Happy Birthday to Blue!
Steve, Tickety Tock, Slippery Soap and the rest of
the Blue's's friends need help preparing for Blue's birthday party.
There's so much to do. Create a personalized card for Blue, select a
spacial present, play lots of learning games, and of course, find and
solve NEW Blue's Clues. With so much to explore, create, play and
solve, everyday can be a birthday celebration with this original
adventure.
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Problem: Nothing happens when the CD is inserted into the CD-ROM
drive in Windows '95 or '98. |
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Wait
about 10 seconds or so after inserting the CD to give your drive a
chance to read it. If nothing happens after 10 seconds, the Windows
95 feature called "AutoPlay" may be disabled on your system. Some
Packard Bell, IBM and other brands of computers have this feature
turned off by default.
Installing and Playing without AutoPlay
- Double-click on the "My Computer" icon on your Windows
'95 or '98 desktop.
- Double-click on the CD-ROM icon.
- Double-click on
the icon labeled
either "AutoBirthday-Red.exe" or "AutoBirthday-Yellow.exe",
- Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the
Blue's Birthday
Adventure.
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Problem: I see an error message that contains the words "Internal
Error Run out of Array" when I attempt to launch the game. |
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To fix
this problem, just follow these steps:
- Click on the Windows Start button.
- Select "Run" from the menu.
- In the window that appears, type HEGAMES.INI.
- Click on the OK button. This will open a file that
contains information about all of the Humongous entertainment
games that you have installed.
- Scroll down until you find the section for
Blue's Birthday
Adventure.
- In this section, find the line that reads "NoDirectX=0".
- Change the 0 to a 1.
- Close the document, choosing yes when asked if you wish
to save.
If there is no line of text in the Blue's Art Time Activities
section that reads "NoDirectX=0", you'll need to add it like this:
- Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, move the cursor to the
end of the last line of text in this section.
- Press the <Enter> key.
- Type in nodirectx=1.
- Press <Enter> again.
- Close the document.
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Problem: slow video display |
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You
computer's video card is probably set to use too many colors. For
the fastest display possible, set your video card to "256 color"
mode. To change your color settings, please follow these simple
instructions:
- Click on the Windows '95 "Start" button.
- Click on "Settings"
- Click on "Control Panel".
- Double click on the "Display" icon.
- Click on the "Settings" tab.
- At the left of the Settings window is the color palette
option. Set this to 256 colors.
While in this Control Panel, you may wish to change your screen
area to 640x480 for better game performance, then click on the "Apply"
button. If your display does not look right after this, don't panic.
Leave your computer alone for approximately 15 seconds, and windows
will automatically restore your previous settings.
If you cannot switch over to the correct video mode, you may need to
re-install the video drivers for your card, or obtain updated
drivers from your computer manufacturer.
Finally, click on "OK", Restart your computer if
required, and try running the game again. |
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Problem: The video display is choppy, or the entire screen gets
shifted, or the video display just doesn't look right. |
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You
probably need to update your video card drivers.
Most video card manufacturers keep their latest driver software
their Internet website for free downloading. If you do not have
Internet access, call your computer company's technical support line
and ask them how you may obtain updated drivers for your card.
Also, it is possible that your computer does not have DirectX
loaded, which is a required component for the game. This component
is on your Blue's
Birthday Adventure CD-ROM, and can be installed
from there. |
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Problem: Lockup after
Sign-in |
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This is
usually caused by having too many names in the sign-in book. The
game can only handle a certain number of names. If you get this
lockup, highlight a name you don't need, and click the eraser. |
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Problem: No Sound or
Sound Distorted |
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You
probably need to update your sound card drivers.
Most sound card manufacturers keep their latest driver software
their Internet website for free downloading. If you do not have
Internet access, call your computer company's technical support line
and ask them how you may obtain updated drivers for your card. |
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Problem: The game will not install, and I am running on System
7.5.3. |
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Apple
recommends that all Macintosh users who have Macintosh System 7.5.3
should upgrade to Macintosh System 7.5.5 for better performance on
all Macintosh-compatible products, including this game. While this
is no longer available as a free download from Apple, you should be
able to get it from various third-party sites. Selectsoft Publishing
is not responsible for any problems encountered when using
third-party software and cannot support this practice. |
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Black Cursor |
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cards, the inventory cursor may occasionally turn black, so that it
is difficult to see. If you have this problem, follow these steps: |
- If you exit the game and restart it, the problem should go
away.
- If the problem persists, exit the game
- Click the Start button, and then click Run
- In the "Open" box, type HEGAMES.INI and press <Enter>
- Scroll down until you see BluesBirthdayA in square brackets
- Click after the last bracket on that line and press <Enter>
once to create a new line
- Type BlackAndWhiteCursors=1 as though it were all one word
- While in the hegames Notepad, you may also want to follow the
same procedure for BluesBirthdayB
- Then close the hegames Notepad and agree to accept the
changes.
- Restart the computer and run the demo again
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How to Set
Difficulty Levels |
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Setting the
difficulty levels in this game must be done before you begin to
actually play the game, in the "Choose Your Game Path" screen. Press
the <S> key on your keyboard before you choose your path.
Then you can set either the master difficulty switch, or set the
different games' difficulty settings individually.
For more details, please press F1 while on this screen, to access
the help file included on your CDROM. |
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Humongous OS9 Enabler Patch
(9.41kb) |
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Install Instructions
- After finishing the download process, find the
file named HE MacOS 9 Enabler. The icon will look like a
puzzle piece with the Humongous Entertainment logo on it. (By
default, most Macs should place downloads on the Desktop. If your
browser is set up to download files to a different location, check
that folder instead.)
Special Note: If you do not see the HE MacOS 9 Enabler
icon, but instead see a file called AX.CGI or AX.PL,
this means you either do not have the latest version of Aladdin
Expander Freeware, or your browser is not setup to automatically
decompress downloaded files. If this is the case, you will need to
download the latest version of Aladdin Expander Freeware from
Aladdin
Systems and then drag the AX.CGI file onto the Aladdin
Expander icon. This will decompress the HE MacOS 9 Enabler
file.
- Double click on the icon for your main hard
drive. Look for a folder called System Folder.
- Drag the HE MacOS 9 Enabler file into the
System Folder.
- A dialog box will appear which says This item
needs to be stored in the Extensions folder in order to be available
to the computer. Put He MacOS 9 Enabler into the
Extensions folder?" Click on the OK button.
- Restart your computer. You MUST do this before
the file will work.
- Your Humongous Entertainment games will now play
correctly.
Please Note: Before downloading the above patch, please make
sure you have the latest version of the Aladdin Expander Freeware
from
Aladdin Systems. This is the most popular Mac tool on the
internet for decompressing downloaded files, and will make the
download process go much more smoothly.
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Mac |
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Platform: |
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OS 7.5.3
or later |
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PowerPC 90 MHz |
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Disk: |
80 MB |
| RAM: |
16 MB |
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CD-ROM: |
4X |
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Monitor: |
SVGA,
640x480, 256 color |
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Sound Card: |
yes |
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Optional: |
none |
| Other: |
Mouse,
Speakers |
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Win |
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Platform: |
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Win 95/98 |
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CPU: |
Pentium® 90 MHz |
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Hard Disk: |
80 MB |
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RAM: |
16 MB |
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CD-ROM: |
4X |
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Monitor: |
SVGA, 256 color, 640 x 480 |
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Sound Card: |
Win-compatible |
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Optional: |
none |
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Other: |
Mouse |
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