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MOVIES TO GO! Version 2.0 Your Ticket to Finding the Best Movies Copyright 1993 All rights reserved ImagiSOFT, Inc. P.O. Box 13208 Albuquerque, New Mexico USA 87192-3208 CompuServe 70632,1177 Prodigy FSWM11A (800) 767-1978 USA / Canada Toll Free (505) 275-1920 New Mexico / International (505) 275-9697 BBS / FAX "Academy Awards" and "Oscar" are registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "G", "PG", "PG-13", "R", and "NC-17" are registered trademarks and service marks of the Motion Picture Association of America. We have made every effort to make this software as powerful, flexible, accurate, inexpensive, and as easy to use as possible. However, we know it is not perfect even though we have spent thousands of hours writing this software, collecting the data, and writing the reviews. If you find inaccuracies or have any suggestions, please write us at one of the above addresses. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 WHY MOVIES TO GO! IS UNIQUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 THE MAIN MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 THE NOW SHOWING SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 QUICK START . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 THE SEARCH FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 THE CATEGORY SEARCH MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 MULTIPLE CATEGORY SEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 REVIEW SEARCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 CAST SEARCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 DIRECTOR SEARCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 YEAR SEARCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 MPAA RATING SEARCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 KEY WORD SEARCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 PERSONAL NOTE SEARCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 COMBINING SEARCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 HOW TO PRINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 UPDATING MOVIES TO GO! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 CRITERIA FOR NEW MOVIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 SUBMIT YOUR OWN REVIEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 HOW TO INSTALL MOVIES TO GO! . . . . . . . . . . . 26 TROUBLE SHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 FILE LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 SOURCES OF INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 LICENSE AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 INDEX 35 INTRODUCTION 3 _________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION You probably have had the frustrating experience of spending an hour or so browsing the titles in your favorite video store only to end up with a movie you didn't like anyway. Out of more than 50,000 movies which have been made in this century, how do you find the right movie? The purpose of MOVIES TO GO! is to help you discover movies that suit your personal taste so that you will spend more time watching enjoyable movies instead of wandering the isles of your video store. This booklet will explain how you can use the powerful search features of MOVIES TO GO! to find and catalog the movies you want to watch. After a few minutes you will be a master at finding movies: - starring your favorite actors / actresses - directed by the most talented directors - in categories such as comedy, romance, drama, etc. - assigned a certain MPAA rating - without offensive language or scenes - which won Academy Awards - in a special category, such as "Disney Movies" - which are in your personal video library - and more! WHY MOVIES TO GO! IS UNIQUE MOVIES TO GO! is different from most other movie books and software in the following ways: 1. The reviews are not written by movie critics but by ordi- nary people who love movies. 2. Most of the movies listed in MOVIES TO GO! are enjoyable to watch. We didn't want to clutter MOVIES TO GO! (or your hard drive) with poor or impossible to find films. 3. Most books and software give only a brief description of the movie and list only the director, principal actors, MPAA rating, and the length of the film. MOVIES TO GO! goes further by listing up to three categories, the set- ting, the main characters, several special categories, possible objectionable content, the authors, the music credits, and a detailed review. 4. MOVIES TO GO! has a stunning, fun-filled, easy to use, graphics interface with animated icons and sounds! Nothing is this fast or easy to use. 5. MOVIES TO GO! lets you attach personal notes to each movie so you can make a list of all the movies you want to rent, _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 4 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ those in your personal collection, or those you have loaned to friends. See page 20 for details. 6. The data in MOVIES TO GO! is in a compiled, hyper-text format. This reduces the size of the data to about one third the size it would be in a conventional database. Hyper-text also makes the searches about ten times faster. The disadvantage of hyper-text is that you can't add your own movies to MOVIES TO GO, but you can submit your own reviews on movies which are not in the database. See page 25 for details. 7. The data in MOVIES TO GO! is updated each month. You can order updates on floppy disks by mail or you can download updates directly from our BBS. See page 23 for details. THE MAIN MENU After the opening screens, you will see a large TV screen containing an alphabetical list of movies starting with the movie "10." This is the MAIN MENU. On the upper right hand corner of the TV screen is a digital display showing the number of movies contained in this menu (it will be a number greater than 5,000). You can browse this list by pressing the the PgUp, PgDn, and up and down arrow keys. To display the information about a particular movie just type the first few letters of the title you have in mind. For example, to see what's stored on the movie RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, type "raide" and the movie with the closest matching title (in this case, the movie, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK) will be highlighted on your screen. Press the ENTER Key to see the information MOVIES TO GO! has stored about this movie. The bottom of the screen reveals that four function keys are also active on this screen: F1 Help Help is available everywhere in MOVIES TO GO! by pressing the F1 key. F2 Search The search function is perhaps the most powerful feature of MOVIES TO GO! Starting with page 7, several sections are devoted to helping you learn how to use these powerful searches to display a list of movies that you want to investigate. F3 Print Press this key to print all the movies which have been "marked" for printing with the F7 key. See page 22 for details about the printing options. _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) THE MAIN MENU 5 _________________________________________________________________ F7 Mark Press F7 to "mark" a movie for printing. When a movie is "marked", a check mark will appear at the right of the movie title. Note: After a search is completed, all movies which meet the search criteria are displayed on the "TV" Screen and "marked" for printing. Use the F7 key to "unmark" movies that you don't want to print. F10 Quit You can quit the software at any time by pressing the F10 key. THE NOW SHOWING SCREEN A movie poster surrounded by flashing lights appears on your screen after you press the ENTER Key on the highlighted movie title from the MAIN MENU. The categories, MPAA rating, length, and critical review are displayed graphically as icons, and the director, cast members, setting, author, music, and special categories are written on your screen. If you have a mouse you can search for one category, actor, or word simply by clicking on the word or icon. Several function keys are active on this screen: F1 Help Help is available through out the MOVIES TO GO! software by pressing the F1 key. F4 Review Press the F4 key to reveal additional information about the movie displayed on the Now Showing Screen. There is at least a one