KRONUS OF TOTAL ECLIPSE PRESENTS HIS NEW DEMO... @ DOW JOINED (THE STARS AND SPRITES DEMO) CODED BY KRONUS, WITH GRAPHICS BY KRONUS, ANIM BY URUZ, FONT BY XTERMINATOR, MUSIC BY URUZ (BASED ON AMIGA MUSIC "JOBBA" BY MAHONEY AND KAKTUS), IDEAS BY ME & 'IM... @ HA! THAT LOOKED LIKE TARN DRIVING HER CAR! DO YOU LIKE THE SCROLL EFFECT? THAT WAS BASED ON SOMETHING DONE BY MAHONEY AND KAKTUS, EXCEPT IT WAS URUZ'S VERSION OF IT INTEAD! EVERYTHING ELSE WAS INVENTED BY ME ME ME ME ME! ACTUALLY, I NEARLY DIDN'T DO A DEMO, BUT I MANAGED TO GET A BOUNCING SPRITE AND PARALAX STARS RUNNING IN THE SAME DAY, SO I COMBINED THEM, AND THUS A DEMO CAME ABOUT! DON'T ASK ABOUT THE NAME, THOUGH... IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT! @@@@@@@ HA! M25 PILE UP! NO PAUSE THIS TIME, THOUGH. THE SCROLL'S RUNNING AT 2 PIXELS/VERTICAL BLANK, AND RUNS CONTINUOUSLY 'COS I'M LAZY! HA HA HA HA! @ I GOT YS TODAY, AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T PUT TOXIC ELEPHANT (MY FIRST DEMO) ON THE COVER... (MEEP-URUZ) THIS IS MY THIRD DEMO, MY SECOND DEMO WAS WRITTEN ABOUT 3 DAYS AGO! I'VE IMPROVED A LOT SINCE THEN, BUT I STILL AIN'T BRILLIANT. BACK TO YS, WOULD YOU BELIEVE THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER SCROLLER IN "PROGRAM PITSTOP"? GARGH! OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE STILL SOME LAMERS AROUND WHO HAVEN'T VENTURED TO Z80 LIKE I DID! @ LORD EGO-TRIP (OOPS) INSANITY IS VERY WEIRD. SCRUNK (THE ANTI-ENGLISH) IS VERY -ERM- ANTI-ENGLISH! (I DON'T BLAME HIM, ACTUALY, AND I LIVE HERE!) AM I THE ONLY SPECTRUM DEMO MAKER IN ENGLAND? METHINKS SO! URUZ! SPEAK... YES BUT SOON THERE WILL BE TWO COZ WHEN I GET A SPECTRUM I WILL DO A FEW DEMOS! I HAVE JUST STARTED WORK ON A SKRUV-SCROLL ON MY AMIGA AND IT IS COMING ALONG QUITE NICELY. I HAVE ALSO DONE A STANDING WAVE SINUS SCROLL WHICH IS MOST TREMENDOUS. BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY I AM HERE WITH SOME SCROLL TO TYPE. @ HMMM, I SEEM TO REMEBER THIS SCENARIO OF SCROLL TYPING OCCURING ONLY 2 NIGHTS AGO! EXCEPT THIS TIME I AM TYPING IN TO A DECENT EDITOR AND NOT THAT POXY +3 BASIC EDITOR THAT I WAS USING LAST TIME! I HAVE DECIDED TO WRITE A MOST HEINOUS LETTER TO A GIRL IN SCOTLAND! I SAW AN ADVERT FOR HER IN GARFIELD MAGAZINE (I KNOW I AM ALMOST 18 YEARS OF AGE BUT I STILL ENJOY READING GARFIELD!) HER NAME IS BECKY! URK! KRONUS'S BROTHER IS PLAYING ABOUT WITH A SMALL GLOW-ENGINE THAT I AM TRYING TO SELL TO HIM! WHAT A MUG HE IS! KRONUS WANTS ME TO PRAISE HIM FOR HIS PROGRAMMING! HMMMMM! THE SPRITE IS GOOD THOUGH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER IF IT WAS 64 COLOURS BOUNCING ACROSS THE SCREEN AND ANIMATED! (HEY, ONE ANIM IS ENOUGH-KRONUS) THE STARS ARE GREAT AND THIS SCROLL EFFECT IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT (THAT'S COZ THE IDEA WAS MINE!!!) (ONLY THE MIRROR EFFECT,DUDE! THE COLOUR CYCLING IS MEYEN!