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C 2 V
Copyright 1994
Krypton Egg MS-DOS Version
50 & 60 levels
-=*=- Here are the Frequently Asked Questions
If you can not resolve your problem, do not hesitate to write, fax,
phone or mail us the problem, indicating when it occurs and what
computers you have (CPU, Memory, SoundCard,...)
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Q: The game crashed when I run it!
A: This should not happen but in case where it happens:
you can try without the Sound Card Test by typing
> ke -s => No sound
you can try without the Timer Manager
> ke -t => No timer manager
you can try without the Joystick
> ke -j => No Joystick
or without the three above
> ke -s -t -j => No sound, No timer, No joy
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Q: The game stops under Windows or doesn't run !
A: You probably have a sound card used by Windows, that Krypton Egg try
to use but can not. To avoid this problem, you must run Krypton Egg
without the sound card.
you can try without the Sound Card Test by typing
> ke -s => No sound
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Q: I have a Microsoft compatible mouse but I can not use it!
A: Your mouse probably needs an interrupt used by Krypton Egg.
To use your mouse, you must remove the timer manager from Krypton Egg.
Run Krypton with the following line.
> ke -t => No timer manager
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Q: I have a sound card and I don't hear any sound!
A: You must have a 100% Sound Blaster compatible sound card to hear
the sound. The GUS Sound Card is not supported
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Q: I would like to hear sounds on the great PC-Speaker!
A: Type on the command line:
> ke -k => Play sounds on PC-Speaker
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Q: How must I do to disable the sound card ?
A: Type on the command line:
> ke -s => No sound
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Q: How can I kill The Final monster ?
A: You must touch his mouth to inflict him damages.
You have 2 weapons to fight him.
- A quick, weak, double and diagonal shoot that is useful to use when
you are not in front of his mouth.
- A slow, powerful and straight shoot that is the best and simplest
to use.
You can see that you touched him when the screen flashes to white.
When he touches you, the screen flashes to red.
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Q: How must I do to switch ON or OFF the sound during the game?
A: Press the <S> key to toggle the sound ON or OFF.
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Q: The Final monsters are too hard for me.
How can I remove them?
A: Press the <SPACE BAR> key on the menu screen and
type the code <D0D0> to remove them from the game.
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Q: The Horde attacks are too hard for me.
How can I remove them?
A: Press the <SPACE BAR> key on the menu screen and
type the code <DADA> to remove them from the game.
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Q: How can I restore the Final Monsters and The Horde Attacks?
A: Press the <SPACE BAR> key on the menu screen and
type the code <0000> to restore them.
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Q: What keys are used to play the game on the keyboard?
A: <CONTROL> to throw the ball
<ALTERNATE> to shoot
<ARROW UP> or <8> to go up
<ARROW DOWN> or <2> to go down
<ARROW LEFT> or <4> to go left
<ARROW RIGHT> or <6> to go right
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Q: How can I pause or Un-pause the game?
A: Press the <SPACE BAR> or the <P> key to set or remove the pause.
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Q: How can I get the password?
A: You receive a password each 10 levels. The password is given to you
when you are dead after high-scores screen. The password is written
in the bottom of the menu screen. It is hexadecimal number composed of
4 digits.
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Q: How can I enter my password?
A: First, be on the menu screen then press the <SPACE BAR> key and
enter your hexadecimal password.
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Q: The keyboard keys are incorrect to enter my name in the high-scores or
the password in the menu screen?
A: We have programmed K.E. thinking that everyone had an US "querty"
keyboard and thus some keys may be inversed like the following:
A <---> Q
Z <---> W
M <---> ?
; <---> M
Run Krypton with the following line to have a "azerty" keyboard
> ke -f => "azerty" keyboard
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Have fun with Krypton Egg
Xavier Kral - The author