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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 INTRODUCTION 3 INSTALLATION From Windows” 95, From DOS 4 OPTIONS SCREEN Load Mission Save Mission Preferences Resume Game Exit Game 5 INTHE APARTMENT Accessing Apartment Functions Personnel Data Assistant Spectrum Analyzer Netrunner DNA Splicer DNA Decoder The Shooting Gallery 9 WEAPONRY Basic Weaponry Gun Stores Advanced Weaponry Upgrade Chips 12 FROM THE MAIN MAP The Bay Area Main Map The Location Maps Destinations Leaving the Maps 14 COMBAT INTERFACE 15 COMBAT INTERFACE KEYBOARD COMMANDS 16 GLOSSARY OF COMMON SLANG CIRCA 2095 18 CREDITS 19 NOTES 21 LIMITED WARRANTY—__________ INTRODUCTION In the year 2040 a massive earthquake separates California from the rest of the USA. Forty-five years later, California has risen to become its own nation, the California Independent Area, or CALIA. CALIA is a technological paradise. The birthplace of video communication, aerial cars, clean fusion energy, and the new globalized Super Information Highway, CALIA has almost single-handedly moved mankind into the 21st century. CALIA has been called utopia, the perfect society. Yet beneath the golden veneer lies a dark underbelly of corruption and greed. Senator Robert McAllister, who had plans to see the CALIA constitution ratified and to standardize the Super Information Highway, has been assassinated. Rick Gage, special forces vet, bounty hunter, and concerned citizen, needs to know why. Gage’s father, a high-ranking police officer, was murdered just before McAllister was taken down. There has to be a connection. For the inquisitive Gage, the pursuit of that connection will uncover a conspiracy of global proportions. You are in control of Gage’s inquiries. So that puts you in the driver’s seat—or the hot seat, as you will discover— because you, as Gage, will go up against drug lords, skinheads and cybernetically enhanced warriors, all in pursuit of the truth. Your journey will take you from CALIA’s highest echelons to its darkest underworld to find an answer. And in this adventure for the truth, you'd better watch what you say, because in CALIA, truth kills. INSTALLATION INSTALLATION From Windows” 95 To install Neo-Hunter from Windows” 95, first, insert the Neo-Hunter CD-ROM. into your CD drive. Second, select the CD-ROM drive icon from the main (“My Computer”) window. From the CD-ROM drive window select the “WINSETUP” icon. Follow the on-screen instructions. You may also use the Autorun feature under Windows® 95. Once Windows” 95 is up and running, insert the Neo-Hunter CD in the CD-ROM drive. Windows® 95 will autodetect your sound card and configuration, then the Neo-Hunter installation program will begin. To complete installation, simply follow the on-screen instructions. Neo-Hunter requires Microsoft's DirectX to run in Windows® 95. If you do not have DirectX, or are not sure that it is installed on your computer, then answer NO to the Winsetup question as to whether DirectX is installed or not. To run Neo-Hunter, click on the Neo icon in the Neo-Hunter folder in Programs. IF Neo-Hunter has already been installed, follow the directions in the dialogue box prompted by the Windows® 95 Autorun feature. INSTALLATION From DOS From the MS-DOS prompt, insert the Neo-Hunter CD-ROM into your CD drive and then enter the letter of that drive. For example: D: From CD drive prompt type: INSTALL Follow the on-screen instructions. Neo-Hunter should now be in your C:\NEO directory (or in whichever directory you told the INSTALL program to install it to). To start up Neo-Hunter from this directory type: NEO To start Neo-Hunter from any MS-DOS prompt on this drive, type: CD\NEO NEO —_____ OPTIONS SCREEN Load Mission To load a previously saved game, select this option. Save Mission To save your game, select this option. To save the game in a new save file, click the blank field at the top of the SAVE MISSION screen and enter the new file name, Preferences To adjust the interface settings select this option. In this screen you can adjust the volume of the SOUNDS, MUSIC, and VOICES. You can also adjust MOUSE SENSITIVITY and PUZZLE DIFFICULTY. Resume Game To return to the game, select this option. Exit Game (Enough said.) Accessing Apartment Functions Personal Data Assistant Your apartment is full of useful items. The names of these items appear underneath the cursor as you move the mouse over them. To select one, click the button while the name is highlighted by the cursor. A Personal Data Assistant, or PDA, is a bounty hunter’s best friend. It’s your phone, your diary and your personal organizer, all in one small, friendly package. Capable of storing more than five gigabytes of data, the PDA contains everything you need to know. It is linked to both the video communication system and the Super Information Highway. By using the PDA, you can find out who needs picking up; and then, when the smoke has cleared, have them taken away to a nice clean cell. Here’s what your “best friend” can deliver: PDA Interface Text scroll buttons —Arrow buttons at the bottom of the screen allow you to scroll through the text EXIT Button Leave PDA Five Icons Accesses the specified icon function. The five are detailed below: Contracts On your PDA, click on the Contracts icon (Handcuffs). Aseries of icons (faces) will appear on your PDA screen. Each face is grayed out. If you click on the face, it will change color and the contract will appear. The contract will list all needed information. The important information is: Name Self-evident Fee Amount you will receive for completing the mission Location Where the character is on the Main Map— Area name and Location Map name Additional Information Not on all contracts—as name says Click on the face icon again to return to the main contract list. Once a contract is complete, it will disappear from the contract list. Note: The contract list only allows you to view your contracts. You must start a contract from the map.Biographies Click on the Biography icon (Small Face). As you encounter major characters during the game, their biographies will appear on your biography list. Each character is represented by a color icon of his face on the PDA screen. The name of the character will appear underneath. Click on the face to access the biography. Click on the face again to leave the biography. Diai B Click on the Diary icon (Pen & Paper). After each completed mission, you will receive a new entry in your diary. This entry will appear after the video communication discussion with the Police operative. The entry is divided into two sections: Diary Notes Arecollection of the g eas mission events ors Fact Notes Pertinent information you See discovered on the mission Chronology Click on the Chronology icon (Calendar & Clock). This is a brief history of the world and CALIA from 1995 to 2095. Status Click on the Status icon (Dollar Sign). This contains information about Rick Gage. It includes: Weapons Bought Includes grenade amount 3/6 Chip Levels Damage, Shield, Recharge, Battery (6 levels each), Money Earned Spectrum Analyzer This device is used to scan an optic chip which is used in many security systems in CALIA. The Spectrum Analyzer allows the user to build a bypass chip, using micro components to manipulate the input light beam so that is matches needed output characteristics (Color, Brightness, Beam Width). The Spectrum Analyzer has a built-in help system that explains the purpose of each of the micro components on the right side of its console. To place one of the micro components on the board, use the console’s pointing device to drag and drop the component. Once the component is on the board it can be adjusted with the adjustment controls at the top right of the board. The left-adjust button rotates the component Netrunner around its center and the right button flips the component over. To identify the component being adjusted, the analyzer activates an adjustment rectangle around the component. When this rectangle is activated, the console will display status information of this component. To get the characteristics of any beam entering or leaving any component, activate the adjustment rectangle by clicking on the component. Place the pointer over an input or output of the component. The information will display in the text strip at the bottom of the console. Press Q to exit Spectrum Analyzer. This is an advanced Internet browser with a few non-standard additions. It includes the Intruder program which begins out in the common uses level of the Internet ina passive (hidden) mode. You can toggle between active/ passive mode with the green disk button in the middle of the direction arrow keypad. The active mode starts the Intruder program moving. Another way to instruct the intruder where to go is to click on the next computer system (Node) displayed on the Main Screen. Or you can direct the intruder through the full-view security detection screen. To activate the full-view screen, click on the mini-map in the top right of the Netrunner console, From the full-view screen, you can then direct the intruder to the next node by clicking on that node, or return to the Netrunner console by clicking anywhere else. Between the mini-map and the direction keypad is the security level indicator and two virus launching buttons. The security level indicator displays the level on which the target file is located (right), and the intruder’s current level (left). The top of the two virus launching buttons sets a trap for any security programs that run into it. [WARNING: The intruder can carry one or two of these viruses.] The bottom virus button launches a temporary security crashing virus that lets you ignore the node’s security system. [WARNING: This virus has a side-effect of resetting the intruder to passive mode.] Press Q to exit Netrunner, DNA Splicer This device is used to rebuild DNA samples that have been damaged. To move a loose DNA segment to the Long Base Pair Chain (LBPC) display, use the