Hi. I’m Doulber!

 

USER’S GUIDE for Doulber, Escape from the 80s

 

1.      INSTALLATION (ONE of five choices)

 

A.         PC CD-ROM version

 

Place the CD-Rom into the CD-Rom drive of your PC.  The installation will begin automatically, and once finished, you’ll see an icon on your desktop that looks like this:

 

Doulber

 

Double click on the Doulber icon and you’re ready to play the game! (See Step 2)

 

B.         PC DOWNLOAD version

 

Once Doulber has finished downloading, a Doulber icon like this:

Doulber

 

will appear on your desktop, and all you need to do is double click on the Doulber icon and you’re ready to play the game! (See Step 2)

 

 

C.         MAC CD-Rom version

 

Put the CD-Rom into the CD-Rom drive of your MAC. A CD-Rom icon will appear on your screen like this:

 

Doulber

 

Double click on the CD-Rom icon and you’ll see two icons like this:

 

             or           

Doulber os X                 Doulber os 8&9

 

Double click on the icon that corresponds to your Mac’s operating system.  If you’re not sure which operating system you use, go to your desktop’s far left on the top and click and drag on the Apple icon and release your mouse on “About This Mac.” This should indicate which OS version your Mac is using.

 

After you double click on the appropriate icon, you’re ready to play the game! (See Step 2)  Please note: you do not need to install the CD-Rom version of Doulber. In other words, you are playing directly from the CD-Rom.

 

D.         MAC DOWNLOAD version (OS X)

 

Once Doulber has finished downloading, a Doulber file named DoulberosX.dmg.gz or Doulberdemo.dmg.gz (for the downloaded demo version) will appear on your desktop, the icon will look like this:

 

             or         

DoulberosX.dmg.gz          Doulberdemo.sit    

 

Double click on this icon to uncompress the file, and it will place a folder called, DoulberDemo (for the downloaded demo version) on your desktop which will look like this:

 

                  

DoulberDemo

 

 

            Double click on the folder and you’ll see an icon that looks like this:

 

            or            

       DoulberDemoOSX            DoulberDemoOS8&9

 

 

            Double click on the icon representing your operating system and you’re ready to play the game! (See Step 2)

 

E.              MAC DOWNLOAD version (OS 8 & 9)

 

Before you can play Doulber, your computer needs to decompress some of the music files. You will see a dark screen with a message, and Doulber will be patiently waiting (and meditating) at the lower left portion of your screen. This process could take several minutes, but it will only need to perform this decompression once. Please note: we do apologize for this if it is inconvenient for you, however, we felt that this step was necessary in order to save a significant amount of time while you downloaded Doulber originally.  Without this step, you’d probably still be downloading Doulber!

2.      GETTING STARTED

 

Highlight the desired function by using the cursor keys (arrows)), then pressing the enter/return key.

 

For example: highlight “Play” then press the enter/return key to begin playing. Highlight “Options” then press the enter/return key to choose your desired music and sound effects levels, graphics detail* and key controls options (here you can choose to change key functions).

 

*Please note that if you are experiencing sluggish performance while playing Doulber, please select “low” detail in the “Options” section.  When selecting “low” detail, however, you will lose some graphic details in exchange for faster performance speed.

 

3.      THE WHO WHAT WHY WHERE AND HOW OF DOULBER:

 

WHO / WHAT / WHY

Doulber, [DOOL-bur], is a mischievous ant, ferociously famished and in search of the food he digs most: diamonds.

 

WHERE

His greediness for diamonds forces him to dig his way through amazing mazes, to worlds filled with frolic and fun mixed with blizzards, earthquakes, and avalanches. On his journey, he’ll encounter volcanic lava, fires, floods or… other creatures trying to disturb little Doulber’s fun adventures. That’s right. Doulber is not alone, so beware -- especially for his evil doppelgänger, “Darker.”   SO. Get ready to rumble….and tumble!

 

Your Mission:

Help Doulber dig his way to fine dining, outwit his rivals and find his way home.

 

HOW

By using your cursors (or keys of your option), move Doulber so he can find some diamonds. Doulber can also push boulders and blocks out of the way. Warning: be careful because boulders and even diamonds can easily fall on little Doulber!

 

For each level, Doulber is required to consume a certain number of diamonds (which is indicated to you on the display on the screen before you can begin playing the level).  Once he eats enough diamonds he then needs to look for the exit to jump to the next level. The exit door will remain closed until he eats enough diamonds. And remember, he has a limited amount of time to do this. You’ll distinctly hear choir voices that indicate he’s eaten enough diamonds and can proceed to the exit.

 

 

 

 

 

THE BONUSES

 

Pill

The pill will give you a strength shield, the ability to get hit by a rock or a diamond once without any penalties.

 

 

 

Compass

The compass indicates the direction of the exit door.

 

 

 

 

Small Doulber head

This gives you an extra life.

 

 

 

Bomb

Pick up the bomb by going thru it, then to drop and explode it, press the ctrl key or the A button.  This could be useful to break through some walls...

 

 

THE CONTROLS

Cursor/Arrows or Joypad (PC Only): Move Doulber

Space bar: Buddha mode... Pressing the Buddha mode puts Doulber into a meditative trance and if you move your cursors where there are diamonds next to him while pressing the space bar, he can “absorb” them in his Buddha state, magically!

B Button or CTRL key: Drop a bomb

F5: Pause

F1: Self-Destruct (in case you get stuck)

ESC: QUIT

 

            Note: you can change the keys for different functions in the options / controls section.

 

LEAVING THE GAME

When you need to stop a game, press the esc button and exit. If you would like to continue later at the level where you’ve left off, simply type the password (located underneath the level number) then press the enter/return key.  For example: The password for Level 005 is MED. When you begin a new game and want to start at level 005, once level 001 begins just type MED and press the enter/return key. It will then take you to level 005.  Note: You must type your password during a level and press the enter/return key, and then you'll be sent to the desired level.

 

4.      SOME TECHNICAL NOTES

 

For better performance you can copy the whole game to the hard drive, it does not require any special installation and does not install any dlls.

 

Compatibility issues:

 

Mac OS X:

450 Mhz or more processor is recommended.

 

If the game cannot set your screen to 640*480, the game will be placed into the top left corner and remove all menu bars...

 

If played in windowed mode, the screen depth will be changed to 16 bits, it will result in a flash on exiting the game (while we are restoring the depth to its original state).

 

Quitting all opened applications will result in better gaming performance.

 

 

 

PC Windows:

 

Your video card must be DirectDraw Compatible and have at least 2 Megs of VRam, (the savage 3D processor is only for 3D so the game will not run on it, you will need to run a Savage 3D IX with directDraw blitter).

 

DirectX5 or more is required.