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We had a lot of fun developing the game and hope that You enjoy playing it! • Make sure that the room in which you are playing is well lit. • Rest for at least 10 to 15 minutes per hour while playing a video game. Sincerely, Shadowgrounds Survivor development team Epilepsy warning Frozenbyte Please read before using this game or allowing your children to use it. Some people are susceptible to epileptic seizures or loss of consciousness when exposed to certain flashing lights or light patterns in everyday life. Such people may have a seizure while watching television images or playing certain video games. This may happen even if the person has no medical history of epilepsy or has never had an epileptic seizure. If you or anyone in your family has ever had symptoms related to epilepsy (seizures or loss of consciousness) when exposed to flashing lights, consult your doctor prior to playing. We advise that parents should monitor the use of video games by their children. If you or your child should experience any of the following symptoms: dizziness, blurred vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of consciousness, disorientation, any involuntary movement or convulsion while playing a video game, discontinue use IMMEDIATELY and consult your doctor. 2 3 System Requirements Installation MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Insert the Shadowgrounds Survivor disk into your optical drive. If your drive has Auto-Play enabled, the Installer will start automatically. Follow the on Windows XP/Vista screen installation instructions. 1.5 GHz processor 384 MB RAM If Auto-Play is not enabled, double-click on the “My Computer” icon on the DirectX 9.0c desktop. Double-click on the optical drive icon to begin the Installation. DirectX compatible 128 MB graphics card (GeForce FX 5500 or Radeon 9200) Follow the prompts to install the game. DirectX compatible sound card If the game does not begin installing immediately, right click on the drive 1 GB of available hard drive space icon, choose “Explore” from the pull-down menu, and then double click on Internet Connection “Setup.exe” to launch the installation. RECOMMENDED SYSTEM: Please read the game’s ReadMe file for last minute documentation that may Windows XP/Vista not be available in this manual. 2.0 GHz Dual-Core processor 1 GB RAM DirectX 9.0c Tech Support DirectX compatible 256 MB graphics card (GeForce 7900 or Radeon X1800) For an optimal gaming experience, be sure to update your computer with the DirectX compatible sound card latest drivers and system updates. Some of the most popular hardware and 1 GB of available hard drive space system software companies are listed below. Be sure to check your PC Joypad for co-op play manufacturer's Web site for additional updates and drivers. ™ AGEIA PhysX card ® Internet Connection ATI Technologies - www.ati.com Creative - www.creative.com nVIDIA ® - www.nvidia.com NOTE: Shadowgrounds Survivor will not work on GeForce 4 MX or integrated Microsoft ® DirectX ® - www.microsoft.com/windows/directx graphics cards. Windows ® Update - http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com NOTICE: Product offered subject to your acceptance of the Steam Should you have any questions concerning the operation of this product, first Subscriber Agreement (“SSA”). You must activate this product via the check our Support page on our web site listed below to see if your issue has Internet by registering for a Steam account and accepting the SSA. already been resolved. If you still need to contact us, please send an email Please see http://www.steampowered.com/agreement to view the SSA. If to our technical support staff at: [email protected]. you do not agree with the provisions of the SSA, you should return this game to your retailer in accordance with their return policy. Meridian4 web site: www.meridian4.com 4 5 TOP SECRET been the most obvious and attractive target for human colonization. But that had changed. The following article seeks to shed some light on the machinations of the IGTO, Grey Directive, and of a project known onlY as Project Grey Directive had finally deciphered What seemed to resemble a star-chart Shadowgrounds. of the solar system from Bogey 1. Special attention seemed to focus on a moon of Jupiter, namely Ganymede. Grey Directive, through the IGTO, Little is known about Project Shadowgrounds. In fact, few even know of its influenced the ISEU into investigating the large moon. The ISEU was existence outside the cabal known as Grey Directive. This presents some powerless to oppose this ‘suggestion’. The IGTO had long been funding interesting barriers to information gathering as the existence of Grey much of the Union’s operations. To everyone’s surprise, Ganymede was Directive itself is a closely guarded secret outside the upper echelons of the found to be more favorable to possible colonization than Mars. The Artificial IGTO. Environment and Atmosphere Experiment (AEAE) Was initiated, a program to Grey Directive is an ultra-covert arm of the IGTO. Its mandate has been to terraform the surface of Ganymede. uncover everything there is to know about the possible existence of Meanwhile, Grey DirectiVe had discovered strange high-energy readings extraterrestrials and their subsequent presence in immediate space… and from the icy moon, readings that reflected those of Bogey 1. This information the elimination of that presence should they prove hostile. It was formed in Was classified and instigated Operation Overcast, a plan to establish a the 1940’s as a Black Ops branch of the United States military, a direct result number of secret militarY research laboratories and bases on Ganymede, to of the Roswell Incident. However, even within Area 51, Grey Directive was study this energy source. This Was unknown to the ISEU, but they could have barely a rumor. The group is so secret that even now, more than 150 Years done little to stop the IGTO at this point. later, few outside the organization have heard of it. Project Shadowgrounds is a Special Access OnlY Program (SA-OP) within Grey Directive has survived many incarnations under many ruling bodies: the Operation Overcast. It is estimated that fewer than a dozen people within US military, NATO, and most recently, the IGTO. There has also been some Grey Directive know of its existence. The Emicron Research Base is an ultra- question as to the influence of various secret societies on the direction of secret militarY installation on Ganymede rumored to be carrying out Grey Directive, but at this point, that is purelY conjecture. experiments With antimatter weaponrY based on alien technology. Bogey 1, the designation given to that first contact craft from Roswell, was It is obvious that the IGTO and Grey Directive anticipate an alien incursion actually an alien probe. Secretly isolated in Area 51, it was, and continues to into the solar system, and more than likelY, they believe these be pored over by specialists from Grey Directive. Needless to say, Bogey 1 extraterrestrials to be hostile. confirmed the existence of an advanced alien civilization, one that was closer than anyone had previously thought, and With unknown motives. That information shaped much of the next century and a half, certainly the race to establish a space program Was on. Near the middle of the 21st century, the International Space Exploration Union (ISEU) was formed out of the ashes of NASA, one of the more sUccessful of the early space programs. Its primary objective was to initiate a colonization program that would alleviate some Very contentious issues, namely pollution and over-population of the Earth. For many Years, Mars had 6 7 History of Space Travel: Main Menu Ganymede Continue SUMMARY FROM ISEU ARCHIVES Loads the mission that the current Profile Was last playing. Ganymede. First discovered by the seventeenth century astronomer Galileo New Game Galilei, it was just a distant moon, orbiting the gas giant Jupiter. Starts a new game. You can select the difficulty level (easy, medium, or Nearly twice the size of Earth's moon, Ganymede was old and battered With hard). If you have unlocked bonus options during your first play through, you an icy surface that seemed too hostile for mankind. It was hard to believe Will see a range of options that can be enabled to spice up the experience. that the International Space Exploration Union planned to colonize a base Load Game there. Lets you choose from all the available save game files for the current Profile. Despite opposition, ISEU launched its most challenging project in 2050, the Survival Artificial Environment and Atmosphere Experiment, sending three automated Allows you to play a Survival mission Where you battle against aliens While spaceships to terraform Ganymede into a planet fit for humans. Heavy the clock is ticking. Surviving and killing as many aliens as possible is the equipment set off giant chain reactions - eventually creating life. Even with key to good high scores! the most advanced techniques, this process took Years.