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ATES WHO WAS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS... OH WI - OT INSIDE EVENTUALLY AND LOOKED AROUND.. - PLEASE VOTE 9 IF YOU THINK IT'S WORTH IT - 'SHOW US I BALL' ... THE DEMO - MUSIC BY ROBB HUBBARD - OTHER BITS BY HEX AND TOB - THIS DEMO WAS MADE JUST 3 DAYS - AFTER THE 10TH CBM SHOW - PIXEL DEVELOPMENTS 1987 - CNET MBXES TO (CK2) OR (TME1)! - WELCOME TO YET ANOTHER SCROLLY MESSAGE DEMO FROM HEX AND TOB ALIAS PIXEL DEVELOPMENTS... - FIRST THE CREDITS... THIS NEAT CHARACTER SET AND BOTTOM SCROLLINE BY TOB... MINI CIRCLESQUE, SCROLLS, BALL SPRITE AND THIS TEXT BY HEX... MUSIC EXTRACTED USING THE PARAS' HUBBARD HACKER PROGRAM... (HEE HEE)... NO, ACTUALLY I TOOK IT OUT FROM GI-JO'S IBALL DEMO... HOPE YOU DON'T MIND JO OLE PAL OLE BEAN AS I COULDN'T FIND MY COPY OF THE GAME AT THE TIME... ME WENT TO THE CBM SHOW... ALL THREE DAYS... AND MET ALOT OF GOOD PEOPLE... - (FRIDAY)...... FIRST MET LIZARD AND HIS GIRLFRIEND (?) THEN MAT AND PSY... FREAKED ON PSY AS WE'VE NEVER MET BEFORE... WOT A COOL BLOKE... AND THERE WAS ANDY (AM12)... I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS AT FIRST UNTIL LATER... WENT TO THE EDGE... ON THE WAY I BUMPED INTO KGB AND HIS GANG... ON THEIR WAY TO MELBY HOUSE... ANYWAY, ARRRIVED AT THE EDGE... GOT SOME FREE DISK COPIES OF MAT'S GAME (SHADOW SKIMMER)... PRETTY COOL... SAW SOME SCREEN SHOTS OF ANDY'S GAME (TANGENT)... PRETTY COOL TOO... CAME BACK TO SHOW... FREAKED ON CHRIS YATES WHO WAS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS... OH WILDE... HANGED AROUND AT THE BAR FOR A WHILE... MY COPY OF SHADOW SKIMMER KEEPS SLIPPING AWAY... LANDING ON THE FLOOR MOST OF THE TIME... SORRY MAT... ANYWAY WENT AWAY TO GET A PRINTER... GOT MYSELF A STAR NL-10 AND A PLASTIC BAG... PUT SHADOW SKIMMER INIT... SAFE AT LAST... MET GI-JO... WHO HAD FIREBIRD STICKERS STUCK EVERYWHERE... GOOD HINT JO (HEE HEE)... MET A FEW MORE PEOPLE... UBIK (COOL COOL COOL), COLIN (FIREBIRD, JO'S BOSS), CRIS, ROOSTA AND TJ, SKUZZ AND DOKK WHO WAS PISSED OUTTA HIS HEAD... SAW PSYMON AND HIS GANG SHOWING OFF SOME DEMOS... SPOTTED A FLICKER ON HIS (DMA) METHOD... HAD SMALL ARGUEMENTS ABOUT THAT... LATER I FREAKED ON INSPECTOR GADGET... THOUGHT IT WAS THE OFFICIAL MELBY GAME... SHITE, TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF PSYMON'S DEMOS... ARRRRHHHHHHHH !!!... WENT DOWNSTAIRS... ME AND JO WERE WELL CHUFFED THAT OUR NAMES GOT MENTIONED IN SHADOW SKIMMER... CHEERS MAT... ANYWAY SHOWED DOKK MY SPACE BAR II DEMO... THE STARS LOOKED CRAP ON THAT MONITOR THEY HAD... GOT SAV'D BY ANDY ON SPRITE (MSB)... ARHHHHH !!... HAD ENOUGH OF THE SHOW... WENT HOME... PRINTER'S MEGA HEAVY, GAVE ME HASSEL ON THE TUBE... GOT HOME... SAVAGED THE PRINTER'S