XIII - Strategy Guide (Page 01)
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XIII Walkthrough - PC Version
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Walkthrough researched and developed by DarkTim.
"XIII" ACSII art created by DarkTim.
Email Address : platinumdarktim@yahoo.com.au
This XIII Walkthrough is Copyright ©2003/2004, All Rights Reserved.
©2003/2004 Dark Phoenix Corporation.
<<< Read "Submission Information" before submitting to this walkthrough >>>
Version : 1.30
Completed : Sunday 1st February 2004
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Warning: This XIII walkthrough contains spoilers!
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"Section A - Introduction"
A01 - Overview of XIII Walkthrough
A02 - Submission Information
A03 - Submitter Acknowledgements
"Section B - Getting Ready"
B01 - Introduction to XIII
B02 - Main Menu Details
B03 - Default PC Controls
B04 - Save Functions
B05 - PC Requirements
B06 - Tips 'n' Hints
B07 - Submitters Tips 'n' Hints
B08 - XIII Glitches
"Section C - In-Game Skills"
C01 - Skills
"Section D - Characters of XIII"
D01 - Main Characters
"Section E - Weapon Inventory"
E01 - Close Combat
E02 - Handguns
E03 - Automatics
E04 - Shotguns
E05 - Harpoons/Crossbows
E06 - Sniper Weaponry
E07 - Explosives
"Section F - Object Inventory"
F01 - Objects
F02 - Health Pickups
F03 - Armoured Helmets
F04 - Armoured Vests
F05 - Mission Items
"Section G - Singleplayer Mission Walkthrough"
G01 - Mission 01 = Brighton Beach - Awakening
G02 - Mission 02 = Brighton Beach - Invasion
G03 - Mission 03 = Winslow Bank - Investigation
G04 - Mission 04 = FBI Headquarters - Interrogation
G05 - Mission 05 = Rooftop - Departure
G06 - Mission 06 = Emerald Military Base - Insertion
G07 - Mission 07 = Emerald Military Base - Infiltration
G08 - Mission 08 = Emerald Military Base - Rescue
G09 - Mission 09 = Emerald Military Base - Extraction
G10 - Mission 10 = Rocky Mountains - Interception
G11 - Mission 11 = Kellownee Lake - Exploration
G12 - Mission 12 = Kellownee Lake - Search & Rescue
G13 - Mission 13 = Plain Rock Penitentiary - Detention
G14 - Mission 14 = Plain Rock Asylum - Fugitive
G15 - Mission 15 = Plain Rock Canyons - Getaway
G16 - Mission 16 = Grand Canyon Valley - Escape
G17 - Mission 17 = SPADS Military Base - Covert Operation
G18 - Mission 18 = SPADS Military Base - Sabotage
G19 - Mission 19 = SPADS Military Base - Destruction
G20 - Mission 20 = SPADS Submarine Pen - Assault
G21 - Mission 21 = USS Patriot - Introspection
G22 - Mission 22 = USS Patriot - Evacuation
G23 - Mission 23 = AFMD-10 Naval Base - Intrusion
G24 - Mission 24 = AFMD-10 Harbour - Identification
G25 - Mission 25 = Bristol Suites Hotel - Surveillance
G26 - Mission 26 = Willard's Estate - Sunset Sanctuary
G27 - Mission 27 = Willard's Estate - Penetration
G28 - Mission 28 = Willard's Estate - Espionage
G29 - Mission 29 = Willard's Estate - Cliffhanger
G30 - Mission 30 = SSH-1 Military Base - Forbidden Entry
G31 - Mission 31 = SSH-1 Military Base - Anti-Terrorism
G32 - Mission 32 = SSH-1 Military Base - Total Red
G33 - Mission 33 = SSH-1 Military Base - Abortion
G34 - Mission 34 = Yacht Lady Bee - Revelation
"Section H - Multiplayer"
H01 - Multiplayer Menus
H02 - Multiplayer Modes
H03 - Multiplayer Maps
"Section I - Secret Documents"
I01 - Secret Documents
I02 - XIII Documents
"Section J - Members of the Conspiracy"
J01 - Conspirators
"Section K - Final Walkthrough Notices"
K01 - Version Updates
K02 - Walkthrough Credits
"Section L - Copyright Notices and Permitted Sites"
L01 - Copyright Notices and Permitted Sites
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"Section A - Introduction"
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A01 \ * * * Overview of XIII Walkthrough * * *
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Welcome fellow readers and gamers to my fourth walkthrough, which is based on
Ubi Soft's Cel-Shaded First Person Shooter game "XIII".
