INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ========================= Go to your CD-ROM drive letter in DOS: you can do this by typing either "d:" or "e:" (enter), depending on your configuration. Type "start" and press enter. Once in the main menu, hit enter to bring up the menu of games. To select a game, use the up/down arrow keys and press enter, or just double-click with the left mouse button. You can either install the selected game to your hard drive or you can run it directly from the CD, without installing it (if that option appears for that game). If you run the game from the CD, there is a chance that it may crash, because some games try to write data back to the game files, and this is not possible as CD's are "read-only". To install a game to your hard drive, click on the "Check details" button - this tells you in which drive and directory the files are going to be copied into. Go back into the main menu and then click on "Run program from Hard Drive" button. The game should automatically start after installation. RUNNING THE CATALOG =================== From your CD rom dos prompt type: WIN CATALOG.EXE The Catalog requires Video for Windows, if you don't have video for Windows installed in your system do the following: From Window's File Manager run the following program: C:\VFW11D\SETUP.EXE TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE ===================== My mouse does not work ---------------------- You may not have your DOS mouse driver installed. Go into either the c:\dos or c:\dos\mouse or c:\mouse directories and type "mouse" to install the driver. When trying to run the game, I get an "out of memory" error message. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Try doing a clean boot so that none of your device drivers are installed. Boot up your system and when the screen reads "Starting MS DOS", hit the F5 key. This basically bypasses the autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Try running the game now. Note: Because you did a clean boot, you will not have access to your CD-ROM drive or sound card, until you do a normal boot (ie without pressing the F5 key). 2. If you want to use your sound card, do a selective boot by repeating the above, except press the F8 key. Enter "N" to everything except the lines pertaining to your sound drivers (eg. set blaster....). 3. Make sure that you do not have Windows running in the background. To check for this, type "exit" at the c:\ prompt. If this takes you into Windows, exit Windows. 4. Ensure that your device drivers are loaded into upper memory. Consult your DOS manuals on how to do this. I installed a game onto my hard drive. How do I know which directory the game was installed under ? ------------------------------------------------------------- Before installing the game, click on the "Check Details" button to reveal the destination directory - where the game is going to be installed. After the game installs, it just leaves me in the game directory. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type "dir *.exe" (enter). There should be a list of file(s) ending with .exe. Type in the name of the file ending in .exe to run the game. How do I delete a game once it has been installed onto my hard drive ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to the c:\ prompt and type "cd\" (enter). To delete a directory containing files, use the deltree command: For example, to delete a directory called "anygame", type: "deltree anygame" (enter) at the c:\ prompt. I can't seem to exit the game. ------------------------------ Try hitting the "ESC" key or "ctrl+c" or "ctrl+q" or "break" or "ctrl+break" or "alt+x". How do I get to the root of the d:\ or e:\ drive ? -------------------------------------------------- Type "cd\" (enter).