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This document is a translation of the manual for Policenauts, the PSX game released from KONAMI. There is no graphics, which are present in the original Japanese manual, however.

In bottom of this document, there are several footnotes provided by the translator.

1998 November 14

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(c) 1994 1997 KONAMI

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Reference Manual

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We hereby express our thanks to you for purchasing POLICENAUTS of KONAMI.

You shall experience more enjoyment by reading this reference manual before playing this game. Please enjoy longer under correct use. Make sure to store this manual in safe place, since we shall never reissue this reference manual.

POLICENAUTS (R) is an original game developed by KONAMI CO.,LTD. KONAMI CO.,LTD reserves all the copyrights, trademarks and other industrial property rights with respect to this game.

NOTE: Konami is constantly upgrading its products in order to deliver you safer and more enjoyable game to you ustomers. Therefore, be informed that certain variations may exist among products of same name depending on date of shipment.

* Information included of this reference manual are those of 1997 September.

* Act of copying whole or part of contents included in this document is forbidden.

* Contents of this document is subject to changes without prior notice.

* This software uses fonts of FONTWORKS International Limited. Names of fonts of FONTWORKS, the company name and its logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of FONTWORKS International Limited.

VX028-J2 (SLPM 86048-9)

(c) 1994 1997 KONAMI ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Purpose of the Game

You are in Old L.A (Old Los Angeles), 2040.

You, as the private eye Jonathan Ingram, should begin investigating disappearance case of Kenzo Hojyo, as a request from your divorced wife Loraine.

Also, there are various events set up as part of game advance, like shooting scenes and defusing of the bomb.

Conquer those events and solve the case.

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Story of POLICENAUTS

In 2010, construction of BEYOND COAST, the first space colony in human history completed.

Mankind began its large-scale advance into space.

3 years later, common citizens began their emigration to the colony, and five policemen who received space training were chosen to protect the moral among Beyonds.

Gatse Becker from Scotland Yard, Britain.

Joseph Sadaoki Tokugawa from the police bureau of Japan.

Salvatore Toscanini from New York City Police.

Then, Jonathan Ingram and Ed Brown from LAPD.

They, who were chosen from police forces all over the world, were called astronauts with police right - POLICENAUTS.

In 2013, shortly after joining Policenauts, runaway accident struck an EMPS (police suits for works outside the colony) during its test space walk! Jonathan the test pilot then was lost.

25 years later, he, who was a flotsam in outer space border, was miraculously rescued, and he returned to the earth alive.

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In 2040, in the filthy corner of OLD L.A (old Los Angeles), Jonathan Ingram is spending lonely days doing a private eye who is mostly a negotiator (who negotiates with kidnappers).

"Help me."

...Loraine, his divorced ex-wife who is now 55 years old, visits Jonathan

She says Kenzo Hojyo, her second husband has disappeared.

Kenzo Hojyo is a top-class engineer who works for Tokugawa Pharmacy in Beyond Coast.

The clues he left are, a torn leaf, medicine capsules and a strange word "Plato"...

In front of Jonathan who is reluctant to request of Loraine, someone murders her!

He finds "white blood", which suggests kind of synthetic blood, left in the scene.

Jonathan leaves for Beyond, the "space" once more to search for truth behind the scene.

Who turns up as the convict? Where is Hojyo?

And a huge plot gradually unveils itself...

Mega-awesome police actions run about on the space colony Beyond Coast!

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Control

This game supports mouse. It is possible to play with a controller, but a mouse is highly recommended to truly taste controllability and vivid feel of the game.

Controller

Mouse

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Allocation of Buttons

You can change button allocation mode in Button Allocation menu in Configurations.

Play in your preferable mode.

* Left in a box shows role in scenario mode, while the right is for during shooting mode.

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Beginning the Game

1) Insert your memory card into memory card insertion port 1 or 2 of your PSX. [See P8]

2) Turn on power for the PSX body, then set the DISC (DISC1) with its label facing up.

3) KONAMI logo appears, then you will find title demo.

Press finalizing key or START button to enter the POLICENAUTS title screen.

Or click finalize button on your mouse.

4) If this is first time you play the game, choose START.

If your saved data of the game already exist, you can choose either START or CONTINUE.

Choose Configuration to setup various settings like text font and speed of the cursor (mouse).

5) If you choose START, opening demo begins.

After opening demo, the game starts.

A cursor (pointer) appears in the screen when the game starts. Play the game by controlling this cursor (pointer).

