Mega Man X3 Game Manual ======================= (Note: This manual is from the PC port of Mega Man X3. While some controls are different, everything else is the same.) We at CAPCOM ENTERTAINMENT are proud to bring you this thrilling new addition to your PC game library. SYSTEM REQUREMENTS System Requirement Recommended ___________________________________________ Windows 95 Windows 95 Pentium 100MHz Pentium 133MHz or higher 24MB RAM 24MB or more 640x480 pixels, 256 colors 640X480 pixels or more, 256 colors or more 2x CD-ROM 2x CD-ROM or faster Direct Sound Board compatible Direct Sound Board compatible INSTALLATION To install MEGA MAN X3 onto your PC, load Windows 95 and place the MEGA MAN X3 disc into the CD-ROM drive. Set-up will automatically occur. If the set-up window is not properly displayed, open the window for "My Computer" (or whatever you have named it) and double-click on the CD-ROM drive icon. You must now create an installation directory or specify which directory you want to use for installation. This will copy data from the MEGA MAN X3 disc to your hard drive. The default directory that will be created is C:\CAPCOM\MEGAMANX3. If you would like to use a different directory, click on the BROWSE button and specify which directory you want to use. Next you will be asked how you want to install the game. You have three options: NORMAL: Only the most common files will be copied to your hard drive so you can just plug the CD-ROM in and play MEGA MAN X3 right away. CUSTOM: This allows you to choose which data to install. Follow the on-screen instructions to customize the installation. COMPACT: Compact install will only save your game data (progress, score, etc.) to the specified directory. The game will run directly from the CD-ROM. Next comes the installation for DirectX, a program that is required to run MEGA MAN X3. It is available on the CLD-ROM if you need to install it. Follow the on-screen instructions for installation. To run DirectX you need to restart your computer. For more information regarding DirectX, please refer to Microsoft's web page: http://www.microsoft.com/DIRECTX When finished, click the NEXT button to continue installation. Once installation is complete, if you installed DirectX, youw ill need to restart your computer to begin play. Once your computer restarts, the disc in the CD-ROM drive should automatically load and allow you to begin play. If you already had DirectX installed, you can begin play immediately. STARTING PLAY After initial set-up has been completed, the game will autmatically load whenever you place the MEGA MAN X3 disc in your CD-ROM drive. If it does not start, open the window for "My Computer" (or whatever you have named it) and double-click on the CD-ROM drive icon. You can also start the game by choosing Mega Man X3 from the items listed in the Programs section on the Start menu. Warning: Do not remove the CD-ROM while playing a game. UNINSTALL The MEGA MAN X3 data will be completely deleted by opening MEGA MAN X3 from the items listed in the Programs section on the Start menu, then select Uninstall. DirectX will not be uninstalled. TITLE SCREEN To begin playing MEGA MAN X3, during the intro sequence, press the Enter key or press the A button on your Microsoft, Sidewinder game pad. (This is the present game pad.) To configure the game to run with another type of game pad, enter the Option mode (see below). You will see 3 options: GAME START, CONTINUE, and OPTION -To begin a new game, highlight and select GAME START. Then choose between EAST MODE or HARD MODE -To begin a previously-saved game, highlight and select CONTINUE. Select the file you want to load. -To change the button configuration of your game, highlight and select OPTION. In OPTION, highlight and select KEYBOARD or JOYSTICK/KEYPAD depending on which control media you are setup to use. For KEYBOARD, highlight the function and press a key other than the one already listed. Then press the key you want to use for that function. For JOYSTICK/KEYPAD, make sure your game pad is plugged into the sound card or joystick port. Then highlight the function and press the button on the game pad you want to use for that function. REPLOID EMERGENCY!!! Alert! Alert! The Doppler research reploid has inspired a revolt in DopplerTown. The Maverick virus has broken through the Doppler anti-virus, and it appears Doppler has caused it. All previous postings here about the anti-virus are incorrect. The anti-virus is a placebo. REPEAT: The anti-virus is a placebo! DopplerTown is over-run with Mavericks. Utopia has ended before it even started. Take cover quickly. Virus is spreading rapidly. Cain Laboratory is being infiltrated. Maverick Hunter Units on FULL ALERT. Mega Man X and Zero. . . mobilize! Grave Danger! USING MEGA MAN X3 (Default Controls) Note: For your keyboard, the Attack/OK key referred to is: the Space key, the Enter key or the Z key. FUNCTION SIDEWINDER GAME PAD KEYBOARD ________________________________________________________________________ Fire Weapon Press the A button. Press the Attack/OK key. Jump Press the B button. Press Ctrl or X key. Use X-Buster Hold the A button until charged, Hold Attack/OK key until charged, then release to fire. then release to fire. Dash Press the C button, or tap Press the C key or tap -> twice control pad forward twice quickly. quickly. Dash jump Dash, then p ress the B button. Dash, then press the Ctrl or X key. Climb Wall Jump to