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Although Battlezone utilises some factual information, the

story line and plot of the game are fictional. All of the

characters portrayed or mentioned in the game also are

fictional, except for references to President Dwight D.

Eisenhower, former CIA Director Allen Dulles, and certain

members of the US Astronaut Corps. Any similarities between

the game’s story line, plot, or characters and any actual events

or persons are purely coincidental.

In the course of playing Battlezone , references are made to the

United States Government, including the Office of the

President of the United States, the National Security Agency,

the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration. None of such government entities

have approved, endorsed, or in any way are associated with

the making of Battlezone , nor is the game an authorised

product of any such agency.

Chapter

Introduction

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Section

Memorandum from the President

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

II.

Memorandum from General George Collins _ _ _ 10

III.

Memorandum from Andrew Goldman, NSDF _ _ 11

Chapter

Planetary Descriptions _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14

Section

Luna (Earth’s Moon) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14

II.

Mars

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16

III.

Venus _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18

IV.

Europa _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22

VI.

Titan _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24

Chapter

Memorandum from Dr. Wilhelm Arkin

_ _ _ _ _ 26

Section

Stars and Stripes Units _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29

Chapter

Memorandum from Case Officer Chico _ _ _ _ _ 45

Section

Soviet Units

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 47

II.

Weapons _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 49

Cannons _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 49

Mortars _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50

Missiles

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 51

Special Weapons and Counter Measures _ _ 53

III.

Buildings _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 55

Chapter

Memorandum from Commander William Stahl _ 59

Chapter

Game Play _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 71

Section

Main Menu _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 71

Chapter

Options _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 72

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Section

Play Options _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 72

II.

Graphic Options _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 74

III.

Audio Options _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 75

IV.

Input Configuration

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 76

Chapter

Keyboard Commands

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 78

Saving and Restoring Games _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 80

Multiplayer Games _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 80

Logging On _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 80

Setting Up and Launching _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 81

Multiplayer Features _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 83

Basic Combat _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 86

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 86

Strategy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 88

The Smart Reticle _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 88

Command Interface _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 89

Building and Powering Structures _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 93

Basic Building _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 93

Advanced Building _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 93

Alternative Power Sources _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 94

Minimum System Requirements _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 95

Installing Battlezone _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 96

How to Install

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 96

Title Screen Button Functions _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 97

Troubleshooting

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 98

Online Help _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 98

Autoplay _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 98

DirectX 5.0 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 99

Problems and Solutions

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _102

Customer Support

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _104

Credits _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _106

Software License Agreement _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _110

M EMO RA ND UM

From the Pres iden t of

The Uni ted Stat es o f Am erica

From : Pr esid ent Dwig ht D . Ei senh owe r

To : Gen era l Geo rge Coll ins

R e: E stab lishm en t of the N atio nal Spa ce D efen ce F orce

(NSD F)

Se curit y St atus : Ey es O nly

D ate: Jun e 3, 195 8

A fter all t hat we’v e be en t hrou gh toget her, I h old y ou a s

o ne o f th e few m en th at I tru st im plic itly. I ca n’t f ully

expr ess the imp orta nce o f m aint ainin g th e hi ghes t lev el

of discr etio n re gard ing the i nfor mat ion cont aine d wi thin

th is m emo rand um. Mu ch h as c hang ed s ince we’ ve s pent

ti me toget her. As Com man ders in the Arm ed F orce s, w e

t ook for gran ted that we held ma ny s ecre ts n obod y

sho uld k now , bu t no w m y lif e as Pre side nt is ver y

dif fere nt. M any peo ple know mo re t han they sh ould ,

an d it is p uttin g th e fu ture of o ur n atio n in gra ve

je opa rdy.