* If you have already advanced into DISC 2 in your previous save, you can boot POLICENAUTS using DISC2.

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Memory Card

In POLICENAUTS, you can save your game status quo to memory card. To do so, insert a memory card into memory card insertion port 1 or 2 of your PSX before starting the game.

You need at least 3 data recording blocks for this game. Number of files you can save differs according to number of blocks, up to 6 blocks. It is possible to start the game without any memory card, but be warned that you cannot use automatic recovery device [see P15] or save [see P13] functions in that case.

* Names of saved game data are like "Policenauts Automatic Recovery Device 1", "Policenauts Automatic Recovery Device 2" and "Policenauts Save Data 1 (up to 4)".

* You can delete unnecessary game data respectively.

For instance, if "Automatic Recovery Device" files are no longer necessary, you can choose to delete only "Policenauts Automatic Recovery Device 1" and "Policenauts Automatic Recovery Device 2" files. See the manual supplied with your PSX to find out how to delete data in your memory card.

----- About Warning Messages -----

MEMORY CARD IS UNFORMATTED. FORMAT?

This message appears when your memory card is not formatted. You need to format in order to save your data.

PROBLEM IN MEMORY CARD.

This message appears when PSX cannot read or write data with memory card. You can continue your game, but you cannot save or load data in this status. Insert the memory card properly, or delete the data in the memory card, and try again. (See the manual supplied with your PSX to find out how to delete data in your memory card.)

MEMORY CARD IS FULL. SAVE NOT POSSIBLE.

This message appears when all blocks in your memory card are used, therefore no new saves are possible. You can continue the game, but extra saving points are no more available. You should write over previously used save points, or delete an unnecessary data and restart.

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Game Screen

Scenario mode

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Shooting mode

* You can lock (fix) your aim onto your target using either of L1, L2, R1 or R2 button if you are using a controller. (Not available in certain scenes).

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Shooting Trainer

You can always practice shooting in the shooting gallery in BCP headquarter.

Train yourself well and prepare against real battles.

You can play with the shooting trainer by accessing a terminal in the shooting gallery.

There are three modes of training available in shooting trainer.

Target Mode

A realistic mode where you shoot into one single target. Shoot within a restricted time. You can see which part of the target you hit.

There are two kind of targets. You can get more types of targets after accomplishing certain task.

Training Mode

A highly game-oriented mode where you gun down the targets which appear one after another.

You can hit up to three shots into one target. The score you gain might be higher or less depending on which part of target you have hit. If you miss a target, your score decreases. There are three kind of targets, and you can select one training level out of three kind of levels.

Combat Mode

A real-fight training mode where you continue training until your LIFE reaches zero.

Distinguish criminals out of civilians appearing as targets. If you shoot a civilian by mistake, your LIFE gauge decreases.

Some of criminal targets shoot at you. Your LIFE gauge decreases each time a criminal target hits you, and when LIFE reaches zero, your training ends.

Your training would continue until LIFE reaches zero, and level keeps escalating. Try how many levels you can advance to.

When you advance levels, prize award appears in bottom of the screen.

There are EASY, NORMAL and HARD level setting available as training level. Level at beginning of your training differs by your choice. Note) You do not meet GAME OVER even if your LIFE reaches zero during a training.

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Defusing the Bomb

An event where you should defuse a bomb awaits you in the game. Defuse and treat away the bomb within a limited time. If you make mistakes in the procedures or defusing steps, explosion then GAME OVER occur.

Use a screwdriver and a pair of pliers to work with the bomb. You can hold a tool by moving your pointer (in shape of a hand) onto a tool box, then by pressing finalize button (click) over your preferred tool.

The display automatically closes up in one part while treating the bomb, but your control remains same.

* Use of a mouse will enable you to enjoy defusing the bomb more accurately and thrillingly.

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System

Press finalize button (click) in a field outside the visual screen during scenario mode, then System menu pops up.

If you execute System, Load, Save, Configurations, Quit Game menus appear in addition, as shown in the table. However, Load does not appear if there is not loadable data, and Save does not appear when save is not available in certain situations.

Choose Card

Use this function to change a memory card you want to save while playing the game.

Save

Select Save in system dialogue, then you will find save files, so choose a file you want to save on. This game allows you to save to maximum of 4 files.

Be warned that number of empty blocks in memory card affects number of save files available.

There are also several Save chances given on times like end of ACTs.

