ZOOP (tm) Version: 1.0 (c) 1995 Viacom International Inc. All rights reserved (c) Original game concept 1995 Hookstone Ltd. Patent Pending Date: October 10, 1995 Table of Contents 1. System Requirements 2. Installation A. Setup B. Setsound 3. Startup 4. Game Play A. Objective B. Controls C. Special D. Score 5. High Score Screen 6. Trouble shooting A. Video Adapter Considerations B. Sound Card Considerations C. Memory D. Running Zoop (tm) from DOS E. Other 7. Windows 3.1 or 3.11 Configuration (for SWAPfile) > 1. System Requirements The following is a list of minimum requirements for running ZOOP (tm) - - Windows 3.1 or higher - DOS 5.0 or Higher - 486 33Mhz or faster system processor - 500 Kb (563,200 bytes) of available conventional RAM - 8 Mb of total system RAM - 4 Mb SWAPfile (see section 7. for more information) - SVGA VESA Compliant Video Adapter - A sound card is required if sound effects and music are to be enabled. See section 6b. for compatability information. > 2. Installation A. Setup 1. To run Setup - Insert the Zoop Disk #1 into your floppy drive. - Double-click the Main Program Group. - Double-click the File Manager icon. - Access the floppy drive (a:\). - Double-click a:\setup.exe. - Follow the directions given during setup. OR YOU CAN - Insert the Zoop Disk #1 into your floppy drive. - Select the RUN command from the FILE menu. - Click the Browse button. - Choose a:\ in the directories: box. - Double-click setup.exe in the file Name: box. - Click OK. - Follow the directions given during setup. B. Setsound Note: This program does not incorporate a full auto-detect feature. You must know the type of sound card that you use and choose it during the running of Setsound. If you do not know what type of Sound card you have, check the documentation that was supplied with your computer, or contact your retailer or computer manufacturer. WARNING: You must setup both Midi & Digital for any sound to work properly. - During setup you will configure your sound card. To do this: - Choose 'Select and configure MIDI music driver' - Choose the correct sound card from the choices and click 'select' - Choose 'Attempt to configure sound driver automatically' - Click 'OK' - Repeat this process with 'Select and configure digital audio driver' - Double-click 'Done'. Note: If you do not have a sound card, Double-click 'Done' - If you have problems see section 6B. > 3. Start Up - To start the game: Double-click the Zoop icon, In the Zoop Program Group. Note: If you choose to run ZOOP (tm) from the File Manager or the RUN command in the File Menu, You should run ZOOP.PIF. - Choose continual, level, or options and press Crtl (Control) to continue. - If you choose options, you are given the choice of audio, keyboard, joystick, mouse or exit. - Choosing audio will allow you to turn the music and/or the sound effects on or off. Press the up or down arrow to select sound or music then press the left or right arrow to turn the selected feature on or off. Press the down arrow until exit is highlighted and press Ctrl (Control) to continue. - Choose keyboard to change keyboard settings, then press the down arrow until exit is highlighted and press Ctrl (Control) to continue. - Choose joystick or mouse to play zoop with one of these controllers. Note: If you experience problems with your mouse or your joystick please check the documentation supplied with them and/or contact the manufacturer of these devices before calling for technical support. - Press the down arrow until exit is highlighted and press Ctrl (Control) to continue. - Choose continual or level and press Ctrl (Control) to continue. - Choose a stage (1 - 9) by using the stage select dial. At higher stages, pieces appear more often and move faster. - Choose a difficulty (0-4). On Level Play, the difficulty selected will determine how many pieces are on the playing field at the beginning of each new stage. On Continual Play, the difficulty selected will determine how many pieces are on the playing field at the beginning of the game. > 4. Game Play - A. Objective - The object of Zoop is to stay alive, by eliminating pieces before they enter the center (player's) square. - To do this, Zoop (fire) your cursor at them. - If you hit a piece that is the same color as your cursor, you eliminate it. - If you hit a piece that is a different color than your cursor, you exchange colors with that piece and it will remain on the playing field. - If you eliminate enough pieces(the number shown in the upper right corner), you will advance to the next stage, where game play speed and difficulty will increase. - B. Controls - Move the player's Cursor with the keyboard cursor keys (the arrow keys). - Zoop (fire) your piece with the Ctrl (Control) Button. - Pause with the P button. - Quit with the Esc (Escape) button. Note: You can assign different keys to controls in the Options Menu under the KEYBOARD option. - C. Special - There are some special game pieces that can help you. - Proximity Bomb (lighting bolt): Zoop (fire) this and it will eliminate the piece that it hits and all the pieces that are touching that piece. - Line Bomb (asterix): Zoop (fire) this and it will eliminate the entire line that it hits. - Color Bomb (rounded star): Zoop (fire) this and it will eliminate all of the pieces, in one quadrant, that are the same color as the one it hits. - Spring : Collect 5 of these and all of the pieces, on the playing field, will be eliminated. - D. Score - The more colored shapes eliminated with a single zoop (fire), the more points earned. - # of shapes Total Points eliminated One ...... 100 Two ...... 300 Three ...... 600 Four ...... 1000 Five ...... 1500 (5000 full vertical row) Six ...... 2100 Seven ...... 