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- RALLO GUMP
- Arcade Action Adventure
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-
- * QUICK INSTALL *
-
- 1. Insert the Rallo Gump disk in your floppy drive.
- 2. Type the drive letter of your floppy drive followed by
- a colon (A: etc.). Press <Enter>.
- 3. Type INSTALL <Enter> and follow the on-screen prompts
- until the installation is complete.
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-
-
-
- * Installation Guide and Technical Specifications *
-
- This information is for those who had trouble installing the game using
- Quick Install.
-
- 1. Insert the Rallo Gump disk in your floppy drive.
- 2. Type the drive letter of your floppy drive followed by a colon
- (A: etc.). Press <Enter>.
- 3. Type INSTALL <Enter>.
- 4. If you would like the game installed in the default directory
- (C:\RALLO) and then upon completion have the SETUP program run to
- allow you to select your sound card, then choose STANDARD INSTALL
- and skip to step 9.
- 5. If you would like to change the default directory for installation,
- or do not want the SETUP program run after installation, or want to
- do only a part of the standard install, then choose CUSTOM INSTALL
- and go on the next step.
- 6. You will be presented with a list of drive letters to install the
- game to. Use the arrow keys to select the desired output drive and
- press <Enter>.
- 7. You will now be asked to provide the directory name to install the
- game in. Type any valid DOS path specification and press <Enter>.
- 8. You will now be given the option of installing the game files to
- your hard disk and whether or not you want the SETUP program run
- after installation is complete. Select the option(s) you want
- and press <Enter> to continue.
- 9. If you chose to have the SETUP program run (or selected the STANDARD
- INSTALLATION) then you will be prompted for the following items:
- A) Select the sound card that most closely matches yours for
- digital output.
- B) Select the sound card that most closely matches yours for MIDI
- output.
- 10. Upon completion of the installation and setup you can run the game
- by typing RALLO <Enter>.
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-
-
- * System Requirements *
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- * IBM COMPATIBLE 386-33 OR FASTER SYSTEM
- * 256-COLOR VGA GRAPHICS
- * 575K DOS RAM
- * 2MB XMS MEMORY
- * 1MB OF FREE HARD DISK SPACE
- * SOUNDBLASTER OR COMPATIBLE SOUND CARD
- * JOYSTICK OPTIONAL
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-
- * DOS Memory Usage *
- You must have a minimum of 570K RAM free to play Rallo Gump. Regardless
- of the amount of RAM in your machine, you must have between 570,000 and
- 590,000 bytes free to run the game (590,000 bytes are required for full
- sound effects in all levels, less than 590,000 will start eliminating sound
- effects). You will also need at least 2 Megabytes of XMS memory available
- (see Extended Memory below). Run the DOS program CHKDSK and look at the
- "bytes free" line of information presented. This tells you how much DOS
- RAM is free. For example, chkdsk might tell you that your system has
- 540,940 bytes free. If you have less than 550,000 bytes, you do NOT have
- enough free RAM and the game will not run. You may want to remove
- unnecessary memory-resident programs from your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
- start-up files. If you do not want to reconfigure your system, we suggest
- making a DOS boot disk to start your computer before playing Rallo Gump.
- Refer to your DOS manual for the procedure on how to make a DOS boot disk.
- You can also try running the program MEMMAKER that comes with DOS 6.0 or
- above, it will load programs into high memory to free up your DOS memory.
- High memory manager like QEMM and 386MAX will also free up DOS memory.
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-
-
- * Extended Memory *
- Memory beyond 640K can be allocated as either "expanded" or "extended"
- memory. Rallo Gump requires 2 megabytes of "extended" memory for overlay
- swapping and sound effects. During the loading of the game you will be
- told if there was no extended memory detected. Extended memory is not the
- same as "expanded" memory. If your computer has expanded memory, configure
- it as extended memory. Consult your memory manager's documentation for more
- information about configuring extended memory and determining how much
- extended memory is available.
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-
-
-
- * Beginning Play *
- 1. If the default was chosen during installation, type:
- C:<Enter>
- CD RALLO<Enter>
- otherwise change to the drive letter and directory you selected
- during installation:
- 2. To start, type: RG<Enter>
-
-
-
-
- * Main Menu *
- New Game Starts a new game.
- Load Game Resumes play at a previously saved point in the game.
- Configure This will let you configure the game to your liking.
- Credits A list of people involved on this project.
- Story Shows you the introduction cinematic.
- Quit Exit the game and return to DOS.
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-
-
- * Game Menu *
- New Game Quits the current game and starts over.
- Load Game Quits the current game and resumes play at a previously saved
- point.
- Save Game Saves the current game in one of eight "slots" for future
- play.
- Configure This will let you configure the game to your liking.
