StepMania 0.95 alpha - http://www.stepmania.com
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Minimum Hardware Requirements (just a guess):
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o  Pentium 2 400 MHz class processor
o  Voodoo3 caliber graphics card (16MB video RAM is important)


Minimum Software Requirements:
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o  DirectX 8.1
o  DivX 3.11 alpha video codec
o  Note that the program will instruct you if either of these
   items are not present on your system


Installation:
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o  Unzip the contents of the program zip to any directory.

o  Put all data for a song (BMS files, background, banner, 
   music) in a directory below /Songs/.  Look at the 
   included songs for examples.

o  Connect your gamepads or other devices.

o  Run "Stepmania.exe".


Known issues:
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o  All copyrighted materials that appear in the game are
   placeholders and will be replaced soon.


Change Log:
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08/21/2001 DDR PC Edition m1 release.

09/27/2001 StepMania 0.5 alpha release.

12/18/2001 StepMania 0.90 release

12/20/2001 StepMania 0.91 release
 - Bug fix: Good and Boo arrows not being drawn.

12/24/2001 StepMania 0.92 release
 - Bug fix: Sounds files with commas now load
 - Bug fix: Freezes in Telephone Operator are now correct
 - Bug fix: Nonsense help messages fixed
 - Bug fix: D3D init failure now opens browser to correct troubleshooting page
 - Optimization:  Drawing of freeze arrows is much more efficient
 - Optimization:  In SelectSong, only one preview graphic is drawn.  This
   saves fill rate and leaves room for group/sort/BPM text.
 - Change: DWI files now use the DWI directory structure.  StepMania also 
   automatically crop and rotate the song banner.  BMS files still reside
   in the Songs folder.
 - Change: Now hold Next to get to PlayerOptions and SongOptions menus
   (Previously, you would hold Next to bypass these menus).
 - New feautre: FPS counter.  Can toggle from GameOptions.
 - New feature: Disable joystick d-pad (for DirectPad Pro and NTPad).
 - New Feature: Song background movies
 - New Feature: random visualization movies
 - New feature: song groups by folder
 - New feature: song sorting by Title, BPM, and Artist
 - New: Caution screen to hide texture load time
 - New: Logo appears between screens as a keepalive indicator


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Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Chris Danford.  All rights reserved.
StepMania is freely distributable under the conditions of the GNU Public License.
