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NFL QUARTERBACK CLUB '97
COPYRIGHT 1996 ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT INC.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Welcome to NFL Quarterback Club '97.
Before this program can run properly on your machine
it must first have the proper files copied on
to your hard drive and sound audio options determined.
THE INSTALL PROGRAM
=======================================
When the install program is first run, the UniVBE
utility will want to test your computer's video
capabilities. It is not necessary to run all of the
tests and hitting ESC when promted by the utility is
not a problem. The installation program will
ask you for information about the size of the installation you
wish to use. Moving around the game in general will be faster
with larger install options. After the install program runs
the "SETSOUND.EXE" utility is executed automatically. This
utility will allow you to setup the game for your sound card.
It is not necessary to install a midi driver since the game does
not use midi sequences. As mentioned under the "VIDEO CARDS"
section of this readme file. It may be necessary to run the
program without installing UniVBE. This also applies to the
install program and adding the -u option when running the
install program may be necessary. If the -u option is used to
install the program then the program will automatically assume
NOT to load UniVBE when running the game.
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
=======================================
The minimum requirements to run this game are a 486 DX2/66 Mhz
CPU, 8 MB of RAM, a double speed CD-ROM drive, 1 MB SVGA
video card, and a minimum of 25 MB free hard drive space.
These are the minimum requirements and higher performance hardware
will produce better results. During the install, you will be able
to choose the amount of hard drive space you wish to use by
choosing either Minimum, Recommended , or Maximum install.
This choice will depend on how much free space you have available
on your hard drive. Remember, however, with more files put on
your hard drive, the game will load faster and will perform
better.
SOUND CARD
=======================================
After the install program is finished copying the game to your
hard drive, it will then automatically run the sound card setup
program. Follow the on-screen instructions of the program to
complete your sound card setup. If you have problems
setting up your sound card, you might need to contact the
manufacturer of you particular sound card. It is not necessary
to configure your card for midi sound.
VIDEO PLAYBACK
=======================================
If the video playback in this game jumps or skips frames,
it is possible that your CD-ROM drive is not the minimum
double speed drive required to run this game. Also, make sure
you are not using any disk-caching software while you are
playing this game.
VIDEO CARDS
=======================================
NFL QBC '97 requires a VESA compatible 1 MB SVGA video card
which can handle 640x480 resolution with 256 colors. The UNIVBE
VESA driver is automatically run upon setup of this game. This
works well enough for most video cards However, the UNIVBE driver
may not work with all video cards. If you have an old card and are
having problems using the UNIVBE, your video card may require the
VESA driver supplied by the manufacturer. Please contact your
video card manufacturer for more information. If you have a video
card which is new to the market, this version of UniVBE may not
support it. If this is the case, you can try to run the program
without loading UniVBE. To run the game without installing UniVBE
type :
QBC97 -u
note : -u only needs to be used once to run the game the first
time. Every run after that the game will automatically
assume not to load the UniVBE drivers. If the -u was
used to install the game then the game will assume not
to load UniVBE.
Although not supported, most ISA video cards should work with
QBC '97. Most of the problems with these cards have been worked
out, however, the full motion video clips may not play properly
on some ISA cards. If you are having problems during the video
clips, you can run QBC '97 without the video sequences by typing:
QBC97 -V
MEMORY
=======================================
This product requires about 508 KB of conventional memory
and 7,064 KB extended memory to run. You can type
"mem /c /p" at the DOS prompt to check the amount of
memory you have available on your system. If you do
not have enough memory you may wish to create a boot disk
with only the minimum drivers loaded to run the game.
If you would like to make a boot disk refer to the
section below entitled "CREATING A BOOT DISK".
CREATING A BOOT DISK
========================================
First find a Floppy disk which does not contain any important
information since this procedure will erase all data on the disk.
To format the disk as a boot disk, place it into your drive A:
and type the following line.
FORMAT /S A:
It will ask if you wish to format another. Type 'N' <enter>.
Now, copy your autoexec.bat and config.sys files to drive A:.
These files on your drive A: can be edited to remove all extra
device drivers. The only drivers which are needed are HIMEM,
sound card, cd-rom, and mouse drivers. Refer to the specific
manuals for information on loading these drivers.
NFL QBC '97 and WINDOWS95 <TM>
=======================================
While NFL QBC '97 can run under WIN95 on most machines,
the game has been designed to operate in MS-DOS mode only.
It is recommended that if you are using WIN95, go to
the "Start" button located in the lower left corner of your WIN95
desktop, choose "Shut Down", and then "Restart the computer in
MS-DOS mode".
If you are having difficulties getting your CD drive to respond
in MS-DOS mode, refer to your WIN95 manuals on how to setup
your CD drive in this mode.
If you are playing QBC'97 in a Windows DOS box you must turn
off the Windows short-cut keys in the properties/misc part of the
short-cut window. The game uses these keys and will conflict
with the system if they are not turned off.
COPYRIGHT 1996 ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT INC.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.