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1. a ALONE IN THE DARK CD ROM ALONE IN THE DARK CD ROM sen CONTENTS CRA AAA 5 HOW TO PLAY WITH ALONE IN THE DARK 8 HOW TO PLAY WITH JACK IN THE DARK 13 ALONE IN THE DARK CD ROM mn GETTING STARTED O CONFIGURATION An IBM PC AT or 100 compatible computer AT 16 Mhz minimum or faster recommended 640 KB RAM More than 580 000 bytes of free memory required 128 KB EMS Expanded Memory Specification VGA 256 colour graphic mode Hard disk needed 8 MB free required CD ROM drive with sound output MSCDEX 2 2 or higher OPTIONAL e Sound devices Sound Blaster The Sound Source AdLib e Microsoft WINDOWS 3 0 or higher FOREWORD Your CD contains the game ALONE IN THE DARK and also an additional game JACK IN THE DARK in which you will relive a little girl s adventure on Hallowe en The following paragraphs give you the installation instructions for both games O INSTALLATION UPDATING AND STARTING UNDER WINDOWS INSTALLATION UNDER WINDOWS Switch on your CD ROM drive Switch on the computer and boot the DOS 5 m ENGLISH mms ALONE IN THE DARK CD ROM ENGLISH me 6 Insertthe CD into your CD ROM drive in this example we are assuming the CD ROM drive is G Load the WINDOWS program if necessary In the Program Manager screen click onto FILE Next click onto the RUN option The RUN dialogue box is now open with the cursor flashing in t2. Press the or J arrow to kick Remember to maintain both the SPACE bar and the relevant arrow pressed down as you punch or kick Open Search Place the character near the item you wish to open or search Press the SPACE bar the character will then either search or attempt to open the item door container etc Keep the SPACE bar pressed down long enough for your character to do the job Shut Your character will shut a door or trap door if you maintain the SPACE bar depressed for a few moments Push To move a large object or a piece of furniture keep the SPACE bar pressed and use the appropriate directional arrow Jump During certain phases of the game this option will be displayed in the list of available actions There are three different jumps Hop Press the SPACE bar quickly when your character is standing still Jump Press the SPACE bar while your character is walking Leap Press the SPACE bar while your character is running When you have selected one ofthese actions inthe Options screen you will be returned to the game and can then carry out the chosen action USING ITEMS Taking an item There are two ways to take an item If it is visible and your character is beside it then a window will be displayed asking whether or not you wish to take the item If on the other hand the item is invisible then you will need to use the Open Search option Using an item in your possession To use such an item select
3. it from the list see the chapter concerning the Options screen Then select the desired function Reload Eat Drop Throw and confirm in Window 3 When you return to the game a message will confirm the requested action Other useful keys S Activates Disactivates sound effects without going to the Parameter screen M Activates Disactivates the music without going to the Parameter screen P Pause 1 Gives you access to the Inventory screen see the Options Screen ESC Gives you access to the save load quit and parameter screen ENGLISH oo PP mms ENGLISH ALONE IN THE DARK CD ROM ALONE IN THE DARK CD ROM HOW TO PLAY WITH JACK IN THE DARK O GAME OBJECTIVE O COMBAT Your character can fight with both hands and feet or use a weapon HAND TO HAND FIGHTING Select the Fight option in the Actions command Keep the SPACE bar pressed down and use one of the following directional arrows CRM A AN Punch with the left hand e Right arrow Punch with the right hand Up or Down arrow Kick Keep both the SPACE bar and the arrow key pressed long enough for the blow to be delivered correctly FIGHTING WITH A CUTTING OR THRUSTING WEAPON Choose the weapon your character will fight with then select the Use option Keep the SPACE bar pressed down and use one of the following directional arrows e Left Thrust from left to
4. or ESC to return to the character selection screen ENGLISH om ENGLISH mm 8 9 Window 1 at the top of the screen contains the items you have found Window 2 at the bottom left of the screen shows either your character with Life Points or a selected item and any available reloads or cartridges The bottom right window number 3 offers a choice of actions available for the character or shows what can be done with the selected item The items in your possession or available actions are displayed in green Your selection appears in white If you wish to carry out a specific action or use an item select the Actions option or the item in your possession using the arrow keys Then press RETURN or the SPACE bar or the gt key to confirm You will then switch to Window 3 Use the and arrow keys to choose an action or function To confirm your choice press RETURN or the SPACE bar You will return to the game To return to Window 1 when the cursor is in Window 3 press the lt key CHARACTER ACTIONS AND USING ITEMS ACTIONS You can perform certain actions whenever you wish Fight Open Search Shut Push and Jump at certain times only Other actions are directly linked to items in your possession see Using Items Fight Press the SPACE bar and keep it pressed your character is ready to attack By pressing the lt or gt keys your character will throw a punch with either his left or right fist
