the hand sees you the line is stretching.. the decay... the city


HAND Productions

     You awaken,          don't bother opening them,               like there is a void
          notice your eyes are closed...          feel like you know nothing...          and you are it...


Company Name: HAND Productions
Owner: Sam Gabrielsson
Established: 1998-01-01
Support Email: sam@pcpinball.com
HAND Productions
HAND Productions

     Believe the truth!              Ignore the light!                   Believe in the Line
           Trust the lies...              Thrive in the darkness...              Circles doesn't exist...

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Greetings!

2001-06-04: Version 1.1 (Evolution) of XPac - The Afterlife PacSaver. Quoting the readme.txt version history on what's new:

    Version 1.1 (Evolution), 2001-06-04
  • Pac IQ (A.I.) option added.
  • Two new PacLife algorithms (demonstrating the Pac IQ option)

    The Pac IQ option (see "Playing God!" settings dialog)
    Since previous versions did not include any deterministic intelligence this might be viewed as a version with an "evolved" species of Pacs (hence the word Evolution in the version name).
    The IQ option provides the Pac's with the ability to search the nearby surroundings for more food ONCE they have found food. As soon as a Pac through it's own logic and will finds some food in it's world it will search for more food and if it finds any head for it. It is completely up to the Pac what nearby food source to head for but it is forced to look for some food and head for some food if it finds some. I'm dubious wheter this may be called intelligence and it somewhat drains the non-deterministic behaviour of the Pac's, but it looks nice. :)

2001-04-11: Version 2.2 of CowSaver II has not avoided to not be somewhere else, it's here! A new scenario (Halloween, blood and gore, need I say more) and a more intelligent cow from Xanadu!!

2001-03-04: Some news, version 2.1 of CowSaver II has been released. The wind has been tweaked slightly, support for background images in the screensaver added (two neat background images are included with the download "Cow Collage" and "Eraserhead"). Also the talking cow from Xanadu has been added! Just visit Xanadu in the settings and have a chat.

Now, please gather from the information above that this is a line, a line of creations... See them as they are listed below. Follow their paths to explore their truth and to see and experience what they wish to show you.

HAND Productions

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Distribution Sheet, this is a plain text file with information about all HAND titles (including descriptions and download locations). Below is the same information presented with all details hidden on the homepage of each title.

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[Classic] The essence... the essence of solving... is not work nor logic...
but beliving the work is logic... classic, yeah, it's classic
Adventure/PC-DOS - Freeware
Classic Enter the city, feel the adventure noir. Feel the quiet rain, hear the still comforting.. thunder. Fear the distant.. decay. Fear... population decreasing, outspread, centered, the core, the only grouped part of mankind - the city.. death, greed, white wine. You - a private eye... in need of peace, searching for a case... in lack of clients hire yourself, the death, selfmurder...? Solve, the classic case, murderers, a p.i, no clue...
 Reviews:  ZDNet: **** YIPPEE: 4/5
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[CowQuest] Defeat that Evil Silly Psycho Cow!
Platform/PC-DOS - Freeware
CowQuest Be prepared for some silly cow adventures, guide the little cow trough mystic levels filled with passages, tunnels, ravines, mines and lots of other dangers. Defeat that Evil Silly Psycho Cow!
 Reviews:  ZDNet ***, Free Games Net 1/5, Completely FREE Software 3 Doves
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[The Silly Cow Game]
Arcade/Win9x - Freeware (255kb)
Quite lame really, like the game on funfairs where you hit a mole on the head when it pops out of it's hole, here there's cows blinking on and off on the screen and you'r supposed to click on them, err, shoot them with your shotgun. Don't download it, please (trust me). ;)
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Cows Walk Among Us / Cowsaver / Cowsaver II
[CowSaver] Cows Walk Among Us!
Screensaver/Win9x - Freeware
Cows Walk Among Us! As a ufo lands and lights up a smiling cropcircle field the truth is revealed and the cows come in, revealing their hidden truth in visibly hidden sublime message that appear on your screen... the date has been set! Be Afraid! This is the CowSaver! Try it (then try the sequel below)! It's cute! :)
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[CowSaver II] Trust No Cow
Screensaver/Win9x - Freeware
The Cows Have Returned! You didn't think it was over (or perhaps you didn't know it had ever started), so you are not suprised that the Cows Still Walk Among Us! But now The Invasion Has Begun for real, the cows are coming in millions, blown by alien winds from a galaxy far far away. Beware, your screen will get flooded with C.O.W.S!
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[XPac - The Afterlife PacSaver] They Live!
Screensaver/Win9x - Freeware
XPac is the "Afterlife PacSaver". Based on the ever popular XPac Algorithm invented by a couple of monkeys in Nepal. This isn’t just a screensaver though, it is a tool made by a mortal human to give XPac - The Afterlife PacSaverhimself some Godly powers, the power to control the life of a little Pac civilization. With just a little knowledge of how Pac’s live and breed you will be able to create PacLife algorithms were zillions or only a few Pac's cap around the screen! This is the orginal version, banned from certain file archives due to it implict reference to Pac's, but as we all know, Pac's a Pretty Artifical Creatures discovered by a couple of monkeys in Nepal with a little help from Schwarzenegger (see the help file history).
 Reviews:  YIPPEE: 5/5
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