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SID MEIER'S ALPHA CENTAURI *FINAL* (c) FIRAXIS/EA

Supplier.....: PDM CANUCK         │  Release Date...: 01/27/99
Cracker......: GOAMAN             │  Game Type......: STRATEGY
# of Disks...: 16 x 2.88M         │  Game Rating....: 95%

REQUIREMENTS: P166, DX6, 90 Megs HD, 16MB RAM

RELEASE NOTES

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (SMAC) is a turn-based game of exploration,
discovery, empire-building and conquest, set on an alien planet in the
early 22nd century.

*** FEATURES ***

- Rich Sci-Fi Storyline
Experience the future of history in the 22nd century as you chart the
fate of humanity on a mysterious alien world.

- Seven Unique Factions
Play as one of seven factions, each with its own strengths and
weaknesses, from the warlike Spartan Federation to the ecologically-
conscious Gaia's Stepdaughters to the profit-hungry Morgan Conglomerate

- Multiple Paths to Victory
Conquer the Planet through military might or lead your people to
the next level of human evolution.

- Addictive Gameplay
Get hooked into Sid Meier's famous "just-one-more-turn" gameplay.
Every turn brings a new decision--and new consequences.

*** EXPLORE ***

- Every World is Different
Each time you play, an all-new fractal based planet generator creates
a new planet, complete with unique weather patterns and geological
formations.

- 3-D Terrain
3-D contoured terrain breaks through the "flat-map" syndrome...watch
your units turn, bank and tilt over the rolling hills of Planet.

- Terraform the Land
Raise and lower the land with your Terraformers, changing weather
patterns and altering the course of rivers to make the climate more
suitable for you or harsher for your opponents.

*** DISCOVER ***

- Compelling Future Technologies
80 future technologies define the state of the art in interesting
decisions...do you research a new military technology, better
medical technology to increase the standard of living, or a new
power source to generate more energy?

- Implement Your Vision of Utopia
Create or adopt new social and economic models to formulate the
society of your dreams.

- The Mysteries of Planet
Discover and contend with strange indigenous life forms, from the
benign Xenofungus to the deadly Mind Worms, and learn how they
interrelate in the larger life cycle of the Planet itself.

*** BUILD ***

- A Myriad of Choices
Construct dozens of base facilities or build up to 32 astounding
Secret Projects that confer unique bonuses on your faction.

- Custom Units
Design units according to your needs. Outfit land, sea and air units
with multiple types of armor, energy and projectile weapons, and
dozens of special abilities (a superfast Terraformer with singularity
lasers!).

- Extensive Automation
Simplify the management of your empire with unprecedented levels of
Auto commands, unit patrol orders, intuitive go-tos with waypoints,
colony build queues, and intelligent colony governors.

- Unique Economic Model
Explore a unique model of wealth and power, in which energy is the
currency of the future.

*** CONQUER ***

- Full Multiplayer Support
Race against six of your friends to dominate the new world on LAN,
modem, Internet or serial connections. Chat live over the Internet
with text or the latest voice-over-data technology.

- Incredibly Responsive and Detailed AI
Computer players make intelligent decisions, plot with you against
mutual enemies, coordinate their actions, and respond to you based
on their own self-interest and personality.

- Diplomatic Intrigue and Negotiations
Marshall support for your agenda at meetings of the Planetary Council.
Double-cross allies using stealthy probe teams. Manipulate other
factions to get elected Planetary Governor!

Ripped:

Movies, music and speech.

Install Info

Unzip and use our installer or unpack the aces manually. Run the
regsetup.exe to update the registry. Start the game with TERRAN.EXE.

Addendum

As you might already know, our competitors from Razor released a beta
of this game on 01/16/99. There are very obvious changes from their
beta to our final - i.e. our executable is 200k bigger.

January hasn't been a good month for our competition - and for the game
scene as a whole. We find it very disturbing that our competition feels
it's necessary to release as many crap, dupe, beta and nonworking titles
as they did this month. We in PDM believe that releasing only quality
games in well done rips with working cracks is what the game scene
should really be about - and not using it as a playground for egomanics.

GROUP NEWS

We welcome Dismal Surrection as our new USHQ !

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HOW TO REACH US:

www.comingsoon.com

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