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- Spectrum HoloByte Presents...
- National Lampoon's Chess Maniac 5 Billion and 1!
- DEMO DISK INSTRUCTIONS
- March 16, 1993
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-
- Installation instructions can be found at the end of this file.
-
- Introduction:
- ------------
- What happens when the studied seriousness of chess meets up with National
- Lampoon's brand of bizarre humor? Chess Maniac 5 Billion and 1! The perfect
- blend of twisted jokes and computer hacking combine to make the world's first
- humorous chess game.
-
- Chess Maniac is not a droll, dry chess game, but a roll-in-the-hay rollicking
- parody of those chess games that pound on you time and time again. Yes, this
- game you can actually beat! But at the higher levels, watch out!
-
- Live actors were filmed and digitized for full-motion action on your
- chessboard. Combine this with crisp digitized sound, soundtrack-like music and
- full 256-color VGA graphics and you have a sure crowd pleaser. So step back
- and enjoy all that is National Lampoon's Chess Maniac 5 Billion and 1!
-
- NOTE: This version of National Lampoon's Chess Maniac 5 Billion and 1! is a
- watchable demo only. It will continuously loop until you hit Alt-X. It is by no
- means a complete version of the game since many features had to be removed to
- make it fit on one disk. You can activate the menu bar by pressing Esc and
- using the arrow keys, but what options are available there are up to the
- Chess Maniac's whim!
-
- Game features:
- -------------
- * Ten skill levels of chess from beginner to advanced
- * Full 256-color VGA graphics
- * High-speed video animations for 60 capture sequences
- * Sound support for Sound Blaster, Pro Audio Spectrum and Roland sound cards
- * Easy-to-use interface
- * In-depth (and humorous!) 72-page manual
-
- Game requirements:
- -----------------
- * IBM 25MHz 80386 minimum (80486 recommended)
- * 2MB RAM (1MB EMS) required
- * DOS 5.0 or DR DOS 6.0
- * VGA monitor and card
- * Mouse highly recommended
- * Sound Blaster, Pro Audio Spectrum and Roland sound cards supported
- * Hard drive with at least 27MB free space
- * 1.44MB 3.5" disk drive or CD-ROM drive (for CD-ROM loadable version)
-
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-
- Demo requirements:
- -----------------
- You must have the following to install the Chess Maniac 5 Billion and 1! demo:
- * IBM (or compatible) 80386 or better with 2MB RAM (EMS needed)
- * DOS 5.0
- * VGA monitor and card
- * Hard drive with at least 2.5MB free space
- * Sound Blaster optional for sound effects
-
- How to install:
- --------------
- 1) Insert the Chess Maniac demo disk into your 3.5" floppy drive.
- 2) Change to that floppy drive. (Example: type "B:" and hit Enter if your
- 3.5" drive is drive B.)
- 3) Type "INSTALL C:\CM5DEMO" and hit Enter to install the Chess Maniac demo
- to your hard drive. (If you wish to install the demo to another drive,
- change the "C:" above to another letter. You can also change the
- installation path if you want the demo in another directory.)
- 4) Type "CM5" and hit Enter to run the demo.
-
- Have fun!
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