Copyright: Copyright ©2000 Sound Source Interactive, Inc.


Activities

After the introduction, you are taken to the Photo Album Menu. You can click on the television to watch the story of Maisy's birthday. While you are watching the story of Maisy's birthday the narrator will tell where to click to enter an activity. If you prefer, you can move the cursor over a picture and the narrator will tell you which activity this will take you to. Click on a picture to go dirrectly to that activity without watching the story.

Birthday Card!

Tallulah and Cyril are making birthday cards for Maisy! First help Tallulah by clicking and dragging the pieces of the card into place. After this is done, you will get to decorate the card. You may change the background color of the card by clicking on any of the colors at the top of the screen. You may change the border design by clicking on one of the borders below the picture. You can click on any of the decoration pieces and drag them onto or off of the card. If you have a printer, you may click the button in the lower right corner with the piece of paper to print the card. Hold the shift button and click this button to view the Print Settings Dialogue Box. When you are finished, click on the button in the lower right corner of Maisy with her card to have Cyril give her the card.

Party Food!

Maisy is at the kitchen table and food is scattered everywhere! Help her by putting the food back on the tray. Click on a piece of food and drag it to where it belongs on the tray. If there is something left over, then Charley will eat the leftovers!

Treasure Hunt!

Tallulah has designed a treasure hunt game for everyone! Everyone will meet by the treasure map and you can click on a character to help them find the treasure. This will take you to a new location. The narrator will describe the treasure that you must find. Click and drag the item back to the character. After all five characters have found their treasure, they will get to have some fun!

Follow the Leader!

Everyone is playing a fun game of follow the leader! Your job is to click on the character on the right whose movement matches the movement of the leader. Then it is that character's turn to be the leader. The last person who is the leader will lead in a fun party dance!

Pin the Tail on the Donkey!

Everyone has decided to play a game of pin the tail on the donkey! First you must guide the blindfolded character toward the donkey. Click on the characters on the right to guide the blindfolded character to the right -- or the characters on the left to guide them to the left. On the more challenging level, be careful to avoid the animals on the ground. After the blindfolded character has reached the donkey poster, click the mouse button when the tail is near its place on the donkey to pin it where it belongs!

Presents!

Maisy has all sorts of great presents, but before she opens them, help her guess what is inside. Click on the item that Maisy is thinking of that matches the wrapped item. If  Maisy's guess is correct, then all of her friends will cheer her for being so smart!


Contents
Happy Birthday, Maisy!

System Requirements

Introduction

Interface Buttons

Activities

Uninstall Instructions

Troubleshooting

Product Support

Credits

Legal


Credits

Produced and Written by

Mark Bankins

Game Design

Mark Bankins

Jonathan Caustrita

Su-Zan

Daniel Kinzek

Anita McLaughlin

Woody Norman

Lead Programmer

Daniel Kinzek

Additional Programming

Way Forward:

Jonathan Hopkinson

Shereef Morse

Art Director

Su-Zan

Illustration

Su-Zan

Anita McLaughlin

Woody Norman

Lead Animator

Jonathan Caustrita

Additional Animation

Su-Zan

Anita McLaughlin

Woody Norman

Audio Engineering
Mitchell Sigman

Voice Talent

The Umbilical Brothers

Doug Stone

Installation Programming

Kevin Deadwylier

Alex Zastrow

Quality Assurance Director
Kevin Deadwylier

Quality Assurance Supervisor

Dan Roth

Quality Assurance Testers

Kyle Arneson

Alex Ball

Alex Becerra

Kyle Greenwood

James Guillory

Matt Miller

Michael Tohl

Alex Zastrow

Manual Author

Dan Roth

SOUND SOURCE INTERACTIVE

Executive Producer and CEO

Vincent Bitetti

V.P. Product Development

Peter Gould

V.P. National Sales

Tanya Baker

V.P. International Business Affairs

Gene Code

V.P. Operations

Lorena Billig

V.P. Finance

Jeff Court

Marketing Manager

Andrea Frechette

Marketing Consultant

Fran Cooley

Package Design

Image Factory


Interface Buttons

The Exit Button

The Exit Button appears in the upper left corner of the screen. Use this button to exit the current screen.

The Difficulty Button

The Difficulty Button appears in the upper right corner of the screen. Click on this button to adjust the level of difficulty. The small rabbit is for easier games and the big rabbit is for more challenging games.


