Welcome to Morpheus (tm)!
Developed by:
Soap Bubble Productions, Inc.
530 Route 517
Sussex, NJ 07461
www.soapbubble.com
Published by:
Piranha Interactive Publishing, Inc.
1839 West Drake, Suite B
Tempe, AZ 85283
U.S.A.
www.piranhainteractive.com
phone: (602) 491-0500
fax: (602) 491-8990
Please visit our web site at: www.morpheusgame.com
System Requirements:
Windows:
Pentium®
16MB RAM
Quad speed CD-ROM drive
640x480 display (256 color or higher)
Windows® 95
Windows® compatible sound card and mouse
Macintosh:
PowerMac
16MB RAM
Quad speed CD-ROM drive
640x480 display (256 color or higher)
System 7.5 or above
The CDs for this game are hybrid CDs. They will work for either
Macintosh or Windows 95 computers.
QuickTime (tm) 3
QuickTime 3 is Apple's multimedia technology for playing sound and
video on your computer. It is required for Morpheus to run. We have
included it on the first disc of the CD-ROM set. If you already have
it installed, you may skip that part of the installation.
Special Notes:
·Morpheus will not run with previous versions of QuickTime. The
QuickTime 3 installer will not affect programs which rely on older
versions of QuickTime. You do not need to remove versions of
QuickTime earlier than version 3.
·If the images in the game are not displaying properly, you may need to
adjust your settings in QuickTime. Go to the Start menu, then
Settings and Control Panel. Choose the QuickTime control panel. At
the top menu, choose Video Settings. The settings here will depend on
the type of video card you have installed. Safe Mode should work on
any system, but performance may not be optimal. You should experiment
with these settings to see what works best on your system.
Game Controls
The primary way you control the game is with your mouse. As you move
the mouse over the screen, the cursor will change shape. The shape of
the cursor indicates the type of action you can take on that part of
the screen. Each cursor represents a different action. The different
cursors and what they do are listed below:
· Ship Wheel Cursor
The Ship Wheel Cursor means that the current scene is a
panorama. On a panorama you can turn left and right, up
and down, by dragging around with the mouse. The speed
at which you turn is dependent on how you drag with the
mouse.
· Open Hand Cursor
As you play Morpheus, you will come across numerous levers,
knobs, dials, etc. These are items you can move and
manipulate. When the cursor is over one of these objects,
it will change to an open hand. When you click the mouse
on it, the cursor changes to a closed hand. Dragging with
the mouse down will move the corresponding lever, knob, or
dial.
Most of the remaining cursors indicate something that you can do by
single clicking. Even though the cursor is over one of these hotspots,
you can still move around a panorama by dragging with the mouse.
· Pointing Finger
A hand with a pointing finger represents a button or similar
object that you can interact with.
· Arrow Cursor
When the cursor is over a hotspot that will move you to a
new location, the cursor changes into an arrow. Click
with the mouse to actually move to that destination.
· Magnifying Glass
If there is something that you can look at closer, the
cursor will change into a magnifying class. Click to
examine the item.
· Microphone
When there is some narrative associated with a spot,
the cursor changes to a microphone. Click on it to
hear the story.
· Down Arrow
If you can look down at something, the cursor is a
downward pointing arrow.
· Circular Arrow
A circular arrow is a "Go Back" cursor. This will return
you to the location you just came from.
· Special Objects
There are a few objects that you can pick up during the
course of the game. While you are carrying one of these,
you will get a cursor depicting that object instead of
the ship wheel cursor. This is to let you know that you
are carrying that object.
Performance
Morpheus was designed with features to let it run on a wide variety of
machines. If you have an older system, here are some things you can
do to improve performance.
· Quit other programs
If you have other programs running, they will take resources
away from the game. You should quit any other programs
before you start the game.
· Window Size
You can set the size of the game window using the "Window"
option from the game menu. This lets you choose a smaller
size window if you have a slower system. The game will run
faster, but the size of the image you see will be smaller.
· Hi-Res Pans
This controls the quality of the panoramas you see when you
look around the game. High resolution panoramas look better,
but can be slower on some systems. Low resolution panoramas
are faster, but don't look as nice.
· Transition Movies
Morpheus normally shows animations of you moving between
locations in the game. You can turn these off if you would like
to skip these and just jump between different scenes.
COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK AND OTHER LEGAL NOTICES
THE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THIS PROGRAM IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW
AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIES. UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION
OF THIS PROGRAM, OR ANY PORTION OF IT, MAY RESULT IN SEVERE CIVIL AND
CRIMINAL PENALTIES, AND WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMISSIBLE UNDER LAW.
Copyright © software and program content 1997-1998 Soap Bubble
Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. Developed by Soap Bubble
Productions. Published by Piranha Interactive Publishing, Inc.
Morpheus(tm), Piranha Interactive Publishing® and the Piranha stylized
fish logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Piranha
Interactive Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Macintosh and the
MacOS logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. registered in the
United States and other countries. All rights reserved. QuickTime and
the QuickTime logo are trademarks used under license. QuickTime is
registered in the U.S. and other countries. All rights reserved.
Windows® is a registered trademark of Microsoft in the United States
and/or other countries. All rights reserved. Pentium® is a registered
trademark of Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. All other brand
or product names are trademarks or service marks of their respective
holders.
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