The Accident by Axidental
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<> T H E A C C I D E N T <>
<> Version 1.0 <>
<> By Axidental <>
<> Copyright (c) August 1994 <>
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This Demonstration is freeware. You may distribute it as much as you
want (Actually, pass it around like crazy!) but you may not sell it or
use it in a form that will gain profit.
You also cannot alter the program.
We allow the organizers of Assembly '94 exclusive CD-ROM distribution
rights according to the guidelines stated in the official Asm '94
documents.
System requirements:
- At least a 386 computer. (486 is much better)
- 565 K conventional memory or more.
- Gravis UltraSound for music.
- About 11 minutes of spare time.
Files required (included, unless your copy is faulty):
- "Accident.exe"
- "Accident.001"
- "Accident.002"
- "Accident.003"
- "Accident.DOC"
This demo was designed to run on a fast computer, in this case a 486
DX. Any type of 486 is recommended, but to achieve optimum speed and
quality, a computer as fast as a 486 DX 33 would be excellent.
Also, such things as a local bus video card would raise the smoothness
of the visual effects.
A GUS (Gravis UltraSound) is required to have the accompanying
music play in the backgound.
As for memory, The Accident is very lenient. Only about 565 K of
conventional memory is needed. Believe it or not, EMS is not needed in
this demo... So those evil handlers such as EMM386 and QEMM will not
affect it.
There are also two parameters you can input with the command line.
The first one will determine where in the demo you will begin, and the
second one can adjust the volume.
eg:
c:\ACCIDENT>Accident 1 30 (Start at part 1 with volume 30)
The separate parts of the demo are like so:
0 - Start at the beginning.
1 - Start at the falling raindrops scene.
2 - Start at the real-time morphing effect.
3 - The end credits for the demo.
4 - The final starscape text scroller.
Also, if you replace the first parameter with "loop", the demo will loop
indefinitely between the beginning and the end of part 3. (credits)
The Volume can be adjusted within the range 0-60.
THIS DEMO WAS OUR VERY FIRST PRODUCTION EVER.
NONE of the pictures are rips from outside the group, nor are the
songs, nor is the code. The demo is genuine.
Also, all the effects in "The Accident" are calculated REAL-TIME. There
are absolutely NO animations whatsoever.
The memberlist of Axidental is as follows:
Alias Age Primary Task
-BioCide (16) Main organizer, Public Representative
-LakEEE (18) Coder, Main graphic artist
-PsychoMan (18) Coder
-Cyclone (17) Primary musician
-Dark Spy (27) Renderer, graphic artist
-Mental Floss (19) Musician
-Edge (21) Foreign Ambassador
The demo group Axidental was founded in Canada, early 1994, in the
month of March. It was composed of five people, two of which
were main coders, two who were graphic artists, and three musicians.
These were LakEEE, PsychoMan, sLh, Iron Grip and Zeitgeist. The
decision to enter Assembly 94' was made around April, and early coding
for The Accident was started during the month of May. During this time,
LakEEE and PsychoMan were doing most of the work, and the others were
(unfortunately, no hard feelings, guys) less productive. This didn't
mean they were bad coders or what not, but they weren't as driven as the
other two. By late June, Iron Grip, sLh, and Zeitgeist were dropped
from the group, and two new members, BioCide and Cyclone, were brought
in. BioCide proved to be an excellent organizer and public manager,
while Cyclone was an astounding musician. At this point, the making of
The Accident really took off, and the whole thing was finished just in
time, on August 2nd. During the last few months, the members Edge,
Dark Spy and Mental Floss joined the group. These three made up the
final people belonging to Axidental.
The initial purpose of the creation of Axidental was to show the demo
world that Canada was also a country with demo coders to provide some
competition.
We hope we made an impression!
We send very grateful regards to Edge in Finland, Evan Croskery of
The Treehouse Club BBS (1-(613)-238-7666), and Wonko the Sane of
The Asylum BBS (See below).
To contact any members of the group:
- Call The Asylum BBS at 1-(613)-831-1372, and send mail to any of
these three members: BioCide, LakEEE or PsychoMan.
- Send E-Mail to: at211@freenet.carleton.ca (Internet)
or
Michael Anttila 1:163/416 (Fidonet)
- Send (Snail) mail to: AXiDENTAL
452 Evered Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Z 5K8, CANADA
See you later in our next production!
Document written by
Kenji Toyooka,
"LakEEEEE" of Axidental
PS: Please (if you can) report any bugs that occur in the demo to
any one of our contacts.
PPS: If there is sufficient demand for it, we WILL make a sound blaster /
SB pro compatible version.
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