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       THEATRE OF PAIN - HELP MENU
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              ø1  LANGUAGE
              ø2  CONTROLS
              ø3  SOUND
              ø4  VIDEO
              ø5  GAME OPTIONS

         
 
    PRESS A NUMBER TO SELECT AN OPTION

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                 LANGUAGE
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    THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SELECT WHICH
       LANGUAGE YOU WANT TO PLAY IN.


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                 CONTROLS
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FOR PLAYER 1 AND 2 :

SELECT CONTROL DEVICE:

   KEYBOARD
   2 BUTTON JOYSTICK
   4 BUTTON JOYSTICK
   6 BUTTON JOYSTICK
   GRAVIS GRIP

JOYSTICK NOTES:
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IF A PLAYER HAS A '4 BUTTON' OR '6 BUTTON'
JOYSTICK THE OTHER PLAYER MUST USE THE
KEYBOARD.

BOTH PLAYERS CAN HAVE 2 BUTTON JOYSTICKS.

ONCE YOU HAVE SELECTED A JOYSTICK YOU
HAVE TO SELECT 'CALIBRATE JOYSTICK' FOR
THE JOYSTICK TO WORK PROPERLY.


KEYBOARD NOTES:
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   YOU CAN REDEFINE THE KEYS FOR:

        UP    - JUMP
        DOWN  - CROUCH
        LEFT  - WALK LEFT
        RIGHT - WALK RIGHT
        PL    - PUNCH LOW POWER
        PM    - PUNCH MEDIUM POWER
        PH    - PUNCH HIGH POWER
        KL    - KICK LOW POWER
        KM    - KICK MEDIUM POWER
        KH    - KICK HIGH POWER

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                  SOUND
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THIS SECTION ALLOWS YOU TO CONFIGURE YOUR
SOUND CARD (IF ANY).

CD STREAMED MUSIC:
   THIS CAN BE SWITCHED ON OR OFF

WITH DIGITAL SOUND ON, YOU CAN SELECT YOUR
SOUND CARD FROM A LIST AND SET THE SETTINGS
FOR THIS CARD.

THE 'TEST' OPTION CAN BE USED TO CHECK YOUR
SETTINGS.

THE SOUND QUALITY CAN BE CHANGED TO GIVE
BEST PERFORMANCE FROM YOUR MACHINE - SLOW
MACHINES SHOULD SELECT 'LOW QUALITY',
FASTER MACHINES 'HIGH QUALITY'.

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                  VIDEO
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THIS SECTION HELPS DEAL WITH THE NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT VIDEO CARDS AVAILABLE TODAY.

THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO PLAY THEATRE OF PAIN:
 VGA (320X200) AND SVGA (640X400).

VGA (320X200)
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USE 320X200 IF:

A) YOU HAVE LESS THAN 8MB OF MEMORY,
   OR
B) YOU HAVE 8MB OF MEMORY BUT DON'T
   WANT TO RECONFIGURE YOUR MACHINE TO
   RELEASE IT ALL
   OR
C) YOUR VIDEO CARD DOESN'T SUPPORT SVGA,
   OR
D) YOU WANT TO PLAY THE FASTEST VERSION
   OF THE GAME.

THE 320X200 MODE DOES NOT NEED SETTING UP.

SVGA (640X400)
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IF YOU ARE ABLE TO USE SVGA, YOU WILL HAVE
TO TELL THEATRE OF PAIN ABOUT YOUR CARD.

THE SAFEST METHOD OF RUNNING THE GAME IS
WITH '640X400 (NATIVE)' OR '640X480' AND
'SINGLE BUFFERED'.

HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT THE FASTEST WAY TO
RUN THE GAME, AND ONE OF THE DOUBLE
BUFFERED MODES MAY BE BETTER, IF THEY
WORK.
NOTE: IF YOU SELECT 'DOUBLE BUFFERED CRT'
YOU MUST SELECT THE 'TEST CRT PAGE
SWAPPING' OPTION TO CONFIGURE THIS.

'640X400 (FORCED)' IS FOR USERS WHO CAN'T
SELECT '640X400 (NATIVE)' BUT DON'T WANT
THE SMALLER DISPLAY OF '640X480'.
THIS MAY CRASH SOME VIDEO CARDS.

(TECHNICAL NOTE: THIS MODE USES 640X480
MODE AND FORCES IT INTO 640X400 MODE
USING THE C.R.T. REGISTERS.
IF YOUR VIDEO CARD IS NOT FULLY C.R.T.
COMPATIBLE THIS MAY CRASH THE SYSTEM.)

PALETTE CYCLING
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THEATRE OF PAIN MAKES MANY CHANGES TO
THE PALETTE THROUGHOUT THE GAME AND ON
SOME VIDEO CARDS THIS MAY CAUSE 'NOISE'
ON THE SCREEN (WHITE SPECKS).

SWITCHING PALETTE CYCLING OFF MAY SOLVE
THIS PROBLEM.

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              GAME OPTIONS
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THE IN-GAME OPTIONS ARE:

 DIFFICULTY LEVEL:
   THE DIFFICULTY SETTINGS RANGE FROM
   VERY EASY TO VERY HARD.
  
 TIMER:
   THE LENGTH OF A BOUT; 30, 60 OR 90
   SECONDS LONG, OR FOREVER (OFF).

 BACKGROUND ANIMATION:
   SWITCH THE BACKGROUND ANIMATION ON
   OR OFF. SWITCHING OFF MAY INCREASE
   AVAILABLE MEMORY AND SPEED.

 GAME SPEED:
   IN-GAME PLAYING SPEED: (1-8)
   1 - SLOW (10FPS)
   3 - NORMAL (25FPS)
   8 - FAST (50FPS)

   IF YOUR PC IS NOT CAPABLE OF
   RUNNING THE GAME AT THESE SPEEDS,
   THEN THE GAME WILL DROP FRAMES TO
   COMPENSATE. 

   THIS CAN AFFECT HOW SMOOTH THE GAME
   RUNS.
 
 ZOOMING:
   SWITCH THE IN-GAME REALTIME ZOOMING
   ON OR OFF. SWITCHING OFF MAY INCREASE
   GAME SPEED ON SLOWER MACHINES.

 TRANSPARENCY:
   SWITCH ON OR OFF. THIS MAY INCREASE
   GAME SPEED WHEN OFF.
 
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