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- EARTH 2140 (TM) DEMO README.TXT
- August 5, 1997
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- Earth 2140 requires the following minimum system configuration:
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- - Pentium 100
- - 16 megabytes RAM
- - Mouse
- - 36 megabytes free hard disk space (48 megs free hard disk
- space for demo with intro movie).
- - Supports VGA and SVGA video cards.
- - Sound Blaster compatible sound card.
- - DOS 6.22 or Windows 95
- - Double speed CD-ROM
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- INSTALLATION:
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- YOU MUST HAVE PKUNZIP INSTALLED TO INSTALL EARTH 2140!!
- *******************************************************
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- FOR DOS
- 1. Make a new directory on your hard-drive called "2140DEMO"
- (MD C:\2140DEMO)
- 2. Copy the EARTH.ZIP file you downloaded into that directory.
- (COPY EARTH.ZIP C:\2140DEMO)
- 3. Change into the 2140DEMO directory.
- (CD C:\2140DEMO)
- 4. Unzip the EARTH.ZIP file with the -d option.
- (PKUNZIP -d EARTH.ZIP)
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- FOR WIN95
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- 1. Make a new folder called Earth2140 Demo.
- 2. Right-click on the "EARTH.ZIP" file and drag it into the new folder.
- 3. Release the right mouse button and choose "Extract to folderxxxxxxxx"
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- GAME CONTROLS
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- Mouse: Left Button- This button is primarily used to select a
- soldier/vehicle or group of soldiers/ vehicles by clicking
- and dragging over them, and attacking the enemy with
- selected objects. To attack, move the cursor over an enemy
- object. The cursor will change from green to red crosshairs.
- Click on the enemy and all of your selected soldiers/vehicles
- will attack.This button is also used to initiate building of
- bases, mines, research centers, ect.
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- Right Button- This button is used to deselect selected soldiers/vehicles,
- and to call up a status/command menu. To call up the menu,
- click on a soldier/vehicle.
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- Function Keys: F1- Screen Shot
- F2- Save Game Menu
- F3- Load Game Menu
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- Ctrl+1,2,3 or 4 - You can create groups of soldiers/vehicles by pressing the Control
- Ctrl+5,6,7 or 8 - key and any number between 1 and 8. To select one of these units after
- you have created it, simply press the corresponding number. Example- group
- three is a regiment of tanks. You already selected them all and pressed Ctrl+3
- to group them, so now to select them, just press the 3 key. You can have up
- to eight different groups total.
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- P- pause R- reinforcements Z- select all troops
- and vehicles at once
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- Up Arrow- Scroll up Right Arrow- Scroll right
- Down Arrow- Scroll down Left Arrow- Scroll left
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- Interplay Customer Service
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- Telephone: (714) 553-6678
- During normal business hours only.
-
- Fax: (714) 252-2820
- Attn: Customer Service
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- Internet E-Mail: support@interplay.com
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- World Wide Web: http://www.interplay.com
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- BBS: Telnet to bbs.interplay.com
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- BBS Modem Phone Number: (714) 252-2822
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- America Online: E-mail IPTECH
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- Compuserve: GO GAMBPUB or E-mail 76702,1342
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- Prodigy: E-mail PLAY99B
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- FTP Site: ftp.interplay.com
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- Mail: Interplay Customer Service
- 16815 Von Karman
- Irvine, CA 92606
-
-
- For Customer Service within the UK and Europe:
- ----------------------------------------------
- Write to: Customer Support
- Interplay Productions, Ltd.
- Harleyford Manor
- Harleyford
- Henley Road
- Marlow
- Buckinghamshire
- SL7 2DX
- ENGLAND
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- tel: +44 (0) 1628 423723
- Fax: +44 (0) 1628 487752
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- Email: Europe@interplay.com
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- Limited Warranty
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- If within the first ninety days of purchase you have any problems with
- the product please return it to the retailer.
-
- After ninety (90) days , you may return the software program to
- Interplay Productions, provided the fault is not due to normal wear
- and tear and Interplay will mail a replacement to you.
-
- To receive a replacement you should enclose the defective medium
- (including the original product label) in protective packaging
- accompanied by:
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- 1) A cheque or postal order for ú10 sterling (to cover postage and
- packaging).
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- 2) A brief statement describing the defect.
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- 3) The original receipt or address of the retailer
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- 4) Your return address
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- Registered mail is recommended for returns.
-
- Please send to:
- Warranty Replacements, Interplay Productions Ltd., Harleyford Manor,
- Harleyford, Henley Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 2DX, ENGLAND
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- SOFTWARE USE LIMITATIONS AND LIMITED LICENSE
-
- This special 2-level preview version of Earth 2140 is intended solely for your personal
- noncommercial home entertainment use. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Software, except
- is permitted by law. Interplay Productions [and Topware] retain[s] all rights and title in the Software including all intellectual
- property rights embodied therein and derivatives thereof. You are granted a revocable, nonassignable limited license to
- create derivative works of this Software solely for your own personal noncommercial home entertainment use and may
- publicly display such derivative works to the extent specifically authorized by Interplay in writing. A copy of this
- authorization, if any, will be provided on Interplay's World Wide Web site, located at http://www.interplay.com, or by
- contacting the legal department Interplay Productions in the US at +(714) 553-6655. The Software, including, without
- limitation, all code, data structures, characters, images, sounds, text, screens, game play, derivative works and all other
- elements of the Software may not be copied (except as provided below), resold, rented, leased, distributed (electronically
- or otherwise), used on pay-per-play, coin-op or other for-charge basis, or for any commercial purpose. You may make
- copies of the Software for your personal noncommercial home entertainment use and to give to friends and
- acquaintances on a no cost noncommercial basis. This limited right to copy the Software expressly excludes any copying
- or distribution of the Software on a commercial basis, including, without limitation, bundling the product with any other
- product or service and any give away of the Software in connection with another product or service. Any permissions
- granted herein are provided on a temporary basis and can be withdrawn by Interplay Productions at any time. All rights
- not expressly granted are reserved.
-
- Modem and Network Play. If the Software contains modem or network play, you may play the Software via modem
- transmission with another person or persons directly without transmission through a third party service or indirectly
- through a third party service only if such service is an authorized licensee of Interplay. For the purposes of this license, a
- third party service refers to any third party service which provides a connection between two or more users of the
- Software, manages, organizes, or facilitates game play, translates protocols, or otherwise provides a service which
- commercially exploits the Software, but does not include a third party service which merely provides a telephonic
- connection (and nothing more) for modem or network play. Authorized licensee services are listed on the Interplay
- Productions World Wide Web Site located at http://www.interplay.com. This limited right to transmit the Software
- expressly excludes any transmission of the Software or any data streams thereof on a commercial basis, including,
- without limitation, transmitting the Software by way of a commercial service (excepting those specific commercial
- services licensed by Interplay) which translates the protocols or manages or organizes game play sessions. If you would
- like information about obtaining a pay-for-play or commercial license to the Software, please Interplay Productions in the
- US at +(714) 553-6655. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to prevent you from downloading the Software from
- Interplayφs Web site or from commercial service providers authorized by Interplay to provide the Software to you.
-
-
- Acceptance of License Terms.
-
- By acquiring and retaining this Software, you assent to the terms and restrictions of
- this limited license. If you do not accept the terms of this limited license, you must
- return the Software together with all packaging, manuals and other material contained
- therein to the store where you acquired the Software for a full refund.
- Earth 2140 (C) 1997, TOPWARE AND INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS. All
- rights reserved.
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