Hi!
Just a short word of welcome from Level 9, creators of Gnome Ranger. We
hope you like Ingrid as much as we do.
If you discover any oddities or bugs (perish the thought!); or if you have
some suggestions or ideas for improvements, please write to us at the
address below so that future PC games can be even better.
Level 9 Computing,
Behind the hot water pipes,
PO Box 39,
Weston-super-Mare
AVON BS24 9UR
ENGLAND
HELP! If you are stuck, the packaging includes instructions for contacting
us to get a clue sheet. Please enclose the inlay card (cover) as proof of
purchase, a self-addressed envelope and a stamp (or an international
reply coupon) for our reply. Be sure you say you have the PC version
of Gnome Ranger.
PC FEATURES. In addition to its advanced game facilities (eg FOLLOW person,
GOTO place or object, WAIT for person, and the ability to give people like
the Gnymph complex orders to carry out while you get on with playing the
game), PC Gnome Ranger provides:
EGA (Enhanced Graphic Adaptor) colour pictures;
MGA (Monochrome Graphics Adaptor) black-and-white pictures;
40- or 80-column text-only display;
picture cache (avoiding ungnecessary disk loads);
previous command recall and editing, by cursor keys, backspace and Del;
SAVE/RESTORE (save position on a disk of your choice);
RAM SAVE/RESTORE (save your position in memory);
OOPS (take back move. Most PCs permit many OOPSes in succession).
Stop command. If you want someone to stop carrying out an order, perhaps
because circumstances have changed, just type e.g. EAGLE, STOP
Pictures. Because PCs and PC clones are a varied bunch, Gnome Ranger
provides seven display modes. The following advice may help you decide
which to use:
* If you are using a television, and want 40 column text, use mode B.
* Once you have decided on a graphics mode, try the "faster" version first.
The "faster" modes should be compatible with almost all PCs and clones.
* If your PC supports EGA graphics, use the faster EGA mode.
* If your PC supports CGA graphics, or supports MGA graphics, or has a
Hercules board, use the faster MGA mode.
* If your PC only has the Monochrome Display Adaptor, use mode A.
* Otherwise, use mode C (80 column text).
HARD DISKS. Gnome Ranger is supplied on floppy disk, but we are pretty
confident that it should work on other disk drives too. (No promises!
This is a free extra feature, so it's gnot a bug if the game won't work
on your peculiar disk drive.) Just copy the game, file-by-file.
Please remember that Gnome Ranger is protected by copyright and took a lot
of gnome-years to produce, so only make one copy, for your own use, to
keep only as long as you have the original game.
Happy Adventuring!
Pete, Mike, Nick, John, Leon and Ingrid.