TRIAXOS
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Converted by Urusergi


Controls
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d-pad = Move the character in the desired direction
J1B1 = Fire / Open inventory (long press)
J1B2 = Pause game (J1B1 to resume game)
Pause button = Quit game

Any direction to quit the inventory, d-pad left/right and J1B1 to select an item (grenade or DHE-IV CHARGES)


Modifications for the GX4000 version
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    - Wait for fire on title screens,
    - Remapped keys,
    - Dynamite game corruption fixed (many thanks to dragon),
    - Pokes : Unlimited laser, shield, time.


Note for 2024 players
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Triaxos is one of these games on computer in which the publishers seemed to considered that discovering what to do was part of the game itself. Really frustrating, making these games completely cryptic without any reason. I offer you a new instruction manual to start more easily what is really a good game, mature and more ambitious than many others. So here it is.


The story
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Welcome to Triaxos, the ultimate high security orbital prison you can find in the galaxy. You won't regret your stay, whether brief or... permanent.

This penitentiary holds the only man capable of activating the most powerful weapon in the galaxy, the only one that will give humanity the chance to hold a dangerous adversary at gunpoint, avoiding a galactic war to come. You just arrived on the orbital prison to find the prisonner and return him to your ship. However, a specialist mind probe send by the enemy is in transit to extract the information from the prisoner.

Main objective
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  - Find the prisoner in the complex and reach your ship with him.

Intermediate objectives
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You'll have to fulfill these objectives to succeed in your mission:
  - Disable the prison defences using the defence key
  - Find the communication center to call back your ship.
  - Get all the accessories required by the prisoner to be able to reach your ship (jetpack, helmet, space suit...)

Secondary objective
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  - Destroy the mind-probe that chase you all over the complex, after finding the 4 parts of a special laser system.

At the end, if you escape the complex alive, the game will tell you the percentage of mission you accomplished. You have only 30 minutes to complete your mission and the mind-drone enters the Triaxos penitentiary after the 10 first minutes. How exciting!

Gameplay
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Triaxos is a flick-screen arcade adventure with an isometrical view. As well as the main playing area you can also see your energy bars, amount of charges, score and a timer ticking down to zero. There are also two maps, one of the whole prison and one of the room your in showing any hidden exits and objects on any wall.

The main idea of the game is to make your way through the different rooms organized according to the three-dimensional map represented by the cube on the right side. Below the cube, there is a three-dimensional representation of the room you are in.
The artificial gravity system allows you to move on each side of the room, the walls then becoming floors.

Things awaiting you
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  - FACE-LIFTS: Placed at the center of some rooms in the form of a flashing circle, they permit to move from one wall to another. Just stand on it and wait for a second. Once dematerialized, choose the wall on which you want to reappear by pressing a direction on the joypad, looking at the room map at the right side.
Need an exit to get from one room to another? No problem, place an explosive charge (named DHE-IV) near a wall and an exit will appear with the explosion (but take care of the blast). Of course, be careful of your orientation. A door on the floor is just a hole, and if another door on the floor awaits you just below in the next room, you will die falling from the height of more than one room. Change orientation if necessary with a “face-lift” to pass through a door facing you safely.

  - PRISONER: Lying in a security room, it will follow you as soon as you found him. It has his own energy gauge, beware not to let him die.

  - SECURITY DRONES: The are wandering in the rooms, shooting at you. A number written on them (1 to 5) indicates you how many times you have to shoot to destroy them. Beware of a special drone that chase you all aver the complex. You can use grenades to blast them quickly.

  - MIND-PROBE: It will chase you as soon as it entered the complex. You can't destroy it until you assemble the special lase system. 

  - CLOSED DOORS: A key can be a good option to open a closed door. Likewise, the exit door will remain closed until you managed to call back your ship.

  - SECURITY LASERS: Beware not walking on them!

  - DHE-IV CHARGES AND GRENADES: press J1B1 for a long time to enter the inventory, select the good item and press J1B1 again to activaite it. Then go away! Grenades are useful against security drones, epxlosive charges to create doors. Take care of the number of charges available and use them wisely to avoid being blocked in your progress.

  - CLONING BOOTH: If you find it, you can use it to create a clone of yourself. If you die, you will have a new chance incarning this clone. It will cost you half of your remaining energy to generate it.

  - COMMUNICATION TERMINAL: Place in the middle of the terminal center room, find it to call back your ship. 

  - LASER SYSTEM PARTS: You have to collect the 4 parts of the laser to be able to destroy the mind-probe. It's represented as a symbol that will progressively appear at the bottom right of the screen each time you get a part (cards left on the ground).

  - ITEMS: There are 6 items you have to collect in the game to accomplished entirely your mission. Be sure to get all of them if you planned to complete the game at 100% 


iXien - 09/03/2024