PACKAGING... SET THE PRINTER UP AND FOUND OUT THAT THE FOOLS GAVE ME THE WRONG INTERFACE CARTRIDGE... ARRRRHHHHH !!... WELL PISSED OFF !!... RANG UP ANDY FOR A CHAT... TRIED A SMALL U-U WITH HIM... DIDN'T WORK EITHER... NOT MY DAY MAN......... - - (SATURDAY)...... TOOK PRINTER BACK TO SHOW... GAVE ME HASSEL ON TUBE AGAIN... GOT TO SHOW... SAVAGED THE IDIOTS AND NEARLY ASKED FOR A REFUND... GOT THE RIGHT INTERFACE CARTRIDGE AND BOUGHT A BOX OF PRINTER PAPER... MEGA HEAVY MAN... ASKED THE FOOLS TO LOOK AFTER IT FOR ME AND THEY DID... COOL... EVERYTHING GOING RIGHT FOR A CHANGE... ME AND TOB WENT DOWNSTAIRS... THERE WAS BENJO AND HIS SIDEKICK RICK HEAVY METAL FREAK... LATER I MET CLAKA WHO INTRODUCED ME TO 1001... I SAID "HI" AND HE SAID NOWT... MET TMC (CHARLES) AND THRU HIM I MET PUREBYTE (YIP)... NICE GUY... INTRODUCED HIM TO PSY, TOB AND SO ON... PSY FREAKED... MET MAKK AND ANT (HOW'S THE ED GUYZ...?! HEE HEE !!)... AND THE WHOLE TANGENT TEAM (THAT'S ANDY, HUGH AND SKUZZ IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ALREADY) PHEW !!... ANDY SHOWED ME HIS ATTACK WAVES... PRETTY COOL MAN... HUGH GAVE ME HASSEL ABOUT HOW MANY BYTES I USED FOR POLARS IN ME SPACE BAR DEMOS... ARRRHHH !!... BY THE WAY HUGH, THE ONE IN THIS DEMO USES $3F BYTES OK... YIP AND I THIEFED A MOUSE WHILE NO ONE WAS LOOKIN'...(HEE HEE) NICE MOVE... MET SNAKE AND STACK AND A BEASTIE LOOK ALIKE, THIS GUY HAD ONE OF THOSE (VW) THINGS ROUND HIS NECK... HAD NICE CHAT WITH STACK... SNAKE WAS QUIET... LATER SAW SHRIGGS AT THE BAR... OH WILDE... MAT FREAKED ABOUT THIS PARALLAX THINGY HE SAW... ANYWAY WE LINED UP FOR EXHIBITION... LONG WAIT... BORING... EXHIBITION STARTED... BENN WAS ON KEYBOARDS... MEGA CRACKING UP SESSION... LEFT EXHIBITION WITH DEMON, MAT AND SHRIGGS AS PSY WENT BACK STAGE... MET UP WITH TOB AGAIN... SHRIGGS, ME, TOB AND MAT DECIDED TO GET SOME GRUB... MET BLADE AND DEL ALONG THE WAY... CHATTED ABOUT SHRIGGS BOUNDER 2 AND THAT PARALLAX EFFECT MAT SAW... CAME BACK TO SHOW... MET MORE PEOPLE... THERE WAS MAF, WOLF, UBIK, COLIN, HAZEL, DAVE (VIRGIN), TORQUE (JASON'S BROTHER), SIMON (CODER OF MELBY'S WIZ), FROG (STONED), JANE, PALACE AND MOLE... SAW TAZ'S PROTECTION ON LATEST FIREBIRD STUFF... MAN IT'S MEAN... LATER MET CLAKA AGAIN AND JCB... I FREAKED ON THE AMOUNT OF BLANKS JCB BOUGHT... GOT ON WELL... I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO BE BIG HEADS... BOY, WAS I WRONG... ANYWAY, HEY JCB... DIG THIS I,II,III,IIII BALLLLL...(HEE HEE)... GOT THE PRINTER AND ETC AND CHIPPED HOME WITH TOB... WHEN TOB LEFT I SET THE PRINTER FOR A TEST RUN AND GUESS WHAT, THE THING WAS SCREWED YET AGAIN... THE CONTROL PANEL LIGHTS WOULDN'T COME ON... MAN I WAS PISSED OFF TOTALLY... AND GAVE THE PRINTER A GOOD KICKING... AND THE MOUSE I THIEFED DIDN'T WORK WITH ARTIST 64 AT ALL... ARRRRHHHHHH !!....... - - (SUNDAY)...... TOOK THE PRINTER BACK... JO CAME ALONG FOR MORAL SUPPORT... AND IT BACKFIRED AS IT TURNED OUT TO BE MY FAULT WHY IT DIDN'T WORK...