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- PITFALL: THE MAYAN ADVENTURE
- DEMO VERSION 1.0
-
- This is a PRE-ALPHA version of Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure for Windows 95,
- developed for Activision by Kinesoft Development. As this is pre-alpha, you
- may find bugs.
-
- ***** THIS DEMO RUNS BEST ON A PENTIUM 90 OR BETTER MACHINE *****
-
- This demo may also be played on a 486DX/66, however you will experience
- slight hitches in the frame rate. The final version will be compatible
- with a 486/33 processor and will include the AutoPlay feature.
-
- If you wish to play the game immediately, double click on the Pitfall icon
- inside the PitDemo folder but DO NOT ENABLE SOUND EFFECTS. This will
- significantly slow the game down because each sound effect when played
- would need to be accessed off the CD. However, enabling the CD audio will
- have no effect on the speed of the game.
-
- INSTRUCTIONS: Copy the folder named PitDemo onto the hard drive. Leave
- the CD in the drive in order to access the music tracks. The PitDemo folder
- contains the following...
-
- BG (directory)
- SOUND (directory)
- SPRITES (directory)
- WAVEMIX *****THIS DIRECTORY CONTAINS WAVEMIX.INI AND WAVEMIX.DLL.
- WAVEMIX.INI MUST BE COPIED INTO THE WINDOWS DIRECTORY AND
- WAVEMIX.DLL MUST BE COPIED INTO THE WINDOWS\SYSTEM DIRECTORY
- ON THE HARD DRIVE (this will be done automatically in the
- final version).
-
- Dispdib.dll *****THIS FILE MUST BE COPIED INTO THE WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- DIRECTORY IF IT IS NOT ALREADY THERE (this will be done
- automatically in the final version). Also, this file
- will only be visible in the window if the viewing option
- is set such that it shows hidden files.*****
-
- Pitfall.hlp
- Pitfall.exe
- Readme.now
-
-
- If while playing the game you notice that there are ghost images of the
- game window on the desktop, check to make sure that REALTIME PRIORITY
- in the OPTIONS menu is disabled.
-
- Additionally, the demo may suffer from jerkiness when sound effects are
- enabled if running on any machine less than a Pentium 90. This will be
- fixed in the final version. Ultimately, the final version of the game will
- require a minimum of a 486DX/33 with 8 meg RAM.
-
- Also, if an error message appears stating that you are not running in FAST
- 256 COLOR mode, switch to this option by going into SETTINGS section of the
- DISPLAY function located in CONTROL PANELS. After selecting 256 mode, click
- on APPLY which will then reboot your machine. Playing the game in non-256
- color mode will result in the game playing at a much slower rate.
-
-
- This demo features the following options...
-
- ONE LEVEL Select either the Title Screen or the First level,
- the Ceiba Jungle.
- CD SOUNDTRACK Enable redbook audio tracks using the OPTIONS menu.
- This will access music tracks off the CD.
- SOUND EFFECTS Enable sampled sound effects using the OPTIONS
- menu. It is recommended that you also enable the
- CD tracks when enabling the sound effects. Also,
- enabling sound effects on a machine less than a
- Pentium 90 will cause jerkiness (see above).
- GAME PAD Enable use of a Gravis game pad by using the
- OPTIONS menu. Remember that a game pad will not
- work properly unless it is configured correctly in
- Windows 95. NOTE: The game pad will pull to the
- left if used when sound effects are enabled (current
- bug).
- WINDOW SIZE Select various window sizes by using the WINDOW
- menu. Use the SMOOTH FULL SCREEN option only when
- running the demo on a Pentium 90 or better (see
- above).
- HELP FILE Read through a preliminary version of an
- all-encompassing help file that will be included
- in the final product.
-
-
- CONTROLS:
-
- The default controls are as follows...
-
- A (Whip)
- S (Jump/Crawl)
- D (Fire)
-
- Space Bar (Select weapon - sling stones, boomerang, smart bomb)
- Arrow Keys (Move)
-
- Hold down CTRL and use the directional keys to cheat to anywhere in a level.
-
- You may custom-configure your keyboard settings by choosing ALTER CONTROLS
- in the OPTIONS menu.
-
-
- We hope you enjoy this pre-alpha version of Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
- for Windows 95.
-
- ACTIVISION
- TEAM PITFALL
-
-