cH!SAC/PDM

DEFIANCE (c) AVALON HILL

Supplier.....: TAI PAN/REDRUM     │  Release Date...: 10/20/97
Cracker......: ID MUD             │  Game Type......: Action
# of Disks...: 1.44 x 71          │  Game Rating....: 87%

REQUIREMENTS: Win95, Pentium 90, 16 MB RAM, 174 MB HD.

RELEASE NOTES

It is a time of war - four factions are duking it out for galactic
dominance and you are an elite pilot for the Core, arguably the most
powerful of the factions. But your seemingly anonymous life among the
ranks is about to take a sharp change of direction. You've been
summoned to Calchona, the largest military complex ever built for a
dog-and-pony showcasing of the LIV-6 SABER, the weapon designed to
change the rules of war. The prototype's debut goes well; the brass is
impressed and ready to put them on the front line when everything begins
to go horribly wrong.
Calchona's security is breached by "cyborganic" mutants. These bio-
mechanical monstrosities come equipped with normal energy based weapons,
but also with claw-like appendages that seem perfectly suited to ripping
the flesh off a defenseless human. But where did they come from? How
did they get into Calchona? Is this a new threat, or the design of a
traitorous malcontent? Do you care as you sit in your pod prototype?
You'd better, because you've just been given orders to get to the bottom
of the mystery - and take out as many of those beasties as you can while
you're at it.

Features:

~ Compelling story. Solve baffling puzzles to advance between levels.
Smooth 3D combat with TruFlow technology.
~ 19 different horrific creatures attack you again and again from above,
below and in your face!
~ Defeat the enemy using Defiance's exclusive LaserLok targeting
systems. Lock onto the target, focus the twin laser beams, and blast
'em to smithereens.
~ Four levels of gun firepower: plasma bolts, autocannon, railgun, and
spreadgun. Four types of missiles: dumb, high explosive, tracking
and swarming missiles.
~ Four types of auxiliary weapons: bounce bombs, electro-shield, defense
gunpods, and holographic decoys.
~ Death Match battle for up to 8 players over network or modem.

Ripped:

Ummm...nothing.  Its all there!  =)

Installation:

Unzip and run INSTALL.EXE to decompress. Once it is finished, run
DEFIANCE.EXE for 2D gaming, or D3D.EXE for Direct 3D Enhanced gaming.
Enjoy!

GROUP NEWS

The month of October marks the 1 year anniversary of PARADiGM! And what
better way to celebrate than by releasing some of the year's best games?
Stay tuned folks for more from your favorite games group . . .

*PDM WEB CONTEST*

NOTE: WE ARE UPPING THE PRIZES!!

We decided that since we're doing a contest that demands the best, we
are going to do it PARADiGM style! As a result, we have increased the
incentives for the winner of the contest.

~ First Place: Full boxed copies of Lands of Lore 2/Fallout/NCAA 98/
Total Annihilation/Logitech Surfman/Assassin 3D controler.

~ Second Place: Full boxed copies of Postal/iF-16/Dark Angel with
a Space Orb 360 (c) Spacetec.

~ Third Place:  Full boxed copy of MS Flight Sim 98 with Gamepad Light
Eagle Max Joystick (c) Gravis.

There is a first for everything, and here at PDM, we are about to try
a contest for the BEST Paradigm Web page! Use everything you can get
your hands on (Java, Flash, Director) and create the BEST PDM PAGE!
First place prize: Webmaster for Paradigm and official membership. 2nd
and 3rd will also be posted on the page (where the new webmaster
delegates to put them). Either send your page to pdm97@paradigm.org or
join #paradigm on EFNET and give it to a member. Have your HTML's ready
by 11/15/97 (No need to download to enter).

Last note:

Be sure to check out Angry Elmo's new PDM TECH page on WWW.PARADIGM.ORG
if you are having any problems with any PDM games (old or new) ...

Thanks AE!

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HOW TO REACH US:

WWW.PARADIGM.ORG
pdm97@paradigm.org

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