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bbbbbbbd YYYEEEAAAHHH! ssssa NORTON OF ESA PROUDLY PRESENT, AFTER TWO WEEKS OF CODING, MY FIRST DEMO ON THE AMIGA. CREDITS FOR THIS GREAT DEMO: ALL CODING, GRAPHICS, TEXT AND MUSIC RIPP BY NORTON.b THE MUSIC WAS RIPPED FROM A BS1(DK) INTRO CALLED 'SCROLLSUPRISE' (GREAT, HOPE YOU DON'T MIND US USING IT, SLL!).c NOW LET'S GET GOING WITH THE FANCY STUFF....b FIRST LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CURRENT CREW: NORTON (ME!): THE CODER OF THE GROUP (68000 CODE (WHAT ELSE? C? BASIC? YOU LAMER!)). JELLYBEAN: OUR SOUNDTRACKER AND PAINT MAN (HE IS MEGA FAB COMPARED TO ME, I'LL GET HIM TO MAKE THE GRAFIX IN FUTURE PRODUCTS). AND FINALLY NEWTON: THE SWAP-MASTER (DO I NEED TO WRITE MORE?). WELL, NOW I WILL WRITE SOME KB OF SHITTYTALK AND THEN THE THING YOU ARE ALL WAITING FOR WILL APPEAR ON YOUR SCREEN, THE GREETZ!c ISN'T IT STRANGE WHAT A COPY-PARTY CAN DO TO YOU? I CAN ASSURE YOU IT ISN'T NICE! I WILL NOW TELL YOU ABOUT THE TIME WHEN WE VISITED THE SILENTS COPY PARTY IN ALVESTA...b WELL WE WENT THERE BY TRAIN AND THE TRAIN WAS REALLY PACKED TO THE LIMIT, AND AS THERE WAS NO COMPARTMENTS AVAILABLE WE HAD TO STAND UP ALL THE WAY. TO BE QUITE HONEST, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO DO THAT ANYWAY BECAUSE IT ISN'T THE EASYEST THING TO STASH AWAY AN AMIGA, A MONITOR AND SOME RUCKSACKS FILLED TO THE LIMIT WITH DISKS, SAMPLERS, EXTERNAL DRIVES AND OTHER STUFF ON A SWEDISH MORNING-TRAIN!b WELL WE GOT THERE, AND IT SEAMED THAT WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST GROUPS TO SHOW UP. AFTER SOME HARD WORK PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER WE WENT ON MAKING WHAT WOULD TURN OUT TO BE AN INTRO (YEARK!) INSTEAD OF THE MEGA-BEAUTIFULL DEMO I HAD PLANNED. I SAT THERE ALL DAY CODING DESPERATLY TO GET IT ALL TOGETHER IN TIME. LATER ON IN THE EVENING A BUNCH OF COOOOL GROUPS HAD ARRIVED (LIKE ATOMIC AND THE LINK) TO THE PARTY-PLACE. SUDDENLY ONE COULD HEAR THE BELLS RINGING (THE PARTY WAS HELD IN A SCHOOL) AND IT WAS THE BURGLAR ALARM! A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT REALLY NERVOUS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WETHER THE POLICE WOULD SHOW UP OR NOT. SOMEHOW SOMEONE MANAGED TO SILENCE THE ALARM AND THINGS WENT BACK TO 'NORMAL'. LATER ON WE ALL TRIED TO GET SOME SLEEP. DID I SAY ALL? SORRY, IT SHOULD BE ALMOST ALL! A GROUP CALLED THE AFTERBURNERS HAD SHOWED UP AND THEY MADE KEEPING US ALL AWAKE INTO A SPORT. I MANAGED TO SLEEP BETWEEN 07.00-07.30 AM, A HOLE HALF-HOUR!. AS THE DAY WENT ON (SECOND DAY) I BECAME REALLY SLEEEEEPY! BUT I DIDN'T SLEEP, OH NO! I KEPT ON CODING. JELLYBEAN WHO HAD SLEPT SOME 6 HOURS OR SO WAS REALLY GOING STRONG, COPYING EVERYTHING NICE HE SAW. NOW ALSO NEWTON SHOWED UP AND CHEERED UP THE PARTY EVEN MORE. I STAYED UP THE FOLLOWING NIGHT TOO, TRYING TO GET NEW CONTACTS WHILE JELLYBEAN WAS ASLEEP. THAT CERTAINLY WAS A GOOD IDEA, COZ A BUNCH OF CRAZY GUYS FROM TRIAD WENT AROUND