line review on all movies, and about one third of the movies have a review written by one or more of the reviewers listed on page 32. F6 Note The ability to add personal notes was the feature that people requested most often in version 1.0. After you press the F6 key the Notepad Icon will appear so you can attach a 20 character personal note to the movie displayed on the Now Showing Screen. There are dozens of uses for this field; some suggestions: "Want To See", "Rent This!", "MJP", "Kids Want To See", "Tape Number XXXX", "Steve Borrowed It", "Buy This", "Laser Disk", etc. For information on how to search for movies which have your personal notes see page 20. Cancel The ENTER or ESC key closes the Now Showing Screen and returns you to the "TV" Screen. Arrows The Up Arrow key will display the Now Showing Screen of the previous movie listed on the "TV" _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 6 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ Screen. The Down Arrow will display the next one in the list. F10 Quit You can quit the software at any time by pressing the F10 key. QUICK START Most people find using MOVIES TO GO! intuitive and easy to use, so they only browse through this manual. If you are one of these people, try the following example and you will learn the most essential features of the MOVIES TO GO! software: You've had a long day at work and feel like watching a good, romantic comedy. You've seen all the "new releases" your local video store is pushing, and want something fresh. Your teenage daughter will be watching the movie with you, and you don't want to be embarrassed by explicit language or sex scenes. In other words, you want a good, clean, romantic comedy. MOVIES TO GO! is perfect for this assignment: 1. At the Main Menu ("TV" Screen) press the F2 Search key from the keyboard or with your mouse. 2. At the Search Menu ("Ticket" Screen) do a Category Search using these steps: a) Press ENTER on the Category Icon, or double click it with your mouse. b) Arrow over to "Comedy" and press the F7 Mark key. A large red check mark will cover the comedy icon. c) Arrow down to "Romance" and press the F7 Mark key. Now both the "Comedy" and "Romance" categories will now be "marked" with a red check mark. d) Press ENTER (or OK with your mouse) to return to the "Ticket" Screen. The red check mark now covers the Category Icon, signifying that the computer is ready to do a category search. 3. Add a Review Search from the "Ticket" Screen as follows: a) Arrow over to the Review Icon and press ENTER, or double click the icon with your mouse. b) At the "Thumbs Up" Screen you will notice that the default selection is "Good". Press ENTER (or OK with your mouse) to return back to the "Ticket" Screen. Now there is a red check mark on both the Category Icon and the Review Icon. 4. Now add a Year Search: a) Arrow over to the Year Icon and press ENTER. _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) QUICK START 7 _________________________________________________________________ b) Enter 00 in the "From Year" field, and press either the TAB key or the Down Arrow Key to move the cursor to the next field. c) Enter 90 in the "To Year" field and press ENTER. This will return you to the "Ticket" Screen again, and you will see three icons covered by the red check mark. 5. Your last search is a Key Word Search: a) Enter the phrase "Nothing Offensive". b) Press the ENTER key, which returns you to the "Ticket" Screen now showing four icons covered by the red check mark. 6. Now that you entered all your search criteria, press the F5 FIND IT! key. A green bar will appear on the screen for a few seconds, and after the computer is done search- ing, the "TV" Screen will appear with your list of movies (at this writing there were 78). 7. Notice that each movie has a small check mark next to the title. This means that it is "marked" for printing. Browse through this movie list and press the F7 Mark Key to "unmark" the ones you have seen or don't appeal to you. 8. When you are satisfied with your marked list, press the F3 Print key. The "50 Per Page" option is the default, so press ENTER to print your list. 9. You now have a printed list of good, clean, romantic comedies which were released in 1990 or earlier. Take this list to your video store. Don't wander the isles-- go directly to the front counter and see which movies on your list are in stock. As you can see, the purpose of MOVIES TO GO! is to put a map in your hands of movies you want to watch before you walk into the video store. Not only will you stop wasting your time wandering the aisles of your video store, but you will get more out of your video dollar because you will rent a higher percentage of movies that you like. THE SEARCH FUNCTION The power of MOVIES TO GO! lies in its ability to help you discover enjoyable movies that you have never heard of or may have forgotten about. This is what the search function is all about. Press the F2 key to display a menu of the following types of searches: Category Cast Year Review Director Rating _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 8 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ Key Word Your Notes Comedies will list such movies as LETHAL WEAPON. Romantic Comedies are another popular choice. For details, e¬O%A ready to print. See page 22 for details. THE CATEGORY SEARCH MENU After you press the F2 key from the Main Menu, the Search Menu Screen (often called the "Ticket" Screen) will appear. The Category Search icon looks like a file cabinet and is the menu option in the upper left hand corner of the "Ticket" Screen. To do a category search, press the ENTER key when the Category Icon is highlighted. The colorful Category Menu Screen will appear with icons representing the 25 categories you can choose from: Action Documentary Intrigue Adventure Drama Musical Animated Family Mystery Biography Fantasy Romance Children Fitness Sci-Fi Comedy Foreign Sports Classics Historical Suspense Crime Horror War Western Action movies usually have battles, fight scenes, drug dealers, criminals, guns, karate, fast cars, explosions, chase scenes, and other "exciting" themes. Adventure movies have pirates, heroes, jungles, wild animals, exploring, mountains, space ships, or other larger than life experiences. Animated movies are composed primarily of cartoon characters. Biography has been a popular movie theme from the very beginning. These are stories (not necessarily based on fact) about people, and the events and ideas which shaped their lives. Children means that the movie was aimed primarily at children, not adults. A good example is TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II. This is different than a "Family" movie in that family movies have something to interest mom and dad too. Comedy is a movie which shows the lighter side of life. This is a broad category and will comprise about one fourth of all movies in MOVIES TO GO! Searching for comedies should generally be combined with another category too. For example, searching for Action _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) THE CATEGORY SEARCH MENU 9 _________________________________________________________________ Comedies will list such movies as LETHAL WEAPON. Romantic Comedies are another popular choice. For details, see the "Multiple Category Search" section on page 10. Crime has to do with illegal activities such as bank robberies, murder investigations, etc. Documentary movies are based on fact, and are written primarily to provide information about an event, person, or place. Drama shows the serious side of life. As with the comedy category, "Drama" covers more than one third of the movies in MOVIES TO GO! Searching for dramas should usually be combined with a search in another category. For details, see the "Multiple Category Search" section on page 10. Family movies are good, clean, movies that will interest both adults and children. Walt Disney was a master at producing family movies. Fantasy usually has dragons, mythology, sorcery, ghosts, time travel, and other mythological themes. Fitness is usually videos aimed at helping you get yourself in shape. Foreign is a movie made outside the United States, in a language other than English, or is subtitled or dubbed. Historical