Introduction

It's Maisy's birthday and there's tons of fun planned! Join Maisy, Charley, Eddie, Cyril, and Tallulah as they create, play, and explore! Six compelling activities engage you within the television-style cartoon episode, so you can fully participate in the party action! Happy Birthday, Maisy! is a unique and exciting new way to interact with Maisy's world!


Legal

Handling a CD-ROM Disc:

·	This compact disc is intended for use only with a PC CD-ROM equipped computer.

·	Do not bend, crush, scratch, or submerge the disc in liquids.

·	Do not leave the disc in direct sunlight, near a radiator, or other source of heat.

·	Be sure to take an occasional break during extended play.

·	Keep this compact disc clean. Always hold the disc by the edges and keep it in its protective case when not in use. Clean the disc with a lint-free, soft, dry cloth, wiping in straight lines from the center to the outer edges. Never use solvents or abrasive cleaners.

Copyright

All elements of this product have been copyrighted. All elements not originally created by Sound Source Interactive Inc. (hereinafter referred to as SSII) are licensed by the respective licensers. Please refer to the insert and package for specific attributions, legal notices, and restrictions. This manual and all contents described within it are copyrighted. All rights reserved.

Under existing copyright laws, this product and associated package components (whether complete or only a portion thereof) cannot be copied without prior written consent of SSII. The same property and copyright notices must be affixed to any permitted copies as were affixed to the original. This exception does not allow copies to be made for others, whether or not sold. Under federal law, copying includes translating into another language or format. Using the audio segments in any multimedia presentation intended for audiences may obligate you to pay a small fee per person in accordance to ASCAP / BMI or other performer’s rights organizations.

WARNING: It is a violation of Federal Copyright Law to synchronize this Multimedia CD with video tape or film, or to print this Multimedia CD in the form of standard music notation without the expressed written permission of the copyright owner(s).

License Agreement

This is a license agreement between you (either an individual or an entity) the end user, and SSII. SSII hereby grants to you, the owner of this product, a non-exclusive license agreement to use the enclosed CD-ROM interactive computer software, subject to the terms and restrictions set forth in this non-exclusive agreement. If you do not agree to these terms set forth herein, you must return the unused product to the manufacturer.

Limited Warranty

SSII warrants that this product will perform substantially in accordance with the accompanying written materials for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of receipt. Any implied warranties on the product are limited to ninety (90) days. Some states/jurisdictions do not allow limitations on the duration of an implied warranty, so the above limitation may not apply to you.

Customer Remedies

SSII’s entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be, at SSII’s option, either a return/refund of the price paid or repair or replacement of the product that does not meet SSII’s limited warranty and that is returned to SSII with a copy of your receipt, evidencing the date of purchase. In no event shall SSII’s liability with respect to this limited warranty exceed the cost of replacement of the media on which the product is recorded.  This limited warranty is void if failure of the product has resulted from accident, abuse, or misapplications. Any replacement of the product will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or thirty (30) days, whichever is longer. Neither these remedies nor any product services offered by SSII are available for the U.S. version of the product outside of the United States and Canada.

No Other Warranties

SSII disclaims all other warranties, either expressed or implied, of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to the product and the accompanying written materials. SSII does not warrant that the enclosed product or documentation is without defect or error or the operation of the enclosed product will be uninterrupted.

No Liabilities for Consequential Damages

In no event shall SSII or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use or inability to use this SSII product, even if SSII had been advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some states/jurisdictions do not allow limitations on duration of an implied warranty, the above information may not apply to you. The warranty and remedies set forth herein are exclusive and in lieu of all others, oral or written, expressed or implied. No dealer of SSII product, nor distributor, SSII agent or employee is authorized to make any modifications or additions to this warranty. This warranty shall not be applicable to the extent that any provision of this warranty is prohibited by any federal, state, or municipal law that cannot be preempted.

SSII STRONGLY RECOMMENDS CONTACTING THE CUSTOMER SERVICE/PRODUCT SUPPORT DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO RETURNING YOUR PRODUCT. OFTEN TIMES, YOUR PROBLEM CAN QUICKLY BE SOLVED BY A PRODUCT SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE. PLEASE REFER TO THE PRODUCT SUPPORT SECTION OF THIS MANUAL FOR CONTACT INFORMATION.

Audio-Visual Series/Happy Birthday, Maisy! content © Universal Pictures Visual Programming, Ltd. 1999/2000. Maisy ™ & © Lucy Cousins 2000, published by Candlewick Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Happy Birthday, Maisy! interactive content and source code © 2000 Sound Source Interactive, Inc. and Simon & Schuster Interactive, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc, a Viacom company. All Rights Reserved.

