From odonnllb@indigo.ie Tue Feb 24 07:24:24 MET 1998 Article: 7949 of comp.os.linux.announce From: "Brian O'Donnell" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce Subject: Windy City Pains CRPG game for Linux Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:47:34 GMT Organization: none Lines: 67 Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Mikko Rauhala) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: laulujoutsen.pc.helsinki.fi Old-Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 03:04:54 -0000 X-No-Archive: yes X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.os.linux.announce iQCVAgUBNPFh1lrUI/eHXJZ5AQEvgAQAyWn5KQYEUhaqXgqaonU8L5pxjJlXXIom 0PQTOLY102jZgDGt5cHjnvCUyqACkNZ29k2r8g7Ibqx4EnLf4xjh6Ooxrv94noWf WvBrM1h9Y42Y/bNLbHlIDRMvMezgV5A4VHb/pN5Heie8J2Wgm1UyqKr4Qv8SVwYE Ad6PlTpEgzk= =lVFo Xref: grumbeer.inka.de comp.os.linux.announce:7949 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In a move which totally wrong-footed industry pundits, Hexaid Enterprises, whose CRPG, 'Anoraks of Doom', burst on the Linux scene over a year ago with all the impact of a brown paper bag full of water, today announced the release of their new production, 'Windy City Pains', as Scareware. Yes; just when you thought it was safe to go on the Internet again... The CEO of HE, B O'Donnell, observed: We were hoping to get it out for the 13th, but we had a bit of bad luck. Still, I'm very proud and happy - No, not about the release;.I'm just naturally arrogant. 'Windy' is a very old-fashioned CRPG (Computer Role-Playing Game) in the same style as 'Anoraks', with a slightly revamped screen and several minor improvements, including early-Ultima style combats rather than the Bard's Tale type, but still using a hexagonal grid for movement. It aims for a B-movie film noir feel (missing by a mile), and is set in Mykinda, the Windy City of the title, a town which has recently introduced Stoption in a bid to decrease public drunkenness - and increase private. It is free, with a couple of conditions for use, and can be downloaded from: http://indigo.ie/~odonnllb/ When 'Anoraks of Doom' was released, the reaction of the Linux community was swift and effective, and a tribute to positive thinking; they crashed my hard disk 3 times, ruined my CD-Rom and gave me a respiratory virus which lasted for months. This time, I am prepared. I have 4 lucky rabbit's feet, 1 lucky rabbit (he still has all his feet), several 4-leaf clovers and a complete backup. My kernel is about due for an update, too. Reactions to the announcement have been mixed. Greenpeace claim credit for the fact that no BSP trees were cut down during the production of the game. A Redmond spokesman announced: We have a CPRG using octagonal tiles under active development, which we will be beta-testing in a few months and releasing shortly before that. We cannot yet confirm that 'Windy' is Year2000 compliant. Loosely speaking, Access is a CRPG. An anonymous Wilbur on the Streett babbled: At one stroke, O'Donnell has demolished two myths - that Linux geeks are smarter than the rest of us, and that C is a programming language. I have 6,385,271 lines of assembly code, so I can say whatever I like. 7 out of 10 doctors said: Who. The moderator of comp.os.linux.announce asked: is he finished yet? Regards Brian O'Donnell odonnllb@indigo.ie - -- This article has been digitally signed by the moderator, using PGP. http://www.iki.fi/mjr/cola-public-key.asc has PGP key for validating signature. Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. This group is archived at http://www.iki.fi/liw/linux/cola.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBNPFh1lrUI/eHXJZ5AQEK8QP6Amzg6zvS6LxU2l6cb4768vsie0V1B3PI Q8rW4XMmjS2+KgSXzCamhkpFhnALa8xSheE7qCE/bx8lWwX+zVwtr9YbeeeIBH+n vhAkc5MLdsF4t4CT+kXbl+S7mZIHL1XFbKVMehh5G65AoVpjO0BAvJRxRBHY1KLD UxACq1ob6dw= =rcdx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----