movies are based on an historical event. However, most historical movies are better at entertaining audiences than they are at depicting an accurate representation of what actually happened. Horror movies have monsters, werewolves, vampires, and other scary creatures. In the last 20 years or so, "horror" has come to mean ax murderers, slashers, rapists and psychopaths who fill the screen with violence and gore. We have purposely omitted many of these low-budget, "violence for violence sake" horror films, and will attempt to warn you about those we do include in this genre. Intrigue is spy movies, and other cloak-and-dagger themes. You will find all the James Bond films listed in the intrigue category. Musical is both "musicals", such as THE SOUND OF MUSIC and movies which revolve around music such as AMADEUS. Most of Elvis Presley's movies are listed under the _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 10 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ category "musical" but they aren't "musicals" in the traditional sense of the word. Mystery movies usually have a detective trying to piece together the parts of a complex puzzle. Romance is a movie where two people fall in love and try to build a relationship. Sci-Fi Science fiction movies are usually set in outer space, have aliens, ray guns, flying saucers, and are filled with other imaginative ideas, creatures, events, and themes. Sports movies are centered around basketball, baseball, boxing, hockey, etc. Suspense movies keep the audience biting their fingernails in anticipation of what is about to happen next. Most of Alfred Hitchcock's movies are in the suspense category. War movies were popular after World War II, but we categorize any movie which has armed conflict as a central theme as a "war" movie. That was the rationale for the war classification for ROBIN HOOD -- PRINCE OF THIEVES. Western movies usually take place in North America during the late 1800s, but some westerns which take place in Australia are also classified as "westerns." QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER and MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER are two examples. MULTIPLE CATEGORY SEARCH You can use MOVIES TO GO! to search for movies that are listed in up to three different categories. To assume, for example, that all "Westerns" are identical is absurd. The highly dramatic western HIGH NOON is more like the science fiction movie OUTLAND than it is Mel Brook's western comedy BLAZING SADDLES. For this reason you will generally want to search for movies categorized in multiple categories such as, "Action-Comedy", "Romance- Comedy", "Drama-Comedy", "Western-Comedy", instead of just "Comedy". For example, to search for movies assigned to both the Drama and Western categories, do the following: 1. Press the F2 Search key, which will display the "Ticket" Screen. _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) MULTIPLE CATEGORY SEARCH 11 _________________________________________________________________ 2. Select the "Category" menu option, then press ENTER. 3. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Drama Icon, then press the F7 Mark key to "Mark" that category. A red check mark will cover that icon. 4. Arrow to the Western Icon, then press the F7 key to mark that category too. Another red check will appear. 5. Press the ENTER key or press the OK Key with your mouse. This will return you to the "Ticket" Screen and the Category Icon will be checked. 6. The last step is to press the F5 Find It! key. A green bar will appear on the screen, and when the search is finished, the "TV" Screen will appear with a list of all dramatic westerns. This option gives you a way to search by more than 13,000 differ- ent category combinations. Try it! REVIEW SEARCHES MOVIES TO GO! assigns each movie into one of three classes: Good Average Poor You will find primarily "Good" and "Average" movies in MOVIES TO GO! Movies in the Top 10 in box office gross for each year are always determined to be "Good", as are those nominated for Best Picture by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Other pictures, such as CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (which was #47 in box office gross in 1986 at only $8.7 million) are listed as "Good" because the reviewer liked it very much. As you can see, Review Searches are wholly subjective. Keep that in mind when you see a movie reviewed as "Good", "Average", or "Poor" and you thoroughly disagree. Remember, you are the final judge of what a "good" movie is. Here's how to do a Review Search: 1. Press the F2 Search key 2. Select "Review" from the search menu 3. Use the arrow keys or your mouse to select "Good", "Average" or "Poor", then press ENTER 4. Press the F5 FIND IT! key. _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 12 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ After the search is completed the "TV" Screen will appear with your list of movies. CAST SEARCHES It's lots of fun to search for movies which have your favorite star. A survey published in the July 17, 1992 issue of "Enter- tainment Weekly" ranked America's favorite actors and actresses as follows: Actor Actress ----- ------- 1) Mel Gibson 1) Julia Roberts 2) Kevin Costner 2) Goldie Hawn 3) Tom Cruise 3) Michelle Pfeiffer 4) Michael Douglas 4) Meryl Streep 5) Harrison Ford 5) Whoopi Goldberg 6) Clint Eastwood 6) Kim Basinger 7) Burt Reynolds 7) Sharon Stone 8) Steven Seagal Arnold Schwarzenegger is reportedly the most popular actor worldwide. Humphrey Bogart is regarded by most critics to be the most powerful actor ever born. A partial list of other legendary or highly acclaimed stars you may want to search for include: Andrews, Julie Flynn, Errol Astaire, Fred Fonda, Henry Bacall, Lauren Fonda, Jane Beatty, Warren Ford, Glenn Bergman, Ingrid Foster, Jodie Bogart, Humphrey Gable, Clark Brando, Marlon Garbo, Gretta Bridges, Jeff Garland, Judy Burton, Richard Grant, Cary Cagney, James Hackman, Gene Chaplin, Charlie Hanks, Tom Colbert, Claudette Hepburn, Audrey Connery, Sean Hepburn, Katharine Cooper, Gary Heston, Charlton Crawford, Joan Hoffman, Dustin Crosby, Bing Holden, William Dafoe, Willem Hope, Bob Davis, Bette Hopkins, Anthony Day-Lewis, Daniel Hurt, William de Havilland, Olivia Kaye, Danny De Niro, Robert Keaton, Michael Dean, James Kelly, Gene Dietrich, Marlene Kelly, Grace Douglas, Kirk Ladd, Alan Dreyfuss, Richard Lancaster, Burt Dunaway, Faye Laughton, Charles _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) CAST SEARCHES 13 _________________________________________________________________ Lemmon, Jack Powell, William Loren, Sophia Raft, George MacMurray, Fred Redford, Robert March, Fredric Robinson, Edward G. Marvin, Lee Ross, Katharine Marx, Groucho Scott, George C. Milland, Ray Stewart, James Monroe, Marilyn Taylor, Elizabeth Moore, Demi Temple, Shirley Newman, Paul Tracy, Spencer Nicholson, Jack Turner, Kathleen O'Hara, Maureen Valentino, Rudolph Olivier, Laurence Wayne, John Peck, Gregory Young, Loretta Here's an example of how to search for all movies which star MEL GIBSON: 1. Press the F2 Search key. 2. Select "Cast" from the search menu. 3. Type the first few letters of the actor's last name, GIBS. 4. Arrow down two times until you find Mel Gibson's name, then press ENTER. 5. Press the F5 FIND IT! key. A green bar will appear on the screen which shows the status of the search, and after it is finished, the TV screen will appear with a menu containing all the Mel Gibson movies (there were 20 at this writing). You can also find actors or actresses who were in the same movies together. For example, to find all the movies in which Paul Newman and Robert Redford were in together, do the following: 1. Press the F2 Search key. 2. Select "Cast" from the search menu. 3. Type the first few letters of Paul Newman's name, NEWM. 4. Arrow down until Paul Newman's name is highlighted, then press the F7 Mark key. 5. Type the first few letters of the 2nd actor's last name, REDF (for Robert Redford). 