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Monkey Brains v1.23.01.real

Monkey Brains Story

Monkey Brains is an incredible jungle adventure combining puzzle elements, aerial acrobatics and hilarious monkey antics. Using all of your primate powers, you must capture and destroy an evil doctor's mind controlling machines.

Dr. Simius and his colleague, Dr. Kreep have been sent to a tropical island off the coast of Malaysia to perform research devoted to understanding the human brain. They have created a mind-controlling machine and their test subjects are tailless monkeys native to the island. The machine has proven more powerful than anticipated and, in his lust for power, Dr. Kreep has overtaken the island. You must stop Dr. Kreep before he escapes the island with the cursed technology and threatens all of mankind.

Monkey Episodes

Free Level - Lord of the Monkeys
Learn how to control and maneuver the monkeys in order to help Dr. Simius defeat Dr. Kreep and win the game. This episode will prepare you to start your adventure and give you all the skills you need to accomplish your goal of defeating Dr. Kreep.

Episode 1 - Mind Over Monkey
Begin your journey in the jungle near the site of the plane crash. Help Dr. Simius through the level. Maneuver through landmines and monkey eating plants while jumping on beds and climbing trees to advance through the game. Includes 3 levels PLUS a bonus level.

Episode 2 - Monkey Toss
It's nighttime in the jungle. What evil lurks in these trees? You'll need to free caged monkeys and catapult them to dangerous heights to solve puzzles.

Episode 3 - Big Top Brouhaha
You've stumbled onto an abandoned circus. Fire your monkeys from the Big Top cannons or launch them on a rocket. You'll encounter fire trucks and ramming beasts that will help you accomplish your goal.

Episode 4 - Fish-n-Chimps
Watch out for free-floating bombs and hungry fish! You're close to defeating Dr. Kreep - can you stop him before he gets to his evil laboratory?

Episode 5 - Don't Bug Me
You've tracked Dr. Kreep to his laboratory. He's put many obstacles in your way like monster bugs, so you'll have to be extra creative to find ways around his diabolical traps!

Episode 6 - What a Kreep
Dr. Kreep has unleashed hordes of evil monkeys to prevent you from reaching him. Will you be able to defeat him in the final battle of good vs. evil? Remember to destroy all of the Monkey Mind Machines!

Game Interface

The Main Menu is where you get started on your adventure. Each selection will take you to a new and more detailed menu.

Main Menu

Play – this will take you to the Play Menu screen

Options – switch from keyboard to joystick control, and adjust sound options

Quit – exits the game

Play Menu

1 Player – adventure through Monkey Brains on your own

2 Player Cooperative – you and a friend can play the game on a split screen and help take down Dr. Kreep together

2 Player Battle – compete against a friend and see who can destroy the other’s mind machine first!

Load Saved Game – load a previously saved game

Go Back – return to the Main Menu

Game Menu

New Game – start a new game

Enter Password – enter password to skip to the next level in an episode

Training Level – replay the training level for a refresher in monkey antics

Go Back – return to the Play Menu

Pause Menu

Back to Game – return to the game

Save Game – save the game, this will overwrite your previously saved game.

Add a 2^nd player – switch to 2 Player Cooperative Mode

Instructions – access the game instructions

Sound Options – adjust the sound options

Load Saved Game – load a saved game

Restart Level – start the level over

Exit to Main Menu – return to the Main Menu

System Requirements

P300 or equivalent

32 MB RAM

VGA Graphics Card

Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME and NT

Sound Card

57 MB free space on hard drive

DirectX version 6.1 or higher

How To Play

In-Game Interface

The information in the upper left explains what level of Monkey Brains you are on and the level name.

The information in the upper right corner will tell you if you are in 1 or 2 player mode.

The bottom of the screen contains the following:

Hint Bar – this is a scrolling text box that will give you hints and tips on how to play the game

Health Meter – the area just below the hint bar is your Health Meter. It will range from green to red. You will need to gather bananas and super fruits to keep your monkey alive. If your Health Meter completely runs out, you will lose the game and have to restart the level (or load a saved game).

Monkey Monitor – the area beneath the health meter keeps track of each monkey that is active in that level and the health of each monkey. If a monkey gets too stupid, its head will burst into flames. If you aren’t controlling that monkey, it will run amuck and possibly interfere with your goal.

Bananas/Super Fruit counter – the area to the right of the Monkey Monitor will tell you how many Bananas and Super Fruit you have. You will need to gather these in order to keep your monkey smart and to the keep the Health Meter in the green.

Keyboard and Mouse Control

The default KEY CONFIGURATION for the game is:

Player 1 Player 2

Move Left left arrow "A"

Move Right right arrow "D"

Move Up up arrow "W"

Move Down down arrow "X"

Jump right ctrl left ctrl

Action enter tab

Switch monkeys right shift left shift

Roll Left down & left arrow "X" and "A" keys

Roll Right down & right arrow "X" and "D" keys

Exit/Pause ESC ESC

Minimize game CTRL + ESC CTRL + ESC

To Switch monkeys, tap the shift key. It will automatically switch control to the nearest monkey. To pick a monkey, hold down the shift key and use the arrow keys to move to the nearest monkey.

Please see the in-game help for more information on playing

Monkey Brains.