(LOOKED THAT WAY AT FIRST) SO JO PISSED OFF, LEFT ME ON MY OWN... SHITE... I POINTED OUT ABOUT THE LIGHTS AND ETC... TURNED OUT THAT PRINTER'S CIRCUITS WERE ABIT SAV'D... I ASKED FOR A REFUND... HE SAID NO... MEGA ARGUEMENTS... NEARLY DID MY KUNG-FU CHOP ON HIS HEAD THERE...(HEE HEE) LEFT THE PRINTER WITH THEM... BACK TO THE BAR... MET MAT WHO WARNED ME THAT JOZ WAS ABOUT...(HEE HEE) YOU SEE I OWE THIS GUY 5 DISKS... AND MAT OWE HIM 15... AND PSY OWE HIM ALOT TOO... MET GRAHAM HUNTER OF RADIX... MEGA CHAT... LATER JOZ GOT MAT AND ME... MEGA PANIC... I TRY TO GET OUT OF IT BY SAYING I ONLY OWED HIM 3 DISKS... SHITE, DIDN'T WORK THE GUY'S GOT A GOOD MEMORY... ARHHHH !!... MAT SAID HE'LL POST THE DISKS HE OWED AND I SAID I'LL GIVE HIM SOME AS SOON AS I BUY SOME LATER... PSY CAME... (HAA HAA) ME AND MAT CRACKED... JOZ HASSELED PSY... AND PSY PUT ON A STRAIGHT FACE AND SAID 'TUFF'...(HAA HAA HAA) LUVV IT... MET MATT GRAY (AT LAST) AND CHAZ... WENT TO THE BAR AND BOUGHT SOME DRINKS... SAT ON THE FLOOR FOR SOME CHATTERINGS... THERE WAS ME, TOB, GRAHAM H, MATT GRAY, CHAZ AND STE OF MEANTEAM (A REALLY NICE GUY !)... TOB HASSELED ME FOR NOT FINISHING "WELL FREAKY" DEMO... I TRIED IT TWICE YOU SEE, AND LOST ME SOURCE BOTH TIMES... ARRRHH !!...... WENT DOWNSTAIRS... FREAKED ON THE PARAS "HUBBARD HACKER" ADS... TMC WAS REALLY IMPRESSED... AND PSY FAINTED...(HEE HEE)... SAW SOME COOL STUFF FROM TMC AND BOYS WITHOUT BRAINS (BWB)... THE PARALLAX EFFECT WAS COOL... ME AND STE FREAKED ON TMC'S ROCKY 4 PICCY... WILDE... LATER I MET IAN AND MIC... AND PSYMON... ARRRHHHHH !!... BOUGHT SOME SCOTCH DISKS... GOT BORED SO I WENT FOR A WALK WITH TMC... SAW A NEAT LITTLE ZIP STICK AT ONE OF THE STANDS... (HEE HEE)... FEW SECONDS LATER IT WAS MINE... THANKS ALOT CHARLES...(HEE HEE)... MET YIP AGAIN... WHO NOW GOT A JOB AT FIREBIRD... WILDE MAN... BOUGHT MORE SCOTCH DISKS... THEY WERE VERY CHEAP... HAD ENOUGH OF THE SHOW... SAID A FEW GOOD BYES AND LEFT... HAD TO CARRY THE PRINTER BACK ALL THE WAY YET AGAIN... MET IAN AND MIC AND GRAHAM H (RADIX) ON THE TUBE... IAN SAVAGED ME ABOUT WHAT WE SAID ABOUT 'EM IN THE EXCLUSIVE DEMO... SAVAGED... ARRRRHHHHH !!... ANYWAY THEY WERE PRETTY COOL... DIDN'T BEAT ME UP OR ANYTHING THO... (HEE HEE)... HAD A NICE CONVERSATION WITH GRAHAM ON THE WAY HOME......... - - GOT HOME AND THE PRINTER WORKED A O K... WILDE......... - - NOW FOR THE BORING BIT... YES IT'S THE HELLOS... HERE GOES......... - - HI TO "MAT", "PSY", "SHRIGGS", "MATT GRAY", "JAN" (YAN), "GI-JO", "TIM", "DOKK AND GRAHAM" (RADIX), "TANGENT", "DEMON", "GEM", "LIZARD", "YIP", "SPIDEY", "TMC", "CHAZ", "UBIK", "STE'86", "KGB", "GOLLY", "IG", "CLAKA", "JCB", "IAN AND MIC", "TURTLE", "KERNAL", "TORK", "TORKY", "TORKIES", "MARK" (MG2), "ROOSTA", "TJ", "JOZ", "MOLE" (MIRRORSOFT), "BLADE", "DEL", "ALEX" (MANIAC), "HENRIK", "SNAKE", "STACK", "TORQUE", "MAF", "WOLF", "RIZO" AND ANYONE ELSE I KNOW... - - WELL IT WAS A GOOD SHOW I MUST SAY...