This document is a partial translation of the English README file. The original document has much more information, so if you cannot find what you need here and can understand a bit of English, try to look at the English README file. For more information, compatibility lists, details on donating, the latest release, progress reports and more, please visit the ScummVM home page at: https://www.scummvm.org/ Table of Contents: ------------------ 1.0) Introduction * 1.1 About ScummVM * 1.2 Quick start 2.0) Contact * 2.1 Reporting Bugs 1.0) Introduction: ---- ------------- 1.1) About ScummVM: ---- -------------- ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the game, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed! Originally it was designed to run LucasArts' SCUMM games, such as Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle or Sam and Max. SCUMM stands for "Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion", which was the first game for which LucasArts designed this system. And much later it gave its name to ScummVM ('VM' meaning Virtual Machine). Over time support for a lot of non-SCUMM games has been added, and ScummVM now also supports many of Sierra's AGI and SCI games (such as King's Quest 1-7, Space Quest 1-6, ...), Discworld 1 and 2, Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2, Beneath A Steel Sky, Lure of the Temptress, Broken Sword I and II, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Gobliiins 1-3, The Legend of Kyrandia series, many of Humongous Entertainment's children's SCUMM games (including Freddi Fish and Putt Putt games) and many more. You can find a full list with details on which adventures are supported and how well on the compatibility page. ScummVM is continually improving, so check back often. Among the systems on which you can play those games are regular desktop computers (running Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, ...), game consoles (Dreamcast, Nintendo DS & Wii, PSP, ...), smartphones (Android, iPhone, Symbian ...) and more. At this time ScummVM is still under heavy development. Be aware that whilst we attempt to make sure that many games can be completed with few major bugs, crashes can happen and we offer no warranty. That being said, some of the games have been supported for a long time and should work fine with any recent stable release. You can get a feeling of how well each game is working in ScummVM by looking at the compatibility page. Actually, if you browse a bit around you might discover that ScummVM is even being used commercially to re-release some of the supported games on modern platforms. This shows that several companies are happy with the quality of the software and how well it can run some of the games. If you enjoy ScummVM feel free to donate using the PayPal button on the ScummVM homepage. This will help us buy utilities needed to develop ScummVM easier and quicker. If you cannot donate, help and contribute a patch! 1.2) Quick start: ---- ------------ IMPORTANT: This short guide assumes you are using ScummVM in . By default, ScummVM will use your operating system's language. If you prefer to use ScummVM in English, You may also prefer to follow the guide from the English REAMDE file. For the impatient among you, here is how to get ScummVM running in five simple steps. 1. Download ScummVM from and install it. 2. Create a directory on your hard drive and copy the game datafiles from the original media to this directory. Repeat this for every game you want to play (it is better to use a separate directory for each game). 3. Start ScummVM. If at this stage ScummVM appears in English instead of , do as follow to change the language: - Click on "Options". - Click on the right arrow in the tab bar and select the "Misc" tab. - Select "" in the "GUI Language" box and click on "OK". - Confirm the message box that pops-up, click on "Quit" to quit ScummVM and then restart the program. Now choose 'Add game', select the directory with the game datafiles (do not try to select the datafiles themselves!) and press "Choose". 4. A dialog should pop up allowing you to configure various settings if you wish to (it should be just fine to leave everything at its default, though). Confirm the dialog. 5. Select the game you want to play in the list, and press "Start". In the future, you should be able to directly skip to step 5, unless you want to add more games. Hint: If you want to add multiple games in one go, try pressing and holding the shift key before clicking 'Add game' -- its label will change to 'Mass Add' and if you press it, you are again asked to select a directory, only this time ScummVM will search through all subdirectories for supported games. 2.0) Contact: ---- -------- The easiest way to contact the ScummVM team is by submitting bug reports (see section 2.1) or by using our forums at https://forums.scummvm.org . You can also join and e-mail the scummvm-devel mailing list, or chat with us on IRC (#scummvm on irc.freenode.net) Please do not ask us to support an unsupported game -- read the FAQ on our web site first. Note that the official language of the forum, mailing list and chat is English and no other languages should be used. 2.1) Reporting Bugs: ---- --------------- To report a bug, please follow the "Bug Tracker" link from our homepage and log in with your GitHub account. Please make sure the bug is reproducible, and still occurs in the latest git/Daily build version. Also check the known problems list (below) and the compatibility list on our website for that game, to ensure the issue is not already known: https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/ Please do not report bugs for games that are not listed as being completeable in the 'Supported Games' section, or compatibility list. We -know- those games have bugs. Please include the following information: - ScummVM version (PLEASE test the latest git/Daily build) - Bug details, including instructions on reproducing - Language of game (English, German, ...) - Version of game (talkie, floppy, ...) - Platform and Compiler (Win32, Linux, FreeBSD, ...) - Attach a saved game if possible - If this bug only occurred recently, please note the last version without the bug, and the first version including the bug. That way we can fix it quicker by looking at the changes made. Finally, please report each issue separately; do not file multiple issues on the same ticket. (Otherwise, it gets difficult to track the status of each individual bug). Please keep also in mind that all the bug reports must be written in English.