- ORIGIN PRESENTS -
- Lander (c) Psygnosis End Game and Intro Addon -

Supplied By  : ORIGIN                 Release Date : February 28, 1999     .
Cracked By   : Genesis P'Orridge      Game Genre   : Solar Flight Adventure
Packaged By  : Blitzkrieg             Protection   : CD Check/Reroute
File Format  : ACE                    # of Files   : 15 x 2.88

: Requirements: The ORIGIN release of Lander                                 :

RELEASE INFORMATION

Blast off to a brave new world with Lander for PC CD-ROM and DVD ROM
with Dolby Digital (TM) sound. No ordinary sci-fi adventure, this is a
truly unique flying experience which tests your skill against the forces
of gravity and treacherous environments within the solar system. Take
command of your very own interplanetary Lander craft, learn to master
its controls and you may just survive.

Lander has an inspired pedigree, recalling old favourites like Gravitar,
Thrust, and Lunar Lander, though crucially building on this heritage to
create an utterly modern experience. Played out in spectacular 3D, Lander
challenges gamers to master intricate flight dynamics, before jetting off
to progressively more difficult moons and planets. Flying both above and
below the surface, there's salvage to recover, seek and destroy missions
to undertake, puzzles to solve, and a mysterious plot to unravel.

Countless man-hours have been invested in the control system at the
heart of Lander, with a complex physics model which offers craft handling
unlike anything else. Using a unique mouse-based system to work the
craft's thrusters, it gives pilots the ability to navigate with
unparalleled degree of control. A single burst of thrust can make all the
difference between life and death. And just when those subtleties have
been mastered, there's each mission's unique environment and atmospheric
conditions to deal with, plus the extra challenge of transporting
mysterious objects and probes using a precarious pendulum type attachment
which affects the handling of the craft.

Lander is no mindless shoot-'em-up, but then it's no stuffy simulation
either. Action packed, unique and nail-biting in single-player mode, it
also offers an incredible multi-player challenge. 16 player Deathmatch
games can be fought out over a LAN or the Internet, each struggling to
keep shields intact and fuel supplies topped up while battling it out or
play co-operatively. Genre busting yet inspired by the gameplay-led
titles of yesteryear, Lander is nothing less than a giant leap for PC
gaming.

Psygnosis will be one of the first developers to bring a DVD-ROM game to
market. The DVD version combines MPEG2 video, Dolby Digital(TM) and 5.1
channel interactive sound effects. DVD capabilities include a multiple
camera angle feature that allows you to switch from FMV sequences to view
the wire-frame graphics from which they have been constructed.

Lander is developed by Psygnosis. Minimum system requirements - Pentium
166 MMX with 32 MB RAM and 3D accelerator card. Recommended system
requirements - Pentium II 233Mhz with 32 MB RAM and 3D accelerator card.

As you control a jet powered interplanetary Lander, constantly fighting
the forces of gravity to stay aloft and complete the missions. You are a
Lander pilot engaged in a series of missions for various research
organisations to perform different tasks (destroying objects,
transporting items, solving puzzles). Once you have learnt to master the
Lander you start to become embroiled in a mysterious plot involving alien
intelligence which goes back to the very origins of humanity. Features
strong piloting element with puzzles and adventure. Addictive gameplay
combined with an eerie immersive storyline.

As you undertake a once in a lifetime journey across the solar system to
seek your fortune. However, when you are hired to undertake a supposedly
scientific expedition to an ancient Mayan site on Earth, you embark on a
far deeper, mysterious and eventually revelational adventure. An artefact
is discovered. An extraterrestrial object left by some unknown
civilisation. And the key to it's origin seems to lay among the outer
reaches of our planets. Powerful corporations want the secret you are on
the way to discovering, millions are at stake and each faction will stop
at nothing to discover the key.

The Lander has been designed with extreme manoeuvrability in mind, making
it ideal for use in situations where close control and rapid direction
changes are required. Before attempting to take your Lander into the air,
enter the first training mission and let the craft settle on the ground.
To lift the Lander off the ground, tap the left mouse button to engage
thrust. The Lander will lift off the ground, then settle back down when
the engine cuts out.

Tap the thrust button repeatedly to make the craft hover, though don't
move the mouse yet - just feel how the thrust control responds to your
taps on the left mouse button. You will only need to move the Lander
vertically during the first part of the training mission so other planes
of movement have been disabled.

Once you enter the second part of the mission, the craft's tilting system
is enabled. Move the mouse and observe the indicator in the screen's
bottom right corner as it changes. The red wire frame shows you the
actual  orientation of the Lander (as the craft is currently on the
ground, this will not be moving) while the green indicator will be moving
in relation to the mouse. The Lander's flight system responds to mouse
movements and tilts the craft in the appropriate direction; however,
while the craft is on the ground, this system cuts out. Once you take the
craft into the air, these mouse movements will actually tilt the Lander
in the corresponding direction.

The Mars Central Government Agency (MCGA) is the main governing and
legislative body in the solar system. MCGA is superficially a democracy,
with a president selected by a board of directors. These directors,
currently numbering about 750, are drawn from a combination of elected
representatives, senior departmental managers, and military chiefs.

MCGA is a vast, sprawling, impersonal bureaucracy; as such is incapable
of having major long term objectives, other than self perpetuation, and
maintenance of the status quo. It's role in this story is provide a social
and economic framework to the environment, and as a tool which certain
individuals and organisations can use to their own end.

Although powerful, MCGA's resources are spread wide across the solar
system, this coupled with the external interests of many senior figures,
leave an organisation that is sluggish at the best of times when reacting
to outside events.

What was ripped? The movies were taken out. The Foreign speech was also
taken out, but donated to a couple of friendly Foreign-Language groups,
so if you are German or French, expect addons in your native tongue from
elsewhere. As for addons from ORIGIN... we'll see what we can do.

INSTALL INFORMATION

Unpack the ace files into your \LANDER\ game directory. Overwriting
all existing files.

GROUP NEWS & GREETINGS

ORIGIN NEWS:

ORIGIN is pleased to welcome E as European Headquarters. A top site for
over four years, this long-time favorite with its popular staff is the
perfect compliment to our already strong North American side. With FH
already aboard, we now have the European foothold we have needed for some
time. Welcome aboard guys, it's going to be a great year.

ORIGIN is not looking for any sites at this time, unless the siteops are
able to actively participate as a member. Mainly, this would involve
becoming a game supplier. Other options are available, but the sites we
have at this time are sufficient for current group needs.

ORIGIN is STILL looking for GOOD FREE HARDWARE suppliers. Contact us NOW!  :

ORIGIN is looking for GAME SUPPLIERS in Australia, Canada, Germany, United
Kingdom, and United States. Contact us NOW!

ORIGIN will always PAY back the full retail cost of any originals supplied .
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Please feel free to contact us about any NEW ADDONS, ORIGINALS, or
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ORIGIN MEMBERS & NET DIVISION

MEMBERS:                                                                   :

Bandito         Blitzkrieg        Butcher              Cypher
DaJackal        DaLoner           Delta                Deth1666
DJay            Genesis P'orridge Goatass              Gogolie
][ce            Light Bringer     Mad Devil            Mad Turnip
Marauder        Mr. Puppy 3D      Noah Body            Pluto
Possible        Powertool         Recoil               Rosco
Tech            TRChemist         The Tentacle         Thor
Tk4             Tklp              Tragik               Wadood
Wideon          X-Con             Zip

SENIOR TRADERS:

Mr. Pumpkin and Wishmaster

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TRIAL TRADERS:

Caesard and Xtase

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