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Help Contents for Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack

Welcome to Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack. This help file is designed to make it easy for you to install and run the Activity Pack. Select one of the items below for help on that topic.

Installing Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack

Playing Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack

Configuring Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack

Trouble Shooting Q&A

Keyboard Commands

Credits for Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack

Other Fun Humongous Entertainment Games!

Junior Adventurers' Club


How to Play
How to Play Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack

Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack contains 15 different games and activities.  Most of the games are played with either with Putt-Putt or Fatty Bear.  A few are played by yourself.  Many allow you to set a difficulty level.  Although designed for children 3-8, many of the games should give even parents the occasional run-for-the-money at the Hardest level.

Selecting a Game to Play

When Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack starts, you will see a title screen with fifteen icons representing the 15 games.  Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear will invite you to pick a game.  To select a game, click on the picture of the game you want to play.  On some of the games, you will be asked to select a difficulty level.  Descriptions of the levels can be found in the specific game rules.

Putt-Putt's Games

Tic-Tac-Toe

Checkers

Remember!

Cheese King

Word Hunt

Guess It!

On-Ramps and Off-Ramps

Circus Stormin'

Fatty Bear's Games

Go Fish

Reversi

Lines and Boxes

Other Games

Pinball

Circus Puzzle Blocks

Tangrams

Paint Set


Checkers

Putt-Putt plays red; you play blue.  Checkers are moved forward diagonally one square at a time.  To move a checker, first click on him.  The checker will stand up.  The squares to which the checker may move will flash blue as you move the cursor over them.  Click on the square you wish to move the checker to.  He will walk there and sit down.  If you have selected a checker to move and change your mind, click on him again and he will sit back down.

To capture Putt-Putt's checker, you must jump it.  If you have captured a checker, and are now on a square from which you can jump over another piece, your checker will remain standing after completing his jump.  He will occasionally tap his foot impatiently until you see the move.  If you haven't seen it in about 45 seconds, he gives up and sits down.  Play then passes to Putt-Putt.  In double or triple jumping, you can change diagonal direction (left or right), but must always move forward.  Note:  In traditional Checkers, a player must jump if such a move is available.  As this version is for children, we have suspended this rule.

When your checker arrives at the far end of the board, he will be kinged.  A king operates just like a single checker, except that he may move forward or backward.  In the case of a double or triple jump, he can even move forward and backward in the same turn!  When a checker is crowned, his turn ends.

Play continues until one player's checkers are gone, or a player can't move.

Difficulty Levels

Easy - Putt-Putt knows how to move, but that's it.  His moves are completely random.

Medium - Putt-Putt's improving, but he never sees those double jumps.

Hard - Putt-Putt's getting good now. He catches some of those double (and triple) jumps.

Hardest - Putt-Putt's at his best.  The odds of him making a "not so smart" move are low.

See also:	How to Play


Cheese King

This is played like Hangman, except that instead of drawing a hanging body, the Cheese King comes out to reclaim a piece of his cheese.  When the cheese is gone, you have one guess left.  You choose a letter by clicking on it.

Difficulty Levels

Easy - Only the first letter is missing.  This level is good for children just learning the ABCs.

Medium - Beginning reader words.  All of the words are phonetically correct.  There are no blends.

Hard - Words are still geared toward the early reader, but this level includes some blends and silent 'e's.

Hardest - These words are harder, but nothing as tough as "dimethyl chloride".

See also:	How to Play


Tangrams

Welcome to Tangrams, a puzzle created centuries ago in China.  Legend has it that a man dropped a piece of tile which broke into 7 pieces.  In the process of trying to put it back together, he created a number of new shapes, and Tangrams was born.  In our version, you are shown a shape in the top half of the screen.  In the bottom half are the pieces you need to build the shape. There are 4 levels, each containing 20 different Tangrams.  As you make your way through the levels, the puzzles are progressively more difficult.

To pick up a piece, just click on it.  To drop it into place in the shape, move the piece to the proper position and click again.  If you need to rotate it to a different position before dropping it, move the piece on top of the Rotate button (located in the center of the screen).  Your cursor will change to the Rotate icon.  Simply click the left mouse button to rotate the piece counter-clockwise, or the right mouse button to rotate clockwise.

After you've completed a Tangram, or if you've given up and want to move on, just click on the arrows at the left and right edges of the screen to move backward or forward, respectively.  If you're really stuck, the solutions are in the back of this manual.

Difficulty Levels

Easy - These are very basic and make a great way to learn about shapes.  No shapes need to be rotated.

Medium - An introduction to rotation, it starts off very easily and moves on from there.

Hard - More complex than Medium - this is the level that started to stump "some of the people some of the time" around our office.

Hardest - What can we say?  It's harder than Hard.

See also:	How to Play


Tic-Tac-Toe

Okay, you know the rules for this one.  You get the X's; Putt-Putt plays the O's.  You take turns placing an X or O on the board.  The first player to get three X's or O's in a row is the winner.  If neither player does this, the game is a draw.  You and Putt-Putt take turns going first.

Difficulty Levels

Easy - Putt-Putt plays in a completely random way.  He knows the rules of the game, but doesn't know how to apply them.  Great for 3 year olds!

Medium - Putt-Putt has a basic understanding of how to play, but he makes a lot of mistakes.

Hard - Putt-Putt knows how to win.  He still makes mistakes, but not as many as before.

Hardest - Putt-Putt knows the rules and the strategy.  He's a really tough opponent at this level.  Of course, there's always a chance that he'll make a mistake.

See also:	How to Play


Reversi

Invented in the late nineteenth century, Reversi has become a classic game of strategy and logic.  The object is to trap Fatty Bear's pieces between two of your own, thereby flipping them over to your color.  The player with the most pieces on the board at the end of the game is the winner.

The game starts with 4 pieces on the board (two of each color).  Fatty Bear plays red; you play green.  You and Fatty Bear take turns placing pieces on the board.  To place a piece on a particular square, two conditions must be met:

1.	It must be next to a square containing one of Fatty Bear's pieces.

2.	It must trap at least one of Fatty Bear's pieces in a line in any direction between itself and another one of your pieces.

If a particular square meets these two conditions, it will flash when you pass the cursor over it.  Click on the square you wish to place your piece on.  Your piece will appear and cause all of Fatty Bear's affected pieces to flip to your color.  If a player doesn't have a legal move available, play passes to the other player.

Difficulty Levels

Easy - Fatty Bear "accidentally" makes not-so-smart moves. Great beginners level.

Medium - Fatty Bear understands how to play, but he still makes a lot of mistakes.

Hard - Fatty Bear's a solid challenge now.  He's thinking ahead and planning out strategy.  Of course, on occasion, things slip by him.

Hardest - Fatty Bear's at his best.  He thinks ahead, employs heavy strategy, and rarely makes a mistake.

See also:	How to Play


Word Hunt

This is Putt-Putt's version of the popular word search games found in many newspapers. A list of letters or words is provided on the left side of the screen. A grid of letters is displayed on the right.

To select a found word, click on the first and last letters of the word. You may also click on the letters one at a time (starting from the beginning or end of a word). Putt-Putt keeps track of the words found. Unfound words are displayed in yellow. Once found, they change to a different color.

If you need help, you can click on the letter or word in the list. A circle will appear over the grid. Within that circle is the first letter of the word.

Difficulty Levels

Easy - This basic level is a fun way for kids to learn to identify letters. A 5 X 5 grid of letters is on the right.  The list of letters to find is on the left.

Medium - A 5 X 5 grid is on the right. A list of three words to find is on the left. Words do not exceed four letters and they only appear horizontally from left to right.

Hard - Letters appear in a 10 X 10 grid. Eight words need to be found. Word length does not exceed five letters. Words appear horizontally and vertically.

Hardest - Words are contained within a 15 X 15 letter grid. Twelve words need to be found.

Maximum word length is ten letters. Words can appear horizontally, vertically and diagonally.

See also:	How to Play


Remember
Remember!