5. right e Right arrow Thrust from right to left O O DECON casters nennen Thrust from low to high e DOWN arrow Defense parry FIGHTING WITH FIRE ARMS In the Option screen choose the gun your character will fire then select the Use option Keep the SPACE bar pressed down and use one of the following directional arrows LOMO Weiss Direct the gun towards the left e Right arrow Direct the gun towards the right Up or Down arrow Fire Night is falling and the wind is whistling through the dark lanes Every so often grinning pumpkin heads light up doorways and window sills Tonight is Hallowe en Grace a clever little girl has dressed herself up as a witch and in line with tradition is going from house to house whistling a well known tune Attracted by the window of a toy shop she stops and knocks at the door which then opens Grace enters the shop and suddenly the door bangs shut behind her Grace is now a prisoner in this sinister shop She must not only find her way out she must also thwart an evil plot COMMANDS The instructions for moving actions menus and options screen are the same as those for ALONE IN THE DARK See the pages explaining these points in the section HOW TO PLAY WITH ALONE IN THE DARK EN so zw A 13 m ENGLISH om TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE 3 Insert the clean disk in drive A and type in FORMAT A S and press RETURN 4
6. FRAY Music Sound FX Philippe VACHEY Screenplay Franck MANZETTI Hubert CHARDOT Production V ronique SALMERON Olivier ROBIN Translation Beate VIALLE Special thanks to Fr d rique BOURGIN Serge PLAGNOL Lionel FRAPPE Contribution to JACK IN THE DARK and the CD ROM conversions Franck DE GIROLAMI Vincent TERRAILLON Patrick CHARPENET Hubert CHARDOT Fr d ric CORNET Christian NABAIS Christiane SGORLON Christophe NAZARET Fr d rique BOURGIN Jean Marie NAZARET Jean Christophe BLANC Christophe ANTON Fr d ric MENTZEN Olivier ROBIN Edith PROTIERE Pierre SCHIRO Edouard VIOLLET Bruno BONNELL Eric MOTTET Olivier GOULAY B ate VIALLE Norbert CELLIER O Copyright INFOGRAMES 1993 MADE IN AUSTRIA ENGLISH ALO JGB5021
7. Once the floppy is formatted the computer will ask if you want another disk formatted Answer NO and press RETURN Your floppy disk is now a minimum PROBLEM THE PROGRAM DOESN T LOAD PROPERLY BOOT disk e Did you install ALONE IN THE DARK and JACK IN THE DARK onto your hard disk 5 Switch off yourcomputer Place the minimum BOOT floppy in the drive and switch see Installation Updating and Starting under Windows itback on The computer will operate with minimal systems leaving as much free e Does your computer meet all the requirements listed under Configuration memory as it can Is each component of your computer system computer monitor CD ROM etc 6 Try installing the game again using the procedure explained in the chapter switched on Installation Updating and Starting e Did you follow all installation and loading instructions correctly e Doyou have any unusual peripherals hooked up to your computer Try disconnecting If you do not have 128 000 bytes of EMS make sure that the program EMM386 exe is any unnecessary peripherals rebooting the computer and reloading the program in the DOS directory and add the following line in the CONFIG SYS file DEVICE C DOS EMM386 EXE PROBLEM THE MESSAGE NOT ENOUGH MEMORY IS DISPLAYED PROBLEM THE COLOURS DO NOT APPEAR AS EXPECTED e Are your monitor s contrast colour and tint controls properly adjusted e Are your monitor cables securely attached e Do you have Termin
8. ate and Stay Resident TSR programs in RAM Examples of TSRs are calculators clocks Microsoft WINDOWS TSRs are sometimes automatically loaded by your computer through the AUTOEXEC BAT file when you boot your machine If you re using TSRs you may have to start up your computer by loading DOS from an original DOS system disk or you can remove the TSRs from your AUTOEXEC BAT file Please refer to the computer s user manual for complete If you have tried all the solutions offered in this chapter and still cannot solve the problem contact INFOGRAMES at the following address details TSRs and AUTOEXEC BAT files Doyou really have more than 560 000 bytes of free memory and 128 000 bytes EMS ra Frs To find out type in the command CHKDSK or use the utility These two 14 Smedley Street programs will display the amount of free bytes in RAM and the capacity of the EMS CLAPHAM LONDON SW4 6PF e If you do not have more than 560 000 bytes free in RAM after loading your DOS and or WINDOWS follow this procedure to create a minimum BOOT disk Tel 071 738 8199 1 You ll need a clean floppy disk compatible with your floppy drive 2 Type in RETURN ssl iia INFOGRAMES 1992 1 es ne e o II CREDIT Producer Bruno BONNELL Design Fr d rick RAYNAL Programming Franck DE GIROLAMI Fr d rick RAYNAL 2D graphics Ya l BARROZ Jean Marc TORROELLA 3D graphics Animation Didier CHAN
