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CROC: LEGEND OF THE GOBBOS

INSTALLATION

DISK PREPARATION

Before you install any software, it is critical that your hard drive be in proper working order. We recommend running

ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter. ScanDisk searches your hard drive for any lost allocation units as well as any cross-

linked files and directories. Disk Defragmenter ensures that your data is sorted properly. Failure to verify this may

result in corrupt data.

1. First, run ScanDisk. To start ScanDisk, left-click on the Start button from the Taskbar. The Start menu opens.

2. From the Start menu, select Run. Then, in the Run dialog box, type scandisk and click OK.

Once the program starts, make sure there is a check mark in the Automatically Fix Errors box and select

the hard drive you are installing the game to (e.g., C:). Once everything is set up correctly, click Start to have

the program scan the drive and correct any errors.

3. Next, run Disk Defragmenter. To start Disk Defragmenter, left-click on the Start button from the Taskbar. The

Start menu opens.

4. From the Start menu, select Run. Then, in the Run dialog box, type defrag and click OK. As with ScanDisk,

select the drive you are installing the game to and click OK.

CONTENTS

Installation

Croc’s Tale

Getting Started

Main Menu

Map Screen

Options

Saving And Loading Your Game

DIRECTXª INSTALLATION NOTES

READ THIS SECTION COMPLETELY BEFORE PLAYING CROC: LEGEND OF THE

GOBBOS OR INSTALLING THE DIRECTX DRIVERS.

DirectX is an Application Programming Interface that allows Windows ® 95 based applications to have high-

performance, real-time access to your hardware. It also reduces the complexity of installing and configuring your

hardware. This makes the DirectX API well suited for Windows 95 games. CROC: Legend of the Gobbos uses the

DirectX 5 API (the latest version of DirectX at the time of release) and includes DirectX 5 files which you can install.

Two DirectX components, DirectDraw and DirectSound, may require updating your video card and sound card drivers

respectively, for proper operation of these components. Using video card and sound card drivers that do not have

DirectX support will result in display and audio problems in DirectX applications. During the installation of DirectX,

your video card and sound card drivers will be updated if required. The DirectX 5 files included with CROC: Legend of

the Gobbos include drivers for most video cards and sound cards from the major manufacturers of these peripherals.

For new hardware, and for lesser-known brands of peripherals, you may have to contact your manufacturer to obtain

drivers that have DirectX support.

After installing DirectX 5, check to see if your video card or sound card drivers have DirectX support:

1. Start Windows 95, then insert the CROC: Legend of the Gobbos disc.

2. Click the Start button on your Windows 95 Taskbar. Then click Run… .

3. From the Run dialog box, type d:\directx\dxsetup.exe then click OK (substitute the correct letter of

your CD drive if other than ‘D:’).

4. Look at Display Driver and Audio Driver.

Passwords

Quitting A Game

Controlling Croc

On-Screen Information

Game Structure

Score

Interactive Elements

Croc’s Enemies

Credits

The second column displays the version number of the driver. The next column displays whether or not your driver is

Certified by Microsoft ® as supporting DirectX.

• If your Display Driver or Audio Driver says “No Hardware Support” in this column, you will have to contact your

manufacturer to obtain updated drivers that have DirectX support.

• If your Display Driver or Audio Drivers says “Certified” in this column, your video card or sound card has DirectX

support, and should work properly in DirectX applications.

• If your Display Driver or Audio Driver is blank in this column, your video card or sound card driver supposedly has

DirectX support, and is waiting for approval from Microsoft to be Certified.

Important Note: During the installation of DirectX 5, the setup program detects whether or not your drivers can

be updated successfully. If the driver being replaced has not been tested or replacing the driver is known to cause

problems, the setup program warns you accordingly. We recommend you abide by this warning.

1. Insert the CROC: Legend of the Gobbos CD into your CD drive.

2. After a few seconds the Launch program will start automatically.

3. If it doesn’t (the “Windows Autoplay” feature is disabled), you should install the game by clicking on the

“Start” button on the Windows task-bar, located in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. Click “Run...”, type

“D:\SETUP” (where D is the letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive), and click the “OK” button.

4. Click on the “Install Croc” button on the Launch program to start the game installation. Follow the on-screen

instructions to install and set up the game. Once set up is complete you will be returned to Windows. By

default, CROC: Legend of the Gobbos is installed into a directory named C:\Program Files\FOX\CROC.