This is Putt-Putt's version of the classic card game "Concentration".  The object of the game is to match all the cards into pairs.  The cards are face down.  Click on a card to turn it over, then click on another card.  When the cards match, they will stay face-up.  If they don't match, they will flip face-down again. This is a solo game - Putt-Putt's there to offer support and encouragement.

Difficulty Levels

Easy - There are 8 cards in the game.

Medium - There are 16 cards in the game.

Hard - There are 24 cards in the game.

Hardest - There are 32 cards in the game.

See also:	How to Play


Lines and Boxes

Remember this classic from childhood?  A grid of dots is laid out.  Players take turns drawing a horizontal or vertical line to connect two dots.  The object of the game is to complete (with the fourth line) as many boxes as possible.  The player with the most boxes at the end of the game is the winner.

To connect two dots, move the cursor to the spot where you wish to place a line.  When the line is correctly shown, click the mouse button to draw the line.  When you complete a box, a stick figure is placed in the box; when Fatty Bear completes a box, a picture of Fatty Bear is shown.  Whenever a player completes a box, he gets another turn.

Difficulty Levels

Easy - Fatty Bear tries to lose; he rarely completes a box.  Not much of a challenge, but a great place to learn the basic rules.

Medium - Fatty Bear understands how to play, but he still makes a lot of mistakes.  Play also moves to a larger grid than before.

Hard - Fatty Bear knows how to win.  He still makes mistakes, but not nearly as many as he did at the Medium level.

Hardest - Fatty Bear never makes a mistake.  Never.

See also:	How to Play


Guess It
Guess It!

Guess It! is Putt-Putt's version of classic guessing games. Putt-Putt mixes up the fruits to come up with a mystery combination.  You try to guess the combination!

Select and place the individual fruit shapes into the tray. To pick up a fruit, click on it.  Then, place it in any of the four or five empty spaces.

After all the empty spaces are filled, Putt-Putt lets you know how well you've guessed. A red X is placed over the fruit that is not used in the mystery combination. A green oval is placed around a fruitt that is  in its proper position. Objects without a red X or green oval are used in the mystery pattern, but are not yet in the correct spot.

You will have eight chances to determine the mystery combination.

Note: You can also move fruits up from the last row you completed, instead of picking them up from the bottom of the screen.

Difficulty Levels

Easy - In this basic level, the combination is made up of only four spaces. You have five fruits to select from. Each fruit can be used only once.

Medium - The mystery combination is made up of four spaces. You have six fruits to select from. Each fruit can be used only once.

Hard - This level is a little more challenging. The combination is again made up of four spaces, however eight fruits are available. And, a fruit can be used more than once!

Hardest - This level will challenge most adults. The combination is now made up of five spaces. Eight fruits are again available for selection. Any fruit can be used more than once.

See also:	How to Play


Puzzle Blocks
Circus Puzzle Blocks

The blocks rotate to form six different circus scenes.  Click on a block to rotate it.  When the blocks are correctly placed, a horn section blasts its congratulations.  The blocks were designed to fit together in strange ways, which leads to some hilarious pictures.  Have fun with it.  To mix the pieces up, just click on the circle of arrows in the lower left coner.

See also:	How to Play


Go Fish

A great beginner's card game, Go Fish combines skill and luck to make a game that's fun for all.  The object of the game is to make sets composed of 4 matching cards.  Sets are made by asking the other player for a particular card.  The player with the most sets wins.

Fatty Bear deals the cards using the Numbers deck.  There are two other decks to choose from - Traditional and Pictures.  To change decks, click on the Deck icon in the upper left corner of the screen.  You may do this at any time.

Once the cards have been dealt (you may press Esc to speed this up), just click on the card in your hand that you want to ask Fatty Bear for.  If he has any, he will turn them over to you.  If this gives you a set of four matching cards, the set is removed from your hand and set aside at the edge of the table.  Your turn continues until you ask for a card that Fatty Bear does not have.  He will then tell you to "Go Fish", and a card will be drawn for you from the stack in the middle of the table.  This will end your turn (for exceptions, see Easy Level, below).

When your turn is completed, Fatty Bear asks you for a card.  If you do not have it, the "no" icon appears in the middle of the screen.  Just click on it to say "no".  If you do have the card he asked for, click on that card in your hand and the cards will be given to Fatty Bear.  His turn continues until he asks for something you do not have.

Play continues in this manner until all cards have been made into sets.  The player with the most sets is declared the winner.

Difficulty Levels

Easy - Fatty Bear plays like a parent.  In other words, he somewhat controls wins versus losses, so nobody gets too discouraged.  Also, Fatty Bear uses his grandpas special  "beginners only" rule - if you are told to "Go Fish" and then draw the card you asked for, you get another turn.

Medium - Fatty Bear plays a decent game, but does tend to forget who asked for what card.  Beginners Rule still applies.

Hard - Fatty Bear knows how to win.  He still makes a few strategic errors, but not nearly as many as he did at the Medium level. Beginners Rule is gone from here on out.

Hardest - Fatty Bear has a perfect memory and plays to win.  He never forgets what you asked for.

See also:	How to Play


On-Ramps and Off-Ramps

This is Putt-Putt's version of the classic chase game, Snakes and Ladders. On-ramps and off-ramps are arranged around the playing surface.  Playing against Putt-Putt, you move around the board, hoping to land on an on-ramp that zooms you ahead, while trying to avoid the off-ramps which move you back! The first player to land on the FINISH square wins the game.

Four different game boards are available. Select the one you want by clicking on it.  The boards are more complex as you move from left to right. The two boards on the left are played by color - great for younger kids who are "pre-counters."  The other two game boards, represented by the icons on the right side of the screen, are played by number. Select either one to play the game by number.

Your game piece on the board is represented by a car.  Putt-Putt invites you to pick a color for your car by clicking on a color on the spinner. You and Putt-Putt then take turns moving along the board. To spin the wheel, just click on it. Move to the appropriate color, or the number of correct spaces, as indicated on the spinner.

You and Putt-Putt motor along until one of you reaches the FINISH square. The first player to reach the FINISH square wins the game!

See also:	How to Play


Pinball

This game allows children to build their own pinball machine and play to their heart's content.  To place pegs on the machine, just click on one of the holes on the backboard.  This places a peg in the straight horizontal position.  To change the peg's position, click on it again.  This tips the peg to the right.  Another click will tip it to the left.  The next click will remove it.  To shoot a ball, click on the plunger on the right side of the screen.

Tip to parents:  After you've shown your child how to place pegs and shoot the ball, try to keep quiet.  (As parents ourselves, we know how difficult this can be.)  Let your child explore getting the balls to do different things - follow a particular path, get trapped - on their own.

See also:	How to Play


Coloring
Paint Set

The Humongous Paint Set comes with 35 pictures and 5 Starter colors (black, red, yellow, blue and white).  From there, kids can mix their own paint set and learn about color.

To choose a picture, click on the small arrows at the left and right edges of the screen.  These allow you to scroll forward and backward through the pictures.

To mix your paints, click on the eyedropper.  Your cursor will change to an eyedropper.  Now, click on the color you want to pick up (let's say blue); the eyedropper will fill with that color.  Click on one of the empty paint tins on the left; the color will appear in that tin.  Select a second color (how about yellow?) and squirt it into the same tin.  A new color has been made (green!).  This color chart covers the basics:

Color	Result

Red and Yellow	Orange

Red and Blue	Green

White	Lightens any color

Black	Darkens any color

You can also mix the colors in your paint tins with each other.  Simply use the eyedropper to pick up a color from any paint tin and you're on your way.  The eyedropper can even pick up color from the painting itself (especially handy when you accidentally erase a color).

To paint, click on the paintbrush to pick it up (clicking on a color also picks up the paintbrush).  Click on any of the 5 Starter colors or a new mixed color; your paintbrush tip will change to that color.  Click on the area you want to paint.  The color will appear in that area.  The Paint Set tends to fill in whole areas.  For example, if you click in one sky section, all the sky areas will fill at once.

