Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood CD-ROM version 1.0 READ.ME file

03/21/94

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 1. ACTIVISION/INFOCOM PRODUCT DEMOS

    The Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood CD-ROM includes demos of
    three of our products:  Return to Zork, Simon the Sorcerer, and
    MechWarrior 2:  The Clans.

    After you have installed Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood CD-ROM,
    you will be able to start these demos from the Richard Scarry's
    Busiest Neighborhood CD-ROM game directory.

    To see the Simon the Sorcerer demo, type SIMON at the prompt.  
    To end this interactive demo at any time, press the ESCape key.
    Simon the Sorcerer is currently available from Infocom on 
    floppy disk.

    To see the MechWarrior 2:  The Clans demo, type MECH2 at the
    prompt.  MechWarrior 2 will be available on both floppy disk and
    CD-ROM formats early in 1994.

    To start the Return to Zork interactive demo, from your command
    line, type RTZ.

    To play Return to Zork, move the cursor with your mouse, then click
    with the left button to navigate (when the cursor is an arrow) or
    interact with an object (when the cursor is a hand).  Click with
    the right button to bring up your inventory, then with the left
    button to interact with items in your inventory.

    To leave the Return to Zork demo, move the mouse to the upper left
    corner of the screen and click with the left button to bring up the
    System Menu.  Then click on the Quit to DOS icon.

    This demo of the "Strategy Magazine's Adventure Game of the Year"
    allows you to play through the first few scenes in the epic graphic
    adventure Return to Zork.  Return to Zork is availlable now at your
    local retailer on both CD-ROM and floppy disk formats.

    For additional information on these and other fine Activision
    titles, please contact your local retailer, or in the U.S. call
    1 (800) 477-3650.

 
 2. ADLIB USERS

    Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood  CD-ROM requires a sound card
    that supports digital audio.  As the AdLib card only supports music,
    you will need to add a digital audio card or device to your
    computer system.  We offer the low-cost LifeSize Sound Enhancer, 
    which attaches to your printer port for digital audio.  Please
    contact the customer service number found in your manual for more
    information.

 
 3. ADDITIONAL MADECD.EXE COMMAND-LINE SWITCHES

    -L  Move video buffers into XMS or EMS memory.  Using this is
	highly recommended, as it reduces the amount of conventional
	memory required by about 64K bytes.  Using this switch may
	result in slightly decreased performance.


 4. RUNNING UNDER QEMM 7.0

    a. Do not use the "UMB" option in the "DOS=" line in CONFIG.SYS.

    b. Change "LOADHIGH" to "LOADHI" wherever it occurs in RTZ.BAT.

    c. Adding the "RH:N" option to the "QEMM386.SYS" line in
       CONFIG.SYS may prevent memory problems while playing the game.


 5. CD SPEED TEST

    For Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood CD-ROM to operate properly,
    your CD-ROM drive must be able to maintain a minimum level of data
    throughput.  To verify CD-ROM drive performance, a utility called
    TESTCD has been provided.

    To invoke the utility, insert the Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood 
    CD-ROM disc and type:

	TESTCD x:

    where "x" is the letter of the CD-ROM drive.  TESTCD will
    determine the speed of the drive and report it to you.

    If the reported speed is below 150 kilobytes per second, the
    quality of the walk through movies in the game may be affected.
    In this case, you may prefer to disable these movies.  See your
    Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood CD-ROM user's manual for
    instructions.

    If the reported speed is below 100 kilobytes per second, the
    quality of the character conversations in the game may be
    affected.


 6. ADVANCED GRAVIS ULTRASOUND USERS
 
    Do not use the Sound Blaster emulation driver:  SBOS.  The
    drivers supplied with Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood
    CD-ROM will use your equipment directly.


 7. DISK COMPRESSION UTILITIES

    You may experience difficulty installing or running Richard Scarry's
    Busiest Neighborhood CD-ROM if you use any disk compression utilities
    such as DoubleDisk, Stacker, DoubleSpace, etc.  If you experience such
    a problem, try deleting all the files in the new Richard Scarry's
    Busiest Neighborhood CD-ROM subdirectory (often called \BUSY-CD). Then
    run a defragmentation program and try installing again.


 8. LIST OF FILES

    Following is a description of all files distributed with or
    created by Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood CD-ROM.  Some of
    the files may not appear in your copy of the game.

    If your disk is low on space, you might want to delete some of
    the files that are not required for game operation.  However, in
    many cases, the only way to restore a deleted file is to run
    INSTALL from the distribution media again.  Your saved games will
    not be lost.

    DISK.ID
	Distribution disk identification file.  Not copied to the
	hard disk.

    GAME.000
    GAME.001
    GAME.002
    etc.
	Saved games.  GAME.000 contains saved game #1, GAME.001
	contains saved game #2, etc.

    INSTALL.DAT
	Installer instruction file.  Required when reconfiguring
	Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood CD-ROM.

    INSTALL.EXE
	Installer program.  Required when reconfiguring Richard
	Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood CD-ROM.

    MADE.EXE
	Program required to play Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood
	CD-ROM.  Required.

    BUSY.BAT
	Batch file for starting up Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood
	CD-ROM.  Recreated each time you run INSTALL.  Required.

    BUSY.CFG
	Configuration file.  Recreated each time you run INSTALL.
	Optional.

    BUSY.DAT
	Data file for Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood CD-ROM.
	Required.

    BUSY.PRJ
	Project file containing Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood
	CD-ROM art, sounds, and music.  Optionally copied to the hard
	disk.

    SAMPLE.AD
    SAMPLE.OPL
	Files for several music drivers.  Required.

    TESTCD.EXE
	CD throughput test program.  Optional.

    The following files are installed into a subdirectory called
    DRIVERS.  Only those files that are needed to support your system
    hardware are required.

    GF166.COM
	Sound driver for the Advanced Gravis UltraSound card.

    LSIZE.COM
	Sound driver for the LifeSize Sound Enhancer digital audio
	device.

    PAS16.COM
	Sound driver for the ProAudio Spectrum 16 and Logitech
	SoundMan cards.

    PAUDIO.COM
	Sound driver for the ProAudio Spectrum card.

    SB16.COM
	Sound driver for the Sound Blaster 16 card.

    SBCLONE.COM
	Sound driver for Sound Blaster-compatible cards.

    SBLASTER.COM
	Sound driver for the Sound Blaster card.

    SBPRO.COM
	Sound driver for the Sound Blaster Pro card.

    SOURCE.COM
	Sound driver for the Disney SoundSource.

    ULTRAMID.EXE
	Driver for the Advanced Gravis UltraSound card.


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