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The Sacred Mirror of Kofun
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Your daring undersea mission in the Pacific is cut short by an
S.O.S.  from a missing scientist. Clues point to the mysterious
Sacred Mirror.

Strange events soon lead in all directions through eerie
underwater reefs and wrecks, onto exotic tropical islands and into
the intrigues of an international cast of characters.

"The Sacred Mirror of Kofun" combines ancient legend and
underwater adventure with the brain-twisting suspense of a high
tech mystery.

Navigate and explore Antares, a fully outfitted research ship.
Match wits with fascinating characters like Luciana Cupucci.
Pilot your Angel Shark on real underwater dives where clues and
danger abound.

First Adventure game with real underwater footage.
Over 230 realistic 3-D settings and action
Fully rendered 360řexplorable surroundings
Two hours of stunning full motion video.
Puzzles and clues to challenge you at every turn.
Platform: Hybrid: Windows 3 .1, Windows 95, Macintosh
Recommended Age 16 and up
Retail Price: $44.95
Explorer Jean Michel Cousteau
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Settlers III : Mission CD
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ULTIMATE STRATEGY: BUILD, CONQUER & CREATE!

The Settlers III Mission CD is a powerful real-time strategic
adventure....
more battles, more conquests, more colonizations. The search for
ultimate freedom, restoring life, liberty and it is the pursuit of
prosperity.
a host of even more demanding challenges face our Settlers'
champions... more battles, more conquests, more colonization... as
they search for the ultimate victory that will return them to
their former existence, where, no longer instruments of the Gods,
they can once again live as free men.

Plus:
Untold Settlers campaigns to wage, worlds to colonize and races to
conquer and all of your own design with the new SETTLERS III LEVEL
EDITOR. Create your own single-player and multi-player maps to
battle it out against the computer, exchange with your friends, or
for challenges on LAN and across the globe on the Internet.

Features
Establish new colonies with the Romans, Egyptians and Asians:
Each race has a new campaign with 8 immense new missions!

Pursue exciting mission goals: Discover secret sites and trade
with neighbouring races to produce the urgently needed goods to
bring foreign lands under your control!

Play with friends throughout the entire world: You now have not
only 10 new single-player maps, but 10 new multi-player maps for
either LAN or Internet games!

Design and colonize your own maps with the SETTLERS III LEVEL
EDITOR, where you can create your landscapes and decide the
hardship your Settlers have to endure!

Get help quick: You can consult the detailed on-line manual at any
time direct from the Editor!

Technical Requirements

Requires a copy of The Settlers* III PC CDROM
100 Mhz Pentium*
32 MB Ram
2 MB Graphic Card (Direct X* compatible)
Circa 250 MB free hard disk space
4 x CDROM drive
Windows* 95, Windows* 98 or Windows* NT4.0
Direct X* 6.0 (incl on The Settlers* III CD)
28.8 modem for internet gaming. Format: PC CDROM.

Supports

Local area network (LAN)
Settlers III Internet-Server
TCP/IP and IPX/SPX protocol
Circle SurroundT
CD-Audio
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Alpha Centauri
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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is an epic science fiction computer
strategy game by Firaxis Games.  Legendary designer Sid Meier
presents the next evolution in strategy games, with the most
addictive, compelling gameplay yet.  Explore the alien planet that
is your new home and uncover its myriad mysteries. Discover over
75 extraordinary technologies.  Build over 60 base upgrades and
large scales secret projects for your empire.  Conquer your
enemies with a war machine that you design from over 32,000
possible unit types.

DESIGN YOUR OWN WAR MACHINE
Custom build fighting units that meet your mission's specific
needs, or accept your governor's recommendations.

TERRAFORM AN ALIEN LANDSCAPE
Raise mountains and level hillsides to make the planet more
habitable for yourself or harsher for your opponents.

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Dynamic personalities react individually to your actions. Your
diplomatic decisions dictate your path to one of five ultimate
resolutions.

INFINITELY REPLAYABLE
A random 3D world generator, unlimited strategies, five paths to
victory, six levels of difficulty, seven unique factions, fully
featured map/game editor, and a whole host of customizable options
ensure unlimited gameplay.

BENCHMARK AUTOMATION
Intelligent city governors, global commands and an in-game
tutorial assist you in building and managing your empire.

UNPRECEDENTED MULTIPLAYER
Unite or fight with your friends via the Internet, a LAN, modem,
or serial link.

AT HOME OR ON THE GO
Unique installation options and scaleable technology optimize
performance for all machines, from laptops and low end Pentiums to
the latest top-shelf hardware.

System Requirements:
Windows 95/98
Pentium 133
16megs RAM















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