Fantasy Quest will run on the Mac Classic, Plus, SE, II or SI with 1Meg of memory. Although the game will work with one disk drive, a hard disk or second disk drive is highly recommended.
Note: With just one disk drive, Fantasy Quest will not be able to utilize the majority of it's digitized sounds.
Making A Backup Disk
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Before doing anything, use standard Finder copying procedures to make a backup copy of all your Fantasy Quest master disks onto fresh double-sided disks. This includes the Fantasy Quest file on your Fant Quest1 disk and the Fant Quest Sounds file on your Fant Quest2 disk. Make sure that the new disks have the same names as the originals: Fant Quest1 and Fant Quest2. If you are unsure how to use the Finder to make your backup copies, consult your Macintosh user's quide. Put your original game disks in a safe place and use your backup copy for game playing.
Starting the Game From the Disk Drive
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After starting up your Macintosh, insert Fant Quest1 in place of your system disk. If you have a second disk drive, put Fant Quest2 into it.
To start the game, double-click on the Fantasy Quest icon. As the game is loaded into memory, you will be required to swap between the Fant Quest1 disk and your system disk. Refer to "Taking too long to start a game" under "Problems" to learn how to start the game quick.
Using a Hard Disk
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By playing Fantasy Quest from a hard drive, you can reduce the time it takes to start a game and avoid the tedious task of swapping disks. Using your disk drive, copy the files on the Fant Quest1 and Fant Quest2 disks onto your hard disk. Ensure that the files have the same names as their originals and that they are in the same folder. Double-click on the Fantasy Quest icon to start the game. Refer to "Taking too long to start a game" under "Problems" to learn how to start the game quick.
How to Play
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At the beginning of a new game, the Welcome screen will appear. From here, you can click on the info button to get valuable help/hints on playing Fantasy Quest, or click on the play button to begin your game. You can also choose to play a fixed or random game scenario by clicking on the appropriate button. For a new game, the default will always be for a fixed game scenario.
At each scene to explore, you will find a scene window which shows where you are and a text window which describes what is currently happening. The black scroll bar at the right of the text window can be used to scroll the text up or down. To explore the world of Fantasy Quest, use the various menu options, type commands in the text window and click on items in the scene window to examine, operate or pickup objects.
If you like this game, please send in the $10.00 shareware fee to show your appreciation. You will then be sent the final map you need to complete your quest. Thanks.
Help/Hints
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Fantasy Quest is very picky about the names of objects. For instance, if you have an ice diamond and you want to offer it to someone, type the command offer ice diamond. Typing offer diamond may not work.
If you can't figure out how to get through a particular scene, use the HELP option on the Commands menu. Perhaps it will give you a hint or suggest a command which you haven't tried.
If you still can't solve the game and you feel like pulling your hair out or commiting seppuku, wait! Don't despair. For a minimal fee, you can purchase a hint booklet which can guide even the most incompet . . . I mean inexperienced adventurer through the many challenges in Fantasy Quest. Send you name, address and a Canadian money order for $5.00 to:
Tom Stone Note: Only registered shareware owners
760 Cambridge Cres. will be entitled to the hint booklet.
Kamloops, British Columbia (those who have paid the $10.00
Canada V2B 5B6 shareware fee for the game).
Problems
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• Strange scrolling of text in the text game window
Ensure that you are using current versions of your System and Finder files. The above problem only occurred while using System (version 4.2) and Finder (version 6.0).
• No sound for the majority of the game
Without a hard drive or two disk drives, you can't take full advantage of Fantasy Quest's great digitized sounds. For example, you won't be able to hear the rich echoing sound of the dragon gong when you use your mallet at the Dragon Alter. Nor will you hear the cemetery gate swing slowly open on rusty hinges. If you are using the sound file but you still can't hear these sounds (not to metion many more), check the following:
- Ensure that the sound file is called Fant Quest Sounds.
- If you have your sound disk in your second disk drive, make sure the sound disk is called Fant Quest2.
- If you are playing the game on your hard drive, check that Fantasy Quest and Fant Quest Sounds reside in the same folder.
• Taking too long to start a game
You will probably notice that it takes quite some time to start a new Fantasy Quest game (perhaps 3 minutes on your hard disk and over 5 minutes from a disk drive). One way to significantly reduce this time (to less then 20 seconds) is explained below:
- After waiting for Fantasy Quest to load, save the game at the Welcome screen. Perhaps call your saved game Welcome. If you are using only one disk drive, the saved game must be on the same disk as the Fantasy Quest file. Because of the size of the game, you can only save one game on the same disk as Fantasy Quest.
- The next time you wish to start a new game, perform the following:
- Click once on the icon of the saved game you wish to start.
- Now hold down the shift key and click once on the Fantasy Quest icon. At this point, both icon's should be highlighted.
- Finally, double-click on the Fantasy Quest icon.
Note: The above technique will work for starting any saved game.
Make sure that if you start a game with your Welcome file and you wish to save your game's progress, use the Save As... command in the File menu to save your game under a different name. Otherwise, your Welcome file will be overwritten by your game in progress.
• The game you selected is not from this world. Please start a new game.
If the above message appears while trying to start an old game by double-clicking on its icon, try starting the game the following way:
- Click once on the the saved game's icon.
- Now hold down on the shift key and click once on the Fantasy Quest icon. At this point, both icon's should be highlighted.
- Finally, double-click on the Fantasy Quest icon
If the game still will not start, perhaps this saved game belongs to a different game application (a different World Builder game).
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