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                                Mac Invaders
                  A Tesseract Software Production in 1995

   The Story So Far:
   It started back in 1984, when the Macintosh was first introduced.  Its
advertisers said that it was "user friendly" because it had overlapping
windows and used a mouse.  So it seemed, for a time.  Until someone tried to
open the box.  You see, it couldn't be done with just a regular screwdriver,
it required an industrial screwdriver, and even then, you needed a special
tool called a "spreader" to actually open the box.
   This was necessary, because if anyone found out what was inside, it would
horrify the entire civilized world and put Apple computer out of business
forever.  Inside each box was a human soul, directly from the butt-burning
coals of Hell.
   It was all part of a deal that Steve Jobs made with Satan himself.  It went
something like this:
1. Until Steve's sister died, the computers would be manned by actual dead
   people.  This was why the computers were so user friendly at first, because
   it actually had people controlling the CPU's.  This is also why they were
   so slow and made so many mistakes.
2. When the sister died, she would go to Hell, and the Macintoshes innards
   would then be replaced with actual computer chips, including the ones that
   had already been sold.
3. Right before Steve died, Satan would artificially cleanse all of the evil
   from him, so that he would go to Heaven.
4. Once that happened, all the Macintoshes would be under Satan's control.

   Well, now the year is 2013, Steve is dead, and the computers are rampant,
destroying all that you have come to know and love in this world.  You realize
what you must do.  You man your PC and prepare to fight off the hellspawns.


   How to Play:
   Gameplay is very simple.  Once you have started a game, use left and right
on the keyboard to move your computer to the left or the right.  When you
press CTRL, you will fire.  There are also some cheat codes and a way to get
the harpoons that you fire to originate right below the enemies instead of
where you are.  But I won't go into those details.  It's pretty simple to
find though, I doubt that you will have a problem.


   About the program:
   This program totals about 1000 lines of Borland C source code, with the
tiniest bit of inline assembler (mainly when I was too lazy to figure out how
to use int86 again).  The graphics were all drawn in Deluxe Paint ][e.
   Back when I was living in Princeton (not Green Acres :P`), I wrote the
original version of this game called "Blaster".  I hear it had a small cult
following (because of the theme of the game, I'm sure not the quality), but
never did anyone directly tell me that they liked it.  Once I was referred to
as Jim "Blaster" Crawford, but that was all.  Anyways, about a year later I
moved to this shitty place and since it's fairly equivalent to Hicksville, I
had nothing left to do but code. My hatred of Macintoshes was higher than ever
(still going strong), and I got back to this project.  Now let this be a
lesson to ye: I may not start Mac Invaders ][ for another year unless I get
some mail.  So write!


   Special thanks go to:
Alan Nash, my programming mentor
Robert Nolet, one of my close friends back in Princeton whom I have not
   corresponded with yet in over eight months although I had promised to
   before I left :(
Adam Harvey, (Cecil the Snake), Sysop of The Far Site BBS
Sami Tammilehto, (Psi of Future Crew), for his SP2 source code from which I
   ripped the VGA detect routine, and his Mental Surgery source code, from
   which I based my KB input routine
Grant Smith, (Denthor of Asphyxia) he who wrote the Asphyxia demo trainers.
   I don't think that the trainers have helped me any in this game, but I
   used his ideas in some of my other programs and he has been helpful in
   general
Joe Savino, for his help with the internet
And finally (fairly equivalent to greetings): <-- Not a frown
   Christopher Martin, David Durica, Bill Tonn, Sean Kennedy, Stiles Weston
   Russell Gentile, Peter Whittlsey, David "Big" Johnson


   Getting the source code:
   Send me five U.S. dollars  and I'll give you the complete source code for
MACINV.EXE.  Make checks out to Jim Crawford.  Send it to the snail mail
address found at the end of this file.
   A reminder, that's only one way to get the source.  You can also try
winning my friendship and I'll probably give it to you for free.  Plus, I'll
always be willing to share techniques with the less knowledgable (not that
there really are many people less knowledgable about games than me, but it's
worth a shot).  So write anyways!


   Registration:
   Send me something in the mail (a letter, postcard, etc.) or some email and
you can consider yourself registered.  If you send a SASE with a stamp and a
disk (or about two U.S. dollars), I'll send you an update on what's going on
at Tesseract Software, and a beta version of what I'm doing next, or
something.  You can also get info directly from The Far Site BBS, or by
emailing me.


   Bug Reports:
   If you can get a bug to appear at will, repeatedly, give me info on it
and I'll do what I can to fix it.


   My next project:
   Well, for awhile I was going to do an enhanced breakout clone.  But then
I got stopped by a mode-X limitation.  Then I was going to to a parody of
Mortal Kombat, but handling the overhead for all the sprites and differences
between characters got to be too much for me.  For awhile I was going to do
a Space-Harrier type game (Mac Invaders ][, actually), but I had to cut the
texture mapped background due to my slowslowslow routines, and then it didn't
look very good at all.  Mac Invaders was my biggest project ever, and the one
that lasted the longest in my mind (if you remember, the beta version back
when it was called "blaster", came out back in 1993, but noone ever said any-
thing to me about it, so I didn't begin the new version until late '94).  I
need to think of something that can top it, and I'm still working on it.  I'll
have to think about it.
   At the point I'm writing this, I've thought about it.  I have a fairly
clear idea about how Mac Invaders ][ is going to go.  It involves the Smurfs
conspiring with the Macs to give taking over the world another shot (Binky
and the Brain theme song plays here).  Back when Tesseract Software was doing
intros I promised to do a game involving Smurfs decompressing in spacesuits.
This will be that game.


   Distribution sites for Tesseract Software:

The Far Site BBS: [phone]
           Sysop: Cecil the Snake
        Location: Princeton, NJ

   If you want to become a dist site, write to me.  Chances are, I'll accept
with no difficulty.


   Contact Addresses:
Send email on
   The Far Site BBS:            Pfister
   Prodigy:                     SMRJ94C
   Internet:                    [e-mail]
Snail mail:
   518 Jennings St
   Green Acres FL 33463

   And DO send mail, please, for ANY reason.

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