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WWF Safari Adventures Windows Manual TM CONTENTS ABOUT WORLD WILDLIFE FUND 1. About World Wildlife Fund..........................................................................3 Known worldwide by its panda logo, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) leads interna- 2. Installing and launching the game ............................................................4 tional efforts to conserve the diversity of life on Earth. From working to save the 2.1 Installation......................................................................................4 giant panda, tiger, and rhino to establishing and helping manage parks and 2.2 Launching the game........................................................................4 reserves, WWF has been a conservation leader for more than 40 years, in over 3. How the game works ................................................................................6 100 countries around the globe. With nearly 1.2 million members in the U.S. and 3.1 What's the story ..............................................................................6 another 4 million worldwide, WWF is the world's largest privately financed con- 3.2 First part ........................................................................................6 servation organization. 3.3 Resume a game ..............................................................................8 3.4 Automatic save................................................................................8 WWF directs its conservation efforts toward three global goals: 3.5 Your photo album............................................................................8 · saving endangered species 3.6 Controls ..........................................................................................9 · protecting endangered habitats 3.7 Game interface ..............................................................................9 · addressing global threats 4. Technical Support ....................................................................................12 5. Credits ....................................................................................................13 Want to help? Visit www.worldwildlife.org. You can start making a difference 6. Companies ..............................................................................................14 today! 2 3 INSTALLING AND LAUNCHING THE GAME. Launch window: 2.1 Installation Installing from a CD-ROM is easy to do. The instructions below will enable you to install the game in no time. Insert the CD-ROM in the player. The launch window should appear. Click on Install, then follow the on-screen instructions. If no window appears, double click on Desktop, then double click on your CD-ROM player and finally double click on launcher.exe. Click on Install and fol- low the on-screen instructions. Click on the Close button as soon as Installation is complete. ONCE FINISHED, THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM MAY TELL YOU TO REBOOT YOUR COMPUTER. This window is shaded out if the game is not installed. If the IF THIS IS THE CASE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY THE GAME UNLESS YOU REBOOT button is white, you can launch the game. YOUR COMPUTER. Install / Uninstall the game. Watch out! When you uninstall the game, you lose your saved games. 2.2 Launching the game Game manual you are now reading* Place the game CD-ROM in the drive and the launch window will appear. Click on Play and get ready for the big adventure. Access to the WWF Safari Adventure - Africa website** Exit game If no window appears, in the Windows Task Bar, click on the Start button then on the Safari Adventures button in the Programs / Elektrogames / Safari Adventures - Africa / Safari Adventures - Africa folder (or the corresponding folder if you Access to the WWF Safari Adventure - Africa website** renamed the installation location). Or double click on the Panda short-cut icon *Requires the Acrobat Reader software. If it is not installed on your computer, the game will ask on your desktop. you to install it. Follow the on-screen instructions and at the end of installation, you will be able to read the manual. **Requires Internet connection and navigator not supplied with the game. 4 5 3. HOW THE GAME WORKS Select from the two heroes: 3.1 What's the story? Emma or Alex Welcome to Africa and all its magic - the lion, Sahara desert, and the jungle. Guided by the little WWF Panda you will be able to walk around the plains, - Alex - Emma mountains and forests of Africa to help the endangered species. Select your char- acter - either Alex or Emma - then let the adventure commence. Throughout your journey around Africa, you will meet a whole host of animals - Close who will become your friends. Unfortunately you will also meet meanies like Mr Mank or selfish oafs like Mr Rashburn. Then click on Next : Fortunately the ranger is there to help you understand Africa and take your first steps around the huge continent. This screen enables you to select a Now, you are ready. Take your camera and set out to save the animals. place to save your adventure. You can save up to five different adventures. 