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ABOUT FUll THROTTLE 'Round these parts there's a legend ••• about the meanest, toughest, hard- ridin' est, gravel-chewing, punk-stomping biker of them all- Ben Whatsisname. There was the time Adri­ an Ripburger - a chablis-swilling, limo-riding yuppie exec­ uti ve-tried to take over Corley Motors, makers of the last real dome stically produced motorcycle. He thought he could MAUREEN (aka Mo ) . Born wi th f rame Ben f or murder in the process. Ben had his bike BEN. Our anti-hero. a silver monke y wrench in trashed, the cops on his trail, his gang in jail and his pic­ Leader of the Polecats. her mouth. Don't take no ture on Corville' s Most Wanted TV show. Born to be ornery . gaff f rom nobody . But that didn't stop Ben-and it shouldn't stop you, Bad to the bone. ei ther, as you help Ben survive one of his gnarlier adven­ tures. Slug your wa y through rival motorcycle gangs like the Rottwheelers, Vultures and Cave f ish. Leap yawning crevass­ e s and trade snappy repartee wi th sleazy semi drivers. Hop on your hawg, pop a wheelie, and leave your enemies with dust in their eyes and bugs between their teeth. But bike-riding and brawling weren't enough to make Ben a great biker-Ben had brains as well. YOU'll occasionally f ind a si tuation where brute f orce just won't cut it. Be ADRIAN RIPBURGER. Pond s lime in OLD MAN CORLEY. Don't be patient, practice deceit and larceny -excuse me, negotia­ an Armani suit. We'd call him a f ooled by the suit. He's a tion and - um - "borrowing" stuff - and you'll f ind your wa y weasel at heart, i f he had a biker at heart. He's devoted out of the toughest spot. And if all else fails, kick and heart and it wasn't an insul t to to turning out the best and punch the #%!! out of it. respectable weasels. Devoted badde s t dome stically-pro­ to ••• Adrian Ripburger. duced bike mone y can buy . NESTOR. Intelligent, BOLUS. Primal pond slime. EMMET. Long-haul trucker. HORRACE. Took too many falls sneaky pond slime. Short-f use temper. off the bike without a hel­ Regards bikers as roadkill met. Old lIlan Corley took onwheels. pi t y on him and gave him the souvenir conce ssion. lIlIRiu mA. Thinks of herself as suzr. Vulture leader. TODD. Lives in a trailer. Owns QUOHOG. Bartender at the an investigative reporter. Brilliant strategist. a junkyard. His be st f riend is Kickstand. Devout coward. Lost her ideals her second Built like a brick Buick . his dog. His only f riend is his Subject to bribery , intimi­ seme ster in journalism school. Has a tattoo that reads dog. Enjoys intellectual TV dation, and abuse. Always vaguely ashamed when she "I. Cruel and Unusual like Wheel of lIloney and Hobb y : Macrame. manif ests traces of humanity . Punishment." Entertainllent This Evening. PLAYIIIG THE GAME To make Ben walk , move the curs or to To start the game, please f ollow the instructions in the the point or area on the s creen you want ref erence card included in the package. him to go and click the left mouse but­ As the s tory opens, Ben is reminis cing and we s ee the ton. I f you have played an adventure game Corley Executive Limo/Hovercraft cruising down the highwa y . bef ore, you may be s a ying, "Where' s my The s e non-interactive sequences are known as "cut-s cene s "­ • • • • • • • • • • interf ace ? short, animated sequences, like s cenes f rom a movie - which Move the curs or over the • Where' s my can pr ovide clues and inf ormation about the characters . various verb icons in • inventory?" • No, the y didn't get ripped off' Cut-scene s are also used to show special animated s equence s , the interf ace and left • while Ben wa s in the dumpster. To such as when Ben wakes up af ter his involuntary nap in the click to ativate them: • displ a y the interface, move the dump s ter. When you are viewing a cut-scene, you do not direct VERB ICO N FUNCTIO N the action. • curs or around the s creen until You begin directing Ben's actions a s s oon as he awakens • you s ee a red f rame around the Look at/ from his "nap." You should s ee a cr os shair-like curs or. • cr osshairs . Now hold down on the Examine Sometime s this will