-KRO) THE ANIMATION IS OUTSTANDING! ERM... OH YEAH, THOSE SCROLING DOTS ABOVE AND BELOW THE SCROLL ARE TRIUMPHANT! GLEEP! THIS IS WHOLE DEMO IS GENERALLY PEACHY! KRONUS'S NEXT SPECMO IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A STRAIGHT CONVERSION OF MY CIRCLEBOUNCE DEMO ON THE AMIGA. IF YOU HAVE AN AMIGA AND YOU WANT MY DEMOS THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO CONTACT ME COZ I'VE NEVER RELEASED THEM (EXCEPT FOR HARDCORE AND SEX!) WHY DID I CHOOSE NAMES LIKE HARDCORE AND SEX FOR MY DEMOS? ANSWERS ON A POSTCARD TO MOI! (CAN I TYPE SOME MORE NOW?-KRONUS) NO YOU CAN'T WELL, ACTUALLY YOU CAN! SEE YA IN THE FUTURE... URUZ KRONUS THE GROANUS... @ COR, WHAT A NAME! OH YES, IT'S ME AGAIN, THE WRITER OF THIS DEMO. I WANT TO GREET MY CONTACTS ON THE MAJOR CONTINENTAL SHELF THEY CALL "EUROPE". IN SWEDEN- GG, GET A 128K SPECCY FROM ANYWHERE! KILL SOMEONE IF YOU HAVE TO, IT WOULD LOOK NICE NEXT TO THE MAC! (THE COMPUTER, NOT THE CORPSE) IN GERMANY- MICHAEL, HAPPY HACKING, AND SPREAD THIS DEMO TO ANYONE! (EVEN C64 OWNERS, IF NEED BE!) AND IN THE NETHERLANDS- SCRUNK, IF YOU EVER BRING LORD INSANITY TO ENGLAND, YOU HAVE TO KEEP HIM ON A LEASH! THANKS FOR THE DEMOS ANYWAY. IN POLAND- HACKER CHRIS, YOU'RE NOT MY CONTACT, SO DON'T WORRY. IN GLOUCESTER- URUZ, GET A SPECTRUM 128K! (OK-URUZ) FINALLY (FOR GREETS) HELLO TO ANYONE DEDICATED TO WRITING DEMOS! AND NOW FOR A FEW MORE DERANGED COMMENTS FROM URUZ... @@ GLEEP! URUZ HERE, QUICK AMOUNTS OF TIME FOR ME TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE THAT I LIKE. SPECIAL HELLO TO CHRIS "TOFFER" SMITH WHO IS ANOTHER SPECTRUM PROGRAMMER (NEVER SEEN YOU DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS THOUGH) ALSO TO SCRUNK (YOU ARE A FELLOW TANGERINE DREAM FAN IT SEEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE ALBUMS WITH YOU!) RUSH OF ANARCHY (DIGITAL INNOVATION WAS GOOD, YOU DID SOME NICE ROUTINES!) DAN OF ANARCHY (AND YOU!!) MAHONEY AND KAKTUS (YEP, YOU ARE VERY GOOD!) OK I CAN THNIK OF NO MORE. IT IS TIME FOR ME TO GO HOME AND DO SOME PROGRAMMING AND THEN I'LL BE OFF TO BED TO SLEEP! I SEND LOVE AND KISSES TO YOU ALL (MALES EXCLUDED!) @ TWERMP! URUZ IS OFF (GLEEP!) KRONUS HERE! I HAVE LITTLE TIME LEFT TO CHAT, I HAVEN'T CODED THE SPRITE ANIMATOR YET! I ALSO HAVE TO CONVERT THE SPRITES FROM SCREEN$ DATA TO SPRITE DATA (A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH!) BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GOT A SPRITE DESIGNER! I S'POSE I'D BETTER MOVE ON, 'COS IT'S TIME TO GROOVE ON (HEAR THE DRUMMER GET WICKED!) @ GOODBYE AND GOODNIGHT, AND GO AND WATCH "BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE" OR "BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY" BECAUSE ONE'S EXCELLENT AND THE OTHER IS PROBABLY EXCELLENT (THE NEWSPAPER SAID SO!) THAT WAS KRONUS, 22:41, 2ND JANUARY 1992