3.2 First part - Open This screen enables you to access the - Quit different game levels. To begin with you will only be able to access the first level - Play 6 7 3.3 Resume a game 3.6 Controls To continue a game you have already started, launch the game and in the selec- The game uses the mouse for all actions. The shape of the mouse cursor will tion screen, choose the color of token you selected in the game. Footprints automatically change to show what actions you can perform. behind the token will indicate the level you have reached. Talk Take Careful : If you stop the game before you complete a mission, you will have to restart the mission. Move Jump Drop Climb onto an animal - Erase Use the left mouse button to activate, move or pick up an object. Use the right button to cancel the action you have selected. 3.4 Automatic save 3.7 Game interface When you exit a game level, your progress through the game is automatically saved. But be careful, if you exit the game in mid-mission, your progress will not a) Game screen be saved. You will have to start the mission again. Don't worry! It won't take you long. The position of your token in the start interface is also saved when you exit the game. Don't forget, you can always go back to the places you have already visited. - Talk to the animals - View the environmental information sheets - View the animal information sheets 3.5 Your photo album As your journey through Africa progresses, you may collect the photos of the animals you help throughout your adventure. When you help the animals you will be able to take photos of them. 8 9 Info sheets: The WWF info sheets on the animals you meet and the Mouse Icon (contextual action) nature areas you visit with the Panda. These sheets inform you of the environmental issues concerning each area and the way its wildlife lives. b) Dialogue Character selection Dialogues are displayed in a special window which displays both what your own character and other characters say. Select character: Click on a character to display the missions he or she has asked you to complete. Exit game Other objectives and current objective: Each tab is a mission for you to fulfill. Access to the scrapbook: which contains photos of all your friends. Name of narrator Inventory View of narrator Name of object selected Reply display Number of objects or talk to animal in your pocket 10 11 c) The combination padlock 5. CREDITS GAME DESIGN & DIALOGS: Olivier Croset You will have to solve the padlock puzzle several times in the game. This is how Take 2 Software TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Frédéric Zimmer it works : PROGRAMING TEAM: Stéphane Mutel, PRODUCER: Stephen B. Thomas Patrice Belmonte, Paolo Baerlocher, GENERAL MANGER: Chris Mate Sébastien Lagarde, Gildas Vinson, ART DIRECTOR: Pete Muench Change the combination Martial Reynes GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Chrissy Bates ART DIRECTOR: Sotheara Khem MARKETING MANAGER: Anne Marie Sims ARTISTS: Jocelyne Craveri, Carine QA SUPERVISOR: Joe Covello Combination Hinder, Marie N'Guyent, Florent TESTERS: Matt Baros, Josh Noll, Josh Leibovici, Géraud Deshayes, Vadda Rose; Rich Koeckert Mey, Tsoa Rakotoarisoa, Rémi Bialais SPECIAL THANKS: Sandy Wilson, Linda Wratchford, Peg Zoltan, Di Ranere, Lisa Nawrot, Adam Egender, Brian SG Diffusion McGinn, Tim Beggs, Ben Hamel, Mark MANAGEMENT: Christian Brecheteau, Moon, Wanda Mitchell Pierre Ortolan, Nadine Beringuer 4. TECHNICAL SUPPORT MARKETING TEAM: Eric Boccara, Look for 24-hour online technical support at our support website: Elektrogames Emmanuel Melero, Benjamin Goacolou COMMUNICATION TEAM: Anne-Karine www.take2games.com/support MANAGEMENT: Ivan Lebeau Denoble, Sherina Khaldi BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Abrial DaCosta COMMERCIAL TEAM Nadege Belz, You can also contact us via e-mail at the following address: PRODUCTION: Norbert Cellier Cynthia Lehnhard, Sophie Michaud, [email protected] FINANCE: Fabrice Aurousseau Daiki Goto LEGAL: Claude Amardiel PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Alexandre Chivot WWF France SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE: Christine Sourd Neko Entertainement CONSERVATION DIRECTOR: Bernard Cressens PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Laurent PARTNERSHIP DIRECTOR: Dominique Lichnewsky Royet VISUAL DESIGN: José Afonso MEDIA PARTNERSHIP: Carole Balducci 12 13 PROJECT MANAGER: Céline Lemmel Other About Neko Entertainment (http://www.e-neko.com) MUSIC COMPOSER: Jean-Pascal Vielfaure In 1999, three specialists of the video games industry, Frédéric Zimmer, Laurent WWF United States DIALOG REWRITER: Stephane Riberio Lichnewsky
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