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$ Henryk was shuddering. For three days he couldn't have a rest, walking $
$ on, always hoping to find a place where someone was living, to meet a $
$ human beeing, to talk to someone. $
$ It was raining heavily and he was angry that he had believed the beggar $
$ from the town Middenheim to take this way! The street was becoming worser $
$ and worser and he was hungry. Besides that he was badly injured from the $
$ fight with a marauding Goblin. These green skined species were loosy $
$ warriors and he only had a deep wound in his arm because he had already $
$ been very exhausted. Damn Goblins ! When he ever would meet one again, he $
$ surely would divide him into four parts ! $
$ He kicked a branch and touched for his firestone,an item he surely wasn't $
$ in favour to loose now. $
$ Suddenly the forest had an end and he stood on a wide field. A strange $
$ feeling was lying in the air. Although it was dark and raining, and only $
$ the moon was a source of poor light the scenery seemed lightened and warm.$
$ The grass was green with some brown blades in it and it looked like very $
$ good grass ! Maybe he could find a town somewhere ! $
$ And then he saw it. $
$ Dark and incredible big - a monumental building with towers reaching so $
$ high in the sky that he couldn't see where they ended. The clouds were $
$ moving onwards and he now could see the castle in all his size. He was $
$ impressed. $
$ What a feeling ! He found a sign of human beeing, a place to be safe from $
$ strange creatures in the forests, a place which gives protection from the $
$ cold rain, a place where perhaps a friendly lord might give him something $
$ to eat and drink....and a bed. $
$ He was speeding up his march towards the building. It was surrounded by a $
$ beautiful garden. Strangely,fires were burning in it. "A wealthy lord for $
$ sure !" Henryk thought and suddenly stood in front of an impressive $
$ wooden entrance. To his right, covered in the fog he saw a cemetery. $
$ Luckily he didn't see that the tombstones were decorated with skulls... $
$ And luckily he didn't see that there was a real skull behind the next $
$ corner...a skull with the skeleton belonging to it...and it's eyes weren't$
$ dead. They shined red when the screeching of the entrance was to hear and $
$ the dead hand was taking the sword near it... $
$ Henryk entered the dark building. $
$ He surely would never forget the following hours... $
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$ Netherworld - (c) HeadcrasH '99,2k $
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$ kode : StyX $
$ muzak : N.r.t.h $
$ 3d modelling : myrdin $
$ additional 3d modelling : StyX $
$ animation : StyX $
$ gfx : myrdin, N.r.t.h, hellfire^haujobb $
$ music system : midas system by Sahara Surfers, (c) by $
$ Housemarque Inc. $
$ ending & nfo ascii's : StyX $
$ $
$ -special thanks to hellfire for the kick-ass pictures and coding help $
$ -also special thanks to ys^digital words for his cool DataLink $
$ -the 3ds loader and some other parts (quaternions..) are taken from the $
$ free CLAX system, (c) Borzom $
$ -png loader by hellfire^haujobb (based on free zlib source) $
$ -big thanks to all other people who supported us - you know who you are $
$ $
$ contact us: read the hcr.nfo $
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$ System Requirements: $
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$ Minimum: Pentium 166 $
$ 16Mb RAM $
$ any GFX Card you like $
$ VBE 2.0 $
$ $
$ (Rem.: This demo was optimized to run at least on a P200 and as it runs $
$ o.k. a P166 should be enough. Will _only_ run on Pentium class pc's) $
$ $
$ Recommended: Pentium 200+ $
$ 16Mb RAM $
$ No 3d hardware supported, so no matter which card you've $
$ installed $
$ Rest as above $
$ $
$ MMX not supported (yet ?) $
$ $
$ Because we don't want to waste your time with boredom while waiting for $
$ more data, the 16Mb of memory are essential due to preloading. $
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$ Troubleshooting: $
$ $
$ Problem: MIDAS tells me tales about not being able to synchronize to $
$ display refresh $
$ Solution: This is when you run it not under plain DOS. However,we never $
$ had any problems due to that, neither with this demo nor with $
$ others using MIDAS. So you may continue (or really boot DOS) $
$ $
$ Problem: The magic of sound is not willing to stay in my soundcard $
$ Solution: MIDAS has problems with IRQ's higher than 7. So maybe re- $
$ configure your soundcard so that the IRQ is 7 or below. $
$ $
$ Problem: The evil demo soul decides to hang the demo after initializing$
$ the soundcard $
$ Solution: Maybe try manual configuration. Start demo with NETHER m $
$ Also make sure you have your SET BLASTER=.... or something $
$ similar in your autoexec as this is needed for autodetect $
$ $
$ Problem: The evil demo soul is even more evil and hangs the demo right $
$ somewhere in the middle $
$ Solution: Win98 (maybe also 95) can cause nasty problems. We are sorry $
$ but we can't change it. Try plain DOS $
$ $
$ Problem: I'm a faithful person and fear the devil and all evil forces $
$ Solution: Then run for your life $
$ $
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$ Distributing the demo: $
$ $
$ This demo is copyright (c) by all members of HeadcrasH. $
$ You are not allowed to spread this demo for commercial purposes $
$ without a written permission. If you want to use it for such purposes $
$ please contact us. $
$ Feel free to spread it on any demoscene-oriented website, cd, bbs or $
$ whatever as long as you don't charge money for it. Keep all files of $
$ the original release package together. $
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$ Additional greets: $
$ $
$ StyX: hellfire, doj, pascal, Borzom, Mr. Vain, Makke, Abyss, Adok, Ys, $
$ Voodoo, Kowboy, Poti (no, not cologne...), Faxe, Morpheus, $
$ myrdin, "the one we can't live without" $
$ n.r.t.h., "the last second man" $
$ and the rest of the elkcrew, Ctulhu and ThUmB, "the lazy ones" ;) $
$ N.r.t.h.: greuh! (juan, tcr, fakir, sph), Trebel (Makke, Tonic), Atari $
$ dead's animal mine (titan), ukonx (deemphasis), mankind (tex) $
$ Myrdin: orion, amphetamine, #pixelfr, #demofr, #amphetamine $
$ ronan, sear, muetdhiver, plokiju, aziraphale, niouf, niouse, $
$ CGG, FrotZ, gORTI and $
$ n.r.t.h: New Road To Hell :))) $
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$ ... $
$ Henryk kicked out the grille of the cellar window and jumped outside. He $
$ was exhausted and threw away his heavy shield. "God" he thought "I'll buy $
$ a new one in the next town." $
$ With his last power he ran over the graveyard and climbed over the small $
$ wall around the castle. Heavily breathing he ran on towards the next hill $
$ Away, just away from this horrible place. He couldn't remember how long he$
$ had been running on and on although the terrible castle was already lying $
$ 5 Imperial miles behind him. Suddenly he saw a light in the dark. Not only$
$ one light, many lights. A town. To the right he saw the sea glittering in $
$ the moonlight. $
$ He had reached Nuln. $
$ With a deep sigh he fell on the ground and started to pray. $
$ ... $
$ When he woke up the sun was already shining. It was hot and some farmers $
$ who found him were glancing at him as if he was a Troll. But after they $
$ realized that he only wanted to rest in the town they soon behaved more $
$ friendly and together with them Henryk walked down the hill. $
$ In the tavern he gave the stunned landlord 7 goldpieces for a bed and $
$ menaced him not to dare to wake him up before the next midday. $
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.so I stand still in front of the crowd
.excited faces - what will be next ?
.I still don't have a clue !
.I still don't have a clue...
.The Minstrel, Blind Guardian
.thank you guys for keeping me alive during never ending coding nights
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