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- SIERRA FAMILY DEMONSTRATION CD-ROM VERSION 2.0 8/26/93
-
- Welcome to the first Sierra demonstration CD-ROM. This CD-ROM
- contains most of the Sierra family product demos that are currently
- available, assembled in an easy to use menu system. Most current
- Sierra family products are represented here. Every product includes a
- full-screen high resolution, full color image and description, and
- many include demonstration programs you can run.
-
- Several of the demos are fully interactive mini-games. Some of the
- must-see demos are King's Quest VI for CD-ROM, Betrayal at Krondor,
- Gabriel Knight, The Even More Incredible Machine, Ready Set Read,
- Outpost, and Gobliiins. Of course, we suspect you'll want to check
- out all the available demos under the "Now Available" and "Coming
- Soon" sections. You'll find many hours of entertainment and enjoyment
- from all of the demos and other product information contained on this
- CD-ROM.
-
- We have configured most of the demos to run directly from the CD-ROM.
- Since many of these demos were not designed to run from a read-only
- directory, some will not operate unless they are first copied to the
- hard disk. In each of these cases, you are prompted with information
- about the hard disk space requirements, and whether you want the demo
- to be moved to the hard disk. In all cases, the demos will be
- installed in the C:\SIERRA\DEMOCD directory. This cannot be changed.
-
- We have created this demo CD in direct response to requests from our
- customers. This is the second release. The premiere edition was
- distributed to a limited audience as part of the company's annual
- report.
-
- This updated version 2.0 contains several additional demos, fixes
- numerous minor errors in the first release, improves compatibility
- with a wider number of systems configurations, and provides many other
- minor improvments and new features.
-
- Additional copies of this CD-ROM are available from your favorite
- software retailer, or can be ordered directly from Sierra by calling
- 1-800-326-6654. Call for the latest price and availability.
-
- We plan to update this Demo CD on a regular basis, insuring that it
- always contains information and the latest demos on our most current
- products. Due to the nature of its pricing and distribution, it will
- not be possible to provide reduced price upgrades to owners of current
- versions of the Demo CD.
-
- We welcome your feedback on this Demo CD. Send your comments to:
-
- Demo CD-ROM Project
- Sierra On-Line, Inc.
- P.O. BOX 485
- Coarsegold, CA, 93614
-
- You may also send us your comments online by leaving a message in the
- Sierra Section (11) of the Game A Publishers Forum (GO GAMAPUB) on
- CompuServe.
-
- VESA COMPATIBILITY
-
- The demo menuing system is designed to take advantage of the hires
- graphics capability of a VESA compatible VGA display adapter. The
- graphics menuing system will be replaced with text menus if your card
- is not VESA compatible. Also some of the demos are only available
- with a VESA compatible card.
-
- Most new graphics cards are VESA compatible, and many existing cards
- can run VESA software with the appropriate driver. Check out the
- information and drivers in the VESA directory if your card does not
- have native VESA support. In addition, your card must have at least
- 512k of video memory for VESA compatibility.
-
- If your graphics card is not capable of any VESA support, even with a
- driver, now would be a great time to think about upgrading. Many of
- the new products soon to be released from Sierra will require VESA
- compatibility to access the highest quality graphics and most advanced
- features.
-
- ABOUT PERFORMANCE
-
- All the demos on this CD-ROM run directly from the CD-ROM. However,
- many of these demos were designed for operation from a hard disk.
- Therefore, the performance may not accurately reflect the actual
- performance of the product. This is especially true if your CD-ROM
- drive has a slower 150kb/sec transfer rate, as opposed to the newer
- "double-speed" drives with 300kbyte/sec transfer rate. Please take
- this CD-ROM performance degradation into account when viewing these
- demos.
-
- For most demos, it is possible to copy the directory containing the
- demo to your hard disk to improve display performance. Please note
- that some of these directories are very large, so check the size
- before attempting to copy it. Some also contain subdirectories, which
- must be copied for proper operation.
-
- In most cases, the demo can be run directly from the game subdirectory
- by typing DEMO from within that directory. See the README file in
- each subdirectory for additional information. Many demos depend on
- the required setup files being present in the C:\SIERRA\DEMOCD
- directory. The main DEMO program initially creates this subdirectory
- and each demo uses it to store system-dependent configuration
- information.
-
- OTHER DEMOS
-
- There are some demos on the CD-ROM that cannot be accessed from the
- menus. In some cases, the demos were designed for in-store use so
- they loop and provide no means to exit other than by rebooting the
- system. In other cases, the demo may need to be copied to a hard disk
- to allow sound options to be configured, or to run with proper
- performance.
-
- All the demos are contained in the SIERRA, BRGHTSTR, DYNAMIX, and
- COKTEL directories. You are welcome to manually access the demo
- directories and copy them to a hard disk if you want to experiment
- with those demos that are not available through the menu system. Most
- demos can be run by switching to the appropriate subdirectory and
- typing DEMO. See the README file in each subdirectory for additional
- information. Many demos depend on the required setup files being
- present in the C:\SIERRA\DEMOCD directory. The main DEMO program
- initially creates this subdirectory and each demo uses it to store
- system-dependent configuration information.
-
- This Demo CD has little in the way of documentation for these
- additional demos, and it is not possible for our customer support
- department to provide assistance in accessing these demos. However,
- we included them just in case you want to explore and experiment on
- your own.
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- DEMONSTRATION CD-ROM COMPILATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS:
-
- Designed, Produced, and Directed by Bill Crow
-
- Programming: Bill Crow, Robert W. Lindsley, Mark Wilden, Dan Foy, Ken Koch
-
- Art: Frankie Powell, Bill Crow, Mark Hood
-
- Text: Josh Mandel, Bill Crow
-
- QA: Sharon Simmons, Michael Brosius, Lynne S. Dayton, Mike Jones,
- Roger Clendenning, Doug Wheeler, Dave Clingman, Matthew Genesi,
- Diana Mulligan
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- From everyone at the Sierra Family, we hope you enjoy this CD-ROM.
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