Use the "Oh no" button to erase a mistake.  Clicking on this causes the last area painted to revert to its previous color.  In addition to the "Oh no" button, be aware that any area in a painting can be painted over and over again.  Just pick a new color and paint!

Use the sponge to empty a paint tin or clear your picture.  Click on the sponge to pick it up.  To empty a paint tin, just click on it.  To clear a page back to its original drawing, move the sponge anywhere on the picture and click.  You will then be asked if that's really what you want to do.  Click on the Yes icon to erase the picture.

See also:	How to Play


Circus Storming
Circus Stormin'

Circus Stormin' is a 75-level arcade game for kids (and adults)! You control Putt-Putt with his gyropack. Your mission?  To help Putt-Putt take off and fly safely through each level!

Four different icons enable you to start the game at different levels.  The first icon on the left begins the game at Level 1.  The second begins the game at Level 16.  The third take you to Level 32.  And the last icon on the right goes all the way to Level 48.  The higher the level, the more difficult it is to get Putt-Putt to the end safely.  Once you've selected your level, just move the mouse to take off and to make Putt-Putt fly higher or lower.

Each level starts with a different amount of fuel. On some levels, you do not start with enough fuel to finish, so be sure to hit those balloons - they give you more fuel.  There are four different balloons, each containing differing amounts of fuel. Fuel ranking from highest to lowest is as follows:

Blue	highest

Green

Yellow

Red	lowest

Hitting objects (other than balloons) causes you to crash or lose fuel. Fuel loss occurs when Putt-Putt crashes into "living" things (i.e. any circus performer or animal), flying food (including hot dogs, pies and popcorn) and rockets. Crashes occur when Putt-Putt runs into "non-living" things (including tight-ropes, stilts, high-dives, brick walls, fire hydrants, anvils, and weights). If Putt-Putt crashes, you lose a gyropack.

Note: There is no penalty for hitting a parachuteonly for hitting the object hanging from it. Hitting the water spewing from a hydrant is only a distraction and won't take away fuel or cause a crash. Also, keep an eye out for tunnels. Tunnels may contain helpful surprises!

At the end of each level, your remaining fuel is converted to points. You earn a new gyropack for every 10,000 points. You can have up to three gyropacks at a time.

To exit Circus Stormin', press the Esc key.

See also:	How to Play


Disabling Background Music

Background music is played throughout the game. To turn off the music, press the Space bar to bring up the Pause dialog box, then check the "No background music" checkbox and press the Play button. To turn the background music back on, simply bring up the Pause dialog box again, and uncheck the checkbox. Turning the music off may help the game run faster.


Displaying Text

You can display the text corresponding to the talking in the game. Press the Space bar to bring up the Pause dialog box, then check the "Display text" checkbox and press the Play button. To turn the text back off, simply bring up the Pause dialog box again, and uncheck the checkbox.


Installing the game
Installing

Before playing Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack for the first time, you must run the Install program. Since this is a 32-bit Windows game, Install copies Win32s to your hard disk. In addition, to obtain the best performance from your display, Install copies WinG to your hard disk. The disk space required for both of these components is modest.

To install, follow these steps:

1)	Insert the game CD into your CD-ROM drive.

2)	Select "Run..." from Program Manager's File menu.

3)	Type X:\INSTALL (where X is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive), and press Enter.

4)	Follow the instructions in the Install program.

5)	Restart Windows to enable Win32s and WinG before running the game.

6)	Install creates a "Humongous" group in Program Manager, and adds icons for the game and help file. To run the game, insert the CD, then double-click on the game's icon.


System Requirements

Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack has the following minimum system requirements, which are a little more stringent than the MPC Level 2 specification.

- 33 MHz 386 PC system (486 recommended)

- 4 megabytes (MB) of RAM

- Windows 3.1™

- Super VGA display card (640 X 480, 256 colors)

- Sound card

- Double speed CD-ROM drive

Important note: You must have the latest Windows drivers for your sound and display card! If you have any problems running the game, this is a very likely cause! See the Display Problems section for help in obtaining the latest drivers.


Save game disk space needed
Each saved game is about 60K and you can save up to 9 games, for a maximum space requirement of about 540K.


Insufficient memory error
Insufficient Memory

You must have at least 4 megabytes (MB) of RAM in order to run the Activity Pack. In addition, if you have only 4 MB, you will achieve much better performance if you disable SmartDrive, to give as much memory to the Activity Pack as possible.

See also:	Optimizing the Activity Pack

System Requirements


The Activity Pack configuration
Configuration of the Activity Pack

You can configure Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack for your child and your machine. Most configuration is done by editing the HEGAMES.INI file. Click on one of the following topics for help in configuring the Activity Pack.

How to edit HEGAMES.INI

Disabling background music

Displaying text


Saving and Loading Games
The Activity Pack does not save games.


Credits

Design Team:	Laurie Bauman, Annie Fox, Shelley Day, Ron Gilbert

Director:	Ron Gilbert

Programmers:	Tami Borowick, Bret Barrett, Peter Crayne, D.C. Timoney

Background Art:	Dev Madan

Animation:	Derek McCaughan, Augie Pagan, Brad Carlton, Edward Pun

Lead Tester:	Tom Goedde

Testing:	Kristina Sontag, Beau Folsom, Paul Rybicki, Mat Medina, Day Evans, Brett Perkerwicz, Michael Barnes, Megan Folsom, Brian Miller, David Julian, Tom Barber, Thomas Faber, Andrew Feucht III, Colin Riviere, Jeffrey Tomlinson

System Programming:	Ron Gilbert, Brad P. Taylor, Aric Wilmunder

Windows Conversion:	Peter Crayne

Windows System:	Brad P. Taylor

Music:	Composed and Produced by "The Fatman", George Alistair Sanger

Piano:	Floyd Domino

Bass and Organ:	Nick Connoly

Drums:	David Sanger

Sound Effects:	D.C. Timoney

Audio Director:	Laurie Bauman

Audio Engineer:	Tom McGurk

Voice Editing:	Mike McAuliffe

Product Marketing:	Shelley Day

Handbook:	Shelley Day, Brad Carlton, Ed Pun, Augie Pagan, Derek McCaughan

Package Design:	Dev Madan

Color Separations/Film:	Litho Design, Inc.

Help file:	David E. West


Ordering Humongous Products
Ordering Humongous Entertainment Games

We invite you to look at our interactive catalog featuring fun-filled product demos of other Humongous Entertainment titles. To run the catalog, simply double-click on the icon for the "Humongous Interactive Catalog" in Program Manager's Humongous group. To order any of the products below, call our Sales department between 7:30 AM and 7:30 PM Monday through Friday or Saturday between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM Pacific time:

      800-499-8386

Product List (click for a description)

Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds

The Farm

The Airport

Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon

Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise

Putt-Putt Joins the Parade

Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack

See also:	Product Support


Junior Adventurer's Club

We invite you to enroll your child in Humongous Entertainment's Junior Adventurer's Club! As a member of the Junior Adventurer's Club, your child will receive a free subscription to our quarterly Junior Adventurer's Club newsletter. The newsletter is filled with fun activities for children - and news for parents about educational and child-rearing issues, as well as new product and service announcements.

There is no purchase required to join! To enroll, simply call our Sales department and ask to join the Junior Adventurer's Club. Or send in the registration card from any Humongous Entertainment game.


Putt-Putt Joins the Parade description
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade

Grab the car wax and buff the bumpers--it's time for the annual Cartown Pet Parade. Kids help Putt-Putt tackle the local car wash, explore a toy store, rescue a lost puppy, and more, before heading to his front-row spot in the parade.

Putt-Putt Joins the Parade is a world full of places to explore, captivating activities to engage young minds, and logic puzzles to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Kids make the decisions to determine the outcome of Putt-Putt's adventures. Hundreds of secret click-points turn Putt-Putt's hometown into an animated playground. Digitized voices bring characters to life, and hosts of wacky sounds bring giggles, even to grown-ups.

Available for Windows and Macintosh.