Notice: SSII reserves the right to make improvements to the product described in this manual at any time without notice.


Product Support

The Sound Source Interactive Product Support Department provides comprehensive technical support and customer service. Before contacting the Product Support Department, please first consult the troubleshooting section. Solutions for common problems can be found here.

Web Support

Sound Source Interactive provides support via the World Wide Web 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The address is http://www.soundsourceinteractive.com/. Customer service information and answers to common problems can be found here.

Email Support

A representative will promptly and personally answer email inquiries. Requests should be emailed to soundsource@ssiimail.com. Please include a detailed description of the situation including the specific error message, circumstances, system configuration, and any other important information.

Telephone Support

Live representatives are available by telephone 7:30am - 6:00pm Pacific Time at (818) 878-0505. For technical issues, please be situated in front of the computer when calling.

Order Line

Sound Source products can now be ordered over the phone. The number is (800) 877-4778. Please note that the order line is not equipped to handle technical issues.

Defective Disc Replacement

Before sending in a disc for replacement, contacting the Product Support Department is highly recommended. Often times, issues can be quickly resolved with some troubleshooting.

If the conclusion has been reached that a CD is defective, Sound Source Interactive will replace the CD at no charge, as long as it is within ninety (90) days of purchase. Please mail a copy of the dated receipt, the CD, a brief letter with an explanation of the current situation, your return address, and phone number. Please indicate whether a replacement or refund is being requested.

Please Return All Discs To:

Sound Source Interactive

26115 Mureau Rd.

Suite B

Calabasas, CA 91302-3126

Attn: Product Support


System Requirements

Minimum:

Windows 95/98/2000

Pentium 133

32 MB RAM

4X CD ROM

8 bit sound card

256 color 640X480 SVGA video mode

40 MB free hard drive space

Recommended:

Windows 95/98/2000

Pentium 200

8X CD ROM

64 MB RAM

8 bit sound card

256 color 640X480 SVGA video mode

40 MB free hard drive space

Windows Compatible Color Printer


Troubleshooting

If this program freezes or displays an error message, exit the program, restart Windows, and try again.

Many problems can be corrected by checking the following:

System Requirements

Ensure that the computer meets or exceeds the system requirements. The game may not run properly if the system is below these requirements.

CD-ROM Problems

If the game is crashing, freezing, or reporting error messages, remove the CD from the drive and examine the shiny side. A scratched or dirty CD may cause problems. Severely scratched CDs are permanently damaged and must be replaced. If the CD is dirty, clean it with a clean, lint-free cotton cloth, wiping from the center of the CD outwards.

Third Party Programs

Third party programs can potentially interfere with the game. If problems are occurring, make sure that no other programs are running at the same time. Close down any unnecessary programs and try again. Pressing the Ctrl-Alt-Delete keys simultaneously will display a list of all active programs.

Drivers

Many video and sound problems are caused by driver problems. Contact the computer manufacturer and ensure that the sound and video drivers for the system are properly installed and updated to the most recent versions. Driver updates should be installed if needed. Updated drivers are generally available for free over the Internet, and can fix some bugs.

Video Mode

Although it will run in higher video modes, this program was designed to run best in 640X480 resolution with 256 colors. If you are experiencing graphic problems or sluggish performance, you should change change to this video mode. To change the video mode, click on Start, then click Settings, then click Control Panel, then double-click Display, then click the Settings tab. Next, change to 640X480 resolution and 256 colors. Then, click the OK button and follow the on-screen instructions.

No Sound

This game operates using the standard Windows sound setup. Most sound problems can be traced to a problem with the Windows sound setup. First check that the Windows volume and mixer settings are set to proper levels. Second, make sure that the speakers are on, properly connected to the computer, and their volume is set properly. If this does not fix the problem, open a .WAV sound file and try to play it back. If the system has trouble playing these sound files, then it is a sign of a problem with Windows, not with the game. If this is the case, please contact the hardware manufacturer for support.

Printing

Some problems may occur when printing and running in 16 bit video mode. If you are experiencing trouble, please run the game in 256 colors and try again.

If the above steps do not fix the problem, please contact the Product Support Department.


Uninstall Instructions

First, close all programs. Next, click on the Start button, then choose Settings, and then choose Control Panel. Double-click the icon labeled Add/Remove Programs. Double-click on Happy Birthday, Maisy! and follow the on-screen instructions to finish the uninstall.