WITH A GHETTOBLASTER AT FULL VOLUME, WAKING A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I AIN'T FRIENDLY WHEN SOMEONE COMES AND DISTURBS MY SLEEP. WELL, AFTER BEING AT THE PARTY-PLACE FOR SOME 60 HOURS, JELLYBEAN DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME, I WAS TOO TIRED TO ARGUE SO I WENT ALONG AFTER FIRST FINISHING THE INTRO (YEARK!). WELL WHEN WE CAME TO THE TRAIN-STATION, THINGS WAS REALLY QUIET, NOT A MAN IN SIGHT. AFTER WAITING FOR A WHILE A MAN SHOWED UP TELLING US THERE WERE NO MORE TRAINS GOING THAT EVENING! SHIT! I DON'T KNOW HOW, BECAUSE I FELL ASLEEP AT THE STATION, BUT JELLYBEAN GOT HIS FOLKS TO COME AND GET US BY CAR. I ONLY REMEMBER TWO SHARP CURVES AND BEING HOME, TERRIBLE. I MUST SAY THAT I REALLY WAS NOT QUITE MYSELF DURING THE LAST DAY, AND I JUST SAY THIS: IF YOU'RE GOING TO VISIT A PARTY FOR MORE THEN ONE DAY, BRING COFFEIN-PILLS! ON THE SUBJECT OF PARTIES HERE IS A MESSAGE TO THE BYTERAPPERS INC : WHY IS IT THAT YOU COMPLAIN SO MUCH ABOUT THE PARTY BEING ALCOHOL-FREE? HAVE EVER TRIED TO CODE WHEN THERE IS A LOT OF DRUNK GUYS AROUND OR EVEN BEING DRUNK YOURSELF? I HAVEN'T, BUT I CAN EASILY PICTURE THE SCENE AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALCOHOL-FREE PARTIES ARE THE BEST ONES! NOW SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU ARE USED TO IN AMIGA-DEMOS.a I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU WHO ARE READING THIS SCROLLY IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO OWNS A SINCLAIR QL COMPUTER (A CHEAP 68008 MICRO, GREAT!!!). IF YOU DO AND THE OWNER WANTS TO SWAP QL-STUFF, ASK THE PERSON IN QUESTION TO DROP ME(NORTON) A LINE AT THE ADDRESS ABOVE AND I WILL PASS IT ON TO A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE,c OK? ALL RIGHT! NOW BACK TO THE BULLSHIT. b HEY ALL YOU LAME FINNISH GROUPS! WHY DO YOU ALL WRITE A LOT OF FUCKINGS TO EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF PULLING TOGETHER LIKE SWEDISH GROUPS? I CAN TELL YOU JUST FOR THE RECORD THAT I CERTAINLY DON'T LIKE GAY(YEARK!!!) PEOPLE COZ I THINK THEY ARE REALLY A BUNCH OF PERVERTS, BUT I REFUSE TO BELEAVE THAT MOST OF THE FINNISH GROUPS ARE GAY-GROUPS! NOT EVEN FINLAND CAN BE THAT STRANGE. I GET REALLY PISSED READING SCROLLTEXTS WRITTEN BY FINNISH GROUPS (GET THE MEZZIE BLOODSUCKERS AND BYTERAPPERS?) WHICH DOESN'T CONTAIN ANYTHING BUT FUCKINGS-TEXT TO OTHER PEOPLE, COME ON GUYS AND WRITE SOME CERIOUS CRAP LIKE ME!b MESSAGE TO THE CRACKER OF THE GANG: HOW IS THAT VIDEO-CAMERA YOU BOUGHT WORKING? (1500KR IS CHEAP!) MAYBE YOU COULD DIGITIZE SOME PICCYS FOR ME? d NO NO NO NO NO NO WHAT IS THIS, WHO TURNED ON FAST MODE? I WILL HAVE TO SLOW IT DOWN, IF I ONLY KNEW HOW..............b YEAH THAT'S BETTER, SORRY. NA NU VET JAG INTE VAD JAG SKALL SKRIVA IGEN, DET AR SA DJAVLA TRAKIGT ATT SKRIVA SCROLLTEXT. HOW COME THAT THERE IS A LOT OF GUYS WHO HAVE BEGUN WRITING SCROLLYS IN DANISH, FINNISH, FRENCH, GERMAN AND SO ON? I CAN TAKE IT WHEN THEY WRITE IN DANISH AND GERMAN COZ I CAN UNDERSTAND THOSE LANGUAGES QUITE WELL, BUT A GET REALLY MAD WHEN PEOPLE WRITE SCROLLYS IN FRENCH! HEY MR GURK OF TRIANGLE (CCF). HOW IS THAT VOICE OF YOURS COMMIN' ALONG? WHEN WE 'SPOKE' AT THE PARTY YOU COULDN'T SAY ALL THAT MUCH BECAUSE YOU SEAMED QUITE 'VOICELESS' (HE HE) SO TO SPEAK. REALLY A SHAME THAT COZ YOU SEAMED TO BE QUITE A COOL PERSON AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU AGAIN ON A FUTURE PARTY. ON THE SUBJECT OF COOL GUYS, I HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF THE COOOOOOLEST GROUPS IN SWEDEN - ATOMIC. WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVED AT THE ALVESTA PARTY AND RIGGED UP THAT VIC20 NEXT TO THE AMIGA 1000 I ALMOST FREAKED! BUT WHEN WE GOT TO KNOW THEM BETTER THEY TURNED OUT TO BE MEGA-COOOOL! THEY DID ALL KINDS OF PECULIAR STUFF THE PARTY LIKE SAMPLING THE ALARM-BELLS (PLAYING THEM WHEN THE ALARM WAS OFF AND GETTING A HOLE LOT OF PEOPLE CONFUSED!) IF I EVER GET A CHANCE TO VISIT A PARTY AND SETTING UP OUR HQ IN THE SAME ROOM AS THOSE GUYS YOU BET I'LL TAKE IT! bAND NOW IT COMES. THE THING YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR, THE GREETZ. AS IT SEAMS LIKE IT WAS ONLY THE LINK WHO GOT MY MESSAGE THE LAST TIME I'LL HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN: GREET US LIKE 'EUROPEAN SOFTWARE AGENCY' AND NOT LIKE 'ESA'. THIS IS BECAUSE WE ALWAYS GET MIXED UP WITH 'ECA' AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST 'ECA' WE DON'T WANT TO MIXED UP WITH THEM. b GREETINGS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND CONTACTS: (A-Z ORDER (WELL, ALMOST ANYWAY!)) FIRST TO ALL MEMBERS OF E.S.A (HEY NEWTON, HOW IS MY PHOTOCOPY OF THE EXEC MANUAL COMMIN' ALONG?), G.G OF DAKO HOUSE (QL=ST BEATER? YES!) THOMAS (WE MISS YOUR ORIGINALS!), ALTAIR (MADE ANY NEW GAMES LATELY?), A.S.S, ATOMIC (GOLDEN GREETZ GOES TO YOU!), AXION, BAMIGA SECTOR ONE (DK) (GOLDEN GREETZ - GREAT MUSAK!!!), DESTINY, EMPIRE (SEND BACK MY DISKS!), FAIRLIGHT/NORTH STAR, FREEDOM FORCE (NICE DEMO, STYLIE STUFF!), HACKTRICK, HAPPY CRACKING SERVICE '4220 (THANX FOR GREAT UTILITY DISKS!), HEPTAGON, IPEC/ELITE, MAGNETIC FIELDS, NOIZE (GOLDEN GREETZ - THANX FOR SENDING EXPRESS!), SHADOW SOFTWARE, SHORT CIRCUIT, SOFTWARE OF SWEDEN (THESE GUYS ARE FAST), TAC II, TEEZE (THANX FOR THE DPAINT DISK, DID YOU DRAW ANYTHING ON IT YOURSELF?), THE GANG (THANX FOR THOSE GREAT DEMODISKS!), THE LINK (FUCK ATARI!), THE SILENTS (HEY GOOFY, YOU HAVE A NASTY ATTITUDE PROBLEM GOING THERE!), TOP SWAP, TRIAD (GREAT GAMEDISKS!), TRIANGLE (CRACK FORCE FIVE), TRIANGLE (JETSPEED), WINGS OF TOMORROW (HI KEX!), WONDERSTUFF. c I THINK THAT WAS ALL OUR CONTACTS, I AM SORRY IF I'VE MISSED ANYONE. SEE YA' IN ONE OF OUR FUTURE PRODUCTS.b SIGNED: NORTON OF ESA.sss NOW.... DEPENDING ON HOW STUPID/LAME YOU ARE YOU MAY NEED TO READ THE WHOLE SCROLLTEXT AGAIN, AND HERE IS YOUR CHANCE COZ NOW THE SCROLLY RESTARTS! (AS USUAL - LEFT ONE TO EXIT, LAMER!)............... STILL READING? NO USE, HERE IS NOTHING MORE!