Definitely being one of the best Cel-Shaded video games to date and recognised
as the first - First Person Shooter to use Cel-Shading technology, "XIII" is
originally based from a popular French comic that has been adapted into
the video game format very well. Strangely enough, even though "XIII" uses
Cel-Shading technology, it actually utilizes a modified version of the
Unreal Warfare engine and that explains the exceptional amount of detail
just for a Cel-Shading video game!
Please note that this walkthrough has been purposely made so it is technical
and possibly 'confusing'. If you find it too hard to use this walkthrough, I
am afraid you will have to refer to another source of information to assist
you in this game. I am not changing the setout of the walkthrough just because
a person does not like it - not that anyone has told me yet that they do not
like this walkthrough!
I have also added reference codes to each sub-section of the walkthrough, so
if you are stuck on something in the game, you can easily use the find
function in notepad and type in the three alphanumeric digits of the given
sub-section, to automatically move to the required section you desire. Not
only will this make it more convenient for readers to look through different
parts of this walkthrough without having to read the entire thing, it also
benefits me by making it a lot easier for me to update certain areas of the
walkthrough!
This detailed walkthrough will explain all the different aspects of this
game - from the singleplayer missions to the weapons and loads of other
stuff that you might find handy in the PC version of the game!
Anyway, I hope you readers enjoy yet another walkthrough I have made and if
you ever have anything to submit, ask or say to me, please email me to the
email address I have included in this document several times!
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A02 \ * * * Submission Information * * *
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Submissions are usually my favourite parts of creating a walkthrough. The
majority of the time you will find that you'll get a 'personal' reply from me
[not automated] if you have submitted anything for the walkthrough or have
given any feedback. If however, it takes a long while for me to reply, then
this is most likely because I have some internet problems, am very busy or
my Yahoo Mail is temporarily stuffed up!
The numerous guidelines below instruct you on what you can submit to my
walkthrough so far and how to give the submission a higher chance of
appearing in my walkthrough.
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*** Submitting in General ***
The following submissions will be accepted or added to the walkthrough:
1]: Submissions for the Submitters Tips 'n' Hints section.
2]: Tips for any of the missions explained throughout the walkthrough.
3]: Major mistakes for given locations of anything in my mission guide.
4]: Any minor or major errors found in the walkthrough.
5]: Document locations I have missed in the walkthrough.
6]: Working Cheats for the Full PC version of XIII.
7]: Additional Information towards the weapon and object descriptions.
8]: Feedback about my walkthrough.
9]: Anything else that you think should be added to the walkthrough.
10]: Asking permission to post this walkthrough on a website.
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*** Submitting Tips/Hints Guidelines ***
Tip and Hint submissions also need to at least follow the simple guidelines
below to give your submission a higher chance of being accepted into the
walkthrough.
The following guidelines are as follows:
1]: The tip or hint needs to be detailed at least so it is informative.
2]: Do not use weird abbreviations or internet languages like 'L33T' or any
other unusual words. Chances are, submissions that contain these sorts
of things are going to be rejected quickly.
Tip or Hint submissions for Singleplayer Missions are added to the designated
singleplayer level the submission is related to.
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You will be credited for any accepted submissions or feedback you do submit.
If you are willing to submit stuff, please enclose a name or nickname within
the email just so I can add it to the submitters list! For security and
safety reasons, any names that I see with the first and last name - I will put
on the list only with the full first name and the initial of the last name.
After getting your submission ready, just put XIII or something similar on
the subject line of the email and send it to me!
Submissions to : platinumdarktim@yahoo.com.au
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A03 \ * * * Submitter Acknowledgements * * *
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This is the section of the walkthrough that I credit people that submit, give
feedback or ask anything related to the walkthrough or game.
Make sure you have read the Submission Information section above before
submitting anything for my walkthrough for the first time.
Lots of thanks to the following people for spending some of their time
sending contributions towards my walkthrough.
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Gangstahitman1 - For sending an email related to this walkthrough.
Neon Flamingo - For submitting a weapon pickup in mission 13.
Sjef the dragon - For sending an email related to XIII and for the
great feedback.
Dave A. - For asking to post this XIII walkthrough on another website.
Chris O. - For asking to post this XIII walkthrough on another website.