See also: Ordering Humongous Entertainment games


Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise description
Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise

Fatty Bear and his friends have a lot to do before Kayla wakes up. Matilda Rabbit is busy with the cake.  Gretchen is working on the decorations. The puppy is getting into mischief, and the garage door opener has disappeared!

This educational and entertaining product designed for kids ages 3 to 8, introduces Fatty Bear™, a well loved, stuffed bear who comes to life only for children and never, ever, when grown-ups are watching. This friendly, cuddly cub lives with a delightful young girl named Kayla, who is his best friend.

Available for Windows and Macintosh.

See also: Ordering Humongous Entertainment games


Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon description
Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon

Due to a freak accident at the local fireworks factory, Putt-Putt blasts to the moon. There he meets Rover, a sad and lonely little Lunar Terrain Vehicle, whom the astronauts left behind.

This product stresses the need for teamwork and cooperation, and the lasting value of friendship. By combining their unique abilities Putt-Putt and Rover are able to accomplish a few good deeds for the Moon People, collect all the things they need to build a rocket, and meet the Man in the Moon before returning safely to Earth.

Available for Windows and Macintosh.

See also: Ordering Humongous Entertainment games


The Farm description;Junior Field Trips;Farm, The;Field Trips, Junior
The Farm

A visit to a farm is a thrilling adventure for any child, and The Farm provides lots of first-hand opportunities for discovery. Visit the big red barn and watch a cow being milked. Take a peek inside the chicken coop and find out where eggs come from. Help harvest the corn and feed the pigs. Don't miss the pond--there's a beaver dam to explore. And that's only the beginning.

Children will want to visit The Farm again and again. It's a place where understanding and experience grow and fun never ends.

Available for Windows.

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The Airport

Children let their curiosity go wild as they explore the virtual environment of The Airport™. Using Buzzy the Knowledge Bug as their guide, kids fly over the airport and with a click, select any one of 40 places to explore. In and around the airport terminal, children can visit places they rarely see as passengers. Click on the baggage handling area, the control tower or an airplane cockpit, and picturesque scenes open before their eyes. Clicking on any one of more than 200 objects shows illustrated details allowing kids to expand their knowledge on the workings of an airport. The Airport is a packed interactive "field trip" designed to educate with every click of the mouse.

Available for Windows.

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Freddi Fish description
Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds

Grandma Grouper's kelp seeds are missing! Someone has to find them or the fish in the ocean will starve. Freddi Fish and her sidekick, Luther, come to the rescue. Their goal: Find the missing treasure chest filled with the kelp seeds.

Kids will enjoy helping Freddi and Luther travel through this underwater maze of adventures.  Grandma's  treasure chest could be in any one of 40 places. Is it in the junkyard, the three caves, or could it be in the whale bones? To find out, you must locate the clues hidden in glass bottles. Obstacles are everywhere. Don't worry, throughout the journey there are over 200 items to help. Click on the wooden plank, or the purple sea urchins; maybe the fishing pole will be needed. Don't miss anything--every item you see could be important. But watch out for the sharks. They want Grandma's treasure, too.

Available for Windows.

See also: Ordering Humongous Entertainment games


Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack

Now, two of your child's favorite friends have come together to offer an enchanting collection of 15 traditional educational and fun-filled activities. Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear invite children to exercise their minds or just have fun! Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack helps kids learn through experimentation, exploration and play. Combining established learning techniques with lovable characters, lively animations, colorful graphics and brilliant sounds, the Activity Pack provides a positive, safe and challenging environment for children and adults.

Available for Windows and Macintosh.

See also: Ordering Humongous Entertainment games


Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard Commands

There are several keyboard commands to make it easier to play the game. They're easy to use, so try them out!

Esc - pressing the Escape key cancels the current cut scene, and moves directly to the next location. A cut scene is the animation you sometimes see when moving from one location to another.

Spacebar - pressing the spacebar pauses the game, then allows you to bring up help, quit the game, or resume play. Press space again to play again.

Alt-F4 - this keychord exits the game. You can also exit the game by pressing the spacebar then clicking the Quit button.

. - pressing the period key cancels the current character's talking.

F1 - this key brings up help for the game.

F2 - this key brings up the Sound Card Configuration dialog box.

F5 - This will toggle full-screen mode. The game can be run in a window, or full-screen.

F7 - This increases the size of the game display, if your screen resolution is twice as large as the game resolution. For example, if your screen resolution is 1280x1024, you can double the resolution of a 640x480 game (e.g., The Airport or The Farm). When the game display cannot be made larger, it will decrease it to the minimum size. The larger the game display, the slower it will run. Very large displays may be too slow to run smoothly on some systems. When you start the game again, it will start with the same game display size you had the last time you played it.


Known Problems

There are several known problems with video drivers and sound drivers.

1)	Compaq Operator and TAM Audio Waveform driver
The Compaq Operator program does not relinquish control of the sound card to other applications, preventing our game from running, and causing the error message "Unable to access sound card/Sound card in use by another application". You can temporarily fix the problem by disabling the Operator program. Remove the Operator program from your Startup group in Program Manager. Also you should accept our Install program's offer to comment out the tamaudio.drv line for you. If you do not comment out this driver, you will get the error message "Windows says, Undefined external error has occurred." You can also contact Compaq at 800-888-5858 to inquire about an update that might fix the problem.

2)	Mozart sound card
This sound card does not allow our games to run. You will probably receive an error message saying "During the DMA buffer size search. The sound card wouldn't unprepare our sound header." See the Oak Technology topic for information about new drivers that fix this problem.

3)	Microsoft Mouse
The Microsoft Mouse driver version 9.01 causes a "GROWSTUB error" when you start the game. If you encounter this problem, run our install program, which will replace the file pointer.dll with a newer version (9.01b) which fixes the problem. The old file is renamed to pointer.old.

4)	Gravis UltraSound Max
Certain driver versions do not allow the game to run. Please make sure you have the latest Gravis sound driver before contacting our Product Support department.

5)	Turtle Beach Monte Carlo
Some drivers for the Monte Carlo sound card do not allow our games to run. Call Turtle Beach for updated drivers.

6)	Sound Blaster
Sound Blaster WAVE driver versions less than 3.00 give odd errors or just drop into a DOS prompt. You can get the version information by running the Control Panel, selecting Drivers item, selecting Creative Labs WAVE/MIDI driver, and clicking Setup.

7)	AST
Many AST computers come with a program called StarCom. This program includes an extra sound driver that can conflict with our games. Our Install program will offer to comment out the following drivers to allow our game to run: vodafax.drv, faxmodem.drv, and starcomm.drv. You can reenable these drivers by editing your SYSTEM.INI file, go to the [drivers] section, and remove the semi-colon from the beginning of the line for the driver.

7)	PC Speaker driver
Following is the System.ini section for the PC Speaker Windows driver. If you ever used the PC Speaker sound driver, and you now have a sound card, you should delete this section.

[speaker.drv]
CPU Speed=38
Volume=767
Version=774
Enhanced=1
Max seconds=3
Leave interrupts enabled=0


Welcome to Install

The Welcome dialog for Install allows you to choose one of the following buttons:

1)	Quick Install is the easiest way to get the game up and running. It selects C:\HEGAMES as the directory for startup files. Icons are added to the Humongous group, and WinG and Win32s are installed if necessary. Most users should select this option.

2)	Advanced Options allows you to control the details of installing and uninstalling the game. This option may be selected by advanced users.

3)	The Exit button exits Install without doing anything.

4)	The Help button displays help for this dialog.


Advanced Options

The Advanced Options dialog allows you to control the details of installing or uninstalling the game. You can control the following details:

1)	Install the game icons to the group of your choice.

2)	Specify the directory where startup files are installed and where saved games are stored (if games can be saved).

3)	Control the installation of WinG or Win32s.

4)	Uninstall the game, WinG, and Win32s.


Advanced Install Options

The Advanced Install Options dialog gives you control over the installation of the game startup files, as well as WinG and Win32s. The following options can be chosen:

1)	Install if needed. This will install if it is not installed, or if the version we have to install is newer than the version that is already installed. This is the default option.

