Mystery of Shark Island - version 1.0

Mystery of Shark Islandtm README - version 1.0

System Requirements

§ Minimum

§ Recommended

Installation Instructions

Controls

§ Mouse

§ Keyboard

How To Play

Known Issues

Credits

Legal Information

System Requirements

> Minimum:

> - Supported OS: Windows® 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista (Mystery of Shark Island does not officially support Windows NT)
> - Tested Service Packs: Windows XP - Service Packs 1 & 2
>   - Note: If you experience any problems running the game and do not have at least Service Pack 1 installed, please upgrade your version of Windows XP with these Service Packs.
> - Processor: Pentium® III 700 MHz
> - RAM: 128 MB
> - Minimum Screen Resolution: 800x600
> - Video Card: 3D Video Card with at least 4 MB Video RAM
> - Sound Card: recommended
> - DirectX® Version: DirectX 7.0
> - Hard Drive Space: 15.5 MB

> Recommended:

> - RAM: 256MB recommended for 2000/XP
> - DirectX® Version: DirectX 8.0 or higher

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Installation Instructions

1. Double-click on the downloaded Mystery of Shark Island installation executable file to begin the installation program.
2. Follow the instructions in the installation program to install Mystery of Shark Island.
3. After installation, double-click on the Mystery of Shark Island desktop shortcut, or by using the appropriate shortcut in the Start Menu.
4. To uninstall Mystery of Shark Island, use the appropriate shortcut in the Windows program menu or by accessing Windows’ Add/Remove Programs control panel.

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Controls

> Mouse:

> - You can use the mouse for all of the actions in the game.

> Keyboard:

> - Mystery of Shark Island does not support keyboard control.

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How To Play

- HOW TO PLAY MYSTERY OF SHARK ISLAND

  Find the shells on the beach displayed in the list at the bottom of the screen.

  To pick up a shell, click on it with the mouse.

  Pick up as many shells as you can before the wave comes.

  Get enough points by picking up shells to achieve the point goal.

  Pick up shells of the same type to get a chaining bonus.

  Pick up shells before the wave timer runs out and receive bonus points.

  Pick up shells in the list without picking up junk items to increase the score multiplier in the lower lefthand corner.

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Known Issues

- There is a compatibility issue with the 3dfx Voodoo 3 graphics card and older onboard intel graphics cards that may cause graphical anomalies during game play on systems using that card.

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Credits

> > Executive Producer
> > Kenny Dinkin

> > Lead Designer/Assistant Producer
> > Ethan Levy

> > Producer
> > Dan Chao

> > Art Director
> > Nick Stern

> > Senior Software Engineer
> > Oliver Marsh

> > Lead Artist
> > Nicholas Stohlman

> > Artists
> > Armand Dacuba
> > Marco Mejia

> > Quality Assurance
> > Christopher Dunn
> > Adam Gourdin
> > Amy Belden

> > Additional Art Work and Animation
> > Derek Smith
> > Maria Waters
> > Juan Botero

> > Audio
> > SomaTone Productions

> > Level Design
> > Ethan Levy

> > Playground Game Engine
> > Tim Mensch (Lead)
> > Reggie Seagraves (Mac Lead)
> > Brad Edelman
> > Jim Brooks

> > Website Support
> > Bruce Sherrod
> > Wes Chao
> > Peri Cumali
> > Shannon Prickett
> > Glenn Mulvaney
> > Christopher Chan

> > Special Thanks
> > John Welch, Heidi Perry, Brad Simon, Hung Chang, Larissa McCleary, Sora Bai, Rebekah Cunningham, Sheridan Hitchens, Drew McKinney

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Legal Information

This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group

This software uses OGG/Vorbis, which is distributed under the following terms:

Copyright (c) 2002, Xiph.Org Foundation

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

- Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
- Neither the name of the Xiph.Org Foundation nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

This software uses Lua, which is distributed under the following terms:

Lua 5.0 license

Copyright © 1994-2006 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Copyright 2007, PlayFirst, Inc. All Rights Reserved. PLAYFIRST, the PLAYFIRST LOGO, and MYSTERY OF SHARK ISLAND are trademarks of PlayFirst, Inc. PLAYFIRST is registered in the U.S. Protected by copyright. Any use is governed by the end user license agreement which restricts, use, copying, distribution, and prohibits decompilation and resale. All rights reserved.

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