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- Putt Putt Goes To The Moon Interactive Demo
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- Thank you for taking the time to read this file before running our demo. This
- demo has been taken from actual scenes in the game, so it should give you a
- good idea about what the actual game will "feel" like.
-
- This demo runs on PC-compatible machines (286 or greater) running DOS 3.1 or
- higher, with 256 color VGA video systems. A hard drive is needed for both the
- game and the demo, since the demo takes up almost 2 megabytes. The demo
- supports keyboard, mouse, or joystick (see keyboard commands below).
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- The demo comes as a self-extracting EXE file. Just type MOONDEMO in the
- directory with MOONDEMO.EXE in it and the installation will start. You will be
- asked where you want the compressed files to go and what type of sound you
- want. The demo can provide music, sound effects, and/or digitized speech
- (for sound devices that can support them). To play the demo, go to the
- directory where the installed files are located, and type MOONDEMO. Press
- the Return key and the demo will start.
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- You should have the following files in the demo directory after the demo is
- installed:
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- MOONDEMO.000
- MOONDEMO.001
- MOONDEMO.ICO
- MOONDEMO.PIF
- MOONDEMO.TLK
- MOONDEMO.EXE
- MOONDEMO.DRV
- MOONDEMO.INI
- README.TXT
- CHECK.TXT
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- Note that MOONDEMO.PIF and MOONDEMO.ICO are for Windows only - if you don't
- use Windows, you can safely delete these files.
-
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- ********************* Sound ***********************
-
- Several types of sound devices are supported in the demo; more sound
- devices are supported in the real game. Junior Adventures are designed to be
- played using speech, so we suggest using a sound card or add-on sound device.
- If you currently do not own one, some of them can be purchased for about the
- cost of a game and will increase the experience of this and other games
- dramatically. However, a sound device is not necessary - the demo's sound can
- be run through the PC speaker (although the quality of a PCs speaker is
- poor, typically) or the demo can be played without sound.
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- Junior Adventures supports a wide variety of sound cards and add-on devices
- for speech and music. The quality of the speech and music can vary signifi-
- cantly depending on the device you have and your computer. When selecting a
- sound configuration, please keep the following things in mind:
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- RUNNING ON SLOWER MACHINES
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- A loss of speech quality may result when using the internal PC speaker,
- AdLib, Disney Sound Source, or the Covox Speech Thing when running
- this demo on a machine with a clock rate of less than 25 mHz.
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- If this happens, select a sound configuration that does not include
- music.
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- LAUNCHING FROM WINDOWS
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- We don't recommend running our demos under Windows unless you are using
- either a Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, or other supported cards
- that use DMA. Any other sound cards or add-on devices may experience
- significant sound quality loss if run under Windows.
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- When installing the demo, if you have a sound card the option to 'Autodetect'
- might appear. If you don't know what the sound card's IRQ and or I/O Address
- settings are for your card, try using this option. It will try to detect the
- card's settings; because of the complexity of PCs, it may not be able to
- accurately detect the correct values, however.
-
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- ****************** Controls ********************
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- Like the game, the demo supports keyboard (always active) and joysticks, but
- is designed around the mouse The following keyboard commands may be useful:
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- Spacebar Pause/unpause the demo
- Ctrl-C Quit the demo
- Ctrl-J Switch to Joystick mode
- Ctrl-M Switch to Mouse mode (default)
- F8 Restart the demo
- [ Lower the music volume
- ] Raise the music volume
- T Turn the dialog text on or off
- + Speed up text display
- - Slow down text display
-
- Enter Same as clicking left mouse button or joystick button 0
- The arrow keys move the cursor.
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- To play, click where you want Putt-Putt to go, or click on an object to see
- if it does anything. When the small cursor arrow flashes, that means this
- item is meant to be clicked on. If the cursor turns into a fat arrow,
- clicking here will make Putt-Putt move in the indicated direction (this is
- how the player knows where the exits are!). Be sure to click on click-points
- (animations throughout the demo) more than once - many have multiple
- animations that randomly are displayed.
-
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- ************** Running the Demo from Windows **************
-
- In order to run the demo from Windows, be sure to use the MOONDEMO.PIF file
- that is extracted from MOONDEMO.EXE . Failure to use the PIF file may result
- in a loss of music and/or sound effects. There is also a custom-drawn Windows
- icon (called MOONDEMO.ICO) that comes with the demo.
-
- Note that in order to use this .PIF, you must either have used the default
- directory choice that the installation offers, or you will need to edit the
- PIF file so it knows where to look for the files.
-
- Windows may not allow the demo access to the selected sound card if a Windows
- driver for that sound card has been installed. If this happens, either
- deinstall the Windows sound card driver
- or run the demo from outside Windows.
-
-
-
- **************** Problems You Can Solve ******************
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- Starting the demo:
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- * Demo freezes before or just as sound comes on (such as the Junior
- Adventure 'rocket' logo)
- Check the IRQ setting of your sound card. Be sure that you chose
- the same IRQ when you installed the demo. Refer to your sound
- card manual for more information on changing your IRQ setting.
-
- * "Sound card unable to initialize" message is displayed:
- Check the I/O address of your sound card. Be sure that you chose the
- same I/O address when you installed the demo. Refer to your sound card
- manual for more information or test programs on addresses.
-
- Please note that some Thunderboard cards and faster machines can cause the
- demo to randomly lock up. If this happens to you, please check the IRQ and
- make sure it is set correctly. If it is, call Media Vision as they have a
- fix.
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- During Play
- * "Out of memory error...." message appears, or the demo starts to run
- very slowly
- Be sure you have at least 550K of free RAM. If not, you may have to
- create a system boot disk (see your operating system manual for
- information on boot disks).
-
- * Demo does not recognize your joystick, or the on-screen cursor is drifting
- Be sure the joystick is plugged into the proper gameport, then press
- Ctrl-j (hold down the Ctrl key and press the 'm' key, then release
- both keys) while the demo is running to calibrate the joystick. Do
- not press the buttons or move the joystick handle when pressing Ctrl-j.
-
- * Demo does not recognize your mouse
- Be sure the mouse driver that came with your mouse is properly
- installed in DOS; this game will not operate with a mouse if the
- driver has been installed through Windows.
- When your mouse driver is correctly installed, press Ctrl-m (hold down
- the Ctrl key and press the 'm' key, then release both keys) while
- running the demo, to set it to mouse control.
-
- Windows Play
- * You get a message saying the sound card is being used by another
- application
- Windows may not allow the demo access to the selected sound card if a
- Windows driver for that sound card has been installed. If this happens,
- either de-install the Windows sound card driver or run the demo from
- outside Windows.
-
- * Message asks you to raise your DMA buffer to a given number
- With an editor, such as Notepad or Desktop Editor, change the following
- line under the [386enh] heading in WIndows\SYSTEM.INI from its old
- value to 50.
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- DMABuffer=50
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- If this line is not present, you can add it anywhere in the [386enh]
- heading.
-
- * Colors on the screen are wrong
- Using an editor, such as Notepad or Desktop Editor, add the following
- line to your MOONDEMO.INI file
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- SlowColor=1
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- Be sure to type it as shown above, with both upper and lower case
- letters.
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- Other Problems
- Our friendly customer support staff is happy to help. Call them at
- (206) 485-1212
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- Those of us here at Humongous Entertainment hope you enjoy this demo of our
- newest member in our Junior Adventure line.
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- Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.
- Junior Adventures is a registered trademark of Humongous Entertainment
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