Let's Split by Fairlight
**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** 64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE READY. LOAD: SEARCHING FOUND FLT/LET'S SPLIT! LOADING READY. RUN HG - ABCDFHJLNQTWZ] $'+.259< - CREDITS FOR THIS LITTLE OFFERING GO TO: TMC,TOB AND THE ALCHEMIST FOR THE NEAT GRAPHICS... JEROEN TEL FOR THE BOPPY MUSIC AND FINALLY THE ALCHEMIST FOR THE HORRIFIC CODING... BECAUSE THIS SCROLLER IS SO DIFFICULT TO READ I'M GOING TO TELL YOU LOT'S OF THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT OR MORE LIKELY MIGHT NOT KNOW... FOR EXAMPLE, DID YOU KNOW THAT 'SOMEBODY' HAD THIS ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO?? ALSO, DID YOU KNOW THAT ZAPHOD OF FAIRLIGHT IS ONE THE EUROPES BEST JUNIORS IN A CERTAIN SPORT?? (NO NOT BEER DRINKING...) KARL 12 RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT IS PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO HIS MULTIPLEX DYSP!! YOU KNOW THAT STRIDER HAS GOT A TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINE, BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW HE GET'S HIS MESSAGE ON THERE?? NO, I DON'T THINK YOU DO AND NEITHER DO I BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT I AM PRETTY SURE THAT HE IS TOTALLY PISSED WHEN HE DOES THOSE MESSAGES!! - GREETINGS TO MY FRIENDS... * BAGDER * KJER * ZAGOR * MASTERMIND * KEE * SANKE * FONZI * KARL XII * - AND OF COURSE TO MY REALLY GREAT PAL: ZAPHOD B.!! - MAY HE LIE IN HIS GRAVE IN A DRUNKEN STUPOUR!! - OK, AS YOU CAN SEE I DON'T HAVE MANY PALS IN THE COMPUTER WORLD BUT THEN AGAIN WHO NEEDS ALL THOSE CONTACTS?? ISN'T IT ENOUGH TO KNOW THE BEST?? OK, I DIDN'T INCLUDE ALL THE FLT MEMBERS BUT OF COURSE THEY'RE MY PALS SO LET'S SEND OUT SOME HELLOS TO THEM.... YO * STRIDER * GOLLUM * VIPER * BACCHUS * JUDGE * HOBBIT * THE BLACK SHADOW * - OK THIS'LL DO FOR THIS SCROLL TEXT... - AAAARRRGGGHHH!! WELL YOU MAY THINK THAT THIS DEMO IS A LOAD OF SHIT, WELL I'LL TELL YOU THAT WHEN I CODED THIS PART IN NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 NOBODY HAD DONE 8 SPLITS, CHARACTERS WITH NO D011 BUG! SO NOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE GONE SPLIT CRAZY THIS DEMO ISN'T ALL THAT GREAT IS IT?? NOPE... MESSAGE TO STARION.. ISN'T IT KIND OF WEAK TO GO HIP CRAZY OVER YOUR 11 SPLITS?? HOW MANY ARE THE DUBBLED I WONDER??? YOU WELL KNOW THAT 9 DIFFERENT SPLITS IS ABSOLUTE MAX!! (8 WITH CHARS!!). NOW I GUESS PEOPLE WILL GO MAD WITH MULTIPLEX DYSPS... TOP DYSPERS FEB'89: KARL XII (32SPRITES) UPFRONT (14SPRITES+HIRES). - OK, I NEARLY FORGOT ABOUT THE SPEED OPTIONS... - WOW... - WELL THIS SCROLL IS GONNA BOP ABOUT LIKE CRAZY COZ ALL THE - BEEN USING THE SPEED OPTIONS... - YES THAT'S RIGHT, EVEN FAIRLIGHT HAVE GOT SPEED OPTIONS IN THEIR SCROLLERS!! - (ISN'T IT KINDA LAME???) - GROOVY HIP-HOPS TO FONZI FOR BEING SO LAME (JOKE DUDE!! DID YA GET THE PACKAGE??) - HEY... ISN'T THIS DEMO COOL??? - SAW THE BOUNTY HUNTER DEMO THE OTHER DAY AND I GOT REALLY PISSED!! - BAGDER ALWAYS MANAGES TO USE MY IDEAS BEFORE I DO! IT'S NOT THAT HE STEALS THEM IT'S JUST THAT HE THINKS OF THEM ASWELL!! - RATS!! COOL HORIZON... - NUMBER ONE!! - WELL, FINALLY IT'S RELEASED... * LET'S SPLIT! * CODED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 1988 BY THE ALCHEMIST OF FAIRLIGHT. HERE IS A LIST OF MY FAVOURITE DEMO MAKERS... 1: HORIZON (LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE, BOUNTY HUNTER WAS GREAT!!) 2: UPFRONT (DYSP WITH HIRES!! AMAZING!!) 3: GROOVY BITS (NO RELEASES YET BUT I KNOW WHAT'S IN THEIR DEMO... GREAT!!) 4: ASH&DAVE (MOONWALKER... NO COMMENT!) 5: BEYOND FORCE (THE PIC ROTATION ROUTINE IS WELL COOL!!).... OK ENUFF OF THAT AND OVER TO SOME SERIOUS NAGGING... WELL BEING A MEMBER OF FAIRLIGHT USUALY MEANS THAT ONE IS A COMPETENT CRACKER AND I THINK THAT I COULD APPLY THAT TAG TO MYSELF!! AFTER READING THE LATEST CRACK-CHARTS IN BOTH ILLEGAL AND IGUANA I ASK MYSELF "WHY ARE FAIRLIGHT ONLY 10TH??". I DECIDED TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH BETTER THE OTHER GROUPS WERE... SEEING AS THOUGH I DON'T TRADE WITH ANYONE I CALLED UP VIPER AND ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ANYBODY ELSES RELEASES OF THE LATEST FAIRLIGHT CRACKS... WHAT HE TOLD ME MADE ME SLIGHTLY MAD... ELITE, WHO WERE AT THE TIME OF WRITING #1 IN THE CHARTS HAD RELEASED BOTH 'WEC LE MANS' AND 'ACTION SERVICE' AND BOTH OF THESE WERE INFERIOR TO THE FLT RELEASES (WEC HAD A 'MEGA' TRAINER WHICH COMPRISED OF SKIP 'LEVEL' AND INF.TIME... WOW..) BUT THE LAMEST RELEASE MUST BE ACTION SERVICE... BOTH ELITE & 711 HAVE RELEASED UNCRUNCHED DISK ORIGINALS WITH THEIR INTROS ON THEM!! 711 DID THE SAME THING WITH DRAGON NINJA!! NOW I ASK MYSELF, IS THAT WHAT CRACKING IS ALL ABOUT?? A YEAR OR SO AGO TRIAD MADE THERE NAME WITH SUPERIOR CRACKS FROM MR.Z AND JANITOR SO WHY ARE PEOPLE REVERTING TO THE FAST CRACKS WHICH MEANS BAD QUALITY?? C'MON GUYS! YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT!! LET'S SEE SOME REAL QUALITY INSTEAD OF PAMPERING TO THE AMERICANS NEEDS!! NOW THAT I HAVE CALMED DOWN A BIT I REALLY MUST SAY THAT I PERSONALLY DON'T CARE IF FAIRLIGHT AREN'T #1 BUT I MUST SAY THAT IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT QUALITY THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT SPEED AND THAT'S A PITY.... OK, THE ALCHEMIST SENDS FAREWELLS TO ALL FAIRLIGHT MEMBERS AND TO ANYONES TOES THAT I MAY HAVE STOOD ON, I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT THE OTHER GROUPS ARE LAME IT'S JUST THAT I WANT TO SEE SOME QUALITY RELEASES LIKE IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF JANITOR & MR.Z!! THIS DEMO WAS RELEASED 890224 - FAIRLIGHTPROUDLY PRESENT *** LET'S SPLIT!! *** -