wall, then press control Jump to wall, then press up or down pad up or down while repeatedly while repeatedly pressing the Ctrl pressing the B button. or X key. Switch weapon Press the X button for Menu Press the A key for Menu screen. Highlight the weapon. Press the Highlight the weapon. Press the A X button to return to game. key to return to game screen. Change weapon Press the Upper Left button Press the S key during play Zero Monitor Switch Press the Upper Right button Press the D key Special Keyboard Controls F4 key Switch between "Window Mode" and "Full-Screen" Mode. F5 key Switch between "Normal Screen Mode" and "Small Screen "Mode". F6 key Display resolution switch between 320x240, 640x480, 800x600 according to display F7 key Switch for display screen size F9 key Exit game (when title screen is displayed); Return to title screen (while playing game) USING ZERO At any point during a stage you may switch characters you control from Mega Man X to Zero, and back to Mega Man X if you want. Once you change back to Mega Man X from Zero you cannot use Zero again until you exit the stage. When using Zero, do not let him perish. He has only one life, and cannot return once he dies. Zero can only collect energy tablets, and cannot fight Mavericks. FUNCTION SIDEWINDER GAME PAD KEYBOARD ________________________________________________________________________ Switch to Zero or Press the X button to bring up Press the A key to bring up the Mega Man X the Menu screen. Then press Menu screen. Then press the D the Upper Right button to key to bring up the Zero bring up the Zero Communication Communication Monitor. If Zero Monitor. If Zero appears, press appears, press the A key to make the X button to make the change. the change. Repeat the process Repeat the process to return to return to Mega Man X. Mega Man X. Fire Weapon Press the A button. Press the Attack/OK key. Jump Press the B button. Press the Ctrl or X key. Dash Press the C button, or tap Press the C key or tap -> twice control pad forward twice quickly. quickly. Hyper-Zero Blaster Hold the A button for 2 seconds, Hold the Attack/OK key until then release button to fire. charged, then release to fire. 3-fold Saber Hold the A button until fully Hold the Attack/OK key until charged, then release. Press the fully charged, then release. Press A button for second Hyper Zero the Attack/OK key for a second charge. press A button again to Hyper-Zero charge. Press the use Saber Beam Attack. Attack/OK key again to use Saber Beam Attack. DOPPLERTOWN-STAGE SELECT After battling your way through the invaded headquarters, you will be presented with more information on the whereabouts of the Maverick leaders inside DopplerTown. This is the stage select screen where you choose which Maverick to battle. -Use your game pad or keyboard to highlight the stage you want, then press the A button or the Attack/OK key to select the stage. -After you have defeated the 8 Maverick leaders, Mega Man X and Zero can advance to the next set of levels. To return to one of the original 8 levels, just move the cursor to the blackened picture of the Maverick and press the A button or the Attack/OK key. MENU SCREEN The Meny Screen is also your status screen. It will show you the weapons you have acquired, lives remaining, health remaining, energy subtanks/current energy and Exit Velocity. Use your game pad or the arrow keys to highlight the item you want to use, then press the A button or the Attack/OK key to begin play. Weapons will appear here when you acquire them. Defeat a Maverick leader and acquire its weapon. Recharge the weapon by collecting weapon capsules. You start with 2 extra lives. Add to Mega Man X's lives by collecting hte Mega Man icons. Remember: Zero has only one life so use it wisely. Increase the length of Mega Man X's health bar by finding the heart tanks hidden in each stage. Recharge Mega Man X and Zero's health by collecting power capsules. Use your weapons and armor to locate hidden sub-tanks. Power them up by collecting power capsules, then when your health gets low use one to recharge your health. You can escape a stage only after you have defeated that stage's Maverick. ARMOR CAPSULES The trusty Dr. Light has once again hidden some secret capsules that will enhance Mega Man X's abilities. When Mega Man X steps into one of these capsules, it will come to life and change the appearance of Mega Man X. Here are descriptions of what some of the capsules do to Mega Man X: HEAD-Item Radar: When a Maverick in a stage is defeated, and you re-enter the level, a map will appear at thebeginning of the level to show you where hidden items are located. BODY-Protect Armor: Automatically creates a defense shield on Mega Man X's chassis that reduces damage by 50%. LEG-Air-Dash Boots: The boots allow Mega Man X to perform the air dash in 3 different directions: Up: Jump, then press up on the game pad or the arrow keys and hold the C button or the key simultaneously to dash straight up. Left: Jump, then press left on hte game pad or the arrow keys and simultaneously hold the C button or the C key to dash to the left. Right: Press button to jump, then press right on the game pad or the arrow keys and simultaneously hold the C button or the C key to dash to the right. ARM-Double Charge Shot: Makes X-Buster power much more powerful. Sends out a double charge blast. If timed correctly, you can overlap the double blasts to create one huge cross-over