WipeOut
makes use of state-of-the art programming technology and hardware.
Because of this, WipeOut may require special installation
procedures to work properly on your particular configuration.
Minimum Requirements:
486DX2 66mhz 4M RAM, Recommended Pentium 90 with 8MB Ram.
Vga Graphics
Mouse and Keyboard option
MS DOS 6.0 and above
2X CD ROM drive or better
25 Meg hard disk space required
Supports all popular soundcards
Installation Problems?
WipeOut
is a DOS based program and must be run from DOS. Windows must
be shut off completely in order for the program to run
properly. To exit Windows 3.1/3.11, just click "File"
from the Program Manager and select "Exit Windows".
For users with Win95, You must click "Start" from the
Start menu, "Shutdown", and "Restart in MS-DOS
mode". When you get a C:\>, just switch to your CD ROM
drive and type "Install".
It is possible to get the game
to run under Win95, in some cases. Please download the Win95 Installation guide PDF file
for more info.
Music & Sound Problems?
Once the game is installed, type
"Setup" from your CD-ROM drive (usually D:\) to select
your sound and music cards.
Still no music?
Well, in your Autoexec.bat file,
make sure that you have a line that sets up your sound environment.
It varies from system to system, but generally looks like this:
Where the SOUNDRIVERS is substituted
for the directory your sound card's drivers are in (usually C:\SB16)
What? No sound effects?
Also in your Autoexec.bat file, make sure that you have a line that reads somewhat like this:
This statement lets us know what
hardware settings your sound card is using. The usual values are
hex address A220 , interrupt I5, DMA channels D1 and T1.
Why isn't the mouse responding?
Check in your Autoexec.bat file
to see if you have a mouse driver installed. If not, then install
the DOS drivers for your mouse from the disk it came with.
Insufficient base memory?
If you do not have sufficient
memory to run WipeOut on your configuration, free up some
DOS memory by either removing some TSR's, or booting from a disk
which is free of device drivers and TSRs (TSRs and device drivers
are memory resident programs which can take precious conventional
memory). In addition, MS-DOS 5.0 and above have special facilities
to help you free up DOS memory.
The DOS command CHKDSK will
tell you how much free memory you currently have available.
WipeOut runs without expanded memory. . Therefore,
your EMM386 line in your config.sys file should read "C:\DOS\EMM386.exe
NOEMS".
To free up more base memory,
proceed to the boot disk informationon
the following pages. A simple Autoexec.bat and Config.sys file
will easily free up enough memory to run WipeOut.