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© 2002 Mindscape. © 2001-2002 Idol FX AB. MINDSCAPE under License. Idol, Cast, and the logo Gast are registered
trademarks of Idol FX AB. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
3. STARTING THE PROGRAM
Before installing Cast you should make sure that your computer fulfills the
system requirements below:
Insert the cd in the cd-rom drive.
Doubleclick the name Cast appearing on the starting screen.
- Pentium II 266 Mhz processor or better
If you’ve already have inserted the cd in the drive:
- 64 MB RAM
- 315 MB free hard disc space
- CD-rom drive (8x)
- Click the Start-button.
- Choose the Programs tab.
- Find and click the program group Mindscape.
- Click the program group Cast.
- Direct X 8.0 installed (included on the cd-rom)
- Windows 95/98/2000 or XP
- Click the icon showing Cast.
- Monitor with 800 x 600 resolution, 16-bits colour
Help functions in the program
Consult the help file in the program if you need instructions on how
to play the game. You’ll access the help file from the main menu in
the program by pressing the Escape key on your keyboard at any time
while playing the game.
- DirectX compatible soundcard
- DirectX compatible graphic card with at least 4 MB memory
- Mouse
- Speakers
2.
Ending the program
When you want to end the program you can either press the Escape
key on the keyboard or right-click the mouse to display the inventory
and left-click the little door and arrow icon to return to the main
menu. At the main menu, you need to left-click the quit alternative in
order to end the program.
INSTALLATION
Windows 95/98/2000 or XP utilizes the Autostart function.
- Insert the cd in the cd-rom drive and the installation program will start
automatically.
- Follow the instructions as they appear on the screen.
- If the program is installed it’ll start automatically.
Game play in mode « Force Software Rendering »
Even if you do not have a graphics 3D card, you can still play CAST
without video problems. You will have to activate « Force Software
Rendering » when you launch the program.
In the start up screen you click on « system » and select « Force
Software Rendering » option. Click on OK to confirm.
If the Cast startup window does not appear automatically on screen, you can
install the program manually:
- Click the Start button on the taskbar and choose Run...
- Type D: SETUP. EXE in the line labeled Open, (if your CD-ROM
drive uses a letter other than D, substitute that letter
for D.)
4. UNINSTALLING THE PROGRAM
- Click the OK button and follow the on-screen instructions to
install Cast.
Do the following in order to uninstall the program from the hard disc:
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- Click the Start-button.
- Choose the Programs tab.
- Find and click the program group Mindscape.
- Click the program group Cast.
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Click uninstall Cast.
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5.GAMEPLAY
5.1 The Aim of the Came
The evil Clown Beleseblob has stopped the magical clock that brings laughter
and joy to the amusement park. He has twisted it in to a dark shadow of its
former self where his henchmen scare the life out of everybody that comes to
visit! You must defeat the Clown so that you may start the clock and drive the
nightmare away.
Collect stars through solving problems and seeing to it that the Clown's
henchmen disappear, especially those that have frightened you. When you
have collected enough stars, and preferable gotten rid of the horror points
you've suffered (visualized through Cast's facial expression in the top right
corner), you should try to pass the Final Ride and then confront the Clown.
You can start the Final Ride as soon as you have collected three stars, but
remember that you'll lose a star every time you collide with an obstacle, and
the game is over when you are out of stars, so it may be wise to collect more
stars before giving the Final Ride a try. You'll also need a number of stars to
defeat the Clown.
The henchmen that still haunt the park when you enter the Final Ride, will
appear in it and make it more difficult for you to succeed, so you might want
to consider making them all disappear before entering the Final Ride.
5.2 Tasks with Several Solutions
You cannot succeed with solving all tasks that exist in the game in one
session, since the result of certain events makes some tasks impossible to
solve. Obviously this does not mean that you cannot complete the game, it
only makes the next game you play start differently.
5.3 Controlling Cast
Use the mouse to control Cast. Left click to move in direction of cursor, hold
the left mouse button to move continously in direction of the cursor. Hold the
shift key while left clicking to move faster. The cursor becomes a hand when
you can pick up or interact with something, provided you are close enough to
it. Left click to add an item to inventory or interact with an object.
5.4 The Followers
Many of the Clown's henchmen may start to follow you. Sometimes they'll
offer to do that by themselves and sometimes you need to fulfil some of their
wishes in order to make them follow you. You can only have one follower at a
time, and you can ask a follower to wait for you by pressing the backspace
key. If you want to make a character to follow you again you simply just go
near it and it'll start to follow you again provided you still meet the
requirement the character has in order to follow you. Try bringing the Clown's
henchmen together, or taking them to specific places in the game, it may
have very interesting consequences.
5.5 The Thought Bubbles
Sometimes you'll get a small thought bubble above your head. The illustration
in the bubble will give you a lead to which items or characters you can use in
order to interact with the object the cursor currently points at.
HINT! The though bubble shows only a selection of the items or characters
that can be used, feel free to try other combinations, you never know what
might happen.
5.6 The Inventory
Right click to display inventory. The inventory can hold up to six items. Left
click on an item in the inventory to make that item the cursor. Move item
cursor over objects in the scene. When an object glitters, left click to interact
with the object. If you left click when no object glitter, you’ll drop the item on
the ground beside you.
