Eliminator
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Developed_By:
Magenta Software Ltd.
Published_By:
Psygnosis Limited
Released On:
01 Jan 1998
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Eliminator is a high-speed shooter where you control an experimental hovering craft, navigating through challenging courses filled with obstacles and enemies. Your goal is to reach the end before your onboard bomb explodes and ends your journey.
As you progress through the game, you'll gain access to upgrades that will help you navigate the increasingly difficult courses. With each new level, the challenges become tougher, requiring precise timing and quick reflexes to overcome.
UPC-A:
053203079199 (France)
Sony PN:
SLES-01364 (France)
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Input Devices Required:
Gamepad
Save Game Methods:
External Storage
Multiplayer Options:
Same/Split-Screen
Number of Offline Players:
1-2 Players
Number of Players Supported:
1-2 Players
Input Device Features Supported:
Vibration
Controller Types Supported:
Analog Controller
Multiplayer Game Modes:
Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS)
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Manual
Game Guide
Extracted from the original game manual
This is a sci-fi action game where players take on the role of a prisoner of war forced to compete in deadly televised arena combat. Players pilot a craft, battling for survival and freedom against other prisoners and the state's advanced weaponry. The game combines elements of vehicular combat and a dystopian narrative.
Story
PRISONER OF WAR
This excerpt is taken from data-rec "L01 by 'Internee R265-8572-c' at Shellaka Military Penitentiary under the supervision of warden Brenner and Governor warden Bloyce.
I can remember the first episode of elimination. In those days the Arenas were all on earth and s-com syndicated it to only 1300 sectors. It sounds strange now, but in that first series the prisoners were reprieved if they beat the odds and actually survived. They'd be released back into the community, their name intact, their liberty assured.
Their only burden was a new one: fame for surviving elimination guaranteed celebrity status. Everyone wanted to know what it was like to be a contestant, to don the armour, to operate the craft, to enter the Arena and blast their way to freedom. And some were willing to pay vast fortunes for their story. Surviving elimination guaranteed wealth.
When the civil war began, elimination went off air - naturally. But now I find you guys have resurrected the show for your own propaganda machine, using us to test your weapons. It sickened me to see it screened on the Digi-net in the detainment confine. My Government would treble its war effort if it knew you were executing prisoners of war in the name of entertainment.
Before the war, elimination was all about heroism, all about bravura, all about freedom. Now it's all about blood, all about suffering, all about justice. The justice of no escape. The justice of a legitimate death. The justice of a televised death.
I was elimination's biggest fan - I bayed for blood, I joined the fan-club and, like every other viewer, I was engulfed by the overriding feeling that the bloke inside the craft deserved to die. It never crossed my mind that the prisoners may be innocent. Elimination was essential viewing, but I never thought I'd take part in it myself....
Governor Warden Bloyce's Data-Rec "AA1"
This excerpt is re: data-rec "L01 with 'Internee A26S-8572-c' at Shellaka Military Penitentiary.
It was at this stage of his confession that the Internee became irrational and once again, unpredictable. Refusing to collaborate with the state in the testing of our new weapons, the Internee repeatedly accused us of misconduct.
When warden Brenner threatened to brand him as a deserter and a traitor to his side, the Internee sprang from the detainment confine. It took five tech-guards to haul the Internee from warden Brenner's prone body. The brutal attack was unprovoked and without precedent at Shellaka Military Penitentiary.
In respect to the memory of warden Brenner, I recommend that the Internee should be disqualified from entering the divine ritual of elimination. Execution by Lethal injection would be quicker and more cost-effective.
SURVIVOR
The survivor is the perfect craft in a dogfight or tight situation. If it's speed you're after, this is the craft for you. Not recommended for trainees or beginners.
ELIMINATOR ARENAS
MESSAGE FROM Union COMMANDER DAVOR SINE
Before the civil war, there was only the state. When the union splintered from the state, each side established prisoner of war camps. We, in the union, have respected the Shellaka covenant ensuring state POWs have had their rights maintained.
However, new intelligence reveals the state have begun a wholesale slaughter of union forces held within their confines. In light of this new information, we will target the state's munitions plants and weapons-test facilities. Of these targets we know little, but what we do know has been learnt at a cost. A cost of union life.
THE PENITENTIARY
Shellaka Military Penitentiary was recognised as the most dreaded prison throughout the galaxy - before the civil war. Its image hasn't changed since, but its inmates have. The prisoners of war held at Shellaka can expect no mercy from their state hosts.
THE MAZE
Built during the early part of the civil war by the state as a strategic fortification on the border of union territory. After years of attrition, enough land was captured to cement the maze's position within state territory. According to our sources, it is currently being transformed into a military weapons-test facility.
THE ASYLUM
Our knowledge of the Asylum confirms the depravity of the state. They imprison society's drop-outs, what they would label as freaks and street-rabble, within its walls. Sickeningly, they test cutting-edge technology and chemical weapons on them to gauge resistance.
THE CAGE
The cage is unknown territory to us. As most of this super-prison is submerged beneath the sea and tightly guarded, the chances of meeting a watery grave are high.
THE CHASM
State forces who disobey orders or go AWOL are ruthlessly incarcerated in the chasm. Few return to the armed forces, even fewer survive.
THE MONASTERY
The ice-cold, frozen jail where temperatures rarely rise above -20. Isolated in the bitter Northern plains of state territory, frost-bite will be the least of your worries.
THE TOMB
Originally built within territory belonging to us, the Tomb was a symbol of union military success. Early state victories included the taking of the Tomb. Prototype weapons are tested within this Arena, so it would prove a crucial target to neutralise.
