MANY PEOPLE TRIED IT... THEY ALL FAILED YOU'VE NOW BEEN WAITING FOR 12 YEARS TO GET AN ORIGINAL CONVERSION OF THE LEGENDARY COIN-OP: ASTEROIDS }~ OF fghi vwxyz{| DID IT... THIS SMALL INTRO INFORMS YOU ABOUT: [ CREDITS [ SHAREWARE CONDITIONS [ IDEA [ VERTICAL - A NEW PROGRAMMING TEAM [ INTERVIEW WITH THE BEST (JPN) [ THE GREETINGS ______________________________________ [ THE COMPLETE CREDITS PROGRAM : JPN GRAPHIX : JPN FX : ATARI AND JPN THIS MUSIC: JPN __________________________ THANX TO FOLLOWING PEOPLE WHO ENABLED THIS CUTE GAME: DIDDI FOR SCANNING THE TITLE-PICTURE WHICH WAS REPAINTED BY JPN ATL FOR HIS SOUND-SAMPLER WHICH WAS RE- QUIRED TO SAMPLE THE ORIGINAL FX INGO, WITH WHOM I STARTED THIS PROJECT (BUT HE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE INTERESTED TO FINISH THIS PROJECT SINCE I'VE NOT SEEN HIM FOR MONTHS) UWE DAINCZYK FOR PROVIDING THE COIN-OP AND FOR TESTING THE GAME (LECHZ!) __________________________________________ SNAP FOR HIS NICE KEYBOARD-HANDLER CUBE FOR ALL REPAIRS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE ON THE COIN OP AND FOR HIS FILL- ROUTINE COCA COLA FOR PROVIDING ME WITH THE REAL THING WHICH MADE NONSTOP CODING POSSIBLE (!) AND FINALLY ATARI WHOSE ASTEROIDS IS STILL UNBEATABLE _______________________ [ SHAREWARE-INFORMATION THIS PROGRAM CAN BE COPIED AS LONG AS NO MONEY IS INVOLVED. THE COPY FEE MUST NOT EXCEED 5 DM OR 3 US$ ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED BY fghi vwxyz{| (IM NAMEN DES MEISTERS 'JPN'...OH BOAH EY!) IF YOU LIKE THIS GAME THEN CONSIDER TO SEND SOME MONEY TO THE POOR PROGRAMMER WHO SPENT LOTS OF HIS SPARE-TIME TO CODE IT (HEUL!) IT WILL HELP TO PRODUCE MORE HIGH QUALITY SHAREWARE! MONEY, DISKS, POSTERS, STICKERS... ETC TO: P.O. BOX 3150 6750 KAISERSLAUTERN WEST-GERMANY YOU'LL BE WARMLY MENTIONED IN UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS... ___________________________________________ [ THE IDEA BEHIND ASTEROIDS IN 1979 ATARI PRODUCED ONE OF THE CLASSICAL ARCADE COIN-OPS WHICH WILL ALWAYS BE KEPT IN MIND BY ALL THOSE REAL FREAKS WHO'VE SPENT MOST OF THEIR MONEY ON PLAYING THE ARCADES. FIRST CONVERSIONS FOR HOME-COMPUTERS WERE MADE: VIC-20, C-64, ATARI ST AND FINALLY ON THE AMIGA BUT... WHERE IS THE FEELING OF THE ORIGINAL? IT ALWAYS ENDED UP IN BOREDOM. EXAMPLES: SPACE BATTLE, ASTERIODS, ROKSTORM, AMIGOIDS _______________ THIS CONVERSION FEATURES: [ 64 DIRECTIONS (OTHERS HAVE 16 OR LESS!) [ ORIGINAL SOUND EFFECTS [ ORIGINAL GRAPHIX (I DID MY BEST TO DO...!) [ SOPHISTICATED CONTROL (JOY AND KEYBOARD) [ 2 PLAYER MODE [ ORIGINAL SCORING [ TOP TEN HIGH-SCORES ... AND A TOUCH OF INGENUITY (HOEHOEHOE) __________________ [ VERTICAL - A NEW GROUP YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD FROM US WHICH IS ACTUALLY BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE ARE A NEW GROUP. WE CONSIST OF 7 EX-MEMBERS OF LEVEL 4 AND ONE EX-MEMBER FROM BIGNONIA WE ARE A LEGAL PROGRAMMING TEAM WITHOUT ANY