Munsie Entertainment Software 5601 Ammons Haltom City, TX 76117 (817) 485-9293 Frantick (c) 1994 Dave Munsie We would like to thank you in advance for taking the time to preview our latest product. Frantick represents a commitment to providing the Atari user with a high quality, professionally written, entertainment program. Because of this we would like to provide you with a few start up comments that insure you of getting the maximum benefits of playing Frantick on your system. ********************************************************************** FRANTICK RUNS SMOOTHER AND FASTER ON 60HZ MONITORS!!!! ********************************************************************** 50hz video users please note: (UK users...) Frantick runs MUCH smoother at 60hz video. Frantick will look for the file 60HZ.ON and if found it will boot up in 60hz video. After you exit the game it will put your system back in 50hz video. If you do NOT want to play the game at 60hz video please rename the file 60HZ.OFF. (Do not delete it!!) Yoy may switch from 50/60hz from the options menu later if desired. * Frantick will always put your system back in the original hz! ********************************************************************** Desk Accessories or TSR's could interfere with Frantick!! ********************************************************************** We do NOT disable system interrupts or desk accessories!!! Therefore it is possible that this could cause Frantick to slow down or cause un-wanted Flicker on the screen. We have experienced this when running on a Falcon with several TSR's and Desk Accessories. Also, depending on the SCREEN SAVER you have installed, this could also cause problems. Solution(s): Disable them if they become a problem while playing. Hard drive users could boot their system while holding down CONTROL.* This should disable all boot up programs. * This option may not be available on all TOS versions. ********************************************************************** Frantick needs at least a 1 megabyte system in order to run!! ********************************************************************** ST Machines: Multi channel arcade sound effects. Digital music and digital sound effects. Fast action with slightly compromised video effects. STe Machines: Multi channel arcade sound effects. Digital music and digital sound effects. DMA Driven background music. (Optional on 2 meg machines) Fast action with slightly compromised video effects. POWERPAD controller ready!! Mega STe: Multi channel arcade sound effects. Digital music and digital sound effects. DMA Driven background music. (Optional on 2 meg machines) Fast action graphics. TT: Multi channel arcade sound effects. Digital music and digital sound effects. DMA Driven background music. Fast action graphics. Super fast Frenzy mode! Falcon 030: Multi channel arcade sound effects. Digital music and digital sound effects. DMA Driven background music. Fast action graphics. Super fast Frenzy mode! POWERPAD controller ready!! Please read the notes that represent the computer type you are using. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ATARI 520,1040,MEGA, ST <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Please install Frantick on a hard drive if possible. Floppy disk based systems will notice a substantial load time when accessing data. If possible please run Frantick from a system that does not have any desk accesories or memory resident programs. If you have your computer hooked up to an audio system please take the time to increase the treble a few notches up. Because of the 8mhz speed, a few graphic extras will be missing when run on these systems, plus the game may appear to slow down from time to time when the screen gets very active. It should be noted that while the game may not run as fast as on other Atari systems, ST users will still get probably the best multi-channel arcade type sound effects ever heard in a ST game. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ATARI 520,1040, STe <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Please install Frantick on a hard drive if possible. Floppy disk based systems will notice a substantial load time when accessing data. If possible please run Frantick from a system that does not have any desk accesories or memory resident programs. If you have your computer hooked up to an audio system please take the time to increase the treble a few notches up. Because of the 8mhz speed, a few graphic extras will be missing when run on these systems, plus the game may appear to slow down from time to time when the screen gets very active. If you have a 2 meg system or greater, you may copy the FRANTRAK.DAT file into your Frantick directory. This will provide DMA music along with the regular Frantick audio effects. These machines will provide very high fidelity sound effects and music when running Frantick. On the STe machines Frantick is also POWERPAD compatible!! Go out and buy that Jaguar controller and hook it up and play Frantick using it!! It's a blast! NOTE: Please refer to the MANUAL.DOC for information on loading the FRANTRAK.DAT audio file for floppy disk based users. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ATARI Mega STe <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Please install Frantick on a hard drive if possible. Floppy disk based systems will notice a substantial load time when accessing data. If you have your computer hooked up to an audio system like a stereo or amplified speakers, please take the time to increase the treble a few notches up. Frantick recognizes the extra speed available in this computer and takes advantage of it. Frantick runs very nice and smooth on this computer. You get the full range of effects available without any loss of speed. Assuming you have more than 1 meg available, make sure the FRANTRAK.DAT file is copied into your Frantick folder, this will provide you with the DMA driven background music. Mega STe users.....enjoy!! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ATARI TT <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Please install Frantick on a hard drive if possible. Floppy disk based systems will notice a substantial load time when accessing data. If you have your computer hooked up to an audio system like a stereo or amplified speakers, please take the time to increase the treble a few notches up. Frantick recognizes the extra speed available in this computer and takes advantage of it. Frantick runs very nice and smooth on this computer. You get the full range of effects available without any loss of speed. Make sure the FRANTRAK.DAT file is copied into your Frantick folder, this will provide you with the DMA driven background music. As an extra bonus for TT users you can access the FRENZY mode of Frantick. This allows you to play Frantick (if you desire) almost TWICE as fast as the other systems. VGA monitors give a slightly squashed look. This is normal. Adjust the vertical size of the screen if desired. Please run Frantick from ST low resolution. TT users.....enjoy!! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ATARI FALCON 030 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Please install Frantick on a hard drive if possible. Floppy disk based systems will notice a substantial load time when accessing data. If you have your computer hooked up to an audio system like a stereo or amplified speakers, please take the time to increase the treble a few notches up. Frantick recognizes the extra speed available in this computer and takes advantage of it. Frantick runs very nice and smooth on this computer. You get the full range of effects available without any loss of speed. Make sure the FRANTRAK.DAT file is copied into your Frantick folder, this will provide you with the DMA driven background music. As an extra bonus for Falcon users you can access the FRENZY mode of Frantick. This allows you to play Frantick (if you desire) almost TWICE as fast as the other systems. When running on a VGA monitor you will notice that Frantick looks a little squashed. This is normal due to the internal timing of the Falcon on VGA monitors. Adjust the vertical size of the screen if possible. Even though Frantick runs under multi-tos, (not very stable though...) please DO NOT RUN Frantick with Multi-Tos installed!! You may run Frantick from any video mode desktop except TRUE COLOR!! Frantick on the Falcon 030 is also POWERPAD ready! You may go out and purchase that new Jaguar controller and use it while playing Frantick! Falcon 030 users.....enjoy!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more detailed information on Frantick, please refer to the MANUAL.DOC file that came with this archive. Thank you...