ZOOP (tm) Version: 1.0
(c) 1995  Viacom International Inc.
All rights reserved
(c) Original game concept
1995 Hookstone Ltd.
Patent Pending
Date: October 10, 1995

Table of Contents

   1. System Requirements
   
   2. Windows 3.1 or 3.11 Configuration (for SWAPfile)
   
   3. Installation   
      
      A. Setup
      B. Setsound

   4. Startup
   
   5. Game Play
      
      A. Objective
      B. Controls
      C. Special
      D. Score
   
   6. High Score Screen
   
   7. Trouble shooting
      
      A. Video Adapter Considerations
      B. Sound Card Considerations
      C. Memory
      D. Running Zoop (tm) from DOS
      E. Other
   
   8. Some other helpful technical support numbers
   
> 1. System Requirements

        The following is a list of minimum requirements for 
        running ZOOP (tm) -

        - Windows 3.1 or 3.11  
        
        - DOS 5.0 or Higher 
        
        - 486 33Mhz or faster system processor

        - 500 Kb (563,200 bytes) of available 
          conventional RAM

        - 8 Mb of total system RAM

        - 4 Mb SWAPfile (see section 2. for more information)

        - SVGA VESA Compliant Video Adapter

        - A sound card is required if sound effects and 
          music are to be enabled. See section 7b. for 
          compatability information.

> 2. Windows 3.1 or 3.11 Configuration (for SWAPfile)

        You must have at least a 4 Mb (4096 KB) virtual 
        memory swapfile enabled for Windows to take 
        advantage of.

        To ensure that there is a swapfile and that it is 
        big enough, the following steps are listed.

        - Double click on the Main group in the
          Program Manager Window.

        - Double click on the Control Panel icon
          in the Main Window.

        - Double click on the Enhanced icon in the
          Control Panel Window.

        - Click on the Virtual Memory... button.

        - If the size of your Swapfile Settings is less than 
          4096 Kb or if Type = none, adjustments must be made. 
          If these settings are already correct, then the 
          Swapfile is ready to use. Click OK or cancel.

        - If adjustments are required Click on the Change>> 
          button.

        - In the Type field select Temporary or Permanent.

        - In the New Size field enter 4096 or greater. 
          
        - Click the OK button.

        - Click the Yes button.

        - Restart Windows.

        - Presto! You have a swapfile.

> 3. Installation

     A. Setup
     
      1. To run Setup
        
        - Insert the Zoop Disk #1 into your floppy drive.

        - Double-click the Main Program Group.

        - Double-click the File Manager icon.

        - Access the floppy drive (a:\).

        - Double-click a:\setup.exe.

        - Follow the directions given during setup.

    OR YOU CAN

        - Insert the Zoop Disk #1 into your floppy drive.
        
        - Select the RUN command from the FILE menu.

        - Click the Browse button.

        - Choose a:\ in the directories: box.

        - Double-click setup.exe in the file Name: box.

        - Click OK.

        - Follow the directions given during setup.     
       
     B. Setsound
        
     Note: This program does not incorporate a full 
           auto-detect feature.  You must know the type 
           of sound card that you use and choose it during 
           the running of Setsound. If you do not know 
           what type of Sound card you have, check the 
           documentation that was supplied with your 
           computer, or contact your retailer or computer 
           manufacturer.
     
     WARNING: You must setup both Midi & Digital for any sound 
              to work properly.
         
     Note: Some Compaq computers are sold with sound cards
           from ESS Technologies.  If you have this
           combination, you must choose Sound Blaster Pro as
           both your MIDI and Digital sound card choices
           while in Setsound.
        
        - During setup you will configure your sound card.
          To do this:  

        - Choose 'Select and configure MIDI music driver'

        - Choose the correct sound card from the choices and
          click 'select'

        - Choose 'Attempt to configure sound driver 
          automatically'

        - Click 'OK'

        - Repeat this process with 'Select and configure
          digital audio driver'
        
        - Double-click 'Done'.

  Note: If you do not have a sound card, Double-click 'Done'

        - If you have problems see section 7B.

> 4. Start Up

        - To start the game: Double-click the Zoop icon, In the
          Zoop Program Group.

     Note: If you choose to run ZOOP (tm) from the File
           Manager or the RUN command in the File Menu,
           You should run ZOOP.PIF.
        
        - Choose continual, level, or options and press Crtl
          (Control) to continue.

        - If you choose options, you are given the choice 
          of audio, keyboard, joystick, mouse or exit.

        - Choosing audio will allow you to turn the music 
          and/or the sound effects on or off. Press the up
          or down arrow to select sound or music then press 
          the left or right arrow to turn the selected 
          feature on or off. Press the down arrow until exit 
          is highlighted and press Ctrl (Control) to continue.

