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1. COMMODORE C64 128 WASTELAND Getting Started Follow these steps to get started Turn on the disk drive Insert the boot disk Turn on your computer If you re using a Commodore 128 the game will boot automatically If you re using a Commodore 64 type LOAD 8 1 and press lt RETURN gt Note If you have difficulty booting Wasteland remove or disconnect any unnecessary peripherals and try again mY 2 a You will then see the title screen with two options at the bottom Start and Utils Utilities If you re new to Wasteland press U to call up the Utilities Menu otherwise if you ve played before you can select S to start the game To cancel any action that you ve started press lt This applies throughout Wasteland Utilities Menu To use any option press the first letter Copy This is the first thing you must do Wasteland only recognizes disks that you create with this copy routine When you choose Copy you ll see 123 4 Exitat the bottom of the screen You need to make a copy of all four sides so you must select each number once Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the copying process Press E to Exit when you re done copying and then S to start the game Do not put write protect tabs on the copies you made You will always have to boot your Commodore using your original Wasteland disk when starting or resuming a game Restart Automatically Restarts your party near the Ranger Center2. call us at 415 572 ARTS Warranty Claims To make a warranty claim under this limited warranty please return the product to the point of purchase accompanied by proof of purchase a statement of the defect and your name and return address To replace defective media after expiration of the Warranty Period send the product in protective packaging postage prepaid to Electronic Arts atthe above address enclosing proof of purchase a statement of the defect your name and return address and a check for 7 50 EA or its authorized dealer will at its option repair or replace the product and return it to you postage prepaid or issue you with a credit equal to the purchase price THE FOREGOING STATES THE PURCHASER S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT Warranty Exclusions EAEXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE MEDIA AND THE SOFTWARE INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ANY WARRANTIES IMPLIED BY LAW ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE WARRANTY PERIOD SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON THE DURATION OF AN IMPLIED WARRANTY SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE LIMITATIONS ON DAMAGES EA SHALL NOT IN ANY CASE BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY CLAIM UNDER THIS AGR
3. can t go away and then come back hoping to find him or her alive Remember this will even supercede any games you have saved The game is divided up into many locations Any one of the following could be a location a floor ina building a section of a desert a path in a sewer In the course of your adventure you ll often be asked Enter new location Y N If you answer yes the game will save any changes to that location and your party s status Remember this will even supercede any games you have saved using the Save command NOTE Don t rely on this as a method of saving your games Make it a habit to regularly save games with the Save command especially after you find things you really want to keep If you switch to another location by viewing a disbanded party the statuses for all the parties are saved on whatever disk side you end up on If you use the Save command your location and party status is saved to side 1 The next time you load Wasteland and answer yes to Use last saved game the game loads in the party information from side 1 and continues from there If you answer no then the program will search through all disk sides to find the place where the game last saved itself Ina nutshell you should use the Save command before you end each session of play The next time you load your game you can answer yes to Use last saved game and pick up where you left off However if you o
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5. Use this command if your party is hopelessly stuck somewhere or if you want to start the game over with the same charac ters To Restart save the game where you are Then insert your boot disk reboot and select U for the Utils option Select C to Copy and copy all new disk sides on a separate set of disks Select R for Restart and insert the old side 1 when you see the prompt Please put side 1 in drive 1 Then insert the new copy of side 1 when you see Please put destination Wasteland character disk in drive 1 Now you re ready to start over with your old characters minus all the items and cash they were carrying 4 Start Starts the game You re asked Use last saved game Y N Choose Y if you want to start where you last saved the game with the Save command Choose N and you ll start where the computer last saved the game which happens anytime you answer yes to Enter new location With either choice you ll be prompted to insert one or more disk sides If you re new to the game you ll start in the Ranger Center IMPORTANT Wasteland is a dynamic game and it s very important that you understand how it keeps track of and saves the game As you play the game constantly changes and permanently updates those changes to the disk Once you change something it s changed forever If you pick up an item froma spot you can t return to that spot and find it there again If you kill the wrong person you