6. Arrow down until you find the name you want, then press the F7 Mark key. 7. Press ENTER. _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 14 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ 8. Press the F5 FIND IT! key. Two movies, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID and THE STING will appear on the TV screen menu. DIRECTOR SEARCHES The director's job is to make sure that all the parts of a movie come together in a way which will best tell the story. The director is a big part of any great movie. Some of the best directors include: Allen, Woody Lean, David Benton, Robert Levinson, Barry Bertolucci, Bernardo Mankiewicz, Joseph L. Capra, Frank Pollack, Sydney Coppola, Francis Ford Redford, Robert Cukor, George Scott, Ridley Curtiz, Michael Spielberg, Steven Demme, Jonathan Stevens, George Donner, Richard Stone, Oliver Ford, John Sturges, John Forman, Milos Wier, Peter Hill, George Roy Wilder, Billy Hitchcock, Alfred Wise, Robert Huston, John Wyler, William Kazan, Elia Zinnemann, Fred Search for the movies by these directors and you will find some very fine films. Here's how you would search for all movies which were directed by Michael Curtiz: 1. Press the F2 Search key. 2. Select "Director" from the search menu. 3. Type the first few letters of the director's last name, CURT. 4. Arrow down until you find the name Curtiz, Michael, then press ENTER. 5. Press the F5 FIND IT! key. A list of 27 movies will will appear on your screen, including some of hollywood's best: ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, THE CASABLANCA CAPTAIN BLOOD LIFE WITH FATHER MILDRED PIERCE PASSAGE TO MARSEILLES _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) DIRECTOR SEARCHES 15 _________________________________________________________________ PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX SANTA FE TRAIL WE'RE NO ANGELS YEAR SEARCHES Do you like old movies, or would you rather watch more recent movies? The year search feature will help you narrow your movie list even further. For example, here's how you search for all movies which were released in 1980 or later: 1. Press the F2 Search key. 2. Select "Year" from the search menu. 3. Type 80 in the "From Year" field, then press ENTER. 4. Leave the "To Year" field blank by pressing ENTER. 5. Press the F5 FIND IT! key. To search for a single year, type that year in both the "From Year" and "To Year" fields. For example, to search for all the movies made in 1939, enter 39 both in the "From Year" field and the "To Year" field. To search for all the movies in a range of years, ENTER those years in the "From Year" and "To Year" fields. For example, to list all the movies made in the 1960s, enter 60 in the "From Year" field and 69 in the "To Year" field. MPAA RATING SEARCHES The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has issued ratings to most movies released after 1968 which will give you an idea of a movie's possible objectionable material. These ratings are: G "General Audiences. All ages admitted." PG "Parental Guidance Suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. PG-13 "Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13." R "Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian." NC-17 "No children under 17 admitted." _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 16 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ Note: MPAA ratings have undergone slight changes over the years. Movies previously rated "GP", we have listed as "PG"; movies previously rated "M" are listed as "PG-13"; movies previously rated "X" are listed as "NC-17". Some older movies that are rated "PG" but were made prior to the "PG-13" rating would likely be rated "PG-13" if they were released today. 1970's M*A*S*H and LITTLE BIG MAN are two examples where the violence, nudity, drug use, or adult situations in these films would probably warrant a PG-13 rating today. On the other hand, many movies made during the same period which received the R rating would receive a PG-13 rating today. Here's how you would search for movies which have been designated with the "NC-17" MPAA rating: 1. Press the F2 Search key; the "Ticket" Screen will appear. 2. Arrow over to the MPAA Rating Icon and press ENTER, or double click the icon with your mouse. The "Popcorn" Screen will appear. 3. Arrow over to the NC-17 Rating Icon and press ENTER. The "Ticket" Screen will reappear and the MPAA Rating Icon will be covered by a red check mark. 4. The last step is to press the F5 FIND IT! key. A green status bar will appear on the screen, and when the search is completed, the "TV" Screen will appear with a list of the all NC-17 movies in MOVIES TO GO!. At this writing there only 15. Some of these actually have no MPAA rating, but we listed them as NC-17 to help advise you of their explicit sexual content or extreme violence. One way to help weed out movies which contain objectionable material, is to do a multiple search for "G", "PG" and "Not Rated" movies: 1. Press the F2 Search key; the "Ticket" Screen will appear. 2. Arrow over to the MPAA Rating Icon and press ENTER, or double click the icon with your mouse. The "Popcorn" Screen will appear. 3. Press the F7 Mark Key. A red check mark will cover the Not Rated Icon. 4. Arrow over to the G Rating Icon and press F7 Mark key. A red check mark will cover the G Rating Icon. 5. Arrow over to the PG Rating Icon and press F7 Mark key. A red check mark will cover the PG Rating Icon. _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) MPAA RATING SEARCHES 17 _________________________________________________________________ 6. After you have "marked" the Not Rated, G, and PG icons, press ENTER. The "Ticket" Screen will reappear and the MPAA Rating Icon will be covered by a red check mark. 7. Finally, press the F5 FIND IT! key. A green status bar will appear on the screen, and when the search is completed, the "TV" Screen will appear with a list of the Not Rated, G, and PG Rated movies. At this writing 3,813 movies were found by doing this search. NOTE: Be cautious of movies issued after 1980 which fall into the "Not Rated" category. Some films, such as ANGEL HEART, 9 1/2 WEEKS, and WARRIOR QUEEN have unrated, more explicit versions in video which go beyond their original "R" rating. Foreign films with no rating also often contain explicit material. We will try to alert you to the objectionable content in these films in the "Contains" section on the Now Showing Screen. KEY WORD SEARCHES Key word searches are perhaps the most fun to do of all! You can search for literally ANYTHING using the Key Word Search. We have tried to make it easier for you to find movies of particular interest by adding the "Special Categories" section. You can also search for your favorite reviewer, author, musician, the Top 10 grossing films, or the town in which you live. For example, how many movies were written by or based on a novel by Stephen King? 1. Press the F2 Search key, which will display the "Ticket" Screen. 2. Arrow over to the Key Word Icon and press ENTER, or double click the icon with your mouse. The "Candy Bar" screen will appear. 3. Type in the words "Stephen King", then press ENTER. The "Ticket" Screen will reappear and the Key Word Icon will be covered by a red check mark. 4. Lastly, press the F5 FIND IT! key. The green search status bar will be displayed while the computer searches, and when it is finished, the "TV" Screen will appear. At this writing 22 movies will be found by doing this search. Here is a list of suggestions for the Key Word Search. The most useful key word searches are listed in bold print: Abraham Lincoln Al Capone Academy Awards Albuquerque Adultery Alcoholism Africa Aliens _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 18 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ Ancient Rome English Movies Animal Movies Evolution Anti-war Movies Fairy Tales Assassination Family Relationships Autobiographies Famous Battles Ballet Firefighters Bank Robberies Fires Baseball Football Battle of the Sexes Freedom Bernie Koppenhoffer French Films Best Actor Friendship Best Actress Gambling Best Picture Gangs Bible Movies Gangster Movies Big Business George Washington Black Comedies Ghosts Bounty Hunters Gold Box Office Gross Good vs. Evil Boxing Government Brainwashing Great Warriors British Films Guilt Broadway Gunrunners Buddy Movies Haunted Houses California Heroes Castles High School Catholicism Highly Recommended Chase Movies Hippies Chicago Hitler China Hollywood Chinese Hostages Christianity