console’s pointing device. Click and hold down (drag) a segment from the detected segment window to the active window of the LBPC display and release it (drop) when it is positioned correctly. The active window can be moved along the LBPC display by clicking on the adjustment button at the bottom of the window and dragging it along the LBPC display. To adjust a segment’s orientation, click the console’s pointing device on it. This will cycle it through the four possible orientations. If you find that a segment is incorrectly placed on the LBPC, then drag and drop it from the active window to the detected segment window. Press Q to exit.DNA Decoder This device scans a series of genetic samples in an attempt to find a DNA MWEEAPIONR coos Sosa fingerprint. Some areas of these samples confuse the scanning device, and it displays an irregular area for the operator to fix. The operator must gq sree find how the scanned base pairs are arranged in the genetic sample. The process of comparing arranged base pairs to the anomalous section of the genetic sample is destructive. The damage can be minimized when the operator presses the compare button located just below the top genetic sample display window. When you are trying to bring some hardcore bunduck to justice, he never wants to go quietly. You need more than strong words to bring most of these scumbags in. A good cache of weaponry is the best way to make them see the error of their ways. There’s one catch though, no matter how nasty these kay-quop’s are, you can’t kill ‘em. If you puddle one of these guys, you could be faced with suspension, not to mention one hell of a lawsuit. So it’s stun all the way—but just because these guns don’t kill doesn’t make ‘em weak. We're talking about some powerful pieces of technology here; and | feel sorry for any poor eemo who gets in the way. The DNA fingerprint decoder further minimizes damage to the sample by comparing groups of adjacent base pairs as a group (if any one base pair in the group is wrong BASIC WEAPONRY then the whole group is wrong). To arrange the detected base pairs in the comparison The Stunner EE He . box—the center section of the console—the operator can either drag and drop the This is your basic weapon, and it is much weaker than the other weapons. It is base pairs to and from the detected base pair window, or click on the position cycle energy-powered, So it never runs out of ammunition. However, repeated shooting buttons (green arrow buttons below the comparison box). The position cycle buttons will lower its energy. It must be recharged. This can be done by not shooting, in will cycle through the available detected base pairs for the position above the which case the stunner will slowly recharge, or by transferring energy from your button. After a comparison, if a group matches the hidden base pairs in the genetic shields, which is much faster. sample, then itis displayed in the top sample window. The base pairs in the comparison box then are locked into place. Press Q to exit DNA Decoder. Concussion Grenades Concussion Grenades are best used to deal with a number of enemies grouped into : : Ing thoes kay on the keyboard. one area. A grenade will destroy or severely damage anyone within its blast radius: NOTE: All puzzles can be exited by pressing the “Q” key i You must target your enemy before throwing. You have three per contract. The Shooting Gallery This is where you hone your shooting skills. It is accessible by clicking on the door GUN STORES found on the far right of your apartment. Difficulty Levels There are eight levels of difficulty within the shooting galleries. At each level, the variety and difficulty of the available targets are increased, allowing you to practice different skills needed in the game. You select a difficulty level from the main Shooting Gallery screen. The levels are located to the far left. Just click on the number of the level you wish to play. Once you have selected a level, press the START button in the top left to enter the gallery. Shooting Gallery Gameplay pee To shoot a target, move the cursor over it and click on it. This will cause the target to explode. Some targets may take more than one hit to destroy. The display at the top of the screen keeps you updated on how you are doing. It displays how many total targets there are on that level, how many of those targets you have hit, and how many you have missed. Once you have shot all the targets, you will be rated for Accuracy and Effectiveness. You'll also be given an overall description of your skill. A mouse click will return you to the main Shooting Gallery screen. Leaving The Gallery To exit the Shooting Gallery, click on the button marked EXIT. This will return you to the apartment, To upgrade your weaponry, you must enter a Gun Store. There is always a Gun Store available; but as you move through the game, the available Gun Store will change, allowing access to a wider range of weaponry and upgrades. Choosing an Item: The current item is