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- Welcome to the short play demo of MARTIAN MEMORANDUM. This demo is meant to
- give you a short sampling of the actual game play of MARTIAN MEMORANDUM.
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- Contained in this file is some short instructions and tips on getting the
- demo up and running.
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- INSTALLING MARTIAN MEMORANDUM
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- *** MARTIAN MEMORANDUM must be installed to work properly. ***
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- Installing the demo is simple and can be done two ways.
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- Using the INSTALL program:
- 1) Insert demo disk into the floppy drive you are using to install from.
- 2) Type the letter of the drive followed by a colon (:) and press ENTER.
- 3) Type INSTALL and press ENTER.
- 4) Follow the instructions on screen.
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- Using dos:
- 1) Create a directory on your hard disk to contain the demo by typing:
- MD \MMDEMO [ENTER]
- 2) Copy all files from demo disk by typing:
- CD \MMDEMO
- Insert demo disk into floppy drive A: or B:
- COPY A:*.* [ENTER] or COPY B:*.* [ENTER]
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- PLAYING THE GAME
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- Searching Rooms
- Searching a room is simple. At the bottom of the screen is a set of commands
- you can use to manipulate objects in a room. Simply select a command (the
- command will highlight) and then select objects in the room to manipulate.
- To select a new command, just select the new command from the command at the
- bottom on the screen.
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- Talking to Characters
- Simply select the response you wish to use by selecting a response from the
- command bar at the bottom of the screen. You may also offer an item from your
- inventory.
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- Loading and Saving
- You are not allowed to load or save during the short play demo.
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- Help
- The HELP function is not available in this demo.
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- The Camera
- When you find the camera and look through it, you can pan the camera using
- the arrows around the 'shoot photo' box. To return to the room, select the
- 'exit' box.
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- If you have any further questions call Access Software at 1-800-800-4880.