Humanitarians Christmas Movies Immigrants Circus Movies Israel Civil War Italian Movies Clive Cussler James Ingram College Days Japan Communism Japanese Movies Computers Jesus Christ Cop Movies Jews Corruption Joe Cocker Courage Judy Prestwich Courtroom Dramas Karate Movies Creature Movies Kathy Fricke Curt Freeman Kevin Kartchner Dan Margules Kidnapping Dance Movies Knights David D. Walls Korean War Detective Movies Kristen Kartchner Disaster Movies Lawyers Discrimination Legends Disney Movies Life After Death Dog Movies London, England Drug Abuse Los Angeles Elephants Love Stories _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) KEY WORD SEARCHES 19 _________________________________________________________________ Mac McCoy Rich vs. Poor Mad Scientists Robin Hood Manipulation Rock 'n' Roll McCarthyism Roman Movies Melodramas Royalty Midlife Crisis San Francisco Mike Prestwich Satires Monster Movies School Days Moral Courage Screwball Comedies Motorcycles Seduction Movie Making Serial Killers Murder Mysteries Shakespeare Murderers Sheriffs National Lampoon Ships Native Americans Skating Nature Skiing New Jersey Slapstick Comedy New York City Slavery Newspaper Movies Soap Operas Nominations Song & Dance Movies Nothing Offensive Spider Movies Number 1 Spoofs Number 2 Spousal Abuse Number 3 Spy Movies Number 4 Stephen King Number 5 Success Stories Number 6 Superhero Movies Number 7 Surfing Number 8 Swashbucklers Number 9 Swords Number 10 Tearjerkers Organized Crime Teen Pregnancy Outer Space Teenage Movies Pamela Prestwich Teenagers Paris, France Television Pirates Temptation Political Satire The Cold War Politics The Depression Prison Camps The Holocaust Prison Movies The Press Prisoners of War The Sea Propaganda Films The Sixties Psychopaths The Stage Psychotic Killers The Supernatural Quakers Tom Kelsey Race Cars Thrillers Racism Time Travel Recommended Titanic Rehabilitation Tolerance Reincarnation Tom Clancy Relationships Top 5 Religious Movies Top 10 Remakes Topless Revenge Movies Tragedies _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 20 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ Trivia Walt Disney Truck Drivers Weddings True Love Werewolves True Stories Whiskey UFOs Witchcraft Vampires Women's Rights Veterans World War I Vietnam War World War II Vigilante Justice World War III Vikings PERSONAL NOTE SEARCHES You can attach your own, 20 character, personal note to any movie by pressing the F6 key on the The Now Showing Screen (see page 5 for details). Here is an example of what you can use this feature for: 1) To catalog your video collection. 2) To mark the movies you want to see. 3) To mark the movies your children want to see. 4) To mark the movies you have seen. 5) To mark your favorite movies. 6) To mark movies you want to avoid in the future. To catalog your personal video collection, enter TAPE NUMBER XXXX in each movie in your collection using the F6 Notes key at the Now Showing Screen. After you have attached this note to several movies, search for the words TAPE NUMBER using the "My Notes" Search at the "Ticket" Screen. Here's how: 1. Press the F2 Search key, which will display the "Ticket" Screen. 2. Arrow down to the My Notes Icon and press ENTER, or double click the icon with your mouse. The "Notepad" screen will appear. 3. Type in the words "TAPE NUMBER", then press ENTER. The "Ticket" Screen will reappear and the My Notes Icon will be covered by a red check mark. 4. Lastly, press the F5 FIND IT! key. The green search status bar will be displayed while the computer searches, and when it is finished, the "TV" Screen will appear with a list of all the movies in your video collection. 5. Each movie title on the "TV" Screen will have a check mark next to it, meaning that it is "marked" ready to print. To print a list of your video collection press the F3 Print key. _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) PERSONAL NOTE SEARCHES 21 _________________________________________________________________ If you come across a movie that you want to see at a future date, press the F6 Notes key at the Now Showing Screen and attach a note with your initials, followed by "Rent This". After a while you will have dozens of entries with "MJP Rent This", "JLP Rent This", and "Kids Rent This" that you can search for, and take with you to your video store. Keep this list in your car so that your "Rent This" list will be available when you need it. After you watch a movie, enter a note with the date such as, "Saw 10-10-93". You can then use the "My Notes" search to make a list of the movies you have seen by searching for the word "Saw". Keeping this record will help you keep from renting a movie that the family has already seen. Another way to use the personal notes feature is when you loan movies friends, attach a personal note to each movie that you loan such as "Loaned to Joan". To display a list of all the movies you have loaned out, do a "My Notes" search for the word "Loan". This will probably save you hundreds of dollars in videos which your friends "forget" to return. COMBINING SEARCHES All of the searches discussed in the prior sections can be combined with any of the other searches. The more search conditions you combine, the fewer number of movies will be listed on the screen and the better your chances will be of finding a film that you will enjoy. For example, at this writing, searching for all Sci-Fi movies brings a list of 224 movies. That's a lot of movies to browse through to find one that you may like. Combining this Sci-Fi search with a Key Word word search for the words "Top 10" narrows the list down to only 20 films--all of which were top box office hits. Here's how you would do this search: 1. At the Main Menu ("TV" Screen) press the F2 Search key from the keyboard or with your mouse. 2. At the Search Menu ("Ticket" Screen) do a Category Search using these steps: a) Press ENTER on the Category Icon, or double click it with your mouse. b) Arrow over to "Sci-Fi" press ENTER (or OK with your mouse). The "Ticket" Screen will appear with a red check mark covering the Category Icon. 3. Do a Key Word Search from the "Ticket" Screen as follows: a) Arrow down to the Key Word Icon and press ENTER, or double click the icon with your mouse. _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 22 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ b) At the "Candy Bar" Screen enter the phrase "Top 10". Press ENTER (or OK with your mouse) to return back to the "Ticket" Screen. Now there is a red check mark on both the Category Icon and the Key Word Icon. 4. Now press the F5 FIND IT! key. A green bar will appear on the screen for a few seconds, and after the computer is done searching, the "TV" Screen will appear with your list of 20 Sci-Fi movies, all of which were one of the top 10 box office grossing films in the year they were released. You can spend hours combining searches in this manner answering all your questions about movies or your favorite actors. For example: How many movies did John Wayne make which had a World War II setting? (To find out, combine a Cast Search for "John Wayne" with a Key Word Search for the phrase "World War II". You will be surprised at the number) How many horror films were the number 1 grossing films in the year they were released? (Combine a "Horror" Category Search with a Key Word search for the phrase "Number 1". The search will reveal only one movie.) Which romantic comedy stars Arnold Schwarzenegger? (Search for both Comedy and Romance categories, combined with a cast search.) Was Julie Andrews ever in any R rated films? (Combine as cast search and an a rating search) How many movies did Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas star in together? (Do a cast search for both people as explained on page 13.) HOW TO PRINT Printing the information in MOVIES TO GO! is a snap. You can print information on an individual movie, or on a list of movies. To print the information on a single movie do the following: 1) From the Main ("TV") menu, type in the first few letters of the movie's title. For example, to print the infor- mation on THE SOUND OF MUSIC, type "soun". You may have to press the Down Arrow key a few times to highlight the movie you want. 2) When SOUND OF MUSIC, THE is highlighted