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OM ",8,1: SEARCHING FOR BY C64.COM LOADING READY. RUN - LLLLLLLLKJIHGFEDCBA - WELCOME FOLKS!! - YOU HAVE JUST ENTERED THE PART WHERE THREE C64 VETERANS DO THEIR COMEBACK ON THE C64! - - YOU HEAR THAT FUNKY TUNE? - WHO ELSE COULD HAVE DONE IT BUT THE MAIN MAN IN MANIACS OF NOISE, - MR JEROEN TEL HIMSELF!! - - AND YOU KNOW WHAT? - THERE'S ANOTHER TUNE BY JEROEN WAITING FOR YOU IN THE NEXT PART! - - WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER TWO YOU ASK... - WELL, THEY'RE BOTH GRAPHIC ARTISTS; ONE OF THEM HAS THE SHIRE AS HIS HOMELAND, AND THE OTHER IS AN ANARCHISTIC MILITARY MAN. THIS SYMBOL SHOULD GIVE YOU AN IDEA... - AND NOW, THE WHOLE PICTURE PLEASE! - PRESS F1 FOR COLOSSUS BY THE HOBBIT, F3 FOR THE CAT III BY THE SARGE, F5 FOR MANSON BY THE HOBBIT, AND FINALLY F7 FOR FEMALE WARRIOR BY THE SARGE. - DESIGN BY MORPHEUS. - PROGRAMMING BY HCL. - OVER TO THE USUAL RAMBLINGS... - - HELLO FREAKS! MORPHEUS AT THE KEYS. IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE THE ONE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU. ISN'T IT JUST TOO COOL? THANKS JEROEN, ALAIN AND JOACHIM! - AT THE MOMENT, DRAX'S CAPRIPHOLIAN WALTZ IS KEEPING ME COMPANY. IT'S A BLOODY COOL TUNE IF YOU ASK ME. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SOUNDTRACK TO ONE OF THOSE GODFATHER MOVIES. THOMAS, YOU SHOULD REALLY DO SOMETHING MORE WITH THESE WONDERFUL MELODIES. - I THINK THE MUSIC IN THIS DEMO IS BRILLIANT! I HADN'T HEARD MUCH OF WHAT THE GUYS HAD DONE LATELY. DRAX DID A TUNE FOR OUR (FLASH INCORPORATED'S) PROMETHEUS UNBOUND DEMO IN 1992, AND I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST THING I HEARD FROM HIM. - I HADN'T HEARD ANY MUSIC FROM HEIN BEFORE, BUT I'VE SEEN HIS GRAPHICS, AND HCL SAID HE WAS GOOD, SO THERE WAS NO QUESTION THIS GUY WOULD DELIVER COOL TUNES. LISTENING TO HIS PREVIOUS WORK, I THINK HE HAS OUTDONE HIMSELF WITH THE TWO PIECES HE'S DONE FOR THIS DEMO (THE INTRO TUNE IS CALLED A NEW HAIRCUT BY THE WAY). - CHAPELIER IS A NEW GUY ON THE SCENE. HE'S MY MATE, CO-WORKER ON C64.COM, AND A TOP LAD. I CAN LISTEN TO HIS TUNE PLAYING KILLER WHALE OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE I LIKE IT SO MUCH. - AND JEROEN TEL, WELL, I BASICALLY KNOW HIS OLD TUNES BY HEART, AND THE NEW STUFF IS PRETTY DARN COOL! - WELL DONE ALL OF YOU! - IT'S TIME TO TAKE A SMALL BREAK AND SEND THE SCROLLTEXT TO TRAZAN. GO FOR IT BRO! - TRAZAN TO THE RESCUE... - SO... - I GUESS THIS WOULD BE MY FIRST SCROLLTEXT IN SOMETHING LIKE 7-8 YEARS! WHEN GETTING TO THINK ABOUT IT, I WONDER WHICH SCENER THAT WROTE MOST SCROLLTEXTS BACK IN THE DAYS. ANY IDEAS? LET ME KNOW! - OR NOT... - ANYWAYS DATAPEOPLE... THIS DEMO WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED AT BIG FLOPPY PEOPLE COPY-PARTY. ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME MEMORIES WITH YOU. I REMEMBER THE FIRST LCP PARTY SOMEWHERE IN THE DEEP JUNGLE OF VAXJO WHERE THE REMAINING GOOD GUYS OF THE OLD TRIBE MET UP AND WITH GREAT STYLE OF DATAPIGGERY SADLY ENOUGH TRASHED THE PLACE, YET IN A NOT-SO-EVIL WAY. - GOOD MEMORIES FROM THAT PARTY IS ZYRON BEING ATTACKED BY WASPS IN THE KLATTERSTALLNING, THE GOOD OLD ANALGETINGAR I KLATTERSTALLNINGEN. ALSO GOING SWIMMING IN SOME NEARBY LAKE AND GETTING KALLSUPAR WILD ENOUGH TO ALMOST PUKE. OH YES... AND THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD DATA AS WELL. - I CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER WHEN THE TRADITIONAL KALSONGDATA-TREND STARTED, BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN AROUND THESE TIMES. JUCKE CAN HOPEFULLY HELP WITH THIS GOOD-TO-KNOW INFO... - - ELSE WHAT IS AN IMPORTANT AND INFORMATIVE THING TO TELL IN A SCROLLER? LET ME RANDOMLY PICK A DISK FROM THE C64.COM COLLECTION AND READ IT... AND BACK, JUST MINUTES LATER WITH SOME FRESH IDEAS: - OK, WE HAVE THE A-Z GREETINGS, WE HAVE THE TOP 10 GROUPS GREETINGS AND NOT TO FORGET THE FUCKINGS LIST AS WELL. ALSO A NOTABLE PIECE OF TEXT TO ADD IN ANY PRODUCTION OF ANY USE IS THE "THIS IS WHAT HELPED US MAKE THIS PRODUCTION". I THINK I'LL START WITH THAT SINCE THAT'S THE MOST SIMPLE PART OF A SCROLLER OF ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE AT ALL. - - ME WRITE DOWN ALL THIS NONSENSE MUST BE, IN NO SPECIAL ORDER AT ALL: MIAMI VICE, JENNIFER, SLAY RADIO, INDIANA JONES, STAR WARS, WARP COPY, ACTION REPLAY, RRNET, 1541'S, THE C64 MONKEYBOX, SKANSENS AKVARIUM, MJUKGLASS, PEPSI, PINBALL, FRISBEE, STOCKHOLM JAZZFESTIVAL, WONDERLAND SERIES, LOST ON THE STUPID TV, VALLINGBY HQ, FLEMING HQ, NATTBUSS HEM, BORDSFLAKT MODELL LITEN, VISA ROSTER, MOTORHEAD, IRON MAIDEN, AND I GUESS A FEW ZILLION OTHER THINGS TO BE LISTED... - - ON TO SOMETHING ELSE TO WASTE MEMORY ON; A FEW OF THE BETTER THINGS THAT DID HAPPEN DURING ALL THESE YEARS WITH THIS LITTLE MAGIC PIECE OF PLASTIC, WIRINGS, CHIPS WITHOUT DIP: AT THE WORST PARTY EVER, TP5, WE FOUND A RATHER NICE PART OF THE HALL, SOMEWHAT 100*100 METERS, A HUGE EMPTY HALL WHERE WE SAT DOWN ON SOME CHAIRS WE FOUND. NOT 100% ABOUT THE PPL JOINING US, BUT I GUESS: MOTLEY, NEWSCOPY, JUCKE, SIXX, THE MINISTRY, GEGGIN AND SOME MORE PPL. ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHILE SITTING DOWN RELAXING WITH SOME BEERS AND SMOKES, NEWSCOPY STANDS UP AND WALKS TOWARDS THE EXIT AND THE TOILETS. SOME METERS AWAY, HE TURNS AROUND, SOMEWHAT CONFUSED, AND ASKS US TO KEEP AN EYE ON HIS CHAIR SO THAT NO ONE WOULD STEAL IT. OK, WE WERE ALL ALONE IN THIS HUGE HALL... WHO COULD EVER SNEAK IN TO STEAL HIS CHAIR? GOOD LAUGHS! - - ANOTHER GOOD THING - MUST BE AT SOME LCP. ME AND MY LOCAL DATAMONKEYS PACKED OUR PATROL CAR FULL WITH STUFF ENOUGH TO LAST A WEEKEND AT A GOOD PARTY. A SMALL OVEN AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT FOR SOME REASON CAME ALONG IN THE CAR. WHEN REACHING THE PARTY, ALL OF A SUDDEN, LOCAL HERO "J" GETS THIS IDEA TO MAKE A CAKE, SO OFF WE RUN TO THE SHOP TO BUY ALL INGREDIENTS NEEDED ALONG WITH SOME APPLES. SITTING DOWN OUTSIDE THE PARTY PEELING APPLES, MIXING IT ALL UP, THEN CARRYING THE OVEN IN AND TURNING IT ON, JUST TO SEE A WHOLE SECTION OF THE HALL GO BLACK. SHORTCUT, BLACKOUT, FUSES TO HELL. JOYRIDE TO THE RESCUE WITH A FORK, JACKING