Cows98 by Padua
**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** 64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE READY. LOAD"COWS98 /PADUA",8,1: SEARCHING FOR COWS98 /PADUA LOADING READY. RUN - THOSE WHO BOLDLY PRONOUNCED THE SCENE FO - EMPTY MINDED, PAINFULLY AWARE OF UNCOOPERATIVE HARDWARE, VISION CLOUDED BY A LACK OF SLEEP AND DISTURBED BY AN EVER GROWING AMOUNT OF LAZINESS, PADUA BRINGS YOU COMING OUT WITH STYLE, THE FIRST COW. NOT AS GRAND AS MEANT TO BE, NOT AS MUCH VALUE AS ANTICIPATED, BUT NEVERTHELESS A MOMENTUM IN THE FACE OF ALL THOSE WHO BOLDLY PRONOUNCED THE SCENE FOR DEAD. RIGHT NOW, SOME PIECES OF ART IN THE TRUE PADUA SPIRIT ARE ABOUT TO ROLL ONTO YOUR PHOSPHORIC EYE REAPER AS THE RESULT OF SOME LONG NERVEWRECKING HOURS OF BIT TORTURING HERE AT THE PARTYPLACE. ..A FEW YEARS LATER.. X98 HAS BEEN OVER FOR A LONG TIME. WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE INFO WHICH DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE PARTY VERSION AND SOME RANTING ABOUT THE WHAT, THE HOW AND THE WHY OF AMONGST OTHERS THIS DEMO. FIRST OF ALL THE CREDITS. THIS PART: CRAZY (BUT MOSTLY LAME) PARTYCODING AT X98 BY DOOMED, MUSIC BY RAZE, CHAR BY THE SYNDROM AND LOGO BY THE - #1 GRAPHICIAN EVER (ACCORDING TO HIMSELF) HE WISHES TO REMAIN ANONIMOUS, THE SECOND PART WAS CODED BY ANONYM ALSO AT X98, WITH MUSIC BY BY RED DEVIL, WINDOWS GRAPHICS BY CUPID AND A FONT BY HI-LITE. THE THIRD AND LAST PART WAS ALSO CODED BY DOOMED, GRAPHICS BY CUPID, AND MUSIC BY TRACKER... AND NOW, ON WITH THE TRUE STORY OF THIS UNLUCKY DEMO. (BTW.. PRESS SPACE IF YOU GET BORED..) SOME MONTHS BEFORE THE PARTY I DECIDED TO DO A LITTLE DEMO UNDER THIS TITLE, FEATURING A FEW NICE'N'TRICKY PARTS TO SHOW THE REAL MEANING OF C64 DEMOS... BUT AS ALWAYS PLANS ARE LEGIO, BUT TIME IS NOT AND SO IT WENT BY UNTIL X98 DREW CLOSER.. WE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS A COMBINED PADUA EFFORT, FOR THE X98 PARTY.. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS BUT ONE DAY LEFT, MOST PARTS STILL UNFINISHED, I WAS CODING LIKE MAD, COMPUTERS CRASHED, SOURCES WERE LOST AS FAST AS THEY WERE CREATED, I ENDED UP LOST IN THE COUNTRYSIDE NEAR THE PARTYPLACE AT 3 AM, WITHOUT ANY PARTS BUT THE LAST ONE. I CAME ACROSS SOME OTHER PEOPLE WHERE (DEEKAY, WEASEL) AND WHEN WE FOUND THE PARTYPLACE AT LAST IT WAS 2 HOURS LATER. AFTER SOME FEW HOURS OF SLEEP, WE SPENT THE DAY TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING MORE TOGETHER, AND WHEN THE FIRST DEMOS WERE BEING SHOWN, WE HANDED IN OUR CONTRIBUTION.. WHICH CRASHED. NOT RELEASED OFCOURSE, WE PLANNED ALL KINDS OF STUFF FOR AND WITH IT, BUT NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED EXCEPT ME RELINKING THE ORIGINAL PARTS TO SOMETHING THAT SEEMED TO WORK. SO THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO HAVE A GO AGAIN, AS WE DIDNT REALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO RELEASE AND THIS WAS STILL NOT OUT. SO HERE YOU HAVE IT.. C.O.W.S. 98, 2 YEARS BELATED.. HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING FROM US IN THE FUTURE.. THE GREETS GO OUT TO THOSE STILL SLAVERING ON THE GLORIOUS MACHINE. /DOOMED - -MUSIC BY RED DEVIL OF FLT - -