The Project's ABCDEmo - *RELEASE VERSION*
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First presented at COMA3, November 16-18 2001, in Montreal, Canada.
Final version released on June 1st 2002.


About
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   So here it is, the release version of ABCDEmo.  Only little changes
   in some images. Very few actually. Maybe that's why it took so long
   to move our lazy asses and finally get the final version out...


Credits
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   Code:                        Overbored
   Graphics:                    madASScow
   Music/Bobo & Fido's voices:  Random
   Character Design:            Jack the Ripper
   Narrator's voice:            Mystic

   http://www.theprojectowns.com/


Requirements
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   * Any flavor of Windows.
   * No need for DirectX or OpenGL.
   * Should run on any hardware (but transitions might take a while on
     slow computers).
   * Peak memory usage is somewhere around 28MB.


Fully Tested On
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   * Intel Pentium IV  1.8GHz / NVIDIA GeForce3 / 512MB / Windows XP.
   * Intel Pentium III 450MHz / ATI Rage128     / 128MB / Windows 2000.
   * Intel Pentium II  333MHz / ATI Radeon      / 512MB / Windows 2000.
   * Intel Pentium II  300MHz / NVIDIA TNT2     / 128MB / Windows 98.
   * Intel Pentium     100MHz / S3 Trio64V2     /  64MB / Windows ME.
   * AMD Athlon        1.4GHz / NVIDIA GeForce2 / 512MB / Windows 2000.
   * AMD Athlon        1.4GHz / NVIDIA GeForce2 / 512MB / Windows XP.


COMA3 Results
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   Gfx ----> 1. "Pheonix"           Jack the Ripper            317 pts
             2. "Nosferatu"         Unkelben                   275 pts
             3. "Abused"            Impress                    259 pts
             4. "Abyss"             Zelkor                     240 pts
             5. "Telethuggies"      Karnotep                   236 pts
             6. "Her"               Rayn                       234 pts
             7. "J6"                Bill/Marsahlz              230 pts
             8. "Lastminute"        Mechasonics                218 pts
             9. "D&D"               TheDead                    211 pts

   Demos --> 1. "ABCDEmo"           The Project                604 pts
             2. "FutureNumberTwo"   Razor1911                  563 pts
             3. "Real Geometry"     Madbrain                   560 pts
             4. "Feedback"          Suboptical                 536 pts
             5. "Demopunk"          Marshalz                   499 pts
             6. "Uitsulcote"        Inca Masters               454 pts
             7. "Project Ayumi"     Creative Impact            439 pts
             8. "Banjo"             Zen of Vache               421 pts
             9. "Trippedout"        Phil Rate & The Triangles  365 pts
            10. "Funny Looking II"  The Trap                   304 pts
            11. "Experiences"       ShitLoadSquad              262 pts
            12. "Itsadot"           Digital Seppuku            242 pts
            13. ""                  J33P33                     236 pts


Some Comments
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   "Even though it offered no technical showcase.  I think The Project
   offered a production full of very incisive  and pertinent criticism
   on demos and the demoscene with a lot of humour."
                                                           -- Unkelben

   "In my opinion,  ABCDemo had  to win!  Ok,  there was  no technical
   merit,  but no  one had  technical stuff to  show anyway!!!  Do you
   think  that 3D  is technical??  Using opengl/directX  is technical?
   Visual Basic is technical?  So from that  point of view,  there was
   not a single real demo in the competition!  ABCDemo was just great,
   it was funny at least..."
                                                          -- Psyke/dCb