Psychonauts

A psychic adventure from the mind ofTim Schafer

Product Information

Embark on a unique third person psychic adventure through the minds of misfitsmonsters and madmen.

For years the Psychonauts have deployed their psychically-armed operatives allover the world but this time trouble is brewing in their own boot camp. Aderanged scientist is abducting camp cadets for their brains. One student amysterious and powerful new arrival named Raz stands alone against the lunatic.Raz must develop and unleash an arsenal of paranormal powers including his mostpowerful weapon of all - the ability to launch himself telepathically into theminds of others. Ultimately he must enter the psyche of his worst enemy anddestroy his dark plans at their source while trying not to lose his sanity inthe process.


Product Overview

There were brains everywhere just not in the right heads.  Something evilcame out of the lake and stole them all leaving everyone brainless butme.  Astral projection.  Telekinesis. Levitation. Clairvoyance.  An old man in my had who loves bacon.  These are someof the tools that will help me break into the insane asylum and destroy the darkplot hatching there.  I'll have to jump inside one crazy head afteranother explore those twisted mental landscapes and smack around a whole bunchof personal demons if I'm going to save the world. Why?  Because I'm Rax.And that's what Psychonauts do.

Product Features

• Explore 13 incredibly unique levels - three set in the real world and ten set inside fantastic mental playgrounds and horrific dungeons of dementia
• Rise up in rank as you collect figments of imagination sort emotional baggage clear out mental cobwebs and crack open memory vaults
• Complete special training missions to learn the power of Levitation and the ability to focus Raz’s mental energy into a powerful PSI Blast
• Rank up to earn additional psychic powers including Telekinesis Invisibility Pyrokinesis Clairvoyance and Confusion
• Put your thoughts to use - Raz can grab the thought bubble over his head and pull it down around himself as a shield hang from it like a hot air balloon or jump on top of it and ride it around like a skateboard
• Interact with a multitude of dynamic environmental features such as tightropes trapezes ladders poles ledges trampolines climbing walls and rail slides
• Non-linear gameplay with incredible depth offers multiple paths and sub-challenges (digging up PSItanium arrowheads finding lost brains telekinetic canoeing and winning the psychic scavenger hunt) so there is always a goal to accomplish
• Immersive story injected with lots of humor features vivid characters and a range of unique and wildly imaginative environments
• Challenging puzzles span a range of difficulty with alternate solutions that self-tailor themselves to your own strengths and abilities
• Created by Tim Schafer the visionary designer of award-winning titles including Grim Fandango and Full Throttle

Windows Requirements

• Windows 98 SE 2000 and XP only
• 1.0 GHz Pentium III and AMD Athlon processor
• 256 MB of RAM
• 64 MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce3 or higher or ATI(R) Radeon 8500 or higher Video Card (see exceptions below)
• DirectX 9.0c or higher compatible Sound Card
• DirectX version 9.0c or higher (included on game disc)
• 3.75 GB minimum hard drive space
• 16X CD-ROM Drive
• Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse

Recommended Requirments

• Windows 2000 or XP
• 2.0 GHz Pentium IV and AMD Athlon
• 512 MB of RAM
• 128 MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce FX 5600 or higher or ATI(R) Radeon 9600 or higher Video Card
• DirectX 9.0c or higher and EAX 2.0 or higher compatible Sound Card
• Game Pad (optional)

Incompatible Video Cards - The following cards are NOT supported:

• NVIDIA Geforce4 MX/MX420/MX440/MX460/MX4000
• NVIDIA Geforce4 Go
• NVIDIA Quadro2 Go
• NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go
• NVIDIA Quadro
• NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
• NVIDIA Quadro NVS
• NVIDIA Quadro4 280XGL/380XGL/550XGL
• Intel 82865G Graphics Controller (Intel 865G Chipset Family)
• Intel 82852/82855 Graphics Controller (Intel 852/855 Chipset Family)
• Intel 82845G Graphics Controller (Intel 845G Chipset Family)
• Intel 82830M Graphics Controller (Intel 830 Chipset Family)
• Intel 82815 Graphics Controller (Intel 815 Chipset Family)
• Intel 82815 Graphics Controller (Intel 815EM Chipset)
• Intel 82810 Graphics Controller (Intel 810 Chipset Family)
• Matrox G450
• Matrox G550
• Matrox Parhelia