THE FORTRESS
Most of the space-prisons were shot down during the early years of the civil war. The Fortress, however,
How to Play
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Setting Up
To play Eliminator on your PlayStation game console:
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Set up your PlayStation game console in accordance with the instruction manual supplied with the system.
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Follow your system directions to open the disc cover and place the Eliminator Disc onto the bed of the drive, ensuring the printed side faces upwards.
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Close the disc cover. Press the power button on to begin play.
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Now follow on-screen instructions to start the game.
Warning
It is advised that you do not insert or remove peripherals or Memory cards once the power has been turned on. Make sure you have enough free blocks on your memory card before commencing play.
Title Screen
Press the X button to access the main menu.
Main Menu
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One Player (see One Player Menu)
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Two Player (see Two Player Menu)
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Options (see Options Menu)
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Load Game (see Load Game Menu)
One Player Menu
Start Game
Press the X button to launch directly into a new game. An explosive device is strapped to the undercarriage of your craft, primed to explode when time runs out.
Select
To input your own nickname:
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Use the directional buttons to select a letter and press the button to confirm.
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Select to create a space in the word.
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Select to delete a letter.
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Select OK to confirm your new I.D. and return to the ONE PLAYER MENU.
Select Craft
Use the Left and Right directional buttons to choose from Redeemer, Freedom, Liberty, and Survivor (see Eliminator Craft section for details).
Controller Menu
When using the Analog controller (DUAL SHOCK), use the left stick to move the craft. You will also experience the added sensation of the built-in vibration function.
To select Analog mode, press the Analog mode switch to set the LED indicator to RED.
Configure
Use the left and right directional buttons to cycle through the four control settings and familiarise yourself with them. Press the button to select a control system.
Vibration
Use the up and down directional buttons to turn the vibration function ON or OFF.
Two Player Menu
Start Game
Press the button to access the Location menu.
Location
Use the left and right directional buttons to cycle through the three duel zone locations. Select the arena in which you wish to do battle.
Select Craft
Use the left and right directional buttons to choose from Redeemer, Freedom, Liberty, and Survivor (see Eliminator Craft section for details). Both players must press the button to choose a craft before returning to the Two Player menu.
Controller
See Controller Menu.
Controller 2
See Controller Menu.
Options Menu
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Audio (see Audio Menu)
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Display (see Centre Screen Menu)
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Hi-Scores (see Hi-Scores Menu)
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Credits (see Credits Menu)
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Select
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Cycle
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Back
Audio Menu
Music Volume
Use the Left and Right directional buttons to adjust the music volume.
Credits Menu
View the game credits. Press the button to return to the Options Menu.
Load Game Menu
It is advised that you do not insert or remove memory cards once the power has been turned on. Make sure you have enough free blocks on your Memory card before commencing play. To use a memory card, it must be inserted into memory card slot 1.
Each saved game has its own I.D. and is accompanied by a file name. The file name consists of the current level, the bonus score in the form of a percentage, the total score, and the name of the craft in which everything was achieved.
To Load a game, use the up and down directional buttons to select the I.D. of a previously saved game. Press the button to confirm. The following on-screen message will be displayed: "Load - are you sure? NO Yes".
Once Loaded, the word "continue" will be displayed on the options menu. Highlight "continue" and press the button to Launch the saved game.
In-Game Menu
During play, press the START button to access the in-game menu and pause the action.
Continue
Press the X button to return to the game.
Audio
Use the directional buttons to select and adjust the music, sound effects, and ambient volume.
HUD Position
Use the up and down directional buttons to position the craft cockpit display at the top or bottom of the screen.
Targeting
Use the up and down directional buttons to turn the targeting facility on or off. If targeting is on, your craft's weapons will automatically align straight ahead.
Restart
Use the up and down directional buttons to select yes or no. Press the X button to confirm.
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Choose "NO" to return to the in-game menu.
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Choose "Yes" to return to the start of the current Level, divested of accumulated pick-ups.
Quit Game
Press the X button and the following on-screen message will be displayed: "Are you sure? Yes NO".
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Choose "NO" to return to the in-game menu.
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Choose "Yes" to
Controls
Directional buttons
Raise sight
button
change camera
L1 Button
strafe Left
R1 Button
strafe right
L2 Button
cycle primary weapon
R2 Button
cycle secondary weapon
L1
Reverse
R1 Buttons
Lower sight
X button
select
Enemies & Characters
ELIMINATOR CRAFT REDEEMER
A sleek fighting machine, bristling with weapons. The Redeemer's top speed was recorded at the Hulinio impasse of 2799. The oldest of the current battery of craft but still considered by some to be the best.
FREEDOM
The Freedom boasts unrivalled shield power and self-defence mechanisms. Came into service two years ago and established itself as a competent fighting machine, if a little lacking on speed. With over 2,680,000 kills in its first year, this craft leaves only death in its wake.
LIBERTY
A prototype craft, as yet unused in military service. Versatile in its weaponry capabilities, the Liberty accommodates more firepower than all of its predecessors. Its speed is currently under review.
Tips & Maps
TIMEBOMB TIPS
Stay on the move to avoid enemies locking onto you, giving you more time to adjust and retaliate. Accuracy is vital, as different enemies have different weak points.
Red targets
Red targets generally need to be shot, and when activated they usually turn green.
Eliminator events
Eliminator events are part of the show, segregating you in arenas until completed. Use your wits and guile to master each challenge quickly.
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