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_ / \ | \ _______ \_/ ______ / _______| _ _ _ _ _ / ______ \ | | | | | | | | | \ / | | | | | | | _____ | | | | | | | \_/ | | | | | | | |___ | | | | | | | | |\___/| | | | | | | |______| | | |_____| | | | | | | | | |______| | \________/ \_______/ |_| |_| |_| \________/ S H A R E W A R E V E R S I O N 2 . 1 Copyright(c) 1997 By Jack in the Box C o m p u t i n g -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Welcome! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thank you for playing the Shareware Version of Guimo! We believe Guimo is a great entertainment product for you and your family. Have fun! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Contents of this Manual -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1. History of Guimo 2. Controls 3. Game Setup 4. Level Selector 5. Save/Load 6. Map 7. Kid Mode 8. Controlling the Eggy Robots 9. Hints! (*) 10. Enemies Features (*) 11. Guimo's Weapons (*) 12. Statistics (*) 13. System Requirements 14. Compatibility 15. Troubleshooting 16. Jack in the Box Computing 17. Ordering the Full Version! (*) Available only in the Full Version -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1. History of Guimo -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- In the Paithon system, a pacific group of beings forming a pacific civilization lives in an universe parallel to our, the Beta-Universe. Many of these beta-inhabitants are known by all the terrestrials as the good and wicked characters from the electronic games. That's the only way humans can have contact with these brother-beings. However, something terrible has occurred in Bitland, parallel world of Earth. The beta-beings seem to be deemed to extinction, bringing chaos and blowing off the harmony between both worlds. According to the last information supplied by the sentinels, an entity violated the elementary laws passing through the dimensional threshold between both universes, bringing a great risk of a existential paradox with unknown consequences on Earth and its brother-planet BitLand. This entity, known as Necterion, after conquering BitLand with his army, declared that intends the destruction of the human universe, acquiring, so, enough energy to dominate every mind. But fortunately still exists a hero who can face Necterion and restore the peace... ...GUIMO! The most fearless and prepared sentinel trained to fight the disorder. But the danger that is around us continues yet, to win the evil Necterion the forces of both brother-worlds are necessary, thus... Join Guimo! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2. Controls -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- __________ | | [Button A] - Fire | | | | [Button B] - Changes weapon and sends orders to the | JOYSTICK | Eggy Robots | | | | [Directions] - Move, jump and duck |__________| __________ | | [Cursors] - Move, jump and duck | | | | [Alt] - Jump | | | | [Space] - Fire | | [Shift] | | | | [Control] - Change weapon and sends orders to the Eggy | | Robots. | | | | [Tab] - Overall Map | | | | [Keys 1-9] - Select weapon: | KEYBOARD | Pew-Pew, Lash, Flamer, Swarm, PowerRay, | | Missile, Grenade, Shield and Eggy Robot | | | | [S] - Shield | | | | [E] - Eggy Robot | | | | [P] - Game pause | | | | [Enter] - Activates/Deactivates Kid Mode | | (when in KID difficult level) | | | | [Esc] - Quit game (with confirmation) |__________| -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3. Game Setup -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Guimo, unlike other games, have no setup program. It sets itself up automatically, auto detecting a Sound Blaster sound card or 100% compatible. However, if your machine isn't correctly configured, the sound card can't be detected. See "sound problems" in this manual if you had one. To customize game features, like difficulty, sound and music settings, you must use the "setup" main menu option, then shoot the correspondent switches: ______________ | | Change the music volume | MUSIC VOL | (NONE, LOW, MEDIUM or HIGH(*)) |______________| ______________ | | Change the sound effects volume | EFFECTS VOL | (NONE, LOW, MEDIUM or HIGH(*)) |______________| ______________ | | Change the overall sound quality | SOUND DETAIL | (LOW, MEDIUM(*) or HIGH) |______________| ______________ | | Swaps left and right sound effects channels | STEREO | (NORMAL(*) or REVERSE) |______________| ______________ | | Change the graphical detail | GRAPH DETAIL | (LOW, MEDIUM or HIGH(*)) |______________| ______________ | | Change the game difficulty level | DIFFICULTY | (KID, EASY, NORMAL(*) or HARD) |______________| (*) Default (standard configuration) ___ Note: ___________________________________________________________ | | | The game performance depends on the following points: | | | | Sound Quality - more quality, less performance | | Graphics Quality - same as above | | Difficulty Level - only the HARD level decreases performance | |_____________________________________________________________________| -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 4. Level Selector -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To play, first select the play option in the main menu. The level selector will appear, so you can select the level you wanna play. Use the direction controls to move the level selector balls, from left to right and vice-versa. You can start the level with the fire control. After you finish a certain level, the correspondent ball will not be available anymore, in the current playing section. To win the game, the player must to complete all levels in the same playing section! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 5. Save/Load -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- In level selection you can use the direction controls up and down to save your current playing section or load a previous playing section. This actions allows you to store and recall your score and status, as the levels you already completed. To save or load a playing section, choose the appropriated ball and press fire. -=-=-=-=-=- 6. Map -=-=-=-=-=- Guimo offers a special feature to the player, called Overall Map. Holding the [Tab] key you can see the map and the radar range. This map is a miniature of the whole level. The map helps the player to find the best paths, and the radar helps to collect PowerUps and watch the enemy's movements. Keep in mind that the game won't stop while you are viewing the map, and you still can move and shoot! