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Atomic Bomberman (TM) Readme.txt File 
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Version 1.0
Modified:  July 8, 1997

Table of contents
     1. System Requirements
     2. Installation  
     3. Playing the game
     4. Trouble Shooting
     5. Customer service
     6. Legal Information


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1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Bomberman requires the following minimum system 
configuration:
  - IBM PC or 100% compatible Pentium(TM) 90 or
    faster
  - Windows(R) 95 
  - 16mb RAM
  - CD-ROM drive
  - Sound Blaster(TM) or 100% compatible 
    sound card
  - 40mb free hard drive space
  - Mouse
  - DirectX(TM) 3.0+


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2. Installation
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If you have Autorun activated, the Autorun window will 
pop up upon inserting your Atomic Bomberman CD into 
your CD-ROM drive.  Click on the "INSTALL" button to 
install Bomberman.

If you do not have Autorun active, select your CD-ROM 
drive and double-click the AUTORUN.EXE on the 
Atomic Bomberman CD.  A window should pop up where
you can click the "INSTALL" to install Bomberman.

There are 3 installation types for Atomic Bomberman:

Minimal (MIN): Installs all the necessary game files 
  with the exception of Music, Sfx, and Voices.  The 
  CD will be required since all sounds are loaded off 
  of the CD.

Medium (MED): Installs the game files including music.  
  Sfx and Voices are not copied to the hard drive so 
  the CD will be required to load these files.

Maximum (MAX): This installs EVERYTHING.  The CD is 
  not required.

It is recommended that you use the MED or MAX installs 
for optimum performance.


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3. Playing the game		
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To begin your Atomic Bomberman experience, click on 
'Play' from your Autorun window.  Otherwise, go to 
your 'Start Menu' and select Atomic Bomberman 
shortcut within the 'Interplay' folder to launch 
the game.


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4. Trouble Shooting
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* Windows NT:  
	Atomic Bomberman is a Windows 95 application.  
	It may run under Windows NT, if DirectX is 
	fully installed and functioning properly.

* DINPUT.DLL not found:
	You will need to install DirectX.  The install 
	files for DirectX are located on your Bomberman 
	CD.  Run DXSETUP.EXE under the DirectX folder.

* Music on menu's seems to play at double speed:
	This seems to be a conflict with your normal 
	audio driver and the certified DirectX 
	components.  You will have to do one of three 
	things. 

	1) Restore your audio drivers.
	2) Reinstall DirectX audio drivers.
	3) Remove all audio drivers and reinstall, 
		along with DirectX.

	Another possible solution is to check your 
	Virtual Memory settings.  Bomberman streams 
	the music off of the hard drive and certain
	setting's may effect the music stream.


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5. Interplay Customer Service
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Interplay Customer Service can be contacted via 
the following:
        Write to:  Customer Support
                        Interplay Productions, Ltd.
                        Harleyford Manor
                        Harleyford
                        Henley Road
                        Marlow
                        Buckinghamshire
                        SL7 2DX
                        ENGLAND
  
                tel:    +44 (0) 1628 423723
                Fax:  +44 (0) 1628 487752
  
                Email:  Europe@interplay.com


Limited Warranty
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If within the first ninety days of purchase you 
have any problems with the product please return
it to the retailer.
        
After ninety (90) days , you may return the
software program to Interplay Productions,
provided the fault is not due to normal wear
and tear and Interplay will mail a replacement
to you.
        
To receive a replacement you should enclose the
defective medium (including the original product
label) in protective packaging accompanied by:
        
1) A cheque or postal order for £10 sterling
   (to cover postage and packaging).
        
2) A brief statement describing the defect.
       
3) The original receipt or address of the retailer
        
4) Your return address
        
Registered mail is recommended for returns.
        
Please send to:
Warranty Replacements, Interplay Productions Ltd.,
Harleyford Manor, Harleyford, Henley Road, Marlow,
Buckinghamshire SL7 2DX, ENGLAND

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6. Legal Information
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SOFTWARE USE LIMITATIONS AND LIMITED LICENSE

General Product License.  

This copy of Atomic Bomberman (the "Software")  is 
intended solely for your personal noncommercial home 
entertainment use. You may not decompile, reverse 
engineer, or disassemble the Software, except as 
permitted by law.  Interplay Productions and Hudson 
Soft Co., LTD retains all right, title and interest in 
the Software including all intellectual property rights 
embodied therein and derivatives thereof. The Software, 
including, without limitation, all code, data 
structures, characters, images, sounds, text, screens, 
game play, derivative works and all other elements of 
the Software may not be copied, resold, rented, leased, 
distributed (electronically or otherwise), used on 
pay-per-play, coin-op or other for-charge basis, or for 
any commercial purpose. Any permissions granted herein 
are provided on a temporary basis and can be withdrawn 
by Interplay Productions at any time.  All rights not 
expressly granted are reserved. 