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KRONUS OF TOTAL ECLIPSE PRESENTS HIS NEW DEMO... @ DOW JOINED (THE STARS AND SPRITES DEMO) CODED BY KRONUS, WITH GRAPHICS BY KRONUS, ANIM BY URUZ, FONT BY XTERMINATOR, MUSIC BY URUZ (BASED ON AMIGA MUSIC "JOBBA" BY MAHONEY AND KAKTUS), IDEAS BY ME & 'IM... @ HA! THAT LOOKED LIKE TARN DRIVING HER CAR! DO YOU LIKE THE SCROLL EFFECT? THAT WAS BASED ON SOMETHING DONE BY MAHONEY AND KAKTUS, EXCEPT IT WAS URUZ'S VERSION OF IT INTEAD! EVERYTHING ELSE WAS INVENTED BY ME ME ME ME ME! ACTUALLY, I NEARLY DIDN'T DO A DEMO, BUT I MANAGED TO GET A BOUNCING SPRITE AND PARALAX STARS RUNNING IN THE SAME DAY, SO I COMBINED THEM, AND THUS A DEMO CAME ABOUT! DON'T ASK ABOUT THE NAME, THOUGH... IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT! @@@@@@@ HA! M25 PILE UP! NO PAUSE THIS TIME, THOUGH. THE SCROLL'S RUNNING AT 2 PIXELS/VERTICAL BLANK, AND RUNS CONTINUOUSLY 'COS I'M LAZY! HA HA HA HA! @ I GOT YS TODAY, AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T PUT TOXIC ELEPHANT (MY FIRST DEMO) ON THE COVER... (MEEP-URUZ) THIS IS MY THIRD DEMO, MY SECOND DEMO WAS WRITTEN ABOUT 3 DAYS AGO! I'VE IMPROVED A LOT SINCE THEN, BUT I STILL AIN'T BRILLIANT. BACK TO YS, WOULD YOU BELIEVE THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER SCROLLER IN "PROGRAM PITSTOP"? GARGH! OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE STILL SOME LAMERS AROUND WHO HAVEN'T VENTURED TO Z80 LIKE I DID! @ LORD EGO-TRIP (OOPS) INSANITY IS VERY WEIRD. SCRUNK (THE ANTI-ENGLISH) IS VERY -ERM- ANTI-ENGLISH! (I DON'T BLAME HIM, ACTUALY, AND I LIVE HERE!) AM I THE ONLY SPECTRUM DEMO MAKER IN ENGLAND? METHINKS SO! URUZ! SPEAK... YES BUT SOON THERE WILL BE TWO COZ WHEN I GET A SPECTRUM I WILL DO A FEW DEMOS! I HAVE JUST STARTED WORK ON A SKRUV-SCROLL ON MY AMIGA AND IT IS COMING ALONG QUITE NICELY. I HAVE ALSO DONE A STANDING WAVE SINUS SCROLL WHICH IS MOST TREMENDOUS. BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY I AM HERE WITH SOME SCROLL TO TYPE. @ HMMM, I SEEM TO REMEBER THIS SCENARIO OF SCROLL TYPING OCCURING ONLY 2 NIGHTS AGO! EXCEPT THIS TIME I AM TYPING IN TO A DECENT EDITOR AND NOT THAT POXY +3 BASIC EDITOR THAT I WAS USING LAST TIME! I HAVE DECIDED TO WRITE A MOST HEINOUS LETTER TO A GIRL IN SCOTLAND! I SAW AN ADVERT FOR HER IN GARFIELD MAGAZINE (I KNOW I AM ALMOST 18 YEARS OF AGE BUT I STILL ENJOY READING GARFIELD!) HER NAME IS BECKY! URK! KRONUS'S BROTHER IS PLAYING ABOUT WITH A SMALL GLOW-ENGINE THAT I AM TRYING TO SELL TO HIM! WHAT A MUG HE IS! KRONUS WANTS ME TO PRAISE HIM FOR HIS PROGRAMMING! HMMMMM! THE SPRITE IS GOOD THOUGH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER IF IT WAS 64 COLOURS BOUNCING ACROSS THE SCREEN AND ANIMATED! (HEY, ONE ANIM IS ENOUGH-KRONUS) THE STARS ARE GREAT AND THIS SCROLL EFFECT IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT (THAT'S COZ THE IDEA WAS MINE!!!) (ONLY THE MIRROR EFFECT,DUDE! THE COLOUR CYCLING IS MEYEN!