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- GAME HEAD
-
-
- Seventh Edition
- March 1996
- Copyright 1996 Pacific HiTech, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
-
- Welcome to the seventh edition of Pacific HiTech's Game Head CD-ROM, a
- monthly collection from our games archive, the busiest games site on
- the World Wide Web. This disc contains over 50 of the most popular
- games on our site including: shareware, public domain programs and
- commercial demos.
-
-
- Installation of the Interface Program
- -------------------------------------
-
- You first need to install the interface program that will allow you to
- browse, install and run the games on this CD-ROM.
-
- From the DOS prompt (C:\>) switch to your CD-ROM drive by typing in
- its letter followed by a colon. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is
- labelled "D" then type:
-
- D:
-
- Now that the DOS prompt reflects the letter of your CD drive ( D:\> ),
- type:
-
- INSTALL
-
- You will be prompted with a question asking you whether to install the SVGA,
- (high resolution) or VGA (lower resolution) interface. Only people with the
- very old computers should choose VGA (do these people have CD-ROM drives?).
-
-
- Running the Interface Program
-
- Now that the interface program has been installed onto your hard
- drive, (assuming that you have installed the interface on your hard
- drive C:) you can run it by typing:
-
-
- C:
- CD GH
- GH7
-
-
- Main Menu Screen
- ----------------
-
- This will start up the interface program. Clicking the mouse will
- bring up the "Main Menu" screen, which allows you to choose the category of
- the games you wish to browse. There are eight categories of programs:
-
- 3D/Flight
- Fighting/Shoot-em up
- Cards/Puzzles
- Strategy/Conquest
- Top Ten
- Golden Ten (New this month)
- Windows
- Editors & Add-ons
-
- The programs in the categories "Top Ten" and "Windows" have a dual
- identity: they can be found in other categories as well.
-
-
- Browse Screen
- -------------
-
- Selecting a category on the Menu screen by using the mouse
- or the tab key will bring up the "Browse" screen. The Browse screen
- contains buttons of the various programs available in that category.
- Selecting one of the games buttons will bring up the "Read Me and Run"
- screen. Choosing the "Search" button on this screen will let you look
- for key words in the text fields that describe the games. Choosing
- the "Home" button will take you back to the Main Menu screen.
-
-
- Read Me and Run Screen
- ----------------------
-
- The Read Me and Run screen contains specific information about the
- program that you have selected. Choosing the "Run" button from here
- will invoke an installation program if necessary, and will then run
- the program. The "Search" button works the same on this screen as it
- does on the Browse screen. The three "Hand" buttons on this screen
- will allow you to navigate backward and forward through the programs
- in the current category as well as back up to the Browse screen.
-
-
- Games with Special Installation
- -------------------------------
-
- In order to run the programs in the Windows category, you will need to
- be running either Windows 95 or have Windows 3.1 on your machine but be
- running the Game Head interface from DOS. The Game Head Interface will
- allow you to launch Windows with the game running. If you choose this
- option, you will need to exit Windows to DOS (by closing the Program
- Manager) in order to return to the Game Head Interface.
-
-
- Tips and Caveats
- ----------------
-
- The interface and many of the games on this CD-ROM were designed to
- run under a DOS environment. It is possible that some of the games
- will not run under certain hardware and software configurations.
-
- Many of these games may have minimum memory requirements. For optimum
- results, do not run the interface or any of the DOS games while
- Windows is running.
-
-
- For Users of MSDOS 6.0 and above, you may also wish to configure your
- memory using DOS's MEMMAKER.EXE program. Please refer to your DOS
- manual for details on MEMMAKER's use.
-
-
- In order to be able to use your mouse with the Game Head interface and
- with many of the games included on the CD, you must first have your
- DOS mouse driver loaded. Please refer to the instructions that came
- with your mouse for details on how to do this.
-
-
- Shareware
- ---------
-
- Many of these games are shareware, which means that if you
- continue using them (most games come with a free trial period for
- you to test it out) you are required to pay a fee to the author. See the
- individual game listings for details. Purchasing this CD-ROM does not
- release you from this obligation.
-
-
- Credits
- -------
-
- We would like to give special thanks to all the game authors who made
- this CD-ROM possible.
-
-
- Pacific HiTech Game Heads Are:
-
- Interface Programming: Peter Hammond
- Game Head WWW Site: Peter Hammond
- Descriptions: Michelle (Mishka - "The Scribbler") Foster
- Graphic Design: Richard Hammond, Annie Schroeder
- Liaison Work: Susan McMillan
- Textual Engineer: Peter Hammond
-
- The Game Head Interface was created with NeoBook by NeoSoft Corp.
-