CD-ROM Mastering Guide
This document tells you how to move a working title to a CD-ROM disc which can be played in stand-alone mode on a 3DO™ system. Using this information, you can create and test a CD-ROM image file and master an optimized CD-ROM for delivery to The 3DO Company for encryption.
Click on one of the topics below for more information:
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Preparing for the Mastering Process explains preparing your application to run in stand-alone mode, testing your application in the minimum memory configuration, and testing for low memory pointers.
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Mastering and Testing the CD-ROM describes how to master a CD-ROM with the QuickTOPIX software, and how to test your master both using the 3DO Debugger and on a 3DO Testing Station.
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CD-ROM Mastering Etiquette provides useful information about various issues to pay attention to as you prepare for mastering your CD-ROM.
File Formats lists and describes all file formats that you can use in a title.
Note: A CD-ROM Mastering Checklist is included in the hardcopy version of this document.
Audience
Most of the chapters in this document are for the programmer developing the title and for the person mastering the CD-ROM.
Programmers must consider the effects of the mastering process while developing the title.
The person who masters the CD-ROM can use the information in this document and work with the enclosed checklist.