============================================ Feeding Frenzy Copyright 2004 Sprout Games, LLC Presented by GameHouse, Inc. Distributed by RealNetworks, Inc.

. ============================================ FAQ --Q. What is the purpose of the Help Bubbles option? The "Help Bubbles" option turns on or off the little "yummy" thought bubbles that appear for a few seconds when you first start a level or when you grow in size. They let you know which new types of fish you can eat at your new size. Q. What is the Food Bank for? The Food Bank keeps track of all the fish you've eaten in New Game mode. As you fill up your food bank, you will earn Feeding Frenzy screen savers! Can you unlock all 6 screen savers? There is only one Food Bank score. However, on machines such as those running Windows XP that support multiple user profiles, each profile will have its own Food Bank score. Q. Is my Food Bank stuck? It stopped at 10 million points. Although you will still see how many Food Bank points you earned at the end of levels in New Game mode, the most you can store is 10 million. In other words, the amount shown in the High Scores screen won't count up past 10 million. Q. How can I turn on a screen saver that I've unlocked? On your Windows desktop, right-click and choose Properties, select the "Screen Saver" tab, then select FeedingFrenzy from the drop-down list of screen savers. To pick which screen saver to activate, click the "Settings" button and a window will appear showing which screen savers you've unlocked. Select a screen saver and click the "Done" button. To preview the selected screen saver, click the "Preview" button. When you're done, click "OK" to save your settings. Your Feeding Frenzy screen saver should now be activated. Q. Can I save the game in Timed Mode? Feeding Frenzy doesn't support game saves in Timed Mode ... only New Game mode. Q. How do I start a new game from scratch? After selecting New Game, simply click the first red dot (the one right next to the angelfish) to start from the first level of the game with no score. Gameplay Instructions --------------------CONTROLS:

Play Feeding Frenzy with your mouse. Use your mouse to move your fish through the water. To eat fish that are smaller than you, simply maneuver so that your mouth is near your victim. Your fish will automatically gobble up its prey. Click the Left Mouse Button for a quick burst of speed. Once you ve acquired the ability, click your Right Mouse Button to suck in a big gulp of water, and all the nearby fish! GAMEPLAY BASICS: The deep sea is a treacherous place. In order to get your lunch, you re going to need to be swift and avoid all the predators. At the top of the screen is your growth chart which indicates the current menu of fish that you can safely eat. Eat fish that are smaller than you by swimming towards them. Avoid fish that are larger than you, or you'll become lunch! The more you eat, the bigger you ll grow. As you grow, your menu will include more and more fish. Reaching the top of the food chain allows you to to move on to the next level. Can you grow big enough to become an Orca and face the Shark King? GAME MODES: There are two game modes in Feeding Frenzy: New Game and Time Attack. There is no time pressure in NEW GAME mode. Simply eat and eat until you get to the top of the food chain. As you progress, you will unlock new fish on your way to the open ocean. The game continues until you lose all your lives, or until you defeat the Shark King! In NEW GAME mode, Feeding Frenzy saves your progress every time you clear a stage. If you quit the game or reach GAME OVER, you can start a new game from any stage that you have already completed. In TIME ATTACK mode, it's a race against the clock. In this mode, you have unlimited lives, but if the time attack clock runs out, the game is over. The time remaining on the clock for each stage rolls over to the subsequent one, so try to complete stages as quickly as possible. See how far you can make it without running out of time! HINTS, TIPS AND BONUSES: - Every fish you eat fills up your Frenzy meter a little; however, the meter empties slowly over time if you don't keep eating. To fill up the meter, try to eat fish as quickly as possible. Fill the meter and you will enter a "Feeding Frenzy." While in a Feeding Frenzy, all point values are worth double their normal value! Fill up the meter a second time for a "Double Frenzy" and a 3X score multiplier! Feeding Frenzy multipliers are a great way to rack up points. - If you complete a stage without losing a life, the MERMAID will appear and shower you with bonus star fish bubbles. - Don't worry if you get eaten or defeated in a bonus stage. Losing a life in a bonus stage doesn't actually cost you one of your lives. - Not sure if you're big enough to eat a fish? Check out the MENU in the upper left corner of the screen. Fish that appear in the menu are safe to eat.

- Look out for the very rare GOLDEN MINNOW. These magical minnows are fast, but if you manage to catch one, you'll automatically grow to your next size! - Every once in a while you can find BLACK PEARLS or 1-UP bonuses in an oyster. Keep an eye out for these special bonuses! - If you eat a POISON MINNOW, you will become poisoned and turn green. While poisoned, the controls on your fish will be reversed! To shake off the effects of the poison, quickly tap the Left Mouse Button. - In NEW GAME mode, you will earn an extra life at 6,000 points, 12,000 points, and then every 12,000 points after that. PURCHASING AND UNLOCKING THE FULL VERSION ____________________________________ If you are using RealArcade, simply click the "Buy Full Version Online" button on the Feeding Frenzy game page in RealArcade. After completing your purchase, RealArcade will automatically upgrade your game to the full version! Troubleshooting --------------This software has been tested extensively to make sure it will operate correctly for all users. If you experience system crashes, error messages or other incorrect behavior, we suggest you first try one of the following: 1) Upgrade your computer's sound card drivers. This can be done by identifying the type of sound card your computer is using and finding the manufacturer's web site. Or, most drivers will be automatically updated if you follow step #2. 2) Upgrade DirectX. This is a Microsoft component and it includes special drivers for video cards and sound cards for virtually every manufacturer. It is therefore a very large download, but updating DirectX solves nearly all system problems encountered with GameHouse games. DirectX Home Page: http://www.microsoft.com/directx/ TECHNICAL SUPPORT ____________________________________ If you are experiencing problems with Feeding Frenzy, please contact RealNetworks through our games support website at: http://service.real.com/ragamesoptions.html If you can, including the following information along with a description of your problem will help us to help you! -Title Of Game -Computer Manufacturer -Operating System (Windows 95, DOS 6.22, Etc.) -CPU Type And Speed In Mhz -Amount Of RAM

-Sound Card Type And Settings (Address, IRQ, DMA) -Video Card -Mouse Driver And Version -A Copy Of The CONFIG.SYS And AUTOEXEC.BAT Files About GameHouse --------------GameHouse, Inc. develops many games for the Internet, Windows, Macintosh and other platforms. To download free trials and play free online versions of their more popular games, go to RealArcade: http://www.realarcade.com/ Credits ------Feeding Frenzy was created at Sprout Games: Programming......: Ed Allard Joe Mobley James Gwertzman Art..............: Kathy Anderson Leslie Harrington Game/Level Design: James Gwertzman Del Chafe Ed Allard Animation........: Rick McCann Sound/Music......: Guy Whitmore Fun Fact Research: Maggie Tai Tucker With additional contribution from GameHouse, Inc.: Rodney Bambao Derrick Morton Chance Warner Teagen Densmore Brandon Godfrey Chuck Little Kazunori Sasakura Distributed by RealNetworks, Inc.