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EARTH 2140 (TM) DEMO README.TXT
August 5, 1997
============
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
===================
Earth 2140 requires the following minimum system configuration:
- Pentium 100
- 16 megabytes RAM
- Mouse
- 36 megabytes free hard disk space (48 megs free hard disk
space for demo with intro movie).
- Supports VGA and SVGA video cards.
- Sound Blaster compatible sound card.
- DOS 6.22 or Windows 95
- Double speed CD-ROM
INSTALLATION:
=============
*******************************************************
YOU MUST HAVE PKUNZIP INSTALLED TO INSTALL EARTH 2140!!
*******************************************************
FOR DOS
1. Make a new directory on your hard-drive called "2140DEMO"
(MD C:\2140DEMO)
2. Copy the EARTH.ZIP file you downloaded into that directory.
(COPY EARTH.ZIP C:\2140DEMO)
3. Change into the 2140DEMO directory.
(CD C:\2140DEMO)
4. Unzip the EARTH.ZIP file with the -d option.
(PKUNZIP -d EARTH.ZIP)
FOR WIN95
1. Make a new folder called Earth2140 Demo.
2. Right-click on the "EARTH.ZIP" file and drag it into the new folder.
3. Release the right mouse button and choose "Extract to folderxxxxxxxx"
GAME CONTROLS
=============
Mouse: Left Button- This button is primarily used to select a
soldier/vehicle or group of soldiers/ vehicles by clicking
and dragging over them, and attacking the enemy with
selected objects. To attack, move the cursor over an enemy
object. The cursor will change from green to red crosshairs.
Click on the enemy and all of your selected soldiers/vehicles
will attack.This button is also used to initiate building of
bases, mines, research centers, ect.
Right Button- This button is used to deselect selected soldiers/vehicles,
and to call up a status/command menu. To call up the menu,
click on a soldier/vehicle.
Function Keys: F1- Screen Shot
F2- Save Game Menu
F3- Load Game Menu
Ctrl+1,2,3 or 4 - You can create groups of soldiers/vehicles by pressing the Control
Ctrl+5,6,7 or 8 - key and any number between 1 and 8. To select one of these units after
you have created it, simply press the corresponding number. Example- group
three is a regiment of tanks. You already selected them all and pressed Ctrl+3
to group them, so now to select them, just press the 3 key. You can have up
to eight different groups total.
P- pause R- reinforcements Z- select all troops
and vehicles at once
Up Arrow- Scroll up Right Arrow- Scroll right
Down Arrow- Scroll down Left Arrow- Scroll left
======================================================================
Interplay Customer Service
Telephone: (714) 553-6678
During normal business hours only.
Fax: (714) 252-2820
Attn: Customer Service
Internet E-Mail: support@interplay.com
World Wide Web: http://www.interplay.com
BBS: Telnet to bbs.interplay.com
BBS Modem Phone Number: (714) 252-2822
America Online: E-mail IPTECH
Compuserve: GO GAMBPUB or E-mail 76702,1342
Prodigy: E-mail PLAY99B
FTP Site: ftp.interplay.com
Mail: Interplay Customer Service
16815 Von Karman
Irvine, CA 92606
For Customer Service within the UK and Europe:
----------------------------------------------
Write to: Customer Support
Interplay Productions, Ltd.
Harleyford Manor
Harleyford
Henley Road
Marlow
Buckinghamshire
SL7 2DX
ENGLAND
tel: +44 (0) 1628 423723
Fax: +44 (0) 1628 487752
Email: Europe@interplay.com
Limited Warranty
----------------
If within the first ninety days of purchase you have any problems with
the product please return it to the retailer.
After ninety (90) days , you may return the software program to
Interplay Productions, provided the fault is not due to normal wear
and tear and Interplay will mail a replacement to you.
To receive a replacement you should enclose the defective medium
(including the original product label) in protective packaging
accompanied by:
1) A cheque or postal order for ú10 sterling (to cover postage and
packaging).
2) A brief statement describing the defect.
3) The original receipt or address of the retailer
4) Your return address
Registered mail is recommended for returns.
Please send to:
Warranty Replacements, Interplay Productions Ltd., Harleyford Manor,
Harleyford, Henley Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 2DX, ENGLAND
SOFTWARE USE LIMITATIONS AND LIMITED LICENSE
This special 2-level preview version of Earth 2140 is intended solely for your personal
noncommercial home entertainment use. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Software, except
is permitted by law. Interplay Productions [and Topware] retain[s] all rights and title in the Software including all intellectual
property rights embodied therein and derivatives thereof. You are granted a revocable, nonassignable limited license to
create derivative works of this Software solely for your own personal noncommercial home entertainment use and may
publicly display such derivative works to the extent specifically authorized by Interplay in writing. A copy of this
authorization, if any, will be provided on Interplay's World Wide Web site, located at http://www.interplay.com, or by
contacting the legal department Interplay Productions in the US at +(714) 553-6655. The Software, including, without
limitation, all code, data structures, characters, images, sounds, text, screens, game play, derivative works and all other
elements of the Software may not be copied (except as provided below), resold, rented, leased, distributed (electronically
or otherwise), used on pay-per-play, coin-op or other for-charge basis, or for any commercial purpose. You may make
copies of the Software for your personal noncommercial home entertainment use and to give to friends and
acquaintances on a no cost noncommercial basis. This limited right to copy the Software expressly excludes any copying
or distribution of the Software on a commercial basis, including, without limitation, bundling the product with any other
product or service and any give away of the Software in connection with another product or service. Any permissions
granted herein are provided on a temporary basis and can be withdrawn by Interplay Productions at any time. All rights
not expressly granted are reserved.
Modem and Network Play. If the Software contains modem or network play, you may play the Software via modem
transmission with another person or persons directly without transmission through a third party service or indirectly
through a third party service only if such service is an authorized licensee of Interplay. For the purposes of this license, a
third party service refers to any third party service which provides a connection between two or more users of the
Software, manages, organizes, or facilitates game play, translates protocols, or otherwise provides a service which
commercially exploits the Software, but does not include a third party service which merely provides a telephonic
connection (and nothing more) for modem or network play. Authorized licensee services are listed on the Interplay
Productions World Wide Web Site located at http://www.interplay.com. This limited right to transmit the Software
expressly excludes any transmission of the Software or any data streams thereof on a commercial basis, including,
without limitation, transmitting the Software by way of a commercial service (excepting those specific commercial
services licensed by Interplay) which translates the protocols or manages or organizes game play sessions. If you would
like information about obtaining a pay-for-play or commercial license to the Software, please Interplay Productions in the
US at +(714) 553-6655. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to prevent you from downloading the Software from
Interplayφs Web site or from commercial service providers authorized by Interplay to provide the Software to you.
Acceptance of License Terms.
By acquiring and retaining this Software, you assent to the terms and restrictions of
this limited license. If you do not accept the terms of this limited license, you must
return the Software together with all packaging, manuals and other material contained
therein to the store where you acquired the Software for a full refund.
Earth 2140 (C) 1997, TOPWARE AND INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS. All
rights reserved.