Thank you for purchasing Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville. This ReadMe file accompanies version 1.0 of Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville. Contents ------------------------------------------ GENERAL NOTES - INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION - MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS Minimum Specification Recommended Specification - TECHNICAL DETAILS Operating System CPU Memory Video CD/DVD ROM Drive Sound Card DirectX 8 Input Devices Output Devices Installation size - CONTACT INFORMATION - KNOWN ISSUES - 3D VIDEO CARD DRIVERS - BAM ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT GENERAL NOTES ------------------------------------------ After installing Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville you may want to check out http://www.bam4fun.com/ or http://www.igl.co.uk/indexf.htm for news about Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville. Also, to maximize your Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville experience, you'll want to make sure you have the latest drivers for your video card. INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION ------------------------------------------ Installing Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville · Insert the Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville CD into your CD-ROM drive. · If the Autorun feature is enabled on your machine, inserting the CD into your CD-ROM drive will automatically start the installation. · If the CD fails to autorun, double click the Setup.exe file on the CD. · Follow the instructions displayed on screen. This will install all the necessary files onto your machine. · You will be informed when the installation is complete. · The installation default directory is: "C:\Program Files\BAM Entertainment\Gamesville" Running Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville · The game can be started from Start Menu or the desktop shortcuts, or by clicking on the program exectutable in the installation directory. · Make sure all other applications are closed down to avoid conflicts. Uninstalling Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville - To uninstall the game, simply click on the Uninstall Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville shortcut in your Start Menu. (Windows 95 and 98/98SE users only.) - Alternatively, from the Start Menu, Select "Settings - Control Panel - Add \Remove Programs" and remove Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville. This will then uninstall Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville from your system. MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS ------------------------------------------ Minimum Specification > 100% Windows (r) 98 DirectX 8 Compatible Computer required. > CPU: Pentium II 266MHz or equivalent. > MEMORY: 32 MB RAM or higher required. > VIDEO: 8MB Video Card (Capable of 800 x 600 in 16 bit colour). > CD-ROM: 2X or faster CD-ROM/DVD drive required. > SOUND CARD: 100% Windows 98 DirectX (DirectSound) compatible sound card. > INPUT DEVICES: 100% Windows 98 compatible mouse and keyboard. > OUTPUT DEVICES: Gamesville supports printing from most brand printers. > INSTALLATION SIZE: Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville requires a minimum of 250 MB free Uncompressed* hard drive space in order to install the game files to your computer's hard drive. The game CD is still required to play Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville. Swapfile : Like most programs Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville requires the use of a swap file within the Windows environment. Swapfiles act as virtual memory where instructions and data are temporarily stored on the hard drive. Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville also requires 50MB approx. of free hard drive space after installation, to ensure optimal software performance. If your system does not conform to the above requirements, Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville may not run correctly on your system. Recommended Specification TECHNICAL DETAILS ------------------------------------------ Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville has been designed to run on Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME and Windows XP only. The game has been tested using the following operating systems: >Microsoft Windows 95* >Microsoft Windows 98 >Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition >Microsoft Windows 2000 >Microsoft Windows ME >Microsoft Windows XP Please note that in order to run on Windows 95, you must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 or higher installed on your machine. You can obtain the latest version of Internet Explorer from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp The game was NOT designed to run on the following operating systems: > Windows NT > OS/2 > Linux CPU Please note that a Pentium II 266 MHz or equivalent is required to run the game at an acceptable level. Non Intel CPU's: > AMD: It is recommended that the game is run on an AMD K6-2 450Mhz or higher to run the game at acceptable performance levels. > Cyrix: It is recommended that the game is run on a Cyrix MII 450 to run the game at acceptable performance levels. > IDT WinChip: No testing was carried out using this type CPU therefore no recommendations or assumptions can or will be made. Please check the websites in the General Notes section for further updates on supported non-Intel CPUs. MEMORY 32MB of system RAM is required for the game to run. Some systems may state that they have 32MB RAM installed, however, due to certain video adapters this may not be entirely true. Shared Video RAM: Some video adapters will allocate 2-4 MB of SYSTEM RAM to use as Video RAM. This means your system may actually only have 28-30MB of SYSTEM RAM available. Dynamically Shared Video RAM: Some Video adapters can allocate SYSTEM RAM dynamically. The amount allocated can range from 0.5MB to 8MB so you may have as little as 24MB of SYSTEM RAM available. >>>> PLEASE CONTACT YOUR HARDWARE MANUFACTURER FOR DETAILS IF YOU ARE UNSURE <<<< VIDEO 8MB of video RAM is required to run Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville. Some older model computers may come with a video adapter that has less than 8MB of memory. In this situation, the game may run and appear to function