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- Welcome to SpaceKids
-
- SpaceKids is the story of a brother and sister who live on the
- Moon with their grandfather, a famous space explorer. One day
- Grandpa leaves to explore Earth. When he does not come back,
- the SpaceKids fly to Earth to search for him. Along the way,
- they discover a strange and wonderful world filled with fantastic
- characters.
-
- SpaceKids is an interactive cartoon where you help the kids find
- their grandfather. The story changes depending on your actions and
- decisions. Every time that you play, you will see something new.
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-
- System requirements:
-
- 500K available RAM
- VGA display
- Fast 386 or better.
- SoundBlaster, Pro Audio or compatible sound card.
- 4 Meg. free space on your hard disk.
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-
- Before you can play SpaceKids you must first install it.
- Chances are, you have already done that if you are reading this.
- If you already have, skip ahead to setting up your sound card.
-
- 1. Make a directory/folder called kids.
- 2. Copy spkids.exe to the kids directory/folder.
- 3. In DOS, go to your kids directory and type "spkids"
- (no quotes) <ENTER> or from windows, double click spkids.exe.
- This creates all the files that you need to play SpaceKids.
-
- The next thing to do is to set up your sound card.
-
- 1. In DOS, type install or in windows, double click
- install.exe in your kids directory.
- 2. Click the "Configuration" button.
- 3. Select the sound card that is closest to yours.
- 4. Click the "Configure Card" and select the address
- for your soundcard. Note: If you are not sure what
- you should set it to, try 220.
- 5. Click OK.
- 6. Click OK to "Save Configuration".
- 7. Click to "Exit Install"
- 8. Click "Exit to DOS".
-
- How to Play
-
- DOS:
-
- From the DOS Prompt, go to the kids directory.
- Type: kids
-
- Windows 3.1:
-
- There are two ways to play SpaceKids from Windows, a good
- way and a better way.
-
- The "good way" is to just launch it from the File Manager. The
- "better way" is to make your own SpaceKids Group and Icon.
- There are a lot of steps to make your own Group and Icon but
- it actually is quite easy and only takes a minute or two.
-
- To play using the File Manager:
-
- 1. Double click the File Manager to open it.
- 2. Find the kids.exe file in the kids directory.
- 3. Double-click kids.exe.
-
- To make your own SpaceKids Group and Icon:
-
- First, make a Group:
-
- 1. From Program Manager menu, select FILE-NEW.
- (The NEW PROGRAM OBJECT Window opens.)
- 2. Click the PROGRAM GROUP button.
- 3. Click the OK button.
- 4. Next to Description, type in Kids.
- (Leave Group File blank.)
- 5. Click OK. You now have an empty Window for SpaceKids.
-
- Then, make an Icon:
-
- 6. From Program Manager menu, select FILE-NEW.
- (The NEW PROGRAM OBJECT Window opens.)
- 7. Click the PROGRAM ITEM button.
- 8. Click the OK button.
- (The PROGRAM ITEMS PROPERTY Window opens.)
- 9. Next to Description, type in Kids.
- 10. To fill in the Command Line, click the BROWSE
- button.
- 1. Go to the KIDS directory.
- 2. Find the file kids.exe and double click it.
- (The Command Line will show the path and file.)
- 11. Click the CHANGE ICON button. The message says there
- are no icons available among other things. Don't
- panic, everything is fine, just click the OK button.
- (The Change Icon Window opens.)
- 12. Click the BROWSE button.
- 13. Find the KIDS directory again.
- 14. Find the file kids.ico and double click it.
- (You return to the Program Item Properties Window.)
- 15. Click OK. You are done!
-
- To play using the Icon:
-
- 1. Double click the KIDS Icon.
-
- Windows 95:
-
- There are several ways to play SpaceKids from Windows 95.
- the best way is to make a shortcut to click on.
- The next best way is to play it in a DOS Window. If that
- won't work, you can restart in DOS and play it from there.
-
- Making a shortcut for the Desktop, Start Menu or Programs:
-
- 1. Click on the Start Button.
- 2. Select Settings and then Taskbar
- 3. Click the Start Menu Programs Tab.
- 4. Click Add and then Browse.
- 5. Double click on the KIDS folder.
- 6. Right click kids.exe and select "Create Shortcut".
- 7. Find the new icon called "Shortcut to KIDS.EXE".
- It should already be selected (highlighted), if not,
- click its icon.
- 8. Click Open.
- 9. Click Next.
- 10. To put the shortcut on the Desktop, Startup Menu or
- under Programs, double click the corresponding
- term. ex. to put the shortcut on the desktop, double
- click Desktop.
- 11. Select a Name. Type in SPACEKIDS.
- 12. Select an icon: click the SPACEKIDS icon.
- 13. If, when you are done, you don't have the SpaceKids icon:
- 1. Right click the shortcut for SpaceKids.
- 2. Select Properties.
- 3. Select Program.
- 4. Click the Change Icon button.
- 5. Select browse.
- 6. Go to the kids folder and double click the kids icon.
- 14. Double click the SpaceKids shortcut icon to play.
-
- Playing SpaceKids from a DOS Window:
-
- 1. Open a DOS window.
- 2. Click the START Button in the bottom left corner of
- the Widows Task Bar.
- 3. Select Programs.
- 4. Click on the MS-DOS Prompt Icon.
- 2. At the DOS Prompt, type: cd \kids
- 3. type: kids
-
- Playing SpaceKids from DOS:
-
- If either of the above procedures don't work, try the following:
-
- 1. Click on the START Button in the bottom left corner
- of the Windows Task bar.
- 2. Select Shut Down and select "Restart in MS-DOS mode".
- 3. At the DOS Prompt, type: cd \kids
- 4. Type: kids
-
-
- HOW TO PLAY:
-
- When there are arrows on the screen, you can use them to make things
- happen.
-
- Keyboard: Press the key on the keypad that matches
- the arrow. For example, to use the up arrow,
- press the 8 key on your keypad. To use the
- down-and-right arrow, press the 3 key on your
- keypad, and so on.
-
- Mouse: Move the mouse until the arrow you want to
- use is bigger than the rest and then click
- the mouse button.
-
- Joystick: Move the joystick in the direction of the
- arrow that you want to use. If the joystick
- doesn't seem to be working right, center the
- joystick and press "J".
-
- The small picture by the arrows shows what the arrows will
- control. If you see a "?" by the arrows, it means that you
- need to solve a special challenge before moving on.
-
- Press "S" to skip a scene.
-
- Hold "F" down to fast forward at double speed.
-
- Press the spacebar to pause the game. Press any key to
- continue.
-
- Press the Esc key twice to quit.
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- Cheat Codes:
-
- * You can start the game part way into the story by typing
- "KIDS #" where # is one of the following numbers:
-
- 1 - The Kids are ready to come out of the saucer.
-
- 2 - Deet chooses between the Castle and the Bed.
-
- 3 - Zeedle chooses between the Castle and the Bed.
-
- 4 - Oliver the pencil is walking in front of Spike the cat.
-
- 5 - Deet pulls on Spike's whiskers.
-
- 6 - Balboa the pirate tries to get to his ship.
-
- As an example, "KIDS 2" (don't type the quotes) will start
- the game with Deet ready to choose between the Castle and
- the Bed.
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- SpaceKids website: http://www.evryware.com/spacekids
- Email: spacekids@evryware.com
-
- Evryware Inc.
- P.O. Box 5204
- Olympia, WA 98509-5204
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