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12016-06-16T15:59:25-07:00james hodges6ac39e185bb250f23d0e0debb15e864740375d6795361This is a scan of the instructions produced to accompany Interplay's 1988 game adaptation of William Gibson's Cyberpunk novel Neuromancer. A "special thanks" to Timothy Leary is included on page 1, likely in acknowledgement of his role enlisting the rock band DEVO to provide licensed music, and possibly also for his production of several early drafts for game art and dialogue (see Timothy Leary papers, New York Public Library, box 217 for more information). This scan also includes a printed summary of the content from Neuromancer's "Code Wheel" on PDF pages 18-19. The code wheel was a paratextual game piece, required for gameplay, that was used as a printed/analog form of copy protection. The code wheel summary and scanning are date stamped 7/10/1989, author not credited.plain2016-06-16T15:59:25-07:00james hodges6ac39e185bb250f23d0e0debb15e864740375d67
