This is release 1.2 of Bad Machine. It's almost purely a bugfix
release, so the original readme is still relevant. The only major
thing of note is that you can enter 'skip' to skip the intro now.

The "details" section of the help menu pretty much covers what I want
to say about the game. There are a couple different ways to
successfully complete the game; feel free to keep exploring after you
find one. 

This game does some relatively unusual things that may strain some of
the TADS interpreters out there. I know it works on the latest version
of WinTADS (1.2.1), on the 2.2.6 unix interpreter I'm using, and on
MaxTADS. I expect it works on various other ones as well. I know it
doesn't work on the currently released HTML TADS interpreter (but it
works on the not-yet-released beta), and I believe it doesn't work on
the other Mac interpreters. Hopefully it's worth making the switch if
necessary. 

Also, there's a pause about two turns in when the game starts up. This
is unavoidable. Sorry. All I can suggest is saving the game once it's
over so you only have to sit through it once.

  -Dan Shiovitz (dbs@cs.wisc.edu) 12/98