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- Feeding Frenzy
- Copyright ⌐ 2004 Sprout Games, LLC
- Presented by GameHouse, Inc.
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- System Requirements
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-
- - Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP
- - 500Mhz or faster Processor
- - 96MB RAM
- - 16-bit Graphics Support & Sound Card
- - DirectX 7.0 or better
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-
- FAQ
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-
- Q. What is the purpose of the Help Bubbles option?
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- The "Help Bubbles" option turns on or off the little "yummy" thought bubbles
- that appear for a few seconds when you first start a level or when you grow in
- size. They let you know which new types of fish you can eat at your new size.
-
- Q. What is the Food Bank for?
-
- The Food Bank keeps track of all the fish you've eaten in New Game mode. As
- you fill up your food bank, you will earn Feeding Frenzy screen savers! Can you
- unlock all 6 screen savers?
-
- There is only one Food Bank score. However, on machines such as those running
- Windows XP that support multiple user profiles, each profile will have its own
- Food Bank score.
-
- Q. Is my Food Bank stuck? It stopped at 10 million points.
-
- Although you will still see how many Food Bank points you earned at the end of
- levels in New Game mode, the most you can store is 10 million. In other words,
- the amount shown in the High Scores screen won't count up past 10 million.
-
- Q. How can I turn on a screen saver that I've unlocked?
-
- On your Windows desktop, right-click and choose Properties, select the "Screen
- Saver" tab, then select FeedingFrenzy from the drop-down list of screen savers.
-
- To pick which screen saver to activate, click the "Settings" button and a
- window will appear showing which screen savers you've unlocked. Select a screen
- saver and click the "Done" button.
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- To preview the selected screen saver, click the "Preview" button. When you're
- done, click "OK" to save your settings. Your Feeding Frenzy screen saver should
- now be activated.
-
- Q. Can I save the game in Timed Mode?
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- Feeding Frenzy doesn't support game saves in Timed Mode ... only New Game mode.
-
- Q. How do I start a new game from scratch?
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- After selecting New Game, simply click the first red dot (the one right next to
- the angelfish) to start from the first level of the game with no score.
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- Gameplay Instructions
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- CONTROLS:
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- Play Feeding Frenzy with your mouse. Use your mouse to move your fish through
- the water. To eat fish that are smaller than you, simply maneuver so that your
- mouth is near your victim. Your fish will automatically gobble up its prey.
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- Click the Left Mouse Button for a quick burst of speed. Once youÆve acquired
- the ability, click your Right Mouse Button to suck in a big gulp of water, and
- all the nearby fish!
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- GAMEPLAY BASICS:
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- The deep sea is a treacherous place. In order to get your lunch, youÆre going
- to need to be swift and avoid all the predators.
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- At the top of the screen is your growth chart which indicates the current menu
- of fish that you can safely eat. Eat fish that are smaller than you by swimming
- towards them. Avoid fish that are larger than you, or you'll become lunch!
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- The more you eat, the bigger youÆll grow. As you grow, your menu will include
- more and more fish. Reaching the top of the food chain allows you to to move on
- to the next level.
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- Can you grow big enough to become an Orca and face the Shark King?
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- GAME MODES:
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- There are two game modes in Feeding Frenzy: New Game and Time Attack.
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- There is no time pressure in NEW GAME mode. Simply eat and eat until you get
- to the top of the food chain. As you progress, you will unlock new fish on your
- way to the open ocean. The game continues until you lose all your lives, or
- until you defeat the Shark King!
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- In NEW GAME mode, Feeding Frenzy saves your progress every time you clear a
- stage. If you quit the game or reach GAME OVER, you can start a new game from
- any stage that you have already completed.
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- In TIME ATTACK mode, it's a race against the clock. In this mode, you have
- unlimited lives, but if the time attack clock runs out, the game is over. The
- time remaining on the clock for each stage rolls over to the subsequent one, so
- try to complete stages as quickly as possible. See how far you can make it
- without running out of time!
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- HINTS, TIPS AND BONUSES:
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- - Every fish you eat fills up your Frenzy meter a little; however, the meter
- empties slowly over time if you don't keep eating. To fill up the meter, try to
- eat fish as quickly as possible. Fill the meter and you will enter a "Feeding
- Frenzy." While in a Feeding Frenzy, all point values are worth double their
- normal value! Fill up the meter a second time for a "Double Frenzy" and a 3X
- score multiplier! Feeding Frenzy multipliers are a great way to rack up points.
-
- - If you complete a stage without losing a life, the MERMAID will appear and
- shower you with bonus star fish bubbles.
-
- - Don't worry if you get eaten or defeated in a bonus stage. Losing a life in a
- bonus stage doesn't actually cost you one of your lives.
-
- - Not sure if you're big enough to eat a fish? Check out the MENU in the upper
- left corner of the screen. Fish that appear in the menu are safe to eat.
-
- - Look out for the very rare GOLDEN MINNOW. These magical minnows are fast, but
- if you manage to catch one, you'll automatically grow to your next size!
-
- - Every once in a while you can find BLACK PEARLS or 1-UP bonuses in an oyster.
- Keep an eye out for these special bonuses!
-
- - If you eat a POISON MINNOW, you will become poisoned and turn green. While
- poisoned, the controls on your fish will be reversed! To shake off the effects
- of the poison, quickly tap the Left Mouse Button.
-
- - In NEW GAME mode, you will earn an extra life at 6,000 points, 12,000 points,
- and then every 12,000 points after that.
-
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- Troubleshooting
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-
- This software has been tested extensively to make sure it will operate
- correctly for all users. If you experience system crashes, error messages or
- other incorrect behavior, we suggest you first try one of the following:
-
- 1) Upgrade your computer's sound card drivers. This can be done by identifying
- the type of sound card your computer is using and finding the manufacturer's web
- site. Or, most drivers will be automatically updated if you follow step #2.
-
- 2) Upgrade DirectX. This is a Microsoft component and it includes special
- drivers for video cards and sound cards for virtually every manufacturer. It is
- therefore a very large download, but updating DirectX solves nearly all system
- problems encountered with GameHouse games.
-
- DirectX Home Page: http://www.microsoft.com/directx/
-
-
- About GameHouse
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-
- GameHouse, Inc. develops many games for the Internet, Windows, Macintosh and
- other platforms. To download free trials and play free online versions of their
- more popular games, visit Atrativa Games: http://www.atrativagames.com/
-
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- Credits
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- Feeding Frenzy was created at Sprout Games:
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- Programming......: Ed Allard
- Joe Mobley
- James Gwertzman
- Art..............: Kathy Anderson
- Leslie Harrington
- Game/Level Design: James Gwertzman
- Del Chafe
- Ed Allard
- Animation........: Rick McCann
- Sound/Music......: Guy Whitmore
- Fun Fact Research: Maggie Tai Tucker
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- With additional contribution from GameHouse, Inc.:
-
- Rodney Bambao
- Derrick Morton
- Chance Warner
- Teagen Densmore
- Brandon Godfrey
- Chuck Little
- Kazunori Sasakura
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