CROCÕS TALE

IN WHICH THE GOBBOS ARE DESCRIBED

Who were the Gobbos? Examine ancient paintings from the time of their civilisation and you will find that the

Gobbos were a short, furry people who could be politely described as ‘gerbilesque’. But what of their soul, their

character? One historian wrote that the Gobbos were among the most advanced civilisations of their day, making

great strides in science and literature, a people whose intelligence “shines like a beacon in the night.” It should be

noted that this historian was himself a Gobbo and not only made numerous grammatical errors in his account, but

also misspelled ‘Gobbo.’

No, the Gobbos were a simple people, a race whose greatest inventions were edible deodorant and the Wind-

Powered Cow Moistener. In over two thousand years of existence, the Gobbos only sent three of their kind to

college, and two of those were returned postage due. Okay, so they weren’t the sharpest pins in the cushion. But

were they loveable? You bet! So loveable that they would often keep each other as pets. But oddly enough, it was

their very lovability, their very kind-hearted innocence, that set in motion a chain of events that would send the

Gobbos plummeting towards a terrifying fate, a fate worse than death, a fate so frightening that those with heart

conditions may wish to STOP READING NOW......although it’s really not that frightening.

IN WHICH A CROCODILE IS FOUND

It all started one morning in the third month of the Year of the Soupspoon 1 . King Rufus the Intolerant 2 , ruler of the

3D GRAPHICS CARDS

Croc may support your 3D Graphics Accelerator if you have one installed in your computer. To run Croc with your 3D

Graphics Accelerator, make sure the card is properly installed as per the manufacturer’s instructions, then click on

“Change Driver Settings” button on the Launch program.

Look in the “drivers” list for supported graphics drivers and if your type is listed then highlight it by clicking on it and

then click on the “OK” button. If your graphics driver is not listed, highlight the “Unaccelerated (Software Only)”

driver and click on the “OK” button.

You can also change the lighting quality and the texture quality in the “Change Driver Settings” menu.

Gobbos, was down by the riverbank watching the sunrise. He had just finished breathing a sigh of relief that, once

again, the sun had returned, when suddenly a small basket floated ashore. He and a group of his Gobbo subjects

huddled around it. Peering inside, they saw a baby crocodile. Naturally, they assumed he must be the early leader in

the Annual Midget Crocodile Basket Race. Not that there had ever been such an event, but you never know about

these things, and many of the Gobbos placed bets just to be on the safe side. After a couple of hours, when no

other baskets had come by, the Gobbos decided that perhaps there was no race, or that it had been called off the

night before by crocodiles who shared their concern that the sun had gone away for good.

1 At the start of each year, the Gobbo high priestess would announce the kitchen utensil that, when put down their pants, would bring good luck.

Gobbos took this very seriously, although some began to question the practice during the Year of the Electric Can Opener.

2 People far and wide had heard of King Rufus the Intolerant and feared him for his name alone. Of course, the Gobbos knew his full name was King

Rufus the Lactose Intolerant and therefore only feared him after a big bowl of cottage cheese.

The Gobbos were at first wary of the little reptile but were quickly won over by his vulnerability and inquisitive

nature. King Rufus decided that the Gobbos would raise the crocodile as one of their own and that he himself would

care for it and instruct it in all the ways of the Gobbos. The Gobbos fell in love with their new charge. As he was a

crocodile, they began to call him “Crocodile,” but then someone thought of a clever new name for him: “Croc.”

(Although to some of the Gobbos, he will always be known as “Mr. Fun Socks” or “Choo Choo McBoogie”).

Croc learned quickly from his Gobbo friends. He surprised them with just how Gobbo-like he was. He could sing their

anthem backwards and forwards and won every Gobbo dance contest he entered. In fact, little Croc was so Gobbo-

like that it had never even occurred to him to take a single bite out of a Gobbo...as far as he was concerned, he

was a Gobbo.

And thus, a time of great joy reigned in Gobbo Valley. Croc was healthy, King Rufus was happy, and his subjects

hadn’t had so much fun since the Year of the Three Minute Egg Timer.

Then Croc grew.

King of all villains, Baron Dante was stronger than a thousand Dantinis and he had a long-established hatred for all

things Gobbo. He had seen the Gobbos and Croc being blissfully happy and decided that enough was enough. It was

time for the Gobbos to suffer.

