The MindCrime Demo
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º The MindCrime Demo º
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Read this file before running The MindCrime Demo (as if it's not too late).
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º WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE º
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If you've got the MindCrime Demo you should have 2 files: MCDEMO.EXE and
READMEOR.DIE. If you don't have these files, well, ummm... you don't have
them.
If you're human you should have: a medulla oblongota and a pyloric sphincter.
If you don't have these body parts stay far away from me.
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º WHAT YOU NEED º
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þ I guess you need a 486 or something. I've got a Pentium 90 with a
S3 Vision864 and we're talking 90+ frames per second in the tough parts
if I disable the speed limiting.
þ A VGA card (preferrably connected to your computer in some sensable
fashion).
þ This program uses a math coprocessor for one effect if one is present.
If it's not available, well, the very end part will probably be quite
s...l...o...w...
þ If you want sound and music you'll need a Gravis UltraSound. Sorry, but
I don't have a Sound Blaster anymore and I don't have programming specs
on my MultiSound Monterey.
þ A monitor would be good.
This demo uses 386 specific code, so, umm... if it makes your 8088 jump off
of the desk and out of the window, well, you should have defenestrated it
long ago.
You can try it on a 386 of any speed. It should run. It might be slow.
I really can't be more specific. If you've got a 386, here's a plan: go
enroll in a college, get lots of credit card applications just because
you're a college student, drop out, use the credit applications to get a
couple of credit cards, use the credit cards to buy a Pentium. It worked
for me.
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º WHAT YOU GET º
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þ An overwhelming desire to send lot's of money to The Bunny Hunter.
þ Less time to do something constructive.
þ A headache if you turn the music up past 90db for a long time.
þ Permenant hearing loss if you turn the music up past 120db and listen
to it for hours on end.
þ An unbelievable need to send lot's of cash to The Bunny Hunter.
Great bargain, eh?
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º WHAT MIGHT SCREW UP º
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This demo has been tested on various machines with varying degrees of success.
Here are the observed results:
þ IBM PS/1 Value Point 486DX2/66:
Software Config: MSDOS 6.21, EMM386 with RAM option, many and various
vendor-loaded TSRs.
Memory: 16MB.
Video Card: Unknown.
Sound Card: None.
The Results: EMM386 claimed error #6 occured when the demo was detecting
the CPU configuration. The solution was to reboot the
machine clean by holding both shift keys when "Starting
MS-DOS" appeared. The demo ran without errors afterward.
þ IBM PS/1 Value Point 486SX/25:
Software Config: MSDOS ?.??
Memory: 4MB.
Video Card: Cirrus Logic GD-54xx.
Sound Card: None.
The Results: As expected, the credit sequence ran at about 2 frames per
second due to the lack of a math coprocessor. As opposed
to about 30 fps on your average 486DX/33.
þ Gateway 2000 486DX/33:
Software Config: MSDOS 6.2x, QEMM 7.5 with a minimum of TSRs loaded.
Memory: 8MB.
Video Card: Diamond Speedstar Pro VLB (Cirrus Logic GD-5428).
Sound Card: Gravis UltraSound with 1MB.
The Results: Worked great.
þ System Dynamic Group 486DX2/66:
Software Config: MSDOS 6.2, EMM386 with NOEMS option, lots of TSRs loaded.
Memory: 8MB.
Video Card: Unknown.
Sound Card: Basic 16 (SB "compatible").
The Results: Worked perfectly - of course, there was no sound.
þ Professional Technologies P54C 90:
Software Config: QEMM 6.0, QEMM 7.5, EMM386 with RAM, HIMEM, real mode.
Usually with a minimum of TSRs loaded.
Memory: 16MB.
Video Card: S3 Vision 864.
Sound Card: Gravis UltraSound with 1MB.
The Results: Worked like a charm.
If you have any problems running the demo:
MS-DOS 6.xx and up: reboot and hold both shift keys when "Starting MS-DOS"
appears on the screen. This will boot your system
"clean" without loading any unnecessary programs.
Other MS-DOS vers.: reboot clean with a floppy boot disk.
Gravis UltraSound and MAX users:
þ This demo was never tested with a MAX, but it *should* work fine.
þ If your UltraSound has < 512K, well, things might screw up. I didn't
really bother to think about that since I don't know anyone with a GUS
that has less than 1 Meg of DRAM. So, at the last minute I added 2
command line options. If you have 256K on your GUS and you get an error
from GUSHeap or GUSMOD then try running MCDEMO with the NOSAMPLE switch.
For example: MCDEMO NOSAMPLE
This will make the demo bypass any extra sounds and just play the MOD
music.
If this still doesn't work, then you'll have to run the demo with the
NOGUS switch.
For example: MCDEMO NOGUS
This will force the demo to ignore the fact that you have an UltraSound.
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º WHAT DO YOU CARE? º
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This is The Bunny Hunter's first *released* demo. It's really cool. It does
stuff that you've never seen before. It will amaze and stupefy you and your
friends and your friend's friends. Possibly.
Look, I ain't no Future Crew. I ain't no Triton. I ain't no Dust. I'm id.
NOT!! I'm just The Bunny Hunter and I think I'm pretty damn impressive for
just being me (of course, my ex-girlfriends probably entertain many opinions
to the contrary), so if you like this demo and you want to crown me king of
your sorry little country, or you'd just like me to join your demo group
-- OR -- if you think this demo sucks rocks yet you'd like to live under my
benevolent dictatorship, you can contact me by calling every phone number in
the USA and asking "Are you the Bunny Hunter?" I promise that I'll say "yes"
when you reach me.
You see, I'm not making known my true identity because of the very slight
possibility that the Queensrche guys or their record company decide to sue
the individual who used their trademarks in this demo. So if you happen to
be Geoff Tate, Chris DeGarmo, Michael Wilton, Scott Rockenfield or Eddie
Jackson - sorry.
Oh yeah...
þ all the code was written in Borland Pascal 7.0 and or TASM 3.2 and was
coded by The Bunny Hunter and only The Bunny Hunter. It's 20418 lines
of Pascal/Assembly and 4756 lines of pure ASM.
þ all the pictures were drawn with Deluxe Paint II Enhanced.
þ all the music was composed with Triton's pretty darn nifty Fast
Tracker II.
þ all women know the truth, though many deny it.
þ don't take anything in this file too seriously, it might hurt.
[ back to the prod ]