
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Time
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Date
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Constitution level
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2. I INVENTORY Displays what you're currently carrying and lets you
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operate, discard, or give items, or erase software in
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a
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deck.
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3. P PAX Access the PAX system if there's a PAX terminal in the
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room.
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4. T TALK Talk with another person in the room.
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5. S SKILLS Use a skill you have acquired.
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6. WALK When using a joystick, puts you back in control of
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your movement after performing some other action.
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(See Movement Commands)
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7. R ROM CONSTRUCT Access your ROM construct abilities (if you have one).
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8. D DISK Save your current game position, load an old game,
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pause the game, start a new game, or quit the game.
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MOVEMENT COMMANDS
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You can use either the keyboard or a joystick to walk around town.
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With the keyboard, you can one step by pressing a direction key once
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or keep walking by holding a direction key down. the direction keys are
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shown below. The arrow keys will move you immediately from room to room.
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To walk around with a joystick, first select the "Walk" command
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icon. The joystick pointer will disappear to show that you are walking
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around. Moving the joystick in the direction you want to go will then make
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you walk in that direction. When you want to select a different command
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icon, press the joystick button again to stop walking and get the joystick
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pointer back.
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COMMANDS WITHIN MENUS:
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Menus may appear throughout the game when you look at lists of items
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-- prices in a shop or your inventory list, for example. You can select a
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menu option with the keyboard, or point to the option with the joystick
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pointer and press the joystick button. There are several commands commonly
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used within menus:
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COMMAND KEY DESCRIPTION
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------- --- -----------
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EXIT X Leave the current menu
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MORE M View more menu options (if available)
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After you select an item in your Inventory menu, you can choose from three
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special commands:
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OPERATE O Operate an item.
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GIVE G Give an item to another person.
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DISCARD D Discard an item, permanently.
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CONVERSATIONS
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In Talk mode (type "T" or select the Talk icon), you can carry on
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conversations with other characters in a room through the use of "word
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balloons". Word balloons allow you to choose among several respnses or
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questions that are appropriate to the situation in that room. When a word
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balloon appears over your head, you can see all of your possible responses by
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pressing the space bar or pulling back on your joystick after each response
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is displayed. When you decide on the proper response, press return or the
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button on your joystick. the response you select will be displayed a second
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time as you "say" it. After you read a word balloon that you or another
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character has "said", press the space bar or joystick button to continue.
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You can leave a conversation your character initiated with the "talk" command
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by pressing the <ESC> key.
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USING THE PAX
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When you operate a PAX machine (by selecting the PAX icon or
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pressing "P") the machine will give you three access codes and ask you for
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the verification code.
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Take the PAX Verification Code Wheel (or a reasonable facsimile
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thereof) and align the first access code, found on the outer wheel, with the
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second access code, located on the inner wheel. Find the window that
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corresponds to the third access code. Type the number found in the window,
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then press RETURN. For example, if given the codes Freeside, Comlink, and
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Holy Joystick, you would line up the words "Freeside" and "Comlink", and then
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type the number in the Holy Joystick window: 512.
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Whenever text is displayed on the PAX or a database, you may press
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the "+" (plus) key to speed up the text display, or the "-" (minus) key to
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slow it down.
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THE CYBERSPACE DISPLAY
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(Cyberspace jacks appear as yellow circles with a red dot in the
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middle.) The top half of the screen shows the view from your current
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cyberspace location. The bottom left corner of the screen is occupied by the
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cyberspace command icons. The bottom right corner of the screen contains
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your EEG monitor, which gives you a visual representation of your brain wave
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activity. Just below the EEG there is a gauge of your cyberdecks shielding,
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and to the right of the EEG is a gauge of ICE shielding for when you're in
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combat with ICE.
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The center of the cyberdeck panel is where information will appear
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when needed. At the bottom center of the cyberdeck panel, there are four
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numbers; from left to right, these are the cyberspace zone number you're in,
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your X and Y coordinates in cyberspace, and the amount of money in your
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credit chip.
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CYBERSPACE ICONS
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The cyberspace command icons are arranged as in the figure below.
