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- Attention Sysops
- Sign your BBS up as an
- Official Epic Distribution Site
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- Who is Epic MegaGames?
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- Epic MegaGames is a world leader in developing and publishing shareware
- games. Epic's top hits include Epic Pinball, Jill of the Jungle and
- Xargon. Epic Pinball is the award-winning Pinball simulation that earned
- the #2 spot in the Shareware Top Ten. More top-quality Epic games such as
- One Must Fall and Jazz Jackrabbit are coming soon - so stay tuned!
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- Epic is based in Rockville, Maryland. The Epic team includes 12
- employees and more than 40 independent programmers, artists, and
- musicians. Everybody at Epic is dedicated to bringing you great
- shareware games.
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- What's an Epic distribution site?
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- An Epic distribution site is a BBS that:
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- * Features a special "Epic MegaGames" file section.
- * Carries all shareware games in the Epic product line.
- * Posts new Epic releases for download as soon as they're available.
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- Why should my BBS become an Epic distribution site?
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- As an Epic distribution site, you'll be able to attract new callers who
- are looking for the latest and greatest shareware games.
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- How do I obtain the games?
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- You can download Epic's games from any of the following places:
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- [1] Exec-PC BBS. The world's largest BBS is the home BBS of Epic MegaGames.
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- 14.4K Baud (high speed).....414-789-4360
- 2400 Baud...................414-789-4210
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- Exec-PC is now available worldwide with local access numbers in all
- major cities. For more information, call Exec-PC direct with your modem.
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- [2] CompuServe, the world's largest and most popular online service.
- On CompuServe, just GO EPIC to visit the Epic MegaGames forum and
- find all Epic games online.
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- CompuServe is available worldwide with local access numbers in all
- major cities. For free signup information, call by voice:
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- USA & Canada 1-800-524-3388 United Kingdom 0800-289-378
- New Zealand 0800-446-113 Germany 0130 37 32
- Australia 800-025-240 Japan 0120-22-1200
- Korea 080-022-7400 Switzerland 155 31 79
- France 36-63-81-22 Elsewhere (+1) 614-457-0802
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- [3] Internet. If you have access to Internet FTP, you can download
- Epic's games from these FTP sites:
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- FTP Site Directory
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- ftp.uml.edu /msdos/Games/Epic
- ftp.wonderland.org /games/epic
- ftp.funet.fi /pub/msdos/games/epic
- msdos.archive.umich.edu /msdos/games/epic
- wuarchive.wustl.edu /systems/msdos/msdos-games/Epic
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- [4] Get the entire Epic file collection direct from Epic by mail. For
- $8 + $4 p&h, we can send you the entire Epic collection on disk or
- CD-Rom (coming soon). Please send a check or money order in US funds
- drawn on a US bank, or your VISA/Mastercard information to: Epic
- MegaGames, 10406 Holbrook Drive, Potomac MD 20854 USA. Or call
- 800-972-7434 (301-983-9771 internationally) or fax 301-299-3841.
- Please specify either disk (3.5" HD only) or CD-Rom.
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- All Epic games are zipped up and complete with FILE_ID descriptions.
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- How do I find out about new Epic releases?
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- If you're on CompuServe or Exec-PC, you can visit our forum weekly to
- find out what's new.
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- Epic's INTERNET mailing list: For sysops who have an Internet, CompuServe,
- or Fidonet mail address, send a message to us at:
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- 70007.1631@compuserve.com
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- We'll add you to our Internet mailing list and send you periodic
- messages to announce new products, new releases, updates, and important
- news!
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- So, what else is new?
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- Plenty. Thanks to Epic's new distribution partnerships, you can also
- sign up your BBS as a site for:
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- SAFARI SOFTWARE, a young new division of Epic MegaGames. Safari will be
- bringing you the latest in small, innovative, high-quality games for
- your PC.
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- GAMEBYTES MAGAZINE, an online gaming magazine dedicated to reviews,
- previews, and game tips. GameBytes isn't related to Epic, but we're
- working together informally to gain more distribution for GameBytes and
- to bring Epic sites something new and innovative every month.
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- An Epic MegaGames ANSI screen (EPIC.ANS) is included in the archive along
- with all Epic games. Please feel free to post this screen on your BBS
- to promote your status as an Epic distribution site!
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- Conclusion
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- We look forward to working with you. Thanks for joining the Epic
- MegaGames team!
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- Tim Sweeney
- President,
- Epic MegaGames
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