displayed on the large screen on the left side of the store. The name of the item is printed below the picture. The cost of the item is shown at the top left of the display, To select a different item, use the left and right arrows to move through the inventory. To get more information on the item, click on the question mark icon to the bottom right. This will display all pertinent information about the current selected item. Upgrade Chip Levels : : Each store stocks two levels of upgrade chips. Each level is double the cost of the previous level. If the current selected item is an upgrade chip, then an icon showing two numbers will appear in the top right of the display. The highlighted number is the level of upgrade chip you have currently selected. To change that level you should click on the other number.Buying/Selling ; The buy/sell icon is found to the left of the information icon. This allows you to buy a weapon or sell it back to the store. If you do not own the selected item, the icon will be a hand with a dollar sign. Clicking on this icon will buy the selected item. If you do not have enough money, the words “Too Expensive” will appear. If you own the selected item, the icon will be a hand holding a gun. Clicking on this icon will sell the item back to the store. Money Each item costs a certain amount of money, which you may not be able to afford. You can gain money in two ways: completing a contract or selling an item. If you cannot afford an item, you should either leave and return when you have completed more contracts or sell an item you no longer need. Leaving the Gun Store Each Gun Store has an exit door to the right of the screen. Click on it to return to the Main Map. ADVANCED WEAPONRY These weapons must be purchased in the Gun Store: Grenades Upgrades your carrying capacity to six grenades. Shot Gun Shoots a single shell which splits into eight powerful concussion projectiles. Very powerful when focused on one or two attackers. Best used to dispose of opponents with body shielding. Machine Gun Fires clips of concussion projectiles at an extremely high rate. Extremely powerful, if inaccurate. Best used to take out large groups of enemies. Missile Launcher The mother of all stun guns. Fires three large rocket- Powered canisters loaded with small stun capsules. Each canister explodes on impact, detonating all capsules. Has an extremely large blast radius. The enemy must be targeted before shooting. Best used when you are being overwhelmed. UPGRADE CHIPS In addition to weaponry, each Gun Store carries upgrade chips to increase your chances of surviving combat. Each chip type has six levels of power. Each level costs double the price of the previous chip. When you start the game, all chips are at level one. Each Gun Store carries two levels of upgrade chip. Upgrade types include: Damage Increases the power level of your stunner, enabling you to stun opponent in fewer shots. Battery Determines the amount of energy the stunner can store. Shield Chip Determines how much damage you can take before losing your shields. Recharge Chips Enhances the rate the stunner recharges after firing.—____ FROM THE MAIN MAP You're never going to catch anyone just sitting in your apartment. You've got to hit the streets. That’s where your map comes in. The latest in top-grade nav-ware, the map is a full, intricate model of the Bay Area territory: your hunting ground. Updated via satellite every 10 minutes, and linked with your PDA, it will provide all the information you need on the location of your bounties. The map tells you where to go, how to get there, and what to expect when you arrive. Without it you'd be just another bum asking for directions. THE BAY AREA MAIN MAP Each time you exit your apartment or complete a contract, you are presented with the Main Map. This is an overview of the entire game environment and allows you to explore. You also gain access to Location Maps. ‘As you move the mouse cursor around the Main Map, area names appear underneath the cursor. By clicking on the mouse button you will switch to the Location Map for that area. THE LOCATION MAPS The Location Maps provide a more detailed, close-up display of specific areas. They allow you to select the location you wish to travel to. You do this by moving the mouse cursor over your chosen destination (represented by a circular icon). This will cause the name of the area to come up underneath the cursor. A click of the mouse button will send you to that location. DESTINATIONS These are represented on both the Main Map and the Location Maps. On the Main Map they are seen as small colored circles, and on the Location Maps as larger, rotating, colored circles. The Location Maps icons contain small illustrations to show the location type. Bounty Contracts 4 Weapon Stores The Apartment The Apartment Green: contains silhouette of a house. This allows you to return to your apartment. This is accessible at all times. Apartment Puzzle Icon i Yellow: contains silhouette of question