appear a s a red arrow (if Ben i s on f oot ) • left mous e button, and you will or a highwa y sign (if Ben i s on his bike ) . The s e will indicate • s ee the interf ace. For example, directions Ben can travel- exits f rom the current s creen, Talk to/ • to u s e Ben' s motorcycle, you you might say . Us e mouth • would move t he curs or over the A note about the mouse: I f your mouse has two buttons , your • motorcycle, press the left mous e left button will control mo s t of the action throughout the Pick up/ • button, then move the cursor over game. The r ight mouse button controls your inventory . I f Punch/Us e • the hand symbol until it clenche s your mouse has only one button, then that button act s a s the • into a fist, and then let go of "lef t" mouse button and the ke yboard key "i" acts a s the • the button. r ight. Pleas e consult the ref erence card f or more inf orma­ • To disp l a y t he inventory , Kick tion. t ype "I" or click t he r ight mouse button. You will TALKIIIG TO CHARACTERS now see up to f our inven­ If Occas ionally , even the most grim biker-of - f ew- words tory items. You ma y needs to talk to another human being, to indulge in such cycle through the entire pithy eloquence as "Gi=e a brew" or "Where's the john?" I f inventory you have at , ~ you want to talk to a character in the game, move the curs or that moment by clicking over the character, bring up the interface, and then move on the right or left the cursor over the mouth of the skull until the tongue arrows ( i f the y are vis­ come s out. You ma y then see a selection of conversational ible. I f they aren't options f or Ben. Just click once on whatever seems the visible, you're looking right, or intere s ting, thing to say . Unlike real-life biker at all the inventory bars , you will never get killed f or saying the wrong thing, you've got at that moment. ) . To examine an inventory item, and you can alwa ys come back and t ry saying something else. ::: put the cursor over it and click the right mouse button. I f you wish to use an inventory item, put the cursor over it RIOIIIG THE BIKE and click the le f t mouse button. The inventory skull should When Ben is on his bike in an interactive highwa y disappear and the cursor should now be the item you have sequence, you can swerve le f t or right by moving the mouse selected. To use it with an onscreen item, move the cursor in thos e directions. Ii' you want to select a weapon, click over the on-s creen item until the item on the curs or glows the right mouse button. I f you want to use a weapon, click yellow, then click the left mouse button. The inventory the le f t mouse button. I f at f irst you don't succeed, punch, skull will disappear when you move the cursor outs ide the punch, punch. You can always try a bigger weapon. skull. I f you decide not to u s e an inventory item, le f t (I To take an exit, click the left mouse button wh en you see click inside the inventory skull or outside when the item is the EXIT sign. not highlighted and it will vanish. } GENERALcaNTRaLS A FEW HELPFUL HINTS To find out more specifics on how to control Ben and his Pick up everything you can. Odds are, at some point all vehicles in the highway sequences, the demolition derby and those strange things will serve some purpose. the arena, please consult your re f erence qard. If you get stuck and can't ±'igure out how to proceed, try looking through all the items you've f ound and thinking SCREEN SAVERS about how each one might be used (perhaps with yet another For your amusement, we have included screen savers in the item in your inventory) . Talk to people you meet (like the game displaying 3-D views of the cool Full Throttle vehi­ bartender) and try to get clues f rom them. Think about the cles. For prices and leasing agreements, see your local place s you've gone and the pe ople you've met. Chance s are, Corley Motors dealer. there will be a connection that will put you back on track. aUR GAME aESIGN PHILaSaPHY If you want to access our automated hint line, call 1-900-740-JEDI (1-900-740-5334) in the United States only .

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