Ram's Story by Commando Frontier
M : HIS NAME WAS - AND HE HAD MADE - ELLO GUYS !!! - WITH ANOTHER DEMO ... - ORRY, THE DEMO IS VERY SIMPLE, BUT THE MUSIC WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY WEAK IF THE DEMO HAD BEEN MORE SOPHISTICATED ... - Y THE WAY, IT'S OF COURSE THE MUSIC FROM - HAD NOTHING ELSE TO TELL YOU IN THIS BORING SCROLL, - 'VE DECIDED TO TELL YA MY STORY ... - VERYTHING BEGAN IN SUMMER 1984 - - S MY NEIGHBOUR HAD BOUGHT A SINCLAIR - THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL MACHINE, - BOUGHT ONE ... - URING ONE YEAR, - LEARNED BASIC AND PLAYED A FEW GAMES WITH THAT COMPUTER (???) - DECIDED TO UPGRADE AND BOUGHT A SPECTRUM ( - THOUGHT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A BETTER COMPUTER FOR THAT PRICE ...) - BEGAN SWAPPING GAMES AND WAS GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME IN PROGRAMMING (THIS TIME IN MACHINE CODE) ... - HEN MY NEIGHBOUR (AGAIN !!!) BOUGHT A - -64 FROM HIS COUSIN ... - ND DURING THE SAME MONTH - -64 WITH DISK DRIVE ... ( - HAD CHANGED MY MIND...) - HEN I BOUGHT A FEW DISKS OF NEW THINGS TO A GUY CALLED ' - OMMANDO' (NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ONES FROM - T WAS SUMMER, 1985 THEN ... AND - WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE END OF HOLIDAYS AS - KNEW A GUY IN SCHOOL WHO HAD GOT LOTS OF PROGGIES ON C-64, HIS NAME WAS ... - E WAS HAPPY FOR ALL THE THINGS - HAD BOUGHT AND TOLD ME " - OME HOME WE'LL COPY PRGS FOR YOU" ... - WENT AND GOT DOUZENS OF PROGRAMS ... - WAS VERY HAPPY! - IME PASSED, AND WE GOT BETTER, COMMANDO WAS NOT SELLING ME ANYMORE AND - HAD MADE NEW FRIENDS (PETER,MIKE,MIAMI VICE, - HAT ABOUT MAKING A GROUP TOGETHER ???" - E WERE JUST LAMERS AT THAT TIME, WRITING TO EVERY AD IN - SAW AN ADVERTISEMENT FROM A GUY IN - 'LL WRITE TO THAT ONE!" - 'M GOING THERE ON HOLIDAY ... - VISITED HIM : HIS NAME WAS - AND HE HAD MADE WITH TWO FRIENDS A GROUP CALLED ' - WERE THE OTHER ONES ...) - HEY GOT FRIEND AND, WHEN - CAME BACK, HE GAVE ME 10 DISKS FULL OF NEW THINGS ... - ITH THAT WE REALLY COULD START SWAPPING ... - O WE SWAPPED AND GOT BETTER ALL THE TIME ... - E MADE A FEW DEMOS AND A FEW CRACKINGS ( - STILL HAVN'T SEEN ANY OTHER VERSION OF - RUZ THAN OURS ...) - ND THEN THE GREAT STRUGGLE BEGAN ... - E WERE BOTH SELLING GAMES TO A GUY CALLED ' - REVOT' AND SHARING BENEFITS ... ( - O WE HADN'T TO PRACTISE LOW PRICES BECAUSE OF CONCURENCE ...) - WAS ALSO SELLING TO ANOTHER GUY, KEEPING EVERYTHING ... WHEN - LEARNED IT, HE GOT FURIOUS AND SAID "ALL RIGHT I'LL KEEP ALL THE MONEY OF - O WE STOPPED SWAPPING (HE HAD MOST OF THE CONTACTS...) - WAS VERY FRIEND WITH - ) AT THE TIME SO HE TOLD ME "MAYBE YOU CAN GET A MEMBER OF - WAS ALREADY GOOD AT CRACKING AND PROGRAMMING) ... - SPLITTED AND WE BOTH MOVED TO - GOT FRIEND WITH - AGAIN, AND WE STARTED SWAPPING AGAIN ... - URING ALL THAT TIME - HAD MADE A NEW GROUP CALLED ' - T WAS GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME AND ONE DAY, - PHONED ME AND SAID " - ADGET IS GONNA COME IN - , WHAT ABOUT YOU ???" ... - AND HE TOLD ME " - OR ME IT'S OK, BUT ASK - AND HE SAID OK. - WAS THEN A TRUE MEMBER OF - ADGET FINALLY DECIDED NOT TO JOIN US, AND MADE HIS OWN GROUP ' - E ASKED ME TO JOIN THEM,BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE - JOINED BOTH ... - UT,AFTER A WHILE, - OU MUST CHOOSE NOW ..." - HEY PROMISED ME AN - STILL DON'T REGRET IT!!! - GOT BEGAN ALL THE TIME TO REACH OUR HIGH LEVEL ... - MIGA TWO WEEKS AGO ... - E DROPPED THE 64, GIVING ME HIS CONTACTS BUT - OONER OR LATER, - 'LL GET ONE, PROMISED !!! - ISNOW A PART OF - , PETER & MIKE ARE NOW MEMBERS OF - IS LEADING THE BELGIAN MARKET ON - ECTOR 1 AND ARE NOW LEADING THE BELGIAN MARKET ON - MIGA (BUT WE'RE COMIN') - ADGET TURNED HIS NAME TO - OY(BEFORE THE GERMAN ONES !!!) AND JOINED - , YOU'VE HAD THE STORY SO FAR BUT WAIT FOR THE FOLLOW-UP AS - IS GONNA CHANGE A LOT IN - HOPE MY STORY DIDN'T BORED YA TOO MUCH ... - WILL CONCLUDE THIS TEXT WITH A FEW HELLO'S TO - (FOR ALL YOUR MEGA-GOOD DEMOS), - (FOR BEING THE BEST PROGRAMMER IN - (FOR BEING ONE OF THE BEST ARTISTS IN THE WORLD ( - LOVED YOUR FIRST AMIGA PICTURE) AND FOR BEING A REAL GOOD FRIEND),ALL OTHER - (FOR HAVING BEEN AND BEING MY BEST AND COOLEST SWAPPARTNER EVER!), - KARI(FOR LODGING - AND FOR ALL THE ORIGINALS WE'LL GET FROM YOU), - OTLINE(IDEM),TO - ETONATOR (GREET US),TO - AGLESOFT(FOR GREETING US),TO - (FOR BEING REALLY FAST!),TO - (FOR BEING NOW A MEMBER OF - OYS (HOPE YOU LIKE - MPACT INC.(FOR THE SPRITE ANIMATION YOU PROMISED US!),TO - TARLINE(OR SHOULD I SAY - , AND TO THE APPROX. 50 - 'VE FORGOTTEN ... ( - ORRY BUT MY PIZZA IS BURNING!) ... - F YOU CAN CALL ME ON CONFERENCE, PLEASE DO IT !!! - EE YA ... - PHDBA#TLIFC.WLFCA<J(JTJ -