PC COMPETITIONS
	The PC competition machine is a Pentium II, 266MHz with 64MB RAM. Graphics card: S3 Trio64V+ (80C765) with SDD running (no 3D accelerators). Sound cards: GUS and SB16. Your contribution must work on at least one of these operating systems: MS-DOS (plus all necessary extensions), Windows 98, Linux (fbdev, GGI, X11 or svgalib), BeOS; there are no separate competitions, the respective OS will be announced before the demo starts. Maximum resolution is 800x600 (avoid mode switches, the beam might be slow in resyncing). DEMO COMPETITION Maximum size is 8 MB uncompressed. SB sound must be supported by DOS executables. 64K INTRO COMPETITION As the name indicates, the maximum size is 64KB. The intro must be a single executable. 4K INTRO COMPETITION Maximum size is 4096 bytes. The intro has to be a single executable file.

C64 COMPETITIONS
	The competition computer contains a new SID and an Action Replay MK6, and is connected to a 1541-II floppy drive. All releases must be handed in on 5.25" disks. DEMO COMPETITION Maximum size is a standard 5.25" DD disk (both sides). The demos may require user interaction. 4K INTRO COMPETITION Maximum size is 4096 ($1000) bytes (=16.12 blocks).

GRAPHICS COMPETITIONS
	PIXEL GRAPHICS Maximum resolution is 800x600 in 24 Bits TrueColor. Raytraced pictures do not belong into this category, only hand-pixelled graphics are to be handed in for this competition. The entries must be handed in in IFF, PNG or TGA format. All entries will be shown at least twice, at different daytimes. RAY-TRACED GRAPHICS Maximum resolution is 800x600 in 24 Bits TrueColor. The entries must be handed in in IFF, PNG or TGA format. All entries will be shown at least twice, at different daytimes. C64 GRAPHICS All formats/modes are allowed. The entry must be handed in as an excutable file (if you need help with a display-program, contact any of the Padua organizers). Any sounds or extra info-screens included in the file will not be shown/played. ANSI COMPETITION No rules specified, yet. Will look similar to last year's rules.

MUSIC COMPETITIONS
	MULTI-CHANNEL Maximum module size is 1,400,000 bytes. Module formats permitted are those playable by OpenCP. We will show selected entries to the audience, using OpenCP. If you think this player doesn't play your module correctly, contact the authors -- they will also be present on the party, so they can fix bugs for you. We will show 4:27 minutes of each song. ProTracker modules should be put into the Module competition. Impulse Tracker modules MUST be saved in uncompressed form (click on "IT2.1x" in the save screen), as this would be a too big advantage against other tracked formats. Also, be aware of your channel usage, you don't want the compo machine's cpu to be overloaded (and thus your tune to sound like a CD with a big scratch on it), just because you can't track efficiently enough, want you? But be sure that our compo PC will play 40 channels without problems. PROTRACKER MODULE Maximum module size is 1,400,000 bytes. Allowed are ProTracker modules only, that means four channels, and playable with all the usual mod players on all the usual platforms. We will show selected entries to the audience, using ProTracker V2.2a on Amiga. We will show 4:27 minutes of each song. C64 MUSIC All formats allowed. The entry must be an executable file (if you need help with a program to play your tune contact any of the Padua-organizers). The c64 screen will not be shown during the competition. Ww will play up to 4:27 minutes of each tune. The competition equipment features a new SID.

OTHER COMPETITIONS
	32K GAME COMPETITION For PC and Amiga. For configurations, scroll back to the Demo competition rules. Maximum size of all files is 32768 bytes. Temporary files on the harddisk are allowed, they will not be included in the byte count. They will be removed before playing the game. The coder(s) will play it on the big screen. If you are planning networked games, contact us in advance. We will do a quality preselection on this competition. PLAYSTATION DEMO COMPETITION 1.- Demo MUST start in NTSC with an OPTION SCREEN, which let you choose between PAL and NTSC. 2.- ONE AUDIO track is allowed. It MUST BE A NON COMMERCIAL selfmade tune. 3.- The SIZE of the EXECUTABLE and ALL OTHER FILES must not be more than 4 Mega-Bytes. The demo must be handled in as a BOOTABLE CD for the PSX. Pure Anim Demos without remarkable code will be disqualified. Pure "Craptros" will also be disqualified :). If you have any problems contact Crash. WILD COMPETITION Here you can deliver anything that doesn't fit into the other categories. We will not have separate Wild ("classic") and Video competitions, as the number of entries in the former would be too low. The most welcome contribution medium is a VHS or S-VHS tape recorded in PAL; you can optionally hand in a graphics file containing some information about the hardware used to create your entry. If you can't tape the thing yourself (if you are using really Wild hardware...) please contact us in advance. There aren't many restrictions on this competition. Your entry should be related to computers, though. People are not interested in watching yet another skateboard video. Please help keeping this competition interesting!

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