User Guide

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THE YEAR IS 2098. THE POPULATION RATE HAS REACHED INSANE HEIGHTS. THE CITIES ARE
EXPANDING UPWARDS AS WELL AS UNDER GROUND. THE STREETS, NOW COMPLETELY ABAN-
DONED BY PEDESTRIANS, HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO AIR CORRIDORS BETWEEN ENORMOUS
BUILDING COMPLEXES
.
TRAFFIC HAS EVOLVED INTO AN ALL-OVER, HIGH-SPEED CHAOS THROUGH THE INVENTION
OF THE HOVERJET CAR IN THE LATE FIFTIES, A VEHICLE WITH GREAT MANEUVERING AND
ACCELERATION CAPABILITIES
.
GOVERNMENT IS SLOWLY BUT SURELY LOOSING CONTROL OVER MORE AND MORE PARTS OF
THE CITY AS VARIOUS GANGSTER COMMUNITIES ARE TAKING OVER
. TO KEEP CONTROL, SEC-
TORS OF THE CITY HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVELY SEALED OFF LIKE HUGE FORTRESSES. THE HUGE
CITY GATES KEEP THE CITY'S CONTROL CENTERS PROTECTED FROM THE GROWING ANARCHY
ON THE OUTSIDE
.
AS POLICE AND GOVERNMENT, BOTH EQUALLY CORRUPT, STRUGGLE TO KEEP CRIME AWAY
FROM THEIR DOORSTEPS, MORE AND MORE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS DELEGATED TO
BOUNTY HUNTERS
. THE BOUNTY MARKET HAS BECOME A TOUGH ENTERPRISE WHERE BOUN-
TY HUNTERS USE JUST AS MUCH TIME FIGHTING EACH OTHER AS COLLECTING BOUNTIES.
MOST HUNTERS USE THEIR EARNINGS TO IMPROVE THEIR VEHICLES AND INCREASE THEIR
ARSENAL OF WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION
, RESULTING IN A RAPIDLY ESCALATING LEVEL OF
VIOLENCE.
H
OWEVER, THE BASE OF POWER SEEMS TO BE SHIFTING GRADUALLY FROM THE GOVERN-
MENT OVER TO THE CRIMINAL CIRCLES OF THE SOCIETY. THESE ANARCHISTIC POWERS STRUG-
GLE TO BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS PUT UP BY THE ESTABLISHED SOCIETY
, SPREADING
CHAOS AND ALLOWING ACCESS TO MORE AND MORE PARTS OF THE CITY.
THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO FIGHT BACK BUT IN THE ATTEMPT, IT REVEALS MORE OF ITS
CORRUPT AND RUTHLESS NATURE. THE CRIMINAL FORCES HAVE EVEN STARTED PUTTING OUT
BOUNTIES ON POLICE CARS AND GOVERNMENT INDIVIDUALS
, AND AS THE LAW IS DICTATED
BY THE HIGHEST BIDDER, IT WILL SOON ESCALATE INTO A CHAOTIC WAR BETWEEN BOUNTY
HUNTERS, POLICE AND CRIMINALS.
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TARTING THE GAME
WHEN YOU HAVE STARTED B-HUNTER YOU WILL SEE THE "OPTIONS ROLLER". THIS IS A
3D SELECTION UTILITY THAT OFFERS YOU ACCESS TO NETWORK AND SETUP OPTIONS. IT WILL
OF COURSE ALSO LET YOU START PLAYING. YOU SCROLL THE "OPTIONS ROLLER" BY USING
THE ARROW UP/ DOWN KEYS, AND SELECT BY PRESSING RETURN. YOU CAN ACCESS THE FOL-
LOWING SUB MENUS: GAME, NETWORK AND SETUP. FINALLY, YOU CAN EXIT THE GAME BY
SELECTING QUIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ROLLER.