Hints and Monkey Tips

1. Be sure to always keep some Bananas and Super Fruit in sight. If possible, keep a monkey near a stash of Bananas or Super Fruits to switch back to if your health is running low

2. Before a particularly nasty section of the game (lots of bombs or hordes of monkey-eating plants), save your game.

3. After you complete a level, you are given a password. Write them down. If you have to exit a game mid-episode and don't want to save over your previous game, the password will allow you to skip to the next level. This prevents you from having to start an episode from the beginning level each time you enter.
For example - You've finished Episode 2, Level 1 and have just started Level 2 and have to leave the game. When you come back to play, instead of having to start Episode 2 from the beginning and play Level 1 all over again, you can enter the password from Level 1 and it will take you to the beginning of Level 2.

4. Be sure to take Dr. Simius with you throughout the level. In most levels, you have to get Dr. Simius through the last door in order to pass that level.

5. Be sure to destroy all of the Monkey Mind Machines! Monkeys can climb on the Mind Machines by pressing the up arrow and they can destroy them by pressing “Enter”.

Trouble Shooting

Common problems

Sound bug with Creative SB Live! Sound card.

If you experience any sound anomalies while playing Monkey Brains, exit to the main menu and either restart the episode, restore a saved game, or enter a password to start the level over again. The sound will be an obvious buzzing noise and has been encountered with the Creative SB Live! sound cards only.

Alt+Tab and Ctrl+Esc don't pause the game?

Alt+Tab and Ctrl+Esc will minimize the game. They will not, however, pause the game. To pause the game, hit ESC. You can then press Alt+Tab or Ctrl+Esc to minimize the game. To Exit the game, maximize the game and then exit normally. DO NOT select Close from the minimized version of the game - this will not properly shut down the game.

I experience an error when I try to open Monkey.

Monkey Brains requires DirectX 6.1 or later. If your drivers are not DirectX certified, please download or obtain the latest drivers from your card manufacturer. This is the number one problem people have with DirectX games. Even if you think you have the latest drivers, you probably don’t. This will most likely solve your problem.

After you have updated your drivers, you should reinstall DirectX (from whatever folder you downloaded it to), and restart Windows. If you are having sound or video problems, you should try reinstalling DirectX.

How do I get DirectX?

DirectX is most likely already installed on your computer, but there may be a more up to date version available. DirectX is a free download from Microsoft. We recommend getting the most up to date version, as it will most likely make all your games perform better. You can get the latest version from their website at:

http://www.real.com/games/directx.html

Determining if your Video card is DirectX compatible: For DirectX diagnosing tools, open Windows Explorer and go to the C:\Program Files\DirectX\Setup\ directory. Run the program named Dxdiag.exe. This will give you detailed information for all your drivers and other DirectX components. This will also help tech support if you should need to call them.

If you are crashing upon exit of the game, particularly if you see a DDRAW error, please try to obtain the latest drivers for your video card. More up-to-date info on DirectX can be found at:

http://www.real.com/games/directx.html

Optimizing your hard drive: Run SCANDISK and DEFRAG your hard drive. There is a great

Technical Support

For Technical Support, please visit:

http://customerrelations.real.com/scripts/rnforms/contact_tech_service.asp?src=monkeybrainsdemo

About Monkey Brains

Credits

No Monkeys were harmed (or made stupider) in the making of this video game......but we ate a few chickens.

Published by

ARUSH Entertainment

President/CEO

Jim Perkins

EVP of Product Development

Dave Adams

CTO

Todd Colletti

VP of Marketing

Kathy Schauer

Director of Strategic Partnerships

Ben Jones

CFO

Dean Hoffman

Producer

Amy Searcy

Quality Assurance

Rob Gray

Tiffany Kronebusch

Absolute Quality, Inc.

Developed By

YoBro Productions

Lead Programmer

J. Kenworthy Nielson

Programming

Andy Stallard

Angela Moore

Additional Programming

Richard Donaldson

Art and Creative Director

Sam Nielson

Lead Artist

Andrew Nielson

Artists and Animators

KD Nielson

J. Kenworthy Nielson

Stephen Holm

3D Artist

Kyle Lang

Data Wrangling

David Donaldson

Level Design

Charles Dail Nielson

Sam Nielson

KD Nielson

David Donaldson

Music

Charles Dail Nielson

Additional Music

J. Kenworthy Nielson

Sound

Charles Dail Nielson

Lead Tester

David Donaldson

Testers

KD Nielson

Russell Hansen

Tyler Webster

Darren Wilcox

Additional Support

Guster Nielson

Bryony Nielson

Marilyn Nelson

Other Support

Kenneth Mangum

Jeff Stueck

Richard Donaldson

Indy

Special thanks to:

Saffire Co.

Hal Rushton

About Yobro Productions

Yobro Productions is a game development company located in Orem, Utah. Yobro Productions was formed in early 1999 with the goal to create the most enjoyable, clean and exciting entertainment the world will know. Since its formation, Yobro Productions has followed through with its design to put “fun” into video games by crafting original, high quality and exciting entertainment.

About ARUSH Entertainment

ARUSH Entertainment's mission is to be the foremost creator and publisher of entertainment brands using the company's unique Internet episodic development and delivery model. ARUSH is a privately held company founded in September of 1999 by Jim Perkins and Dave Adams.

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