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                            DEEP FORTRESS (TM)
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     You are an elite helicopter pilot chosen by the high command officials
to infiltrate an underground fortress, rescue all of captured high command
officers, and exterminate the evil terrorist.  The fortress contains seven
tightly guarded bunkers.  Each bunker contains shield generators for the
next bunker.  You'll have to destroy all shield generators in each of the
bunker and survive the self-destruct explosion.  Each bunker is guarded by
enemy aircrafts, vehicles, weapons, and mind-boggling security systems.

     To win the game, you must rescue the captured high command officials,
destroy all seven bunkers, and kill the evil terrorist.


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                            SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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DEEP FORTRESS (TM) requires:
  - an IBM compatible 386 or better
  - a VGA 256-color graphics
  - 4 megs of RAM
  - a hard drive

* An IBM compatible 486 or better, a Sound Blaster (TM) or compatible sound
  card is recommended.

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                                INSTALLATION
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1. At the DOS prompt, type C: and press [ENTER] to change to hard drive C.
   Make a new directory C:\DEEPFORT.
   (you may need to substitute letter drive "C" with the appropriate hard
    drive letter)

   C:                   [ENTER]
   CD \                 [ENTER]
   MD DEEPFORT          [ENTER]
   CD DEEPFORT          [ENTER]

2. Copy the file DPFORT.EXE into directory C:\DEEPFORT then run this program
   to inflate the game files.

   COPY A:\DPFORT.EXE   [ENTER]
   DPFORT               [ENTER]

3. Run the DEEP FORTRESS setup program.

   SETUP                [ENTER]

4. Play DEEP FORTRESS.

   C:                   [ENTER]
   CD \DEEPFORT         [ENTER]
   DEEPFORT             [ENTER]


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                        GAME MOVEMENT AND FUNCTION KEYS
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             arrow right ........................... move right
             arrow left ............................ move left
             arrow up .............................. move up
             arrow down ............................ move down
     +   *** ctrl key, joy button 1 ................ firing
     +   *** alt key, joy button 2 ................. change direction
     +   *** key: z or / ........................... centering
         *** key: 1 - 5 ............................ select weapons
             esc key ............................... game menu
             key: q ................................ quit game
             key: s ................................ sound ON/OFF

*** = keys that you should know
+   = reprogrammable keys by using SETUP program

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                             MAKING A BOOT DISK
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1. Run the DEEP FORTRESS setup program.

   SETUP                [ENTER]

2. Select "Make Boot Disk & Quit" option from the menu.

3. Exit the SETUP program.

4. You may need to add lines manually for your sound card.  These lines
   should be in your old CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. View these file
   with any word editor or DOS "EDIT" program. Copy all lines which refer to
   your sound card to the appropriate CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files on
   your boot disk.

   EDIT A:\CONFIG.SYS   [ENTER]
   EDIT A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT [ENTER]

5. Reboot your computer with the boot disk in the boot-up floppy drive. You
   can now play DEEP FORTRESS. Please refer to the INSTALLATION section step 4
   on how to launch DEEP FORTRESS.

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                  RUNNING DEEP FORTRESS UNDER WINDOWS 95
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*** NOTE: DEEP FORTRESS may be too SLOW when running under Windows 95
          on your computer.

A. RUNNING DEEP FORTRESS FROM WINDOWS EXPLORER

  - Locate the file DEEPFORT.EXE using Windows Explorer and double-click it.
    Though this may work but the best way is to make a Deep Fortress icon
    using step B.

B. MAKING DEEP FORTRESS SHORTCUT

  1. To make a DEEP FORTRESS shortcut, just right-click in a directory folder
     or desktop then click on NEW shortcut.

  2. Click on the BROWSE button then locate and select the file DEEPFORT.EXE.
     Double-click on the DEEP FORTRESS shortcut icon on your desktop to play.

C. TWEAKING THE ICON PROPERTY
   (you may skip this step if you are running with a PENTIUM or above)

  1. Right-click on the DEEP FORTRESS shortcut and choose Properties. Now
     click on the Program tab and check the "Close on exit" box.

  2. Go to the Screen tab and check on "Full-screen" under Usage.

  3. Finally, go to the Misc. tab and slide the Idle sensitive bar to Low.
     Click OK.

D. MAKING DEEP FORTRESS SHORTCUT TO RUN IN MS-DOS MODE
   (use this step if you are having trouble running this game using the
    previous steps or it is running too slow)

  1. Use step B to make a DEEP FORTRESS shortcut.

  2. Now right-click on the DEEP FORTRESS shortcut and choose Properties. 
     Go to the Program tab and click on the Advanced button.

  3. Check both the "MS-DOS mode" and "Specify a new MS-DOS configuration"
     boxes. The CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT should already have a few entries.

  4. Click on the Configuration button and select only those entries that you
     think are appropriate since the more you select the less conventional
     memory will be available. Leave the EMS box checked. Unchecked the mouse
     box since you don't need a mouse for this game and etc. Click OK when done.

  5. You may need to add lines manually for your sound card.  These lines
     should be in your old CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files or in files
     CONFIG.DOS and AUTOEXEC.DOS.  View these file with any word editor or
     NOTEPAD.EXE. Copy all lines which refer to your sound card to the 
     appropriate CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT within the DEEP FORTRESS shortcut.

  6. Click OK. You may now double-click on the shortcut to launch
     DEEP FORTRESS.



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     DEEP FORTRESS is a trademark of First Step Software, inc., (C) 1995.
             Sound Blaster is a trademark of Creative Labs, inc.
         IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines, inc.
                 Windows 95 is a trademark of Microsoft, inc.
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