NFL QUARTERBACK CLUB '97

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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Welcome to NFL Quarterback Club '97.
Before this program can run properly on your machine it must first have the proper files copied on to your hard drive and sound audio options determined.

THE INSTALL PROGRAM
When the install program is first run, the UniVBE utility will want to test your computer's video capabilities.  It is not necessary to run all of the tests and hitting ESC when promted by the utility is not a problem.  The installation program will ask you for information about the size of the installation you wish to use.  Moving around the game in general will be faster with larger install options.  After the install program runs the "SETSOUND.EXE" utility is executed automatically.  This utility will allow you to setup the game for your sound card.  It is not necessary to install a midi driver since the game does not use midi sequences.  As mentioned under the "VIDEO CARDS" section of this readme file.  It may be necessary to run the program without installing UniVBE.  This also applies to the install program and adding the -u option when running the install program may be necessary.  If the -u option is used to install the program then the program will automatically assume NOT to load UniVBE when running the game.

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
The minimum requirements to run this game are a 486 DX2/66 Mhz CPU, 8 MB of RAM, a double speed CD-ROM drive, 1 MB SVGA video card, and a minimum of 25 MB free hard drive space.  These are the minimum requirements and higher performance hardware will produce better results.  During the install, you will be able to choose the amount of hard drive space you wish to use by choosing either Minimum, Recommended , or Maximum install.  This choice will depend on how much free space you have available on your hard drive.  Remember, however, with more files put on your hard drive, the game will load faster and will perform better.

SOUND CARD
After the install program is finished copying the game to your hard drive, it will then automatically run the sound card setup program.  Follow the on-screen instructions of the program to complete your sound card setup.  If you have problems setting up your sound card, you might need to contact the manufacturer of you particular sound card.  It is not necessary to configure your card for midi sound.

VIDEO PLAYBACK
If the video playback in this game jumps or skips frames, it is possible that your CD-ROM drive is not the minimum double speed drive required to run this game.  Also, make sure you are not using any disk-caching software while you are playing this game.

VIDEO CARDS
NFL QBC '97 requires a VESA compatible 1 MB SVGA video card which can handle 640x480 resolution with 256 colors.  The UNIVBE VESA driver is automatically run upon setup of this game.  This works well enough for most video cards However, the UNIVBE driver may not work with all video cards. If you have an old card and are having problems using the UNIVBE, your video card may require the VESA driver supplied by the manufacturer.  Please contact your video card manufacturer for more information.  If you have a video card which is new to the market, this version of UniVBE may not support it.  If this is the case, you can try to run the program without loading UniVBE.  To run the game without installing UniVBE type :

QBC97 -u

note:	-u only needs to be used once to run the game the first time.  Every run after that the game will automatically assume not to load the UniVBE drivers.  If the -u was used to install the game then the game will assume not to load UniVBE.

Although not supported, most ISA video cards should work with QBC '97.  Most of the problems with these cards have been worked out, however, the full motion video clips may not play properly on some ISA cards.  If you are having problems during the video clips, you can run QBC '97 without the video sequences by typing:

QBC97 -V

MEMORY
This product requires about 508 KB of conventional memory and 7,064 KB extended memory to run.  You can type "mem /c /p" at the DOS prompt to check the amount of memory you have available on your system. If you do not have enough memory you may wish to create a boot disk with only the minimum drivers loaded to run the game.  If you would like to make a boot disk refer to the section below entitled "CREATING A BOOT DISK".

CREATING A BOOT DISK
First find a Floppy disk which does not contain any important information since this procedure will erase all data on the disk.  To format the disk as a boot disk, place it into your drive A: and type the following line.

FORMAT /S A:

It will ask if you wish to format another.  Type 'N' <enter>.  Now, copy your autoexec.bat and config.sys files to drive A:.  These files on your drive A: can be edited to remove all extra device drivers.  The only drivers which are needed are HIMEM, sound card, cd-rom, and mouse drivers.  Refer to the specific manuals for information on loading these drivers.

NFL QBC '97 and WINDOWS95 <TM>
While NFL QBC '97 can run under WIN95 on most machines, the game has been designed to operate in MS-DOS mode only.  It is recommended that if you are using WIN95, go to the "Start" button located in the lower left corner of your WIN95 desktop, choose "Shut Down", and then "Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode".

If you are having difficulties getting your CD drive to respond in MS-DOS mode, refer to your WIN95 manuals on how to setup your CD drive in this mode.

If you are playing QBC'97 in a Windows DOS box you must turn off the Windows short-cut keys in the properties/misc part of the short-cut window.  The game uses these keys and will conflict with the system if they are not turned off.

COPYRIGHT 1996 ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT INC.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.