1988 Carat by Paragon
**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** 64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE READY. LOAD: SEARCHING FOUND 1988 CT./PARAGON LOADING READY. RUN - #WELCOME TO NECRO'S AND SONIX' PART! - (YOU CAN CONTROL THE SCROLLS BY USING THE - 6JOYSTIX IN PORT 1 & 2: - 9SCROLL 1-JOY 1, UP'N DOWN - 52-JOY 1, LEFT'N RIGHT - ;3-JOY 1, UP'N DOWN + BUTTON - >4-JOY 1, LEFT'N RIGHT + BUTTON - &USE THE STICK IN PORT 2 TO CONTROL THE - /LOWER 4 SCROLLS - 0EXIT WITH CTRL+2 - $PARAGON PROUDLY PRESENTS 1988 CARAT - IT'S BRILLIANT. HI! IT'S SENSEI ON THE KEYS. HOPE YOU DON'T MIND MY SPELLING. OTHER DONT. HEAVY SCROLL ISN'T IT? WONDER WHERE I HAVE PLACED MY TEXT64. IT WOULD BE EASIER WRITING A SCROLL TEXT. TODAYS DATE FOR THE SCROLL TEXT IS 18/12 1988, 6:17 PM. BETTER HURRY UP WITH THE SCROLL TEXT. THIS TEXT IS TO BE MAILED BEFORE 7:00 PM TO REACH LORD DEATH AND NECROMANCER TOMMOROW. I HAD SO MUCH WORK DURING OUR MEETING SO I HADN'T THE TIME TO WRITE ANY SCROLL. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER, BECAUSE THE ENTIRE DEMO WITH ALL PARTS TO A WHILE TO FINNISH AFTER ALL. AND I HAVE BEEN OCCUPIED WITH CREATING NEW PICCYS AND WRITING A KOALA PIC SHOW PROGRAM. WHERE YOU CAN LOAD A PICCY OF KOALA FORMAT AND DISPLAY IT. IT WILL BE ON MARKET SOON. WELL IT WAS A PROGRAM FOR MY OWN USE. SO I DONT HAVE TO BOOT KOALAPAINTER AND THEN LOAD THE PICCY I WANTED TO LOOK AT. IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE DISK TURBO. BUT WE'LL SEE HOW IT ENDS. AFTER ALL(SCROLL TEXT), IT'S TIME TO SAVE THIS TEXT AND MAIL IT. SEE YOU SOON. OVER AND OUT FROM SENSEI. - $PARAGON PROUDLY PRESENTS 1988 CARAT - .2IT'S BRILLIANT. THBIS - SONIX SPEAKING TROUGH YOUR PIXELS AND YOUR SPEAKER. IM NOT A CHATTERBOX, BUT I WILL TRY TO WRITE SOMETHING. I HOPE YOU WILL FIND MY NICE LITTLE CAROL DELIGHTFUL. I'M GOING TO DO MORE MUSIC IN LATER DEMOS. THBIS - (JUST THE BEGINNING OF MY CAREER (I HOPE? - ). TIME IS RUNNING AND MY WATCH IS NOW 7.08 A.M. I HAVE BEEN AWAKE SINCE 9.30 A.M THE DAY BEFORE. SO I FEEL A BIT TIRED - !7 IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. - ?YOU CAN FEEL SAFE BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO WRITE ANY DISLIKINGS - <AND I'M NOT GOING TO WRITE ANY GREETINGS. TAITO IS ASLEEP SINCE AN HOUR ,I THINK, MAYBE MORE. NECROMANCER ISN'T HERE IN THIS ROOM NOW. PERHAPS HE JUST WENT OUT ON FOOD HUNTING. HE'S REALLY HUNGRY. HE'S STARVING. LORD DEATH AND MOGWAI ARE WORKING WITH SOMETHING, NOTHING FUN AT ALL. CHANG LEE IS FLICKERING AROUND AND - :PERHAPS I SHOULDN'T WRITE MORE ABOUT HIM. BUT WHERE IS CRT - OH, I SEE HIM IS ASLEEP TOO UNDER SOME SLEEPING BAGS, VERY UNCUTE. SENSEI ISN'T HERE HE IS WORKING. I FEEL SO SLEEPY - $PARAGON PROUDLY PRESENTS 1988 CARAT - .2IT'S BRILLIANT. THBIS - 2CHANG LEE SPEAKING. OUR LITTLE PARTY IS GOING TO END. TOMMOROW I WILL GO HOME. