The BodySuit
The DarkLight Version 5 BodySuit
is specially designed to be lightweight and
comfortable for everybody. At only 4lbs (1.8kg) it
is suitable for both kids and adults and has
adjustable waist straps to ensure it fits everyone
properly. This is not just a toy - it is ground
breaking technology neatly compacted into a low
profile, flexible, soft suit in which you can play
games that , up until now, technology would not
allow.
Each Bodysuit has 6 illuminated,
vibrating sensors called BLOBs, so called because they
produce a large, rich, clearly visible light glow rather
than a small pin hole of light. Each BLOB can be
illuminated either red, green, blue or yellow for
different teams so any Pack can be on any team and can
change teams within advanced games. In Solo games
(everyone vs. everyone) all players' lights are red.
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The BLOBs are on the
front and back shoulders and front and back waist which
makes it possible for you to be tagged from almost any
angle including from below and above in multi-level
arenas. When you get taggged the BLOB that is hit
strobes white showing other players where you were
tagged and vibrates letting you feel where you were
tagged whilst all the other BLOBs flash the team colour.
A high quality speaker, so loud you can feel it,
provides CD quality, dynamic, digitally sampled sound
effects that coincide with every action, such as buying
power-ups, getting tagged, etc. These sounds are
reinforced with messages on the Phaser Liquid Crystal
Display, which is updated continuously via radio link
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The Phaser
The Phaser is lightweight (2
1/2lbs) and two-handed for comfort, accuracy and
safety. It has dual triggers for safety - you must
keep both hands on the Phaser at all times.
The Phaser is remarkably accurate
enabling you to pick off different BLOB sensors on
other player's Bodysuits with ease. With the new
DarkLight V5 variable range feature, the Phaser can
have different ranges for different powers so you
can choose your favourite style of play, being able
to get into the action and "dogfight", or retreat to
a distance for sneaky assassin-style games.
On the front there is another
BLOB, which also flashes white and vibrates when
tagged, so you can be tagged even if 'sniping' from
behind cover. The BLOB can also shoot out in all
directions so the Phaser can be used in many
different ways depending on your power.
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The Liquid
Crystal Display (LCD)
This high-quality, graphic LCD
(Liquid Crystal Display) is located, in permanent view, on the
rear of your Phaser. It is continuously updated every second
during the game explaining what is happening to you in full text
as every action and event occurs.
You can see at a glance
exactly what is going on in the game, giving you total intuitive
control of the game. At all times the basic game information is
shown:
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- The number of
tags you can take before losing a life
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- The ammo you have
left
- - The arena
"currency". 1 credit is awarded for each
opponent you tag. Credits should be accumulated
to get Power-ups from the GEMs
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- If a player
loses all of their lives, it is GAME
OVER
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- Your score
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-Your position in
the game at any given moment
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The central lines display text information to assist you
during the game. If you want to know what is happening, check
the LCD to see. Here you can read whom you just tagged, who just
tagged you etc. Every time your pack makes a sound, your LCD
will explain what it means.
Examples of messages that can
appear are:
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When you
score a tag on an opponent, you can see who you tagged (it
shows whatever name that player logged in as)
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When you have
been tagged, you can see who got you -good for hunting them
down for revenge!
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Shows which
Power-Up you have received and for how long
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When a
Lightning GEM in an Adventure Game has tagged you
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