Ventana Releases Quake! Authorized Strategy Guide.RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1996-- Ventana Communications Group, a leading publisher of computer books See how to find a good computer book. and Internet-related products, announces the publication of Quake Quake - A string-oriented language designed to support the construction of Modula-3 programs from modules, interfaces and libraries. Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993. : Authorized Strategy Guide. As the authorized game guide to id Softwares sequel to Doom II, this title explores Quakes complex, three-dimensional setting complete with mission maps, secrets listings and real-time narrative text. Suggested retail price for Quake: Authorized Strategy Guide is $19.99. Beginning with a familiarization fa·mil·iar·ize tr.v. fa·mil·iar·ized, fa·mil·iar·iz·ing, fa·mil·iar·iz·es 1. To make known, recognized, or familiar. 2. To make acquainted with. overview for all of Quakes common objects of weapons and enemies, each chapter provides a walk-through of the games thirty-two levels. Chapters are subdivided into episodes and missions taking users through all four of Quakes horror-filled dimensions. Quake: Authorized Strategy Guide covers each levels difficult obstacles, including beastiary encounters, ambushes, and the ever-present terrain traps. In addition to its comprehensive narrative text, other tactical resources of the Happy Puppy game guide include maps, secrets and ranges. Detailed maps for all of Quakes 32 levels are tailored to present information of the specific level. Also included is a complete annotation 1. (programming, compiler) annotation - Extra information associated with a particular point in a document or program. Annotations may be added either by a compiler or by the programmer. of the maps, showing the location of every weapon, item and enemy in the game. Each map features the levels prominent elementsincluding doors, passages and triggers for measuring each levels construction. A complete index of Quakes 113 secret areas, listed in the books text, helps the user get through Quakes most difficult encounters. special secrets are listed in context of the rest of the users mission. Users will also find range scales within the text for handling weapons and monsters. Listed as point-blank, close, medium, long and extreme, these scales give the most effective fire estimate for direct monster contact. Quake: Authorized Strategy Guide also includes Ventana's Online Updates, free additional resources online, featuring chapter updates, new technology news and regularly updated links to related resources from Ventana (http://www.vmedia.com/updates.html). About the Authors: Kevin Perry, a three-year gaming industry veteran, is a member of the Happy Puppy Editorial team, whose reviews and previews appear daily at the Internets No. 1 computer game site, happypuppy.com, which currently gets more than 40 million hits monthly. Ed Dille, an author and journalist with more than 800 publishing credits in the gaming industry, is a content provider for Happy Puppy and a partner in the @ttitude Network, which specializes in creating unique Web sites. He is also the author of DOOM II: The Official Strategy Guide. About Ventana: Ventana Communications Group, a division of International Thomson Publishing Inc., is a diversified publisher of computer books and Internet-related software. Ventana products incorporate a unique blend of media including print, disk or CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , and online content. Ventana's award-winning Web site can be accessed at http://www.vmedia.com. CONTACT: Ventana Communications Group Katherine Cloninger, 919/544-9404, ext.1270 katherin@vmedia.com KEYWORK: NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. INDUSTRY KEYWORD: PUBLISHING COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED ComEd Commonwealth Edison COMED Combined Map and Electronic Display REPEATS: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 212-752-9600 or 800-221-2462; Boston 617-236-4266 or 80 |
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