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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.)
-
- (Sometimes you'll put in a penny by mistake. Heh heh.)
-
- 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.
-
- Press Alt-P to put in a penny deliberately.
-
- Press Alt-C to press the coin return button (like anything
- will happen; it's just there because I like the effect so much).
-
-
- ■ 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
-
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