Games Gallery 98/Games Gallery 98 - Disc 2.iso/Content/MINNIGF/Readme.txt

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Knuddel's Minigolf

      ... a Windows 95 - Direct X Game from DIGITAL
      Nightmares ...

Knuddel's Minigolf is a miniature-golf-game for the whole
family. Up to 127 players can
play 36 interesting, nice completely raytraced
hicolor-minigolf-courses with Knuddel
(the hero of our game Knuddel's Quest) and his friends. For
one player there is a
special challenge: the training-game. Multiplayer games can
be played at one computer
or in an Windows95-network. Knuddel's Minigolf is not a
simulation but an exiting game
...

Special features of the game:

     interesting courses with hills, valleys and ramps

     little diskspace needed due to the high compression of
     the more than 20 MB
     courses

     realtime shadows on the rolling and jumping ball

     sand, speedups, teleports, magnets, barriers ...

     nice ('Knuddel'-)outfit of the game and
     music/soundeffects

Knuddel┤s Minigolf is available for only US$ 30.
Order via Internet or use our orderform.



Contents:

   1.Description

   2.Hardware Requirements

   3.Shareware

   4.The Game

   5.Tips

   6.Technical Problems

   7.Informations at the Internet

   8.Thanks



Hardware Requirements:

Test yourself: If the free Shareware-demo is running without
problems, the registered
full-version will do so, too.
You need a computer with Windows95 and an installed version
of DirectX 3.0 or better.
Your display adapter must support HiColor (16-bit colors) to
run the game.
The Shareware can be started from harddisk or CD-ROM, but
Highscores are not
saved on CD. The registration needs an installed version of
the game on your harddisk.
The font Comic Sans MS should be installed for correct texts
in the game.
To enjoy sound and music of the game you need a
DirectSound-compatible soundcard
(not a needed to run the game!).



The Sharewareversion:

The unregistriered shareware contains only the first 12
training-courses of all 36 in the
full-version! Also the multiplayer-game can only be played
with 2 players at one
computer!
You can get further information how to order the full
version from the other texts supplied
with the game.



The Game:

After loading the game shows you its game-start-menu. Here
you can start a new game,
change options, view informations or leave to Windows again.
Choose an option with
the mouse or the cursorkeys and RETURN or SPACE.

The singleplayer-game can be played either on the
training-ground or at the
standard-courses. Where the game will be played can be
chosen in the options-menu.
To play more than the first six courses at the
training-ground your number of strokes
must stay below a certain limit.
The standard-courses can be played each after another - like
a normal miniature-golf
game. If you are good enough you can get an entry in the
highscore-table of the game.

A multiplayer-game can be played with more than one player
at one computer or with a
Windows95-network. The game is played - just like a
singeplayer-game - on the
training-course or the standard-course.
In a game at one computer every player enters his name and
then plays the game in the
same order.
To start a network-game the first player must create a new
game and all other players
then join. Every player plays his course and then waits
until the course is completed by
all others (at their own computer). The game then is
continued at the next course ...
The next courses at the training-ground can only be played
if everyone stays below the
stroke-limit.

In the game you first put down the ball at the white
start-field. Then the shots are done
with the left mousebutton and the mousecursor-cross. The
ball is then rolling around the
course. After putting the ball in the hole the game is
continued at the next course. If you
need more than 6 (9 in the easy game') strokes you must jump
to the next course.
With ESC or the right mousebutton you can see the actual
standings and quit the game
(not in the network-game!).
Further information can be obtained with the F1-key.

In the Options-Dialog you can change between the two
game-modes (with their 18
courses) training or standard. You can also make the game
easier or much more
difficult.
Soundeffects and music can be turned on and off and the
fading od the
Knuddel-dialogues can be changed. The last point is the
multiplayer game. Here you
can switch between network- or one-computer-game.

To read the dialogues faster just hold the left mousebutton
down, to abort them, hold
the right button pressed.



Tips:

Here we have a few tips for all players of the game:

     Do not only shoot the ball around like crazy. Shot
     indirect and after some thinking!

     Every course can be solved with one shot - but for this
     one you need much
     training, concentration and sometimes a bit luck.

     To continue with the next two courses at the
     training-ground you must stay under a
     limit of 2.5 (easy-game: 3.5) shots for every course as
     an average.

     Have some fun and use psycho-tricks and violence to win
     your multiplayer-game
     at one computer!

     Do not let your opponents have any influence your
     shots!

Have fun!



Technical Problems?

You need Direct X 3.0 or better installed on your system! If
you get messages like
'Missing link to DLL ...' you should install DirectX. You
can get it from
http://www.microsoft.com/directx , our homepage
http://www.sharedirect.com
(Downloads - DirectX) or from many actual CDs. If other
problems (especcially with
sound or music) appear, you should try to disable your
MIDI-Output in the
Multimedia-Control of Windows95. Problems with the Gravis
Ultrasound Classic are
known.

You start and play this program at your own risk. We are not
responsible for any
damage on you or your computer produced by starting and
running this game.



Further Informations from the Internet:

Sharedirect-Homepage: http://www.sharedirect.com
DIGITAL Nightmares-Homepage:
http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~miha/
Emails to: [e-mail]



This software is based in part on the work of the
Independent JPEG Group.
Thanks go to WATCOM for their C++ compiler and Microsoft for
Windows 95 and DirectX.
All graphics in this game are raytraced with 'Reflections'
from Oberland Computer.
Thanks also going to Tobias Lenz for betatests and more.
To keep the game small enough (5 MB are not very small,
huh?) for internet-downloaders we did
not contain huge animations and orchestral music. If you
want that you should think about buying a
new DVD-player :-)

Michael Haar, Design & Programming
Rebecca Ludolphy, Coursedesign & Graphics
Holger Niesel, Musik
Ulrich Haar, original 'Knuddel' and 'Monster'
Schenk & Horn, www.sharedirect.com, Distrubution