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PON_PC_ManInt 9/26/05 2:37 PM Page 1 PON PC Manual Front 4/4 48 pages including cover PON_PC_ManInt 9/26/05 2:37 PM Page 2 TABLETABLE OFOF CONTENTSCONTENTS GETTINGGETTING STARTED STARTED GETTING STARTED . .1 CONTROLS . .3 The Matrix: Path of Neo DVD-ROM game has a ReadMe file where you can view both the License Agreement and ™ THE MATRIX: PATH OF NEO . .4 updated information about the game. We strongly encour- GAME MENUS . .5 age you to take the time to read this file in order to get the benefit of changes made after this manual went MOVING AROUND . .8 to print. HEALTH . .11 To view this file, double-click on it in the The Matrix: Path of Neo directory found on your hard drive HAND-TO-HAND & MELEE COMBAT . .12 (usually C:\Program Files\Atari\The Matrix Path of Neo). You can also view the ReadMe file by first TARGETING . .16 clicking on the Start button on your Windows® taskbar, GUNS — LOTS OF GUNS . .17 then on Programs, then on Atari, then on The Matrix: Path of Neo, then on the ReadMe file. GRENADES . .19 INVENTORY MANAGER . .20 Operating System Windows® 2000 / XP FOCUS . .21 Processor Pentium 4 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon 1.8 GHz or higher THE PATH OF THE ONE . .23 Memory 512 MB RAM ALLIES & NPCs . .25 Hard Disk Space 1 GB free ENEMIES . .26 DVD-ROM Drive 6X speed or faster STRATEGIES & TACTICS . .28 Video Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 or ATI Radeon 8500 or greater* QUICK REFERENCE . .30 Sound DirectX® version 9.0c-compatible CREDITS . .31 sound card ® ® ATARI WEB SITES . .40 DirectX DirectX version 9.0c (included) or higher TECHNICAL SUPPORT . .41 *Hardware T&L video cards that do not support shaders, END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT . .43 such as the GeForce 4 MX or Intel Extreme Graphics family, are not supported 1 PON_PC_ManInt 9/26/05 2:37 PM Page 2 GETTINGGETTING STARTED STARTED CONTROLSCONTROLS Mouse Look up / down / left / right 1. Start Windows® 2000 / XP. W Move forward 2. Insert The Matrix: Path of Neo DVD-ROM game disc S Move backward into your DVD-ROM drive. A Strafe left 3. If AutoPlay is enabled, a title screen should D Strafe right appear. If AutoPlay is not enabled, or the installa- tion does not start automatically, click on the Space Jump Start button on your Windows® taskbar, then on Run. Tap twice for Double Jump Type D:\Setup and click on OK. NOTE: If your DVD- F Toggle in-hand weapon ROM drive is assigned to a letter other than D, LMB or Numpad 4 Strike / Draw and fire weapon substitute that letter. RMB or Numpad 5 Special Attack 4. Follow the remainder of the on-screen instructions Press and hold for Killing Blow to finish installing The Matrix: Path of Neo DVD-ROM game. Ctrl or Numpad 6 Evade 5. Once installation is complete, click on the Start Shift or Numpad Enter Focus ® button on the Windows taskbar and choose Q Weapon strip Programs/Atari/The Matrix Path of Neo/The Matrix Path of Neo to start the game. T Throw melee weapon Note: You must have the The Matrix: Path of Neo Play Tab Action / Link-Up Disc in your DVD-ROM drive to play. Specific action is context-sensitive. Use this control to open doors, push Installation of DirectX buttons, take cover, etc. ® The Matrix: Path of Neo DVD-ROM requires DirectX 9.0c 3 Inventory left or higher in order to run. If you do not have DirectX® 9.0c or higher installed on your computer, click “Yes” 4 Inventory right when asked if you would like to install it. 2 Swap Armed Weapon If inventory full, swaps currently selected weapon with new weapon on At specific points throughout the game, you will be the ground. prompted to save your progress. Choose an empty game Numpad 7 / 9 Rotate camera slot or overwrite an existing game (if you do this, the game previously saved in that game slot will be Numpad 8 / 2 Pitch Camera lost). Your position in the game is indicated in the Mouse Wheel or Camera zoom in / out saved game slot. Numpad [+] / [–] To load a saved game, select Load and choose your Numpad [*] Camera zoom reset saved game. When choosing a game to load, you may C Code Vision (unlockable) start from any point at which you previously saved. Esc Pause Game / Access Pause Menu Press again to return to game The above is the default mouse/keyboard configuration. You can customize controls via the Options Menu. 2 3 PON_PC_ManInt 9/26/05 2:37 PM Page 4 THETHE MATRIX:MATRIX: PATHPATH OFOF NEONEO GAMEGAME MENUS MENUS Can you handle the challenges Neo faces on his path... the path of the One? Start Game – Choose an Can you avoid the Agents who come looking for Thomas