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- Welcome to the demo of NBA(r) Live '95.
-
- The version available in stores has the following features not
- available in this demo:
-
- * The ability to play an entire game
-
- * All of the NBA teams and players, with the exception of those players
- unavailable to us due to licensing constraints
-
- * Higher quality sound and movies for computers that can support it
-
- * Season and playoff modes
-
- * Customizable hard drive installation
-
- * User statistics tracking
-
- * Hundreds of beautiful high-resolution backgrounds and player portraits
-
- Remember, the demo is just a sample. The real thing is way more fun.
-
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
-
- MINIMUM CONFIGURATION
- * IBM(r) or 100% compatible 486DX/33
- * MS-DOS 5.0
- * Double-speed CD-ROM drive (MPC 2 Compliant)
- * MSCDEX 2.21 or greater (Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions)
- * 8 MB RAM
- * Keyboard
- * 256 color VESA-compatible Super VGA (640x480) video card
- with 512K video RAM (VESA driver included)
- * Optional sound card
-
- RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION
- * IBM or 100% compatible 486DX/66 or Pentium(tm)
- * MS-DOS 6.0 or higher
- * Double-speed CD-ROM drive (MPC 2 Compliant)
- * Microsoft mouse version 6.0 and above or 100% compatible
- * Analog joystick or Gravis PC Gamepad(tm)
- * Sound Blaster(tm), Sound Blaster Pro(tm), Sound Blaster 16(tm),
- Gravis Ultrasound(tm), or Gravis Ultrasound MAX(tm) sound card
- * 256 color VESA-compatible VLB/PCI Super VGA (640x480) video card
- with 512K video RAM (VESA driver included)
-
- NOTES:
- * You need at least 400K of conventional memory and 7,104K XMS free to
- run the demo.
-
- * The supplied UNIVBE driver may not work with all video cards. We
- recommend that you first try the UNIVBE driver with your video card
- (UNIVBE will run automatically if no VESA driver is detected), and
- if you experience any problems, try loading your video card's VESA
- driver before starting the demo.
-
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- TO START THE DEMO:
-
- 1) Put the CD in the drive and type 'D: <Enter>' to move to your CD
- drive (substitute the correct letter if other than 'D:').
-
- 2) At the 'D:>' prompt, type 'CD \NBA95 <Enter>'.
-
- 3) At the 'D:\NBA95>' prompt, type 'NBA <Enter>'. The NBA(r) and
- EA SPORTS(tm) screens appear, followed by the video introduction
- sequence and credits.
-
- * At each screen, press any key to advance to the next screen. The Game
- Setup menu appears.
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- TO PLAY THE DEMO:
-
- MENU CONTROLS
- ACTION KEYBOARD MOUSE
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- Highlight menu item up/down arrows
- Cycle/toggle
- highlighted item left/right arrows Left-click
- Highlight button TAB/SHIFT-TAB
- Activate highlighted
- command button ENTER Left-click
- Return to prev. screen ESC Left-click 'X'
- Advance to next screen F1 Left-click checkmark
-
- DEFAULT GAMEPLAY CONTROLS
- -------------------------------------------------------
- ACTION JOYSTICK KEYBOARD
- Pause game ESC
- Move normally Move joystick Arrow keys
- Turbo (fast) mode Move joystick to max INS + Arrow keys
- Pass/Switch players Button A SHIFT
- Shoot/Jump Button B ENTER
-
- In the demo, you play the first minute of the first two quarters of a game
- between the Eastern and Western All-Stars. You can view the player portraits
- and stats for the All-Stars, but not for other NBA players.
-
- * Select the game options (MODE, STYLE, LEVEL, and QUARTER), and then
- press F1 to continue. The Exhibition Team Select screen appears.
-
- * Press F1 to continue--you cannot select any teams other than the
- two All-Star teams for the demo. The Team Office screen appears.
-
- * Press F1 to continue. The Setup screen appears.
-
- * Click the mouse to move one of the four control symbols (Joystick 1,
- Joystick 2, Mouse, or Keyboard--Joystick recommended) to the team you
- want to control. If you want to change the default control settings for
- the controller, click the CONFIGURE button.
-
- * Press F1 to continue. The Team Matchups screen rates the teams, followed
- by the Starters screen, which displays the portraits and names of the
- starting players for both teams. To advance to the next screen or player,
- press any key. (To jump straight to the game, click the right mouse
- button.)
-
- * At the tip-off, press JUMP/SHOOT (Button B or ENTER) to make your
- center jump. You're on your own from here on out! After two quarters,
- you return to the Game Setup screen. Have fun!
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- LEGAL STUFF:
-
- EA SPORTS, THE EA SPORTS LOGO, AND "IT'S IN THE GAME" ARE TRADEMARKS
- OF ELECTRONIC ARTS.
-
- The NBA and individual NBA Team identifications used on or in this
- product are trademarks, copyrighted designs and other forms of
- intellectual property of NBA Properties, Inc. and the respective Teams
- and may not be used, in whole or in part, without the prior written
- consent of NBA Properties, Inc. (c) 1995 NBA Properties, Inc. All
- rights reserved.
-
- Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation. IBM is a registered
- trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Sound Blaster,
- Sound Blaster Pro, and Sound Blaster 16 are trademarks of Creative
- Technology Ltd. Gravis, PC Gamepad, and Ultrasound are trademarks of
- Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd.
-
- SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION (c) 1995 ELECTRONIC ARTS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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