-KRO) THE ANIMATION IS OUTSTANDING! ERM... OH YEAH, THOSE SCROLING DOTS ABOVE AND BELOW THE SCROLL ARE TRIUMPHANT! GLEEP! THIS IS WHOLE DEMO IS GENERALLY PEACHY! KRONUS'S NEXT SPECMO IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A STRAIGHT CONVERSION OF MY CIRCLEBOUNCE DEMO ON THE AMIGA. IF YOU HAVE AN AMIGA AND YOU WANT MY DEMOS THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO CONTACT ME COZ I'VE NEVER RELEASED THEM (EXCEPT FOR HARDCORE AND SEX!) WHY DID I CHOOSE NAMES LIKE HARDCORE AND SEX FOR MY DEMOS? ANSWERS ON A POSTCARD TO MOI! (CAN I TYPE SOME MORE NOW?-KRONUS) NO YOU CAN'T WELL, ACTUALLY YOU CAN! SEE YA IN THE FUTURE... URUZ KRONUS THE GROANUS... @ COR, WHAT A NAME! OH YES, IT'S ME AGAIN, THE WRITER OF THIS DEMO. I WANT TO GREET MY CONTACTS ON THE MAJOR CONTINENTAL SHELF THEY CALL "EUROPE". IN SWEDEN- GG, GET A 128K SPECCY FROM ANYWHERE! KILL SOMEONE IF YOU HAVE TO, IT WOULD LOOK NICE NEXT TO THE MAC! (THE COMPUTER, NOT THE CORPSE) IN GERMANY- MICHAEL, HAPPY HACKING, AND SPREAD THIS DEMO TO ANYONE! (EVEN C64 OWNERS, IF NEED BE!) AND IN THE NETHERLANDS- SCRUNK, IF YOU EVER BRING LORD INSANITY TO ENGLAND, YOU HAVE TO KEEP HIM ON A LEASH! THANKS FOR THE DEMOS ANYWAY. IN POLAND- HACKER CHRIS, YOU'RE NOT MY CONTACT, SO DON'T WORRY. IN GLOUCESTER- URUZ, GET A SPECTRUM 128K! (OK-URUZ) FINALLY (FOR GREETS) HELLO TO ANYONE DEDICATED TO WRITING DEMOS! AND NOW FOR A FEW MORE DERANGED COMMENTS FROM URUZ... @@ GLEEP! URUZ HERE, QUICK AMOUNTS OF TIME FOR ME TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE THAT I LIKE. SPECIAL HELLO TO CHRIS "TOFFER" SMITH WHO IS ANOTHER SPECTRUM PROGRAMMER (NEVER SEEN YOU DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS THOUGH) ALSO TO SCRUNK (YOU ARE A FELLOW TANGERINE DREAM FAN IT SEEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE ALBUMS WITH YOU!) RUSH OF ANARCHY (DIGITAL INNOVATION WAS GOOD, YOU DID SOME NICE ROUTINES!) DAN OF ANARCHY (AND YOU!!) MAHONEY AND KAKTUS (YEP, YOU ARE VERY GOOD!) OK I CAN THNIK OF NO MORE. IT IS TIME FOR ME TO GO HOME AND DO SOME PROGRAMMING AND THEN I'LL BE OFF TO BED TO SLEEP! I SEND LOVE AND KISSES TO YOU ALL (MALES EXCLUDED!) @ TWERMP! URUZ IS OFF (GLEEP!) KRONUS HERE! I HAVE LITTLE TIME LEFT TO CHAT, I HAVEN'T CODED THE SPRITE ANIMATOR YET! I ALSO HAVE TO CONVERT THE SPRITES FROM SCREEN$ DATA TO SPRITE DATA (A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH!) BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GOT A SPRITE DESIGNER! I S'POSE I'D BETTER MOVE ON, 'COS IT'S TIME TO GROOVE ON (HEAR THE DRUMMER GET WICKED!) @ GOODBYE AND GOODNIGHT, AND GO AND WATCH "BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE" OR "BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY" BECAUSE ONE'S EXCELLENT AND THE OTHER IS PROBABLY EXCELLENT (THE NEWSPAPER SAID SO!) THAT WAS KRONUS, 22:41, 2ND JANUARY 1992