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1 ;"{L9888 official distribution by alchemist research, fish mag,"'"prism pd and womo pd. we request that pd libraries don't charge even a minimal copy fee for this fanzine. sod"'"your electricity bill!
1 ;"{L9888 all titles available from alchemist research and maybe"'" prism pd too (if they have stopped fighting that is)."
1 ;"{L9885 Welcome to";
1 ;"{L9885 The Feature";
1 ;"{L9885 Editorial and Contents blurb"
1 ;"{L9885 Demo Demons";
1 ;"{L9885 Classic Software Review":
1 ;"{L9885 COMPETITION Win some Software"
1 ;"{L9885 Amandas Diary"
1 ;"{L9884 Zoom Lens by Chris Pile"
1 ;"{L9884 The UK Brat Attack vs"'"the Euro-Bad Haircuts"
1 ;"{L9884 Spectrum Globeplotter"
1 ;"{L9884 Pandagirl Swear Box 128"
1 ;"{L9884 Graphic Adventure Creator"
1 ;"{L9884 DLan by Campbell Systems";
1 ;"{L9884 Bad Taste Software"
1 ;"{L9883 THE FREE PD TAPEZINE"
1 ;"{L9882 Would you like to see one of your own SCREEN"'"files being mapped onto a definable sized sphere and the rotated like a planet? Well, get this then. Downloaded from some 'proper' computer it is,"'"and pretty darn interesting too. Can't think of a"'"use for it though!"
1 ;"{L9882 Using the full capabilities of the tasty RAM Music Machine, let the Spectrum bring instant tension"'"and stress relief to the new man or woman in"'"your life. Everytime something goes wrong and"'"you feel the whole world is against you, load up Swear Box and a stream of digitised obscenity"'"and cursing will flood from your TV. It shows lack of intelligence to actually swear in 1994 so let"'"Amanda do it for you."
1 ;"{L9882 The Cream";
1 ;"{L9882 It's so nice to see some of the Spectrums past"'"masters of utility software allowing titles to be"'"distributed by the PD darlings. Create screenfuls"'"of scrolling text in various sizes and fonts,"'"expanding box animations etc with this arty tool."'"Sadly, without instructions (although there maybe a tasfile tutor around somewhere - but I ain't got one!) it is a complicated little bugger but effects"'"can be ravishing!"
1 ;"{L9882 In a pathetic attempt to get you bastards to write to us we are now experimenting with that tried"'"and tested formula of holding pointless boring"'"competitions. Answer the question below and win five programs of your choice:";
1 ;"{L9882 Excellent little routine that lets you load in a"'"SCREEN, magnify a portion and then save that off":
1 ;"{L9882 Did you buy yours in 1986 for `23? Well, 8 years"'"later you can have one on any format for 2
1 ;"{L9882 Released 04.09.94 by Fountain PD Software"'"2 Belvoir Rd, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 5DL"
1 ;"{L9881 We all draw the line somewhere, from"'"the slobbering pervert to the insipid"'"tory voter so I'm not quite sure how"'"to approach the subject. It's an"'"important one though. Software, like"'"most popular mediums, will reflect"'"prevalent attitudes from the current"'"state of society."
1 ;"{L9881 The start of a new season always"'"gets the juices flowing. Everyone"'"starts with zero points and all"'"dreams are intact... enough of the"'"cliches, on with the most derided of"'"computer games; the management sim."'"But I like these games and I was going"'"to tell you what the best ones are."'"Just the English League ones that is."'"As far as I'm concerned, you put club"'"before country! but I've run out of"'"memory so we'll save it for later."
1 ;"{L9881 Maybe if those bods who designed the spectrum had devoted a touch more memory to the screen display then we wouldn't have needed innovators like Don Priestly to get around the"'"attribute limitations. But I guess we're just lucky."''"In stripping down these graphics from the game screens, I"'"just about understood the technique used to send huge"'"colorful sprites lumbering and flying around the dark"'"damp castle. Just don't ask me to explain it..."
