Microsoft KB Archive/187303

Revenge of Arcade: Contents of the Readme.txt File

PSS ID Number: Q187303 Article last modified on 05-24-1999

WINDOWS:1.0

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Revenge of Arcade, version 1.0 == 

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This article contains the complete text of the Readme.txt file included with Revenge of Arcade. The Readme.txt file is located in the root folder of the Revenge of Arcade CD-ROM. This text has not been modified and appears as is.

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Microsoft Revenge of Arcade version 1.0 Release Notes

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Known Issues/Problems:

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Configuration: **************

Sound loss: Repeatedly changing between full-screen and windowed mode may result in sound loss when running under Windows 95 or the OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) version of Windows 95 and using some models of sound card from Turtle Beach (the S3 Sonic Vibes chipset) or Yamaha (the OPL3x chipset). Restarting/rebooting the computer resolves the problem.

Garbled sound: Audio may sporadically sound garbled when playing under Windows NT 4.0.

Tinny sound: Audio may sound tinny and/or choppy with the Turtle Beach Montego sound card (S3 Sonic Vibes chipset). Upgrading the drivers may correct the problem.

Full-screen: Under Windows 95 or OSR-2, video cards based on the Rendition Verite 1000 chipset may have trouble attaining full-screen mode. Upgrading the drivers and/or video BIOS may correct the issue.

Full-screen with flickering background: Under Windows 95 or OSR2, some video cards based on the S3 ViRGE/GX chipset may display the black background in full-screen as flickering white. Upgrading the card’s display drivers should correct this problem.

Extreme performance problems: If you use a system with an ISA-based video card, you may experience extreme performance problems. Using a PCI-based video adapter should remedy the problem.

Part of the game window not visible: When playing in 2x window mode at a 640 x 480 resolution, a significant portion of the game window will not be visible. When you play in 2x window mode at a 800 x 600 monitor resolution, a smaller portion of the game window will not be visible, although the entire playing field will fit on the screen.

Color palette problem: On some Windows 95 systems using an ATI Rage Pro video adapter in 256 color mode, the color palette for Xevious may appear off. Upgrading to the latest version driver for the ATI Rage Pro will fix the problem.

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Windows NT 4.0: ***************

Performance problems: In 2x window mode (not 1x window mode), game performance may be decreased on some machines running Windows NT 4.0. In many circumstances, upgrading your video card’s driver corrects the problem.

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Windows 95 or OSR2: *******************

Performance problems: Depending on your system configuration and video driver version, you may experience significant performance slowdowns when playing in 2x windowed mode if your desktop color depth is higher than 256 color. In many circumstances, upgrading your video card’s driver will correct the problem.

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Other: ******

Garbled game window: When any of the games initially load, the game window may be filled with garbled characters and/or colors. This is normal behavior while any of the games are loading and will go away upon loading completion. On slower computers, this process may take longer.

Pausing the game: To pause any of the games, you can either click outside of the game window to take focus away, or you can minimize the game window. To pause the game while in full-screen mode, you must first switch to window mode by pressing F11 or the ESC key and then follow the previous steps.

In the Rally-X screen for the bonus round, which first occurs after Round 2, it says ‘CHARANGING STAGE’ instead of ’CHALLENGE ROUND&quot;. This is an existing bug in the original Japanese ROMs upon which the games in the pack are based.

Autoplay not functional: If AutoPlay is disabled on your system, you can run Setup by completing the following steps:


 * 1) Double-click the “My Computer” icon.
 * 2) A window opens showing all the available storage volumes on your computer (i.e., hard drives, removable drives, floppy drives, CD-ROM drives, etc.).
 * 3) Double-click the CD-ROM icon.

Setup will then automatically run from the CD-ROM.

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