BloodNet

In the next century, online services like this one will have evolved into the global network of Cyberspace. This virtual world has a life of its own -- but where there is life, there are predators.

And where humans are the prey, the ultimate predator is Nosferatu: the VAMPIRE.

MicroProse introduces a savage new role-playing title:

BLOODNET: A CYBERPUNK GOTHIC

High technology meets blackest evil in this cyberpunk vampire adventure. You play the role of Ransom Stark, an ex-corporate hacker and mercenary who's been transformed into a vampire -- and wants revenge. To rid yourself of this curse, you must brave the streets of 21st-century Manhattan, where cyberpunks, rage gangers, and mercenaries rule. More, you must plumb the secrets of the bizarre virtual reality of Cyberspace as you combat both the vampires and the TransTechnicals megacorporation, the company that owns the cybernet. How long can you last before you give in to the thirst for blood?

BLOODNET is a sophisticated, hard-hitting game rendered in the unique Hallucinographic(TM) art style. With mature content for older players, BLOODNET surfs the edge of popular culture... and beyond.

• For IBM PC and compatibles, DOS 5.0 and hard drive required.

• Minimum 2 MB RAM.

• VGA only.

• Mouse required.

• Supports AdLib, Soundblaster, Soundblaster Pro, and Pro Audio Spectrum sound cards.

MicroProse invites you to download this self-running demo and experience the look and feel of this game for yourself. Watch for the release of BLOODNET in September!

November will see the release of the CD ROM version, featuring digitized dialogue for over 150 characters and even more eye-popping graphics.

BLOODNET: A CYBERPUNK GOTHIC A network nightmare brought to you by the MPS Labs Role-Playing Group.

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MPS FTP Site

From the neural implant data log of Ransom Stark:

• Manhattan, 09/15/2094.

When Melissa Van Helsing invited me up to her daddy's penthouse to reward me for that merc job, I admit I had something other than money in mind, but getting bitten and turned into a vampire wasn't it. Seems there's a whole gang of these bloodsuckers, and they want me to join them.

Their mistake. This time they've bitten off more than they can swallow.

No way I'll follow old Van Helsing's commands. I'll see him and his whole gang dead, permanently, for what they've done to me.

But first I have to find a cure for this curse. Somewhere in this lousy city, somebody knows something that can help me. Maybe in the labs at TransTechnicals, the rotten megacorporation that practically runs this town. Maybe in the Underground, among the rogue genetechs and cyberscientists who work on the razor's edge of technology. And maybe in Cyberspace, the bizarre virtual reality that links everyone on the datanet, legal and illegal.

And I can't forget Deirdre Tackett, the nervenet angel who installed my neural implant and saved my life. Van Helsing's kidnapped her, and it's only a matter of time before she gives him the secret of Incubus, the ultimate icebreaker, the key to absolute control of cyberspace. Somehow, I must save her.

Van Helsing. I'll get that creep if I have to hack my way through every decker, rage ganger, and security ICE in Manhattan. He'll wish he'd never heard of Ransom Stark.

If only I weren't getting ... so thirsty ....

• BloodNet: A Cyberpunk Gothic.

The only cyberpunk vampire role-playing game.

Available for the IBM PC and compatibles from

MicroProse Software!

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MPS FTP Site

BLOODNET

Die dunkle Zukunft der digitalen Netze. Dracula lebt!

Manhattan im Jahre 2094. Die High-Tech-Zukunft hat begonnen. Alles ist gesteuert von gigantischen Daten-Netzwerken. Aber mit ihnen sind auch dunkle Wesen wieder auferstanden. Der berüchtigte Vampir Van Helsing ist es, der alles kontrolliert - und er weiß sich gegen seine Feinde zu schützen.

*Er lockte Dich, den Freelancer Ransom Stark, in eine böse Falle. Nur: Dein Neural-Implantat bewahrte Dich davor, dem Biß des Vampirs sofort zu erliegen.

Mit Deiner bizarren Bande aus Cyberpunks, Söldnern und Computer-Hackern hast Du die Chance, in den Cyberspace einzudringen, um die verschleppter Miss Tackett zu finden - die einzige Person, die Vampir-Bisse neutralisieren kann. Gelingt es Dir, dann wartet die eigentliche Aufgabe auf Dich: Das legendäre Computer-Programm Icebreacker zu finden, mit dem ein globaler Eingriff in die Netze des Van Helsing möglich ist - um seine finstere Macht endlich zu brechen.*

Aber die Zeit wird knapp und manchmal übermannt Dich der Durst ... nach Blut!

BLOODNET

Das Cyberpunk Vampire-Adventure

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