From: Dave Taylor <ddt@idpentium.idsoftware.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: SHAREWARE: Crack dot Com's "Abuse" : Screenshots
Date: 17 Jun 1995 14:47:36 +0300
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Keywords: shareware, action game, X11

Screen shots of "Abuse", Crack dot Com's first action game, are
now available on ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/games/incoming/abusepc2.zip.
Included here is the READ.ME file.

	=-ddt->

Abuse is the first shareware release from Crack dot Com:

  Dave Taylor (Partner/Producer),
  Jonathan Clark (Partner/Project Leader),
  Duong Nguyen (Artist/Level Designer), and
  Murray McMillan (Artist).

Abuse will be mastered August 31 and the Linux shareware version will be
released at that time.  The DOS version will follow shortly thereafter
and will be sold through mail order then stores.

Screen Shots :

	sshot1.pcx   800x600  - an example of what the game looks like in hi-rez
	                       (very nice!)  will probably require a pentium to
           	               play hi-rez at a decent frame-rate.
	sshot2.pcx   320x200  - an action scene, not so pretty.. (don't use :)).
 	sshot3.pcx   640x480  - development tools and 18 zillion windows.
      	                    This level editor comes free with the game..
							players can make their own levels.
	sshot4.pcx   320x200  - a scene with lighting and aliens.
	sshot5.pcx   640x480  - what sshot4.pcx will look like on a console machine
        sshot6.pcx   320x200  - a akiniod-like game that runs using the same engine,
	                        this 270 line program was written in a day.
	                        (try running the game : abuse -lsf pong/pong.lsp)
	                        look at pong.lsp to see how simple this is.
	sshot7.pcx   320x200  - nice action shot with decent lighting
	sshot8.pcx   320x200  - just added this, color calibration makes sure you
	                        see perfect graphics even on bad monitors.
	sshot9.pcx   640x480  - screen shot from the free paint program we are releasing
 	                        which can be used to edit game artwork.
	sshot10.pcx  320x200  - shot showing gun rotations

  
The Technology of "Abuse":

  o Beautifully shaped, point-source lighting
  o Built-in LISP interpreter.  You can modify world physics and rules or
    create a whole new game which can be plugged in to any port to any
	platform.
  o Engine features include real-time morphing, sound, mouse/joystick,
	network, multiple-resolution and window support!
  o Crack dot Com provides a ready-made program to allow amateur or
    professional game programmers to collect royalties off their product
	using the engine.
  o Exciting client-server multi-player support using either IPX (Novell)
	or TCP/IP (Beame & Whiteside).  Players can join in and leave,
	automatically downloading any data which they are missing from custom
	levels or newer versions.
  o Character animation rendered with "VCAD", an advanced in-house vector
	animation tool.
  o Artwork is editable by users with the free paint program "Satan Paint",
	included on the CDROM distribution and already available at the ftp
	site npc.ece.utexas.edu:/pub/satan_paint.
  o Color matching system ensures you see what you are supposed to.
    Corrects for bad/miscalibrated monitors.
  o Hi-resolution support with VESA drivers.
  o Initial ports for DOS, Linux SVGALIB, and Linux X.  Many more ports to
    be announced.

System requirements:   4Mb 386/33 local video bus
System recommendation: 8Mb 486/66 local video bus with sound card
What we used to develop it: 16Mb 486/66 local video bus, 8Mb 386/33 local
  video bus, SoundBlaster 16.
If your machine is slow: Don't worry!  The expensive features are switchable,
  and underneath layers of technology, there is a great game!

Sound cards supported:

	Sound Blaster, Thunderboard, Pro Audio 16, Adlib Gold 1000/2000,
	Microsoft sound system, Sound Blaster ASP/16, Ensoniq
	Soundscape, PC speaker, ESS 488/688 Chipset, Gravis Ultrasound
	Max, Tempo PCMCIA, Sound Blaster Pro, Pro Audio Spectrum Plus,
	Sound Master II, Cardinal Sound Studio, Sound Blaster AWE32,
	Roland RAP-10, Adlib Digitized, Gravis Ultrsound.

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