Genie

Genie

Name	Genie
Developer(s)	Microsoft Corporation
Initial release	1997
Description	I am your humble, but powerful, servant of the lamp. Summon me forth to do your bidding.
Extra data	Your faithful servant and assistant.^^A thousand pardons, Master, but here is something you wished me to remind you. {74515580-09AB-11D1-89AB=00C04FC2DAFD}Copyright(c)1997 Microsoft Corporation
Animations	76 / 103
TTS voice	Adult Male #1, American English (TruVoice)
Download	https://tmafe.com/classic-ms-agents/Genie.acs https://tmafe.com/agent-1.5/genie.acs

Genie is a Microsoft Agent character released by Microsoft Corporation. He was one of the original four Microsoft Agents to be released by Microsoft, which also include Robby, Merlin and Peedy. His appearance is, as his name suggests, a blue genie.

Genie beta

In Microsoft Agent 1.5, there is a mention about uninstalling "Genie Beta 1". This is due to the fact that Microsoft stated that Microsoft Agent Beta characters would not work with any version past the beta, and included the uninstall information for Genie Beta 1. The files it is set to uninstall include:

Genie.ani
genie.mth
;!genie.rgn
genie.h
genie.bmp
Genie00.seq
Genie.ico
GenieSus.ico

Character data

Character data for Genie
File name:	Genie.acs
Description:	I am your humble, but powerful, servant of the lamp. Summon me forth to do your bidding.
Extra data:	Your faithful servant and assistant.^^A thousand pardons, Master, but here is something you wished me to remind you.
File size:	1.91 MB
Animations:	76
TTS voice:	Adult Male #1, American English (TruVoice)
GUID:	{C3B28D02-B254-11D0-B464-0080C7F5EE85}
TTSMode ID:	{CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273000}
TTS speed:	157
TTS pitch:	64
Width:	128px
Length:	128px

Character data for Genie
File name:	Genie.acs
Description:	I am your humble, but powerful, servant of the lamp. Summon me forth to do your bidding.
Extra data:	{74515580-09AB-11D1-89AB-00C04FC2DAFD}Copyright(c)1997 Microsoft Corporation
File size:	2.65 MB
Animations:	103
TTS voice:	Adult Male #1, American English (TruVoice)
GUID:	{C3B28D02-B254-11D0-B464-0080C7F5EE85}
TTSMode ID:	{CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273000}
TTS speed:	157
TTS pitch:	65
Width:	128px
Length:	128px

Gallery

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  The default animation frame of Genie.
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  The system tray icon of Genie.
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  The color table used by the Genie Microsoft Agent character.
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  All frames inside of the newer Genie.acs. The 1.5 version's frames could not be extracted due to format differences.
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  The Genie download button that Microsoft allowed to be added to websites to promote the character.
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  Genie as he appears in Microsoft Press' "Developing for Microsoft Agent".
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  Genie, along with Robby and Merlin on the back of Microsoft Press' "Developing for Microsoft Agent".
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  Genie as shown on the Microsoft Press' "Developing for Microsoft Agent" disc.

Trivia

• Genie was created in 1997.
• Genie is potentially the first Microsoft Agent character ever made, considering he is the only known character to exist for Microsoft Agent Beta.
• For an unknown reason, some of his animations from the MSAgent 1.5 version were removed in the newer one.
• He was one of the four original Microsoft Agents to be released by Microsoft Corporation.
• As with most classical Microsoft Agents, he has his own color table to utilize multiple unique colors to make the character seem higher quality.
• His extra data section and pitch also differ between versions.