Matt H. - For asking to post this XIII walkthrough on another website.
Allen - For asking to post this XIII walkthrough on another website.
Stephen N. - For asking to post this XIII walkthrough on another website.
Daniel P. - For asking to post this XIII walkthrough on another website.
Bernd W. - For asking to post this XIII walkthrough on another website.
Dex - For asking to post this XIII walkthrough on another website.
Lee H. - For requesting to put this walkthrough in a special edition
of the PC GAMER UK Magazine.
Bas I. - For the great feedback of my walkthrough!
Ariel T. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Brian S. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Ice_Scream - For sending an email related to XIII.
Jason J. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Verdi H. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Michael Bu. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Marc - For sending an email related to XIII.
Damien - For sending an email related to XIII.
Kris P. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Jingo - Submitting a tip for mission 5 of the singleplayer
walkthrough and for the feedback towards this walkthrough.
Charles M. - Submitting a tip for mission 19 of the mission walkthrough.
Lukio - For submitting guides for some of the missions included in
the singleplayer mission walkthrough. The mission guides he
has submitted so far are for missions 7 and 14.
Werner - For sending an email related to XIII.
Adam S. - For submitting information on how to kill a certain boss
alternatively in mission 33.
Nathan A. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Michael Br. - Spotting out a slight mistake for the weapon description of
the Ak-47 weapon.
ChaiThai - Submitting a tip for the "Submitters Tips 'n' Hints" section.
Jon T. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Jesse C. - Submitting a tip for mission 33 and some glitches/bugs.
Barry B. - For giving me some really good comments and feedback for
this walkthrough. I really appreciate this person's comments!
Jonas T. - Submitting a tip for mission 33.
Daniel M. - For sending an email related to this walkthrough.
Dean S. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Seth M. - Sending a tip for mission 33.
Sam S. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Simon M. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Ben F. - For submitting a tip based on mission 33 of the walkthrough.
Tue C. - Sending a tip for mission 30 and for the feedback.
Giles C. - For sending an email related to the walkthrough. Also
submitting a location of the last XIII Document I have
missed while creating the walkthrough. This person has been
of great help!
Steel4268 - For sending an email related to XIII.
Kxmd31 - For sending an email related to XIII.
Ben C. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Letha L. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Steven D. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Adam W. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Conor F. - For sending an email related to XIII and my walkthrough.
Yakov S. - For sending an email related to XIII.
Matthias J. - Submitting a tip for missions 19 and 22 of the walkthrough.
Neil H. - Correcting a mistake in mission 9 of the walkthrough.
Tarsius89 - For sending an email related to XIII, my walkthrough and for
the feedback.
Jonathan C. - Asking permission to post this walkthrough on a website.
Terence H. - For the great feedback about my walkthrough and for some
submissions.
RkSpade - For the feedback and some submissions. Also revealing
another XIII Document location I have missed.
Matthew M. - Asking permission to use the XIII ASCII art in this
walkthrough into his XIII walkthrough.
Scott - For sending an email related to XIII.
John F. - Submitting a tip for mission 15 of the walkthrough.
Mirkis M. - For sending an email related to XIII.
David B. - Submitting a few tips for this walkthrough.
Dave L. - For sending an email related to my walkthrough.
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"Section B - Getting Ready"
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B01 \ * * * Introduction to XIII * * *
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Here is the basic introduction to XIII supplied from the official XIII website.
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A man wakes up on a beach. He has no recollection of who or what he is.
He sets off in search of his past. His only clues are the number 13 tattooed
on his collarbone and the key to a safety-deposit box in one of New York's
most prestigious banks.
The passport he finds in the safe at the bank reveals his identity. His name
is Steve Rowland and he's a captain in the United States army. Moments after
making this discovery, he's arrested by Colonel Amos, Director of the FBI's
anti-terrorist department and accused of the murder of William Sheridan, the
43rd president of the United States.
In evidence, he's shown the enlargement of a snapshot in which he appears
holding a sniper's rifle. The weapon is aimed at the presidential cortège.
Despite this exhibit, in his heart of hearts he knows he's no murderer.
All the same, when killers tried to eliminate him he was surprised to find
he has the reflexes of an elite commando.
Wanted by all the cops in New York State and hunted down by The Mongoose, the
amnesiac seems doomed to a choice of death or prison. But XIII hasn't counted
on the unexpected assistance of Major Jones, a young female soldier who helps
him flee through the city of New York. During their escape, this foxy lady
reveals to XIII that he's a secret agent working for general Carrington.