(CRAP SHOW KOOL PEOPLE THO!!!) NICE TO SEE (NEARLY) EVERYONE FROM CNET THERE- THIS DEMO WAS PUT UP NOT TO SHOW OFF ANYTHING BUT JUST TO SAY ABOUT THE SHOW AND STUFF- SO I DONT PARTICULARILLY(...(BAD SPELLING) - GIVE A SH*T ABOUT ANYONE VOTING A ONE ON THIS DEMO !!! IUNNO HOW HEX FEELS ON THAT ONE THO! - I DONT CARE IF MY SPELLING IS BAD EITHER OR IF I LEAVE OUT APOSTOROPHEES OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM. - CNET SLANG IS PRETTY BAD FOR YOUR GRAMMAR SO A LITTLE(?) BAD SPELLING WONT DO ANY HARM. - SO BEFORE I WAFFLE ON ABOUT THE SHOW I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M TYPING WHAT COMES INTO MY HEAD AND CANT BE BOTHERED TO CORRECT ANY SPELLING MISTAKES! - FRIDAY... WORKING HARD AT COLLEGE... SATURDAY MORNING ....AFTER WASTING AN HOUR TRYING TO DO SOMETHING REALLY STUPID IN COVENT GARDEN I TURNED UP AT THE SHOW AROUND 10:10 NO ONW THERE REALLY EXCEPT IN A BIG QUEUE - (I HATE QUEUES) - GOT INSIDE EVENTUALLY AND LOOKED AROUND.... NOT MUCH GOING ON ...MOST STANDS FOR C64 STUFF WERE PRETTY BORING PROMOTING USELESS INTERFACES TO CONTROL YOUR KETTLES AND STUFF. AH WELL LOOKED AROUND THE ICC STAND- NOT MANY PEOPLE THERE- SAID 'HI' TO DOKK WATCHED MUD FOR A BIT AND WALKED OFF TO FIND SOMEONE ... OH AT LAST ...FOUND SOMEONE UBIK ENTERS... FOLLOWED HIM AROUND A BIT TO TRY AND SEE HIS BADGE TO CHECK IF IT WAS HIM (DID'NT HAVE THE BEARD BEFORE) GO UPSTAIRS AND GET A DRINK- BEST MOVE SO FAR. MET MAF THERE TOO, CHAT FOR A WHILE. CANT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WELL ANYWAY... - L A T E R - MAT AND PSY TURN AND TALK FOR A BIT. I HAVE SOME MORE DRINKS. MEET HEX NOW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE AROUND THE BAR... COLIN FROM FIREBIRD, UBIK, MAT, PSY, HEX, GI JO, GRAHAM , DOKK AND A FEW OTHERS. GRAHAM AND UBIK START TALKING ABOUT SPRITE PLEXORS (BOOOOORINNNG) ...HAVE SOME MORE DRINKS. - MET BENJO DOWNSTAIRS. - MET A GUY CALLED KRIS AND HIS FRIEND ALISON DIDNT REMEMBER THEM ALL THAT WELL (BIT EMBARRASING... SORRY KRIS AND ALISON) MET YIP OF PUREBYTE AND TMC - KOOL GUYS TALKED ABOUT UNIFFICIENT MUSIC PLAYERS TO YIP FOR A WHILE TRIED TO HINT ABOUT THE RASTER TIME ON HIS PLAYER. - NEED A PISS NOW! - MORE DRINKS GET RIPPED OFF BUYING THOSE SANDWICHES. MET ANDY AND HUGH FREQUENT LOADING OF THEIR GAME DEMO ENSUED ON SEVERAL MONITORS. SAW DEMON, JCB, CLAKA, AND HAGAR