6. into two or more groups This command is also used to permanently dismiss a Non Player Character from your party View Switch the View between two or more groups Save Save the game Refer above for an explanation of saved games in Wasteland Radio Radio in to Ranger Center to see if a party member has earned a promotion lt F1 gt lt F3 gt Call up the Use command for characters 1 2 3 and 4 respectively lt F5 gt and lt F7 gt R Reorder a character s skills or possessions You must first select a character from the roster and view either the skill or possession menu before using this command Combat Commands When you engage in battle you can choose from the following options by selecting the first letter of the commmand Run Move party or individual character one space Use Use a skill item or attribute Hire Hire a Non Player Character to join your party Evade Evade an attack Attack Attack an enemy Weapon Change Weapons Load unjam Unjam and or Load a weapon S Show list of encounter groups to attack Will only work with player characters provided your foes are within range of your weapons Will not work with hired Non Player Characters To speed up the combat message scrolling rate pressthe 5 key To slow it down press the key Viewing Characters Enter a number from 1 to7 to view that character s statistics Here are some options that you can use while in this mode From the first screen Pool Po
7. ol cash Pools all the party s cash and gives it to the character you re viewing Div cash Divide cash Divides the character s cash evenly among all the characters From the second Item screen Enter any item number and you ll get the following choices When prompted Y N the Y is highlighted press lt RETURN gt to accept the option Reload Reload weapon Only shows if you choose an ammo clip that s appropriate for your currently equipped weapon Unjam Unjam weapon Only shows if you select a jammed weapon Drop Drop an item Trade Trade an item unEquip Equip or unequip an item Reorder items From the third Skill screen R Reorder skills LIMITED WARRANTY Limited Warranty Electronic Arts EA provides to the original purchaser of the computer software product for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of original purchase the Warranty Period the following limited warranties Media EA warrants that under normal use the magnetic media and the packaging provided with it are free from defects in materials and workmanship Software EA warrants that the software as originally purchased will perform substantially in confor mance with the specifications set forth in the packaging and in the user manual Warranty Information If you are having any problems with the product we are happy to help Please address allcorrespondence to Electronic Arts 1820 Gateway Drive San Mateo California94404 Or
8. press lt repeatedly Selecting Options Whenever you need to select an option just press the first letter in that command The one exception is unEquip in this case press E Whenever you re selecting from a menu that appears along the bottom of the screen you have two choices 1 press the first letter of the command or 2 press the lt less than or gt greater than key to highlight the command and press lt RETURN gt Whenever you need to select an item skill or attribute from a list simply enter its number To scroll through a list you have two options use the and keys to scroll down or I and K keys to scroll up and down An item or skill number with a _ next to it i e 6_ marks the end of the list Movement Commands Use the following commands to move your party around I Move up J Move left K Move down L Move right Spacebar Toggles view of party roster on and off Ranger Center When you re in the Ranger Center you see the following options at the bottom of the screen Create Creates a character You can create up to four Delete Deletes a character Start Starts you outside of the Ranger Center Non Combat Commands At any time except during combat you can use the following commands by pressing the first letter of the option Use Use a skill item or attribute Enc Encounter Call up combat commands Order Establish a new party Order Disband Disband Break up the party
9. r your computer shuts down before you can use Save then answer no when asked Use last saved game The program will search for the place where it was last saved This way you re unlikely to lose any important items you ve acquired What can you doif a character dies Don t save the game Shut the computer off and then reboot Answer no when you re asked Use last saved game Your characters will now come back alive but without the items they acquired since the last time you saved Time and Distance The maps in Wasteland vary in scale The large desert map contains the various city maps which in turn contain building maps or whole underground levels of sewers and hideouts In combat distances may seem a bit off for the map you re on but these are tactical distances and are valid in combat only Because of the difference in scale of the maps time passes differently on them Thougha single keystroke on the computer will move you one space north in both the desert and ina building the amount of time that each move takes is different The game takes this into account for healing and deterioration purposes Remember that time passes for characters in the main party as well as for any disbanded characters who are not moving If you disband a character and send him off to find a doctor to help a wounded comrade the seriously wounded character will still bleed away If you want time to pass without moving your party
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