2800 Eight ...... 3600 (10000 full horizontal row) > 5. High Score Screen - At the end of every game, the high score screen appears. - If you have earned a high score, enter your name by pressing the up or down arrows to choose a letter, then press the right or left arrow to move to the next or previous space. - Press Ctrl (Control) or ENTER to continue. - Choose Continue and press Ctrl (Control)to play another game with the same game settings. - Choose Exit and press Ctrl (Control)to return to the main menu screen to choose new game settings. > 6. Trouble shooting - A. Video Adapter Considerations ZOOP (tm) has been shipped with a configuration that will work for most PCs. Some video adapters do not implement the standard known as VESA exactly the same way in their hardware designs. For this reason, different software drivers are required to make some adapters work similarly to the others. We have included a utility that provides a library of drivers for many of the most popular adapters. The current version of the utility will not operate when run from Windows 3.11 or earlier. You must exit Windows to run the utility. To run the utility from DOS: - exit Windows by double-clicking the minus(-) sign in the upper left corner of your program manager window and press enter. - using the Change Directory command 'cd', change you working directory to the one which you named in the setup procedure. i.e. cd \zoop - Type uvconfig and press ENTER - Follow the instructions given - When you are done running uvconfig, simply type: win and press Enter, to re-enter Windows. We know of some cards that may not work even after installing the drivers as described above. - Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 with S3 chipset number 924 with V3.0 Bios - Orchid Celsius Current VESA driver supplied with the adapter will not help. A new version of the driver is expected soon that may fix the problem. Please contact Orchid concerning this driver. - Matrox MGA Ultima Can run with the VESA driver supplied with the adapter. Use the instructions supplied with the adapter instead of the above instructions to install the driver. - Diamond Viper with Weitek 9000 chipset does not allow Zoop (tm) to run. Nearly all other Diamond adapters work without problems, when running Zoop (tm). This Card is not VESA compatable. Note: If you experience problems with any of the listed Video cards, please contact the manufacturer of your card. - B. Sound Card Considerations The following is a list of known issues with some sound cards and any known remedies. - Aztech Labs SGNXPro 16 Select Sound Blaster Pro from the Setsound program. - Aztech Labs SG Select Sound Blaster from the Setsound program. - Aztech Labs SGNXPro Extra Select Sound Blaster from the Setsound program. - Aztech Labs SGPro16 Select Sound Blaster Pro from the Setsound program. (crashes if Sound Blaster is selected). - Ensoniq SoundScape Has a new driver that can be obtained from the manufacturer. Otherwise you must run GLOAD.EXE from DOS after selecting Sound Blaster from the Setsound program. See Section 6D. - ESS Audio Magician Try the ESS setting 1st and if you still have a problem, select Sound Blaster from Setsound program. Note: Setsound fails to detect this card. You should make settings manually using those described in the Sound Card's documentation. - Media Vision Pro Audio 3D Select Sound Blaster Pro from the Setsound program. - Gravis Ultra Sound Run GLOAD.EXE from DOS after selecting Gravis Ultra Sound from the Setsound program. See Section 6D. There are many others that will work by trying Sound Blaster or Sound Blaster Pro from the Setsound program. Note: This program does not incorporate a full auto-detect feature. You must know the type of sound card that you use and choose it during the running of Setsound. If you do not know what type of Sound card you have, check the documentation that was supplied with your computer, or contact your retailer or computer manufacturer. WARNING: You must setup both Midi & Digital for any sound to work properly. - C. Memory - If you have 4 Mb of RAM (depending on how you have your system setup), you may be able to run it from DOS. See Section 6D. - D. Running Zoop (tm) from DOS WARNING: Zoop (tm) has not been thoroughly tested in DOS. It should be run from DOS, only as a last choice. - exit Windows by double-clicking the minus(-) sign in the upper left corner of your Program Manager window and press enter. - Using the Change Directory command 'cd', change your working directory to the one which you named in the setup procedure. i.e. cd \zoop - Type GLOAD and press ENTER - When you are done playing Zoop (tm), simply type: win and press Enter, to re-enter Windows. - E. Other - For Technical Support call 1-970-339-7114 > 7. Windows 3.1 or 3.11 Configuration (for SWAPfile) You must have at least a 4 Mb (4096 KB) virtual memory swapfile enabled for Windows to take advantage of. To ensure that there is a swapfile and that it is big enough, the following steps are listed. - Double click on the Main group in the Program Manager Window. - Double click on the Control Panel icon in the Main Window. - Double click on the Enhanced icon in the Control Panel Window. - Click on the Virtual Memory... button. - If the size of your Swapfile Settings is less than 4096 Kb or if Type = none, adjustments must be made. If these settings are already correct, then the Swapfile is ready to use. Click OK or cancel. - If adjustments are required Click on the Change>> button. - In the Type field select Temporary or Permanent. - In the New Size field enter 4096 or greater. - Click the OK button. - Click the Yes button. - Restart Windows. - Presto! You have a swapfile.