System Shock

Awakening from a rare 'Cyberjack' implant operation you are in the aftermath of a horrific mutiny. SHODAN, the space station's deranged computer, now controls all systems AND your companions. You are next.

Become fully emersed in this animated, texture mapped 3D world. Crawl, float, climb and leap through the swarming station and 'jack' into Cyberspace to outmanoeuvre the malovolent SHODAN.

• An amazing physics system gives variable gravity, recoil and moveable objects.

• Superbly smooth, first person, full and multi screen views.

• An elaborate plot with variable levels of strategy, action and puzzle solving.

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You're a renowned hacker, the most notorious cyberspace thief in the corporate world. Caught during a risky break-in, you become indentured to Diego, a greedy Trioptium exec who bankrolls a rare cyberjack implant operation. After six months in a healing coma, you awaken to the twisted aftermath of a terrible disaster. Where are the surgeons? Why is the station in such disrepair? Slowly, the chilling realization that something is very wrong creeps over you.

Once a prime corporate research facility, Citadel now teems with mindless cyborgs, robots and terribly mutated beings, all programmed to serve SHODAN, a ruthless artificial intelligence. There's scarcely time to think before it unleashes the first terror ...

Play the game directly from the CD and hear the full speech for all the characters as they send desperate pleas through logs, video mail and e-mail.

Marvel at the first-person, smooth-scrolling viewpoint in the gaming world's first true 3-D simulation.

Lean around corners, leap across chasms, climb walls, crawl through dark, murky shafts and look up and down toward your enemies.

Experience sophisticated physics, complete with variable gravity, recoil effects, fantastic explosions, realistic illumination, and moveable, destructible objects.

Rocket through cyberspace to steal information, hack security and grapple with watchdog defense programs enslaved to a maniacal computer.

Battle huge armies of malfunctioning cyborgs and mutated creatures as you collect hardware attachments, life-sustaining patches and deadly weapons.

Test your intelligence by solving puzzles, rewiring access panels and outwitting SHODAN in its own cyber-realm.

Delve into the latest adventure from LookingGlass, creator of the sensational hits Underworld and Underworld II.

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Back box cover (CD version)

DIESES SYSTEM IST EINFACH UNSCHLAGBAR

Wenn Sie weite informationen über System Shock wünschen, wenden Sie sich bitte an Electronic Arts GmbH, Postfach 1553, 33245 Gütersloh, Tel:05241/24307.

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Advertisement in PC Games, December 1994 (German)

A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space.

You're a renowned hacker, the most notorious cyberspace thief in the corporate world. Caught during a risky break-in, you become indentured to Diego, a greedy Trioptium exec who bankrolls a rare cyberjack implant operation. After six months in a healing coma, you awaken to the twisted aftermath of a terrible disaster. Where are the surgeons? Why is the station in such disrepair? Slowly, the chilling realization that something is very wrong creeps over you.

Once a prime corporate research facility, Citadel now teems with mindless cyborgs, robots and terribly mutated beings, all programmed to serve SHODAN, a ruthless artificial intelligence. There's scarcely time to think before it unleashes the first terror ...

• Marvel at the first-person, smooth-scrolling viewpoint in the gaming world's first true 3-D simulation.
• Lean around corners, leap across chasms, climb walls, crawl through dark, murky shafts and look up and down toward your enemies.
• Experience sophisticated physics, complete with variable gravity, recoil effects, fantastic explosions, realistic illumination, and moveable, destructible objects.
• Rocket through cyberspace to steal information, hack security and grapple with watchdog defense programs enslaved to a maniacal computer.
• Survive battle after battle against armies of killer cyborgs and deadly robots as you collect hardware attachments, life-sustaining patches and deadly weapons to combat mindless mutants.
• Test your intelligence by solving puzzles, rewiring access panels and outwitting SHODAN in its own cyber-realm.

DELVE INTO THE LATEST ADVENTURE FROM LOOKINGGLASS, CREATOR OF THE SENSATIONAL HITS UNDERWORLD AND UNDERWORLD II.

