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D E M O D E M O D E M O D E M O D E M O D E M O D E M O
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Read-Me For
Beavis And Butt-head in
Little Thingies*
*Game Thingies, Dillweed!
Welcome and thanks for purchasing the only CD-ROM game that doesn't
suck, MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in Little Thingies. This is gonna be cool.
You have purchased seven games, four classics from MTV's Beavis and Butt-head
in Virtual Stupidity, and three all new orginal games. Enjoy.
The Goods (System Requirements)
Although we recommend a system that is a bit more souped up, the
following list reflects the PC system requirements to run this CD-ROM
properly.
* 486 DX33 Minimum; Pentium Processor Recommended
* Sound Blaster or 100% Compatible Sound Card
* Double Speed CD-ROM Drive Minimum
* 8 Megabytes Memory Minimum; 16 Megabytes Recommended
* Mouse
* Local Bus Video Card
* Windows '95
First Things First (Getting Started)
In order to run Little Thingies, first start Windows '95. Place the
"Little Thingies" cd in your cd player, wait a few seconds, the install
will begin automatically. After indicating your acceptance of the
license agreement, then follwow the on screen prompts. Then, click on
the "Start" icon, usally in the upper or lower left-hand corner of the
screen. Move the mouse over "Programs", then "Little Thingies", then click
on the game you wish to play.., you will be offered the main Game Menu,
from which you can begin game play by clicking on the "New Game" button.
Soon afterward, you can find yourself (Beavis & Butt-head) at Burger
World, or Highland High or many other locations in Highland. Help on
game controls and rules is available anytime during the game by either
hitting the "F1" key, or choosing "Help" from the menu bar.
Pick That Up, Dillhole (Game Controls)
Beavis and Butt-head aren't the smartest kids around, but with your
help, they could become the coolest. To control your player you can
either use the mouse alone, or the mouse and the keyboard together.
Here's how.
MOUSE
Use the mouse to move the cursor anywhere on the screen. Depending on
the game, you will hold the left mouse button down, then release,
Hock-a-loogie, or point and click.
KEYBOARD
The keyboard allows you to use short-cuts to change your selected icon,
or get to the Inventory. These short-cuts are also listed with the
descriptions of what each action icon does, but here's the short list,
so relax dude.
SPACE BAR Exit opening legal screens
HELP Keyboard shortcut is "F1"
NEW GAME Keyboard shortcut is "N" except in Air Guitar.
<ALT> will take you out of full screen mode back into windowed mode.
Trouble Shooting/Product Support
Q: If a mini-game runs too slow. Make it go faster.
A: There are several methods of making your game run faster.
1. Change the window size of Little Thingies. This is probably
the easiest and most effective way of making the both the
game and the videos run smoother (other than buying a new
computer). Go to "Window" on the menu bar of the game and
click on any of the sizes that are smaller than the one you
are currently in.
2. You can also try Full Screen mode. This takes up your
entire screen but the game will run faster on most computers.
Since there is no menu bar, you'll have to use keyboard
short-cuts or hit <ALT> to exit out of full screen mode.
3. Change your color resolution. By changing how many colors
your desktop uses you can speed up video performance. The
more colors your desktop is working in, the slower
everything will be. Little Thingies needs at least 256
colors, but will not use any more than 256. So, as you can
guess, 256 color mode is the best mode to run Little
Thingies in.
Q: The graphics of the game looked warped or stretched out, is
this normal?
A: If you change the size of the window to anything other than 1x,
2x, 3x, or full-screen you are probably warping the game window (things
will be taller, flatter, etc.). Also, when the game starts it
automatically expands to x2. If your desktop resolution is set
at 640x480 the game will expand to try to fill your window.
This will also cause a small amount of warping. To get an
absolutely picture-perfect view of this lovely game, try these
sizes when playing:
640x480 Desktop use x1 or full screen
800x600 Desktop use x1, x2 or full screen
1024x768 Desktop use x1, x2, x3 or full screen
Q: There's no sound. Is there an incompatibility with my sound
card?
A: Since Little Thingies is a Windows 95 game, as long as your
sound card is working correctly with Windows 95 it should work
correctly with Little Thingies. Try running the Media Player
that comes with Windows 95 to test your sound.
Q: There's no INSTALL or SETUP program. How do I get Beavis &
Butt-Head running?
A: Little Thingies is an auto-play CD product. This means that
all you have to do is put it in the CD-ROM drive and it will
start itself.
Q: I have placed the Beavis and Butthead cd in my machine, but the
game did not setup, why?
A: Auto-Run will not function if you do not have the Windows 95
drivers for your Cd Rom. Click on the cd icon than double
click on setup.
Q: Why doesn't Beavis & Butt-Head start when my screen saver is
running?
A: Auto-play products like Little Thingies will not de-activate
your screen saver before running. The game is actually running
when you put the CD in, but the screen saver has control of the
screen. Just de-activate the screen saver by shaking the mouse
a little and you'll see Little Thingies.
Q: Why does Little Thingies not run when I'm running another
program that uses sound?
A: Only one application in Windows 95 can use the sound card at
once. If you try to use two programs at once that use sound,
Little Thingies will give you an error message. Just quit the
other application and then go back to Little Thingies.
Q: I know that there aren't any other programs running that are
using sound, but sometimes Little Thingies gives me an error
message when I click on the menu bar options. What's causing
this?
A: You most likely have sounds attached to clicking on the menu
bar. Does your computer make a sound whenever you select an
item from the menu bar? If so, this is the cause of the
problem. Since Windows 95 is playing sound effects for
clicking on the menu bar Little Thingies thinks that another
program is using sound. Just click on "retry" when the error
message pops up; the game will still run correctly.
Q: The Air Guitar mini-game doesn't show any of the songs I saved,
what's wrong with it?
A: You probably saved your songs with and extension other than
".AIR". Just rename your song files so they do have that
extension (e.g., if your song was "Blah", rename it "Blah.AIR")
and then run Air Guitar and try loading those songs.
For additional help, contact Technical Support, Monday through Friday
between the hours of 7:00am and 6:00pm, Mountain Standard Time at:
Viacom New Media Product Support
Phone: (970) 339-7114
FAX: (970) 339-7022
For information about Viacom New Media products, call 1-800-469-2539.
Outside the US, call (970) 339-7103.
Viacom New Media
1515 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10036
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