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Timothy Leary's software (1985-1996): The dream of post-literal culture

Neuromancer (Interplay 1988) instruction manual

This 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.

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2. Mind Mirror (1985) instructions
3. Mind Mirror DOS hex Hex readout from a commercially available disk image of Mind Mirror. Left column contains byte addresses, middle column contains hex values, and right column contains ASCII (text) values where applicable. Personality charting based on Leary's written works begins at address 021260. Several additional classifications derived from the circumplex model are also found in the text, including several located at address 04B480.
4. Archives of Timothy Leary: Appraisal (2008 report)
5. Timothy Leary Archive (2007, Internet Archive)
9. Neuromancer (Interplay 1988) instruction manual This 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.
10. Neuromancer video game adaptation (Interplay 1988)