on your screen, press the F7 Mark key. You will see a check mark appear at the right side of the title. _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) HOW TO PRINT 23 _________________________________________________________________ 3) Now press the F3 Print key. A menu will appear with three options: a) 50 Movies Per Page. This prints the Title, the Year, and your personal notes on a single line. b) 3 Movies Per Page. This prints the title, director, actors, year, MPAA rating, and your personal notes. c) 1 Movie Per Page. This prints all the information stored about each movie on a single page. 4. Use the Down Arrow key to select 1 per page then press ENTER. All the information on THE SOUND OF MUSIC will be printed including the review. It is easy to print a list movies too. If you know which movies you want to print, follow the above procedure of marking movies, and do the printing in one step. The most common way, however, of printing a list of movies is by doing a search. After you press F5 Find It! key, the list of the movies that satisfy the search criteria will be displayed on the screen. Each movie listed will be "marked" ready for printing. Press the F7 Mark key to unmark movies that you do not want to print. You will find these printed pages are very useful. Here are a few ways you might use them: 1) Use the "50 Movies Per Page" option to print an alpha- betical list of your video collection. (See page 5 for details how to catalog your video collection and page 20 for information on how to search for the tapes in your collection.) 2) Use the "3 Movies Per Page" to print a list of movies you would like to rent and take it to your video store. Remember to keep this list in your car so you will always have it when you decide to rent a movie at the last minute. 3) If you loan movies to your friends, be sure to use the F6 Notes key at the Now Showing Screen to enter a note similar to "Loaned to Joan" and print a list for your records. (See page 21 for details about how to do this.) 4) Keep a list of all the tapes / laser disks that you own for your insurance records. This suggestion comes from one of our users in Florida who survived Hurricane Hugo. UPDATING MOVIES TO GO! One of the things that makes MOVIES TO GO unique is that we add 200 or more additional movies to it each month, and you can _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 24 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ update your software with these updates as often as you like. Some people update every month, some every three months, and others feel that just one update per year is sufficient. Until January 1, 1995 an update for MOVIES TO GO! is $9.95 (plus $3.00 s/h). The update is currently sent on two high capacity diskettes (3.50" - 1440 K or 5.25" - 1200 K). If your computer will only read low capacity diskettes (3.50" - 720 K or 5.25" - 360 K) please send an additional $4.00 to cover the cost of the extra diskettes and postage. On January 1, 1995 the update fee will increase to $12.95 because we anticipate that the data will fill three disks instead of two after that time. If you have a modem (9600 baud or faster is recommended) and plan to update your software more than twice per year you will probably want to subscribe to our MOVIE UPDATE BBS service. The cost for this service is only $25 per year. Call ImagiSOFT's BBS at (505) 275-9697 9600, N, 8, 1 and leave the sysop a message which states that you want to subscribe to the MOVIE UPDATE BBS. Be sure to include you name, credit card number, and expiration date in your message. In the United Kingdom our authorized distributor is The Thompson Partnership. Subscribe to the Thompson Partnership BBS for updates. Call +44 [0]889-568635 9600, N, 8, 1 for details. These update offers are for registered users only. Someone who orders an update without having a registered version of the program will be disappointed because we generally only send the new data files (see page 30 for a list of these files) on the update disks. CRITERIA FOR NEW MOVIES Over 50,000 movies have been made and more than 500 new movies are released each year. Separating the best movies from the run of the mill is not an easy task, but it is one we deal with each day. Before we add a movie to MOVIES TO GO! we evaluate it according to this criteria: 1. We always include movies which were one of the top 10 box office grossing movies in each year. Because it was rereleased several times, GONE WITH THE WIND meets this test in three separate years. 2. We always include movies which were nominated for Best Picture by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Films nominated for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director are also high on our list, and are generally included. _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) CRITERIA FOR NEW MOVIES 25 _________________________________________________________________ 3. We usually include movies which are highly acclaimed by several movie critics. 4. We generally add movies when an enthusiastic user submits us a nice review about a movie they liked. (See page 25 for details about how to submit your own movie reviews.) 5. New movies get preference over older movies. 6. We give a higher priority to US films than movies made outside the United States. 7. Films which are available in video get preference over those which are not. 8. Movies which feature popular actors have a better chance of being entered than films with unknown stars. SUBMIT YOUR OWN REVIEWS Since the reviews for MOVIES TO GO! are written by ordinary people who like to watch movies, we naturally are interested in having as many people as possible submit reviews for publication. You can submit reviews for your favorite movies with the following understanding: 1. ImagiSOFT will become the owner of the material you submit to us. We have the right to make editorial changes or to not include your review in MOVIES TO GO! 2. We will not pay you royalties, nor any other type of remu- neration for your review; your submissions are strictly on a volunteer basis. If you would like to have your photo appear in the Graphics Edition of MOVIES TO GO!, send us one to scan. 3. If you are a registered user and five or more of your reviews are accepted for publication, we will send you a free update which contains your reviews. 4. We will notify you in writing as soon as possible (normally within ten working days) whether or not we have accepted the reviews you have submitted. 5. You have a better chance of getting your review published if you submit it to us in an electronic ASCII file. Use your word processor or text editor to modify the file SUBMIT.TXT found in your \MOVIES directory. Rename it to an appro- priate file name and send it to us using one of the following methods: a) E-Mail it to us at CompuServe address 70632,1177. b) Send us an E-Mail message to Prodigy ID FSWM11A. _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 26 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ c) Upload your review compressed in a PKZIP file to the ImagiSOFT BBS: (505) 275-9697, 9600 N 8 1. d) Mail it to us on a floppy disk. 6. No matter which method you use to send us your review, please submit it to us in the file format shown below. The @ characters signify a tab position. If you want to start a new paragraph, begin it with an @3. ' Movie Title: (Very Important) ' Year Released: ' ' (Your address is needed for the first review only) ' ' Submitted by Name: ' Address: ' City, State and Zip: ' @0 Setting: (City, State (or country), and decade) @0 Main Characters: @0 Contains (Violence, Nudity, Nothing Offensive, etc.) @0 Based on the book by @0 Screenplay by @0 Music: @0 Songs include @0 Special categories (see page 17 for a partial list) @0 @0 Start your review here after two @0 commands @0 @40 -- Your name here; write it the same way each time. HOW TO INSTALL MOVIES TO GO! We use THE FINISHING TOUCH, another ImagiSOFT product, to install MOVIES TO GO! This program compresses the files on the disk so that we can send the program on fewer disks. For this reason you can't simply copy the diskettes to your hard drive--you must use our installation program. Installing MOVIES TO GO! is simple, simply enter the command A:INSTALL (or if you are