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System Requirements Minimum Recommended

Processor Pentium 75 Pentium 100

Video Local bus SVGA Local bus SVGA

video, 256-color video, High Color

display display

RAM 8 MB 16+ MB

CD-ROM drive speed 2X 4X

Operating system Windows 95 Windows 95

Sound card and head-

phones or speakers Optional Yes

Available hard disk space 10 MB 10 MB

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Summary of content (10 pages)

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System Requirements Minimum Recommended Processor Video Pentium 75 Local bus SVGA video, 256-color display 8 MB 2X Windows 95 Pentium 100 Local bus SVGA video, High Color display 16+ MB 4X Windows 95 Optional 10 MB Yes 10 MB RAM CD-ROM drive speed Operating system Sound card and headphones or speakers Available hard disk space Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Companies, names, and data used in examples herein are fictitious unless otherwise noted.
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Setup Instructions To set up Microsoft GEX using Microsoft Windows 95 1 Turn on your computer and start Microsoft Windows 95. 2 Place the GEX disc in the disc holder (if required), and insert it in the CD-ROM drive. AutoPlay will start the installation process. Story Rez, the evil Media Dimension chairman of the board grabbed GEX from his Lazy-Lizard lounger to bronze him as the mascot for Rez’s new network. For the inside scoop of how Rez grabbed GEX, press F1 and click the Story button.
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Customizing the Game Hey you paid your money, you can customize the game’s controllers, sound, and display to your heart’s content. To customize the game, check out each option available on the Options menu. You can always use the Default button to return your customizations to the default settings. Troubleshooting After checking the online Help topics, check the Readme file on the GEX CD-ROM. If you still have trouble, ask the 9-year-old next door.
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Maps You’ve got your work cut out for you, bucko. There are five worlds filled with Franken-geckos, mad slashers, and Central Casting rejects who want to make you their new mascot — bronze is definitely not your color! In the Media Dimension, press the "Jump" key to plummet into a world. The Dome (or, How to enter other worlds) Move GEX to an active TV and press the "Jump" key on the keyboard to enter a world.
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Cemetery Whoa! Franken-geckos are running amok. It’s your mission, young gecko, to crack some serious skull and cruise through this nightmare on the TV. New Toonland Buckle your seat belts toonsters, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride through this wacky land. Jungle Isle Holy Fay Wray! Trek through this tropical maze, but watch out for the hidden booby traps and breakaway bridges.
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Moves Run: Speed your way past foes and through funky TV worlds. Keyboard: V Game pad: Button 4 Joystick: Button 4 Tail whip: Whack skanky foes. Smack bug power-ups to fill one empty hit paw. Whack items like shooting skulls to use them as weapons. Keyboard: Z Game pad: Button 3 Joystick: Button 3 Tongue lash: Snag gold flies, bugs and power-ups in mid-air. Keyboard: C Game pad: Button 1 Joystick: Button 1 Hurl: Spit out a fire ball, ice ball, or other weapon, depending on the power-up GEX swallowed last.
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Jump: Avoid enemies and swallow high power-ups with a jump and a tongue lash. Keyboard: X Game pad: Button 2 Joystick: Button 2 Tail bounce: Destroy enemies, bust breakable blocks, and bounce to high platforms. Keyboard: X+ Game pad: Button 2+ Joystick: Button 2+ Wall stick: Jump against a wall’s surface and GEX sticks with his suction-cup paws! GEX can stick and crawl up the sides and faces of walls and buildings.
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Power-Ups Amber balls: Fill one empty hit paw. Immediate effect. Ladybug: Fill all empty hit paws. Immediate effect. Flea: Fill all empty hit paws and add one. Immediate effect. Butterfly: Gain an extra life. Immediate effect. Blue firefly: Hurl ice balls. Immediate effect; lasts until hit. Red firefly: Hurl fire balls. Immediate effect; lasts until hit. Yellow firefly: Hurl bolts of electricity. Immediate effect; lasts until hit. Grasshopper: Jump higher and farther. Immediate effect; lasts until hit.
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Crystal Dynamics GEX CONCEPT Lyle Hall GEX CORE TEAM G-Man, Justin Norr, Mira F. Ross, Lyle Hall PROGRAMMING G-Man - Lead Programmer Daniel Chan - Bosses & Al System Mei Yu Li - BLT, Maps, & Glue Screens Troy D. Gillette - Stunt Coding ART Mira F.
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TOOL SUPPORT Sean Vikoren - IGOT VIDEO COMPRESSION Dan Brazelton TEST MANAGER Ben Szymkowiak LEAD TESTER Steve Groll TESTERS Dusty Bedford, Seth Carus, Philip Chou, Chris Colon, Riley Cooper, Charles Geiwitz, Egan Hirvela, Tim Jordan, Scott Matt, Laurence Monji, Alex Ness, Richard Niedzwiecki, Kurt Tindle, Jeff Todd, Gerald Vera, Mark Ybarra MANUAL Carol Ann Hinshaw SPECIAL THANKS TO Juan Ruiz, Dan Arey, Madeline Canepa, Jon Horsley, Ted Fitzgerald, Chang Fadel, Dan Dorosin, Jennifer Bulka, Alan Chaplin, De