A save file records length of time you played, and ACT figure. Let them be clues of the contents of saved file.

Load

To load at beginning of the game:

Select CONTINUE, then choose a file you want to load. [See P7]

To load in middle of the game:

Select Load from System menu, then choose a file you want to load.

* Briefing mode is provided for those who forgot contents of the game due to long interval since previous game play. [See P15]

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Configurations

() Sub mode ON/OFF

You can see subs for voices (speeches). They are convenient to check important dialogues you might overhear. You can select ON/OFF. Note you cannot see names of the speakers.

() Pronunciation help mode ON/OFF

You can find pronunciation helps for the speeches. They tell custom terms in Policenauts clearly and efficiently. This mode is recommended for those who want to taste deep essence in the world overview and speeches. You can select ON/OFF.

Example)

() Choose Font

You can choose a font to display texts in the game. Not only the speeches displayed in lower of the screen, but even the fonts in the command menus and subs change.

There are following two types of fonts available.

Gothic ... You will enjoy hard and movie-like impression.

Mincho ... You will enjoy soft and novel-like impression.

() Set Cursor Speed

You can select a speed for movement of the cursor. There are five kind of speeds - slow, slightly slow, normal, slightly fast, and fast. Select your favorite speed.

* This setting affects both controller and mouse.

() Choose Displayed Lines

You can select whether to display 2 or 3 lines of characters in the game. For users of wide TV sets.

() Button Allocation

You can choose one out of Right-handed Mode, Left-handed Mode or One-hand Mode.

Play in your favorite mode.

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Automatic Recovery Device

An automatic save function is supplied as countermeasure against the situations where certain accidents caused the game to quit before your save.

Use Automatic recovery device in the CONTINUE menu in title screen.

Briefing mode

This benefiting mode tells you summarized story so far, flow in the story, your purpose in the game and other items in broken down style before resuming your game from the middle.

When you load your game, select a load file, then select See briefing mode. Texts tell you the story sequence so far, then your game resumes. This mode explains you general flow of the story before the save, and items like your purpose in the game.

Use finalize button to start the game.

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Quitting the Game

GAME OVER

GAME OVER happens when the LIFE gauge reaches zero or bomb explodes. Some time after GAME OVER, CONTINUE and QUIT GAME menu pops up.

Choose QUIT to quit the game. You will be prompted to Cut off the power, so do as instructed.

Choose CONTINUE to restart the game from the scene you met GAME OVER.

Quit Game

If you want to quit the game in middle (possible only in scenario mode), press finalize button (click) in a field outside the screen, then System menu pops up.

Choose Quit Game in System menu, then you will find Save your investigation data? prompt. Select YES to save and quit, or NO to quit without saving.

You will be prompted to Cut the Power, so do as instructed.

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Introduction of Characters

A central character. 30 (officially 55) years old

He was one of Policenauts, the original cops.

After he met accident during space walk in EMPS, he is now possessed with fear (cosmophobia) against space, and is doing a private eye in Old L.A in the earth.

He leaves for beyond (space) by request from Loraine.

Height: 178 cm Weight: 60 kg

A chief in the discipline department of BCP (Beyond Coast Police).

55 years old.

He was one of Policenauts, the original cops.

He lost his loving wife, and is nursing his two children by himself.

He cooperates and re-forms alliance with Jonathan again after 28 years of gap.

Height: 183 cm Weight: 90 kg

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A daughter of Kenzo Hojyo and Loraine.

26 years old, unmarried.

A news caster celebrity.

She is sort of heroine in this story.

This beauty is a look-alike to her mother Loraine.

She is facing broadcasting cameras while grappling with her serious anemia due to non-productivity of blood cells.

Height: 168 cm

A member of AP in BCP, who belongs to anti-terrorist bomb defusing squad. 23 years old.

He is a frozener, who is durable to space environment.

He is a top ace pilot among EMPS crews of AP.

He controls his EMPS like his limbs, and is nicknamed Mr. Godard.

Height: 183 cm Weight: 70 kg

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A detective in the discipline department. 24 years old.

She is a staff below Ed, and is a partner to Dave Forest. She is unmarried.

She was born and grew up in the earth. She is an ex-army, and once belonged to commando squad.

Height: 185 cm

A general chief of BCP, and also a commander of AP, 56 years old.

He was one of Policenauts, the original cops.

He has largest police right in Beyond Coast.

Height: 188 cm Weight: 85 kg

A highest authority in Tokugawa Group, and the chairman for ISPA (International Space Project Agency); 60 years old.