Carrington is a nonconformist officer who is conducting a counter-inquiry into
the presidential assassination but he was arrested and confined in an isolated
military base in the Appalachian Mountains.
When XIII realizes that General Carrington is the only one who can shed light
on his past, he sets off to find him with Jones.
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B02 \ * * * Main Menu Details * * *
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This section will provide an outline of the various options that you will
encounter while browsing through the main menus of the game.
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*** Profile Selection Menu ***
You can create a new profile or select an existing profile in this menu. You
can create a profile for the first time you enter the game or you can use the
default profile, but making your own is strongly suggested.
"Create Profile" - Create a new profile for you to use while playing the
game.
"Default Profile" - This option only appears when you have not made any
profiles for the game. It is suggested that you
actually create a proper profile.
"Existing Profile" - You can select the different profiles that have been
created in this section.
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*** Main Menu ***
This is the actual main menu of XIII. The following menu selections can be made
to access different sections of your profile.
"New Game" - Starts a new singleplayer game of XIII.
"Continue" - You can view various aspects of what you have achieved in
your profile by going into this section. You can also resume
your current game from the most recent level you have played.
More information on this section is located further below in
this section.
"Load Game" - You can select both Auto Saves and Manual Saves you have made
in various parts of the game. Select the save slot you want
to load to play it.
"Multiplayer" - This gives you access to the Multiplayer Mode of XIII. There
are a variety of options to select in the multiplayer mode
depending on the type of game you want to play. More info on
multiplayer is given further below this walkthrough at the
"Multiplayer" section.
"Options" - Being one of the most important sections of the menu, the
options menu gives you a selection of various things that
you can change to suit your needs. More information on the
options menu is given further below in this section.
"Quit" - This option asks you if you want to quit from XIII.
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*** Continue Menu ***
The continue menu contains a whole heap of different sections just for your
profile. These include things like giving you a brief outline of the story
from what you have accomplished so far, looking at information you have
obtained about the characters etc., and also being able to play the game from
the most recent level.
"Conspiracy" - This is the section which gives you brief details about each
of the members involved in this conspiracy. You need to find
each of the other 19 conspirators before being able to see
them on the list.
"Documents" - This section provides information based on any documents or
other pieces of information retrieved from the singleplayer
mode of the game. More info on the documents are given further
down the walkthrough, at the "Secret Documents" section.
"Story" - This section gives a brief outline of the story up to the most
recent level you are up to.
"Skills" - This section demonstrates all the skills that Steve Rowland
was able to achieve while he was doing his training. You can
easily learn these throughout the singleplayer game.
"Play Game" - Select this option to progress with the game from the level
you last left off.
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*** Options Menu ***
= = = Controls Menu = = =
This is the area you can change the bindings to all the keys to suit the player
while playing the game with the most comfortable button bindings. The default
keys are given below in the next section, but here are some of the options you
will come across when changing things like the Look options etc. The following
three options all appear in Look Options.
"Mouse Sensitivity" - This slider adjusts the amount of mouse sensitivity.
Decreasing the white slider lowers the amount of
sensitivity taking it longer for the mouse to move
side to side etc. Increasing the white slider raises
the amount of sensitivity making the mouse faster
therefore requiring less movement of the mouse to
move around.
"Mouselook" - The two options for mouselook is 'yes' or 'no'.
Setting the mouselook to 'yes' means that you can
use the mouse to look around [strongly suggested].
Setting the mouselook to 'no' requires the player
to use the keyboard keys to look around rather than
the mouse. This can become very frustrating!
"Invert Mouse" - This determines the 'Y' axis or vertical movement
of the mouse when moving and aiming etc. Selecting
the invert mouse option to 'yes' inverts the vertical
axis so whenever you look around, moving the mouse
upwards makes the screen go downwards and pointing it
downwards makes the screen go upwards. Selecting the
invert mouse option to 'no' keeps the vertical axis
at the normal position - up is up and down is down.
"Advanced" - This tab only appears in the Shoot options, but this
is the area which gives you the ability to hotkey
different classes of weapons.
"Reset" - Found on the main page of the Controls section, the
reset button makes all the key bindings placed back
to default settings if they have been changed.
= = = Difficulty Menu = = =
You can choose the difficulty for the singleplayer mode of the game by entering
into this menu. There are four different difficulties to choose from. The four
difficulties are: Arcade, Normal, Realistic and XXX.
