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- LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
- Escape from Monkey IslandÖ Demo
- Version 1.0
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- Thank you for playing the Escape from Monkey IslandÖ demo. We recommend
- that you read this file to get the most up to date information about installing, run-
- ning and playing this demo.
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- Be sure to check the LucasArts website at www.lucasarts.com for the very latest
- information related to Escape from Monkey Island.
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- Operating Systems Supported
- To be able to run the Escape from Monkey Island demo, you must have Windows
- 95 or 98 as your operating system and your computer hardware must be DirectX 7.0a
- compatible. MS-DOS, Windows 3.1x, Windows NT 3.x, Windows 2000, Windows
- NT 4.0, Linux and OS/2 are not supported.
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- System Requirements
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- Computer: 100% DirectX compatible computer required.
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- CPU: Pentium class 200 MHz or faster CPU required.
- Pentium II class 233 MHz or faster recommended.
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- Memory: 32 MB or higher RAM required.
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- Graphics Card: 8MB PCI or AGP Direct3D or OpenGL compatible graphics
- accelerator card required. 16MB AGP graphics accelerator card
- recommended.
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- CD-ROM: Quad speed CD-ROM drive required.
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- Sound Card: 100% DirectX compatible 16-bit sound card required.
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- Input Device: 100% Windows compatible Mouse and Keyboard required.
- Optional support for joysticks and gamepads.
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- DirectX: Microsoft DirectX 7.0a is included on this CD and must be
- installed to play the Escape from Monkey Island demo.
-
- NOTE: Your system may require the "latest" Windows
- drivers for your particular hardware.
-
- Installation: Installation requires 4 MB free hard drive space. It is
- recommended that you have an additional 75 MB of free
- space available for the Windows swap file.
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- At the time of release of this demo,
- the following chipsets are supported in Escape from Monkey Island:
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- ? 3D Labs GLINT R3
- ? 3D Labs Permedia 3
- ? Rage 128/Rage 128 Pro
- ? 3dfx Voodoo Banshee
- ? 3dfx Voodoo2
- ? 3dfx Voodoo3
- ? 3dfx Voodoo5
- ? Matrox G200/G400
- ? nVIDIA RIVA TNT
- ? nVIDIA RIVA TNT2/ TNT2 Ultra
- ? nVIDIA RIVA TNT Vanta
- ? nVIDIA GeForce 256/GeForce2
- ? Rendition V2200
- ? S3 Savage 3D
- ? S3 Savage 2000
- ? S3 Savage4/Savage4 PRO
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- General Information
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- If Launcher Screen is Too Large for Screen
- If your font size is set to "Large Fonts", the launcher will appear to be twice as large
- as it should be and you may not be able to see all of the launcher buttons. We suggest
- you set your fonts to "Small" to see the entire launcher. To do so:
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- ? Right-click on your desktop
- ? Click on "Properties"
- ? Click on the "Settings" tab
- ? Click on the box under "Font size" near the bottom
- ? Click on "Small Fonts"
- ? Click on the "OK" button at the bottom of the window
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- Desktop Color Palette
- We recommend that you set your desktop to High Color (16 bit) color. When
- Playing Escape from Monkey Island with your desktop set to a color palette
- other than 16 bit, you may experience various problems while running the game.
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- Task Switching
- We recommend that you do not task switch while playing the Escape from
- Monkey Island demo.
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- CTRL-ESC
- We recommend that you do not use CTRL-ESC while playing the demo.
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- Installing the Escape from Monkey Island Demo
- Insert the Escape from Monkey Island Demo into your CD-ROM drive. The launcher
- screen will open automatically unless Autoplay is disabled. If it does not, double-click
- on the My Computer icon, then the CD-ROM icon. This should bring up the launcher
- menu. If it does not, double-click on MnkyDemo.exe in the window that opens. Click on
- the top button from the following options and the installer will guide you through the
- installation process.
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- ? Install
- ? Help
- ? How to Play
- ? Visit www.lucasarts.com
- ? View License Agreement
- ? Go Back
- ? Options
- ? Analyze Your Computer
- ? Go Back
- ? Exit
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- The default installation location is C:\ProgramFiles\LucasArts\Monkey4demo.
- Installation requires 4 MB of free hard drive space. We recommend that you have
- an additional 75 MB of free space available on the hard drive after installing the
- demo.
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- Running the Escape from Monkey Island Demo
- To run the demo, click on your Start Menu, select Programs, then LucasArts,
- then Monkey4 Demo and click on Play Monkey4 Demo. This will bring up
- the Launcher screen.
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- NOTE: The following list includes the options accessible from each submenu.
-
- ? Play Monkey4 Demo
- ? Help
- ? How to Play
- ? Visit www.lucasarts.com
- ? View License Agreement
- ? Go Back
- ? Options
- ? Analyze Your Computer
- ? Configuration Options
- ? Uninstall
- ? Go Back
- ? Exit
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- Configuration Options
- Before choosing OpenGL or Direct3D, we recommend that you check the list of currently
- supported OpenGL and D3D chipsets in the demo readme, which is accessible through
- theHelp menu on the launcher.
-
- NOTE: Please check the documentation for the video driver you are using to ensure that
- your card has OpenGL support before selecting this option.
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- Playing Demo directly from the CD
- Although it is possible to run the executable directly off of the CD, we recommend
- that you use the shortcuts the installer creates in the Start Menu or the shortcut to
- the Monkey4 Demo which is created on the desktop during installation. Running
- the executable directly from the CD may cause the game to run much more slowly
- and hit the CD much harder.
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- PLAYING THE GAME
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- Saving a Game
- Saving and loading a game have been disabled in the demo version of Escape
- from Monkey Island. These features will be enabled in the full version.
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- Mouse Support
- There is no mouse support in this demo.
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- Keyboard Commands
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- Turn left/right
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- Move forward/backward
- ,
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- Run
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- Default action
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- Cycle sentence line/hot object or dialog choice
- OR OR OR
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- Page up/Page down dialog choice
- OR OR
- OR
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- Look at
- OR OR
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- Use, Talk to
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- Skip Dialog Line
- OR
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- Pick up
- OR
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- Enter inventory
- OR
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- Menu
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- In Inventory
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- Cycle inventory left/right
- ,
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- Select inventory item
- , ,
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- Exit inventory
- ,
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- Select combine item (press u again on another item to combine)
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- ⌐ 2000 LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC. All rights reserved.
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