5.7 Loading and Saving Games
Right click to display inventory. Left click on the small disc icon to display the
Save Game menu. Left click a player slot to save the game, a screenshot is
made of the instance you saved the game. If you left click in a slot where you
have already saved a game, you'll overwrite that saved game. In order to load
a previously saved game you need to right click to display the inventory, then
left click on the small door icon. Choose load game from the main menu and
then left click the save game slot you want to load.
HINT! Gast can both eat and drink...
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7. TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE
5.8 Tips and tricks
On our internet site http://www.mindscape.co.uk, a FAQ is available to
The MINDSCAPE Technical Support Center can be reached via e-mail or
phone. When contacting technical support, please provide as much
information as you can about your computer system and the problem
you are experiencing. Please include your phone number so we can
reach you if we need more information.
Technical Support e-mail: uktechsupporta>mindscape.com
Phone: 0906 2165 432 (Calls are charged at 25P per min) Lines are open
from 9.30 to 13.00 and 14.00 to i6.3ohrs Monday - Friday excluding
public holidays.
We regret that we cannot offer hints and tips, as the service is
provided for technical difficulties only.
resolve all kinds of problems you may encounter using our software.
The complete solution of Cast is listed there, and you will even find world
maps to help you to find your way around in the phantom empire of Cast.
-You can use different items on CAST. They will produce various entertaining
effects.
- Some Henchmen can be eaten by
differents followers during the game. You
will gain stars
-Try bringing Belseblob Henchmen together in differents part of the game,
consequences might be very interesting....
- Your "Fear points" will affect directly the amount of time allowed to fulfill
the Final Ride. Depending on how scared Cast are, the time he has to ride
the Final Ride vary:
If Cast "scarepoint is o”,
the final ride time is 105 sec.
If Gast "scarepoint is 1-19”,
the final ride time is 90 sec.
EPILEPSY WARNING
If Cast "scarepoint is 40-59”,
the final ride time is 65 sec.
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If Gast "scarepoint is 20-39”,
the final ride time is 75 sec.
Please read before using any video game or allowing your children to use it.
Some people are liable to have an epileptic seizure of loss of
consciousness when exposed to flashing lights or certain normal conditions of
everyday life. Such persons could risk a seizure while watching televised
images or while playing certain video games and this can occur even if there
If Gast "scarepoint is 60-79”,
the final ride time is 55 sec.
have been no previous medical problems or experience of epilepsy.
If Gast "scarepoint is 80-99”,
the final ride time is 45 sec.
If your or a member of your family has ever shown epileptic
symptoms (seizure or loss of consciousness) when exposed to
flickering lights, consult your doctor before playing.
Belsblob followers will not appear in the final ride if they had disappeared
in the game.
Parents should supervise their children's use of video games. If you or you
children experience any of the following symptoms dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of consciousness, disori¬
entation, involuntary movements or convulsions - discontinue use immediate¬
ly and consult your doctor.
6. OPTIONS
Click on the Options button in the main menu to get access to the sound and
video properties.
- With the arrows located left and right from the audio speaker you can
adjust the sound volume.
- With the arrows located
left and right from the little sun you can increase
and decrease the luminosity of your screen.
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PLEASE TAKE THE FOLLOWING GENERAL PRECAUTIONS WHEN PLAYING VIDEO
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cable at full stretch. Play video games preferably on a small screen. Do not
play if you are tired or have not had much sleep. Make sure that the room in
which you are playing is well lit. Rest for 10 - 15 minutes per hour while
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CREDITS
Idol FX
CREDITS
Mindscape
Mindscape General manager
Pierre-Franfois Boselli
Group Development director
Sylvain Cassini
International Marketing director
Hubert Cruze
Licensing Manager
Paul Tobin
Brand Manager
Ludovic Bony
Project Manager
Franpois Brunet
QA manager
Arnaud Buret
Product Manager
Estelle Vareilles
Graphic Designer
Malin Zillen
Concept and creative supervision
Concept artist
Game design and Project management
Game development and FXstructor™
Programming
Achille Coenegracht.
Localization
Exequo
Marcus Thorel I
Anders Akerfeldt,
Andreas Thorsen,
Martin Eklund
Marcus Thorell,
Peter Olsson,
Magnus Johansson
Jorgen Strombro,
Tobias Andersson
Additional graphics
Natalie Luxemburg,
Robert Skoldenborg
Johan Rask
Rickard Zerpe,
Johan Sjoberg,
Melanie Saringer,
Sophie Astruc,
Johan Egerkrans
Stefan Ljungqvist
Graphics and animation
Sylvie Cador
Testers
Stefan Ljungqvist,
Marcus Thorel I
Music
Voices
Stefan Ljungqvist
Business development
Administration
Johan Sjoberg
Playtesting
Erik Bovin,
Natalie Luxemburg,
Henrik Pettersson,
Isak Akerfeldt,
Felicia Akerfeldt,
Mathias Luco Nydahl,
Daniella Luco Nydahl,
Katarina Custavsson
Jonathan Ljungqvist,
Emil Lennstrom,
Josefin Lennstrom,
Emelie Eidhagen,
Ximena Luco
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Special thanks to
Peter Levin
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trademarks of Idol FX AB. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.