T-Mek
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(Mega Drive 32X - PAL, Arcade)
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Developed_By:
Atari
Published_By:
Time Warner Interactive Inc.
Released On:
01 Jan 1995
T-Mek is essentially an updated Battlezone. You are a warrior battling in the T-Mek competition, a hugely popular event in the future. You control a hovercraft and try to blow up everyone else.
The action is viewed from your perspective as you travel around the arena. You also have an overall view of where your opponents are. Terrain surfaces and characteristics vary in each battle. In most levels you need to reach a certain score to progress, however there are out-and-out one-off Deathmatch duels to deal with periodically.
UPC-A:
010086845204 (United States)
eBay Product ID:
170319798 (United States)
Sega Region Code:
84520 (United States)
ASIN:
B000VCUHBY (United States)
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Media Type:
Cartridge
Number of Players Supported:
1-2 Players
Input Devices Supported/Optional:
6-button Controller
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Extracted from the original game manual
This is a sci-fi combat game where players pilot MEKs in a brutal tournament across various planets. Players fight to defeat warlords, gain power, and ultimately challenge the tyrannical ruler Nazrac.
Story
The Lacertan System
The events in T-MEK occur in the Lacertan System, which consists of six planets orbiting the sun Lacertus.
The planets in order from the star are: Voluvia, Acrath, Etramel, Prg'zhak, Slauthan, Melekus.
Nazrac's Dominion
Nazrac is the supreme ruler of the Dominion that governs the six planets. He has absolute control over the laws, the police force, the industry, and the technology.
Nazrac is a ruthless dictator who builds his power through threats from his armies of MEKS, loyalty from his well-rewarded underlings, and cunning control of all major industries.
Warlords and Power
To administer his wide reign, Nazrac has chosen a warlord to rule over each planet except for Etramel, where he chiefly resides.
Nazrac believes that power belongs to the strong. Those who prove themselves in battle to be more savage, quick, and fearless than their superiors deserve to take their place.
The T-MEK Tournament
Nazrac uses the T-MEK tournament as a filter to find the most powerful, heartless, and brutal warriors in the Lacertan System.
To those who fight well, he gives positions of dominance—political, industrial, and social. An able warrior might be given lordship over a city, a vast region, or even a continent.
Challenging Warlords
Those who possess a particular skill, Nazrac will allow to challenge the warlord of a planet. This battle must end in death for the challenger or the warlord.
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Defeat your challengers and grab fame.
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Destroy a boss and rule a planet.
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Climb too fast, and you'll face Nazrac's challenge.
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Annihilate Nazrac, and you'll tear down a wicked empire.
Sun's Anvil
A ring of bleached bones encloses the scorching wasteland of the Sun's Anvil. This is the hottest desert of the arid planet Acrath, and its sky is dominated by the Lacertan sun.
The Sun's Anvil stretches far and wide with few obstacles except for the bones of the mighty beasts that used to rule there. Death strikes from all sides here, warrior!
The Boss - Baked
Baked has long been boiling his brains out as the boss of Acrath and the Sun's Anvil. Teetering on the edge of total insanity, his AssaultMEK's missiles find victims from afar.
Storm Rift
Eons ago, a monstrous lightning strike carved the jagged Storm Rift from sizzling rock. Among the shattered plateaus of the electrified planet Slauthan, Storm Rift winds long and narrow and rainy gloom-streaked terrain.
Revenge rushes in from the ends to find blood in the middle.
The Boss - Shocka
Shocka recently fried the life out of one of Nazrac's warlords and now rules Slauthan and the Storm Rift. Humming with built-up voltage, her HyperMEK runs fatal rings around the slow and weak.
Inferno
Hellish blasts of molten metal cast a bloody glow on the burning volcanoes that surround Inferno. At the bottom of a slag-filled crater on the mining world of Voluvia, deadly fire and razor-sharp spikes erupt from Inferno's blistered surface.
Brave warriors dodge among the fiery cones, daring one another to brave the flames.
The Boss - Venusiva
Venusiva has forever been the goddess and dominator of Voluvia and the Inferno. As Nazrac's object of devout worship and lusting hatred, she terrifies her challengers in a glowing hot StealthMEK.
Stone Web
Many a warrior has wandered lost into a freezing death in the Stone Web. Lying under a mist of liquid nitrogen on the sub-zero world of Melekus, the Stone Web is full of narrow passages and secluded nooks.
Warriors fighting here must use their radar and a keen sense of direction to surprise their confused opponents.
How to Play
GETTING STARTED
1. Set up your Sega Genesis 32X System™ as described in its instruction manual.
2. Make sure the power is off, then insert this cartridge into the Genesis 32X Console.
3. Turn the power switch on. In a few moments the title screen will appear.
4. Press the START Button on the Genesis Control Pad to advance past the title sequence and begin play.
5. If the title screen doesn't appear, turn the power switch off. Make sure your system is set up correctly and the cartridge is properly inserted. Then turn the power switch on.
Important
Always make sure the power switch is turned off when inserting or removing your cartridge.
HANDLING YOUR SEGA 32X CARTRIDGE
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The Sega Genesis 32X Cartridge is intended for use exclusively with the SEGA Genesis 32X System™.
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Do not bend it, crush it, or submerge it in liquids.
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Do not leave it in direct sunlight or near a radiator or other source of heat.
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Be sure to take an occasional recess during extended play, to rest yourself and the Sega Cartridge.
MAIN MENU
Press START to reach the game's Main Menu. Press the D-Pad UP or DOWN to highlight the option you want, then press START to select.