explosion. ROBOT RIDE ARMOR In addition to the Armor Capsules, Dr. Light has set out 4 different armors known as Robot Ride Armor. Mega Man X and Zero must find these 4 armors, each with different capabilities and functions. The armor looks like a giant robot that they can activate by jumping into it. Once you find an armor, you may use the armor in any stage where you find the Robot Ride platforms. If you have found an armor, the platform will activate. A menu will appear just to the left of the platform, so use the game pad or the arrow keys to select which armor you would like to use. While in the Robot Ride Armor, Mega Man X and Zero will not be damaged. The armor can be damaged, but can be healed by returning to the platform. If the armor is destroyed, you cannot use it again until you enter a new stage. Here is a list of some Robot Ride Armors: CHIMERA Use the attack and dash functions inherent to Mega Man X and Zero. HAWK Jump, then hold the B button or the Ctrl or X key again to hover in hte air. Press the A button or the Attack/OK key to shoot missiles. CHARACTER PROFILES Mega Man X - Reploid leader of the 17th Unit, Maverick Hunters. His creation is shrouded in mystery; nobody knows why he was built and then buried. X is famous among Maverick Hunters for defeating Sigma twice and leading to its ultimate demise. X understands his role, and believes deeply in the need to protect reploids and humans alike. But he has an inner conflict about fighting and violence. Zero - Zero is Mega Man X's best friend and partner. His creation is a mystery as well, yet many rumors and much speculation have arisen. Recently destroyed to protect X, Zero has been revived to continue the aid he has offered X in the past. Once a part of the 17th Unit, Maverick Hunters, Zero now leads a special #O Class Unit. Always cool and calm, Zero takes quick action against the evil forces he hates so much. Dr. Doppler - A scientist reploid created to support humans in creation of reploids. Equipped with a high-performance neuro-computer, Doppler was instrumental in determining the cause of the recent Maverick outbreak. Its' anti-virus was revolutionary and once again brought peace to the world. Re-programmed he built a Utopian world called DopplerTown where humans and reploids lived in harmony. It grew too quickly and became infected with the same virus it was believed to remedy. Doppler has incited a new Maverick outbreak and has created chaos in DopplerTown. It changed its computer body into one geared for battle and has gathered all the reploids in its' first move in war against the humans. Vile - Once a top henchman for Sigma, Vile was destroyed at the hands of Mega Man X and Zero. When Doppler became virus-infected, its' first move was to revive Vile. When Vile became infected with the same computer virus, he went completely nuts. Doppler could not control Vile. Vile went on a rampage, and has become so stricken with hatred for Mega Man X and Zero, who knows what his intentions are? MAVERICKS Blast Hornet Weapon: Parasitic Bomb Blizzard Buffalo Weapon: Frost Shield Gravity Beetle Weapon: Gravity Well Toxic Seahorse Weapon: Acid Burst Volt Catfish Weapon: Triad Thunder Crush Crawfish Weapon: Spinning Blade Tunnel Rhino Weapon: Tornado Fang Neon Tiger Weapon: Ray Splasher SAVING PASSWORDS When you run out of lives, you will be shown a password. Copy down this password to save your game. When you want to begin your game later with the same Maverick leaders defeated, highlight CONTINUE from the title screen and press the A button or the Attack/OK key. -Use the game pad or the arrow keys to move the cursor to the space you want to enter a letter in. Press the C button or the C key to change a letter or number. -When complete password has been entered, press the game pad or the arrow keys down until START is highlighted. -Then press the X button or the Z key to enter the password. -If your password is incorrect, a message will notivy you and you will have to change the password. BACK-UP DATA You can also save your game data to the game's directory on your hard drive. At the Password screen, press the X button or the A key. The Save Menu screen will appear. Use the game pad or the arrow keys to highlight which 1 of the possible 3 data files you want to use, then press the A or C button, or the Attack/OK key or the C key to select the file. A confirmation message will appear. If you want to save, select YES. The cleared stage or special items you have acquired will be saved. To return to the game immediately, press the B button or the Ctrl key. To load your saved file, press the X button or the A key after selecting CONTINUE from the title screen. The Load screen will appear. Highlight hte file you want to load and press the A or C button, or the Attack/OK key or the C key to select the file. NOTE: For both personal and Back-up Data, there are items that will not be saved. This depends on hte stage. Also the remaining number of lives and the amount of energy left in a sub-tank will not be saved. CREDITS Manual-Corey Tresidder, Kermit Hylen-Aware Imagery Inc.; Creative Services-Priscilla McGee, Jennifer Deauville, Marion Clifford; Marketing Manager-Stan Mylett; Manual Design-Creative X-pressions; Packaging Design-Keane Advertisign, Creative X-pressions; Special Thanks to Kaori Funakoshi, Tom Shiraiwa, Miki Takano, Robert Lindsey, Scott Smith, Chris Kramer, Robert Johnson, and Nate McIlvain Willaims