     (Turn on Word Wrap now.  It's under "Edit" in Notepad.)
Heavy Metal - Den Theme for the Windows 95 Plus! pack.
Created by J.B. Roth
roth@pegasus.montclair.edu
web page:
http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~roth/

     This is a Theme based on one segment of the animated movie "Heavy Metal", the one on Richard Corben's "Den".  The story is of David Ellis Norman, a 98-lb. weakling who gets transported through space and time to Neverwhere, (changing into a muscle man, named Den, in the process,) and his adventures with Katherine Wells (Kath), also from Earth, and the Red Queen, a sorceress.

     This Theme was truly a labor of love.  Heavy Metal is one of my favorite movies, obviously.  I have enough sounds and some wallpapers to make some more Themes, depending on user response.  I could do a Spaceship Theme from So Beautiful and So Dangerous (the stoned aliens segment), or a Taarna one, or a general Theme.  

     I take full credit for the wallpaper, cursors, icons, and sounds.  The reason the wallpaper is only 600x480 is because I like to keep my Themes under 1.3 meg, so they can fit on one floppy.  The wallpaper was made from a Screencap, so think of the grain as "realism".  This image has been worked over quite a bit in Photoshop.  It took a long time.  The icons and cursors were either made from scratch using Microangelo, or so heavily modified as to be "like-new".  The sounds were done in one mammoth recording session at Fabulous Phil Radelat's studio, without whom this work would not be half as good.   

So, on to the explanations:
Wallpaper:
     This is the scene towards the end of the story, after Den has "transported" the Red Queen, Ard, and The Locnar back to Earth ("Boy, will Mom be surprised!").  "...as the Red Queen's Flyer carries Den and Kath into the sunset, a stray breeze blows a strand of hair across her face..."

Icons:
     The Recycle Bin Empty icon is the Green Meteorite, or the Evil Orb,     which is the same thing.
     The Recycle Bin Full icon is Den's favorite method of fighting.
     The My Computer icon is The Locnar, of course.
     The Network Neighborhood is a modestly-dressed Red Queen.  (You can tell it's the Red Queen 'cause here hair is bobbed. ;-} )
     Fair's fair, so I included some icons of Kath, as well.

Cursors:
     The Pointer is, of course, The Locnar.  It's fun to fit it into Den's   hands.
     The Help Select cursor is the lightning bolt that took out the Red      Queen, Ard, and The Locnar.
     The Working cursor is the Green Meteorite, just before David picks it   up.
     The Busy cursor is the start of David/Den's trip through the dimensions of space and time.
     The Up cursor is a spear.

Sounds:
     Asterisk-the Red Queen's monks chant around the temple, just after Den  arrives in Neverwhere.
     Critical Stop-Den counts his luck.
     Default-Ard's assessment of Den.
     Exclamation-what happens if you refuse Ard.
     Exit Windows-The Evil Orb commands.
     Maximize and Restore Down-a little swordplay.
     Minimize and Restore Up-physical communication.
     Program Error-When in doubt, just say "yes".
     Question-Den wonders why the monks threw Kath into the pool.
     Start Windows-how it all began...
     System Default-Den changes size.
     Empty Recycle Bin-The Red Queen's guards comment on her "appetite".  Den satisfies it.



Feel free to distribute this to any of your friends, but please:

1:  Don't change any of the files, unless you create something really cool, in which case I'd really appreciate it if you send it to me. :-)

2:  Please, really please, don't sell this Theme or charge any fee to download it.  I got most of my raw material off the 'Net, and it wouldn't be right, you know...

If you have any suggestions, improvements or ideas that you would like to see but don't have the time or software to make, feel free to e-mail me and I'll see what I can do...
--------------------------------------------------------
Installation

  To install:

   If your using Winzip, this file should unzip into a folder called "unzipped".  If you want to skip a step or two, go to your Themes directory and create a new folder called Heavy Metal-Den and unzip this file into it.  Open the file, find the Heavy Metal-Den.Theme file, drop it into the Themes folder, and select it in the Themes control panel.  That should do it!

     I am supplying a font for the application windows, it's called Zymeo.  All you need to do is copy the Zymeo.tff file into the "Fonts" folder in you Windows directory.  You don't have to if you don't want to, it's easy enough to choose your own fonts.

*Note:  You need Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 and Winzip in order to properly install this Theme.  You must use Winzip to preserve the long filenames when you unzip the archive.


May the Internet stay forever free!
					JB