On Our Own by Focus
- NG & DESIGN) .. I HOPE YOU LIKE MY ATTEM - % USE A JOYSTICK IN PORT 2 FOR SCROLLSPEED # .. THIS IS THE DARK JUDGE TYPING HERE .. I'VE JUST MADE A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS PART,AND NOW ALL THERE'S LEFT TO DO IS THE WRITING OF THE TEXT . FORTUNATELY THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 8 BLOCKS RESERVED FOR THAT,BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GOT THE FAINTEST IDEA WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT .. WELL,I COULD OFCOURSE GIVE YOU THE NAMES OF PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SCREEN . THEY ARE COMPYX/FOCUS (LOGO) $ RB/FOCUS (MUSIC) $ CLF/ORIGO (BALLS) $ ZOOLOOK/EX WWE (CHARS) AND ME,TDJ/FOCUS (CODING & DESIGN) .. I HOPE YOU LIKE MY ATTEMPT AT 'VECTORBALLS' . I MYSELF THINK IT WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL,CONSIDERING I ONLY USED 8 SPRITES (2 PER BALL) . ANYWAY,TODAY COMPYX & GENIUS OF FOCUS CAME OVER TO MY PLACE,AND EVEN AS I WRITE THEY ARE SITTING NEXT TO ME . SO WHY DON'T I BE THE PERFECT HOST,AND LET THEM WRITE FOR A CHANGE ?? HERE'S GENIUS TO ENTERTAIN YOU .. YEP, THAT'S RIGHT DUDEZ.... THIS IS MY FIRST SCROLLTEXT IN ONE OF OUR DEMOS AND I'M PROUD TO PRESENT YA THIS NEW DEMO CALLED 'ON OUR OWN'.... I THINK DEMOS HAVE TO LOOK COOL... THEY GOT TO HAVE STYLE AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOW YA... WATCH OUT FOR MORE DEMOS COMING YAR WAY!!!! BEFORE I HANDLE THE KEYBOARD TO COMPYX I WANT TO SAY HI TO ALL MY CONTACTS..... SPREAD THIS PIECE OF ARTWORK LIKE HELL, O.K? SEE YA GUYS!!! GENIUS IS ....... GUESS WHO'S TYPING? COMPYX! (I THINK IT WASN'T SO HARD) WELL, I HOPE YOU LIKE MY SO-CALLED RED-WHITE-BLUE LOGO.... I'M ONE OF THE FOUR GRAPHICIANS IN FOCUS, DON'T JUDGE TO HARD ON THIS LOGO, IT'S JUST A ONE-HOUR-JOB! WATCH OUT FOR MORE SUPERB DEMO'S FROM US, COMING SOON ,I HOPE..... BYE FROM: TDJ,COMPYX AND GENIUS.... - .'NUFF SAID L.E -
R - - 'ON OUR OWN' WELCOME .. THIS DEMO WAS JUST RELEASED TO STRESS THE FACT THAT WE'RE WORKING AS AN INDEPENDENT GROUP NOW,SO NEVER MIND THE POOR CODING . ENJOY THE COOL GRAPHICS INSTEAD !! IF YOU THINK YOU'VE SEEN THIS INTRO BEFORE,YOU'RE RIGHT . IT WAS CODED WAY BACK IN DECEMBER '89 BY ME (TDJ) WHEN I WAS STILL IN WWE,AND PUT BEFORE THE DEMO 'HIGH ANXIETY' . SINCE I PREFER BEING LAZY TO BEING TIRED I DECIDED TO CHANGE SOME OBVIOUS THINGS AND USE IT AGAIN .. IT'S NOT THE ONLY OLD PART IN THIS DEMO,BY THE WAY . BOTH THE FIRST AND THE LAST PART WERE CODED IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR,BUT NEVER USED UNTIL NOW . THE ONLY NEW PART IS THE ONE WITH THE 'VECTORBALLS' WHICH I MADE LAST WEEK IN A MOOD OF ETERNAL BOREDOM .. OKAY,CREDITS FOR THIS INTRO:CODE + DESIGN BY TDJ,LOGO BY COMPYX,MUSIC BY XAYNE/CREST,SPRITES BY MAP AND CHARS BY AN UNKNOWN PERSON . FOCUS MEMBERSTATUS:ATOMROCK (GRAPHICS) + COMPYX (GRAPHICS,CODE) + GENIUS (GRAPHICS) + KEYSYSTEM (CODE) + RB (MUSIC) + TDJ (CODE) + VULCAN (GRAPHICS) . WE ARE LOOKING FOR A REAL FAST SWAPPER,AS WELL AS A GOOD,ACTIVE CODER AND MAYBE EVEN ONE MORE MUSICIAN . BUT THEY'LL HAVE TO BE DUTCH AND COOL !! IF YOU'RE INTERESTED,THEN CONTACT ME RIGHT AWAY . MY ADRESS IS IN THE LAST PART OF THIS DEMO . 