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This file is 'readme.doc'
Please read this file before calling
630-257-1224 for tech-support!
Tech-support is available for REGISTERED
customers only.
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Note: If reading this file from the
Webfoot readme file viewer, use
Cursor up / down to scroll
or
Page Up / Page Down to scroll fast
ESCape, Enter, or Space to exit
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Copyright 1996
Webfoot Technologies, Inc.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
This program is a demo, or 'try
before you buy'. It is NOT public
domain.
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What's in this file?
I. Ordering Information
II. Instructions
SECTION I
Ordering Information
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1. Why Register?
2. USA/Canada Orders
3. All Other Countries Orders
4. Other Webfoot Games
5. More About Webfoot Technologies
6. Legal Stuff
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1. Why Register?
Even more great graphics, music, and
sounds:
23 Levels on CD-ROM
35 Cannon Upgrades and More Weapons
Awesome Music & Sound Effects
Animated Storyline
Stunning Graphics
18 Unique Bosses
120 3D-Animated Enemies
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2. USA, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia and
Taiwan Orders
Toll Free (ORDERS ONLY!)
1-800-4WEBTEC
(1-800-493-2832)
Visa MasterCard Discover
American Express
Price: $39.95
Add Shipping and Handling: $4.00
Or, send a check, cashiers check, or
money order to:
Webfoot Technologies, Inc.
P.O. Box 15
Lemont, IL 60439
FAX Orders to:
630-257-0942
(Your FAX should contain:
Card number, card holder's name, and
expiration date.)
Questions
630-257-1224
Or, fill out the form in the
game directory. It's named:
ORDER.DOC
Contact Webfoot on the Internet:
Webfoot@msn.com
Visit our web site:
http://www.WebfootGames.com/
Contact Twilight Zone Software
on the Internet:
mortene@tzsoft.no
Visit our web site:
http://www.tzsoft.no
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7. All Other Countries Orders
Check your local computer store, or
contact:
Katz Media AS
Dronningensgt.10
0152 OSLO
NORWAY
FAX: +47-22-415251
E-mail: post@katz.no
http://WWW.KATZ.NO/
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8. Other Webfoot Games
TwinBlok
Why save the universe? Better worry
about saving your butt! The Time
Spinners do not look kindly on failure.
They'll yank your status, terminate your
entity, and zap you into the netherest
of the nether regions. Your journey
begins when Executive Time Spinner (ol'
T.S., you know) drops you ill-prepared
and poorly armored into the fray,
fighting off everything the Razerrians
(antiquated holdouts from the Snarr
Sector) can drop, kick or throw at you.
Blast through their defenses, traverse
the 50 levels of time blocks they will
use to impede your travel. They'll
tantalize you with pictures from your
home planet, hurl you through space,
instead of merely time, and dazzle you
with nefarious patterns reminiscent of
the arcades in the Neo-Draconian Sector
in a celebrated age long past. It's no
cakewalk. Some of the time blocks are
deceptive. So what if you fail? So
what, indeed!
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H2O
A mind-teasing original. FORTY levels
of graphics and mind jarring music.
Guide falling droplets to a drainpipe
at the bottom of the screen. You won't
BELIEVE the smooth scrolling playfield!
It's not as easy as it looks, either.
Each level is a new puzzle. H2O runs
under DOS and requires a standard VGA
graphics card. Sound card is optional,
strongly recommended.
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D.R.O.D.: Deadly Rooms of Death
A real 'killer.' More news in the
obituary columns. (Evil laugh)
In order to complete a level, Beethro
must destroy all of the monsters and
find the exit. When all nine levels
have been cleared, Beethro will collect
enough money from King Dugan to retire
from the thankless dungeon
extermination trade and open a
restaurant. 'I'll call it Beethro's
Roasted Roach Grill!'
D.R.O.D. runs under Windows and
features detailed graphics and an
awesome MIDI sound track.
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Interpose
Fulfilling the Webfoot promise of
incredible graphics and music, Interpose
is a stunningly fast scrolling action
game. The action - and that DOES mean
action! - takes place in space. Shoot
3D enemy ships while conserving energy
and fire-power. Over 18 levels packed
with great graphics, music, and
animation.
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Farocar
A strategy game with 200 mind-bending
levels. Includes 3 different choices
of difficulty per level and a full level
editor.
