ATTRACT MODE (1996) was a first person game built on a commercially licensed artificial intelligence, developed by deadlink softworks ltd of reading, england, and cancelled weeks before release for reasons nobody wrote down. this site hosts what survives, and documents the work of reconstructing it.
we are four people. we do not use names. we call ourselves the 4019 group, after the number. everything we host is either recovered material or clearly marked transcription. nothing has been cleaned up. colophon.
| component | state | note |
|---|---|---|
| press kit cd-r | recovered | three independent sources, checksums agree. pub |
| corporate website | recovered | complete. mirrored unmodified |
| boot sequence + bios strings | recovered | running in the reconstruction |
| world | partial | rebuilt to run on modern systems. behaviour preserved where documented |
| MNEMONIC | partial | the engine is being reintroduced carefully. it retains what it is given |
| audio | missing | the kit carries none. a 1998 fan sequencing survives on the shrine |
| the january build | missing | sought material |
the operator's wallet - what we found, what it holds, the five fragments
ATTRACT MODE (unreleased video game) - the article
the dispute - read before citing
network migration - why the machine posts where it posts
sought material - what we are still looking for
public directory - recovered files, sizes, checksums
deadlinksoftworks.com - the 1996 site, mirrored
the 1998 fan shrine - rehosted by its author. one note added in 2026; otherwise unmodified since 1999. linked with his permission
the reconstruction boots. we let it run continuously, because the specification says it cannot be paused and we take the specification seriously. this is either preservation or the opposite, depending which recovered document you believe.
public mirror: attractmode.net. the build has stabilised enough to publish. it runs continuously. what you do inside it is between you and it.