'NUFF SAID .. - -USE JOY PORT 2-L - -USE JOY PORT 2-L *SPEED +1 - GREETINGS .. THIS IS EVERYBODIES FAVE JUDGE GENTLY TOUCHING THE KEYS . AND THIS TIME I PRESENT YOU YET ANOTHER PART CODED A LONG TIME AGO BUT,AFTER THE NECESARRY CHANGES,FINALLY PUT TO A GOOD USE . I ORIGINALLY MADE THIS SCREEN FOR A WWE MEGADEMO THAT WAS GOING TO BE RELEASED AT THE HORIZON PARTY . WHEN THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN,I KIND OF FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT,UNTIL ONE DAY I WAS LOOKING THROUGH MY WORK DISKS AND FOUND IT BACK . IT WAS SUCH A HAPPY DAY .. I CHANGED THE LOGO PLUS MUSIC AND PUT SOME MORE STYLE TO THE PART BY MAKING IT PROGRESSIVE . THEN I INSERTED IT IN MY COMEBACK DEMO 'SPIRITUAL' WHICH WAS ALSO MY LAST DEMO FOR SCIENCE FOUR FIVE ONE . BUT WHEN I NEARLY HAD FINISHED SPIRITUAL,I DISCOVERED THAS THIS PART BEGAN TO BUG ON SOME COMPUTERS,DUE TO THE LOADER . SINCE I COULDN'T FIX IT,I DECIDED TO LEAVE THE PART OUT AND USE IT AGAIN LATER IN A FUTURE DEMO . AND THAT'S THIS ONE .. OKAY,THE CREDITS FOR THIS SCREEN GO TO TDJ OF FOCUS FOR DESIGN AND CODING .. VULCAN OF FOCUS FOR THE SUPERB LOGO .. SOFTMASTER OF UNION FOR THE MUSIC .. ZOID OF EX WWE FOR THESE GREAT CHARS AND INZAINITY FOR THE SMALL CHARS AT THE BOTTOM . I REALLY LIKE THIS PART,IT'S REAL STYLISH WITH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT COLORS AND NICE GRAPHICS,DON'T YOU THINK SO ? I WAS THINKING ABOUT PUTTING SOME KIND OF SPRITE EFFECT OVER THE LOGO BUT DECIDED NOT TO,SINCE IT PROBABLY ONLY WOULD MAKE THE PART LOOK LAMER .. OH MY GOD IT'S SO HOT IN HERE ! IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND STILL I FEEL LIKE SITTING IN A SAUNA .. I WISH I COULD GO TO BED,BUT FIRST I'LL HAVE TO WRITE THE TEXTS FOR THIS PART AS WELL AS THE INTRO . LUCKILY I ALREADY KNOW WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT,THAT TAKES CARE OF ABOUT HALF THE JOB . YET .. INSPIRATION ! WHERE THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU ? IT'S HARD ENOUGH WRITING TEXTS WITH A LIMITED CHARSET AS IT IS . FORTUNATELY THIS SCROLL IS ALMOST FINISHED,ONLY TWO MORE TO GO .. OR SIXTEEN BLOCKS .. WHY DO I FEEL THE NEED TO CRY ALL OF THE SUDDEN ? BAH .. WELL,I'LL SURVIVE . IF NOT,PLEASE REMEMBER ME AS ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS .. 'NUFF SAID .. - I KNOW,YOU THINK 'WHERE THE HELL DID THESE GUYS COME FROM ?' .. WELL,YOU SURE ARE ONLE LUCKY SON OF A MOTHER,BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TELL YOU . EVEN BETTER,I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT AWAY ! HERE IT GOES .. FOCUS WAS FORMED AS THE DUTCH DEMO DIVISION OF SCIENCE FOUR FIVE ONE BY SIX EX WWE MEMBERS . THE IDEA OF THE GROUP CAME FROM ME,TDJ . I ALREADY HAD JOINED SCIENCE AT THE HORIZON PARTY AND HAD PERMISSION TO ASK MORE DUTCH GUYS TO FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE . BUT SINCE I WANTED TO KEEP A CERTAIN DEGREE OF INDEPENDENCE,I THOUGHT OF 'FOCUS' . OUR FIRST PRODUCTION WAS 'DUTCH POWER',CODED BY KEYSYSTEM,WITH GRAPHICS BY VULCAN AND ATOMROCK . THAT DEMO,WHICH FEATURED SOME REAL ORIGINAL IDEA'S,WAS NEVER SPREAD TOO WELL,THAT'S WHY WE PROBABLY WILL RERELEASE IT AGAIN SOON . MAYBE EVEN TOGETHER WITH THIS DEMO .. THE SECOND ONE WAS FINISHED ONLY LAST WEEK BY ME,AND IS CALLED 'SPIRITUAL' . THIS IS ALSO THE LAST REAL DEMO FROM FOCUS FOR SCIENCE FOUR FIVE ONE . APART FROM THESE TWO PRODUCTS,COMPYX AND GENIUS ALSO DID A LOGOSHOW UNDER THE NAME 'JUST FOR FUN' . THOSE THREE THINGS WERE ALL WE DID IN FOUR MONTHS TIME,BUT AS 'FOCUS' WE WILL RELEASE MORE,FASTER,BETTER ! HITTING THE STREETS SOON WILL BE A REAL GEM CALLED 'UNTOUCHABLE' AND WHICH WILL FEATURE BOTH FANTASTIC GRAPHICS AND GREAT CODING . THIS WILL ALSO BE THE KIND OF STYLE WE WANT TO PUT IN ALL OUR DEMO'S . BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT LATELY THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY DEMO'S WHICH CONTAINED GOOD CODING MOSTLY BUT UGLY GRAPHICS . OFCOURSE I REALISE THAT NOT EVERY GROUP HAS GOT GREAT GRAPHICIANS . YET WE HAVE,THUS WE WILL TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE ! AND YOU CAN SHOW THAT YOU APPRECIATE OUR WORK BY VOTING FOR US IN THE MAGS . I KNOW,SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S LAME TO ASK PEOPLE FOR THEIR VOTES . BUT JUST THINK WHAT YOU'D RATHER HAVE .. NICE,PLEASANT GRAPHICS OR FIFTEEN RASTERS WITH FOUR HUNDRED COLOURS AND A SIDEBORDER SCROLL OVER IT . BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR SUCH DEMO'S ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CODING THEM .. LET ME KNOW IF I AM WRONG,BUT I DOUBT IT .. OUT !! - SHIT .. MY EYES HURT,MY HEAD SPINS,I'M TIRED,IT'S HOT,OUTSIDE THERE'S A THUNDERSTORM AND I STILL MUST WALK THE DOG .. BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP ME FROM DOING WHAT I USED TO LIKE BEST .. WRITING TEXTS ! USED TO LIKE I SAY,BECAUSE NOWADAYS I CAN'T SEEM TO COME UP WITH ANYTHING ORIGINAL AND FUNNY TO WRITE,LIKE IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS . MY GUESS IS THAT I'M JUST WORN OUT .. SO,LET'S TALK ABOUT LIFE . NEXT WEEK SCHOOL STARTS AGAIN FOR ME . FINALLY I'LL BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME ON A PC AGAIN . I HOPE IT WON'T BE AS ADDICTIVE AS LAST YEAR,OR ELSE I WON'T HAVE ANY TIME LEFT FOR THE SIXTY FOUR ! ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M GETTING AN OWN PC IN JUST A FEW WEEKS .. BUT OFCOURSE SCHOOL ALSO MEANS THAT I'LL HAVE A LOT LESS LEISURE TIME TO SPEND . WELL,SUCH IS LIFE . ALL FUN AND NO PLAY WOULD BECOME BORING TOO,WOULDN'T IT ? BAH,I DON'T KNOW,BUT I SURE AS HELL WOULD WANT TO FIND OUT ! ANYWAY,WHAT HAS HAPPENED THE LAST MONTHS ? A LOT .. FIRST OF ALL I FINALLY PICKED UP CODING AGAIN,SOMETHING I HADN'T BEEN DOING FOR MONTHS . THEN,ON THE MEMORABLE THIRD OF AUGUST,I QUITTED MY JOB . NEVER AGAIN I WILL HAVE TO PUT STUPID CANS OF STUPID FOOD ON THEIR STUPID PLACES IN THE STUPID STORE I WAS SO STUPID TO WORK AT .. THE NEXT DAY ME AND A COUPLE OF FRIENDS WENT ON VACATION,AND A GREAT VACATION IT WAS ! I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE COMPUTER OR DEMO IDEA'S FOR ONE SINGLE MINUTE . OTHER THINGS MORE INTERESTING FILLED UP MY MIND .. THINGS I WON'T TELL YOU ABOUT SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY'RE NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS ! AFTER MY COMEBACK FOOTBALL BECAME IMPORTANT AGAIN . IN JUST ONE WEEK I PLAYED THREE MATCHES,AT RATHER HIGH TEMPERATURES .. BUT I MUST HANG IN THERE,OR ELSE I WON'T BE CHOSEN AND HAVE TO PLAY IN A LOWER TEAM . AND FOR A GUY WITH AS MUCH TALENT AS MARCO VAN BASTEN THAT'S OFCOURSE A TOTAL SHAME ! EVEN TOMORROW I MUST PLAY ANOTHER GAME,AND IT WILL BE HOT ONCE AGAIN . NOW I SEE YOU THINK .. 'WHY DOES HE TELL ALL THAT ?' .. WELL,JUST BECAUSE IT FILLS UP THE TEXT MEMORY OFCOURSE . AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT HAS DONE,SO I'LL STOP HERE . GOODB+ - FOCUS:STYLE IS NEVER OUT OF FASHION .. A - OU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER THE THIRD DEMO FROM - OCUS,AND THE FIRST ONE WE RELEASED AS AN INDEPENDENT GROUP . - ECAUSE WE HAVE LEFT - CIENCE 451 AND WILL CONTINUE 'ON OUR OWN' . - LEASE NOTE THAT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN US AND THE SWEDISH SCIENCE MEMBERS ! - E JUST FELT THINGS WOULD WORK OUT BETTER THIS WAY . - OW,ENJOY THE DEMO .. -