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- Text includes INTRODUCTION, DISCLAIMER, INSTALLATION, TROUBLESHOOTING,
- and where to find ADDITIONAL HELP
-
- Feb. 18, 1995 EnQue Software
- Version 1.00 25700 East 203rd. Street
- Pleasant Hill, MO 64080
- Voice/Fax: 816-987-2515
- 24 Hr BBS: 816-566-2956
- E-mail Addresses: KHuck116@aol.com or DrBoyd@aol.com
-
- ----------------------------- INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------
- Welcome to "BadLands BlackJack", EnQue Software's first game in the "Vegas
- at Home Series" for Windows. This is not just another simple BlackJack game
- with boring graphics and silly sounds, it's a full simulation complete with
- stunning ray-traced graphics and digitized cards and voice. Top that off
- with the ability to customize your rules and strategy charts, and instructions
- on how to learn to beat the odds, and you have a complete, entertaining, and
- instructional BlackJack tutor right at home. If you ever have or ever will
- play BlackJack for "real" money, or you simply like to relax and try your
- luck, (or skill?), then this game's for you - it can make you a winner!
-
- We recommend a minimum of 4-Meg of memory, a 256-color or higher video card,
- and a sound card.
-
- ------------------------------- DISCLAIMER ---------------------------------
- We hate this legal mumbo-jumbo but we gotta do it!
-
- While we at EnQue strive to provide the highest quality software at very
- affordable prices, we cannot account for all user configurations and
- actions. Therefore, use of this product constitutes an "assumption of risk".
- We make no expressed or implied warrranty of any kind with regard to this
- software and documentation. In no event shall the authors or EnQue Software
- be liable for incidental or consequential damages in connection with or
- arising out of the performance or use of this product. Furthermore, we make
- no recommendations that you do or do not gamble for real money, and make no
- guarantees or assumptions as to your success or failure.
-
- ---------------------------- TROUBLESHOOTING -------------------------------
- NOTE: According to Microsoft, Windows is the ideal game environment because
- it handles all the details such as graphics card and audio board support;
- you write software to a common specification and Windows handles all the
- details. While this is true to some extent, we have found that many of these
- drivers are buggy - we have gone to unbelievable lengths to work around these
- problems but we cannot account for every configuration. (There are tens of
- thousands!). Therefore, some of you will have trouble, and in all
- likelihood, some of you will not be able to run "BadLands BlackJack". We
- apologize in advance for this.
-
- While we are unable to return your calls should you need assistance, we will
- be happy to answer questions via E-Mail, BBS, or FAX. Most problems will be
- driver related and we may be unable to help you - we cannot test all
- possibilities and may refer you to your hardware vendor. However, here are
- some guidelines.
-
- -- WINDOWS LOCKS UP
- If windows locks up and you see the opening screen, it is most likely due to
- a sound card problem. Try the two tests described under "No music" and "No
- Sound" below. If these don't work, consult your sound card manual or
- supplier. If they do work, you may have to run the game with the command
- line paramters -m for no music, or -s for no sound, or -q for
- neither. For example, run "C:\BBJ\BBJ -m". From Program Manager, do File,
- Run with the above command or change the command line for the icon if
- you added it to a group. To do this, hold down the Alt key and double click
- on the icon. Change the command line and click on OK. Refer to you Windows
- manual for additional help. Here are some more guidelines.
-
- 1) Try closing off all other applications.
-
- 2) Exit Windows, power your machine down then back up, and try again.
-
- 3) Re-install the software.
-
- 4) Try changing your video driver as described in your Windows manual and
- video card manual.
-
- If it STILL doesn't work, we're out of ideas: sorry!!! Drop us a note
- outlining your configuration and problems in as much detail as possible
- and we will try to resolve the situation.
-
- -- NO MUSIC
- Music is played using windows standard MIDI interface. If you can play
- the MIDI file BBJ.MID (in the directory you installed BlackJack) using Media
- Player or one of your sound card programs, then they should work in our game.
-
- -- NO DIGITIZED VOICE
- Sound is played using windows standard WAV interface. If you can play
- the WAV files (in the directory you installed BlackJack) using Media Player
- or one of your sound card programs, then they should work in our game.
-
- -- NO GRAPHICS
- See above "Windows locks up" section.
-
- ---------------------------- ADDITIONAL HELP -------------------------------
- Additional help about the game itself, as well as information on ordering
- other EnQue games is available once you are running the program. Good
- luck and thanks for playing our game - let us know what you think!
-
- @ All Trademarks are Copyrights of their respective companies.
-
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