1 ;"{L9881 Being a demo coder is not a simple case of being a wizard"'"of ingenious Z80 m/c. What the 'best kid in maths at school' can't be taught is how to be cool - you've either got it or you havn't. It's having an eye for balance and construction of your graphics, the design of the fonts, the content of"'"the scroller and the 'feel' of the sound. You can't define"'"'cool' and some of us have various definitions of it anyhow!"
1 ;"you have to start the whole game again";
1 ;"which you have to sort out from the";
1 ;"various items around you.":
1 ;"that difficult but do become frustrating when";
1 ;"so anyone with half a brain, 39 sheets of A4 and a fortnight to spare, can code the next pile of"'"done to death middle earth toss that Zenobi will"'"expect to sell for `2.99! Why are home grown"'"adventures so over-priced?"
1 ;"on your side, battling the 'evil' of communism. That sort of bullshit went out with Reagen and the Berlin wall. I think we can excuse War/Strategy games seeing as they are usually"'"based on real historic events - unless of course you're some American tosser still unable to come to terms with losing"'"Vietnam! They never miss a chance to twist that one... Any other drastic changes in software content you'd be hard"'"pressed to find."
1 ;"of precision placing and timing (i.e. I havn't";
1 ;"managed to finish it yet). The tasks are not";
1 ;"havn't got a clue about - street style. Maybe I've just been pushed out of too many queues by some fat German wearing crap clothes... I've met too many Polish blokes who think"'"having a moustache is 'fashionable'. It took a while for the UK crews to take on the euros but it's starting to happen. This competition will be great for the Speccy PD scene - a"'"bit of aggro, that's what it needs!"
1 ;"few more DP obscurities."
1 ;"feed the monster upstairs various meals";
1 ;"down all the DK'Tronics";
1 ;"because you've cocked up with the eyeball squash."
1 ;"as the new SCREEN. Essential for those interested enough to study font design and how the Codies"'"actually draw Dizzy. In fact any utility by young"'"Piles is worth having as he's from Digital Reality."
1 ;"around that re-dress the balance..."'"how about a game called 'McRipoff',"'"you play this concerned person who"'"is pissed off with McDonalds."'"Equipped with a few petrol bombs it's"'"your task to raze the local store to"'"ashes because they sell you crap at"'"vast prices, then want you out their"'"door as quickly as possible. It sure"'"beats the sickly Eco the Dolphin."
1 ;"and Piranha games for a";
1 ;"a magazine, completing this game involves alot";
1 ;"You maybe thinking I should lighten up, stop looking too"'"deeply into things... I know what you mean only too well."'"Right-on liberals piss me off too. I'd like to see some games":
1 ;"WHAT WAS THE SINCLAIR CODENAME FOR THE"'"ORIGINAL 128 HEATSINKER MODEL";
1 ;"Utility";
1 ;"Utility Heaven";
1 ;"There are several other UK crews out there but due to not having received any latest stuff I thought it best not to pre-suppose you are coming from the same direction. So all Brit crews write to us and let's kick those hideous multi-coloured anoraks off a few tourists backs."
1 ;"There are probably some very sick"'"home grown adventure games hidden"'"away in the odd shoe box never to"'"see the light of day. But if a well"'"known software house can release a"'"game about Jack the Ripper, why will"'"something like 'Murder on the Moors'"'"or 'God Told Me to Do It 128' still"'"make the front page of the Sun?"'"And it would you know, just try it"'"and see."
1 ;"The usual competition rules apply, whatever the"'"fuck they are. The clue is: WANK FOOTBALL TEAM FROM THE EAST MIDLANDS. Entries by Oct 20th."
1 ;"The mini celebrated 35 years today, mine is about ten years old but looks 35. It's nice to know that Andy Davis of Alch"'"Research is also a mini fan. Can it be that all Speccy heads"'"like small cute cars? We seem to like small cute computers..."''"I've just released my second demo on the Speccy and even"'"though both fail to threaten new programming boundaries,"'"I'm still proud of them."
