Please take time to read the following instructions and information as it will help improve your enjoyment of the ╘Mysterious World╒ CD-ROM.
System Requirements
To run ╘Mysterious World╒ we would recommend the following configuration:
For PC
CPU: 486 or greater.
RAM: 4Mb (available) - if running Windows 8Mb recommended.
Monitor: 13╙ (640 x 480), 256 colours (8 bit graphics).
CD-ROM Drive: Double speed (300Kbs) or faster.
Sound card: 8 bit MPC compatible.
Software: Windows 3.1 or later. Quicktime for Windows 2.03.
For Macintosh
CPU: LCIII 68030 or greater.
RAM: 4Mb (available).
Monitor: 13╙ (640 x 480), 256 colours (8 bit graphics).
CD-ROM Drive: Double speed (300Kbs) or faster.
Software: System 7.0 or later. Quicktime 2.1.
Setting Up ╘Mysterious World╒
For PC
To access ╘Mysterious World╒ run the install program on the CD-ROM disc from within Windows. Locate the root directory of your CD-ROM drive (normally the D: drive) find the setup.exe file. Use the Run command in the File menu of the Windows Program Manager, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
You will be asked if you wish to install Quicktime for Windows 2.03 which is required to run ╘Mysterious World╒.
The set-up program will create a ╘Mysterious World╒ Group in the Windows Program Manager.
An icon will appear, double click this to start the program.
For Macintosh
Before using ╘Mysterious World╒ you should install Quicktime 2.1, if not already installed, in your system folder.
To install Quicktime 2.1 insert the ╘Mysterious World╒ CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. A window will appear on your desktop. Drag Quicktime into the System Folder on your hard disc. Restart your computer.
Click on the ╘Mysterious World╒ icon to launch the program.
Monitors and Colours
The program requires your monitor be set to a minimum of 256 colours.
Introduction to ╘Mysterious World╒
The ╘Mysterious World╒ CD-ROM provides you with an introduction to some of the mysterious events, creatures and happenings that mankind has encountered over the years. The CD-ROM contains video features on many of these strange phenomena, and supporting text, illustrations and photographs.
Basic Navigation
To use ╘Mysterious World╒ you click buttons, objects and icons. Simply move your mouse pointer to an item and click on it.
At the top right hand corner of each screen is a button (╘Menu╒) that will take you back to the previous screen, except at the Main Menu ╘Crypt╒ when it will ╘Exit╒ the program.
At the top left hand corner of each screen is a button that, if active, will reveal further ╘Text╒ about the subject you are viewing. At the Main Menu ╘Crypt╒ this button will launch the Mysterious World Game, if you are using the program on a PC.
The ╘Stonehenge Mystery╒
In the ╘Mysterious World╒ you can visit Stonehenge as you would find it today. You can move around in directions indicated by your mouse cursor arrows. Find the six mysterious Rune Stones, the Druidical Staff and the Magic Crystal, and take these to the altar stone. You will initiate a magical transformation, and can see the sun rise over Stonehenge as it would have done at the height of its glory.
╘Mysterious World╒ Game
╘Mysterious World╒ game is only available on the PC. To play the game click on the button at the top left hand corner of the Main Menu ╘Crypt╒ screen.
To Play
The object of the game is to travel from any of three different starting points, Stonehenge, Solomon╒s Temple and the Ziggurat, shown as flashing icons, and try and reach the Great Pyramids at Giza, at the top centre of the play-screen. As you will soon discover, as you travel the paths, you will find various items, many of which will be of use during your journey. There are many situations that require you to be carrying correct items to pass safely, and meet your final challenge at the Pyramids.
By clicking on the icons at top right of the screen (TAKE, USE, DISCARD, RUN) the appropriate action is taken. On the top left of the screen next to the EXIT icon is an inventory panel. As you ╘Take╒ items that you find, they will appear in this panel. Only three items can be carried at any one time, but you can ╘Discard╒ or ╘Use╒ items in the inventory, to make room for others.
Hints
To play an adventure successfully, you will need pen and paper.
Keep a note of where items are for use next time you play.
Keep an eye on your Health and Energy ratings at the very top of the screen.
⌐ 1995 Cromwell Interactive Ltd. All rights of the owner of the work reserved. Copying, public performance and broadcasting of this recording prohibited.
Published 1995 by Cromwell Interactive Limited, 11 Central Chambers, Cooks Alley, Henley Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom CV37 6QN