= = = Audio Menu = = =
A rather simple menu, this is where you can adjust the audio levels for the
sound while in the game.
"Music" - You can either switch on or off the music throughout the
game.
"Sound Volume" - The volume slider either increases or decreases the amount
of volume for all the sound in the game.
= = = Video Menu = = =
"Gamma" - The slider increases and decreases the amount of gamma in the
game. Gamma works just like brightness.
"Brightness" - The slider increases and decreases the amount of brightness in
the game.
"Contrast" - The slider increases and decreases the amount of contrast in
the game.
"Resolution" - Choose the resolution you want the game to run on by clicking
the left or right arrows. Clicking the left arrow decreases
the resolution while clicking the right arrow increases it.
"Default" - This puts all the video options back to default settings.
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*** Parental Lock ***
This option blocks out any forms of 'crude' language and removes any graphic
violence involved anywhere in the game, once it is activated.
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B03 \ * * * Default PC Controls * * *
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The learning curve for this game is very easy and quick to get used to, so even
for the first time player - it should only take around in average 5 to 10
minutes to get hooked with the default keys. I suggest that all players of this
game use the 'default' settings as this is definitely the best configuration
that you can use for the game.
Remember though, the player always has the choice to change any key they
want, so if you are not comfortable with the default keys, then change ahead!
Here are the given keys for the default configuration:
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"Move Options"
Forwards - W
Backwards - S
Strafe Left - A
Strafe Right - D
Jump - Space
Crouch - C
Run/Walk - Left Shift
"Shoot Options"
Attack/Fire - Left Mouse Button
Alternate Fire - Right Mouse Button
Reload - R
Next Weapon - Mouse Wheel Up
Previous Weapon - Mouse Wheel Down
"Look Options"
Look Up - Backspace
Look Down - =
Centre View - End
"Other Options"
Grab/Use - E
Next Inventory - G
Previous Inventory - F
Score - F1
Pause - Pause
Chat - T
Chat Team - Y
Quick Heal - Q
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B04 \ * * * Save Functions * * *
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This section will give some brief detail about the saving functions in XIII.
First of all, XIII is a game which you cannot save anywhere you desire. You
obviously can save the game whenever you feel like it during any part of a
certain level, but that does not mean the game will definitely save at the
area you just saved at.
Instead, XIII uses a checkpoint system. Most levels have at least one
checkpoint depending on the length or difficulty of the level. Whenever you
start a new level, the beginning acts as if it is a checkpoint, so you should
quicksave the game once you start a level. It is advised you do this because
there is no auto-save function, meaning if you do not quicksave once you start
a new level, you'll have to load the quicksave you have made in the previous
level if you were to die or exit the game while playing the level you have
not saved on yet. While playing a level, you can press 'F5' to quicksave the
game or press 'F9' to load the quicksaved game you have made.
When you go to the load game list in the main menu, all the games you have
saved will have information about which level the game was saved on and also
the time and date at which it was saved. You can only have one quicksave
game, which is found always at the top of the load game list with the two
letters 'QS' next to the other save information. Quicksaving again in another
level will overwrite the previous quicksave. If you wish to keep permanent
saves you make anytime during the game, make sure you pause the game and go
save game and select the slot you want it saved on.
You can easily finish the entire game by just using the quicksave and
quickload functions. Only bother making a permanent save if you want to keep
a favourite level of yours to play whenever you feel like it.
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B05 \ * * * PC Requirements * * *
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Since the game obviously does not include high-end graphics like the ones you
see in Half Life 2, the requirements for XIII are not too high, but while this
is true, it is always a good idea to have at least a decent computer to play
the game.
The following lists show the minimum and recommended requirements for XIII
which can be referred to also in the instruction booklet or game box if you
have purchased the full version game, but I have decided to put them in here
for convenience.
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*** Minimum System Requirements ***
Operating System : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
Processor/CPU : 700Mhz Pentium III or Equivalent Processor.
RAM : 128MB RAM.
CD/DVD Rom Speed : 12x CD/DVD-Rom.
Hard Drive Space : 1.2GB Hard Drive space for Minimum Installation.
Video Card : 3D Video Card with at least 32MB of Video Memory and
with Direct-X8.1 Support.
Sound Card : 16-Bit Direct-X Compatible Sound Card.
Input : Keyboard and Mouse.
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