POWERDRIVE PRESENT ********** POWERGIRLS ********** THIS DEMO WAS RELEASED AT THE COPY PARTY HELD BY DIGI-TECH, IBB AND AMIGA LORDS IN 7-9 OF JULY 1989 FIRST OF ALL, THE CREDITS GREAT PICTURE BY * CAI * NICE LOGO BY * CAI * SIMPLE CODING BY * DOWN * STRANGE FONT BY * RALPH 124C41+ * COOL MUSIC BY *PARTICLE OF CLONES* THANKS TO CLONES FOR LETTING US USE THE MUZAK. A MESSAGE: WE NEED MORE CODERS! SO, IF YOU THINK YOU ARE THE RIGHT ONE, DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT US! EVEN MUSICIANS ARE WELCOME. AND IF YOU ARE VERY COOL YOU MAY JOIN US IF YOU MAKE GRAPHICS TOO. WE WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBERS TO THE TEAM: DYNE AND SAVAGE - OUR NEW GREAT PIXEL ARTISTS AND NOW A MESSAGE TO THE ONE WHO STOLE 30 OF OUR DISKS AT THE PARTY IN ESKILSTUNA: FUCK YOU!! HELLO, HERE IS RALPH 124C41+ WITH SOME INFORMATIVE TEXT. FIRST OF ALL I WILL GIVE YOU MY ADDRESS WHICH IS WHERE YOU SHOULD WRITE IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WRITE TO: STAFFAN VILCANS SVANVAGEN 13 182 46 ENEBYBERG SWEDEN IF YOU WANT TO SWAP YOU SHOULD WRITE TO: JOCKE LOFBERG FRIMURARVAGEN 28 127 33 SKARHOLMEN SWEDEN OR NIKLAS VARN ARTEMISGATAN 15 115 42 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN AND PLEASE WRITE IN WHICH DEMO AND ON WHICH DISK YOU SAW THE ADDRESS. WELL, I THINK I'D BETTER TAKE THE GREETINGS LIST WHILE I'M ON THE GO. POWERDRIVE SEND REGARDS TO: ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS ALIVE AMILINK COMPUTING ANTIRAX AUTOMAN AVALANCHE BBN BEYOND FORCE BIONIC FORCE BITES THE CARTEL BLACK MONKS BLACK DRAGON THE CARTEL CLONES COSA NOSTRA CURITY D.E.A.D. DEAD ZONE DEFIANCE DELTA LINE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY THE DUDES ELECTRONIC ARTISTS E.S.A. FAIRFAX FANTASY THE FLOPPIES GATE THE GOONIES THE I.C.I. IKARI JAMMAZ KORT/ROUTE 66 MADONNA ASSOCIATION MAFFIA MAGNETIC FIELDS THE NEW ANGELS NEW SECTOR NEWLINE PHANTASTIX PHOENIX PIRANHAS PUBLIC ENEMIES RAZOR 1911 RELAX SAURON SCOOPEX SECRET NINE SOFTWARE OF SWEDEN SUNRIDERS TCC TEZLA TRASH TRIGON ULTIMATE WARRIORS U.N.I.T THE UNLAMING FIVE WHITE LION WIZZCAT OK. THIS IS THE DRAGON OF WINTER NIGHT. WE ARE RIGHT NOW AT THE SUMMER CONFERENCE HELD BY DIGI-TECH IN GOTHEN- BURG. THE DATE IS THE 7TH OF JULY 1989 AND THE TIME IS 22:51. WE RELEASE OUR KILO-DEMO SOME HOURS AGO, AND NOW IT'S SPREADING ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND NOW I DON'T WANT TO WRITE MUCH. SEE YOU LATER... NOW, ALL SERIOUS MATTERS HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH SO NOW WE CAN START THE SHIT TALKING. HERE IS: RALPH 124C41+ AND I'VE JUST BEEN ALL OVER THE PARTY PLACE, SPREADING OUR KILO DEMO. WE HAVE A BIT OF TROUBLE WITH THE MUSIC IN THIS DEMO. WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY! BUT WE'LL TRY TO FIND SOME ANYWAY. TO MY RIGH SAVAGE IS MAKING A PIC BUT HERADOTOS WANT HIM TO STOP WITH THAT SO HE CAN PLAY DRAGONS LAIR WHICH HE HAS GOT A COPY OF. TO MY LEFT THERE IS A SMALL GANG FROM TRIGON, ONE OF THEM IS TRYING TO SLEEP ALTHOUGH TIME IS ONLY 1:00 ON THE NIGHT OF THE 8TH OF JULY. SOME MEMBERS OF TOP SWAP JUST WALKED PAST. I HAVE NOT MUCH TO WRITE ABOUT. MAYBE I SHOLD WRITE SOME ABOUT THE JOURNEY BUT IT WAS SO BORING THAT IT WOULD NOT BE A VERY LONG TEXT. WELL, WE ARE FIVE MEMBERS OF POWERDRIVE HERE AT THE PARTY. THEY ARE: DOWN, HERADOTOS, DYNE AND SAVAGE. I'M HERE TOO BUT I THINK YOU HAVE NOTICED THAT BY THIS TIME. I'VE MET SOME COOL PEOPLE HERE AT THE PARTY BUT I'VE ALSO MET A GANG FROM DEAD ZONE. