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- Beneath a Steel Sky, CD Talkie (C) Revolution Software Ltd 1993-
- ------------------------------ ---------------------------------
-
- August 1st 2003
- ***************
- (License and legal stuff at the end of this file. Read it or we will send Joey
- after you)
-
- Some time ago, we (ScummVM) had the good fortune to come in contact with Tony
- Warriner at Revolution Software Ltd. With their blessing and support, we then
- obtained the original source code for Beneath a Steel Sky and added support for
- it to our adventure game interpreter, ScummVM. And now, on the eve of ScummVM
- 0.5.0 (the first release featuring B.A.S.S support), Revolution Software Ltd.
- has decided to release Sky to the public as freeware!
-
- "Beneath a Steel Sky is a 2D point-and-click science fiction thriller set in a
- bleak vision of the future, originally published for DOS and the Amiga. You are
- Robert Foster, an innocent outsider stranded in a vast city where oppressed
- civilians live and work in soaring tower blocks... whilst the corrupt, covetous
- and rich live underground, safe from all pollution. Alone, save for a robot
- circuit board, Foster must fight for survival - and discover the sinister truth
- behind both his own past and the city he has found himself trapped in."
-
- Game Quickstart
- ***************
- You need ScummVM version 0.5.0 or newer to play this game, which can be
- downloaded at http://www.scummvm.org/.
-
- ScummVM runs on many platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, Windows CE
- and others. However note that some platforms may not (yet) be capable of playing
- all games. As of 0.5.0, BASS cannot be played on PalmOS and DreamCast.
- Please see the ScummVM Compatibility List for information on newer versions.
-
- You should always read the instructions included with the latest version of
- ScummVM, but for here is a quick three-step guide for the impatient:
-
- 1) Unzip the game to a directory and install ScummVM
- 2) After running ScummVM, click the 'Add Game' button and browse to the
- directory you just created.
- 3) After adding the game to the list, on future plays simply select it
- from the 'Game List' and click 'Start'!
-
- You can access the in-game save/load and options menu with the 'Options' key,
- usually F5 on most platforms. As a final caveat, several lines of dialog in
- the game are missing voices. This was present in the original, and is a bug.
- This is the larger 'CD talkie' version, with speech. The smaller floppy
- version can be downloaded from our homepage.
-
- Be vigilant,
- James 'Ender' Brown,
- Project Leader,
- ScummVM (http://www.scummvm.org/)
-
- P.S: If you like this, you should probably go buy Broken Sword III (Rev's latest
- game) once it is released :)
-
- P.P.S: Neither Revolution Software Ltd. nor ScummVM provide support for this
- game. Walkthroughs and hints can easily be found online, but in case of
- technical problems, feel free to ask for help on the ScummVM forums.
-
- ********************************************************************************
- Special Thanks:
- A full list of credits for ScummVM can be found in its README file,
- however the following people deserve special credit... and naturally the first
- thanks should go to the creators of this game!
-
- Tony Warriner, David Sykes, Dave Cummins, Dave Gibbons, etc: Thanks for making
- a great game! And thanks to Tony and Revolution in general, for helping us let
- everyone experience it on modern systems. We hope more will follow in your
- footsteps, and good luck with Broken Sword III, and the future.
-
- We would also like to thank our host, SourceForge.net (and its associated
- mirrors), for allowing us to host this file.
-
- Next, Robert Goeffringmann, Oliver Kiehl and Joost Peters, who together
- (re)wrote the majority of the interpretation code for Beneath a Steel Sky,
- based on the original assembly language sources provided by Revolution.
-
- And last but not least, Ludvig Strigeus (for starting ScummVM), Max Horn (my
- co-lead developer), and of course every other ScummVM porter, developer and
- contributer - without whom none of this would have been possible.
-
- ********************************************************************************
- The Legal Stuff:
-
- Preamble:
- Basically, give this game away, share it with your friends. Don't remove this
- Readme, or pretend you wrote it. You can include it in a software collection,
- like a linux distribution or coverdisk (which may be sold), but using it in
- things like commercial adventure game collections without asking is just playing
- dirty. This preamble is not legally binding, but is to clarify the intent of the
- following license.
-
- License:
- 1) You may distribute this game for free on any medium, provided this readme
- and all associated copyright notices and disclaimers are left intact.
-
- 2) You may charge a reasonable copying fee for this archive, and may distribute
- it in aggregate as part of a larger & possibly commercial software distribution
- (such as a Linux distribution or magazine coverdisk). You must provide proper
- attribution and ensure this readme and all associated copyright notices, and
- disclaimers are left intact.
-
- 3) You may not charge a fee for the game itself. This includes reselling the
- game as an individual item.
-
- 4) All game content is (C) Revolution Software Ltd. The ScummVM engine is (C)
- The ScummVM Team (www.scummvm.org)
-
- 5) THE GAMEDATA IN THIS ARCHIVE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
- IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING AND NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
- MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-