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- Powerboat Racing Demo
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- Minimum Requirements
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- PENTIUM P120 OR GREATER (P133 RECOMMENDED)
- 16MB RAM
- 130MB FREE SPACE ON HARD DRIVE
- WINDOWS 95
- DIRECT X 5.0 OR LATER
- DIRECT X COMPATIBLE SOUND CARD
- DIRECT X COMPATIBLE VIDEO CARD WITH 1 MB VIDEO MEMORY
- X2 SPEED OR GREATER CD-ROM DRIVE
- 100% WINDOWS 95 COMPATIBLE KEYBOARD
- 100% WINDOWS 95 COMPATIBLE MOUSE
- 100% WINDOWS 95 COMPATIBLE JOYSTICK OR STEERING WHEEL (Optional)
- D3D COMPATABLE
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- Keyboard Controls
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- Move Left = Left arrow key
- Move Right = Right arrow key
- Accelerate = up arrow key.
- Trim Up = [ or ; key.
- Trim down = ' or / key
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- Pause/Unpause = P
- Exit Race = ESCAPE
- Change View = Page Up/Down
- Help = F1
- TV Camera = F5
- Toggle map on/off = F6
- Zoom map = F7/F8
- Screen shot = F12
- Cycle view between boats = Home/End.
- Increase/decrease engine volume = +/-.
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- Hint: You must race the Barracuda difficulty to earn the cheat.
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- Troubleshooting.
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- Q: I cannot get the game to work at all with my computer?
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- A: The most common cause of problems with a Windows 95 native product are the
- incompatibilities with Directx and the Hardware. If you are having trouble
- with sound or video with a native Windows 95 game, there is a possibility
- that some of your hardware is experiencing difficulty communicating with
- the Microsoft Directx Drivers. To test your current Drivers for Directx
- compatibility, click on your 'start' button at the left hand corner of your
- task bar, then select 'Find' and then 'Files or Folders. In the 'Named'
- selection, type in 'DXSETUP' and hit the return key, this should locate
- the file 'DXSETUP.EXE' now double click on 'DXSETUP.EXE' to launch it.
- This will bring up a small box that displays your current Directx drivers
- down the left hand side and their status to the right, all directx drivers
- need to be certified, if any have spaces next to them you will need to
- update that driver.
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- If for example your 'Primary Display Driver' is not certified then you
- will need to contact either Microsoft or the manufacturer of your video
- card and get them to send you a set of their latest Directx certified
- drivers, you will then need to install these on your machine and run
- 'DXSETUP.EXE' to check that all your drivers are now certified.
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- Q: Whenever I try to play the game, all the colours appear to be incorrect.
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- A: Most of our current Windows 95 titles are designed to run at a display
- setting of 640 x 480 with 256 colors. If you are trying to start a
- Windows 95 game and are experiencing strange colors or the game does not
- start at all then try changing your display settings. Right click on your
- desktop and click on the 'setting' tab and change your 'color palette'
- to 256 colors and your 'desktop area' to 640 x 480. Reboot you machine
- and now try starting your game again.
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- Q: When the game is played, there is no audio.
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- A: If you are having any sound problems with your game make sure all of your
- DirectX Drivers are certified (See DirectX Problems).
- Not having the correct sound drivers can cause your machine to lock, make
- the screen go blank or not give you any sound. If you experience any of
- these problems contact your Sound Card manufacturer and get them to send
- you their latest drivers.
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- Q: Whenever I play the game using the keyboard, if a certain combination of
- keys are pressed then I get no response.
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- A: Certain types of keyboard will have no response when a sequence of keys
- are pressed at the same time. This is a keyboard hardware fault. If you
- experience this problem, try the alternate trim keys.
-
- Q: Whenever I try to play Powerboat Racing in 3D Hardware accelerated mode
- with my 3D graphics card, the game will not work.
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- A: Powerboat Racing supports hardware cards via D3D. At the time of
- release of this demo, certain cards e.g. PowerVR are yet to receive final
- testing and driver updates.
-
- Q: Occasionally when I play the game using a 3DFX card, I get black lines
- across the water.
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- A: This is not a problem with the game or your computer, but the drivers that
- are being using with the 3DFX card. Go to your video card manufacturer's
- web site and download the latest set of drivers.
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- If you still have a problem with the demo after this then contact the relevant
- Customer Services Department between the hours shown;
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- UNITED STATES:
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- Telephone: (714) 553-6678
- Help is available 24 hours a day through our Automated
- Customer Service system and representatives are available during normal business hours.
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- 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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- FTP Site: ftp.interplay.com
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- Mail: Interplay Customer Service
- 16815 Von Karman
- Irvine, CA 92606
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- EUROPE:
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- Phone Number 01628 423723
- Fax 01628 423777
- Email Europe@Interplay.com
- Web site http://www.interplay.com
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- Mail Tech Support
- Interplay Productions
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- For more information about the game then contact the below addresses;
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- Web sites http://www.interplay.com
- http://www.eastpoint@netmatters.co.uk
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- SOFTWARE USE LIMITATIONS AND LIMITED LICENSE
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- General Product License.
-
- This copy of VR Sports Powerboat Racing Interactive Demo
- (the "Software") is intended solely for your personal
- noncommercial home entertainment use. You may not decompile,
- reverse engineer, or disassemble the Software, except as
- permitted by law. Interplay Productions and Promethean
- Designs retains all right, title and interest in
- the Software including all intellectual property rights
- embodied therein and derivatives thereof. 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, resold, rented, leased,
- distributed (electronically or otherwise), used on
- pay-per-play, coin-op or other for-charge basis, or for
- any commercial purpose. 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.
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- Acceptance of License Terms.
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- 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.
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- (c)1997 Interplay Productions Ltd and Promethean Designs Ltd.
- All rights reserved. VR Sports is a trademark of Interplay
- Productions. All rights reserved. Exclusively licensed and
- distributed by Interplay Productions. Windows and the Windows 95
- logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All
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