SWAPPERISM AND OUR INTENTION IS TO PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY MUSICDISKS, DEMOS, GAMES, TOOLS ETC. WE DO NOT FEEL ANY PRESSURE TO BECOME FAMOUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN AND WE WANT TO BRING FUN TO YOU WITH OUR WORK... _________ VERTICAL ARE: [ JPN (CODING, MUSIC) [ ATL (MUSIC) [ THE FOX (MUSIC) [ PINCHER (PR AND ORGANISING) [ CUBE (CODING) [ INGO (CODING) [ NASTY BOY(CODING) [ COUGAR (GRAPHIX) _________________________ [ INTERVIEW WITH JPN SW=SWAPPER JOURNAL JPN=JPN SW : RUMOURS SAY THAT YOU ARE THE BEST. IS THIS REALLY TRUE??? JPN: WELL, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FACTS AND SINCE I'M NOT ARROGANT I MUST TELL YOU: INDEED - I'M THE BEST. SW : THANX FOR ANSWERING THIS QUESTION (MANY THANX, THANX, THANX...). WHO MANAGED TO MAKE YOU ANSWERING THIS INTERVIEW SINCE YOU ARE THAT DEMANDED IN SCENE? JPN: WELL, THOUGHT: GIVE 'SW' A CHANCE AND LET'EM MAKE A BRILLIANT ISSUE DUE TO THIS INTERVIEW (IT'S DELICIOUS!) SW : HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO GET ON THE TOP? JPN: I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ON THE TOP!!! I WAS BORN WITH A NAME THAT SOUNDS... WWWOOOAAAAHH!! J P N AND I AM STILL GETTING COOLER AND COOLER SW : HOW MANY CONTACTS DO YOU HAVE? JPN: I DON'T NEED SOMETHING CALLED 'CONTACTS' I DON'T HAVE THE TIME FOR SUCH UNIM- PORTANT THINGS MY STUFF IS PROVIDED DIRECTLY FROM GOD SW : OH, EY...STAUN, DUMMGUCK ISS JA COOL JPN: I THOUGHT THE SAME... SW : WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MODEM TRADING JPN: TOO LAME!!! GOD-TRADING IS MUCH MORE CONVENIENT! SW : SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT YOU ARE ARROGANT!? JPN: NO, NO, I JUST DON'T SPEAK WITH PEOPLE WHOSE STUFF IS OLDER THAN 3.4 SECONDS AND THAT'S EVERYONE ELSE THAN ME! THAT'S WHY I PREFER MONOLOGS!!! SW : DO YOU HAVE FRIENDS IN SCENE? JPN: NO, I DON'T NEED 'EM THOUGH THEY LOVE ME BECAUSE I HAVE JESUS AND GOD SW : THANX FOR THIS MARVELLOUS INTERVIEW O.K. ENOUGH BULLSHIT FOR THIS INTRO [ THE GREETINGS JPN'S PERSONAL SPECIAL HELLOS ARE GOING TO: [ CHRISTIAN FIOTT OF PANTHEON SOFTWORKS [ TCC DESIGN [ CHRIS/IRIS [ KEO/FRAXION [ MADMAN/ISTARI (ISMIRUEBEL) [ CHESTER/BRAINSTORMIUM [ DR. FX [ ZODIAC [ BLACKSTAR/CRYPTOBURNERS (SLOW, SLOW...) [ CONDOR/PANORAMIC DESIGN [ ANDY/AMIGA INDUSTRIES [ ALL IN UNITED FORCES [ MUNSTER/SPREADPOINT [ TEEZE/ANARCHY [ JEAN/CHROMANCE [ FLYNX [ GERONYMHO [ MAVE (HUAHUA) [ YANKEE DOODLE/ADDONIC [ SNAP/LEVEL 4-NO LONGER ADVANCED-SD !! [ SOME OTHERS IN LEVEL 4... [ THE CRACKING SCORPION______________ SOME MORE GREETINGS ARE GOING TO: ECS/CRUSADERS (STILL ANGRY WITH YOU GUY!!) CENTAUR MAC JASON/ZOMBIE BOYS WARHEAD AND SOME OTHERS IN PANIC (NOT ALL) FRED HAHN (STILL ALIVE???) MR. FANCY DIDDI, WERNER POSEIDON/CELESTE DR. LEGAL/RAF THAT'S ALL... _______________________ ENJOY 'ASTEROIDS' AND SEND SOME DONATIONS! YOURS KRIS 'JPN' SCHULTE... __________________________________________