KEYBOARD CONTROLS

Use numeric keypad to move. (Example, press 7 to move diagonally.)

Press SPACEBAR to fire the laser.

Press T to throw grenades.

If you find the keyboard controls difficult, press ALT-K for the alternative control mode. This will rotate the movement key effects by 45 degrees. Pressing 9 on the numeric keypad causes the player to walk directly towards the top of the screen.

You can also use the following special keys:

ESC - Freezes the game, and continues it.

ENTER - Talk to a survivor.

S - Displays your status.

U - View and select weapons you can use, if any.

CTRL-A - Aborts the scene when you are trapped and takes away a life. Restarts play from where you last entered the room.

CTRL-K - Toggle keyboard only mode on and off.

CTRL-Q - Exit D/Generation.

CTRL-R - Restarts play from the beginning of the level.

CTRL-S - Toggles sound on or off.

ALT-K - Toggle alternative control key mode on and off.

ALT-R - Restores previously saved game.

ALT-S - Saves game (to SAVE.DAT).

YOUR OBJECTIVE

Alone with your jetpack, you have flown from Finland across the Urals and the entire length of Asia to deliver a package to Genoq Biolabs in Singapore. You land on the building's 80th floor setback, finding nobody there to greet you. When you enter the building, the main door snaps shut behind you, and you narrowly escape being killed by the buildings security system.

You find the receptionist hiding behind her desk. She tells you that Genoq's head scientist, Derrida, has been demanding the package you're carrying. His last panicked message came over an hour ago. This package is more important than you could have thought.

You realize that there is only one course of action, that you must bring the package to Derrida, and, if at all possible, rescue any survivors you find along the way.

GAME STRATEGIES

You enter on the 80th floor, and work your way to Derrida`s lab on the 90th floor.

WEAPONS

Your first problem is to find a weapon. Or you'll die fast! Look for a laser pulse-gun, a weapon that firs short, intense bursts of energy. It is intended as an offensive weapon, but you'll find other uses for it. You fire the laser by pressing SPACEBAR (which thereafter becomes the laser button). Grenades, which you`ll find later on, are far more destructive than the laser. They are designed to destroy very robust targets. You throw grenades by pressing T.

WEAPONS MENU

Press U to see how many, if any, of the following weapons you have:

Bomb - Blows up stuff

Clock - Slows down time for everything and everyone but you.

Shield - Protects you from everything. If a tracker hits you, the shield is destroyed but you don`t die.

Plasma Barrier - Form a plasma barrier that bounces off the walls. But stay out of its way!

Security Package - For Derrida`s eyes only.

To select an available weapon, press <- and -> to highlight, then press ENTER.

NEOGENS

The Neogens are extremely dangerous, genetically engineered organisms. They have spread through the building using the ventilation system, and they are attacking anything human in sight. The four generations were designed over a period of years and have become increasingly sophisticated with each successive generation.

A/Generation - Bouncing red ball that smothers its target. Cloaks itself by going transparent.

B/Generation - Bouncing blue cylinder that crushes target. Extremely fast. Can hide in floor.

C/Generation - Humanoid that can disguise itself as anything, animate or inanimate. Decapitates target.

D/Generation - Single prototype. Project classified.

SECURING ROOMS

Rooms with Neogens or vents must be secured before you can rescue any trapped workers. To secure a room, you must kill every non-human organism and seal every vent. You seal a vent simply by running across it. When a room is secured, all vents will turn green, and the red security door will open.

SECURITY SYSTEM

The building security system includes:

Security Switch/Key - A white triangle with a smaller grey triangle in the center. Each of these opens special doors, and cannot be triggered until you are holding a security key of sufficient level. The keys can be found in adjacent rooms, and can only be used on the floor where you find them.

Electrified Plate - Blinks on and off at intervals. These will instantly fry you if you step on them while they are active.

Tracker - Scans the room looking for a target, firing on anything human.

Plasma Barrier - Rebounds between walls. Will destroy anything on contact.

Teleporter - Moves anything instantly from one place to another.

SURVIVORS

The workers who are trapped in the building might be able to help you out, and provide you with information that will help you discover who Derrida is and where you might find him.

RESCUING SURVIVORS

You can only rescue a survivor when the room is secure (You must kill every non-human organism and seal every vent by running across it). Once a survivor feels safe and sees you, he or she stands up, runs to you, and waits for your guidance. You must lead each survivor past any active security devices to a safe exit, marked by a red arrow.

Be careful when firing the laser - a stray bolt could easily kill an unprotected person.

QUESTIONING SURVIVORS

Press ENTER while standing near survivors to see a dialog menu. To select a question or statement from the menu, Press DOWN arrow or UP arrow then ENTER. You can modify some menu selections ending with "...." by pressing -> or <- to scroll through sentences.

HINT: Use computer terminals to get additional information.

LIFE AND DEATH

You begin the game with 5 lives, and you lose one life anytime you are killed. Each time you save a survivor you gain one life. When you lose your last life, you start over from the beginning of the level with the same number of lives you had when you began that level.

At any point, you can press ALT-S to save your game position. Press ALT-R and you will appear at the beginning of the level where you last saved.