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Plug-n-Play Midi for Games

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From: Keith Gardner
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 00:00
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Plug-n-Play Midi for Games

I just downloaded a game to beta test.  As I was looking at the
files in the installed program's folder, I noticed several midi
files.  I thought to myself, "man I wonder how bad these suck."

Then, a simple idea entered my mind that I could kick myself for
not thinking before.  I can simple replace these files with my
own midi files.

Quake would be totally different with Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child".
All my games will be different for now own.  The only problem is
surfing the midi archives and trying to locate the midi music that
you would like to hear in the game.

It would be nice to create your own archives of midi files into
categories on your computer.  Install a game on your Windows 95
machine and be able to symbolically link a midi directory to your
own midi directory, where the game will randomly select a midi
file during different parts of the game.  Maybe you would need
some subcategories where game music gives a hint of the action
ahead.

Just a thought.

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Keith Gardner * cabe...@mindspring.com * http://www.gt.ed.net/keith
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From: "Keith Gardner" <cabe...@mindspring.com>
Subject: Plug-n-Play Midi for Games
Date: 1996/12/07
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