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    A Solo & Coop Mission for Vertigo Enhanced Descent II

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NOTE: You MUST have the Vertigo Enhanced version of Descent II
      for this mission to work correctly.
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HOW TO ENABLE THE CUSTOM MUSIC FOR THIS MISSION:

Copy the files GRADIUS.SNG, GRADON.BAT, and GRADOFF.BAT to
your DESCENT2 directory.  To enable the music, run GRADON.BAT,
then start Descent II and select Gradius 3D as the mission you
wish to play.  To disable the Gradius 3D music and renable the
regular Descent II music, run GRADOFF.BAT.

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Date Finished: 8-20-1998

Level Authors:
  Level 1, The Departure      : Sean Miller (Blademaster)
  Level 2, Fire Caves         : Sean Miller (Blademaster)
  Level 3, Aquatica Ore Mine  : Karl T. Zickler (Scorch)
  Level 4, Galactic Greenhouse: Karl T. Zickler (Scorch)
  Level 5, Ice Caves          : Sean Miller (Blademaster)
  Level 6, Iwihml Base        : Sean Miller (Blademaster) &
                                Karl T. Zickler (Scorch)

E-mail:
  Sean Miller (Blademaster): deathwing@earthlink.net
  Karl T. Zickler (Scorch) : c714225@showme.missouri.edu

Web Pages:
  Sean Miller (Blademaster):
    http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Lair/8768
  Karl T. Zickler (Scorch):
    http://mu.org/~karl

Tools Used:
  DEVIL 2.1g & 2.2k by Achim Stremplat
  Descent Mission Builder II by Bryan Aamot
  DTX2 by Stefan Nilsson
  Yahoma 2.0 by Ben Damm
  HXMEdit 1.1 by John M. Aldrich
  Robot Edit 1.0 by Garry Knudson
  HAXMEdit32 by Heiko Herrmann, Sandra Skarke,
    and Christian Scheibel

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Welcome to Gradius 3D.  This solo & cooperative mission for
Descent II combines the fun and action of an arcade space
shooter with the unique three dimensional environment of
Descent to create the ultimate 3D space shooter action
experience.  This mission takes Descent II to the limit;
not only are its levels exceptionally challenging and
absolutely _loaded_ with robots, but it also includes those
elements that help make a mission unique: custom textures, a
custom midi soundtrack, over 50 custom robot behaviors and 6
completely new robots.

In this mission, the robotic alien horde has been enraged by
the destruction of Tycho Brahe and is ready to exact revenge
on the human race.  What happens next?  Well, you'll just have
to play the mission and find out!  Have fun and Good Luck!!!

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Standard Copyright/License Stuff:

You MAY distribute this level on any electronic media,
provided that you distribute the original archive as is.
Do not add, remove, or modify any files within the mission
ZIP file.  Do not disassemble the HOG file except for your
own personal use.  You may not use any part of the included
files without the written consent of the mission authors.