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Fight anything anywhere anyhow... and by any means necessary!

Universal Combat takes you into a seamless universe full of epic space battles, massive ground skirmishes, fierce naval engagements and even tense dogfights above the planetÕs surface. In solo mode or in multiplayer, in first- or third-person view, play as a marine, a star ship commander with a full crew, or a pilot in the latest space fighter.

Universal Combat brings together the greatest components of any war together in a single game. Conceived in late 2001 as Battlecruiser Generations, the fifth title in the long-running Battlecruiser series, during development it morphed into much more than a massive space simulation. As Universal Combat, the new action-based focus, direction and premise of the new incarnation caters to a wider audience of action and space sim fans alike.

FEATURES
Taking off from where its predecessor left off, Universal Combat takes the series further into the epic realms of sci-fi greatness with a suite of brand new engines, features and gameplay enhancements. Complete with a space and planetary graphics engine overhaul, even more advanced AI, an all new models database and a wealth of multiplayer advancements, Universal Combat is bigger, better and more advanced than any sim game yet released.

Universal Combat is a true all-encompassing sci-fi game of epic proportions and with a definitive action focus. Some of the unique selling features include:

- A massive game world consisting of more than 250 planets, containing more than 21,000 areas of interest (military bases, cities, star bases), 12 different playable races and a database of over 500 combat units, all rendered using high polygon count 3D assets.

- Virtually limitless game play with a 25 mission single-player campaign, 15 Instant Action Scenarios together with a freeform Roaming mode.

- Overhauled graphics engine with DirectX 9 support! Play at resolutions from 800x600 up to 1600x1200 @ 32 bit color. Full pixel and vertex shader support for hallucinating special effects.

- Amazing new Terrain PTE-III engine with vegetation, wild/sea life etc. brings the game universe to life!

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Requirements
- WIN 98SE/ME/2K/XP (with all service packs)
- DirectX 9 or higher
- Pentium III 1Ghz or equivalent AMD processor
- 128MB RAM
- 32MB DirectX 8.1 compliant graphics card with vertex shader 1.1
- DirectX 8 compliant sound card
- 8X CDROM or DVD-ROM
- 1GB uncompressed hard drive disk space
- Mouse

RecommendedÊ Requirements
- WIN 2K/XP (with all service packs)
- Pentium IV 1.7Ghz or equivalent AMD processor
- 256 MB RAM
- 64MB DirectX 8.1 compliant graphics card with vertex shader 1.1 & pixel shader 1.1 or higher
- Joystick

Ultimate Requirements
- WIN 2K/XP (with all service packs)
- Pentium IV 3Ghz or equivalent AMD processor
- 512 MB RAM
- 128MB DirectX 9 compliant graphics card with vertex shader 2.0
& pixel shader 2.0
- Joystick

MultiplayerÊ Requirements
- Client requires 56K or broadband modem
- Server requires LAN or broadband (cable, DSL etc) connection