THE LANDING

Neil's Chicken Comp game, version 1.2. October 13, 1998.



Welcome to the Landing, a multimedia extravaganza! Features the following
fabulous marketing points:


 + Incredible full-colour graphics! *

 + Vibrant stereo sound! *

 + Original musical soundtrack by Vincent Jones, keyboard player for such stars as
   Sarah McLachlan and Bryan Adams! *

 + Reams of tacky ifMUD and r.a.i-f in-jokes!

 + Stupendous "Nostalgia" command for people pining for the 1980s! *

 + Totally bilingual - works perfectly with both graphical HTML TADS systems and
   text-only TADS runtimes!

 + Virtually no pesky interactive choices to distract you from the story!

 + The second HTML TADS game ever written!

 + And much, much more!


* (when used with participating graphical HTML TADS interpreters.)


Notes:

  This game requires version 2.2.5 or higher of the TADS interpreter. That means
  you may need to upgrade to the latest version of your favourite program. They're
  all available online for free at:

  <ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/executables/>

A more detailed breakdown:

  Amiga (text only):
  <ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/executables/AmigaTADS226.lha>

  HTML TADS (graphical) for Windows 95/98/NT:
  <ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/executables/htads_playkit-226.exe>

  Linux (text only):
  <ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/executables/tadslinux-226.tar.gz>

  MaxTADS (text only) for MacOS
  <ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/executables/MaxTADS-113.hqx>

  Sun (text only):
  <ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/executables/tadssun-226.tar.gz>

  TADS for Macintosh (text only):
  <ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/executables/tads225_macos.sit>

  tr (text only) for MS-DOS:
  <ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/executables/tads2_32-226.zip>

  WinTADS (text only) for Windows 95/98/NT:
  <ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/executables/WinTADS-120.zip>

  nb: at time of writing, HyperTADS, a graphical TADS interpreter for the MacOS,
  was in beta testing and is thus not available on GMD. Stay tuned!


  What was the 1998 Chicken Comp? Play The Landing, type "chicken" and find out.

  As noted above, this TADS game includes both graphics and sound, so is Best
  Experienced using a multimedia TADS interpreter such as HTML TADS for Win32 or
  HyperTADS for MacOS. However, it's also fully compatible with text-only TADS
  interpreters such as WinTADS and MaxTADS. Enjoy!