mark. At certain points in your game there are tasks you must complete within your apartment. At these times the apartment icon will cycle between the standard icon and the puzzle icon. Bounty Contracts Red: contains a silhouette of a face and marks the location of a current contract. When you move the cursor over the icon, the name of that location, e.g., Diablo Warehouse, will be displayed. These icons appear each time you gain a contract. Once the contract is complete they will be removed from the map. If you do not complete the contract the icon will remain on the map. Weapon Stores Blue: contains a silhouette of a gun, indicating the location of the current available weapon store. As you progress through the game, new weapon stores become available to you. The old weapon store is removed from the map and replaced with the location of the new one. LEAVING THE MAPS There are several ways to exit the current map section: Travel to a destination — \f you travel PDA to a destination, then you will exit the map and arrive at the destination. The PDA Icon — At the top left of the screen there is an icon which represents the PDA. Clicking on this will allow you to access your PDA. The Main Map Icon — \f you are on a Location Map and wish to return to the Main Map, you may do so by clicking on the Main Map icon in the top right corner of the screen.____ COMBAT INTERFACE When you're in the heat of the action, nothing is more useful than the Banzai 1200 combat enhancer. Using the latest in ocular modification, this small cybernetic implant projects a heads-up display directly over the user's visual range. The combatant can target enemies, keeping track of an opponent’s health and shields. The combatant is also supplied with pertinent information about his own status, allowing instant energy transfer from weapons to shields when taking a beating. Don’t be cannon fodder. Use the Banzai 1200 and gain the ultimate combat advantage. © 2094 Banzai Electronics International Description of Combat Interface The Combat Interface is composed of two rounded side bars on the left and right sides of the screen, and a heads-up display in the center overlaying the game action. Left Side i The Stunner Power Meter: In the middle of the left side. Only available when stunner is selected for the left button weapon. This indicates how much energy is available to your stunner. It is reduced every time you use your stunner. If you do not use your stunner it will slowly recharge. If your energy is low, the bar will reveal a red area when it reduces. The Ammunition Counter: In the middle of the left side. Stunner cannot be selected for the left button. This indicates how much ammunition you have available for your current left button weapon. Ammunition is displayed by a representation of your clip, showing how many bullets are left. Below the clip is a number showing how many clips you have left in the gun. The Grenade Counter: Top of the left side. This indicates how many grenades you have left. Right Side The Shield Power Meter: \n the middle of the right side.This indicates how much energy is available to your shields. It is reduced every time you are hit (when the Interface flashes red). If you run out of shield energy, you start to take physical damage. If your shield energy is low, it will reveal a red area as it reduces. The Physical Status indicator: Bottom right. This indicates your physical status. It is not affected until you run out of shields. The status is indicated by the color surrounding the silhouette. As you take physical damage, this color will change from green to red. When it reaches red, you die and the mission is a failure. The Kill Counter: Top Right. This indicates how many opponents you have stunned during the current mission. It increases incrementally each time you stun an enemy. Middle The Gun Indicators: Middle bottom. This shows which gun you have selected for your left and right mouse buttons (left box - left button, right box - right button). These can be cycled using the < Z > or <. > (period) keys for the left weapon, and the or (slash) keys for the right weapon. You can have the same gun on each button. Heads-Up Display The heads-up display overlays the game action. It becomes active when you click the firing cursor on an enemy. This selects that enemy and brings up the Targeting Circle. The Targeting Circle has multiple uses: Enemy Shield/Health indicators: Shows how much Shield/Health an enemy has left. The Health indicator is shown as a circle around the Targeting Circle. If there is a second circle around the Targeting Circle, that enemy has a shield. The strength of the Shield and Health indicators is color-coded from green for high to red for low. Explosive weapon lock: When you use a Rocket Launcher or a Grenade, the weapon will fire at the targeted enemy. If there is no targeted enemy the weapon will not fire. Breaking lock: This can be done in two manners, stunning the enemy into submission, or pressing the or <’ > (apostrophe) key