1 ;"The Trap Door was a kids tv show that has now"'"passed through the hole in the wall marked 'CULT'."'"Roughly translated that means: Kids didn't under-"'"stand or like it and adults think its neat. It was a"'"riot of colour plastercine animation with a hint of"'"saucy double meanings. And yes, it WAS great!"
1 ;"Software":
1 ;"Oh well, I don't suppose it needs a whole feature to tell you that ON THE BENCH and THE DOUBLE are the best basic"'"ones and D+H's machine coded MULTI-PLAYER SIM knocks"'"spots off the rest. Hmmmm, didn't take long did it.":
1 ;"Most of Don Priestly' games have featured these big colour-"'"ful sprites including Popeye, the curious Benny Hills Madcap Chase, and Trap Doors sequel, Through the Trap Door. Go back in time a little more and you unearth some great, if a"'"little off-beat, titles like Minder (a cockney adventure!) and Dictator, which first appeared on the ZX81 and had you"'"running a banana republic. Originality with winsome appeal"'"certainly set him apart from most programmers."
1 ;"It might be worthwhile hunting";
1 ;"In this arcade adventure it is the aim to";
1 ;"I've seen hundreds of demos from all over Europe, but it"'"wasn't until I loaded up some stuff by Brit coders EXTACY-3 that I realised just how naff most european scrolling text had been. E3's text was witty, cutting and full of the street cred cool that had been curious by its absence":
1 ;"I've made a total fuck up"'"as my first job as"'"editor - I've not got"'"room for me own"'"fucking feature!!"''"Issue 9 will be"'"available from"'"PD libraries on"'"4th November,"'"erm, see you"'"then!"'"Fuck. Fuck."
1 ;"I'm only 32, hardly past-it, but I can look back over my own lifetime and see drastic changes of attitude. Some things"'"have changed for the better... You'll no longer see endless"'"Rambo games- you playing some soldier of fortune with God":
1 ;"Eleven demos have already been released with number twelve,"'"INNER UNIVERSE, straining at the leash. What's more, the"'"dummy issue of SUBLIMINAL EXTACY, a machine code driven, tasfile forum style diskzine, already shows great style and"'"drive. Get their demos and see just what a street-cred UK"'"outfit are doing with your speccy! You won't regret it. And it doesn't stop there... the Scottish crew UNITED MINDS are releasing title after title containing more of what the euros":
1 ;"Don't get me wrong- I'm the first to tip my hat to the likes of the MAD GUYS who have over the years made me go"'"'WOW' more times than I care to mention. But what they"'"never had was the young, cocky, in-your-face attitude that EXTACY 3 have. This group of clean-cut 17 year old"'"herberts have taken the Speccy demo scene by the scruff of the neck and giving it a fucking good kicking!"
1 ;"Despite the full solution being printed in many";
1 ;"Bringing up the rear of the Brit-Brat attack we've got the Hardcore-breakbeat soundtracking of the KNUCKLE GIRLS"'"and SC's own FUDGEPACKER, pushing Speccy music into the jungle and industrial techno... You euro lot better get your shit together and drop this arse licking of pop stars like the Pet Shop Boys sound and drag yourself into the 1990's."'"You're already miles behind."
1 ;"A glance at Amiga and PC games proves that sexist attitude and imagery still sell rubbish products. The milestone of"'"Spectrum programming that was Samantha Fox Strip Poker- how we laughed. You could still watch Benny Hill or the"'"gormless Legs and Co from the sadness of your armchair."'"You can't do it now because we are much wiser and those"'"things were cringe inducing at best. The majority of com-"'"puter users will always be male but do we really have to"'"pander to this dour statistic?"
1 ;" ISSUE NUMBER 8"''"(1) Editorial"'"(2) Classic Software"'"(3) Demo Demons"'"(4) Utility Heaven"'"(5) Amandas Diary"'"(6) The Feature"'"(7) Competition";
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