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Rules.What?
Here is the current rule set for Text Mode Demo Compo.
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Rules.When?
- Entries may be posted from 10.10.98 on. Post your entries as early as possible.
- Deadline is 11.11.98.
- Results should be out before mid-December. (12.12.98 probably :)
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Rules.Where?
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Rules.Important
- Group or coder must contact Sol via email as soon as possible
if there is even slightest possibility of a demo! (This does
not apply if you don't have inet access).
- Please, *please* read all the rules! Some rules have changed
from last year. (and I have a funny feeling most people
didn't read the rules last year either =)
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Rules.General
- The organizers reserve the right to disqualify any demo,
and the right to change the rules at any time.
- The organizers will spread the last version they've
received from you.
- The demos must be previously unpublished.
- Direct textmode conversions of existing demos are not
allowed. (I don't want to see Textdemo Ankka! :)
- The authors will retain copyright to their productions.
- Maximum demo length (in time) is not limited, but you
should remember that too long demos are boring.
- Complete animation demos are not denied, but remember
the size limits..
- User must be able to quit the demo at any moment by
pressing ESC.
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Rules.Files
- You must include file_id.diz (about 40x5 chars of
Description In Zip info for BBSes).
- You must include info file (yourdemoname.nfo) in the
package.
- You may add readthis.org file with info for the
organizers only (we will delete this file before
releasing the package).
- Remember to include 'snail'mail address info in either
.nfo or the readthis.org file!
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Rules.Limitations
- Maximum file size is 1447424 bytes in a ZIP file, and
10 megs uncompressed. If you use DOS4GW, you don't need
to include it in the ZIP. (Everyone has it already).
- Sound support: At least 1024k GUS and Sound Blaster support.
- The demo must have sound support!
- The demo must run on Pentium 150 with 16 megs of RAM
under Win95 fullscreen dos box.
- The demo may NOT write anything on harddrive (neither
in current dir nor on C root or %temp% or anywhere else).
- All file names must be compatible with MS-DOS 6.22. (8.3 format)
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Rules.Mode
- The complete demo must run in some textmode (including
any possible setup screen).
- Valid textmode screen modes are:
40x12, 40x14, 40x21, 40x25, 40x27, 40x43, 40x50,
80x12, 80x14, 80x21, 80x25, 80x27, 80x43, 80x50.
(All of these modes can be set through use of interrupt
calls, so no direct hardware i/o is required).
- You *MAY* include OPTIONAL support for other modes, but
we will judge the demos in one of those modes.
- Font and palette changes are not allowed; neither are
other hardware tricks like splitscreen or startaddress.
- EXCEPTION: Light backgrounds may be enabled (i.e.. the
blink attribute may be disabled). Other 'tweaks' are
NOT allowed!
- If you wish to use refresh rate tweaks (60/50hz etc)
they MUST BE optional, i.e.. there must be some way to
turn this off.
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Rules.Suggestions
- Autodetects and command-line options are a good idea.
- Nosound support is always nice.
- Check the 'hints' page.
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