The valley swarmed with Dantinis as they captured Gobbo after Gobbo and threw them into cages. Dante watched it

all, laughing his horrible laugh. King Rufus knew he had to save Croc.

He tail-swiped the Gong that sat in the centre of the village and it rang, summoning Beany the Bird. She appeared

immediately and King Rufus instructed her to whisk Croc away to safety. Rufus looked at Croc, “You’re our only

hope.” Before he could say anything, Beany spirited Croc away in a shower of Magical Sparklies, just as Baron

Dante snatched up the king in his iron hand.

IN WHICH CROC REALISES HIS CALLING

Baron Dante had taken over all of Gobbo Valley. He used his magical powers throughout the land, turning good

creatures to evil. Ladybugs, ducks, lizards, fish and mountain goats all became horrific monsters under his command.

Baron Dante stashed Gobbos under Dantini guard throughout his new kingdom so that if he needed someone to

taunt or even bring to tears, a cute little Gobbo would always be nearby. The Gobbos meantime, being a highly

social group, were distraught at being separated from each other.

Baron Dante kept King Rufus as a personal pet, locked in a cage in the back of his castle. Rufus was taunted day

and night by Dantinis. He consoled himself in these dreadful hours that at least Croc was out of the Baron’s reach.

Meantime, Croc and Beany the Bird watched as their homeland was turned into Dante’s playground. Beany told Croc

that he must act, but Croc was confused. what could he do against the might of Baron Dante? Beany grabbed him

by the straps of his backpack and shook him with all her little bird strength, “you’re the only chance they have. You

must help! Can you imagine what it’s like for a Gobbo being all alone?” Croc sniffed. he could very easily imagine

what it was like, and he felt more alone than he ever had before. Straightening himself up, he said to Beany, “All

right! But I’m going to need your help.”

Here, the legend becomes fuzzy. Historians are unsure as to whether Croc was actually successful in saving his

friends. But one thing is for certain, from that point on, he became the greatest champion the Gobbos had ever

had…

IN WHICH CROC IS A GOBBO NO MORE

In one fantastic growth spurt, Croc grew as tall as three Gobbos stacked on top of each other. He started eating like

crazy. For breakfast alone he ate over one hundred and fifty buckets of peas. While walking, he would accidentally

smash through buildings and trip over homes. A simple game of patty-cake with friends would lead to multiple

contusions and internal bleeding. Despite his friends’ efforts to brush off these accidents, Croc began to feel out of

place in the Gobbo Valley.

Just as Croc decided to do something about this, a Gobbo ran past screaming, “Dantinis!!!”

IN WHICH TROUBLE COMES TO GOBBO VALLEY

The Gobbos had long told stories of the Dantinis, a band of villains known far and wide for their ruthless burning,

wanton looting, and marvellous singing voices 3 .

What was worse was that wherever there were Dantinis, Baron Dante could not be far behind.

3 The Dantini Glee Club would have won all the big choral contests had they not been disqualified for eating the judges.

GETTING STARTED

MAIN MENU

The MAIN MENU presents a range of options: Start Game, Options, Load Game, Enter Password, Show Intro, and

Exit to Windows. Use the UP and DOWN Arrow keys to highlight one and press ENTER to select it.

STARTING ÒCROC: LEGEND OF THE GOBBOSÓ

Once CROC: Legend of the Gobbos is installed, you will see the game launcher. This will also appear when you insert

your game CD again. Click on the “Play Croc” button on the game launcher to start the game.

Alternatively, you can start the game by double-clicking on the “Croc” icon on your desktop, or by clicking on the

Start button on the Windows task-bar, clicking Programs, then Fox Interactive, then CROC: Legend of the Gobbos ,

and then clicking CROC.

Once the game is started, you will see a Title Screen. Press any key to start your game.

START GAME:

This starts a game from the very beginning and takes you to the Gobbo Islands Map

(see MAP SCREEN ).

OPTIONS:

Here you can select Customise Controls, Audio Setup and Display Setup (SEE OPTIONS).

LOAD GAME:

This allows you to play a game previously saved to your hard disk (see SAVING AND

LOADING ).

ENTER PASSWORD:

This displays a password entry screen, where you can use a password that you have

been given to resume play without loading a previously saved game. (see PASSWORDS

for more information).

SHOW INTRO:

This presents the animated opening sequence, telling the story of Croc, the Gobbos and

Baron Dante’s attack!

EXIT:

Exits back to Windows.

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