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KEY ICON _______
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--- ---- | 1 | 2 |
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1. I INVENTORY |---|---|
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2. S SKILLS | 3 | 4 |
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3. R ROM CONSTRUCT -------
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4. D DISK
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In cyberspace, the SKILLS, ROM CONSTRUCT, and DISK icons behave just
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as they do outside of cyberspace. The INVENTORY icon displays a list of
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softwarez in your deck to operate, rather than a list of your items. The
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MODE, PAX, TALK, and WALK icons are unavailabe in cyberspace. There are
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three new controls: The EXIT button ("X" on the keyboard) exits from
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cyberspace. The ERASE button ("E" on the keyboard) will erase a piece of
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software from your deck. The "Movement" button, just above the four command
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icons, is used to control your movement with the joystick. The "Movement"
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button is similar to the "Walk" button in the real world.
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Bases Link code & passwords
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Bases Link Code Password(s)
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Cheap Hotel CHEAPO GUESTS, COCKROACH
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Regular Fellows REGFELLOW
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Consumer Review CONSUMREV REVIEW
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Aseno Computing ASANOCOMP VENDORS
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World Chess WORLDCHESS MEMBER
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Psycho PSYCHO BABYLON
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Hitachi HITACHIBIO GENESPLICE,BIOTECH
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Sea Cop SOFTEN PERMAFROST
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Hosaka HOSAKACORP BIOSOFT, FUNGEKI
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Panther Modern CHAOS MAINLINE
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Bank of Zurich BOZOBANK no password
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NASA VOYAGER APOLLO
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People for Free Matrix FREEMATRIX CFM
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IRS IRS TAXINFO, AUDIT
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Fuji FUJI ROMCARDS,UCHIKATSU
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City Police KEISATSU WARRANTS, SUPERTAC
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Musabori MUSABORIND SUBARU
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Copenhagen College BRAINSTORM PERILOUS
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Eastern Sea Board EASTSEABOD LONGISLAND
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Gentlemen Loser LOSER WILSON, LOSER
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Tozoku Imports YAKUZA YAK
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Bank Gemeinschaft BANKGEMEIN EINTRITT, VERBOTEN
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Justice Department JUSTICE no password
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All these bases can be reached by using a deck and a cyper jack. but some
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boards need a higher version of Comlink to be able for you to reach.
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SOFTWARE LIST & FUNCTION
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(unless noted, the highest the version, the better)
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JAMMIES, SLOW- These are cyberspace interface corruptor, which slows down the
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ICE's attack.
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THUNDERHEAD, PYTHON, ACID, INJECTOR- Cyperspace ICE viruses, use these on ICE
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to slowly destry the ICE defense.
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VACCINE, CYBERSPACE- These are communication software for entering the
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cyberspace.
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BLAMMO, BATTLECHESS 4.0- These are deck viruses, don't use them no matter
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what happen!
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DOORSTOP, DECODER, BLOWTORCH, DRILL, HAMMER, DEPTHCHARGE, CONCRETE,
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LOGICBOMB- These are your ICE breakers, collect them all.
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SEQUENCER- USE THESE TO FIND OUT LEVEL ONE PASSWORD, OR TO access Justice,
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bozobank after you use COMLINK (after the base into appears, move your
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joystick to inventory and select this software, this will run the softwares
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while you're on-line)
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ARMORALL- Use this one, if your shield is down. warning, this only work once
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per ICE.
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KGB 1.0- Use this in cyberspace to teleport you to KGB base.
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COMLINK- communication softwares, version 6.0 allows you to enter cyperspace.
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PROBE- allows you to find out the name of the base that ICE's are guarding,
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in higher version, you can ever find out if AI's are present.
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EASYRIDER 1.0- allows you to traver over to the other zone in cyperspace.
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BATTLECHESS 1.0- a chess program.
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SCOUT- used in link lines to find out the numbers of levels in a base. (same
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way as in using a SEQUENCER)
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HEMLOCK- use this to 'kill' Greystoke AI.
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THE PURPOSE OF CYPERSPACE IS TO BREAK INTO A BASE WITH THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE
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LEVEL ACCESS WITH-OUT A PASSWORD. YOU MUST USE YOUR SOFTWARE TO MELT DOWN THE
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ICE IN-ORDER TO REACH THE BASE.
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SOMETIMES, an AI (artificial intelligence) is present after you melt the ICE.
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you must use your skill to kill them, if you don't know which skill to
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use.... try psychoanalyis.
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P.S only once ICE can be defeat only with a software, and that's Greystoke.
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