-- List of prizes with short introductions -- The Game Development contest organized by X2 Support Group has been kindly sponsored by the following companies with these prizes. For more information please see the longer individual descriptions: ** Fastgraph PowerPack by Ted Gruber Software. Fastgraph 4.0 graphics library (text modes, VGA, SVGA, mode X, real mode, 16/32-bit protected mode, BASIC/C/Fortran/Pascal, supports several compilers and DOS extenders), FG/Image (resource manager) and FG/Fonts (bitmap fonts and editor that can import TrueType fonts) email: fastgraph@aol.com ftp://ftp.accessnv.com/fg/ Verified 15.05.1996 ** WordUp Graphics Toolkit 5.1 by Egerter Software WordUp Graphics 5.1 library (32-bit protected mode graphics library for Watcom 10.0 C/C++, real-time 3D rendering, basic 3D rotations, joystick support, 8 way scrolling, SVGA, FLI/FLC, serial/modem routines), WGT Sprite Editor and WGT Map Maker. email: barry.egerter@softnet.com chris.egerter@homebase.com !!EMAIL ADDRESSES DIDN'T WORK, NO REPLY FROM THEIR WWW-SITE!! ** MegaGraph Graphics Library 2.0 by SciTech Software MGL 2.0 (32-bit graphics library, 2D/3D primitives, resolutions from 320x200 to 1600x1200 in 4-32 bits, DOS/Windows, realtime 8-bit rendering, C/C++, event handling, hardware acceleration support and the VESA 2.0 compatible UniVBE 5.1 driver. http://www.scitechsoft.com/ Verified 15.5.1996 ** InfoMagic CD-ROMs A bunch of Games for Daze cdroms, the one and only official x2ftp cdrom. Each packet is a 2 cdrom set with one concentrating into game development and the other presenting hundreds of freeware, shareware and commercial (playable) game demos. http://www.infomagic.com Verified 15.5.1996 ** 3D Game Creation System by Pie In The Sky Software Integrated software package for non-programmers to create 3D action games similar to DOOM and Wolf 3D genre. Game engine, graphical world builder, GCS Paint bitmap graphics editor specialized into 3D graphics (GIF/PCX/BMP), 4 channel Sound Blaster support (WAV, general MIDI) http://catalog.com/psky/ Verified ** Game Developer by Miller Freeman One year subscription of Game Developer magazine (bi-monthly). The magazine is devoted to game programming technical aspects and the main interest is in development of video games. There are also design, art and general industry articles. http://www.mfi.com/gamedev/ Verified 16.05.1996 ** id games by id Software 2 sets of Commander Keen: Aliens ate me Baby Sitter, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, The Ultimate DOOM, DOOM II and Heretic. What there is to tell about these prizes.. Commander Keen is still one of my favorites, Wolfenstein 3D started a flood of books about how it was done and the DOOM created a brand new game genre. http://www.idsoftware.com/ Verified 15.5.1996 ** 5 games from HomeBrew Software Rolling, Flying Tigers, 3D Cyber Puck, XenoBall, Time Hunters HomeBrew Software is a small but growing game house with currently 17 games released with a couple in the rack sales. 3D Cyber Puck is their first game to enter the Top 100 Games list more or less permanently. email: hbsoftware@aol.com *NO ANSWER* ** 2Morrow World Builder by 2Morrow Inc. A Virtual Reality toolkit for PC including an interactive graphical world builder, a 3D object modelling CAD program and a runtime module. Whether you are a programmer or not you can create your own Virtual Reality programs supporting joysticks, mouse, gloves and stereoscopic viewers. http://www.gate.net/~porter/2mro.html ..and perhaps more. Verified 15.5 1996 ** Cenvi Cmm Interpreter by Nombas Inc. A powerful and versatile cross-platform macro language interpreter supporting Windows, DOS, OS/2 and Windows NT. The scripting langauge resembles C language (including standard library function calls), but without the strict requirements of writing real C programs. Support for keyboard, menus, dialogs, messages, DLLs, Kernel APIs, I/O ports, interrupts, task and process automation, ReXX, OLE etc. Over 150 build-in functions and hundreds of sample scripts. email: nombas@nombas.com Verified 15.05.1996 ** PC Games Plus by Midnight Publishing Inc. (Australia) 5 one year subscriptions. PC Games Plus is a review magazine for the new edge of interactive entertainment. The philosophy behind PCGP is to offer rigorous criticism and discussion of computer-based entertainment rather than mindlessly rave about every new released game. Documenting, recognizing, encouraging in an intelligent and in-depth way with a lot of enthusiasm and talent.. this is the PC Games Plus. http://netslave.midnight.com.au/pcgp.html ** Rise of the Triad by Apogee 2 CD-ROM versions of the game. A realistic and violent 3D action game, might remind you about Doom. Modem, network and multiple game controller support. Very good reviews. http://www.swcbbs.com ** Terminal Velocity by 3D Realms 2 CD-ROM versions of the game. Fly your fighter over and through a real-time rendered 3D environment and fight with several kinds of enemy vessels (air, land). There are several tasks to do in several worlds. Offers two screen resolutions and modem and network support (max 8) with remote sound possibility. http://www.swcbbs.com ** Vector Reality 1.2 by High Velocity Systems 3D modelling and rendering system for Windows 3.1/95/NT with user definable view system. TIFF/TGA/PCX/PCD/BMP support. http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~jvanabra/highvel.html *NO ANSWER* ** One Must Fall 2097 by Epic Megagames Fighting game with remotely controlled robots, including two player matches and a tournament mode. Excellent graphics, sound and original touches in the game play. Robots can be customized (improved) by user. http://www.epicgames.com/ ** CD-ROM Paradise cdroms 12 sets of CD ROM Paradise's Game Programming + Collection 3 CD-ROMs http://www.cdrom-paradise.com/ verified Mon May 27 13:57:50 EET DST 1996 with exeption, that they had none left. Some more will be made later. ** DiamondWare's Sound ToolKit by MVP Software Royalty-free high-quality music and digitized sound effect library by MVP Software game house. Supports asm, BASIC, C/C++ and Pascal for all Sound Blaster and compatible cards. Comes with Symphonix OPL FM Patch Editor, Sound Forge 2.0 and a CD-ROM full of sound effects. *NO VALID EMAIL ADDRESS, NO ANSWER* ** 2 CD-ROM games by Trilobyte One copy of The 7th Guest (CD-ROM) and one copy of The 11th Hour (CD-ROM). *DIDN'T FIND THE PERSON WHO DID PROMISE THE PRIZE* ** PCX Toolkit by Genus Microprogramming A PCX bitmap graphics management library with sample source code and 10 useful utilities. There are over 90 routines to display, rotate, manipulate, convert, scale etc. pictures in conventional, expanded, extended and disk memory. Pictures can be embedded into executables and used as library. *DIDN'T FIND THE DONATER* ** Photogenics 1.2 + Many more prizes from Almathera (read almathera.ad) Powerful image processing / manipulation tool for Amiga. (There was no entries for amiga.) ** There might be some more sponsors, we are _still_ waiting for verifications for some once promised prizes..