2)	Always install. This will always install, and will overwrite any previous version that may be installed. Use this option with care, as it could cause existing software dependent on the later version to quit working.

3)	Never install. This will never install the component, even if it is later than the one already installed. Use this option with care, as it could cause the game not to run correctly if the version installed is older, or there is no version installed.


Choose Game Directory

This dialog allows you to select the directory where startup files and saved games (if supported) will be installed. The startup files consist only of the .EXE files for each game installed. These only take up about 30K per file.

You can either type in a drive and directory, or you can use the Browse button to select a drive and directory to install to.


Uninstall Options

This dialog allows you to select the components to uninstall. You can uninstall one or more of the following components:

1)	The game. This will uninstall this game's startup files and saved games.

2)	WinG. This will uninstall the WinG Windows system files. Beware that after uninstalling WinG, you will not be able to run any Humongous Entertainment Windows games or any other Windows applications that require WinG.

3)	Win32s. This will uninstall the Win32s Windows system files. Beware that after uninstalling Win32s, you will not be able to run any Humongous Entertainment Windows games or any other Windows applications that require Win32s.


Not enough disk space
Insufficient Disk Space

Install failed because there was not enough disk space to copy the Win32s and WinG files to your Windows directory. You need to free up space on your C drive (or the drive where Windows is installed), then try installing again. How much disk space do you need? Click here to find out.

See also:	Advanced Install


Install disk space needed
Install requires up to 2.5 MB of free hard disk space on the drive containing your Windows directory (usually C:), to install Win32s, WinG, and the game startup files. If Win32s and WinG are already installed (e.g., if you have another Windows game from Humongous), only about 60K will be required.


Low memory warning (SmartDrive)
Low Memory (with SmartDrive)

Although your computer has enough memory to run the game, you must first disable SmartDrive or other disk caching software to free up memory for the game.

See also:	Optimizing Performance


Low memory warning
Low Memory

Although your computer has enough memory to run the game, you will probably notice delays in the animations and/or background sounds. Adding memory will improve the performance of all your applications and games.

See also:	Optimizing Performance


Insufficient Memory Warning
Insufficient Memory

Your computer does not have enough memory to run the game. After installing more memory, you can reinstall the game.

See also:	Optimizing Performance

System Requirements


Mouse Required
No Mouse Detected

You must have a mouse installed before installing the game. If you have a mouse, check Windows Setup to make sure a mouse driver is installed.


Can't Copy File
Cannot Copy File

Install could not copy a file. This may be due to one of the following reasons:

1)	You are currently running a Windows application that has the file open. Try closing all other open applications, then reinstall.

2)	If you have run any of Humongous' Windows games or demos since starting Windows, part of Win32s remains in memory, and you will get this error message about the file w32sys.dll. Cancel out of Install, then rerun Install as instructed below. If this doesn't make sense to you, or doesn't work, please feel free to call our Product Support department for help!

To force Install to copy all files, even if they appear to be in use, run Install again and perform the following steps:

1)	Click the Advanced Options button.

2)	Click the Install button.

3)	Check the "Ignore out of disk space errors." checkbox, and finish the installation.

See also:	Win32s and WinG Install


Win32s and WinG Install

If you have problems installing the game, you should install both Win32s and WinG using the Microsoft install programs which we have included on our CD.

To install Win32s using its Microsoft install program, click the File menu in Program Manager, then select Run..., and type D:\system\setup\win32s.120\disk1\setup (replace D: with the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive), then click the OK button, and follow the instructions that appear.

To install WinG using Microsoft's install program, click the File menu in Program Manager, then select Run..., and type D:\system\setup\wing.100\setup (replace D: with the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive), then click the OK button, and follow the instructions that appear.

Finally, run our Install program again to set up the Program Manager icon to run the game.


Sound Card Required
No Sound Card Found

Install did not find a sound card installed into Windows. The game requires a sound card. If you already have a sound card in your computer, follow the manufacturer's instructions for installing its Windows drivers, then run Install again.


Virtual Memory Required

Install detected that Windows is not set up to use Virtual Memory. Since Win32s requires Virtual Memory, you will need to configure it before installing. Use the 386 Enhanced option in Control Panel, then press the "Virtual Memory..." button. You only need to give a small amount of Virtual Memory, say 2048 KB. If you have trouble setting up Virtual Memory, check the following items:

1)	Make sure you have enough free hard disk space on the target drive.

2)	Defragment the disk space on the target drive. If you have DOS 6.x, you can use the DEFRAG.EXE that is provided with it.

3)	Be sure you are running Windows in 386 Enhanced mode. To check this, select the Help About menu item in Program Manager and check the About box for text telling you the current Windows mode.


True Color Displays

Humongous Entertainment Windows games will run on a true color display, but they run best on a 256-color display. If the animations seem too sluggish, you should install a 256-color driver before running the game.

See also:	Display Problems


256-Color Display Required

Install has detected that your display supports fewer than 256 colors. Your display card may actually be capable of 256 colors, but the right drivers are not installed. You should either install the 256-color driver for your display card, or get a 256-color display card.

See also:	Display Problems


Confirm Create Directory

Install needs to create the directory you specified for saved games, and is asking your permission to create the directory. Press OK to create the directory. If you press Cancel the directory will not be created. Saved games will be placed in this directory. How much disk space do saved games take? Click here to find out.


Completed Install
Install Completed Successfully

You have successfully installed the game. Install creates a "Humongous" group in Program Manager, and adds icons for the game and for the help file. You should restart Windows by pressing the "Restart Windows..." button on the final Install dialog box. Once Windows has restarted, you can run the game by double-clicking the game's icon in Program Manager.

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Unknown Free Disk Space
Cannot Determine Free Disk Space

Install cannot accurately determine how much free disk space is available on the drive where Windows is installed, for copying Win32s and WinG. These components take a relatively small amount of disk space. If you know you have enough disk space, click the OK button to continue. Otherwise, click the Cancel button and reinstall after freeing up some disk space.


Install Failure
Install Failed

Install has failed to copy all the necessary files to your hard disk. Please correct the problems noted in earlier error messages you should have received, then reinstall. If this still does not work, please call our Product Support department


Win32s

Win32s is Microsoft's collection of 32-bit Windows system files that enables a 32-bit Windows application to run under Windows 3.1X. Since Win32s is not shipped with Windows 3.1X, it must be installed. We install version 1.20.


WinG

WinG is Microsoft's new component for Windows which greatly speeds up display performance. We install version 1.0.


MPC
MPC Level 2 Specification

The Multimedia PC Marketing Council, Inc. has developed two sets of multimedia computer specifications to encourage the adoption of enhanced multimedia capabilities. MPC Level 1 was adopted in 1990, and MPC Level 2 in 1993. Here are the MPC Level 2 specifications:

- 25 MHz 486SX or compatible microprocessor

- 4 megabytes of RAM (8 megabytes recommended)

- Floppy drive, hard drive (160 MB minimum)

- CD-ROM doublespeed with CD-DA outputs, XA ready, multisession capable

- 16-bit DAC, 16-bit ADC, music synthesizer, on-board analog audio mixing

- Display resolution of at least 640x480 with 65,536 (64 K) colors

- 101-key Keyboard (or functional equivalent), two-button mouse

- Serial port, parallel port, MIDI I/O port, joystick port

- Binary compatibility with Windows 3.0 plus Multimedia Extensions or Windows 3.1


Display Problems

Humongous Entertainment's Windows games require a Super VGA (SVGA) display (640x480, 256 colors). If you run at a higher resolution than this, the game will be centered within your screen, and will have a black border. Also, if your display supports more than 256 colors, the game may run more slowly. In this case, you may wish to switch to Super VGA (640x480x256) mode before running the game.

You cannot install or run the game unless you have the correct display driver. The method of selecting the driver that provides the correct video resolution and number of colors varies by video board. Some display cards add an option to the Control Panel. Others require that you run Windows Setup to select the correct video driver. Still others have their own program to switch display modes.

If you experience display problems while using our games, you should first make sure you have the latest Windows drivers for your display card. The Windows drivers are found on the diskette that came with your display card. Updated drivers may be obtained in a variety of places. The dealer who sold you your hardware should have access to the most recent display drivers. Most display card manufacturers maintain a BBS containing the latest display drivers for free downloading. Drivers are available on CompuServe and other popular on-line services. We have provided a list of display card manufacturers, containing phone, fax, and BBS numbers. Please make every effort to install the latest display drivers before calling Humongous Product Support.


Display Problems Examples

A display problem might show up as follows:

1)	"Unhandled Exception Detected"
This usually indicates that you need to update your video drivers.

2)	Any error message or GPF that gives a filename ending in .drv is likely to be a display problem.

3)	"Your video card may not be fast enough to run this game..."
This error message indicates that you either have a slow video card, or need to update your drivers with ones that take advantage of your video card's capabilities. For example, if you have a fast local bus video card, and are using the Microsoft Super VGA drivers, you are not getting the best possible performance out of your video, and you should obtain drivers specific to your video card.


Sound Problems

If you experience sound problems while playing our games, you should make sure you have the latest Windows driver for your sound card. The Windows drivers are found on the diskette that came with your sound card. Updated drivers may be obtained in a variety of places. The dealer who sold you your hardware should have access to the most recent sound drivers. Most sound card manufacturers maintain a BBS containing the latest drivers for free downloading. Drivers are available on CompuServe and other popular on-line services. We have provided a list of sound card manufacturers, containing phone, fax, and BBS numbers. Please make every effort to install the latest sound drivers before calling Humongous Product Support.

If you do hear sound while playing the game, but you notice glitches, pauses, or stutters, press the F2 key within the game to bring up a Sound Card Configuration dialog box. If you are experiencing any of the other problems in the list below, follow the given suggestion to fix the problem.

1)	When you start the game, you receive an error message saying no sound card is installed.
You may have disabled the Windows sound driver so you could play one of our DOS games under Windows. If you do have a sound card, be sure its Windows driver is installed. This can be done from the Drivers icon in the Control Panel. If you don't have a sound card, you will need to install one before playing the game.

2)	When you start the game, you receive an error message saying that another application is using the sound card.
You may get this if you have a Compaq Presario and are using the Compaq TAM Waveaudio driver. Otherwise, close all other applications and restart the game. The sound card cannot be used by more than one application at the same time.

3)	When you start the game, you receive an error message saying "During the DMA buffer size search. The sound card wouldn't unprepare our sound header."
You may get this if you have a Mozart sound card. You will not be able to run the game. There is currently no workaround for this problem.

4)	You receive other sound-related error messages.
Add the following line to the section of your HEGAMES.INI file corresponding to the game. This line will allow the game to work on some sound cards that may not otherwise be able to run it, although you may notice some slowdown on slower computers. If adding this line does not fix the problem, remove it again.

CreateSamples=1


Sound Card Configuration

While we test our games extensively, because of the large variety of sound cards and computers, you may encounter a combination of sound card and computer that we have not tested. If you notice sound glitches, pauses, or stutters, we have provided an easy method for you to configure the game to your sound card to eliminate or reduce these sound problems. To configure your sound card, perform the following:

1)	Make sure background music is turned on.

2)	Press F2 to bring up the Sound Card Configuration dialog.

3)	Select one of the options, and press the OK button.

4)	Listen to the results.

5)	Repeat steps 2-4 until you have found the best option for your system.

6)	If none of these options fix the problem, please contact our Product Support department.

See also: Sound Problems


Sound Card Refused Sample
"The sound card driver refused to accept our sample."

This error message indicates that your sound card driver may be out-of-date. Also, you may receive this error message if you have a Mozart sound card. Please see our list of Known Problems for more information. You should obtain a new driver from the company where you purchased your sound card. If this does not solve the problem, please contact our Product Support department.


Sound Card Wouldn't Prepare Header
"The sound card driver would not prepare our sample header for playback."

This error message indicates that your sound card driver may be out-of-date. You should obtain a new driver from the company where you purchased your sound card. If this does not solve the problem, please contact our Product Support department.


Sound Card Wouldn't Unprepare Header
"The sound card driver would not unprepare our sample header."

This error message indicates that your sound card driver may be out-of-date. You should obtain a new driver from the company where you purchased your sound card. If this does not solve the problem, please contact our Product Support department.


DMA Search Header Not Accepted
"During the DMA buffer size search, the sound card would not prepare our sound header."

This error message indicates that your sound card driver may be out-of-date. You should obtain a new driver from the company where you purchased your sound card. If this does not solve the problem, please contact our Product Support department.


DMA Search Sample Not Accepted
"During the DMA buffer size search, the sound card would not accept our sample."

This error message indicates that your sound card driver may be out-of-date. You should obtain a new driver from the company where you purchased your sound card. If this does not solve the problem, please contact our Product Support department.


DMA Search Play Sample Failed
"During the DMA buffer size search, the sound card would not play our samples."

This error message indicates that your sound card driver may be out-of-date. You should obtain a new driver from the company where you purchased your sound card. If this does not solve the problem, please contact our Product Support department.


DMA Search Reset Failed
"During the DMA buffer size search, the sound card would not reset the sound device."

This error message indicates that your sound card driver may be out-of-date. You should obtain a new driver from the company where you purchased your sound card. If this does not solve the problem, please contact our Product Support department.


DMA Search Unprepare Failed
"During the DMA buffer size search, the sound card would not unprepare our sound header."

This error message indicates that your sound card driver may be out-of-date. You should obtain a new driver from the company where you purchased your sound card. If this does not solve the problem, please contact our Product Support department.


GROWSTUB Problem

If you are using a Microsoft mouse purchased between late 1993 and late 1994, you may encounter a GP Fault when starting our game. This is because of a problem in the mouse driver's handling of 32-bit Windows applications. When you install the game, we automatically replace the problem mouse driver file, pointer.dll, renaming the old file to pointer.old. You should never encounter this problem if you run our Install program before running the game.


Display Card Manufacturers

This list covers most of the popular display cards. Click on one of the following company names for information about that company' s latest Windows drivers. Downloading Windows drivers from a BBS is nearly always free of charge. Some companies may charge you a small fee to cover the cost of the disk and shipping if you request updated Windows drivers on diskette.

Ahead systems Inc.

ATI Technologies Inc.

Boca Research Inc.

Cirrus Logic

Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.

Genoa Systems

Hercules Computer Technology Inc.

Matrox

Number Nine Computer Corp.

Orchid Technology Inc.

Paradise (Western Digital)

S3 Incorporated

STB Systems

Technology Works

Trident Microsystems Inc.

Tseng Labs


Ahead systems
Ahead systems Inc.

BBS:	510-623-0961

Phone:	510-623-0900

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies Inc.

Mail:	33 Commerce Valley Dr. East
Thornhill, Ontario
Canada L3T 7N6

BBS:	905-764-9404

Phone:	905-882-2626

Fax:	905-882-0546

FaxInfo System:	905-882-2600

CompuServe:	GO ATITECH

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


Boca Research
Boca Research Inc.

BBS:	407-241-1601

Tech Support:	407-241-8088

Phone:	407-997-6227

CompuServe:	GO BOCA

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


Cirrus Logic

BBS:	510-440-9080

Phone:	510-226-2133

Internet:	ftp.cirrus.com	e-mail: ui-support@corp.cirrus.com

Cirrus Logic makes video chipsets, not the video cards themselves. However, Cirrus Logic generic drivers should work with video cards based on Cirrus Logic chipsets. Note that the video card manufacturer may add features to their drivers, and the Cirrus Logic generic drivers may not support all of these features.

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


Diamond Computer Systems
Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.

