EARTH 2140 (TM) DEMO README.TXT
August 5, 1997
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Earth 2140 requires the following minimum system configuration:

  - Pentium 100 
  - 16 megabytes RAM
  - Mouse
  - 36 megabytes free hard disk space (48 megs free hard disk
    space for demo with intro movie).
  - Supports VGA and SVGA video cards. 
  - Sound Blaster compatible sound card.
  - DOS 6.22 or Windows 95
  - Double speed CD-ROM


INSTALLATION:
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YOU MUST HAVE PKUNZIP INSTALLED TO INSTALL EARTH 2140!!
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FOR DOS	
	1. Make a new directory on your hard-drive called "2140DEMO"
    	   (MD C:\2140DEMO)
	2. Copy the EARTH.ZIP file you downloaded into that directory.
	   (COPY EARTH.ZIP C:\2140DEMO)
	3. Change into the 2140DEMO directory.
 	   (CD C:\2140DEMO)
	4. Unzip the EARTH.ZIP file with the -d option. 
	   (PKUNZIP -d EARTH.ZIP)
	
FOR WIN95

	1. Make a new folder called Earth2140 Demo.
	2. Right-click on the "EARTH.ZIP" file and drag it into the new folder.
	3. Release the right mouse button and choose "Extract to folderxxxxxxxx"
	


GAME CONTROLS
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	Mouse:  Left Button-  This button is primarily used to select a 
                              soldier/vehicle or group of soldiers/ vehicles by clicking 
                              and dragging over them, and attacking the enemy with 
		              selected objects. To attack, move the cursor over an enemy
 		              object. The cursor will change from green to red crosshairs. 
		              Click on the enemy and all of your selected soldiers/vehicles
		              will attack.This button is also used to initiate building of 
		              bases, mines, research centers, ect.     
 	
		Right Button- This button is used to deselect selected soldiers/vehicles, 
                              and to call up a status/command menu. To call up the menu,
    			      click on a soldier/vehicle.
 

	Function Keys:        F1- Screen Shot         
			      F2- Save Game Menu
  			      F3- Load Game Menu

        
        Ctrl+1,2,3 or 4 -     You can create groups of soldiers/vehicles by pressing the Control
        Ctrl+5,6,7 or 8	-     key and any number between 1 and 8. To select one of these units after
         		      you have created it, simply press the corresponding number. Example- group 
			      three is a regiment of tanks. You already selected them all and pressed Ctrl+3 
			      to group them, so now to select them, just press the 3 key. You can have up
			      to eight different groups total.

       
        P- pause      R- reinforcements       Z- select all troops 
          				         and vehicles at once

        Up Arrow- Scroll up          Right Arrow- Scroll right
        Down Arrow- Scroll down      Left Arrow- Scroll left

          
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For Customer Service within the UK and Europe:
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Write to:       Customer Support
                Interplay Productions, Ltd.
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Limited Warranty
----------------
        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


SOFTWARE USE LIMITATIONS AND LIMITED LICENSE

This special 2-level preview version of Earth 2140 is intended solely for your personal
noncommercial home entertainment use. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Software, except
is permitted by law. Interplay Productions [and Topware] retain[s] all rights and title in the Software including all intellectual
property rights embodied therein and derivatives thereof. You are granted a revocable, nonassignable limited license to
create derivative works of this Software solely for your own personal noncommercial home entertainment use and may
publicly display such derivative works to the extent specifically authorized by Interplay in writing. A copy of this
authorization, if any, will be provided on Interplay's World Wide Web site, located at http://www.interplay.com, or by
contacting the legal department Interplay Productions in the US at +(714) 553-6655. 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 (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 Software for your personal noncommercial home entertainment use and to give to friends and
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or distribution of the Software on a commercial basis, including, without limitation, bundling the product with any other
product or service and any give away of the Software 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. 

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 Interplay Productions in the
US at +(714) 553-6655. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to prevent you from downloading the Software from
Interplays Web site or from commercial service providers authorized by Interplay to provide the Software 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.
Earth 2140 (C) 1997, TOPWARE AND INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS.   All
rights reserved.