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTY AND I HOPE THAT OUR NEXT PARTY WILL BE AS GREAT AS THIS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, CALL SOME MEMBER OF PARAGON. NOW OVER TO THE PRESENT. SENSEI, SONIX AND CRT ARE PLAYING SUPER SPRINT ON THE ATARI. BAD COMPUTER, GOOD GAME. A.C.T JUST ARIVED WITH PIZZA. AND EVERYBODY ARE THROWING THEMSELVES AT THE PIZZAS. SOME HELLOS TO: TAS, YOGI, GCF, TLL, ACT, AMIGO, MR.X, 801 DC, IXION AN THE REST OF TRIAD. NOW I AM HUNGRY, SO I AM GOING TO BUY PIZZA. SEE YOU IN AN HOUR - NOW I AM BACK AND WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS BRILIANT SCROLL IN THIS HEAVY PART. I AM STILL HUNGRY AFTER THE PIZZA AND I CONSIDER TO BUY ANOTHER ONE. WHAT'S UP AT THIS PARTY NOW - A LORD DEATH AND TALON ARE FIGHTING. MOGWAI ARE FINISHING HIS PIZZA. SENSEI ARE DRAWING A SUPERB PICCY. AND THE REST ARE LOOKING AT IT. AND I THINK IT IS TIME TO END THIS LITTLE SCROLL SO YOU CAN PUT YOUR EYES ON ANOTHER SCROLL. SEE YOU IN THE LAST PART. BYE - $PARAGON PROUDLY PRESENTS 1988 CARAT - .9IT'S BRILLIANT. HELLO, THBIS - TAITO WHO IS CLATTERING ON THE KEYBOARD. IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE CRAP OVER AND BELOW THIS SCROLLTEXT. LET'S BE A BIT SERIOUS! NOW IT'S TIME FOR AN ADVERT. THE FAMOUS GROUP CALLED PARAGON IS NOW SEARCKING FOR AN ORIGINAL SOURCE ON C64, AMIGA & ATARI ST. IF YOU WANT TO BE OUR SUPPLIER, THEN YOU SHOULD CONTACT CHANG LEE FOR C64 & AMIGA, AND LORD DEATH FOR ATARI. WRITE TO: P A R A G O N - GRONDALSV.32 1TR - 151 65 SODERTALJE - SWEDEN. NOW SOME GREETINGS, BUT FIRST SOME SPECIAL GREETINGS TO OUR MEMBERS IN PARAGON. IN ALPHAORDER: BALROG - CAMEL - CHANG LEE - CRT - LORD DEATH - MOGWAI - NECROMANCER - PHOENIX - SENSEI - SONIX & STARLIGHT. MORE MEGAGREETINGS TO ALLIED COMPUTER TERRORISTS, TRIAD, SUPER SWAP SWEDEN, ZOOLOOK, GENESIS, MR.X, THE LAWLESS, TOP & ATOMIC SOCIETY. THE GREETINGS WASN'T IN ORDER, SORRY. AND NOW THE NORMAL GREETINGS: FAIRLIGHT, SIENCE 451, 2 - I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE ON PARAGON'S GREETINGLIST, WRITE TO US. TO BE SURE TO GET IBN O - 6UR GREETINGLIST, BRIBE ME, TAITO! SCROLL OUT OF ORDER! - ;(WHAT A BAD SPELLER!/NECRO) - $PARAGON PROUDLY PRESENTS 1988 CARAT - IT'S BRILLIANT. THIS LINE WAS WRITTEN BY CRT IN THE FIRST WEEK OF 1988. I WILL MAKE THIS TEXT SHORT, SO LET'S GET TO THE POINT. I'D LIKE TO THANK NECROMANCER FOR CODING THIS SCROLL, LORD DEATH FOR HELPING ME WITH THE ATARI ST, SONIX FOR NOTHING, AND OFCOURSE THE REST OF PARAGON FOR BEING A GREAT TEAM. I ALSO LIKE TO THANK SKYJABB FOR SWAPPING DISCS WITH ME - .