Products:	Viper, Stealth, SpeedStar

Mail:	Attn: Technical Support
2880 Junction Avenue
San Jose, CA 95134

BBS:	408-325-7175    (9,600 baud and above, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop)
408-325-7080    (2,400 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop)

Fax:	408-325-7171

Tech Support:	408-325-7100

Phone:	408-325-7000

CompuServe:	E-mail: 75300,3673

America Online:	Keyword: GO DIAMOND

GEnie:	E-mail: ID# DIAMOND.TECH

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


Genoa Systems

BBS:	408-943-1231

CompuServe:	GO GENOA	E-mail: 71333,3543

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


Hercules Computer Technology
Hercules Computer Technology Inc.

BBS:	510-623-7449    (1200 - 14.4k baud)

Fax:	510-490-6745

Phone:	510-623-6050

CompuServe:	GO HERCULES	E-mail: 71333,2532

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


Matrox

CompuServe:	GO MATROX	E-mail: 72662,361

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


Number Nine Computer Corp.

Products:	#9 video cards

Mail:	18 Hartwell Ave.
Lexington, MA 02173

BBS	617-862-7502

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


Orchid Display Cards
Orchid Technology Inc.

Products	Fahrenheit 1280, Fahrenheit 64, Celsius, Kelvin 64

BBS:	510-683-0327

Tech Support:	510-683-0323

Fax:	510-683-0355

Internet:	E-mail: orchid@netcom.com

CompuServe:	GO ORCHID	e-mail: 72667,2672

See also: Display Card Manufacturers

    Orchid Sound Cards


Paradise
Paradise (Western Digital)

Mail:	8105 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92718

BBS:	714-753-1234

Tech Support:	800-832-4778 or
714-932-4900

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


S3 Incorporated

BBS:	408-654-5676

Tech Support:	800-691-7770 or
408-980-5400

Fax:	408-980-5444

S3 makes video chipsets, not the video cards themselves. However, S3 generic drivers should work with video cards based on S3 chipsets. Note that the video card manufacturer may add features to their drivers, and the S3 generic drivers may not support all of these features.

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


STB Systems

BBS:	214-437-9615

Tech Support:	800-234-4334

CompuServe:	GO STBSYS	e-mail: 75300,1664

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


Technology Works

Tech Support:	800-933-6113

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


Trident Microsystems
Trident Microsystems Inc.

BBS:	415-691-1016

Phone:	415-691-9211

Tech Support:	415-335-1179

Trident makes video chipsets, not the video cards themselves. However, Trident generic drivers should work with video cards based on Trident chipsets. Note that the video card manufacturer may add features to their drivers, and the Trident generic drivers may not support all of these features.

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


Tseng Labs

BBS:	215-579-7536

Phone:	215-968-0502

CompuServe:	GO TSENG	e-mail: 71333,430

America OnLine:	keyword TSENG	e-mail: TsengJoeC

Tseng Labs makes video chipsets, not the video cards themselves. However, Tseng Labs generic drivers should work with video cards based on Tseng Labs chipsets. Note that the video card manufacturer may add features to their drivers, and the Tseng Labs generic drivers may not support all of these features.

See also: Display Card Manufacturers


Sound Card Manufacturers

This list covers most of the popular sound cards. Click on one of the following company names for information about that company' s latest Windows drivers. Downloading Windows drivers from a BBS is nearly always free of charge. Some companies may charge you a small fee to cover the cost of the disk and shipping if you request updated Windows drivers on diskette.

Advanced Gravis Research

Aztech Labs, Inc.

Creative Labs, Inc.

Ensoniq Corporation

Media Vision

Oak Technology

Orchid Technology, Inc.

Turtle Beach


Advanced Gravis
Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd.

Products:	UltraSound, UltraSound Max

Mail:	1709 Midway Lane

Bellingham, WA 98226

BBS:	604-431-5927

Tech Support:	604-431-1807

Phone:	604-431-5020

CompuServe:	GO PCVENB	e-mail: 71333,350

America OnLine:	keyword GRAVIS	e-mail: Adv Gravis

Internet:	archive.epas.utoronto.ca - pub/pc/ultrasound

e-mail: tech1@gravis.com

See also: Sound Card Manufacturers


Aztech
Aztech Labs, Inc.

Products:	Sound Galaxy

Mail:	46707 Fremont Blvd.
Fremont, CA 94538

BBS	510-623-8933

Phone:	800-886-8879 or
510-623-8988

Fax:	510-623-0783

See also: Sound Card Manufacturers


Creative Labs
Creative Labs, Inc.

Products:	Sound Blaster series

Mail:	1523 Cimarron Plaza
Stillwater, OK 74075

BBS:	405-742-6660

Tech Support:	405-742-6622

Phone:	408-428-6600

Fax:	405-742-6633

Internet:	ftp.creaf.com	e-mail: ftpadmin@creative.creaf.com (Jennifer Smith)

WWW:	http://creative.creaf.com

CompuServe:	GO BLASTER	e-mail: 72662,2714

See also: Sound Card Manufacturers


Ensoniq
Ensoniq Corporation

Products:	SoundScape

Mail:	155 Great Valley Parkway
Malvern, PA 19355

BBS:	610-647-3195    (28.8k)

Tech Support:	610-647-3930

CompuServe:	e-mail: 75541,427

See also: Sound Card Manufacturers


Media Vision

Products:	Pro Audio Spectrum, Pro Audio Spectrum 16

Mail:	47300 Bayside Parkway
Fremont, CA 94538

BBS:	510-770-0527

Tech Support:	510-770-9905 or
800-638-2807

Internet:	E-mail: techsupp@mediavis.com

WWW:	http://www.mediavis.com

CompuServe:	GO MEDIAVISION

See also: Sound Card Manufacturers


Oak Technology

Products:	Mozart sound card

BBS:	408-774-5307

Phone:	408-737-0888

If you have a Mozart sound card, and you get the message " During the DMA buffer size search. The sound card wouldn't unprepare our sound header.", then you need to install new drivers. We have included beta version 2.51 drivers from Oak Technology on our CD. The final version should be available from Oak Technology by the March 31, 1995. To install these new beta drivers, perform the following steps:

For this example, assume your CD-ROM drive is D: and your floppy drive is A:

1.	Put a newly formatted 5.25" or 3.5" floppy disk in your diskette drive (A:).

2.	At a DOS prompt, type the following:

xcopy d:\drivers\sound\mzt251\*.* a:\ /s

and press the Enter key.

3.	Type A: then press the Enter key.

4.	Type install, then press the Enter key.

5.	Follow the instructions on-screen to install the new drivers.

See also: Sound Card Manufacturers


Orchid Sound Cards
Orchid Technology Inc.

Products:	Soundwave series

BBS:	510-683-0327

Tech Support:	510-683-0323

Fax:	510-683-0355

Internet:	E-mail: orchid@netcom.com

CompuServe:	GO ORCHID	e-mail: 72667,2672

See also: Sound Card Manufacturers

    Orchid Video Cards


Turtle Beach

Products:	Daytona PCMCIA, Monte Carlo, Multisound Monterey, Multisound Tahiti, Tropez

BBS:	717-767-5934    (2400 baud)
717-767-0250    (38.4k baud)

Tech Support:	717-764-5265

Internet:	E-mail: support@tbeach.com

CompuServe:	GO TURTLE	e-mail: 71333,2432

America OnLine:	keyword TURTLE

See also: Sound Card Manufacturers


CompuServe Account Info
To open an account, please contact CompuServe Customer Service at 800-848-8990.


America OnLine Account Info
To open an account, please contact America OnLine Customer Service at 703-893-6288.


GEnie Account Info
To open an account, please contact GEnie Customer Service at 800-638-9636.


Trouble Shooting
Windows Troubleshooting

Most problems you encounter can be solved quickly and easily. We test our games thoroughly before they are released. Most of the problems you could encounter are caused by device drivers for display cards, sound boards, and CD-ROM drives. Click on one of the topics below for procedures and tips to resolve any problems you might be having.

Display problems

Sound problems

Known problems

Optimizing Performance

Error Messages


Error Messages

You may encounter error and warning messages while running one of our games. This list of error and warning messages should help you to correct the problem. Click on the underlined phrase for help in fixing the error.