- End Game This ends the current game and returns to the Main Menu.
- Quit Exit the game and return to DOS.
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-
- * Special Keys *
- There are only a few keys to remember during game play:
- F1 Shows help at any time.
- F9 Quick save.
- Ctrl Make the player jump.
- Alt Make the player fire a shot.
- Up arrow Make the player look up and angle his gun at a 45 degree slant.
- Down arrow Make the player look down and angle his gun at a 45 degree slant.
- Left arrow Move the player left.
- Right arrow Move the player right.
- Esc Exit the current game, or menu.
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-
-
- * Command Line Options *
- There are a number of "command line" options that you can select when running
- Rallo Gump. Most of these options are only required if you have a problem
- when running the game. If you find that the game runs better with one (or
- more) of these options you will probably want to add them to the RG.BAT file.
-
- /NOCARD If you do not have a sound card installed in your system.
- /NOCYCLE Turns off color cycling (you can also do this from the
- Configure menu).
- /NODETECT Use when the game doesn't detect your VGA card properly.
- /NOJOY Does not allow joystick to be used during game play.
- /NOMUSIC Turns off music (you can also do this from the Configure menu).
- /NOSOUND Turns off sound effects (you can also do this from the Configure
- menu).
- /DELAY Slows down faster systems (do not use unless recommended in
- troubleshooting)
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-
-
- * Troubleshooting and Common Problems *
-
- PROBLEM: Sound effects don't work or only work some of the time:
- o You may not have sufficient free RAM memory. Run CHKDSK to check
- your computer's available RAM. Compare this to the requirements
- listed. Free-up RAM if needed.
- o You may have chosen an invalid configuration during the installation
- or setup process. Check your configuration and re-run SETUP or
- re-install if necessary. Be sure that the correct DMA and IRQ
- settings are used in the sound card SETUP. To change these settings,
- highlight the sound card of choice, then press "C" to configure.
- After completing setup, re-boot your system. If the incorrect DMA
- or IRQ settings are used, sound effects will work erratically. This
- is the most common sound card problem.
- o You may have the music or sound effects turned off in the
- configurations menu.
-
- NOTE: When properly configured with a digital sound card, there
- should be MIDI background music along with digital sound effects when
- jumping, shooting, hitting your head, landing, getting prizes, etc..
-
- PROBLEM: RALLO fails to load or run properly:
- o You may not have sufficient free DOS RAM memory. Run CHKDSK to check
- your computer's available DOS RAM. Compare this to the requirements
- listed. Free-up RAM if needed. You can also try running the program
- MEMMAKER that comes with DOS 6.0 or above (this will optimize your
- systems DOS RAM). High memory managers like QEMM or 386MAX will
- usually maximize your systems DOS RAM.
- o You may have a memory resident TSR that conflicts with the game. Use
- a DOS boot disk or remove any unnecessary memory resident programs
- before running the game.
- o You may have chosen an invalid configuration during the installation
- or setup process. Check your configuration and re-run SETUP or
- re-install if necessary.
-
- PROBLEM: The game runs slowly:
- o Color cycling slows game play on some systems. Turn off Color
- Cycling from the game Configure menu.
- o Sound effects can slow the game with some system configurations.
- Turn off Sound Effects from the game Configure menu.
- o Your computer may not be fast enough to run the game efficiently.
- The preferred configuration is a 25 megahertz (or faster) IBM
- PC/100% compatible 486-based machine with 2 megabytes total
- memory, 256-color VGA graphics, a joystick, a SoundBlaster or
- compatible sound card and a hard disk with at least 1 megabyte of
- disk space. Some older and/or slower machines may not be powerful
- enough to provide the full enjoyment.
-
- PROBLEM: The player moves too quickly and can't enter areas while
- falling:
- o On some of the new faster machines the update rate during game play
- may be too fast. This will manifest itself as an inability for the
- player to pull into areas to the left or right during falling.
- You can slow your system down to 24 frames per second by adding the
- /DELAY command (see Command Line Options).
-
- PROBLEM: A level is impossible, it can't be finished:
- o Rallo Gump has been fully tested. The entire game can be played
- through. To our knowledge there are no levels that do not provide
- the proper prizes to finish the game. Our suggestion, if you do
- not succeed, try, try again.
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-
- * Calling Technical Support *
- Technical Support can be reached at (708) 257-7616, Monday - Friday 9 A.M.-
- 4 P.M.. CST. When calling, please have the following information ready (if
- possible): Machine type, graphics card, sound boards, joystick type, RAM
- memory installed, amount of free RAM, extended memory available, which
- version of DOS you use, and the contents of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
- files. Technical support DOES NOT provide game tips, this is only for users
- who are not able to run RALLO GUMP.
-