- 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. |
The Player Tank
You're in control of a powerful tank. The tank is easy to navigate and can be armed with many different weapons.
The Weapons 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.
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...
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!
The double-shooter. All the advantages of the fireball - TWICE!
The big one. The immense damage of this weapen is legendary. Every fighter with this gun is feared by his rivals.
The rockets. Collect as many rockets as you can, because this is the ultimative long distance weapon.
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. 100 Points
Wanderer. 450 Points
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Zoomer.
800 Points
Smorch. 300 Points
Hunter. 600 Points
Missile-station. 400 Points
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
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 |
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.