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Art Lead: Steven Morrison
Audio Lead:

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Audio Lead: Heather Sowards

Design Lead:

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Design Lead: David Osborne
Engineering Lead: 

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Engineering Lead: John Ramsey
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QA Lead: Jeff Mrochek
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Gabe Espino, Brian Fletcher, David Franks, Keith Ho, Chelsey Johanssen,
Lawrence Johnston, Ray Lederer, Michael Park, Chaz Sutherland, Brad White
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Eric Harms, Shane Hilton, Mike Machowski, Chris Sakanai, Shawn Sheridan,
John Vonachen, Tim Weisser, Thzom Wilson
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Jason Roberts, Erik Theisz, Bill Wadleigh
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Travis Durland, Michael Fleming, David Franks, Neal Gamache, Hal Hanlin,
Eric Harms, Chris Holtorf, Chelsey Johannsen, Lawrence Johnston,
Attila Kirjak, Kurt Kuhlman, Mike Machowski, Lani Minella, Chad Mossholder,
Teri Newcomb, Lori Nicholson, Steve Pabst, Mike Smith, Heather Sowards,
Tim Weisser, Brad White, Thzom Wilson, Chris Zirpoli, Chaz Sutherland
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Marc Scattergood, Jeff Waibel (Volt), Jason York (Volt)
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User Experience: Karin Jaques (ArtSource), Diana LaRose (Artemis),
Dana Ludwig (ArtSource), Robert Sillence (Volt)
Localization:

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Localization: Lief Thompson (S&T Onsite), and thanks to the Localization
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Customer Support:

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Customer Support: Scott Hirnle
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Summary of Contents for NIGHTCASTER-DEFEAT THE DARKNESS

Page 1: ...ll ll ll S S S S Sp p p p pe e e e ell B ll B ll B ll B ll Bo o o o ook ok ok ok ok InsertNewSpell L L L L Lo o o o ook ok ok ok ok A A A A Aroun roun roun roun round d d d d C C C C Ce e e e en n n...

Page 2: ...ing farther from the television screen using a smaller television screen playing in a well lit room and not playing when you are drowsy or fatigued If you or any of your relatives have a history of se...

Page 3: ...box Controller to play Nightcaster Left Left Left Left Left thumbstick thumbstick thumbstick thumbstick thumbstick 3 Using the Xbox Video Game System 1 Set up your Xbox video game system by following...

Page 4: ...e e e etu tu tu tu tur r r r rn O n O n O n O n Or r r r rb b b b b t t t t to S o S o S o S o St t t t ta a a a aff ff ff ff ff 4 Cy Cy Cy Cy Cyc c c c cl l l l le S e S e S e S e Sp p p p pe e e e e...

Page 5: ...world Arran it explains is the chosen one the redeemer who must fight the evil and relight the world Yet victory will come at a high cost Arran must learn the ways of magic but to do so he must be hi...

Page 6: ...d game select Load Game from the Main Menu or the Options page Select the storage device where your game was saved MU or hard disk and then press the A button Select the game you want to load and then...

Page 7: ...ready to be cast Active Spell Sphere Contains the spell that Arran is currently using THE Mana Indicator Shows the amount of mana spell energy Arran has Mana is used whenever Arran casts a spell or us...

Page 8: ...s Arran collects select and control game options or view a summary of Arran s accomplishments To open the Spell Book press START The game pauses when the Spell Book is open To turn the pages use the l...

Page 9: ...game and return to the Title Screen Wizardry Page The Wizardry page lets you allocate and manage mana balls and it provides a summary of Arran s accomplishments 14 Mana Balls When Arran picks up a man...

Page 10: ...opposite magic Light spells work best against Dark creatures and Fire spells work best against Water creatures and vice versa Conversely spells from the same magic like Light against Light do no dama...

Page 11: ...is magically whisked between places within the land Arran s Friends Allies Arran is not alone in his adventure He ll meet many friends and allies along the way Madelyn Playfully demanding and artfully...

Page 12: ...bles Spell Spheres Arran starts the game with one spell from each school of magic He acquires new spells and spell levels by collecting spell spheres that he finds along his journey or receives as rew...

Page 13: ...Powerful protective magic harnesses the fluid nature of water to deflect attacks and drive away the forces of fire Sentinel Shield Shell Water Spells 23 Sky Fall Flaming pieces of fallen stars fly at...

Page 14: ...e Blight Steel Death Hardened metal blades strike the target down and infect it with a deadly poison Blade Mortis Deathblow 25 Light Spells Primal Light The power of the sun smites the enemies with bl...

Page 15: ...Les Barstow George Craft Hal Hanlin Matt Kuenning V V V V Voice T oice T oice T oice T oice Talent alent alent alent alent Keith Baker Brian Bearly Chris Coster Graeme Davis Travis Durland Michael Fle...

Page 16: ...d or other countries VR1 Entertainment and the VR1 logo are trademarks of VR1 Entertainment Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Uses Bink Video 1997 2001 by RAD Game Tools Inc 29 L L L...

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