installing from drive B:, B:INSTALL). The installation program will detect what hardware your computer has and proceed accordingly. Follow the directions as they appear on the screen. RECOMMENDED HARDWARE The graphics edition of MOVIES TO GO! requires an MS DOS compatible computer, a VGA monitor, 3 megabytes of hard disk space, and 525 K of free conventional memory (see page 27 for a detailed description about PC memory). We recommend that you use it on a 386 or faster computer, but this is not required. A _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) HOW TO INSTALL MOVIES TO GO! 27 _________________________________________________________________ mouse and a Soundblaster compatible sound card are desirable options. If you find the graphics version too sluggish, run TEXT.EXE instead of MOVIES.EXE. The text version of MOVIES TO GO! requires an MS DOS computer with only 256 K free conventional memory and 1.5 megabytes of hard disk space. A mouse is supported. Running the text version will save you about a megabyte of hard disk space because you can delete all the graphics files. For information on which files to delete see the "Required Files" section on page 30. RUNNING FROM WINDOWS MOVIES TO GO! can be launched from Microsoft Windows by adding it to your Windows environment with following steps: 1) In the Program Manager press the ALT-F key to pull down the "Files Menu". 2) Press the N key for "New". 3) Select "Program Item". 4) In the "Description" field, enter MOVIES TO GO! 5) In the "Command Line" field, enter \MOVIES\MOVIES.PIF. 6) Press the "Change Icon" button and when it prompts for the file name enter \MOVIES\MOVIES.ICO. TROUBLE SHOOTING NOT ENOUGH MEMORY The most common support question we receive here at ImagiSOFT is "I have eight megabytes of memory in my computer, why does your program say that there isn't enough memory to run it?" For users of MS-DOS 6.0, the short answer to this question is "Run MEMMAKER." The detailed answer to this is question, and an explanation of how the MEMMAKER utility works, is that MS-DOS computers have several types of memory: Conventional Memory is the first 640K. Upper Memory, the next 384K between 640K and 1 megabyte. Extended Memory (XMS), memory above 1 megabyte (defined using EMM386.EXE). Expanded Memory (EMS), memory above 1 megabyte (defined using EMM386.EXE) or another memory driver. _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 28 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ Sound confusing? It is. But the primary thing to you need to know is that Conventional Memory is the most precious--without it, most programs will run out memory--even if you have eight megabytes of total memory! To check how much conventional memory your computer has free, enter the command MEM /C and look for the column titled Conventional Memory. If you have less than 550K free, your computer probably is not configured to its maximum potential. The primary reason DOS 5.0 (and now DOS 6.0) is so popular is that it comes with the HIMEM.SYS memory management utility that DOS 3 or DOS 4 doesn't have. The primary purpose of HIMEM.SYS is to "Load High" into upper memory major portions of DOS, and other programs when you turn your computer on. The first step in getting more memory is to enter the command EDIT CONFIG.SYS at your DOS prompt on your C: drive. If you have a 386 or 486 class computer, your CONFIG.SYS file should look similar to the following: buffers=20 (number can vary) files=60 (number can vary) device=c:\dos\himem.sys (always include this line) device=c:\dos\emm386.exe noems (only if you have 2 megs or more) dos=high,umb (always include this line) All other resident .SYS, .EXE, and .COM programs in this file should be preceded by devicehigh = instead of just device =. For example, replace device = mouse.sys with devicehigh = mouse.sys. In most cases, following these few steps will increase your memory dramatically by putting these programs in upper memory instead of conventional memory. After you are done editing CONFIG.SYS, EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT. Your AUTOEXEC.BAT file will usually have something similar to the following: verify on (optional) set home = c:\bingo (optional) prompt $p$g (could be different) path \dos;c:\util (probably much longer) loadhigh \dos\mouse.com (mouse driver) The important thing to remember with AUTOEXEC.BAT is to use the loadhigh command on all resident .EXE and .COM programs to put these programs into upper memory. For example, instead of loading the mouse into conventional memory with the command \dos\mouse.com Use the command loadhigh \dos\mouse.com to put the mouse driver in upper memory and increase your available conventional memory by about 20 K. _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) TROUBLE SHOOTING 29 _________________________________________________________________ When you are done making changes to CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, reboot your computer. Enter the command MEM /C again, and you should see that your computer has much more conventional memory available than it did before. If this section is beyond your experience, or if these changes don't free up more conventional memory, get help from an expert. MY MOUSE DOESN'T WORK Some people report that their mouse works in Microsoft Windows but it doesn't work in MOVIES TO GO! This is because Windows has a built-in mouse driver, whereas MOVIES TO GO! uses the mouse driver which is loaded into your computer's memory when you turn it on. When you bought your mouse it included a floppy disk containing the mouse driver software and documentation on how to install it. Please refer to this documentation and install your mouse driver accordingly. THE PROGRAM IS SLOW ON MY COMPUTER If have a 286, or 386 SX class computer, you may find the graphics version too sluggish. Because it has no graphics, you will find that TEXT.EXE runs much faster than MOVIES.EXE. Also, running the text version will save you about a megabyte of hard disk space because you can delete all the graphics files. For information on which files to delete, see the "Required Files" section on page 30. SETUP The opening screen of MOVIES TO GO! (the one which has a box of popcorn, a soft drink, and two video tapes on a platter) waits for you to press one of the following three buttons: OK which is the ENTER key. Press this button from your keyboard, or press the OK on the screen with your mouse. Press this key to bypass this screen and continue on to the Main Menu. F8 Setup allows you to turn the animated icons and sound on or off. The animated icons are lots of fun, especially in the beginning, but many people prefer not to wait for the icons to animate. F9 Demo which will show you how to use MOVIES TO GO! to its full capacity. If you have see our game Redhook's Revenge! you will recognize the parrot character who walks you through the major features of MOVIES TO GO! Press the ESC key at any time to exit the demo and return to the Main Menu. _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 30 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ FILE LIST TEXT VERSION The text version of MOVIES TO GO! requires the least amount of memory and hard disk space. The text interface has only one printing option, doesn't have the personal notes feature, and of course, doesn't have any graphics or sound. If you have an older computer, are tight on disk space, or just prefer not to have all the "whistles and bells", these six files are all you need: TEXT.EXE Text Interface Program 1A.FIL Data File #1 2A.FIL Data File #2 3A.FIL Data File #3 4A.FIL Data File #4 ORDER.TXT Data Update Order Form GRAPHICS VERSION In addition to the files needed for the text version, the follow- ing files are required to run the graphics version of MOVIES TO GO: MOVIES.EXE Graphics Interface Program MOVIE.HLP Help File MOVIE.WL Graphics File - Main ICON.WL Graphics File - Icons HELV.SF Font File NOTE.FIL Personal Notes File MOVIE.FIL Configuration File OPTIONAL FILES MOVIES TO GO! will run without any of the following files, but most of these files are the "whistles and bells" that make MOVIES TO GO! unique: REVIEWER.WL Reviewer's Photos SUBMIT.TXT Submit your own reviews MOVIE.ML Soundblaster Sound File - Main ICON.ML Soundblaster Sound File - Icons DEMO.WL Graphics File - Demo DEMO.ML Demo Script File POSTER.ML Graphics File - Movie Posters POSTER.WL Misc File - Movie Posters ACTOR.ML Actor's Biography / Voices ACTOR.WL Graphics File - Actor's Photos MOVIES.ICO Icon for Microsoft Windows MOVIES.PIF Windows Personal Information File CAT_0.