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THANK YOU!
Thank you for taking the time to download Computer Game Enthusiast.
Many long hours went into the preparation of this publication, and we
hope that you, the avid PC gamer, find it an informative and
pleasurable read.
INSTALLATION
Just extract this achive to a directory of your choosing. Then at the
DOS command prompt type GO and press ENTER. Be sure to run the GO.BAT
batch file to start Computer Game Enthusiast rather than typing in the
name of the executable. The batch file has a command switch that
configures the magazine for a VESA compatible display adapter. With out
it, the graphics quality you obtain might be very poor.
HARDWARE NOTES:
In order to run Computer Game Enthusiast at the proper display resolution
(640 x 480 with a palette of 256 colors) you will need a graphics adapter
that is compatible with the VESA V1.2 standard. For some users this might
mean loading a VESA driver beforehand, such as UNIVBE.EXE. This should not
be necessary if your card has a driver in hardware (e.g. Diamond Stealth).
If you do not have a VESA compatible card you can still run the magazine,
but images such as screen captures and the page layout in general will
lose much of their detail and color saturation.
You will also need at least 4MB of RAM installed in your system to run
Computer Game Enthusiast. We recommend that you use an expanded memory
(EMS) manager such as EMM386.EXE (with the RAM switch enabled) or QEMM
since the program used to deliver the magazine to your screen will take
advantage of expanded memory. Please note that Computer Game Enthusiast
does not use extended memory (XMS).
Although this publication supports the use of the keyboard, we suggest
that you use a mouse instead.
Finally, as it currently stands the complied magazine is a rather large
executable (this edition is on the order of 1.8MB). We are searching for
ways in which to break the Computer Game Enthusiast into several, smaller
executables that are called from a shell. This should relax the memory
requirements a bit for users who are already cramped for RAM. But since
most games these days require 8MB to run, we suspect that memory might be
an issue for a small fraction of users. Nevertheless, we will do our level
best to accommodate all potential readers of this publication.
NAVIGATING THROUGH COMPUTER GAME ENTHUSIAST
Computer Game Enthusiast has been designed with ease of use in mind. The
magazine features a graphical user interface. To use your mouse, you will
need to have a mouse driver loaded prior to reading the Computer Game
Enthusiast. All points of user action are contained in grey "buttons." To
invoke a given action, move the mouse pointer over your choice; it will
change from an arrow to a pointing hand--which indicates a user choice.
Then click the left or right mouse button. For example, if you want to go
to the next page in a feature article, click the mouse on the "next" button.
Scrolling through text in reviews and other articles is accomplished by
using the scroll bar that appears on the right-hand side of text boxes.
Clicking the mouse on the up and down arrows will move the text one
line at a time in the corresponding direction. If you click the mouse
pointer in the scroll-bar area above or below the scroll button, the
text will move one screen at a time. You can also use the scroll button
in the bar to quickly move to a section of text.
For the keyboard-minded computist, Computer Game Enthusiast features
full hot key support. The hot key for a given button is denoted by an
underlined letter in the button's text. So, a button labeled "Quit to
DOS" will have the "Q" underlined, which is the hot key for quit.
Furthermore, text boxes in which articles appear can be toggled with the
<TAB> key; the active text window is surrounded by dotted lines. You can
use the arrow, pgup, and pgdn keys to scroll through the text. For those
buttons that call forth pop-up text windows, a press of the <ESC> key will
close the window.
PRINTING ARTICLES:
We did not include printing capability in this free edition of Computer
Game Enthusiast. However, subscription and newsstand issues fully support
the printing of all articles and reviews that appear in the magazine. We
have selected fonts with readability in mind, and it is our sincerest
hope that find it to your liking.
FOR WINDOWS 3.X AND WINDOWS 95 USERS
You should have no problems running Computer Game Enthusiast in Windows. If
you are using Windows 3.X, you can get to the program by choosing RUN from
the Program Manager menu. In the RUN dialog box type the full path
name of Computer Game Enthusiast (the default is C:\CGE\OCT95\GO.BAT). Or,
you can start the magazine from the File Manager. You might want to
create a new program group and item to make it easier to start the
program. From the Program Manager menu select New, and the click on
program group. In the program group properties box enter "Computer Game
Enthusiast" (less the quotes) and click OK. The new group icon will appear
on the desktop. Click once on the new group icon, then select New from the
program manager menu. This time click on the program item option. In the
program item dialog box type a description in the appropriate box (OCT95
Issue, for example). In the command line box type C:\CGE\OCT95\GO.BAT (or
the correct path to the directory in which you placed the magazine)and
click OK. A new program icon will appear in the Computer Game Enthusiast
group and you're all set to go. You will get the best results when your
Windows screen resolution is the set to that used by the magazine (640 x 480
with 256 colors).
If you are using Windows 95, Computer Game Enthusiast will run fine in a
Windows DOS session (we do not mean MS-DOS mode, though it will run fine
here,too). You can start the program by clicking on "My Computer" from the
desktop. Then click on the CGE and then OCT95 folders. Then click on the
GO icon and the program will start. You can also use the Windows Explorer
to start the program. Click start, move the mouse to "Programs" and then
click on "Windows Explorer." Click on the appropriate directory entries
(CGE and then OCT95), and then click the GO icon. If you want to avoid
this drill every time you want to run Computer Game Enthusiast, then you
can create a shortcut and drag it to the desktop.
SUBMISSION OF SUGGESTIONS OR COMMENTS
We want you to tell us what you think of Computer Game Enthusiast, for
better or worse. You can also feel free to write to us on any gaming-
related topic you might care to. However, all submissions become the
exclusive property of Computer Game Enthusiast and we cannot compensate
readers for their suggestions, comments, or other ideas. If we print your
letter in the magazine for any reason, we will acknowledge you as the source
by printing along with the letter your name and city of residence. Unless
you specify otherwise, we shall consider all reader submissions suitable for
printing.
You can reach us in one of three ways:
By US Mail:
Computer Game Enthusiast
8 Potter Place
Norwich, CT 06360
By Ameria On-line E-mail:
Address: JESPUB
By Internet E-mail:
Address: jespub@aol.com
Copyright 1995 (C) JES Publications