        - Choose keyboard to change keyboard settings, then
          press the down arrow until exit is highlighted and
          press Ctrl (Control) to continue.

        - Choose joystick or mouse to play zoop with one of
          these controllers.

     Note: If you experience problems with your mouse or your
           joystick please check the documentation supplied 
           with them and/or contact the manufacturer of these 
           devices before calling for technical support.

        - Press the down arrow until exit is highlighted and
          press Ctrl (Control) to continue.

        - Choose continual or level and press Ctrl (Control)
          to continue.
        
        - Choose a stage (1 - 9) by using the stage select
          dial. At higher stages, pieces appear more often
          and move faster.

        - Choose a difficulty (0-4). 
          On Level Play, the difficulty selected will 
          determine how many pieces are on the playing field 
          at the beginning of each new stage.
          On Continual Play, the difficulty selected will  
          determine how many pieces are on the playing field
          at the beginning of the game.
        
> 5. Game Play
   
   - A. Objective

        - The object of Zoop is to stay alive, by eliminating
          pieces before they enter the center (player's) 
          square.

        - To do this, Zoop (fire) your cursor at them.

        - If you hit a piece that is the same color as your
          cursor, you eliminate it.

        - If you hit a piece that is a different color than 
          your cursor, you exchange colors with that piece 
          and it will remain on the playing field.

        - If you eliminate enough pieces(the number shown in 
          the upper right corner), you will advance to the 
          next stage, where game play speed and difficulty 
          will increase.
   
   - B. Controls

        - Move the player's piece with the keyboard cursor
          keys (the arrow keys).

        - Zoop (fire) your piece with the Ctrl 
          (Control) Button.

        - Pause with the  P  button.

        - Quit with the  Esc (Escape) button.

     Note: You can assign different keys to controls in the 
           Options Menu under the KEYBOARD option.

   - C. Special

        - There are some special game pieces that can help 
          you.

        - Proximity Bomb (lighting bolt): Zoop (fire) this 
          and it will eliminate the piece that it hits and 
          all the pieces that are touching that piece.

        - Line Bomb (asterix): Zoop (fire) this and it will 
          eliminate the entire line that it hits.

        - Color Bomb (rounded star): Zoop (fire) this and it 
          will eliminate all of the pieces, in one quadrant, 
          that are the same color as the one it hits.

        - Spring : Collect 5 of these and all of the pieces, 
          on the playing field, will be eliminated.

   - D. Score

        - The more colored shapes eliminated with a single
          zoop (fire), the more points earned.

        -    # of shapes     Total Points
               eliminated     


               One    ...... 100
               Two    ...... 300
               Three  ...... 600
               Four   ...... 1000
               Five   ...... 1500 (5000 full vertical row)
               Six    ...... 2100
               Seven  ...... 2800
               Eight  ...... 3600 (10000 full horizontal row)
        
> 6. High Score Screen

        - At the end of every game, the high score screen
          appears.

        - If you have earned a high score, enter your name by
          pressing the up or down arrows to choose a letter,
          then press the right or left arrow to move to the
          next or previous space.

        - Press Ctrl (Control) or ENTER to continue.

        - Choose Continue and press Ctrl (Control)to play 
          another game with the same game settings.

        - Choose Exit and press Ctrl (Control)to return to 
          the main menu screen to choose new game settings.
          
> 7. Trouble shooting

   - A. Video Adapter Considerations

        ZOOP (tm) has been shipped with a configuration 
        that will work for most PCs. Some video adapters do 
        not implement the standard known as VESA exactly 
        the same way in their hardware designs. For this 
        reason, different software drivers are required to 
        make some adapters work similarly to the others.

        We have included a utility that provides a library 
        of drivers for many of the most popular adapters. 
        The current version of the utility will not operate 
        when run from Windows 3.11 or earlier. You must exit 
        Windows to run the utility.

        To run the utility from DOS:
         
        - From your desktop, choose the Exit Windows command
          from the File Menu and click OK or Yes.
               
        - using the Change Directory command 'cd',
          change your working directory to the one 
          which you named in the setup procedure.
          i.e. cd \zoop

        - Type uvconfig and press ENTER

        - Follow the instructions given
        
        - When you are done running uvconfig, simply type:
          win and press Enter, to re-enter Windows.
         

        We know of some cards that may not work even after 
        installing the drivers as described above.

        - Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 with S3 chipset number 924 
          with V3.0 Bios  
  
        - Orchid Celsius
          Current VESA driver supplied with the adapter will 
          not help. A new version of the driver is expected 
          soon that may fix the problem. Please contact
          Orchid concerning this driver. You may be able to
          run Zoop (tm) from DOS (see section 7D.), after 
          installing the VESA driver.