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD MADE A NEW DEMO WITH HATE TEXT AGAINST US AND ESPECIALLY AGAINST ME. THERE WAS A VERY STRANGE AND VERY GOOD THING ABOUT THIS PARTY. THEY SAID THAT WE WERE TO BE PICKED UP AT THE STATION AND WE WERE! THIS IS THE FIRST COPY PARTY THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO US. AMAZING! WELL, NOW I LEAVE THE KEYBOARD TO DYNE. HEY HEY, THIS IS DYNE AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO WRITE: NOTHING dOVER TO RALPH AGAIN I STILL DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WRITE ABOUT SO I WILL GO AND TRY TO FIND SOME ONE WHO HAS. OK, HERE IS DOWN AGAIN. I HAVE STILL NOTHING TO TYPE SO I WILL LEAVE THE KEY- BOARD TO THE STUPID PERSON WHO WILL WRITE THE NEXT WORDS... HEJSAN, JAG HETER THE CRACKER (TROR JAG). I IS NOT A SO GOD AT ENGLICH.. THANK YOU, THAT'S ENOUGH. NOW I (DOWN) WILL TELL YOU ABOUT SOME THINGS. THE TIME IS NOW 1:45 IN THE NIGHT. THE ONLY SHELTER WE HAVE FOR THE STORMING WINDS OUTSIDE IS SOME THIN WINDOWS, WHICH WILL EASILY BREAK. THE SNOW IS FALLING HEAVY ON THE ROOF, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE FRAGILE WOOD ROOF WILL HOLD IT, BUT I HOPE SO. IT'S VERY COLD BECAUSE WE HAVE ONLY ONE STICKKONTAKT AND WE CAN'T CONNECT ANY ELECTRIC HEATER TO THE NET, BECAUSE OF THAT WE NEED ALL POWER FOR THE COMPUTERS. WE CAN'T LIGHT A FIRE BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF THE ICEBEARS WHO, AS YOU KNOW, ARE ATTRACTED BY LIGHT. THE ICE- BEARS I'M TALKING ABOUT IS NOT THE ORDINARY SMALL ONES WHO LIVES ON THE NORTH POLE. NO, THESE ARE THE HUGE SCANDINAVIAN MEGA- ICEBEARS WHO WEIGHT ABOUT 20 TONS AND CAN EASILY CRUSH A BUILDING LIKE THIS WITH ONE TOE. WE ARE FREEZING AND HUNGRY. IT'S 500 MILES TO THE NEAREST FOOD PLACE. OUR RADIO IS BROKEN, AND WE CAN'T GET ANY CONTACT WITH THE CIVILISATION. OVER FORTY PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND THESE WORDS ARE PROBABLY THE LAST I WILL EVER WRITE. AT A TIME LIKE THIS YOU THINK ABOUT HOW NICE IT WOULD BE WITH A HOT SUMMER NIGHT WITH OPEN WINDOWS, BRIGHT LIGHTS, MUSIC, COCA-COLA, FANTA, DRAGON'S LAIR ON THE SCREEN, LOTS OF COOL PEOPLE AND THE THINGS THAT MAKES A COPY-PARTY NICE. NOW OVER TO THE REAL PARTY REPORT... I (DOWN) AM SITTING IN A ROOM WITH A FEW PERSONS IN. HERADOTOS TO MY RIGHT IS TESTING HIS COPY OF DRAGONS LAIR AND IT SEEMS TO WORK RALPH PUCKONUFFRA IS AS USUAL RUNNING AROUND IN THE BUILDING, TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE COPY OUR KILO-DEMO THAT WE RELEASED SOME HOURS AGO. NOW I HAVE NOTHING TO WRITE AGAIN. SO.. I WAIT A FEW MOMENTS AND NOW THE TIME IS 7:49 IN THE MORNING. RALPH IS SLEEPING (LAME), AND HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO GO TO SLEEP AND HE IS NOW THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS ROOM WHO STILL IS ASLEEP. SUDDENLY, THE TIME IS 7:58 (I WENT TO THE TOILET). OUT- SIDE IT'S A BRIGHT MORNING. I WILL STOP NOW FOR TWO REASONS: 1. I HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO 2. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE TO WRITE