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Back of Box - DOS 3.5" (Canada/US)

In System Shock, biological engineering and automation merge in a raging storm completely out of human control. An indentured hacker, you awake from a healing coma on board the space station Citadel only to find yourself in the twisted aftermath of a mutiny.The crew has been mutated beyond recognition to serve SHODAN, a ruthless computer that controls station operations. With your neural implant, you can "jack" into cyberspace (SHODAN's realm) to steal clues to the mystery.

Creeping past armies of cyborgs and robots, you find hardware that grafts to your power suit and neural apparatus, including infrared cyber-eyes, jump-jet boots and an arsenal of weapons. Multi-function displays pump information to the screen, describing artifacts, warning of biohazards and radiation, analyzing targeted foes, and decrypting cyberspace messages. Shaking from adrenalin and information overload, you scarcely have time to think before SHODAN unleashes yet another terror. There's no time to rest when your foe doesn't sleep...

Key Features * Hear all logs and e-mails as you unravel SHODAN's strongholds by using clues from the station's former inhabitants. * Play directly from the CD and enjoy an enhanced introduction and endgame! * See animated texture mapping in over ten breath-taking levels that explode with Super VGA clarity. * Marvel at the smooth, 3-D, first-person viewpoint as you lean around corners,jump, float in zero gravity, look up or down, crawl through shafts and climb ledges. * Experience the most sophisticated physics system in a computer game, complete with variable gravity, recoil effects, explosions and moveable objects. * View realistic lighting effects: pools of light, regions of shadow,flickering lights and flashes. * Careen through the labyrinths of cyberspace, the computer's realm, as you steal information, hack systems and combat cyber-creatures.

Specs * Computers: Intel486*/33+ MHz, Pentium or 100% compatible with double-speed CD-ROM drive (486/66+ with 8 megs RAM, local bus video card for SVGA, full speech) * Sound Devices (and/or Digitized Speech and Sound Effects): Sound Blaster, Ad Lib, Pro-Audio Spectrum or 100% compatible Music Boards: Sound Blaster, Ad Lib, Pro-Audio Spectrum, General MIDI MPU-401, Wave Blaster or 100% compatible * Graphics Supported: Standard VGA, Super VGA (VESA driver required) * RAM and HD Storage Requirements: 4 megs RAM (8 for SVGA, full speech); 25 megs hard drive space * Playing Time: 35+ hours

Source: Origin's website (archived June 1998)

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Origin's website

ORIGINs System Shock Takes First-Person Perspective to Second Level

Computer gamers who love fast-paced action with a first-person perspective arent doomed to play mindless shoot-em-ups for the rest of their lives. ORIGIN will open their eyes with System Shock in the first half of 1994. System Shock fuses all the energy of a top-flight action/adventure game with its own cyberpunk storyline. In the year 2072, you awake from a healing sleep as the lone survivor aboard a remote space station. Immediately, you receive a desperate holographic warning about SHODAN, a ruthless, super-intelligent computer system that has siezed control of the stations robotic security forces and biological research facilities. Moreover, SHODAN has already set its sights on Earths plentiful resources. Your only hope is to enter cyberspace and deactivate SHODAN from within, but youll have to battle gleaming sentries and horrific genetic monsters before you can do it.

The same creative talents who built the dungeons of ULTIMA Underworld now take a high-resolution approach to science fiction. An all-new gaming engine gives System Shock real-world physics and stunning graphics, complete with point-source lighting and animated texture detail. As the main character, your monitor becomes your eyes into this alternate world, where you can look up, down and even over ledges. As you explore the space station, youll find an arsenal of weapons at your disposal, but its going to take brainpower as well as firepower to beat SHODAN.

Current system requirements for System Shock are: IBM-PC, Intel 486 or 100% compatible system 4 MB RAM (8 MB recommended) MS-DOS 5.0 or higher 256-color VGA graphics Mouse or joystick MUSIC (optional): General MIDI MPU-401 or 100% compatible sound board SPEECH/SOUND EFFECTS (optional): Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound board Suggested retail price: $79.95

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Shareware CD "Hours OF FUN 14"