IT IN THE FUSEBOX, ON WITH THE SHOW AND ALL WAS GOOD. EVEN THE APPLECAKE WE MADE... YUM! OK, ANDREAS WANTS ME TO WRAP THIS UP. JUNKTEXT OVERLOAD... - - MORPH IS BACK AT THE KEYS... I DO HOPE YOU'VE LOOKED AT ALL FOUR BEAUTIES UP THERE... IT'S SO COOL THAT SARGIE BOY DREW THE SEQUEL TO THE CAT PICS HE DID BACK WHEN HE WAS A MEMBER OF TRIAD. - - TALKING ABOUT CATS, LISA THE CAT JUST ENTERED THE ROOM AND STARTED BONKING THE COMPUTER AS SHE OFTEN DOES WHEN I'M WORKING AT HOME. IT'S VEEERY COSY... HMMM... WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT? - I COULD TRY TO COMPILE SOME KIND OF COMPLETE GREETINGS LIST, BUT IT FEELS LIKE AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK. I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE DURING THESE PAST 20 YEA - S, AND ESPECIALLY SINCE I STARTED WORK ON C64.COM. - - THANKS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS DEMO, AND ESPECIALLY HCL AS HE'S THE GUY WHO CODED ALL THIS. HE'S ALSO THE ONE THAT HAD TO DEAL WITH THE NEW IDEAS AND CHANGES I WANTED TO DO WHEN OTHER THINGS ALREADY WAS DECIDED. - DAVID, YOU'RE A STAR!! - THANKS TO MY C64.COM CO-WORKERS FOR A JOB WELL DONE. LET'S KEEP IT UP AND MAKE IT THE BEST AND BIGGEST C64 SITE OUT THERE. LET'S MAKE SITES LIKE LEMON 64 LOOK EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS! - A LITTLE SLAGGING IS WHAT WE NEED, YEAH! ;) - GREETS TO ALL MY CURRENT SCENE FRIENDS, THE SLAY RADIO TEAM FOR BEING COOL GUYS AND ESPECIALLY SLAYGON FOR THE FRIENDSHIP AND THE HOSTING, CHRIS AT C64 AUDIO FOR THE LOVELY BIT LIVE EVENTS, MAKKE AND O2 FOR MAKING SUPERB REMIXES AND BEING TOP LADS, THE SPY FOR THE LONG-TIME FRIENDSHIP, DRAX FOR THE NICE CONVERSATIONS AND PROFESSIONALISM, INDY IN JAKAN FOR GREAT RESEARCH WORK, CHAPELIER FOR FAB WORK AND FRIENDSHIP, ANDRY FOR HIS BRAINS, DEZED AND UTOPIA OF THE SILENTS FOR THE HUGE IMPACT YOUR PRODUCTIONS HAD ON ME, ZIPHOID OF ZIPHCABS AB AND HIS ADORABLE KIDS, AND JENNIFER OF COURSE... - GOD DAMN! WHO ELSE? - - OUT OF BRAIN ORDER - - OH YEAH! THE SCC GUYS FOR INTERVIEWS, SCROLLTEXTS AND THE FAB FOUR HOUR CHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. - - I THINK THAT MUST BE IT. DON'T BE OFFENDED IF I DIDN'T MENTION YOU. JUST WRITE ME A MAIL AND TELL ME TO ADD YOU TO THE GREETINGS LIST TO BE FEATURED IN THE NEXT DEMO. ;) WE SAW A REAL FEEL-GOOD MOVIE CALLED WEDDING CRASHERS YESTERDAY. I THINK IT WAS BLOODY GREAT! LOTS OF GREAT JOKES. IF YOU SEE THE MOVIE, ASK YOURSELF WHO YOU'D LIKE TO GET MARRIED TO. I THINK I ALREADY KNOW. - SEE THE MOVIE AND THINK ABOUT 'RED-TOP' AND 'BRAZILIAN'. ;) - OTHER GOOD MOVIES I'VE SEEN LATELY ARE THE OLD INDY MOVIES, THE OLD RAMBO MOVIES (HOLY SHIT, MUST PUT ON GALWAY IS GOD NOW - OK - DONE), AND THE OLD ROCKY MOVIES. NOW, IT'S VERY EASY TO BE NOSTALGIC ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU WERE A KID, BUT I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. THIS DEMO WOULDN'T EXIST IF I WASN'T NOSTALGIC ABOUT THE C64. I GOT SO MANY MEMORIES OF SITTING IN FRONT OF THE C64 TRYING TO PUZZLE A DEMO TOGETHER. I REMEMBER THE DAYS I SPENT WITH EPSILON OF FLASH