[Megatech Software] Power Dolls: Detachment of Limited Line Service [English]

Title: Power Dolls
Original title: 特勤机甲队
Genre: tactical RPG
Year: Japan 1994, English Version 1995
Developer: Kogado Software Products
Publishers: MegaTech Software
Languages: English
Voice: English

Description:


In the year 2535 the planet Omni declared independence from Earth. This decision was met by harsh repressions carried out by the Terran government. In response, Omni scientists managed to convert a device known as Power Loader (PLD) into combat mechas. Five years later, the 177th squadron was formed, consisting of an all-female team named DoLLS (Detachment of Limited Line Service).

Power Dolls is a turn-based strategy game in which the player takes role of a commander of an all-female military group manning giant mechanized battlesuits in a series of nine missions, with objectives ranging from destroying convoys to stalling enemy advance to rescuing captured military personnel.

Squads for each mission can be assembled from a total of twenty-one pilots, seven variants of mechanized battle armor (which can be armed with sixteen types of weaponry), four types of aircraft ranging from transport carriers to fighter-bombers and artillery units.

Several different battle plans can be chosen for most of the missions. The differences between these may range anywhere from a slight change of the deployment time up to and including a complete change of mission strategy.

Successfully completing a mission unlocks bonus piece of artwork depicting one of the women piloting the mechs ingame. There are nine of these graphics in total, one for each mission.



Important:
!POWER DOLLS is a DOS CD-ROM game. IT IS NOT A WINDOWS GAME! You'll need DOSBox to run it.

1. Mount Power Dolls.iso in DAEMON Tools.
2. Install DOSBox and run it.
3. Instructions for installing the game with DOSBox:
- Type in DOSBox(press Enter after entering a command line):
Mount c c:
Mount d d:(d: is the drive letter of the virtual drive Deamon Tools created for the image file, if it's different for you type the letter you see on your screen. i.e. if your letter is F, type Mount d f:)
d:
install.exe

- After you type install.exe the installation process will begin.
- Press F1 to install the game.
- Press Y to install voices.
- Press Y again to confirm the installation directory.
- Press Enter and type PD(press Enter again) to start the game.
- If you want to exit the game and start again you have to mount the same drives as in the install process. Type in DOSBox(press Enter after entering a command line):
Mount c c:
Mount d d:
c:
cd games
cd PD
PD

System requirements:
Minimum:
Intel 386DX CPU with 4MB RAM
Double-speed CD-ROM
VGA video card
MS-compatible mouse
5 MB free disk space (without voices)
MS-DOS 5.0, EMS memory enabled

Recommended:
Intel 486 CPU with 4MB RAM
Double-speed CD-ROM
VGA video card
MS-compatible mouse
SoundBlaster(tm) compatible sound card
23 MB free disk space (with voices)
MS-DOS 5.0, EMS memory enabled