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Byte Bandit
Another Rinzai Satori Production
■ Overview
Byte Bandit is a video slot machine (as if there aren't
enough of those already). There's music, mirth, merriment, and
fun for the whole family (don't believe me? Just ask Grandma!).
Byte Bandit is just like being in Las Vegas, except for the
obvious differences (like you're in your home or obvious, it
rains a lot more where you are, etc).
■ Features
Nice pictures
Animation-quality animation
What passes for music and sound effects
A user interface even a diagnosed, licensed and
bonded, card-carrying computer-phobe could
love.
■ Hardware
· PC/XT, PC/AT, PS/1, PS/2, or Intel-based compatible
· Some free RAM (oh, 384K, what the heck)
· Some disk space, preferably on a hard drive
· DOS 3.0 or later
· EGA or VGA card with at least 256K RAM and appropriate
color or monochrome monitor
■ The Files You Need
BANDIT.DOC - the documentation file you are reading right now.
BANDIT.EXE - the executable file.
BANDIT.PCX - the little rascal hisself.
The Byte Bandit .EXE, and .PCX files must be kept together on
this disk, that is, in the same subdirectory. If DOS can find
BANDIT.EXE, then BANDIT.EXE can find the .PCX file (provided you
are using DOS 3.0 or later). This means that if you have a
\GAMES directory, and it's on your DOS path, and the Byte Bandit
files are in it, then you can run Byte Bandit from anywhere.
■ Caveats
No, that's Dick C-A-V-E-T-T. "Caveats" means, roughly put,
"warnings."
BANDIT steals INT 1Ch for nefarious purposes, and
doesn't jump to whatever might have been there
earlier. If you had timer-based TSR or ISR
software running before starting BANDIT, then it
won't run again until BANDIT finishes. (This
doesn't mean that your DOS or real-time clocks are
stopped; it means that software relying on the
interrupt Bandit is using will be stopped for the
duration.)
You can't run this within, or under, Windows,
unless you're REALLY good. Or Bill Gates. He can
do anything.
■ Playing
You get $10.00 to start with, which you put into the slot 25¢
at a time. You can put up to $1.25 into the machine on a single
pull. Press the Ins(ert) key to put in quarters. Attempting to
put in a sixth quarter is the same as pulling the lever. If you
have no money to put in, you won't be able to bet.
You'll see little arrows light up on the front of the machine
as you add quarters. These indicate the possible scoring
positions. The more quarters you add, the more chances you have
to win! (Probably. This is based on a slot machine I saw in a
hotel casino in Quito, Ecuador during an Easter-week vacation in
1977. I won some money, some cheap, worthless, printed-in-the-
U.S. Ecuadorian money. And I really was in Quito, too. Ask my
mom. This doesn't look like that machine, but it plays like it,
except maybe that on this one you win more often.)
Press ──┘ to pull the lever and watch the wheels spin. If
you win, the arrows will highlight the winning positions, and
you'll get a payoff. Otherwise, you won't. (The number of
payoff coins falling has nothing to do with what you won. It's
just an effect. Get a grip.)
Press Ctrl-S to toggle the music and sound effects on and
off.
Press F1 to see the payoff chart.
Press Esc to close up shop.
■ Registering this Game
Don't. It's not necessary. You may freely distribute this
game to whomever you like, as long as no money changes hands as a
part of the transaction.
If you like the game, pass it on. Instead of sending money
to me, call your grandmother, or donate some money to a charity
or something. If you don't like the game, and you're a
programmer, why not write something better? Lord knows there's a
dearth of good freeware EGA/VGA games out there.
■ The Usual Disclaimer
The software contained in this archive is not warranted to be
suitable for any particular purpose. Any consequences which
might arise from running the EXE file are the sole responsibility
of the software user. Rinzai Satori Productions cannot be held
responsible for any damages, direct or incidental, which occur
from the use of, or inability to use, this software. If the
software user suspects detrimental effects as a result of running
this software, Rinzai Satori Productions suggests the immediate
deletion of all files in the archive, which shall be the sole
remedy of the user.
■ Credits:
Artwork : Rinzai Satori
Programming : Rinzai Satori
Compiler : Turbo Pascal 6.0, Borland Int'l
Editor : QEdit, Semware, Inc.
Paint Program : PC Paintbrush IV, ZSoft, Inc.
