__________________________________________________________________________ THE DAME WAS LOADED __________________________________________________________________________ NON-PLAYABLE PREVIEW 12th October, 1995 __________________________________________________________________________ Dames are trouble, but trouble is your business. For a dame, and maybe a hundred bucks in advance, you'd lose a few teeth and a few friends. For sweet Carol Klein, you might even stand in front of a gun or two. In a sleazy world of corrupt officials, stolen diamonds, lust and murder, you must solve the case and stay alive. You're a Private Detective. That's your job. WHAT IS "THE DAME WAS LOADED"? ------------------------------ "The Dame Was Loaded" is a slick, 1940s-style detective adventure game, featuring you, Scott Anger, a world-worn private eye who doesn't miss a trick, and a large cast of shady characters to push your interrogative skills to the edge. Rife with adventure, mystery and more than a few laughs, "The Dame Was Loaded" immerses you in an engaging non-linear plot, where you must use your wits and detective know-how to untangle the criminal web surrounding the missing Dan Small. Gather clues, talk to people, make friends, avoid enemies. It's a dangerous world in there, and when the action heats up and the corpses pile up, you'd better know who to trust. Full-screen video, 2 CDs packed with adventure, gameplay, action and humour. The 1940s never looked so good. WHAT IS THIS PREVIEW? --------------------- This file, though non-playable, is a mind-blowing trip into the 1940s world of Scott Anger, Private Investigator. It is a full-screen video sequence introducing you to characters and themes from the game, as well as demonstrating the VideoBeam (TM) full motion video technology used to bring "The Dame Was Loaded" to life. DOES MY MACHINE RUN FULL-SCREEN VIDEO? -------------------------------------- Full-screen video only used to be possible with super-fast machines or at the expense of frame rate or detail. With the VideoBeam demo you are about to see, you will get: * FULL-SCREEN VIDEO at * 12.5 frames per second, with * 22 Khz sound! and this will run effortlessly THROUGH SOFTWARE on a machine with only a: * 486DX33 processor (IBM PC or 100% Compatible)! * SINGLE speed CD-ROM! * Standard video card! * 8MB RAM! You won't believe it until you see it running. "The Dame Was Loaded" welcomes you to the new age of FMV adventure gaming. HOW DO I RUN THIS PREVIEW? -------------------------- First, you'll need 16 MB free on your hard drive (though for the full game, you'll only need 6 MB). This preview runs best under DOS, with at least a 486 DX33 and at least 4 MB of RAM. The game will run under Windows 3.x (with at least a 486 DX2/66 and 8 MB RAM) and under Windows 95 (with at least a Pentium and 8 MB RAM), but the video may appear choppy or erratic when run this way. It's preferable to shut Windows down and run this preview through clean DOS. If all the above checks out, then run DAMEDEMO.EXE. The program will attempt to autodetect your soundcard configuration, then run the demo. If the autodetect fails or your machine hangs, then try running the following: DAMEDEMO -setup Set your configuration with the setup program provided. Press ESC to quit the preview at any time. WHAT SOUNDCARDS WORK WITH "THE DAME WAS LOADED"? ------------------------------------------------ This demo, and the final game, provides sound support for the following soundcards: SoundBlaster 8 / Pro / 16 / AWE 32 / Vibra 16 Gravis Ultrasound / Max Pro Audio Spectrum 16 Adlib Gold Aria Chipset Ensoniq Soundscape ESS Audiodrive I/O Magic Tempo Microsoft Sound System NewMedia WAVJammer Reveal FX/32 Roland RAP-10 Sound Galaxy NX Pro 16 Thunderboard Toptek Golden 16 WHEN WILL THE FULL GAME BE RELEASED? ------------------------------------ The full, 2 CD game of "The Dame Was Loaded" will be released in Australia in November and the rest of the world in the first quarter of 1996. WHERE CAN I GET A PLAYABLE DEMO? -------------------------------- A one-room, fully playable demo exists, but is much too large (over 100 MB!) to download over the Internet. It is available on Issue 4 of `The Disc', an Australian CD-ROM magazine that uses the same full-motion-video technology as this preview. If you are outside Australia, send a BANK CHEQUE in AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS to the value of $25 Australian, as well as a note explaining which issue you wish to buy, to: Robot Madness Pty Ltd, Level 2, 11-17 Dorcas Street, South Melbourne, VIC, 3205 AUSTRALIA For residents of Australia, send a BANK CHEQUE for $14.95, with a note explaining which issue you wish to buy, to the above address. Any questions regarding payment, the playable demo or The Disc CD-ROM Magazine can be directed to: editor@thedisc.com.au WHO IS THE DISTRIBUTOR OF "THE DAME WAS LOADED"? ------------------------------------------------ Questions, news and general information can be obtained from the Australian distributors, Dataflow. Their address is: Dataflow, 1 George Place, P.O. Box 123, Artarmon NSW 2064 AUSTRALIA Ph: +61-2-417-9710 +61-2-417-9700 Fax: (Australian Residents only) 1-800-227-460 (toll free)