Friday
June 30, 2000
Preview
available!
You can now
download a time-limited preview version of
Clusterball!
Yes, you can now
preview the worlds coolest on-line sport and
challenge pilots all over the world.
It is
downloadable right now, but as it is a preview
(as all previews, primarily created to kind
of…pre-view and test stuff) we’ve set
an expire date – 2000-07-16.
What is
Clusterball?
It’s a
sport.
Clusterball™
is an online sport, designed to invoke the same
adrenaline rush as Quake and Unreal, but
replacing the spatter and gore with pure
gameplay. By combining the feel and gaming
experience from ball, flight and racing games,
Clusterball™ is totally unlike anything
you’ve ever seen before.
Shortly, you will
be able to download the game directly from this
site. However be sure to sign up for your
favorite nickname for on line gaming TODAY and
recieve the full benifits
of a Clusterball™ Pilot in the
clusterball.com community!
And that is not
all… the base version of Clusterball™
and your membership are free!
So if you want to be among the very first one to
know when the game is available - sign up now!
Technical
facts
Network
Server - Set up a
server on a 56 kbps modem and host 8 players.
Client - Joining a match is possible on a 9.6
kbps modem
Ping rate - A match is not affected when network
ping is over 600-700 ms
Sound and
graphics
Graphics -
Clusterball supports both Glide and OpenGL
Sound - A A3D sound API is fully utilized to
create a stunning audial environment
Game
dynamics and AI
Dynamics - The
Pilot can trim the parameters of the
aerodynamical model to make the control of the
aircraft as intuitive as possible
AI - In training mode you can challenge the AI
Flyers, all with different personalities and
flying capabilities.
System
requirements
CPU: Pentium II
233 MHz processor or similar (400 MHz
recommended)
System memory: 64 MB RAM
Free hard drive space: 25 MB
Video: 8MB 3D video card supporting 3dfx (Glide)
or OpenGl
Audio: PC sound card (3D support recommended)
OS: Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows 2000
Gameplay
The player flies
a ship through an open landscape, in which he/she
can pick up balls from designated tracks. When
balls have been acquired they form a visable
chain behind the ship. The chain allows other
players to assess the value of another player's
ball chain, both in the game environment and on
the radar screen. As it increases in length and
value, the chain increases the ships drag factor,
gradually slowing it down.
The balls in the
chain represent only a potential score until they
are flown through the ring shaped goal in the
Clusterball arena. They then disappear and are
converted to points.
In each theme
landscape there are also warehouses containing
equipment that allow the player to tackle and
interfere with other players. The equipment
either affects the ship or its ball chain.
Clusterball
community
The site - http:
//www.clusterball.com - is the perfect
complement to the game, offering Pilot services
like ranking, match history, messageboards, etc.
The membership is free of charge, and when
signing up you´ll also get free access to an
extra venue Stonehenge
DEMO
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