empty file slot to begin a Anderson, the hacker? new game. Can you handle the training programs and impress Load Game – Load a previ- Morpheus with your martial arts skills? ously saved game. Can you dodge bullets? When the time comes, you won’t Options – Open the Options have to. Menu. Can you rescue Morpheus in time to save Zion? Can you defeat Agent Smith and bring an end to the war? Once you have started a new From the moment the game starts, how the story plays game or loaded a previously out is up to you. Where Neo succeeded, you must suc- saved game, you can access ceed. You cannot fall short, for if one fails, all the Game Menu. This menu fail, and Zion will crumble. can also be accessed at any Can you do it? time from the Pause Menu while playing The Matrix: Path of Neo. Continue Game – Resume the game at the start of the last previously saved level. Level Select – Replay a previously saved level. Extras – Open the Extras Menu. Quit – Quit the Game Menu and open the Main Menu. 4 5 PON_PC_ManInt 9/26/05 2:37 PM Page 6 GAMEGAME MENUS MENUS GAMEGAME MENUS MENUS The Options Menu allows you The rabbit hole has plenty to customize several game of surprises. The Extras settings. You can access Menu is accessed via the the Options Menu via the Game Menu, and offers a Main Menu and the Pause variety of extra content. Menu. For updated informa- Movies – Play the game’s tion about game options, movie clips, featuring please see the ReadMe file footage from the Matrix in The Matrix: Path of Neo trilogy and the Animatrix, directory found on your as well as additional hard drive (usually surprises. C:\Program Files\Atari\The Matrix Path of Neo). Special Combos – View some of the game’s most effective Controls fighting combos. It’s not a complete list – there are Adjust the game's mouse/keyboard or joypad controls. plenty of secrets that you can discover while playing. Audio Media Viewer – View additional artwork from the game Adjust the game's audio settings for your speaker/audio and its development process. configuration. Cheats – Toggle and manage the game’s unlockable Video cheats. Adjust the game's video settings for your monitor/video The Making of... – Go behind the scenes and get a spe- configuration. cial glimpse at the making of the game, with movies Languages and special features. Adjust the game's language and subtitle settings. At any time during the The Matrix: Path of Neo tells its story with live-action game you can press Escape film footage, in-game cinematic scenes and gameplay. to open the Pause Menu. Clues and instructions appear in these cinematic scenes. Resume Game – Resume playing. Objectives – Review your current mission objectives. Options – Open the Options Menu (see Options Menu on page 6). Retry – Restart at the last saved checkpoint. Exit to Menu – Exit the current game and return to Game Menu. 6 7 PON_PC_ManInt 9/26/05 2:37 PM Page 8 MOVINGMOVING AROUNDAROUND MOVINGMOVING AROUNDAROUND The mouse and keyboard combinations also control your Inventory Ally Status view of the action. The camera automatically follows Manager Player Health Neo throughout the game, but you can also manually con- trol the camera in combat by using the mouse and key- Ally Health Enemy Health board controls to position the camera to get a better Focus Meter view of your surroundings. Press Jump [Space] to jump over various objects. As the game progresses, you'll unlock the ability to per- form a Double Jump – press The Player Health meter represents Neo’s current health [Space] at the peak of a level (see Health on page 11). jump to perform a Double The Focus meter indicates Neo’s current Focus level. Jump that carries Neo even Focus allows Neo to bend the rules of the Matrix (see higher. Focus on page 21). Neo will automatically step The Ally Health meter represents the current health over low objects. To climb status of Trinity and other Rebels who fight alongside onto taller objects or to reach ledges, move or jump Neo (see Allies & NPCs on page 25). toward the object to perform a ledge hang, and move forward [W] to climb up. When hanging from a ledge, The Enemy Health meter shows the current enemy’s health. you can also use the [A] and [D] keys to shimmy along During special missions, where time is of the essence, its edge. the Ally Status display monitors the status of allies To climb ladders, move to the bottom of the ladder, such as Morpheus. look up with the mouse and The Inventory Manager allows you to manage and select move forward [W] and back firearms, melee weapons, grenades and other items.
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