"Space Sirens" was sort of a sequel to "Virtual Vixens" (see file for 
it elsewhere on this site). "SS", like "VV", was part of a wave of 
adult interactive CD-ROM games using QuickTime movies that were 
stopped at will or cued to different points as needed. Unfortunately, 
the performance even on a "recommended" system was often poor when 
these were first released. Even after several years of technological 
advancement (these games were first released in 1995 or so), there are 
still some problems with current computers. Most of them can be 
attributed to age; these were written for Windows 3.x, and a lot has 
happened since then in producing games that don't mess up your system 
or should work more often on strange hardware.

Even though this is an old game, I'm not going to help pirate it.
You can still buy it from Pixis. My copy came from a private vendor 
selling adult games at an anime convention, and since it was 
shrink-wrapped, he was either selling me a used copy or a legal one 
that he'd kept all these years.

1. README.EXE starts up a viewer program that leaves CGIMNVW.HLP in 
your Windows directory, no matter what. Remember to delete that file 
off your hard drive. What it displays is just some information for 
QuickTime 2.0 that you can live without.
2. The other executables (besides SETUP.EXE) usually complain when you 
have graphics set for more than 256 colors. Strangely, when I tried 
running the SS manual in 256, it came out in just black and white, 
and worked fine in 16 bits. And the online manual actually tells you 
to use more than 256 colors if possible. Just dumb programming.
3. I wasn't able to get any of the QuickTime stuff to work under 
QuickTime 4.0.3, but it all worked fine on another computer which 
had never had QuickTime on it when I installed the 2.0.1 that comes 
with the game. So, be aware that you may have to de-install the 
latest version of QuickTime, install an old one to play the game, and 
then re-install the current QuickTime when you're done with Space 
Sirens.
4. Press the Escape key to quit the Space Sirens Demo application, or 
it will continuously repeat. This also exits any movies playing in the 
Pixis Sampler 3 application, and the entire sampler application as 
well!
5. The game gives you a choice between "5 FPS" and "10 FPS" that 
isn't mentioned anywhere in the documentation. Your system nowadays 
should be able to handle 10 FPS with no trouble, so click on that.
6. The story. What story? Who cares?! Just get used to navigating 
through an environment that looks like something out of Aliens. 
Rather slow movement, but thankfully there are only 4 places to go.
7. Some actions still aren't allowed or get no response from the 
game. For instance, either Penis position with the breasts, or 
anything on the back or back of the head.

There's nothing left on the Pixis website to help you play this game 
now, several years after it was released, so here's what I figured 
out.
You should get one new light on the girl's OrgasMeter each time you do 
a "Hand Open" move and let it run to completion. The "P-Tool" or Penis 
moves have to be stopped a few seconds after the 6th light on the 
right side (the guy's OrgasMeter) lights up, or you'll soon hit "the 
point of no return" and literally blow your wad. Players of "Virtual 
Vixens" will recognize the system immediately. If you're doing the 
"right" move with the Penis, the girl will increment her OrgasMeter 
before her Pleasure Meter reaches the top. As soon as that happens, 
click on the Stop button!
You may run into the problem that if you click the Stop button too 
early, the game will only show a white screen if you try that move 
again. Just start something with the Hand, hit Stop, then try the 
Penis move again, and it should work this time. Also try the move 
several times.
Even when the girl's OrgasMeter is completely full, the game may not 
realize it. Try repeating the last Penis move, and it should give you 
her "good ending." You can let this one run to completion... Of 
course, you're still kicked out into the hallway.

ALL 4 GIRLS:
Hand Open + Face
Hand Open + Breast
Hand Closed + Breast (removes upper garment)
Hand Open + Breast (+1 to guy's too, first time)
Hand Closed + Crotch (removes lower garment/panties)
[should have 3 green and 1 blue lights at this point]
then...

PRYS: (south side of entry room, long blonde hair, 
      see-through upper garment, obvious breast implants)
Hand Open + Butt (+1 to guy's too, first time)
Hand Open + Crotch (+1 to guy's too, first time)
P-Tool Out + Butt *
P-Tool Up + Crotch *

SIERRA: (west side of entry room, brunette, lacy bra & panties plus 
         purple garters, suspect breast implants)
Hand Open + Crotch (+1 to guy's too, first time)
Hand Open + Butt (+1 to guy's too, first time)
(notice the condom on the Penis on Crotch or Butt moves! since when 
do you need a condom in Virtual Reality?)
P-Tool Up + Face *
P-Tool Up + Crotch *

KIRA: (east side of entry room, looks a bit too young to be doing 
       this, collar, strange cross-strapped top, bee stings too small 
       to be implants, silver panties)
Hand Open + Crotch (+1 to guy's too, first time)
P-Tool Out + Butt *
P-Tool Up + Face *
P-Tool Out + Crotch *

ISIS: (north side of entry room, chocolate brunette, lacy bra & 
       panties, shaved but stubbly pussy)
Hand Open + Butt (+1 to guy's too, first time)
Hand Open + Crotch (+1 to guy's too, first time)
P-Tool Up + Face *
P-Tool Out + Crotch *

It doesn't seem like you get anything special for reaching the good 
ending with each of the 4 girls. I think you just have to hit the 
Quit button once you get out to the entry room. Note that the girl 
that I call "Prys" (after the name of her movie file on the disc)
is apparently really "Jessie James". Isis is also named "Isis Nile."

You can play the movie files with a Windows Media Player that has 
QuickTime for Windows drivers, or the QuickTime Movie Player.
V2_TFUI.MOV reveals that the real names of the girls in VV are 
Katrina, Aria, Crystal and Yve (not Eve).
The other .MOV files should be available from the DEMO.EXE application
as items shown for specific products. But most of them are more fun if 
you just play them directly, as the players give you more control.

The sampler on the Space Sirens (and Space Sirens 2) discs claims that 
Neurodancer, "The Red Chair" and possibly other adult-oriented titles 
were released for the 3DO game console; this is confirmed by the 
developer (A. Gomez of Spooey Games). An improved version with MPEG 
(requiring an MPEG card or add-on in many cases) was supposed to be 
available for PCs, the Phillips CD-I, the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, 
and the Atari Jaguar! I still haven't confirmed anything about the 
porno flick with no game elements called "Sex & Money", or a non-game 
sequel to Neurodancer called "Tales from the Neuronet: Passion Files" 
with the same target platforms. The sampler also mentions "Space 
Sirens 2: Megababes from Ajia", "Diva-X 101" and "Max the Naughty Dog" 
as upcoming products. SS2 was released, but Diva-X became a 
live-action series rather than pure computer graphics. Max became a 
video rather than a game.


Mini-review: Noticeably better than Virtual Vixens, but still just a 
vehicle for sex scenes rather than a real game. At least this time 
they warn you to stop the penis actions early if you want to get the 
good endings. I think the girls were better looking this time around 
too, and the production values better as well. But still practically 
no replay value, and no real story. All in all, this game was worth 
only a few hours of my time, and I had a better time watching the 
movies outside of the game rather than in it. Definitely not worth 
it these days.

Pete Karsanow - bishoujo.helper[AT}sbcglobal{DOT)net
http://www.geocities.com/hentaihelper/