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- game manual -


Preview release !!
The long awaited second preview release of Panzer Arena...

The intention of this release is to give you
a sense on what Panzer Arena will be about.
Not all game elements are included yet.

For the final release watch the official Panzer Arena homepage at:
http://www.conmeg.de/PanzerArena/


Welcome to Panzer Arena. In this new action game the player navigates a tank through an arena full of enemys. The arena is as big as the screen and different enemys enter the arena through the gates on every side.

 

Contents


The Game

The Controls

Technical


The game

The Player Tank

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You're in control of a powerful tank. The tank is easy to navigate and can be armed with many different weapons.

 

The Weapons
player.gif (1803 Byte) The fireball is a very effective weapon against all kinds of enemies. Thus every tank is weaponed at least with one fireball. Though the fireball is not as powerful as other guns.

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The flamethrower. One of the best weapons if you're near to an enemy. Maybe an enemy can only be hit by the flamethrower, maybe another enemy is immune against fire...

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If it's you against a crowd of enemies this is the right weapon. With the auto-gun you hit the enemy  without aiming. You only have to drive'n shoot!

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The double-shooter. All the advantages of the fireball - TWICE!

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The big one. The immense damage of this weapen is legendary. Every fighter with this gun is feared by his rivals.

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The rockets. Collect as many rockets as you can, because this is the ultimative long distance weapon.

Mine

Use mines to keep your back free.

And now a short overview about a few enemies:

The Enemies

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Ambulance.

300 Points

squeecher.gif (1047 Byte) Squeecher.

100 Points

wanderer.gif (967 Byte) Wanderer.

450 Points

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Zoomer.

800 Points

smorch.gif (1057 Byte) Smorch.

300 Points

hunter.gif (1018 Byte) Hunter.

600 Points

missileStat.gif (867 Byte) Missile-station.

400 Points

The controls

Panzer Arena provides you two different steering types. The arcade-style steering (standard) and the special two-chain steering. You can use your keyboard to play the game or you can use any supported gamecontroller like joysticks or gamepads (supported are all controllers with DirectInput support). If you're using a gamecontroller it is recommended that you use the arcade-style steering.

The arcade-style steering

navigate tank

aim and shoot

action key joystick action key joystick
accelerate tank forwards cursor up up turn turret left a button 1
accelerate tank backwards cursor down down turn turret right d button 2
turn tank left cursor left left fire turret s button 0
turn tank right cursor right right extra key space button 3

The two-chain steering

navigate tank

aim and shoot

action key action key
left tank chain forwards numpad 4 turn turret left a
left tank chain backwards numpad 1 turn turret right d
right tank chain forwards numpad 6 fire turret s
right tank chain backwards numpad 3 extra key space
both chains forwards numpad 5
both chains backwards numpad 2

General keys

in game keys

action key
activate game-menu ESC
pause game p

Using the game-menu

action key joystick
menupointer up cursor up up
menupointer down cursor down down
select menu entry s button 0
previous menu a button 1

Technical

Panzer Arena is a game designed for Windows 95 and DirectX. This means you have to install DirectX first if you want to play this game. DirectX is a free enhancement for Windows95/98/NT from Microsoft. You can download the latest DirectX release free from the Microsoft website. You should take a look at the official DirectX page from Microsoft at: http://www.microsoft.com/DirectX/.

If you want to use a gamecontroller (joystick, joypad...) within this game, you can use any controller which is supported by DirectInput ( a part of DirectX). This controller has to be registered in the Windows Controlpanel under Game Controller. For more information refer to your controller documentation.

The game doesn't need to be installed, just doubleclick on PanzerArena.exe to start the game. To remove the game just delete this file and this documentation (including the folder html-gfx).

This is only a preview release, PLEASE send comments and bugreports to conmeg@conmeg.de.


Panzer Arena was created using
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Conmeg's Ultimate Engine

copyright 1998

E-mail: conmeg@conmeg.de
Homepage: http://www.conmeg.de

Conmeg Spielart is a part of the
Oliver Pape, Stefan Spittank, Marc Störzel, Frank Sander GbR

mail to:
Pape Sander Spittank Störzel GbR
Am Huchtert 46
D-58456 Witten
Germany

manual by Stefan Spittank

Conmeg is a german trademark of the Pape, Sander, Spittank, Störzel GbR
DirectX is a registered trademark of Microsoft.