The Explorers by Capt Kirk
**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** 64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE READY. LOAD: SEARCHING FOUND ---EXPLORERS---- LOADING READY. RUN - THE EXPLORERS. SPRITE SCROLLER BY ANDY (AM12):GRAFIX,TEXT AND CSET BY ME: STARDATE:31:12:86.4:34.PM I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ON THIS,THE LAST DAY OF GOOD OLD '86 MAY I WISH YOU A PRETTY NICE NEW YEAR:FOR ME,ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF 1986 WAS GETTING ONE OF MY PICCYS PUBLISHED IN 'YOUR COMMODORE'.IT'S IRONIC REALLY 'COS AFTER SENDING ZZAP 64 LOADS OF MBX-S AND GETTING NO WHERE,I END UP GETTING A PICCY IN YOUR CBM.AND I DIDN'T SEND THEM ONE MBX:::WHICH BRINGS ME TO ONE OF THE LOW POINTS OF THE YEAR,WHICH WAS,SENDING JANE COUNTLESS MBX-S,ASKING IF I COULD BE PUT IN THE HALL OF FAME AND NEVER ONCE RECIVING A REPLY...SINCE THEN MY WHOLE ATTITUDE TO CNET HAS TOOK A BIT OF A DIVE,AND I ONLY LOG ON ABOUT ONCE A FORTNIGHT NOW........ANYWAY,ENOUGH OF THE GRIPEING.......THERE HAVE REALLY BEEN SOME EXCELLENT SCI-FI MOVIES OVER THE PAST YEAR 'BACK TO THE FUTURE','STAR TREK III','TERMINATOR','ALIENS' TO NAME BUT A FEW..ON T.V. THERE WAS THE 'MAN FROM UNCLE SEASON OF FILMS',THE RE-RUNS OF 'STAR TREK'(WHICH KEPT MY VIDEO PRETTY BUSY),'DR WHO' WAS SHELVED FOR A WHILE,(GLAD TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE GETTING RID OF MR BAKER AT LAST,AND THERE'S TALK OF ALEXI SAYLE REPLACING HIM (OH NO)).SO WHAT ABOUT '87? WELL,'SUPERMAN IV' WILL BE OUT AS WELL AS 'STAR TREK IV' (RUMOURD TO BE THE LAST) AND THE NEW STAR TREK T.V.SERIES,THERE'S TALK OF A SEQUEL TO 'BACK TO THE FUTURE'(AN EXCELLENT FILM),THERE MAY BE A 'TERMINATOR II',AND GEORGE LUCUS IS PUTTING TOGETHER A NEW STAR WARS-ISH FILM ABOUT THE 'CLONE WARS,SET BEFORE STAR WARS(CONFUSING INNET?).............MY THANKS GO TO CAPTAIN EO FOR SENDING ME THE FILM INFO THAT I REQUESTED IN MY DEMO 'LEGEND'...THANKS MATE......AND SO,BEFORE THE 'HOWDY DOODIES'...A BIT ABOUT THIS PICCY........IT'S OF A CREATURE FROM THE FILM 'EXPLORERS' WHO LEARNS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BY WATCHING AMERICAN T.V. SHOWS AND SO,CONSIQUENTLY HE TALKS LIKE AN IDIOT....IT'S OUT ON VIDEO AND IT'S WORTH A LOOK.............................. - A BIG FAT 'HI' AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO......ANDY(AM12(DID YOU LIKE MY 'TANGENT' PIC>)) - CAPTAIN EO (THANKS AGAIN) - SPECTRE & GREMLIN (THANX FOR THE XMAS MBX) - DANGEROUS BRO'S - MACH81(ONE AND ALL) - TJ AND ALL ICC MEMBERS - AND OF COURSE ANDREA(SIGH) REALLY SORRY IF I MISSED ANYONE OUT MBX ME IF YOU WANT A MENTION AND FINALLY I WISH ALL CNETTERS,EVERYWHERE A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR BYE - -