"No sound card was detected.  Please check your sound card installation."

"Unable to launch program. You need to reinstall the game."

"Win32s has not been correctly installed. Please reinstall the game."

"WinG has not been correctly installed. Please reinstall the game."

"There was not enough free memory to run the game.  Please quit any other programs currently running and try again."

"Either free memory is very low or the program's files are corrupted. Please reinstall the game."

"Your display card may not be fast enough to run this game without some loss of animation and/or music quality."

"Your computer may not be fast enough to run this game without slight pauses in the animations and/or background music."

"There was a problem with your display card or driver."

"The following error was detected: '<error message>.'"

"A potential problem was detected: '<warning message>.'"

"Cannot open file 'filename'."

"Error reading file.  Trying again?"

"The game was unable to access your sound card.  Another program may be using your sound card, or it may not be installed properly."


Reinstall the Game

If you have an incorrect Win32s or WinG installation, an error message will be displayed upon starting the game, telling you to reinstall the game. An incorrect Win32s or WinG installation can be caused by the files not all being of the same version, or some files missing. Reinstalling will correct the situation. If you still get this error message after installing again, please contact our Product Support department.

Note: You will also get this error message if you try to run the game before running our Install program. Simply run Install before running the game.


Error in Running the Game
Launch Error

An error occurred while launching the game. This can be caused by an extremely low memory situation, or by some of your game program files being corrupted. Please reinstall the game. If you have copied the game to your hard disk, try copying it over again. If neither of these steps correct the problem, please contact our Product Support department.


Slow Display Performance

We quickly test your display every time you run the game. When you run the game for the first time, if we find that your display might be a little slower than we recommend, we will display a message telling you that the game may run a little more slowly on your computer. This is not a serious problem -- you may continue to play the game. However, for optimal game playing enjoyment, you may wish to upgrade your display.

You may check the "Please don't show me this message again." box to suppress this warning in the future.

See also:	Optimizing Performance


Disk Problems

If you get the error message "Cannot open file", use Notepad to edit your CONFIG.SYS file, and try increasing the FILES= value by 10. See Editing your CONFIG.SYS for more information. This message could also be caused if one of the game files cannot be found. The most likely cause of this is ejecting the CD while playing the game. Or if you copied the game to your hard disk, ensure that all files were successfully copied to the same directory.

If you get the error message "Error reading file", or any other disk-related error messages, you may have a bad disk or a hardware problem. Call our Product Support department for assistance.


Editing Your CONFIG.SYS File

You should check C:\CONFIG.SYS and be sure your FILES= line is at least 40. If you get a "Can't open file" message, and it is already 40, try increasing it by 10. For example, if you have the following line:

FILES=35

replace it with the following line:

FILES=45

If you don't have a FILES= line, add the following line:

FILES=40

Note: You must restart your computer after editing CONFIG.SYS.


Computer too slow
Computer Not Fast Enough

We quickly test your computer's speed every time you run the game. When you run the game for the first time, if we find that your computer might run a little slower than we recommend, we will display a message warning you of possible pauses in the animation or background sounds. This is not a serious problem -- you may continue to play the game. However, for optimal game playing enjoyment, there are some simple things you can do that may make your computer run faster. First, close all other applications you may have running. Second, if you are on a network, restart your computer without network drivers before playing the game, as being on a network can slow your computer noticeably. Finally, sometimes your computer will run faster after simply restarting Windows.

You may check the "Please don't show me this message again." box to suppress this warning in the future.

See also:	Optimizing Performance


WinG Errors

If WinG finds a problem with your display card or driver, you will receive a message to that effect. The most likely cause of the problem is out-of-date video drivers. See the Display Problems topic for more information about obtaining new drivers.


Scumm Errors
System Error Message

If you receive a system error message, this indicates a serious problem with the game or with the drive you are running from. Do not press the Enter key or click the OK button with the mouse until you have called Product Support or written down the exact wording, as the error message will disappear and the game will quit.


Scumm Warnings
System Problem Message

If you receive a System Problem message, this indicates a problem with the game. You can simply press the OK button and continue playing the game.


Optimizing Performance

Our Windows games take full advantage of your multimedia computer's capabilities, and require that you have at least the minimum required amount of memory for optimum play. Here is a list of ways to boost performance, starting with the most effective way.

1) More memory. To increase the amount of memory available to our game, close all other applications before running. You may also need to adjust the size of SmartDrive's cache to give more memory to Windows. Consult your DOS documentation about SmartDrive, or if you have DOS 6.0 or above, you can type HELP SMARTDRV at a DOS prompt for information about configuring SmartDrive. Use the table below to determine the maximum amount of memory to give SmartDrive for your computer. You may also wish to buy additional memory for your computer. This is the best way to improve the performance of all your applications!

Total Memory	SmartDrive

4MB	0K

8MB	1024K

12MB	2048K

16MB	up to 4096K

2) Faster Display. A faster display card will also dramatically improve the performance of our games. If you have a 486-based computer which supports local bus, look for a local bus display card, often labeled as "VLB" or "VESA Local Bus". If you have a Pentium-based computer, it probably has a PCI display card, which is also very fast.

3) Faster Disk. Our games require a double-speed CD-ROM drive. You may notice a further improvement in performance by using a triple-speed CD-ROM drive (or faster). While we do not prevent you from running the game on a single-speed CD-ROM drive, you will notice pauses in the animations and sounds, so we do not recommend it. If you have sufficient hard disk space, you can copy the CD-ROM to your hard disk and run the game from there. The first time you run the game, the performance of your CD-ROM drive is tested to help achieve the best performance.


Running the Game for the First Time

When you run the game for the very first time, your display and your CD-ROM drive are tested to allow the game to achieve its best performance on your system.

WinG performs the display testing in the following situations when a program using WinG is run:

1)	After being installed for the first time.

2)	After the display size is changed, e.g., you switch resolutions from 1024x648 to 640x480.

3)	After you update your display driver, or install a new display card.

The CD-ROM drive test is performed only once, the first time the game is run after installing, and the result is stored in the DriveXBufferingTestResult (where X is the drive letter the game is running from) line in HEGAMES.INI.


Editing HEGAMES.INI
Editing the HEGAMES.INI File

You can configure Humongous Entertainment games by editing the HEGAMES.INI file. If you are playing the game, you must quit first; otherwise your changes will not be saved. To edit HEGAMES.INI, double click the HEGAMES.INI icon in the HUMONGOUS group in Program Manager. Look for the section that corresponds to your game.

SaveGamePath=C:\HEGAMES\

This entry indicates where saved games are stored. Demo versions and the Junior Field Trips do not have the Save/Load feature. The default directory is C:\HEGAMES\, but you can change it to any directory. If the directory does not exist, it will be created for you. Remember to end the line with a backslash (\). It is all right to tell multiple Humongous Entertainment titles to save games in the same directory, since the saved game filenames are different for each title.

[MyComputer]

This section contains information about your system, which may be needed by Product Support if you should ever need to contact us for assistance.


HEGAMES.INI section names
The section name is placed between square brackets in the INI file, and corresponds to the name of the game's .EXE file. You can use File Manager to look for the EXE files on the CD. Examples:

Game executable	Section name

freddi.exe	[Freddi]

somegame.exe	[SomeGame]


Product Support

Have a question? We're always happy to help. There are three ways to reach us:

Phone/fax

Call our friendly customer support staff at 206-485-1212, Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM to 7:30 PM, and Saturday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (Pacific time). Or fax us at 206-486-9494.

Important note: Please be in front of your computer when calling with a technical question, so we can resolve it as quickly as possible.

Mail:	Customer Service

Humongous Entertainment

13110 NE 177th Place, Suite 180

Woodinville, WA 98072-9965

CompuServe:	Game Publisher C Forum

(GO HUMONGOUS)

Leave mail for us at ID# 72662,1360

America OnLine:	E-mail: HumongousE

Applelink:	Humongous

GEnie:	XKY08428

See also:	Ordering Information