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- Lode Runner for Windows
- Demo Version 1.00
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- Copyright ⌐1994 by Presage Software Development Inc.
- All Rights Reserved.
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- INSTALLATION NOTES:
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- VIDEO DISPLAY:
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- Lode Runner uses the Windows Multimedia system for the
- display of graphics. If you encounter difficulties either
- running or displaying Lode Runner on your system, be sure
- that you have a copy of DIB.DRV in your "Windows\System"
- subdirectory. If you do not have a version of this file,
- please copy the DIB.DRV file included in the Lode Runner
- directory into your "Windows\System" subdirectory.
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- USING THE JOYSTICK:
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- MS-Windows does not automatically permit the usage of a
- joystick, so to enable a joystick for use with Lode Runner
- you must first install a joystick driver, if you have not
- already done so.
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- Lode Runner installs a generic set of joystick drivers to
- a subdirectory beneath wherever you first installed the
- game. In the case of the CD demo, there is simply a subdirectory
- beneath the main Lode Runner directory.
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- This subdirectory is called "joystick". Within, you
- will find three files, JOYSTICK.CPL, IBMJOY.DRV, and
- OEMSETUP.INF. These files will be needed to enable Windows
- to recognize the joystick.
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- If you have never before installed any joystick drivers, you
- should first copy the file JOYSTICK.CPL from the joystick
- subdirectory into your "Windows\System" subdirectory. This
- will enable a joystick applet to appear in your control panel
- after you have finished the joystick driver installation.
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- Next, you must enter into the Windows Control Panel, usually
- located in the "MAIN" group on your desktop. Click on the
- "Drivers" icon, and select "Add" from the dialog that is
- shown. Another menu will appear; select "Unlisted or Updated
- Driver" from this. You will then be asked to insert a disk or
- choose a directory in which the new driver can be found.
- Select the "joystick" subdirectory in your Lode Runner directory.
- After Windows finishes processing, you will be asked if you wish
- to restart windows so that the driver may take effect.
- Select yes.
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- If you have correctly placed the JOYSTICK.CPL file and restarted
- Windows, you may now re-enter the Control Panel where you will
- see a new icon, titled "Joystick". Choosing this icon will allow
- you to calibrate your joystick, an action which is strongly
- recommended that you perform before playing the game.
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- From within Lode Runner, the joystick may then be selected as
- the input device of choice from the Game Options dialog. At
- any point during the game the joystick may also be dynamically
- calibrated by choosing the appropriate "Calibrate Joystick"
- menu option, if you find it necessary to do so.
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- For maximum joystick performance, it is recommended that you
- push the joystick to the full limits of its X and Y axis
- (i.e. push it all the way left, right, up and down) after
- Lode Runner has been started but before engaging in any gameplay.
- While Lode Runner will adjust itself to your joystick during play,
- this action will provide the best possible starting base of
- information about your particular joystick for the game to use.
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- REMOVING LODERUNNER FROM YOUR DRIVE:
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- For those who want to return their drive to a pristine state
- after running Lode Runner, there are only two files with which
- you need be concerned.
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- The Lode Runner demo creates the files LODERUNN.CFG and
- LODERUNN.INI, both of which can be found in your Windows directory.
- Delete these, and your drive will be returned to the condition
- it was in before running Lode Runner from the CD.
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