STARTING PLAY
Set up your PlayStation game console according to its Instruction Manual. Ensure the power is off before inserting or removing a compact disc. Insert Wing Commander III Disc #1 and close the CD door. Insert game controllers and turn on the PlayStation game console. Follow on-screen instructions to start a game.
Console Top View
Console Front View
THE CONTROLLER Front View
THE CONTROLLER Top View
You use the PlayStation controller to move your cursor and fly your ship. The following diagrams show the controls on the PlayStation controller. Please see the reference card for a complete listing of all commands.
SYMBOL DEFINITIONS
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Press the indicated key once.
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Move the Direction Buttons (D-buttons) to change options (on the carrier); change the nav map view and steer your ship (during flight). The symbols, and indicate specific directions when moving the D-buttons.
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Press and hold the first button, followed by the second button. Here, you would hold down while pressing.
STARTING THE GAME
After you turn on the PlayStation game console, the game will play an introductory scene. To bypass movies, press START. Later, you can press and hold SELECT START for two seconds to restart the game.
ON THE CARRIER
Choose an action. Move the D-buttons (+) to position the cursor over an object or person. Alternatively, or on the controller cycles through action spots on the screen. You'll see the option on the screen for example, Talk to Hobbes, Go to Lift, Attend Briefing, Activate Main Terminal, etc.
You can toggle onscreen text on and off through the Main Terminal (see Main Terminal Options, p. 29).
Begin selected action. Press to activate the option you've chosen.
MANEUVERING YOUR SHIP
During flight, press or on the controller to move your ship up or down. Press or to bank right or left.
To roll your ship right or left along its axis without changing course, press L2 or R2.
To increase the speed of your climb, dive or turn, press and hold in addition to the normal button.
SAVING, LOADING AND EXITING
You can only save from the carrier or from a depot. You must have a memory card inserted in one of the memory slots. Go to Flight Control, the Berths, Gunnery Control or the Bridge and choose the Main Terminal (see p. 7). Then, choose DUTY LOGS.
Saving games
Select SAVE to highlight the first available game slot. Use or to cycle through 5 slots, then press to select the highlighted save game slot. Next, enter a name by pressing or to cycle through letters, and or to change the cursor position. Press to save the name, series, mission number, number of kills you've accumulated and the ship morale level. You can save up to 15 games.
Loading saved games
Select LOAD to highlight the first available game slot. Use or to cycle through slots, then press to load the highlighted save game.
Whenever you insert CDs #2, #3 or #4 into the PlayStation game console before turning the PlayStation game console on, a Main Terminal screen automatically appears. This allows you to load save games. To start a new game, you must insert CD #1 in the game console before turning it on.
QUICK START
When the game begins, you're on the Flight Deck. Move the cursor around on the screen. When text appears and/or the cursor changes shape, press to perform that action. Move the cursor up/down (,) to choose responses during conversations. To go directly into a mission, select "Attend BRIEFING" on the Flight Level. However, we recommend that you follow these steps before entering your first mission:
1. Go to LIFT.
2. Talk to HOBBES (move the cursor over him and press).
3. Go to LIFT.
4. Go to LIVING LEVEL (choose the green box) and watch the scene between Cobra and Hobbes.
5. Talk to VAGABOND.
6. Go to LIFT.
7. Go to BRIDGE LEVEL (choose the red box).
8. Talk to MANIAC.
9. Go to GUNNERY CONTROL.
10. Talk to FLINT.
11. Go to FLIGHT CONTROL.
12. Go to FLIGHT LEVEL (choose the yellow box).
13. Attend BRIEFING. Then, you'll brief the pilots and choose a wingman. Hobbes is your only choice now. Later, you can select anyone you've talked to that is still alive.
14. Talk to RACHEL about ship loadouts.
15. Fly MISSION to enter the launch bay and take off. Increase the throttle (press), or press L1 L2 R1 R2 for an auto-take-off. (Refer to pp. 13-27 for cockpit instrumentation.)
OPTION SCREEN
Open the option screen by pressing START during spaceflight. For a complete list of options, see In-Flight Options, p. 28.
ONBOARD THE VICTORY
**MAIN TERMIN
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