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SOUTH PARK ARCADE 3

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Firstly thank you for downloading S.P.A. 3, the latest and undoubtedly
greatest game in the South Park Arcade series, and one of the finest
free South Park Games on the PC.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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This game was created and tested by a 200 MHz MMX PC with 32MB RAM.

Minimum:
Processor - 386DX
RAM - 4MB

Recomended:
Processor - 486, Pentium or better
RAM - 8MB+

These are the requirements quoted for Klik & Play users, the tool used to
create this game. It may not be accurate.

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STARTING THE GAME
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If you have not already started the game, you can do so by clicking on the
SPA3.EXE icon, which should appear as a blue square shape. You will find
it in your South Park Arcade 3 directory.

After the Polygon logo has finished, you will be presented with the first
Title Screen. If you want to view the introduction, do not press anything,
but wait for it to begin. If you are ready to start the game, press the
Space key.

After pressing this, you will hear the South Park Arcade 3 Theme Tune play
and you will see the Main Menu. Press up and down to scroll through the
3 menu items, and when you are on the one you want, press the Space key
again.

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MAIN MENU
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As said, there are 3 items on the main menu. They are as follows...

START - This will begin the Main Game mode.
VS - This will take you to the 2 Player VS mode.
INTRO - This is an alternative way of viewing the Introduction.

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CONTROLS
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The standard controls are as follows:

Player 1:
Arrow Keys - Walk up/down/left/right
Ctrl - Punch Button
Shift - Pick up projectile (VS Mode)

Player 2 (VS Mode):

W,S,A,D - Walk up/down/left/right
G - Punch Button
Y - Pick up projectile (VS Mode)

Also:
SPACE - Select/Continue
F2 - Reset
F3/Ctrl+P - Pause
ALT+F4 - Quit

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MAIN GAME
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If you are unfamiliar with the South Park Arcade style, here is a brief
explanation. You control one of the four main characters and you must
fight the South Park Bullies across many levels. There are many types
of bully to be encountered, including torchers, flame-throwers and
super-toughs. At the end of some levels, you will have to face a 'boss'.
This character, whoever they are, will take many hits to defeat, and will
offer a greater risk to your health. Try to figure out their pattern so
you know when best to strike.

At the start of each level you will have a full energy bar. This will
decrease as you take damage from enemies, bosses and other hazards in
the level. If your energy bar reaches zero, you shall lose one life, and
have to start the level again. If your lives reach zero, the Game Over
screen will be displayed, and the program will restart. Extra energy
can be gained in some levels, and extra lifes can be gained at certain
undefined points in the game.

In between levels, and sometimes even during them, you will view
'cutscenes'. These are short movie clips where you will find out about
what's going on in the story. Remember to read the subtitles at the top
of the screen.

After completing a level, you will be presented with a bonus screen, and
you will be awarded bonus points in the region of 500-2250 depending on
the difficulty and length of the level accomplished.

At 3 points in the game, you will be asked which of the characters you
want to continue with. Sometimes all the characters will be available,
and sometimes only some of them will. Move the cursor left and right to
choose and then press space.

Every time you play South Park Arcade 3 you will have to complete 5
levels. Which levels you face depend on your choice of character. You
can use the chart below to see the level structure:

L=Level Number
CA=Cartman's level
KE=Kenny's level
ST=Stan's level
KY=Kyle's level

                     L3 ST - L4 ST \    /L5 KE
     L1 KE - L1 KE < L3 KY - L4 KY -    -L5 CA
KE <                                 ><
     L1 CA - L2 CA < L3 KE - L4 KE -    -L5 ST
                     L3 CA - L4 CA /    \L5 KY


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The VS Mode
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This game mode is for 2 players. The first step is for both players to
choose their characters. Press your left and right keys to move your
frame, then press your Punch key to select. You may both pick the same
character, there is no rule against it.

You will then be taken to 1 of 4 random arenas. Then, well, just fight!
Exclusive to the VS mode is the ability to pick up and throw objects.
To do so, first move your character over a Pick Up icon and press your
pickup button. Then, next time you press your punch button, you will
throw the object you picked up. Each object on target takes down 20% of
your opponents energy, so there is always a scramble to grab the pick up
icons at the beginning of a battle.

The battle ends when one player runs out of energy and dies. The player
who loses will then be given 10 seconds to decide whether or not they
want to try again. After 10 seconds if the loser has not pressed their
punch button, this is taken as submission, the other player is the winner
and Game Over appears.

These are the arenas:
1. The Bus Stop       Music: PolyBeat Remix
2. The Chain Factory  Music: S.O.R. Round 6 (Genesis)
3. The Disco          Music: Thunderblade Boss 1 (Arcade)
4. The Soul Chamber   Music: Mortal Kombat 3 (Genesis)

As mentioned, the arena is selected at random, but you can also choose
by pressing 1,2,3 or 4 while selecting characters.

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Enemies, Obstacles and Pick-ups
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The main bulk of the enemies fall under the 'bully' heading. These are
a wide range of thugs of a similar size and age to your character. Some
of the common types are listed below.

The Standard Bully - Brown Striped Top
This is the most common enemy in the game. These bullies are reasonably
intelligent and will focus in on you. They can only do moderate damage
whilst close to you.

The Torcher Bully - Red Striped Top
These enemies attack you by throwing large lit wooden torches at you.
These baddies ravaged Cartman's Home and set it alight, so this is the
first place you will find them. Other variations exist.

The Tough Bully - Yellow Striped Top
First encountered in the School Classroom as Kenny, these enemies take
5 hits to defeat. They pack a more powerful punch than regular bullies.

Zombie Bully - Brown Striped Top with tears and scars
Zombie Bullies can bite you painfully and can also throw up puddles of
burning acid. They take between 3 and 6 hits. Sometimes Super Zombies
can spit their acid, and these take around 10 hits.

Flamethrower Bully - Grey Radiation Suit, Red Eyed Helmet
These are deadly! Not only do they throw scattering fire-bombs, but they
shoot long bursts of fire directly at you from their backpack!

The Blue Bully - Light Blue Top
These pains are back for SPA3! They have a lightning fast punch that could
kill you in under a second, and take between 3 and 5 hits to defeat. If
you let them gang up on you, you are DEAD.

There are some other objects within the game that will cause you damage.
some of them are now listed:
- Puddles of Acid - Torches - Hockey Pucks - Icicles - Electricity Bolts -

Energy can be picked up during the level in the form of small green
packets. These restore about 50% of your energy. There is one very rare
other power-up, called the ZIP, or the Smashdown. It's so rare that it
only occurs once in the whole game! You will never know what it does
unless you find it.

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Help
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If you have any questions about this game, please do not hesitate to
contact Polygon at this e-mail address:

JDXpolygon@aol.com

or, you could go via Polygon's website, named Ultimate South Park Games.

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Chasm/3600/

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Thankyou for Playing SPA3
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This game was developed by Joe Dixon/Polygon
Officially completed 15/9/99