The Main Menu displays the following gameplay options:
1 Player
Select this option to accept Nazrac's tournament challenge and battle solo versus three top computer opponents. As long as you win each battle, you'll continue to move onward to other battle arenas. After you select this option, you'll go to the Identification Screen.
2 Player
Select this option if you wish to challenge a "friend" in the battle. You'll both play on a split screen, but remember, you won't be friends in the arena. In two player mode, you can continue to play TMEK as long as you want.
After each bout, the winner of the first match will have the option to select any arena and another MEK if you wish. When this option is selected, you'll go to the Select Game Type Screen and select from one of these two options:
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Challenge Mode - If you select this option, both players will join two other computer controlled MEKs in the battle arena. In this mode don't trust anyone, the computer MEKs will be out to shatter your MEK, and so will your buddy.
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Duel Mode - It's just you against your "so called" friend. You can continue to play as long as it takes to decide who is the mightiest warrior.
Note: To switch to two player mode, reset the game and select the other mode.
After you select the 2 Player option, you'll go to the Identification Screen. You'll then go to the MEK Select Screen.
GAME OPTIONS MENU
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1P DIFFICULTY EASY
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1P GAME MODE ARCADE
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2P DIFFICULTY: EASY
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GAME TIME: 90 SECONDS
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SOUND TEST: #
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CLEAR SCORE TABLES
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JOYPAD OPTIONS
This option also appears on the Main Menu. Press the D-Pad UP or DOWN to highlight the option you want. Press the D-Pad LEFT or RIGHT to toggle the options in green or press START to select the yellow colored options. The available options are as follows:
1P Difficulty
Select Easy, Medium or Hard gameplay.
1P Game Mode
This option lets you choose from 4 different game modes. These options allow you to extend the length of the tournament and add difficulty:
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Arcade The tournament levels in this mode are set up just like the arcade game (12 levels).
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Arcade+2 This arcade option adds two extra levels to the tournament.
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Arcade+4 Adds four extra levels to the tournament.
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Arcade+6 Adds six extra levels.
2P Difficulty
If you are planning to play a two player game, select from these five levels of difficulty for the computer controlled enemy MEKs: Very Easy, Easy, Medium, Hard, or Very Hard.
Game Time
You can use this option to set each battle's time. Select from 30 to 360 seconds (in increments of 30 seconds).
Sound Test
You can listen to the game's various game sounds. Cycle through each numbered sound, then press the A Button to hear the sound.
Clear Score Tables
Select this option to reset the 2 Player Win/Lose/Draw Score. Make sure you want to do this before you select it as you will lose all high scores currently posted.
Joypad Options
Select this option to configure your controller to your own specifications. From here you'll go to the Joypad Configure Screen.
When you've made changes in the Options Menu, press START to enter them and return to the Main Menu.
IDENTIFY YOURSELF!
After you've made your selections at the Main Menu, the Identification Screen will appear. Press the D-Pad UP, DOWN, LEFT or RIGHT to move the cross hairs over the letter you want, then press the A Button to select it.
Repeat the process to enter up to eight characters, then select "END." As you select letters, you'll notice the red timer moving inward at the bottom of the screen. The timer resets after each letter is selected.
If you don't select a letter before the red disappears, the game will accept
Controls
D-Pad
Move forward, reverse
A Button
Fire lasers
B Button
Fire plasma
C Button
Cruise
X Button
Cruise left
Y Button
Quick turn
Z Button
Cruise right
Enemies & Characters
THE BOSS-PHANTOM
Phantom became the boss of Melekus and the Stone Web, and his ghostly SuicideMEK will strike doom for his unprepared foes.
ALIEN NEST
From the tangled slime of the Alien Nest rises horrible life, and T-MEK warriors must hack their way through the mucous strands that hang throughout the living planet of Prg'zhak.
THE BOSS-BRK'OTH
Brk'oth, born from Prg'zhak itself, has absorbed the remains of many challengers and plans to remain the boss of Prg'zhak and its Alien Nest for eternity.
KILLING FLOOR
Forged under the fist of Nazrac, the Killing Floor leaves room for nothing but savagery, with infernal grates and spiked walls preventing escape.
THE BOSS-NAZRAC
Nazrac founded his wicked empire on the industrial planet of Etramel, from where he rules the entire Lacertan System, and many ambitious warriors have faced him in the Killing Floor.
SpeedMEK
The SpeedMEK is death in motion, allowing warriors to blindside opponents with its fast speed and shockbolt weapon that disorients controls.
AssaultMEK
The AssaultMEK offers safety through size and peace through firepower, with a pilot-guided POV missile that delivers very severe damage.
HyperMEK
The HyperMEK is for experienced warriors, delivering serious damage with its plasmathrower that fires three white-hot balls of charged plasma, making it nearly impossible to outrun.
SuicideMEK
All the aggression of the AssaultMEK without all the pesky armor. You have to be insane to jump into this stripped-DOWN AssaultMEK, but the rush is addictive.
Items & Weapons
StealthMEK
A well-armored machine with a Cloak defense and an Acid drone special weapon. The Acid drone deals medium damage, is slow, has excellent tracking, and will relentlessly pursue a locked-on opponent, bouncing off obstacles.
LurkerMEK
This MEK features a Cloak defense and a Blinder bomb special weapon. The Blinder bomb is an explosive shell that deploys shrapnel and a blinding flash, temporarily incapacitating an opponent's vision by overloading their scanner.
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