Th e n ews of m y he alth pro blem s a re w idely kn own , and

I hav e no ide a wh at w ill b ecom e o f me . My gu t tel ls m e

that it is tim e to plan for the futu re, and I’m coun ting

on you to ca rry forw ard the def ence of o ur n atio n. Y ou

ma y fe el th at y ou a re t oo o ld to do wha t I’m abo ut t o

as k y ou to do, but I ne ed s ome one that I ca n tr ust, and I

h ave com plet e co nfide nce tha t you are up to t he ta sk.

That asi de, I can onl y pr omis e th at y ou w ill s ee a ction

like you ’ve nev er se en b efor e. In fac t, I wish tha t I

co uld p erso nal ly ta ke c harg e of this ope rati on.

You ma y re call brie f me ntio ns o f a m ete or s how er th at

str uck the Ber ing S trai ght six y ear s ag o. Th e se emi ngly

in con sequ enti al ph eno men a wa s ov ers hado wed by even ts

As the pre siding Ge neral of t he NSDF , you wil l be

on th e Korea n Penin sula, b ut in ac tuality the deb ris that

fell fro m space will h ave a m uch mo re endu ring im pact

o n the fu ture of our na tion tha n the o utcome of the

responsib le for re cruiting a n elite fo rce of en gineers and

combat personn el that w ill secretl y ventur e into sp ace in

order to gathe r more o f the bio- metal. Yo ur organ isation

will be funde d throug h the NS A, and yo u will re port to

no body, no t even m e. I fully expect t hat the N SDF will

continue on past m y term as Presid ent. Subs equent

admini strations will hav e no know ledge of the NSD F.

S oviet an d Ame rican sc ientists simult aneousl y

dis covered an odd metal with un known biologic al

prop erties a mongst the ro cks tha t fell to Earth. We bot h

rushe d to gat her as much o f the m aterial as poss ible

and all known reserve s have now be en colle cted.

You may recruit u nder the auspice s of NASA . Choose

your p ersonnel carefully and do n ot allow your num bers

to ex ceed one thousand . You sh ould quic kly estab lish a

bas e on the dark side of the m oon. Onc e you ha ve a

sp ace foot hold, you may beg in to rec ruit a bro ader

force.

We’ve establi shed a researc h facilit y in Ne vada in order

to inves tigate t his “bio -metal. ” The r esults o f these

ef forts a re astou nding. The ma terial i tself rem ains a

com plete m ystery , but w e have manage d to fab ricate

some promi sing mu nitions from it . It see ms that the

biologi cal elem ent of the me tal cont ains so me sort of

memory that a llows it to resh ape its elf into its prev ious

fo rm. Lat er in th is repo rt you will see some o f the

eng ineerin g specif ications of wha t we kn ow the materi al

can d o. The bottom line is clear, h owever . Whoev er

contro ls these materi als will win th e Cold W ar.

P lease inc lude this memo in your bri efing pac k but onl y

distribut e it on th e moon. I want ev ery one of the pe ople

who se rve unde r your co mmand to know that I

perso nally th ank them for risk ing their lives in t he

ser vice of th eir coun try. May God be w ith you and may

y ou furthe r the leg acy of ou r great n ation.

Next month I will p ublicly establis h the N ational

Aerona utics a nd Spac e Admi nistrati on (NA SA). Pe nding

y our acc eptanc e of thi s post, I will al so secr etly end ow

th e Nation al Spa ce Defen ce For ce (NSD F). No one wil l

kno w abou t the NS DF… e veryone will kn ow abo ut NAS A.

Let m e expla in why this is so imp ortant.

Go d bless,

Ike

As y ou may know, the So viets ha ve one distinc t

advan tage ov er us. Their s ystem e asily al lows th em to

keep se crets, whereas it seem s that I canno t even

s neeze w ithout the wor ld know ing. Ev ery las t secret

fro m our weapon s progr ams ha s slippe d into S oviet

han ds. By c ompari son, th eir Sput nik cau ght us by

surpr ise, and our in telligen ce on th eir Lun a and Z ond

program s rem ains lim ited. W e can o nly ass ume tha t

th ey too are try ing to g ather m ore of the bio -metal.

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