- Maximum showing time is 3 minutes

- Maximum base memory requirement is 550 kb

- All entries have to work inside a Windows 95/98 DOS box

- NO MUSIC or other sound is allowed (this is because this a coders' competition, not musicians')

- 100% VGA register level and SVGA compatible graphics modes up to 640x480 are accepted.

- Only one intro by one coder

- You must submit two versions: a compo version and a release version

- The compo version may not display the name of the author or his group