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Hopy-ONE
In the year 2013, seven of the
Planetariums decided to initiate a plan
to eradicate the F.L.V. (Fast Line
Virus), the deadliest strain of mutating
virus in the galaxy. The virus caused
total population decimation on 17
Astrocolonies. No survivor of the
dreaded virus was reported. A team of
researchers assembled to obtain a sample
of the F.L.V. and devise a vaccine
against it. Professor Jonathan Silt was
one of the team members sent to the
dying colonies. He spent 13 years on an
intergalactic base, and was infected,
while learning about the infection of
F.L.V. The bio-droid, HOPY-ONE, was
created in a laboratory Silt had set up
to research the virus. Silt was
cryogenically frozen in 2026. HOPY-
ONE's mission was to collect samples of
the virus to aid in the production of a
vaccine. The fate of Silt, who waits in
cryosleep, and the fate of the entire
universe, rests with HOPY-ONE.
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Keep an eye out for other Webfoot games
available through usual shareware
channels.
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9. About Webfoot Technologies, Inc.
If you have a great game you'd like
published, or if you're an aspiring
programmer, 3D renderer, artist, or
musician who would like to work on some
games, please contact us!
Webfoot Technologies, Inc.
P.O. Box 15
Lemont, IL 60439
1-630-257-1224 VOICE
1-630-257-0942 FAX
http://www.WebfootGames.com/
e-mail: Webfoot@msn.com
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10. Legal Stuff
Copyright 1996
Webfoot Technologies, Inc.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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SECTION II
Instructions
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System Requirements
- 80486 25 MHz or higher
- 6.2 Megs of free memory
- 10 Megs free hard drive space
- VGA graphics card
- MS-DOS 5.0 or higher
Optional
- Joystick
- Soundcard (including SoundBlaster and
compatibles)
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Getting Started
1. DOS 5.0 or higher
Type 'setup' from the directory and
drive where the game installation
program resides.
Inside the installation program:
- Choose 'OK' if the language is right,
or choose 'Change language' to change
it.
- Choose 'YES' if you have a 486-66Mhz
or faster.
Run 'IPDEMO' to configure soundcard
and play.
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2. Windows '95
Choose 'Shutdown' and 'Restart in MS-DOS
mode', or press F8 while booting and
choose 'Command prompt only'. (Gravis
UltraSound owner should run ultrinit.exe
if Windows'95 has been started).
Type 'setup' from the directory and
drive where the game installation
program resides.
Inside the installation program:
- Choose 'OK' if the language is right,
or choose 'Change language' to change
it.
- Choose 'YES' if you have a 486-66Mhz
or faster.
Run 'IPDEMO' to configure soundcard
and play.
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Trouble Shooting
In a minority of cases, Interpose may
not run after installation. The main
areas in which you are likely to
experience problems are not having
enough free memory to run the game and
the sound driver system. You may also
find that the game runs, but not at the
proper speed.
1. Memory problems
You need 6.2MB free memory to run the
game, this requires that you have 8MB
installed in your computer.
If the game tells you that there is not
enough free memory, you need to free
some memory which is being used
elsewhere by other programs. It's most
likely that a cache program, like
smartdrv.exe, is occupying some
megabytes. To free memory used by
smartdrv.exe you must edit autoexec.bat,
and include a parameter like this:
smartdrv 512
Boot your computer again, and run the
game.
2. Sound system problems
Generally, sound related problems will
manifest themselves as the sound not
playing, the sound stopping for no
apparent reason during play or in the
worst case the game will crash.
Dealing with the worst problem first, if
the game is crashing then it is highly
likely that the soundcard's DMA setting
is incorrect. Run setsound and through
trial and error select the other
available DMA settings one at a time and
try running the game with them.
If the game runs but there is no sound
playing, the likely cause is an
incorrect soundcard base port address.
The sound will not play because the game
doesn't know where to find the soundcard
in the machine. Try using the other
settings and re-running the game to see
if this solves the problem.
Lastly, if you find that the in-game
sound suddenly stops and does not
recover, then the problem is likely to
be an incorrect soundcard IRQ setting.
Again, run setsound and through trial
and error try running the game using
some of the other settings available.
If your initial IRQ setting was 7, try a
setting of 5 before trying any of the
others.
3. Game speed issues
You may find that when playing the game
it will slow down in odd places. This
will be due to your machine not being
able to cope with the game configuration
you have selected, i.e. your machine
does not really have the power to do
what you are asking of it.
There are two possibilities for dealing
with slowdowns:
(a) Change the music quality.
If the game slow down on a few occasions
only, then you can try changing the
music quality (run 'setsound' to do
this).
(b) Change the graphics quality.
High quality requires a fast graphics
card and at least a 486-66Mhz. If
experience frequent slowdowns, then
change the quality in the options to
Medium or Low.
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This program is a demo, or 'try
before you buy'. It is NOT public
domain.
Interpose(TM) is a trademark of Webfoot
Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks
are the properties of their owners.
Copyright 1996
Webfoot Technologies, Inc.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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