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                              B A L A N C E !

                              Build  1.01.60.1


                      (c) ITEM Multimedia, Inc. 1999, 2000
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This ReadMe file provides you with information on system requerments,
 keyboard interaface and troubleshooting on Balance!(TM).


CONTENTS

I. REQUIREMENTS
1. General requirements
2. Minimal system requirements
3. Optimal system requirements

II. GAME KEYBOARD INTERFACE
1. Default keys for single player game
2. Default keys for 'hotseat' game

III. TROUBLESHOOTING
1. Program hang-up
2. Streaks around the cursor
3. Loudness is not regulated



I. REQUIREMENTS

1.  General requirements:
    Video display should support 800X600X16bit resolution
    OS: Windows95/Windows98/Windows2000/WindowsNT 4 Sp.3

    DIRECTX 7.0 ( OR LATER ) REQUIRED!
    ( can be downloaded from www.microsoft.com\DirectX )

2. MINIMAL system requirements:

    Pentium 133
    16MB RAM
    Video card: 1MB video memory
    4x CD-ROM

3. OPTIMAL system requirements:

    Pentium 166
    32MB RAM
    Video card: 2MB video memory
    Audio card
    8x CD-ROM


II. GAME KEYBOARD INTERFACE

1. Default keys for single player game:

 'Left' - move yellow "selector" to the left
 'Right' - move yellow "selector" to the right
 'Space' - throw up a character

2. Default keys for 'hotseat' game:

 Keys for right player (BLUE "selector"):
 'Left' - move blue "selector" to the left
 'Right' - move blue "selector" to the right
 'Space' - throw up a character 

 Keys for left player (RED "selector"):
 'A' - move red "selector" to the left
 'D' - move red "selector" to the right
 'S' - throw up a character


III. TROUBLESHOOTING

1. Program hang-up ("white screen" or "black screen").

Cause A:
Not enough free disk space for Windows SWAP-file.
Cure A:
Free sufficient disk space.

Cause B:
Video-card and/or video-card driver on your computer meets troubles working with Balance!
Cure B:
Switch off the video acceleration. Go to Display properties->Settings->Advanced->Performance and set NONE for HARDWARE ACCELERATION

2. Streaks around the cursor (while guiding through the system menu)
Cause:
Video-card on your computer is outmoded.
Cure:
Upgrade your video-card driver

3. Music/sounds loudness is not regulated with game options
Cause:
Some CD-drives and/or sound-cards do not support this option.
Cure:
Regulate the loudness with Windows sound options 
-OR-
replace your CD-drive and/or sound-card with another model.

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