Modem and Network Play.  

If the Software contains modem or network play, you may 
play the Software via modem transmission with another 
person or persons directly without transmission through 
a third party service or indirectly through a third 
party service only if such service is an authorized 
licensee of Interplay.  For the purposes of this 
license, a "third party service" refers to any third 
party service which provides a connection between two 
or more users of the Software, manages, organizes, or 
facilitates game play, translates protocols, or 
otherwise provides a service which commercially 
exploits the Software, but does not include a third 
party service which merely provides a telephonic 
connection (and nothing more) for modem or network 
play.  Authorized licensee services are listed on the 
Interplay Productions World Wide Web Site located at 
http://www.interplay.com. This limited right to 
transmit the Software expressly excludes any 
transmission of the Software or any data streams 
thereof on a commercial basis, including, without 
limitation, transmitting the Software by way of a 
commercial service (excepting those specific commercial 
services licensed by Interplay) which translates the 
protocols or manages or organizes game play sessions. 
If you would like information about obtaining a 
pay-for-play or commercial license to the Software, 
please call Interplay Productions in the US at 
(714)-553-6655.


Level Designer License.

You are granted a revocable, nonassignable limited 
license to create new levels to Atomic Bomberman using 
the Software  (the "Levels") solely for your own 
personal noncommercial home entertainment use.  You 
may provide public access to the Levels you create [by 
posting them on a Web page with all notices and 
restrictions intact, provided that you shall not be 
permitted to use the Levels or allow any other party 
(except Interplay Productions and its authorized 
licensees) to use any Levels for any commercial 
purpose.  The Levels may not be copied (except as 
provided below), resold, rented, leased, distributed 
(electronically or otherwise), used on  pay-per-play, 
coin-op or other for-charge basis, or for any 
commercial purpose. You may make copies of the Levels 
for your personal noncommercial home entertainment use 
and to give to friends and acquaintances on a no cost 
noncommercial basis.  This limited right to copy or 
provide public access to the Levels expressly excludes 
any copying, access or distribution of the Levels on a 
commercial basis, including, without limitation, 
bundling the Levels with any other product or service, 
providing access to or facilitating the access to the 
Levels on a commercial network or online service and 
any give away of the Levels in connection with another 
product or service. Any permissions granted herein are 
provided on a temporary basis and can be withdrawn by 
Interplay Productions at any time.  All rights not 
expressly granted are reserved. 

All Levels shall be derivative works and shall be owned 
exclusively by Interplay Productions and subject to the 
exclusive license of Interplay Productions. As a 
material term and condition to your being granted this 
limited right to use the Software to create Levels to 
Atomic Bomberman  (i) you hereby relinquish, release 
and assign all rights in and title to any Levels to 
Interplay Productions and Hudson Soft Co., LTD, 
(ii) you further agree to assist Interplay Productions 
and Hudson Soft Co., LTD in formalizing their rights to 
any Levels, including executing documentation 
evidencing your relinquishment of such rights, 
(iii) you grant to Interplay Productions and Hudson 
Soft Co., LTD a limited power of attorney to sign on 
your behalf any documents required to effectuate your 
release and assignment of rights to any Level and 
(iv) you agree that Interplay Productions may, in its 
sole discretion, use any or all of the Levels, or any 
portion thereof, for any purpose, including, without 
limitation, use in subsequent versions of Atomic 
Bomberman, in compilations of Atomic Bomberman levels, 
and in advertising and promotions without any further 
compensation to you.


Acceptance of License Terms.  

By acquiring and retaining this Software, you assent 
to the terms and restrictions of this limited license.  
If you do not accept the terms of this limited 
license, you must return the Software together with 
all packaging, manuals and other material contained 
therein to the store where you acquired the Software 
for a full refund.		


(c)1997 Interplay Productions and TM Hudson Soft Co., 
Ltd. All rights reserved. 
Interplay is a trademark of Interplay Productions.
All rights reserved.
Exclusively licensed and distributed by Interplay 
Productions.
Windows and the Windows 95 logo are registered 
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.  
All rights reserved. 
All other trademarks and copyrights are the property 
of their respective owners.