INCORPORATED WORKING ON STUFF THAT NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY BECAUSE HE WAS TOO LAZY TO FINISH ANYTHING. AND THE AMIGA MUSIC COLLECTION I DREW A LOGO AND FONT FOR. WELL, IT WAS ACTUALLY FINISHED BUT EPSILON DECIDED IT WAS SO BAD HE FORMATTED THE ONLY WORKING COPY. GOOD ON YA JAVIER! - - I ALSO GOT LOTS OF MEMORIES SPENDING TIME AT JUM-JUM/HELLCAT/SPACE ACE/SQUELCH'S PLACE. HE WASN'T THE KINDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, HE WAS KIND OF RUDE ACTUALLY, AND IT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE I WASN'T VERY GOOD AT DOING STUFF. THIS WAS IN 1987 AND 1988. I REMEMBER SQUELCH HAD A BROTHER AND A SISTER, AND THEY ALL LIVED WITH THEIR MOM (WHO'S TITS I UNFORTUNATELY SAW ONE MORNING AS SHE CAME OUT OF THE BATHROOM) IN THIS LITTLE HELL-HOLE CALLED KRYLBO. - - ANOTHER PERSON THAT WAS A REAL PAIN IN THE ARSE WAS QIX OF STAGE 3, A GUY WHO LIVED QUITE NEAR ME IN TENSTA (A STOCKHOLM SUBURB). STAGE 3 WAS A QUITE COOL GROUP WITH THEIR TALENTED CODER CSA LEADING THEM. QIX WAS A FINNISH GUY NAMED TOMMY VUORIO SOMETHING, AND HE WAS THE LEADER (READ: DICTATOR) OF THE LOCAL COMPUTER CLUB I WAS A MEMBER OF FOR A WHILE. I GOT MY AMIGA 500 IN 1987 AND AT ONE POINT I BOUGHT BARBARIAN. IT WAS THE PLATFORM VERSION AND I THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE BORING. QIX TOLD ME THAT IF I GAVE HIM THE ORIGINAL, HE WOULD SUPPLY ME WITH NEW C64 GAMES FOR A MONTH. I THINK I GOT FIVE GAMES IN THE END. EVERY TIME I WENT TO HIS PLACE, HE WAS EITHER NOT AT HOME OR BUSY WITH SOMETHING. SAME THING AT THE COMPUTER CLUB. SO I'D LIKE TO SEND OUT A BIG FUCK OFF TO QIX FOR BEING AN ASSHOLE TO ME AND MANY OTHERS. NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE GAMES, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF HIS LOUSY ATTITUDE. - YOURSELF: "WHY ALL THESE JOLLY STORIES MORPH?" - WELL, I WROTE THEM DOWN FOR TWO REASONS: 1) I'M ARCHIVING MY PAST BY WRITING THIS DOWN, MEMORIES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND 2) IT'S THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT MADE ME BELIEVE IN MYSELF AND MADE ME WORK HARDER TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING I'D BE PROUD OF. AND FOR THE SCENE FAME OF COURSE. GETTING GREETED BY COOL TEAMS WAS REALLY SPECIAL BACK THEN. TWO OCCASIONS I REMEMBER AT THE MOMENT IS WHEN WE WERE ALLOWED BY TRINITY TO GREET THE VIKINGS IN OUR PENTANGEL DEMOS. I EVEN TOLD MY FRIENDS IN SCHOOL ABOUT THIS! :) I WAS ALSO PROUD WHEN KJER GREETED ME IN DOLLY PARTY THAT HORIZON RELEASED AT THEIR PARTY IN ESKILSTUNA. ME AND EPSILON HAD LENT OUR COMPUTERS TO HIM BECAUSE HE NEEDED THEM FOR SOME CALCULATION JOB. - - I'M BACK AFTER A SIX HOUR ROUND OF THE SEMI-NEW PC VERSION OF PIRATES! WHAT A LOVELY LITTLE GAME SID MEIER & CO HAVE DONE! I WAS TOTALLY ADDICTED TO THE AMIGA VERSION, AND THIS IS JUST A BRILL ADDITION TO THE PIRATES! SERIES. DO YOU REMEMBER THE EARLY PC VERSION? IT WAS SUCH A CRAP GAME! NOTHING LIKE THE ORIGINAL. - - WITH THAT INTERESTING NOTE, I'M LEAVING THE KEYS. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PICS! BYE... - - -