Welcome to Thomas & Friends(TM) - Trouble on the Tracks Version 1.0 In this readme text you will find: 1) Minimum System Requirements 2) Trouble Shooting Information 3) Customer Services Information 4) License agreement ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Operating System : Windows 95/98 CD-ROM Drive : 8X Speed Memory : 32 MB RAM Hard Disk Space : 60 MB Free Processor : Pentium Processor 166 Video : Windows 95/98 compatible SVGA card (2 MB) Sound : Windows 95/98 compatible sound card DirectX : Requires DirectX Version 7.0 (or higher) compatible drivers (7.0a included) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) TROUBLE SHOOTING You may experience some graphics problems if you run Thomas & Friends(TM) on a video card with the Revolution IV chipset. Your certificates will be saved only for the highest level that you have completed for each activity. The outline of the mouse cursor changes colour slightly when it is over a clickable hot spot. It is recommended that you do not try to remove the Trouble on the Tracks CD whilst the game is running. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) CUSTOMER SERVICES UK only: If you have problems and require assistance you can contact our Customer Services on: Phone: +44 (0) 1454 893900 (Hours of operation: 0900-1730 GMT/BST, Monday to Friday) Fax: +44 (0) 1454 894296 Email: support@hiuk.com Address: Hasbro Interactive (Europe) Customer Services The Ridge, Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6BN, England, UK Australia only: If you have problems and require assistance you can contact the Hasbro Interactive Customer Services Hotline on: Phone: 1902 262 667* Email: support@hiuk.com *Calls are charged at $1.50 per minute. A higher rate applies to mobile and public phones. If you decide to telephone our Customer Services, please try to be sitting in front of your computer and have a pen and paper at the ready. Before contacting us, please try to have the following information ready so that we may help you more efficiently: o The name of the product. o The make and model of your computer. o The processor and its speed. o Any peripherals attached to the computer. o The graphics card, driver date and version. o The sound card, driver date and version. o The version of Windows you are using. o Total memory installed. o The exact error message (if any). o For Windows users, the version of DirectX installed. o The type of CD-ROM drive. o For Windows users, the total system resources free before running the program. o The name of any programs running in the background. If you decide to email our Customer Services, to ensure a prompt reply please summarise your issues as concisely as you can, giving details, as above, of the product, the problem or error and any circumstances that you feel relevant and your particular computer system. To find out more about the Thomas & Friends CD-ROM game or any other Hasbro Interactive product, please visit: http://www.hasbro-interactive.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) LICENSE AGREEMENT 1. Licence The software and all images, photography, animations, video, audio, music and text contained on the enclosed CD-ROM and this manual, (together, 'the Product') are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights which are owned by or licensed to Hasbro Interactive Limited of 2 Roundwood Avenue, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, UB11 1AZ, UK ('Hasbro'). Hasbro grants to you as the original purchaser of this Product a non-transferable right to use the Product for your own personal and private use and not in connection with any business activity. Unless otherwise permitted by law, no part of this Product may be copied, reproduced, translated, modified, decompiled or reduced into any electronic or other form without the prior written consent of Hasbro. You may not rent or lease, or sell or transfer copies of the Product or any part of it. 2. Warranty Hasbro warrants to you only that for a period of ninety days from purchase the Product will perform substantially in accordance with the specifications set out in this manual and that the original CD-ROM disk itself will be free from defects in materials and workmanship. During this period the Product, if defective, will be replaced free of charge if returned to Hasbro at Caswell Way, Newport, Gwent, NP9 0YH, together with a dated proof of purchase, a brief description of the defect and the address to which it is to be returned. Any replacement will be warranted for a further 90 day period. This warranty does not affect your statutory rights in any way. This warranty does not apply to defects caused by misuse, neglect, incorrect installation, damage, alteration, repair or excessive wear. 3. Liability Except as stated at 2 above, all conditions, warranties, terms, representations and undertakings express or implied, statutory or otherwise, in respect of the Product are expressly excluded. Hasbro's liability to you shall under no circumstances exceed the original retail price of the Product and Hasbro does not accept liability for any indirect or consequential damage or loss (even if it is aware that the possibility of such damage or loss) including lost profits or revenues, or for any damages, costs or loss incurred as a result of loss of time or data or from any other cause. Nothing set out above shall limit or exclude the Hasbro's liability to you for death or personal injury resulting from its own negligence or any other liability not capable of exclusion or limitation by law. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms, you should immediately return the Product to Hasbro at Caswell Way, Newport, Gwent, NP9 OYH, UK, together with a dated proof of purchase, for a full refund.