to break the lock. Balancing Energy ‘As you advance through the mission, you may find yourself running low on Stunner or Shield energy. These bars slowly regenerate when not in use; but sometimes this is not enough. To solve this problem, you can transfer energy from one side to the other by using the and keys. COMBAT INTERFACE KEYBOARD COMMANDS Select weapon for left mouse button. Left-selected weapon is featured on ammunition display or <. > (period) or (slash) Select weapon for right mouse button Energy to Shields Energy to Stunner or <’ > (apostrophe) Breaks target lock on enemy Throws grenade at targeted opponentGLOSSARY GLOSSARY OF COMMON SLANG CIRCA 2095, (Excerpted from the 2095 United Nations Report on Modern Language.) Aboon: Godfather. From Arabic “Abun,” meaning “father.” Asliha: Arms dealer. From Arabic for “weapon.” Barred: Dead. From Arabic “bard.” Binoon: Especially close friend. From Arabic “/bnun,” meaning “son.” Bunduck: A gunman or hired thug. From Swahili “bunduki,” meaning “gun.” Chisel: To have sex; translated from a Russian expression. Dayboo: Fatso. From Japanese “debu.” Dakira: Stash, supplies. From Arabic. Dakwa: An invitation you dare not refuse. From Arabic “Da’ wa.” Doll Back: A screw-up, can’t do anything right. From Russian “Dolbak.” Dow: Weapon. From the Vietnamese “dao” for “knife.” Dull Bob: Idiot. From Russian “Dolbaeb.” Eemo: Hick, person “who’s out of it.” From Japanese “imo,” for “potato,” a common Japanese derisive term for an uncultured person. Emossin: Half-baked, lousy, fifth-rate. From Japanese “imasen,” literally “a thousand things are missing.” Fedda: Money. From Swahili “fedha.” Fold: Kill. Usually “get folded” for “get killed.” Forthwith: A command to appear in person immediately (Police Bureaucratese). Gacha: A cop. Sounds like American slang for “got you” which perhaps encouraged the adoption of the Japanese criminal slang term “gacha” for “badge.” Git: Jerk. British slang. Goffno: Excrement. From Russian “Govno.” Greek: Disappeared, presumed murdered, as in “He went Greek.” From Arabic “Gariga”, to “sink” or plunge.” Greeyaz: Worthless trash, said of people or things. From Russian. Grim: Truly ugly woman. From Russian “Grimza.” Habba: Death. From Arabic. Hafla: Clandestine meeting. From Arabic. Hakeeba: A bagman, a thieves’ bank. From Arabic: Hareess: Watchman, lookout. From Arabic. Jeesh: Troops, army. From Arabic “Jaish.” Kala: Fort or stronghold. From Arabic. Kalb: Dog. Arabic insult. Kay-quop: Thief, crook. From the Vietnamese “ke coup” for “robber.” Kintama: Testicle. Japanese word. Koncho: Total jerk. From the Japanese word “kancho” for “enema.” Kumo: Electronic thief. Kumo is Japanese for “spider,” and in Japanese criminal slang it means “cat burglar,” but it has come to mean “electronic thief.” Krozh: Look, winnings. From Russian “Kurazh.” Kuso: Excrement. From Japanese. Liss: Thief. From Arabic. Marubo: A violent, dangerous punk. Japanese slang, it means literally “B label” which may have meant “a second-rater,” or (more likely) the B stood for boryoku or “violence,” the idea being that as a kid in school, this guy was stamped “B for Boryoku.” Messed: Arrested. From Russian “Myesty,” meaning “to Arrest.” Mintaka: A criminal’s area of control, his turf. From Arabic. Myent, Myentura: A policeman, the police. From Russian. Moose: A pushover. Translated from Russian for cuckold. Neeshka: Low-class woman. From Russian. Nessoon: Thief who steals high-tech items from factories and warehouses. From Russian. Nizodd: Struggle for power within an organization. From Arabic “Niza.” Nuzhnik: Toilet. From Russian. Oomay: A jerk or worse. From the Swahili word “uume,” meaning “male generative organ.” Piff: Screw up. From Portuguese “Pifar,” meaning “to fall apart.” Puddle: Kill. Presumably from the idea of a victim lying in a puddle of blood. Rabeeta: Connection, alliance. From Arabic “Rabita.” Sabeek: Top guy, big boss. From Arabic “Sabiq.” Shirty: Cop. From Arabic “Shurti.” Slither: Dangerous guy, snakelike, quick, sneaky. Soak a noky: Get out of the way. From Japanese “Soko Noke.” Stukotch: Informer. From Russian. Suroff: Accountant for criminal organization. From Arabic. Tude: Attitude. Twiss: Freelance legal officer. A Japanese criminal slang term for “kill” is mageru, which means “twist.” In America, the term was translated and mispronounced “twiss,” and “twiss boy” was killer: This became-a:derogatory term fora cop, and then for somebody only pretending to.be.a cop. For instance, a bounty hunter, security guard, bouncer or private eye. The “boy” was eventually dropped so that “twiss” alone came to mean “boastful fake cop.” White Rabbit: Small time crook; literal translation of Japanese “shiro usagi,” with the same slang meaning. Vang: Electronic money, virtual money. From the Vietnamese word for gold. Yelda: Male generative organ. From Russian. Zhopa: Buttocks. From Russian.REDDIT Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. 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