9. ess it again His devoted butler confirmed that Hartwood had been suffering from considerable mental depression for some months He had placed even more strain on his already delicate health by translating the many ancient manuscripts contained in Derceto s extensive library He also suffered from insomnia and what few hours of sleep he had O THE OPTIONS SCREEN were troubled by particularly disturbing nightmares He appeared to be convinced of a mysterious presence in the old house To carry out certain specific actions and use any objects you have found during play you Derceto is now empty Rumours abound of a curse or of an evil power dwelling within its must switch to the Options screen press the key Inventory or RETURN The following walls Such stories are not uncommon with houses like Derceto especially in this screen will then be displayed particular area For some days now however a cloud of doubt has hung over your mind What are those strange lights inside the house at nightfall What could account for the eerie noises to be heard each time you approach Why did Jeremy commit suicide And what compels you towards the house What is Derceto s terrible secret O THE CHARACTER SELECTION After starting the game you will be presented with two characters Press the left arrow key to choose Emily HARTWOOD or the right one for Edward CARNBY Then a description of the selected character appears Press RETURN to confirm your choice
10. he Command Line input field Type G WINSTALL then click onto the OK button The installation box displays 4 icons Languages To change the current language Options To access the installation options Install To start the installation Exit To exit the installation UPDATING CONFIGURATION CHANGE UNDER WINDOWS You can change a number of game parameters language sound card In the Program Manager screen click on the IN THE DARK window Next double click on the Update icon After modifying the parameters in the Options icon click on the Update icon to validate the changes STARTING THE PROGRAM UNDER WINDOWS Double click on the IN THE DARK window in the Program Manager screen then double click either on the ALONE IN THE DARK icon or on the JACK IN THE DARK icon ALONE IN THE DARK CD ROM O INSTALLATION UPDATING AND STARTING UNDER DOS INSTALLATION UNDER DOS Switch on your CD ROM drive Switch on the computer and boot the DOS Insert the CD into your CD ROM drive in this example we are assuming the CD ROM drive is G At the C gt prompt type in G INSTALL and press RETURN The installation box displays 4 icons Languages To change the current language Options To access the installation options Install To start the installation Exit To exit the installation UPDATING CONFIGURATION CHANGE UNDER DOS You can change a number of game parameters language sound card In t
11. he Program Manager screen click on the IN THE DARK window At the DOS prompt C gt place yourself in the directory in which you installed the game using the DOS command CD e g CD INFOGRAM ALONE or CD INFOGRAMWACK Type INSTALL and press RETURN Modify the parameters of your choice according to the procedure described in the INSTALLATION chapter paragraph Installation box After modifying the parameters in the Options icon click on the Update icon to validate the changes STARTING THE PROGRAM UNDER DOS Before you start the game please make sure that your CD is in the CD ROM drive Place yourself in the directory in which you installed the game using the DOS command CD e g CD INFOGRAM ALONE or CD INFOGRAM ACK and press RETURN Then type in ALONE or JACK according to the game you want to start 7 ees ENGLISH ALONE IN THE DARK CD ROM ALONE IN THE DARK CD ROM son HOW TO PLAY WITH ALONE IN THE DARK dept can be moved in any direction using the arrow keys The movements are exclusively controlled by the arrow keys on the keyboard j peaos to move forward PA eer oe to move backwards O GAME OBJECTIVE ee to turn left TS to turn right The owner of Derceto Jeremy Hartwood died a few days ago The police report filed You can make the character run when the character is walking release the key then after a cursory investigation concluded that the well known artist had taken his own life quickly pr
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