Check

Check

Name	Check
Developer(s)	Rayflex Animation
Initial release	June 1997
Description	© 1997 Rayflex Animation
Extra data	N/A
Animations	20
TTS voice	Adult Male #3, American English (TruVoice)
Download	https://tmafe.com/classic-ms-agents/CHECK.ACS

Check, also known as King Gambit, is a Microsoft Agent character developed by Rayflex Animation in 1997. His appearance is a white king chess piece.

Usage

Rayflex website

Check was created by Rayflex Animation as a demonstration character to attract customers on their website. Below is some of the VBS script played upon the user visiting the website:

 Sub SayHello
 Select Case DownloadStatus	' reaction to button push depends on
 Case "OK"  	' how much data has been downloaded
 ActorX.MoveTo 288,216,0
 ActorX.Show
 ActorX.Play "Blink"
 ActorX.Speak "\spd=150\\map=""\pit=130\Hell\pit=80\oh \pit=50\""=""Hello""\. \pit=120\Glad you could stop by."
 ActorX.Play "Blink"
 ActorX.Play "Greet"
 ActorX.Speak "I am King Gambit."
 ActorX.Play "Blink"
 ActorX.MoveTo 312,230
 ActorX.Play "Greet"
 ActorX.Speak "Soon, the rest of my animations will be uploaded..."
 ActorX.Speak "and I will be able to give you commands."
 ActorX.Speak "After all, I am, a king you know."
 ActorX.MoveTo 290,262
 ActorX.Play "Blink"
 ActorX.Speak "Rayflex is now my permanent home and the site of my creators."
 ActorX.Speak "There will be many new things here in the near future."
 ActorX.Speak "Right now, I have to keep dodging all the construction."
 ActorX.Play "Blink"
 ActorX.Speak "But it will be worth it when it's finished."
 ActorX.Speak "The truth, is still out there..."
 ActorX.Speak "in the active X files."
 ActorX.Speak "You used to be able to get the project files for my predecessor, Checkmate..."
 ActorX.Speak "by clicking on Checkmate's image to download him, but for now you'll have to wait until the new website."
 ActorX.Speak "He was originally created in June of 1997."
 ActorX.Speak "You will be able to rebuild him with the Agent Character Editor."
 ActorX.MoveTo 226,275
 ActorX.Speak "That's all for now."
 ActorX.Play "Blink"
 ActorX.Speak "Please contact Rayflex Animation, if you are interested in having a custom character created for your project."
 ActorX.Speak "See you soon."
 ActorX.Hide
 Case "NOCHAR" 
 MsgBox ActorXName & "did not load.", 48, ActorXName & "'s Page"
 End Select
 End Sub

Character data

Character data for Check
File name:	CHECK.ACS
Description:	Copyright © 1997 Edward Kauffmann
Extra data:	N/A
File size:	167 KB
Animations:	20
TTS voice:	Adult Male #3, American English (TruVoice)
GUID:	{B869BBA1-FD5C-11D0-A985-444553540000}
TTSMode ID:	{8AA08CA0-A1AE-11D3-9BC5-00A0C967A2D1}
TTS speed:	129
TTS pitch:	190
Width:	128px
Length:	128px

Gallery

• 
  The default animation frame of Check.
• 
  Gif of Check from Rayflex Animation's website.

Trivia

• Check is one of the earliest non-Microsoft created characters, being created in 1997.
• Check is one of the classical Microsoft Agents to be developed for Microsoft Agent 1.5.
• There are no known Microsoft Agent 2.0 versions of Check.