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_1.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) FILE LIST 31 _________________________________________________________________ CAT_2.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_3.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_4.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_5.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_6.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_7.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_8.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_9.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_10.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_11.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_12.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_13.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_14.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_15.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_16.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_17.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_18.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_19.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_20.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_21.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_22.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_23.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon CAT_24.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon F_1.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon F_2.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon F_3.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon F_10.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon SEARCH_0.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon SEARCH_1.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon SEARCH_2.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon SEARCH_3.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon SEARCH_4.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon SEARCH_5.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon SEARCH_6.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon SEARCH_7.WL Graphics File - Animated Icon _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 32 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following people have made a significant contribution to the MOVIES TO GO! program: Editor ..................................... Michael J. Prestwich Documentation .............................. Michael J. Prestwich Programmer ........................................ David Sanders Artist .......................................... Russ Chancellor Research ........................................... Kathy Fricke Kristen Kartchner Research Assistants .............................. Judy Prestwich Donna Kearns Patricia Emms Reviewers ........................................ Mike Prestwich Judy Prestwich Dan Margules Kevin Kartchner Kristen Kartchner Pamela Prestwich Kathy Fricke Mac McCoy David D. Walls Curt Freeman Bernie Koppenhoffer Tom Kelsey _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) SOURCES OF INFORMATION 33 _________________________________________________________________ SOURCES OF INFORMATION Box Office Champs - The Most Popular Movies of the Last 50 Years Eddie Dorman Kay Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide Leonard Maltin Video Movie Guide, 1987-1993 Mick Martin and Marsha Porter Roger Ebert's Movie Home Companion, 1993 Edition Roger Ebert 5001 Nights at the Movies Pauline Kael The Bare Facts Video Guide Craig Hosoda HBO's Guide to Movies on Video-Cassette and Cable TV Home Box Office The Chronicle of the Movies Published by Crescent Books The Movie Guide James Monaco and the Editors of Baseline, Inc. Box Office Hits Susan Sackett MAGAZINES Entertainment Weekly Premiere Magazine ON LINE SERVICES Magill's Guide to the Movies ............................ Prodigy Roger Ebert .......................................... CompuServe Show Biz Forum ....................................... CompuServe After Hours Forum ....................................... Ziffnet _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 34 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ LICENSE AGREEMENT The MOVIES TO GO! program and its documentation are copyrighted works protected by U.S. and international copyright law. You are granted a license to use your copy of MOVIES TO GO! only under the terms and conditions specified in this license agreement. MOVIES TO GO! is a commercial software product. It is not free, nor is it in the public domain. You may freely copy MOVIES TO GO! for personal use, but you may NOT give copies of MOVIES TO GO! to others. Users of MOVIES TO GO! must accept this disclaimer of warranty: MOVIES TO GO! 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Update each month from our BBS (See page 23) INDEX 35 _________________________________________________________________ INDEX A F Action Category 8 F10 Key 5, 6 Adventure Category 8 F1 Key 4, 5 AMADEUS 9 F2 Key 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, Animated Category 8 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21 Animated Icons Off 29 F3 Key 4, 8, 20, 23 Arrow Keys 4 F4 Key 5 AUTOEXEC.BAT 28 F5 Key 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22 B F6 Key 5, 20 BBS 24, 26 F7 Key 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, Biography Category 8 17, 22, 23 BLAZING SADDLES 10 F8 Key 29 Box Office Gross 22 F9 Key 29 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE Family Category 9 SUNDANCE KID 14 Fantasy Category 9 Finding a Particular Movie 4 C Fitness Category 9 Cast Search 13 Foreign Category 9 Catalog Your Movies 20 Category Menu 8 G Category Search 6, 8, 21 G Rating 15 Multiple 11 Good Movies Children Category 8 Finding 6, 11, 21 CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD 11 Graphics Interface 3 Comedy Category 8 CONFIG.SYS 28 H Contains 17 Hardware Requirements 26 Conventional Memory 27 Help Key 4, 5 Crime Category 9 HIGH NOON 10 HIMEM.SYS 28 D Historical Category 9 Demo 29 Horror Category 9 Director Search 14 Hyper-text System 4 Documentary Category 9 Down Arrow 22 I Down Arrow Key 7 Installation 26 Drama Category 9 Intrigue Category 9 E J ENTER Key 4, 5 James Bond 9 ESC Key 5 Expanded Memory 27 K Extended Memory 27 Key Word Search 7, 17, 21 _________________________________________________________________ Update Your Program Often! (See page 23 for details) 36 MOVIES TO GO! _________________________________________________________________ L Quit Key 5, 6 LETHAL WEAPON 9 LITTLE BIG MAN 16 R R Rating 15 M Rating Search 16 M*A*S*H 16 Review Search 6, 11 Main Menu 4, 29 ROBIN HOOD -- PRINCE OF MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER 10 THIEVES 10 Mark for Printing 5, 7 Romance Category 10 Mark for Search 13 MEMMAKER 27 S Memory 27 Sci-Fi Category 10 Motion Picture Association of Searches 5, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15 America 15 Slow Operation 29 Mouse 5, 6, 21, 26, 28 Sound Off 29 Mouse Driver 29 Soundblaster 30 MPAA Ratings 15 Sports Category 10 Musical Category 9 Suspense Category 10 Mystery Category 10 T N Tab Key 7 NC-17 Rating 15 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Not Enough Memory 27 8 Not Rated 17 THE SOUND OF MUSIC 9 Notes 3, 5 THE STING 14 Notes Search 20 Thompson Partnership BBS 24 Now Showing Screen 5 Trivia 22 Number of Movies 4 U O Updates 4 Objectionable Material Upper Memory 27 Avoiding 6, 17 OK Key 11, 29 W OUTLAND 10 Walt Disney 9 War Category 10 P Western Category 10 Personal Notes 3, 5, 20 Windows 27, 29, 30 PG-13 Rating 15 PG Rating 15 X PgDn 4 X Rating 15 PgUp 4 Print Options 23 Y Printing 4, 7, 8, 20, 22 Year Search 6, 15 Q QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER 10 _________________________________________________________________ Have a modem? 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