He was one of Policenauts, the original cops.

He is a third-generation representative in Tokugawa Group family, and his one of parents is Japanese.

Height: 190 cm Weight: 95 kg

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CASTS

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Family Symbols

There is an event where you should enter a password in the game.

Password uses family symbols.

Observe and memorize this table of Japanese family symbols carefully.

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CAUTIONS UPON USE

* This disk is a software for use with PlayStation, a consumer video game computer only. Make sure to avoid using on other machines, since such would cause malfunctions of the machines and give bad effect on your bodily parts like ears. * This disk supports Japanese version of PlayStation with NTSC J marking or FOR SALE AND USE IN JAPAN notice only. Not usable with overseas version of PlayStation. * Read this Reference Manual and Operation Manual and For Safety documents supplied with PlayStation, and use under proper use procedure.

* Make sure that label side (the side with printings like title) is facing up when you set the discs on PlayStation. Then add some force in middle section to stabilize the CD. * When you remove disc out of PlayStation after you finished playing the game, press Open button, wait until the disc completely stops its rotation, then remove. Make sure to avoid touching a rotating disc, since such might injure you, damage may occur to the disc or cause the PlayStation to malfunction. * Handle discs with care and avoid applying fingerprints, marks and scratches on. In addition, avoid adhering stickers or writing or drawing using pens, pencils, or anything else. * When your disc got dirty, wipe gently using a soft cloth like spectacles wiper, spreading from inner to outer periphery of the disc. Avoid using record cleaner or solvents for cleaning. * Make sure to avoid use of cracked or malformed discs, or discs repaired by means like adhesives, since they would cause wrong operation. * Do not store in heated locations like places with direct sunlight or nearby thermal equipment. Also, avoid damp locations. * Make sure to avoid placing heavy objects on or dropping cases or the discs, since they may break and cause injury. * Return the discs back to cases after playing, and keep it out of reach of small children. * Be informed prior that we are not liable to indemnify scratches and damages cause through your wrong handling.

* Make sure to avoid connection PlayStation to a TV of screen-projecting type (projection television). After image light may leave permanent traces on its screen. * Some software require memory cards. Check this reference manual for necessity of memory cards.

FOR YOUR HEALTH

* For your health, rest approximately 15 minutes every one hour during play of the game. * Do not play the game when you are tired or are suffering lack of sleep. * Keep your room bright and stay away from TV screen as much as possible when you play the game. * There are a few people who would suffer temporary symptoms like convulsion of muscles and loss of consciousness when strong light irritated them or when they watch TV screen which repeats blinking. If you have had these experiences before, make sure to consult the doctor prior to playing the game. In addition, if these symptoms struck you by looking at the screen while playing the game, stop immediately and see the doctor.

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Toranomon 4-3-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo-to, Postal code 105

Tokyo Service Center: Nishishinjuku 2-1-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo-to, Postal code 163-04 Phone: 03-3348-4500 (direct)

Osaka Service Center: Shounaisakaemachi 4-23-18, Toyonaka-shi, Osaka-fu, Postal code 561 Phone: 06-334-0335 (direct)

For queries about the product;

KONAMI HOTLINE, the customer's consultation room

0120-086-573 ("he-llo-ko-na-mi"); free dial

Hours: Monday to Friday (except national holidays)

10:30 to 12:00 a.m.

1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Make sure to avoid calling wrong number.

VX028-J2 (SLPM 86048-9)

POLICENAUTS (R) and KONAMI (R) are trademarks of KONAMI CO.,LTD

"P" and "PlayStation" are trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

We give absolutely no permission to unauthorized copies, rentals and secondhand sales of this software.

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Notes from translator:

1. Gothic is a Japanese bold font. Mincho is, on the other hand, similar to Times.

2. Old Los Angeles is on same location as L.A today, but in 2040, real L.A has moved to north.

3. "Pronunciation helps" are actually, more likely to indicate slang, referent terms or jokes.

4. Wide TV sets signify special kind of TVs available in Japan, that have wider compared to height.

5. "Discipline department" arrests illegal whores and such. But I don't know exact equivalent term in American police system.

6. Dave Forest is another staff below Ed.

7. "Gatse" in Gatse Becker is not a misspelling, but pronunciation is same as common English name "Gates".

8. Actual family symbol table needs graphics, needless to say.

9. Japanese pronunciation of "086-573" resembles "hello Konami".