ONLY SPOKE WITH THE LATTER THO WAS BUSY- SO NO OFFENCE OR NOWT. SAW SNAKE AND STACK AND THEIR FRIEND WITH THE 'VW' MEDALION- MEGA ! WENT TO MACDONALDS... CANT REMEMBER ON WHICH DAY THO... MET SOME MORE PEOPLE MAK AND ANT FEW OTHERS TOO CANT REMEMBER WHO AT THE MO... - JEEEEEZ DO I NEED A PISS MAN!!! - MET 'THE BOYS WITHOUT BRAINS' AND LOOKED AT THEIR GAME. THE GUY CALLED JAWS (OR JACCO) SHOWED ME SOME OF HIS PICCIES ...VERY GOOD INDEED LOVED THE MADONNA ONE. SOMEONE TOLD ME 1001 CREW WERE THERE AND I REPLIED 'SO'? ...NO SERIOUSLY ...ITS NOT THAT I DONT LIKE THEM ITS JUST THEY DONT HAVE MUCH IN COMMON WITH ME. I HEARD THEY HAD THEIR GAME WITH THEM- WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THAT. YIP LOST HIS BAG AND LOOKED VERY DEPRESSED. - CANT FIND A TOILET IN THIS PLACE - GO TO THE ICC STAND ...ITS VERY CROWDED SO I PISSED OFF UP TO THE BAR AGAIN. - L A T E R - SEE YIP TALKING TO STAVROS AND I BUT IN.... - WHERE IS THE TOILET ??? ..... UPSTAIRS AND OUT. ....OKAY TA! WENT TO THE TOILET ..... AHHHHHHHHH RELIEF - WELL THAT WAS ABOUT IT FOR SATURDAY. WENT BACK TO HEX'S HOUSE TO HELP HIM CARRY HIS PRINTER - (HES A BIT UNHEALTHY) - WENT HOME ON THE TUBE THINKING I WAS GONNA GET CRUMPED BY SOME VIOLENT LOOKING PEOPLE. - - SUNDAY- CAME IN LATE THIS TIME.... AVOIDS ME WALKING AROUND UNESSACARILLY IN 'LIMBO' (ON MY OWN) MET UP WITH MAT AND PSY AND GOT COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY BY SOME AMIGA DEMOS .... - WOW - HAD SOME DRINKS AND MET UP WITH PEOPLE FROM YESTERDAY ... ALSO MET STE (MEGA KOOL PERSON!!!) MET MATT GRAY AND CHAZ ...TOOK A WHILE FOR MATT'S NAME TO SINK INTO MY BRAIN AT THE TIME (DUNNO WHY ....MUST HAVE BEEN THE DRINK...SORRY MATT) OKAY WELL THATS ABOUT IT REALLY ...OKAY I OWN UP....I'M GETTING BORED DOING THIS!!! HEHE ... HERES A FEW HI'S ... HELLO TO STE * JAWS * MAT * SKUZZ * HUGH * DELBOY - * DOKK AND RADIX - H - HIYA GRAHAM! (HEEHEE) - ALSO HI TO GI-JO * PSY * COLIN (MADMAN) * MOLE *PLASMA* - ADVANCED MEMORY SYSTEMS (SQUEEK) - * SHRIGGZY * ANDY * JANE * TJ AND ROOSTA * SIR (NICE TALKING) * CLAKA AND JCB ( - VIOLENCE TO TRUDY... - DONT DIE OF IGNORANCE WILL YOU? - AND ERMMMM - HI TO - *SLAINE* - ...OH GOD I CANT THINK OF ANY MORE.... JUST HERES A FEW HI'S TO WHO I MISSED OR WHO WASNT AT THE SHOW ...MARK AND ROB * TORK, TORKY AND - *SPIDEY * CHROMA * BAZZ * ...AND ANYONE ELSE ....WELL WHAT AN - PRODUCT THE 'HUBBARD HACKER' FROM - - - - ....MUST BE ...HMMMM VERY INTERESTING ...INTERESTING TO MAKE MONEY OUT OF HACKING SOMEONES MUSIC. WELL... ANYWAY APART FROM A FEW LITTLE THINGS THE SHOW WAS REALLY KOOL AND WE BOTH LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE OR YOU AT THE PCW SHOW IN SEPTMBER SO... - SAFE DAY! - -
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