= THIS SEEMS TO BE ALL FROM ME - /PARAGON 1988CT. - $PARAGON PROUDLY PRESENTS 1988 CARAT - .2IT'S BRILLIANT. THBIS -MOGWAI'S TEXT - " WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE'S YOUR TEXT? - ;SORRY, THERE WON'T BE ANY TEXT FROM MOGWAI IN THIS PART. HM - THAT DOESN'T MATTER, PLEASE CONTINUE WITH ANOTHER SCROLL. (THE ONE WITH THE WIZBALL FONT, FOR EXAMPLE) - I< CARAT, AND STILL EXPANDING! - $PARAGON PROUDLY PRESENTS 1988 CARAT - IT'S BRILLIANT. THERE SHOULD BE A TEXT FROM LORD DEATH HERE, BUT HE'S BUSY, SORRY! - YESTERDAY, HE BOUGHT A QUARTER OF AN YAMAHA DX-7. (NO SERIAL NUMBER?!?!?!) IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ THIS TEXT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, LOOK AT THE FOURTH SCROLL (MINE!). - $PARAGON PROUDLY PRESENTS 1988 CARAT - ./IT'S BRILLIANT. - AWN. WELCOME TO MY CRYPT! IT'S THE ANCIENT NECROMANCER, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? SUMMON A DEAMON? CALL FOR LORD DEATH? SLICE A RE-CRACKER AND FEED MY GOLDEN DRAGON WITH HIM? PUT A ROUTINE-RIPPER IN MY MAGIC MAZE ( - 6/'TH DIMENSION)? - OR JUST CONTINUE WRITING THIS SCROLLTEXT? WAIT A SECOND, I'LL GET OUT OF UNCOMFORTABLE SARCOPHAG - 3 AH! I'LL BUY A NEW ONE SOON, BUT THEY AREN'T CHEAP - OH, THE SCROLLTEXT! SORRY! I'LL HAVE TO TRANSFORM FIRST, IT'LL ONLY TAKE A FEW CYCLES - .; NOGARAP FO RECNAMORCEN M'I - EECH! I REALLY HATE THIS SHAPE, A THIN, UGLY, SYNTHY, TOLERANT & WHITESKINNED TEENAGER! GREEN SKIN IS MUCH MORE NORMAL. WELL, THE SCROLLTEXT NOW: - CREDITS: THE MUSIC WAS COMPOSED BY J.M. JARRE AND ARRANGED BY SONIX. THE SPRITE CHARACTERS BY TAITO. FONTS FROM DIFFERENT GAMES. THE THIRD FONT BY CRT. TEXTS BY SOME PARAGONAL MEMBERS. LIQUIDS BY THE COCA COLA COMPANY - . DESIGNING, CODING & LINKING BY ME. - PROGGIES USED: LASER GENIUS, ULTRAFONT+, GAMEMAKER'S SPRITE EDITOR, TFC'S ML MONITOR, SPEEDPACKER, TIMECRUNCHER V3, A LINKER (I DON'T REMEMBER WICH), MY SCREENEDITOR AND SOME OTHER BASICROUTINES - THE ALLIED COMPUTER TERRORISTS HAVEN'T MADE UP THEIR MINDS YET (ABOUT THE FUSION ACT-PARAGON). THIS DEMO IS NEARLY A MONTH TOO LATE. REASONS: FRENCH HOMEWORKS, FEMALES, SCHOOL, LORD DEATH, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, A DEAD 6526, SLEEP, BUGS, PINK ELEPHANTS, LARGE SPIDERS ON THE WALLS AND OTHER INTERRUPTING OBJECTS. BUT NOW IT'S FINNISHED AT LAST! I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S FEBRUARY. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER! IT WASN'T MY FAULT (WELL, ALMOST NOT) - AND NOW SOMETHING COMPLETLEY DIFFERENT: I HOPE YOU'VE RECOGNIZED THE MOVEMENT OF THE PARAGON WORM. I HAVE. SCROLL 1, 2, 5 & 6 ARE CONTROLLING THE WORM. SCROLLTEXTS ARE VERY, VERY MEMORYCONSUMING, IT'S TIME TO FEED MORGOTH, THE LORDS OF DESTINY (U5) HAVE JUST ARRIVED (WE'RE ALWAYS PLAYING DART ON SUNDAYS) AND I'M TIRED TO DEATH. GETTING THE MESSAGE? RIGHT, I'M LEAVING NOW, BYE! - 7PARAGONS ARE FOREVER! - ECAULIT'S TERRIBL - MP BYE! END OF LINE - GGHHIIJKKLMMNOPQRSTVWXZ[]_ "%'),.147:> - GGHHIIJJKLMMNOPQRSTUWXZ[]_ "$')+.147:> - OOOH! AN INTRO! BY NECROMANCER! FOR PARAGON! 1988 CT.! THE BRILLIANT BRAINS! SONIX IS ASLEEP (I HOPE)! CHANG LEE AND MOGWAI ARE PLAYING SUPERSPRINT! LORD DEATH IS CREATING AN INTRO TOGETHER WITH CRT! SENSEI IS GONE! TALON (ACT) LEFT 4 HOURS AGO! AND I'VE GOT AN AMBER MONITOR!!! I'M NOT SURE BUT I THINK THE ALLIED COMPUTER TERRORISTS WILL JOIN US. 2000 AD.! WE'RE N-O-T PARROTS (BUT YOU'RE VULTURES)! SORRY, JUST JOKING. I THINK SONIX HAS SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE SLEEP (CHANG LEE, LORD DEATH & MOGWAI ARE FIGHTING). CRT IS LOOKING IN THE BIBLE (PROG. REF. GUIDE). TAITO IS WORKING WITH A SPRITEFONT. IN GAMEMAKER'S SPRITEEDITOR! I PREFER SPRITE MAGIC. THEY'RE PLAYING SUPERSPRINT AGAIN! I THINK THEY'RE ST-UPID! CHANG LEE IS A BAD LOSER! LORD DEATH WON AGAIN... MOGWAI IS OUT!! HAW, HAW! CHANG LEE'S DIRTY FILMS ARE FORBIDDEN TONIGHT, IT'S WORKING TIME! I'M ENDING THIS SCROLL NOW, RUNNING OUT OF SPACE! BYE, BUT WE'LL MEET AGAIN SOME SUNNY DAY..... WARPING...................! ( - MP BYE! END OF LINE - GGHHIIJKKLMMNOPQRSTVWXZ[]_ "%'),.147:> - GGHHIIJJKLMMNOPQRSTUWXZ[]_ "$')+.147:> - J PARAGON, 1988 CT. - : CREATED IN THE FIRST DAYS OF 1988 - K BY 8 PARAGONAL MEMBERS - ( GOLDEN GREETINGS TO: - S TRIAD, THE WARLOCKS (EXCEPT GALL) - F MR.X, 2000 AD., ALLIED COM. TERRORISTS GAMMA CRACKING FORCE, THE SILENTS - F SUPERSWAP SWEDEN & THE REST OF PARAGON - OOOH! AN INTRO! BY NECROMANCER! FOR PARAGON! 1988 CT.! THE BRILLIANT BRAINS! SONIX IS ASLEEP (I HOPE)! CHANG LEE AND MOGWAI ARE PLAYING SUPERSPRINT! LORD DEATH IS CREATING AN INTRO TOGETHER WITH CRT! SENSEI IS GONE! TALON (ACT) LEFT 4 HOURS AGO! AND I'VE GOT AN AMBER MONITOR!!! I'M NOT SURE BUT I THINK THE ALLIED COMPUTER TERRORISTS WILL JOIN US. 2000 AD.! WE'RE N-O-T PARROTS (BUT YOU'RE VULTURES)! SORRY, JUST JOKING. I THINK SONIX HAS SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE SLEEP (CHANG LEE, LORD DEATH & MOGWAI ARE FIGHTING). CRT IS LOOKING IN THE BIBLE (PROG. REF. GUIDE). TAITO IS WORKING WITH A SPRITEFONT. IN GAMEMAKER'S SPRITEEDITOR! I PREFER SPRITE MAGIC. THEY'RE PLAYING SUPERSPRINT AGAIN! I THINK THEY'RE ST-UPID! CHANG LEE IS A BAD LOSER! LORD DEATH WON AGAIN... MOGWAI IS OUT!! HAW, HAW! CHANG LEE'S DIRTY FILMS ARE FORBIDDEN TONIGHT, IT'S WORKING TIME! I'M ENDING THIS SCROLL NOW, RUNNING OUT OF SPACE! BYE, BUT WE'LL MEET AGAIN SOME S -