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This page is a wiki-formatted transcript of the Oni game manual for Windows. Since the printed manual differs in some ways from the Flash version of the manual available on Rockstar's [http://www.rockstargames.com/oni/main.html Oni mini-site], we have noted the significant differences (and made some important updates) by inserting bold text in brackets and adding a couple side boxes.
This page is a wiki-formatted transcript of the Oni game manual for Windows. Sideboxes and footnotes have been added to notate the differences from the Flash version of the manual available on Rockstar's [http://www.rockstargames.com/oni/main.html Oni mini-site], as well as to provide various commentary, updates and corrections. The section names are taken from the manual, but are rendered in [[wikt:title_case|title case]] rather than the all-caps found in the manual.


The most intriguing differences on the web site are a couple references to a "rebellion" never shown or even mentioned in the game. Also, the profiles on Muro and Dr. Kerr are found only on the web site. A minor difference not marked below is that the web site omits the word "the" in front of "World Coalition Government". The web site seems to have been intended to serve as promotional material more than a manual, so sections of the printed manual which were instructional in nature (controls, etc.) were omitted from the web site.
The most intriguing differences in the web site's text are a couple references to a "rebellion" never shown or even mentioned in the game. Also, the profiles on Muro and Dr. Kerr are found only on the web site. A minor difference not marked below is that the web site omits the word "the" in front of "World Coalition Government". Also, since the web site served as promotional material more than a manual, sections of the printed manual which were instructional in nature (controls, etc.) were omitted from the web site.


The small improvements in the printed manual's text indicate that it is a later draft, and it's possible it was intentionally revised to remove references to a rebellion that never appears in the game.
The small improvements in the printed manual's text indicate that it is a later draft, and it's possible it was intentionally revised to remove references to a rebellion that never appears in the game.
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==Installation==
==Installation==
'''[There are much better, up-to-date instructions on our [[Installation]] page.]'''
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|'''There are much better, up-to-date instructions on our [[Installation]] page.'''
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Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive and follow the on-screen instructions. If nothing happens when you insert the CD in the drive, double-click the 'My Computer' icon, then the 'Oni' icon, then 'Onisetup.exe' and follow the on-screen instructions.
Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive and follow the on-screen instructions. If nothing happens when you insert the CD in the drive, double-click the 'My Computer' icon, then the 'Oni' icon, then 'Onisetup.exe' and follow the on-screen instructions.


==Pre-Mission Briefing==
==Pre-Mission Briefing==
'''[On the web site, this section is called MANIFESTO, which makes more sense. It also begins with a note in parentheses which confirms that this is material written by a rebel group which is not shown in the game. Also note the second reference to a rebellion at the end of the section.]'''
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|'''On the web site, this section is called MANIFESTO, which makes more sense given the polemic tone. It also begins with the following note in parentheses which confirms that this is material written by a rebel group which is not shown in the game:'''


(excerpted from propaganda recovered at rebellion HQ - TCTF Crime File 67098)
(excerpted from propaganda recovered at rebellion HQ - TCTF Crime File 67098)


It's 2032 and the world ain't what it used to be.
'''Also note the second reference to a rebellion at the end of the section.'''
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|+'''Play on words, or accident?'''
|+'''Play on words, or accident?'''
|'''Did Bungie neglect to capitalize the second 'b' in "[[wikipedia:Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Big Brother]]", or is that a clever reference to Muro?'''
|'''Did Bungie neglect to capitalize the second 'b' in "[[wikipedia:Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Big Brother]]", or is that a clever reference to Muro?'''
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It's 2032 and the world ain't what it used to be.
We have one government where there used to be hundreds.<br />
We have one government where there used to be hundreds.<br />
Big brother is alive and well.
Big brother is alive and well.
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It's best not to think about life outside the cities. The powers that be would never admit it, but the air has gone bad. The forbidden zones they euphemistically call "Wilderness Preserves" are actually massive tracts of quarantined land.
It's best not to think about life outside the cities. The powers that be would never admit it, but the air has gone bad. The forbidden zones they euphemistically call "Wilderness Preserves" are actually massive tracts of quarantined land.


The poor bastards '''["wretches", web site]''' who can't afford to live in the cities get as close to the atmosphere processors as they can and eke out a miserable (and dangerous) existence working on the reclamation teams who beat back the corrosive stain of the wilderness.
The poor bastards<ref>"wretches", web site</ref> who can't afford to live in the cities get as close to the atmosphere processors as they can and eke out a miserable (and dangerous) existence working on the reclamation teams who beat back the corrosive stain of the wilderness.


From time to time someone tries to improve public awareness of the ecological nightmare but the World Coalition Government controls the media and silences them before any outcry can gain momentum. Despite this repression, there is a growing awareness that something has gone horribly wrong and that something has to be done '''[the clause "Despite this repression" is omitted by web site]'''.<br />
From time to time someone tries to improve public awareness of the ecological nightmare but the World Coalition Government controls the media and silences them before any outcry can gain momentum. Despite this repression<ref>this clause is omitted by the web site</ref>, there is a growing awareness that something has gone horribly wrong and that something has to be done.<br />
Something has to give. It's only a matter of time.
Something has to give. It's only a matter of time.


'''[Links to the sections below are listed on the web site under the phrase "LINKS TO REBELLION PROPAGANDA"; the sections are, in order, "TCTF (Technology Crimes Task Force)", "WCG (World Coalition Government)", and "The Syndicate", but below we continue with our transcription of the printed manual.]'''
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|'''Links to the sections below are listed on the web site under the phrase "LINKS TO REBELLION PROPAGANDA"; the sections are, in order, "TCTF (Technology Crimes Task Force)", "WCG (World Coalition Government)", and "The Syndicate", but below we continue with our transcription of the printed manual.'''
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===THE WORLD COALITION GOVERNMENT===
===THE WORLD COALITION GOVERNMENT===
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==Footnotes==
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