correctly, however a decrease in performance will result. It is NOT recommended that Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville is run on Video adapters with less than 8MB. Video Drivers: What is a video driver? A Video driver acts as a link between the video adapter (hardware) and the operating system and allows it to perform the functions requested by an application. Manufacturers of Video adapters regularly publish new DRIVERS for their products. These are made available for FREE from their WEB site. If you are using old drivers for your Video adapter you may experience some unwanted graphical corruption while running Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville. Graphical problems can often be resolved by updating the drivers for your video adapter. Note: Updating the Video drivers your system uses may improve performance and solve issues over a wide range of applications and games. >>>> PLEASE CONTACT YOUR HARDWARE MANUFACTURER FOR DETAILS CONCERNING DRIVERS <<<< CD/DVD ROM DRIVE Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville requires a 2X CD-ROM Drive or greater. The faster your CD-ROM Drive the greater the rate at which data can be read from the CD. SLOWER drives will also result in longer installation times. DVD Drives usually specify 2 numbers e.g. 6X / 32X . These two numbers are the speeds at which data from a DVD-ROM and a CD-ROM is read. Generally the second number, 32X in this case, defines the speed at which data is read from a CD. SOUND CARD Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville requires a sound card that is fully compatible with DirectSound. This is true in most cases, however some old Legacy cards will not be compatible. As with video adapters, updated sound card DRIVERS are regularly published by hardware manufacturers and are available for FREE from their web site. If you experience any sound corruption or other sound related problems during game play, you should update your sound drivers. This will often solve sound related problems. >>>> PLEASE CONTACT YOUR HARDWARE MANUFACTURER FOR DETAILS CONCERNING DRIVERS <<<< DIRECTX 8.0a Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville requires the latest version of Microsoft's DirectX software to be installed on your system. The latest version of DirectX (currently DirectX 8a) is supplied on the Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville CD-ROM. The installer will detect the current version of Direct X that is present and update it automatically if it is necessary during the installation of Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville. For more information and the latest updates concerning Microsoft's DirectX go to: http://www.microsoft.com/directx/ INPUT DEVICES Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville is compatible with both mouse and keyboard. Please see the manual for further details. OUTPUT DEVICES Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville supports most brand printers; if you experience any problems when printing first ensure you have the latest drivers. These can be obtained for free from your printer manufacturer's website. For other problems / enquiries, please contact the customer support number listed at the bottom of the page, or visit http://www.bam4fun.com for more information. INSTALLATION SIZE Typical Installation - 250 Mb free uncompressed* hard disk space required for installation. * = Uncompressed Hard drive space - meaning that the hard drive has not been subjected to any form of file compression which allows the hard drive space to be increased. (For example under Windows 98 the option that would usually be used to perform this function would be DriveSpace.) KNOWN ISSUES ------------------------------------------ Close All Other Applications It is recommended that the player closes all other applications whilst running Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville. Leaving other applications running can affect the performance of the game and stop it running smoothly. Alt+Tab Issues It is not recommended for the player to Alt+Tab out of the game. Problems may occur on certain machines if the player attempts to Alt+Tab out of the game. If the player MUST Alt+Tab out of the game, it is recommended that this is done from a Front End / Pause Screen and NOT whilst in-game in order to reduce the chances of problems occuring. CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------------------------------ For news, hints, and all the latest info check: http://www.bam4fun.com/ 3D VIDEO CARD DRIVERS ------------------------------------------ Make sure that you have the latest drivers from the manufacturer of your video card. Many video issues will be resolved if you install your video card's latest drivers. Please contact your video card manufacturer for updated drivers. Listed below are some common video card manufacturers' Web sites. Powerpuff Girls(TM) - Gamesville may not support some or all of the cards produced by a particular manufacturer. 3Dfx Interactive - http://www.3dfx.com/ 3Dlabs - http://www.3dlabs.com/ AccelGraphics - Asus - http://www.asus.com/ ATI - http://support.atitech.ca/ Aztech Labs - http://www.aztechlabs.com/ Canopus - http://www.canopuscorp.com/ Creative Labs - http://www.creativelabs.com/ Diamond Multimedia - http://www.diamondmm.com/ Elsa Technology - http://www.elsa.de/ Gateway 2000 - http://www.gw2k.com/ Guillemot - http://www.guillemot.com/ Hercules (see Guillemot) - http://www.guillemot.com/ I/O Magic - http://www.iomagic.com/ Intergraph (see 3Dlabs) - http://www.3dlabs.com/ Jaton - http://www.jaton.com/ Leadtek - http://www.leadtek.com/ Matrox - http://www.matrox.com/ Number Nine - http://www.nine.com/ NVIDIA - http://www.nvidia.com/ Orchid (see Diamond Multimedia) - http://www.diamondmm.com/ S3 Incorporated - http://www.s3.com/ SiS - http://www.sis.com.tw/ Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation (SiS) - http://www.sis.com.tw/ STB (see 3dfx Interactive) - VIA Technologies - http://www.viatech.com/ VideoLogic - http://www.videologic.com/ LIMITED SOFTWARE WARRANTY AND LICENSE AGREEMENT ----------------------------------------------- This LIMITED SOFTWARE WARRANTY AND LICENSE AGREEMENT (this Agreement), including the Limited Warranty and other special provisions, is a legal agreement between You (either an individual or an entity) and IG and Bam! 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