■ Cast of dozens
Batman/Bruce Wayne : Adam West
Robin/Dick Grayson : Burt Ward
Batgirl/Barbara Gordon : Yvonne Craig
Alfred : Alan Napier (*)
Commissioner Gordon : Neil Hamilton
Chief O'Hara : Stafford Repp (*)
Mrs. Cooper (Aunt Harriet) : Madge Blake (*)
The Joker : Cesar Romero
The Riddler : Frank Gorshin,
John Astin
The Penguin : Burgess Meredith
Catwoman : Julie Newmar,
Eartha Kitt,
Lee Meriwether
Mr. Freeze : George Sanders, (*)
Otto Preminger,
Eli Wallach
Zelda the Great : Anne Baxter
Mad Hatter : David Wayne
False-Face : Malachi Throne
King Tut : Victor Buono (*)
Bookworm : Roddy McDowell
The Archer : Art Carney
Minstrel : Van Johnson
Ma Parker : Shelly Winters
Clock King : Walter Slezak (*)
EggHead : Vincent Price
Chandell : Liberace (*)
Marsha, Queen of Diamonds : Carolyn Jones
Shame : Cliff Robertson
Puzzler : Maurice Evans
Sandman : Michael Rennie (*)
Colonel Gumm : Roger C. Carmel (*)
Black Widow : Miss Tallulah Bankhead (*)
Siren : Joan Collins
Lola Lasagne : Ethel Merman (*)
Louie the Lilac : Milton Berle
Olga, Queen of Bessarovian
Cossacks : Anne Baxter (#)
Lord Marmaduke Ffogg : Rudy Vallee
Lady Penelope Peasoup : Glynis Johns
Nora Clavicle : Barbara Rush
Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft : Ida Lupino
Cabala : Howard Duff
Minerva : Zsa Zsa Gabor (+)
Freddy the Fence : Jacques Bergerac
BatClimb Window Cameos:
Jerry Lewis
Jack La Lanne
Dick Clark
Van Williams (as Green Hornet)
Bruce Lee (as Kato) (*)
Sammy Davis, Jr. (*)
Bill Dana (as Jose Jiminez)
Howard Duff (NOT as Cabala!)
Werner Klemperer (as Colonel Klink!)
Ted Cassidy (as Lurch) (*)
Don Ho
Santa Claus (!)
Art Linkletter
Edward G. Robinson (*)
Carpet King (?)
Susie Knickerbocker
Other famous (or soon-to-be-famous) people you didn't know
where there:
Jill St. John
Teri Garr (Mr. Mom, Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind)
Victor French (Carter Country, Highway to Heaven) (*)
Gary Owens (Laugh-In, Space Ghost)
Jock Mahoney
George Raft (40's character actor) (*)
Doodles Weaver (Spike Jones and his City Slickers)
James Brolin (Marcus Welby, M.D.)
Phyllis Diller
Fran Ryan (Most recently seen on "The Dave Thomas Show")
Edward Everett Horton (Rocky and Bullwinkle: Fractured Fairy Tales)
Sivi Aberg (Blonde spokesmodel on the Gong Show}
Joe Besser (The Abbott and Costello Show, The Three
Stooges)
Dennis James (P.D.Q)
Alan Ludden (Password) (*)
Paul Revere & the
Raiders
Don Wilson (Jack Benny's announcer)
Harry Stanton (Harry Dean Stanton now, if I'm not mistaken)
Jack Carter (50's-60's comic and character actor)
Steve Allen (The Steve Allen Show, The Tonight Show)
Joe Flynn (McHale's Navy) (*)
Gypsy Rose Lee
Rob Reiner (Really, no kidding)
Steve Franken (Character actor, NOT the guy on Saturday Night
Live)
Alan Reed, Jr. (Voice of Fred Flintstone)
Alex Rocco (Character/comedy actor)
Elisha Cook, Jr. (Character actor; Wilmer in The Maltese Falcon)
Alan Hale, Jr. (The Skipper from Gilligan's Island; he plays
a character named "Gilligan" in the episode)(*)
Rudi Gernreich (Famous designer)
Dina Merrill
Hermione Baddeley (British character actress; had a turn as the
cleaning woman on "Maude")
Jerry Mathers (Leave it to Beaver)
Henny Youngman
Ellen Corby (Grandma on "The Waltons")
(*) - R.I.P.
(#) - Again; only star to play two villians
(+) - Embarking on a life of crime as early as 3/14/68, when
her episode aired