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- STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
- The Transinium Challenge
- by TRANS Fiction Systems
-
- QuickStart Instructions
-
- Machine Requirements:
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- MS-DOS compatible computer with:
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- -- 640k of RAM
- -- CGA, EGA, or VGA graphics cards
- -- 2 360k floppy drives and
- -- or --
- 1 360k floppy drive and 1 hard drive (Recommended)
-
- Optional:
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- -- a MicroSoft Mouse
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE: You will need a hard drive in order to run 16 color
- versions of The Transinium Challenge.
-
- There are three 360k floppies distributed with this version of The
- Transinium Challenge. They are labled Disk 1, Disk 2, and Disk 3.
-
- To play the game using two 360k floppy drives:
-
- Place Disk 1 in the A: drive and Disk 2 in the B: drive. At the DOS
- prompt, execute:
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- A: <ret> ...to make the A: drive current
- CD \ <ret> ...to make the root directory current
- TREK <ret> ...to load and play The Transinium
- Challenge
-
- (NOTE: "<ret>" means press the "ENTER" or "RETURN" key on your
- keyboard.)
-
- The Transinium Challenge will load, and you will be asked if you intend
- to use a mouse. Answer by entering "Y" or "N".
-
- Next, the games imagery will be loaded into the computer's memory. When
- prompted, remove Disk 1 from the A: drive, then insert Disk 3 in the A:
- drive. The Transinium Challenge will begin a few seconds later.
-
- Note that after you exit the game, you will be prompted to insert Disk 1
- in the A: drive with the message: "Insert disk with batch file." Remove
- Disk 3 from the A: drive and place Disk 3 in the A: drive, then press a
- key, and the game will end normally.
-
- To play the game using one 360k floppy drive and a hard drive:
-
- Create a new directory on your hard drive by entering at the DOS prompt
- (for example):
-
- C: <ret> ...to make the C: drive current
- CD \ <ret> ...to make the root directory current
- MakeDir TRANS <ret> ...to create a new directory
- CD TRANS <ret> ...to make the new directory current
-
- Then, place each of the three disks in your floppy drive in turn,
- entering each time at the DOS prompt:
-
- COPY A:*.* <ret> ...to copy all the files to the hard
- drive
-
- When you've finished copying all the files on the three disks, enter the
- following at the DOS prompt:
-
- TREK <ret> ...to load and play The Transinium
- Challenge
-
- The Transinium Challenge will load, and you will be asked if you intend
- to use a mouse. Answer by entering "Y" or "N". The Transinium Challenge
- will begin a few seconds later.
-
- Using the Keyboard vs. Using the Mouse
-
- You can use either the mouse or keyboard to play The Transinium
- Challenge.
-
- When using the keyboard, you will be able to highlight the various
- buttons, icons, and hotspots on the screen by using the arrow and
- alphabet keys. The left arrow and up arrow move the highlight towards
- the top left corner of the screen. The right arrow and down arrow move
- it toward the bottom right corner of the screen. Pressing the ENTER key
- selects the action indicated by the button, icon, or hotspot, and
- carries out your command.
-
- When using the mouse, you simply point at the button, icon, or hotspot
- which indicates the command you wish to be carried out, and click the
- LEFT mouse button.
-
- To get to the special Save/Restore/Quit screen, first select the "Look
- Around" icon at the bottom left of the screen, then press Escape (if
- you're using keyboard control) or, if using the mouse, click the RIGHT
- mouse button.
-
- To indicate a file you wish to save or restore, select the textfield at
- the top left corner of the screen.
-
- If using the mouse, click on the space just to the right of the word
- File: This makes the textfield active, and you can enter your filename.
- Press ENTER to "lock in" the text, then click on OK or Cancel.
-
- If using the keyboard, you can activate the text field by using the
- arrow keys. Press ENTER to "lock in" the text, then select either "OK"
- or "Cancel."
-
- To restart The Transinium Challenge, go to the Save/Restore/Quit screen,
- select "Retrieve" and retrieve the saved game supplied on Disk 2 called
-
- NewGame
-
- You will be transported to the bridge of the ENTERPRISE, at the
- beginning of your mission.
-
-
- Using the MakeEGA utility to create 16 color imagery.
-
- In order to create a 16 color version of The Transinium Challenge, place
- all the files from the three disks into the the same directory in your
- hard drive, as described above. But instead of entering "TREK" at the
- DOS prompt, enter
-
- MakeEGA <ret> ...to begin the conversion process
-
- You will be prompted through the process, which may take fifteen or more
- minutes to complete. It's worth the wait!
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