        - Matrox MGA Ultima
          Can run with the VESA driver supplied with the 
          adapter. Use the instructions supplied with the 
          adapter instead of the above instructions to 
          install the driver. You may be able to
          run Zoop (tm) from DOS (see section 7D.), after 
          installing the VESA driver.
          
        - Diamond Viper with Weitek 9000 chipset 
          This card is only VESA compatible with a particular
          VESA driver for this card. Contact Diamond for 
          information. Even with this VESA Driver Zoop (tm)
          should be run from DOS (see section 7D.)


     Note: If you experience problems with any of the listed
           Video cards, please contact the manufacturer of 
           your card.

   - B. Sound Card Considerations

        The following is a list of known issues with various 
        sound cards and known remedies.

        - For most Packard Bell systems, Zoop (tm) should be
          run from DOS by executing GLOAD.EXE (see 
          section 7D.). You MUST also be sure to
          choose Sound Blaster Pro (new) during Setsound.
          
        - Compaq computers with ESS sound cards will have 
          a problem if ESS or Sound Blaster is chosen. You
          MUST choose Sound Blaster Pro (new) for both MIDI 
          and Digital.

        - Gateway computers that have Ensoniq sound cards have
          software drivers available at Ensoniq that will 
          cause them to work when playing Zoop (tm) from 
          Windows. If you don't have this driver loaded, then 
          Zoop (tm) should be played from DOS by executing
          GLOAD.EXE. (see section 7D.) You MUST also be sure
          to choose Sound Blaster Pro (new) during Setsound,
          if you do not have the correct Ensoniq drivers.

        - Any sound card from Aztech Labs
          To play Zoop (tm) run GLOAD.EXE from DOS. 
          (see section 7D.). You MUST also choose Sound 
          Blaster Pro (new) for both MIDI and Digital during
          Setsound.

        - Ensoniq SoundScape
          Has a new driver that can be obtained from the 
          manufacturer. Otherwise you must run GLOAD.EXE from 
          DOS (see section 7D.). You MUST also choose Sound 
          Blaster Pro (new) for both MIDI and Digital during
          Setsound.
          
        - ESS Audio Magician
          Try the ESS setting 1st and if you still have a 
          problem, select Sound Blaster Pro (new) from Setsound 
          program.
    Note: Setsound fails to detect this card. You should 
          make settings manually using those described in the 
          Sound Card's documentation.

        - Media Vision Pro Audio 3D
          Select Sound Blaster Pro from the Setsound program.

        - Gravis Ultra Sound Ace
          Run GLOAD.EXE from DOS after selecting Gravis
          Ultra Sound from the Setsound program. 
          (see section 7D.)

        - Gravis Ultra Sound Max
          Run GLOAD.EXE from DOS after selecting Gravis
          Ultra Sound from the Setsound program. 
          (see section 7D.)

        There are many others that will work by trying
        Sound Blaster or Sound Blaster Pro from the
        Setsound program.

     Note: This program does not incorporate a full 
           auto-detect feature.  You must know the type 
           of sound card that you use and choose it during 
           the running of Setsound. If you do not know 
           what type of Sound card you have, check the 
           documentation that was supplied with your 
           computer, or contact your retailer or computer 
           manufacturer.
     
     WARNING: You must setup both Midi & Digital for any sound 
              to work properly.
 
   - C. Memory

        - If you have 4 Mb of RAM (depending on how you have
          your system setup), you may be able to run Zoop (tm)
          from DOS. (see section 7D.)

   - D. Running Zoop (tm) from DOS

     NOTE: Zoop (tm) has been developed as a Windows 3.1 
           application. Although it may be run from DOS,
           running it from within Windows is the preferred
           method.
        
        - From your desktop, choose the Exit Windows command
          from the File Menu and click OK or Yes.
        
        - Using the Change Directory command 'cd',
          change your working directory to the one 
          which you named in the setup procedure.
          i.e. cd \zoop

        - Type GLOAD and press ENTER

        - When you are done playing Zoop (tm), simply type:
          win and press Enter, to re-enter Windows.
   
   - E. Other

        - For Technical Support call 1-970-339-7114


> 8. Some other helpful Technical support numbers.

   - Gravis Ultrasound

      Technical Support: (604) 431-5155
                    
                    BBS: (604) 431-5927 2400 Baud (Canada)

   - Creative Labs
      
      Technical Support: (405) 742-6622
                    
                    BBS: (405) 742-6660 (14400) 8/n/1 24 lines
                    
                    TS Operating hours (U.S.A. Central Time):
                    Mon - Sun 8:00am - 12:00am (16 hours)
                    Closed Public Holidays
                    BBS 24 hours operational

   - Ensoniq Corp.
    
      Technical Support: (610) 647-3930 9:00 - 6:00 EST M-F

                    BBS: (610) 647-3195 28.8k 8/n/1
