Psion Boy

INTRODUCTION Welcome to Psion Boy! What kind of game is Psion Boy? It's difficult to describe. I guess you could say it's a cross between The Legend of Zelda and a real-time strategy game such as Warcraft. The best way to find out is to begin playing and draw your own conclusions. Perhaps the most distinguishing characteristic is Psion Boy's method of attack...he has none. The only way he's able to defend himself is by hypnotizing more hostile characters and getting them to do their dirty work for them. This adds a completely new twist to the stale genre of arcade shoot-'em-ups. Besides those already mentioned, Psion Boy boasts the following features: o A high-res, scrolling, overhead view with rendered graphics in thousands of colours. o Sophisticated AI. Sprites talk, patrol, and attack (but only if they see you) o Optional two-player LAN play. o A built-in level-editor. o DrawSprocket(tm) and NetSprocket(tm) support (eventually InputSprocket (tm)) o The ability to raise your own army of genetic clones. How cool is that? BUG FIXES IN 3.01 The following bugs have been fixed since 3.0: - The game no longer requires Navigation Services to run. This problem only appears on pre-Mac OS 8.5 machines. - When you died, and clicked to restart the game, the title screen registered the click too. This is fixed. - A strange bug involving the guard outside your cell becoming invisible has also been fixed. ABOUT THIS VERSION The most notable new features are full InputSprocket support, a whole bunch of new levels, better mouse control, and many, many improvements to the game engine. The game has also been sped up yet another 30%, making it faster than ever. The car is a lot more fun to drive around now, and it begins to play a much larger role in the game. Should you manage to make it to "The Great Outdoors", you'll notice that some animals will drop some genetic samples, such as hair or other body parts. These samples are very useful - be sure to pick them up. Take the samples to the replicator, and you will be able to clone the original source of the genetic sample. If you can't figure out how to use the machine, ask your friendly helper robot to give you a tour. REQUIREMENTS Unfortunately, I haven't been able to test the game on anything lower than a 603/200 MHz, so I have no idea how slow it can get right now. The game does, however, run great on any G3. There are a few things you can do to speed things up a little. Try turning off Virtual Memory and File Sharing, as well as any other applications running in the background. CPU-stealing extensions. Psion Boy also requires: • Mac OS 8.0 or higher (Mac OS 9.0 works just fine too) • Apple Game Sprockets - These can be downloaded from Apple (if you have OS 8.6 or 9, you already have them) • Access to a hard disk. Psion Boy will not run on a read-only source such as a CD-ROM • Navigation Services - These can also be downloaded from Apple (if you have OS 8.5 or higher, you al…