Gravon

--------------- Gravon - Real Virtuality --------------------------------

Gravon
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    Gravon is 3D simulation of a battle hovercraft.

    Main features are:

* Real 3D environment

* Highly realistic physical simulation

* Lighted polygons in 65536 colors with depth-cueing (accordingly to the 
daytime/weather)

* Stereo-sound with 3D-effects.

* Enemies use artifical inteligence.

* Four different planet types

* Many thrilling missions

* A lot of original musicpðp„
ˆ O„equired
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     Falcon030 with at least 4 MB RAM and 7 MB of free hard disk space. 
Color monitor (RGB/VGA) required.
     The game graphics is much faster on RGB monitor - this is because of 
the way the Falcon handles True Color screens.
     Good stereo amplyfier and repro-boxes are highly recommended.

Ordering
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    To order Gravon or to get dealer list please contact:

    JRC
    Chaloupeckeho 1913
    169 00 Praha 6

    Czech Republic

    tel/fax: + 42 2 521258

    Recommended retail price is 75.- DM.

    For this you will get full color paper box, 4 HD disks, game manual 
in english, french and german languagues and quick reference leaflet.

About this demoversion
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    With this demoversion you can watch or play one of the missions of 
the full version.

Controls
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    Use 'A' key to toggle autopilot/manual mode.

* Mouse and Joystick

    The position of the rudder (indicated by the line in the center of 
the screen) and gun targeting (indicated by cross-hair) is operated by 
moving the mouse. The left button on the mouse is the laser fire-button. 
The right button (or joystick fire-button) activates the aerodynamic 
brakes.

    By pushing the joystick forward or backward (or pressing the '+' or 
'-' keys) you increase or decrease the thrust of your driving propellers. 
The thrust (indicated in the triangle graph) rises until it reaches the 
desired level (the line below the triangle). You can also use the reverse 
thrust - in this case the triangle indicator is red.

* PowerPad

   You can use PowerPad (Jaguar controller) plugged into the port A to 
control Gravon. Use the 'Option' button to toggle brakes on/off.

Keyboard:

[7] [8] [9]
[4] [5] [6] - view direction.
[1] [2] [3]

[Enter] - cockpit view,
[.]     - tracking camera,
[0]     - outside view,
[*]     - static camera

[+]     - thrust up
[-]     - thrust down

[A]     - toggle autopilot/manual control
[S]     - save screenshot
[P]     - save screenshot

    Screenshots are saved to the directory GRAVON.DEM as GRVxxxxx.TGA in 
16-bit Targa uncompressed format.

Driving basics
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    The friction of the hovercraft is very weak. Therefore the effects of 
inertia and gravity forces are very strong.
    When driving, use thrust smoothly and remember that Gravon craft is 
equipped with aerodynamic brakes. They should be used any time you want 
to drive precisely (for example when moving nearby a solid object), 
because they lower the effect of the inertia on your vehicle.

Copyright
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    Gravon is copyright of SUMA.

    This demoversion is free-ware.
    Therefore you can (and are strongly encouraged to) copy it, distribute 
it and put it for download on bulletin boards and ftp sites - the only 
condition is to leave it intact with all the files included in the 
original distribution pack.
    Commercial use is not authorized without agreement.

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    Enjoy the demo.

    Ondrej Spanel, SUMA
    19-th August 1995

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