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 7. Kid Mode -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- In Kid Difficult the player can activate an "auto-pilot" mode that helps the kids to move around the game. Pressing the [Enter] key, the message "Kid Mode ON!" will appear in the upper right corner. You can now use the direction keys to tell Guimo which direction you want him to go (up, down, left or right). After a while, the message "Kid Mode OFF!" will appear indicating the end of the movement. You can stop Kid Mode execution by pressing [Enter] while it is on. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 8. Controlling the Eggy Robots -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Eggy Robots are intelligent, so you can't control them directly. However, you can tell them where to go! To do so, Guimo and the robot must be near and facing each other. Hold the [Control] key, and press the desired direction key. If a message appear on the screen, the robot heard the order. -=-=-=-=-=-=- 9. Hints! -=-=-=-=-=-=- -* FULL VERSION ONLY *- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 10. Enemies Features -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -* FULL VERSION ONLY *- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 11. Guimo's Weapons -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -* FULL VERSION ONLY *- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 12. Statistics -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -* FULL VERSION ONLY *- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 13. System Requirements -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Guimo's minimum system requirements are: - PC compatible computer 486 DX2/66 - 8 megabytes of RAM memory - VGA graphics card We recommend: - PC compatible computer Pentium 100 or better - 8 megabytes of RAM memory or more - SoundBlaster compatible sound card - PCI Local Bus video -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 14. Compatibility -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The game is compatible with: - MSDOS, WINDOWS 95 and WINDOWS NT - PC compatible joystick - SoundBlaster 100% compatible sound card -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 15. Troubleshooting -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Before contacting Jack in the Box Computing Technical Support, please try all of the things listed in this file first. If you do contact us fill the technical support form (support.txt) and send to us. By playing the Full Version of Guimo, you'll have full technical support too! _____________________________________________________________________ | | | Data file not found! | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | - Run the game from its directory. | |_____________________________________________________________________| _____________________________________________________________________ | | | Not enough memory! | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | - Using less than 8 megabytes of memory: don't use SmartDrive or | | other drivers. | | - Use the command "guimo -nosound". It will turn off all sounds | | using less memory. | |_____________________________________________________________________| _____________________________________________________________________ | | | My sound card was not detected! | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | - Install properly your sound card. | | - Use the command "guimo -nosound" to avoid any errors with sound | | cards. | |_____________________________________________________________________| _____________________________________________________________________ | | | The game is slow! | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | - Set the sound detail in setup to MEDIUM or LOW. | | - Try to run Guimo without soundcard using "guimo -nosound". | | - Try to run Guimo under DOS, not under a DOS-Window. | | - Using less than 8 megabytes of memory: don't use SmartDrive or | | other drivers. | |_____________________________________________________________________| _____________________________________________________________________ | | | The system crashes! | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | - You have a soundcard or memory problem. Use "guimo -nosound" to | | keep more memory free and ignore your sound card. | |_____________________________________________________________________| _____________________________________________________________________ | | | The joystick gets crazy! | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | - When starting Guimo, keep free your joystick. | | - Pause the game, disconnect your joystick, reconnect it and | | unpause the game. It'll automatically recalibrate your joystick. | |_____________________________________________________________________| _____________________________________________________________________ | | | I can't fire while jumping to right! | |_____________________________________________________________________| | | | * It is caused by a hardware problem that occurs in some PCs. Try | | to use the keypad to move Guimo. | |_____________________________________________________________________| -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 16. Jack in the Box Computing -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ...Visit our site: www.jackbox.com ...Send e-mail to: webmaster@jackbox.com - information support@jackbox.com - technical support order@jackbox.com - ordering products ...Send fax to: +55 (51) 343-3300 ...Write to: Ave Cairu 1208/201 Porto Alegre/RS - Brazil 90230-030 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 17. Ordering the Full Version! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To order the Full Version, follow the instructions when starting the game next time! You can have it for only US$29.95 in our 24h top quality service via internet, fax or standard mail. After downloading the Full Version upgrade pack "UPGRADE.PAK" you can install the full game by sending the order form "ORDER.TXT" to Jack in the Box Computing (see item 16 of this manual). After 24h you'll be playing all five levels with the best game action you can find! More information in our web site: www.jackbox.com