++ text extracted from the demo "Crazy Dots" by SAE (1990) ++ Does your mother know you do this? ++ Other text Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union? 11. Its not even funny! ++ Other text MEDITATE DONT GENERATE!!! WELCOME TO ANOTHER IN A LONG LINE OF WARM, PINK, FLUFFY AND WONDERFUL DEMOS FROM GREAT BRITAINS FINEST PURVEYORS OF QUALITY 16 BIT ENTERTAINMENT... SHARE AND ENJOY! THIS PARTICULAR ENTRY IN THE GREAT SHARE AND ENJOY AMIGA CONFERENCE 1990 DEMO COMPETITION WAS ENTIRELY HANDCRAFTED FROM ONLY THE CHOICEST 68000 INSTRUCTIONS, DELICATELY ASSEMBLED TO PERFECTION IN THE OLDEST TRADITION OF DEMO CODING, OR WHATEVER! YEP, WELCOME TO MANTRAS FIRST SOLO DEMO! AFTER THE "EAT THE FEEDING PAIN" DEMO WITH DEL, I DECIDED TO PUT SOME GROOVY ROUTINES TOGETHER IN A DEMO! AND HERE IT IS! CRAZY DOTS! CREDITS FOR THIS DEMO ARE :- CODING : MANTRA GRAPHICS : TIW AND PRINCE MUSIC BY ZING BOTH THE MUSIC AND GRAPHICS WERE REMIXED A LITTLE BIT BY ME! I WILL GIVE YOU THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DOTS FIRST, THEN I WILL GET ON WITH THE GREETS, CHAT ETC! BASICALLY, THERE ARE 8 CHANGABLE PARAMETERS. YOU SELECT WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO CHANGE WITH THE JOYSTICK. ONCE YOU HAVE SELECTED ONE, USE THE JOYSTICK WITH THE FIRE BUTTON DEPRESSED TO CHANGE. SIMPLE! EVEN PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR FAXMINSTERS IN HEMEL HEMPSTEAD CAN SUSS THIS ONE OUT! PRESS "D" TO ENTER THE CRAZY DOTS PART OF THIS MINI-MEGA-TWO-PART- DEMO, AND PRESS "ESCAPE" TO QUIT FROM THAT PART. NOW THE REST OF THE SCROLLTEXT, FOR THOSE OF YOU PERVERTS WHO ACTUALLY ENJOY THIS SORT OF THING! (YOU CAN ALTER THE SPEED THAT THIS TEXT WHIZZES PAST YOU WITH THE JOYSTICK. LEFT AND RIGHT SPEEDS AND SLOWS YOU, WHILE THE FIRE BUTTON STOPS THE SCROLLER.) FIRST, A FEW PERSONAL GREETS (GROUP GREETS AT THE END). HI DEL! I HAVE FINALLY RELEASED MY FIRST DEMO! AWESOME! THANKS FOR THE HELP! WHERE ARE YOU? HELLO ALSO TO ALL OTHER PEOPLE FROM THAT PART OF THE WORLD (DIABLO, GREMLIN, SPEX (CUISINO-UMPINE!), PUCK AND BEANIE!) GREMLIN - I PROMISE TO SEND YOU THE TACKHEAD AND PORCUPINE TREE TAPES VERY SOON! HONEST! HI TO NEMESIS! I DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR GREET IN THE "EAT THE FEEDING PAIN" DEMO, BUT I HOPE THIS MAKES UP FOR IT! HOT DEMO RELEASINGS SOON? SHOULDNT BE TOO HARD, NOW YOUVE GOT 5 ZILLION MEGGLEDYBYTES AND RAKES OF HARD DISKS!!?? HELLO FLASH! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN LATELY? NO HOT WARES FOR PLENTY AGES! HI ALSO TO KASH AND TOSH! HI TO ROCKWELL OF PSEUDO OPS. UP HERE TODAY! PHONE THE PSEUDO OPS BOARD M25 (DEFJAM UK) NOW ON 0442 232973 - 24 HOURS A DAY (NIGHT IS BEST), UP TO 14400 - STRICTLY NO LAMERS! HI TIW AND COMRADE J. TIW - IS IT TRUE YOU READ ALL THE SCROLLTEXTS YOU GET ON DEMOS ALL THE WAY THROUGH? SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR YOU AT THE END OF THIS SCROLLTEXT. SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM COMRADE J FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE IN DEMO LAND - WHERE ARE YOU? HELLO HELLO HELLO TO JROK - WHERE IS MY BLOODY PRINTER POWER LEAD YOU BASTARD??!! SIC HIM, PINTO!! STARR - HAHA! MET YOU AT LAST (16 BIT SHOW!) MAYBE AGAIN SOON? PLAY MY TAPE! HELLO TO OVERLORD X - ANOTHER YEAR? TOO BAD! ZAK - NOW IVE FINISHED THIS, MAYBE I CAN DO SOME LOBSTER TELEPHONE ARTICLES? ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY! HEY LOOOKE (RCP - THE WAY TO BE!) - I DONT KNOW WHERE YOU ARE NOW - PHONE ME! FINALLY, HI TO DAN, ANDI, STATIC, SMURF, MYSTIC, DARREN, EMMA, SIMON (BEARD), AV, COLIN, GUILLAUME ET AL! HO HUM. THIS DEMO IS BASED ON THE FIRST DEMO I EVER SAW. IT WAS CALLED "HYPNOTIC CIRCLES", BY THRUST. ARE THRUST DEAD? I THOUGHT THEY WERE BUT I SAW A 3D PONG GAME BY THEM RECENTLY, SO THEY MUST HAVE COME BACK! ANYWAY, THIS DEMO HAD LITTLE TRIANGULAR BOBS, ON A SINE TABLE (ALTHOUGH I DIDNT KNOW THAT THEN!) AND IT HAD REALLY GOOD MUSIC! I HAVENT GOT IT ANY MORE, SO IF ANYONE OUT THERE HAS, PLEASE SEND ME IT! (GUILLAUME - ARE YOU LISTENING?) OTHER EARLY DEMOS I REALLY LIKE(D) ARE/WERE :- RED SECTOR/DEFJAM TAPPING FINGERS DEMO, QUADLITE BIODEMO (WITH BIONIC COMMANDO MUSIC), THRUST OTTIFANTAN INTRO/DEMO (BOTH OF THEM!), DEFJAMS SNURKEL DEMO, FAIRLIGHTS DISCO, AND PHENOMENAS BIKE DEMO AND FLUMM FLUMM DEMO (HELLO MR GURK - COOL CODER!). I ALSO LIKED AMAZING TUNES 1 (AMAZING TUNES 2 COMING SOON!) WHICH HAD THE FIRST SINE SCROLLER I EVER SAW IN IT! NO, I TELL A LIE - I ONCE SAW A DEMO IN LASKYS IN TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD WITH A COMRADE J "THEY MADE ME DO IT" SINE SCROLLER ON IT! THAT WAS FUN - IT WAS NEXT TO AN AMIGA RUNNING A CRACKED COPY OF INTERCEPTOR! HEY FAST! BUST LASKYS! HOT WAREZ! HO HUM! I GOT A NEW COMPACT DISK TODAY. NO, NOT THAT TYPE, A MUSIC ONE! ITS A PINK FLOYD CD, CALLED "MORE RELICS". YEP, A BOOTLEG CD! QUITE TRICKY TO GET HOLD OF, WHAT WITH THEM BEING UNAVAILABLE AT RECORD FAIRS NOW! VERY EXPENSIVE. BUT THERE YOU GO! THERES A GREAT NEW BAND CALLED "NO MAN IS AN ISLAND" GOING AROUND NOW! THEY ARE PLAYING AT THE MARQUEE ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, SO GO AND SEE THEM! OR AT THE FLAG, NORTH WEMBLEY, ON OCTOBER THE 11TH. CHECK THEM OUT - THEY ARE GOING TO BE SIGNED RSN! WHAT NEXT? OH YES, A LIST OF GOOD BANDS! WHY NOT? IVE SEEN MORE BORING SCROLLTEXTS! IF YOU WANT TO SKIP THIS BIT, JUST USE THE JOYSTICK! LIST BEGINS :- THE SHAMEN, PINK FLOYD, FRANK ZAPPA, CAN, TOM WAITS, THE ENID, HENRY HENDRIX, PRINCE, TULL, ON-U SOUND, FOETUS, TACKHEAD, LEE- SCRATCH-NATIONAL-WESTMINSTER-PERRY, THE COCTEAU TWINS, PORCUPINE TREE, BORGESIA, WOLFGANG PRESS, SINGERS AND PLAYERS, STRAVINSKY, STOCKHAUSEN, SATIE, DE LA SOUL, PUBLIC ENEMY, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED, MARLENE'S MAKE-UP, THE THE, THE DOORS, THE LATE ROAD LUNATICS, THROWING MUSES, THE ODD ECCENTRIC JAZZ EMSEMBLE, GONG, DEAD CAN DANCE, MINISTRY, THE MAGIC MUSHROOM BAND, HARROLD JUANA, WEATHER REPORT, SOFT MACHINE, RIUICHI SAKAMOTO AND FINALLY, JEAN- MICHELLE JARRE! THERES PROBABLY A FEW MORE THAT ESCAPE ME, BUT NEVER MIND! A QUICK MESSAGE TO ANYONE WHO BOUGHT THIS DISK FROM A PD LIBRARY, SUCH AS 17 SHIT, OR SELTACK - HAHA! YOUVE BEEN HAD, COS IT DIDNT COST ME ANYTHING! FUCK ME, ITS REALLY HOT AT THE MOMENT! SIGH... WHAT NOW? I CANT THINK OF ANYTHING TO SAY. GUESS ITS TIME FOR THE GREETS! THIS IS NOT A SHARE AND ENJOY OFFICIAL GREETS LIST, AND ITS NOT IN ANY ORDER WHATSOEVER, APART FROM MINE. PRAISE BE UNTO :- THRUST (FOR INSPIRATION), ANARCHY, REAKTOR (HI DAN AND ANDI), HUMANOIDS (NICE PLASMAWORLD PART OF YOUR RECENT MEGADEMO), CRIONICS (SOME NICE PARTS IN YOUR VECTOR MEGA DEMO), MAHONEY AND KAKTUS (FOR BEING CONSISTENTLY ORIGINAL AND CLEVER), VISION (FOR MEGADEMO IV), QUADLITE (FOR THE VERY OLD BIODEMO!), RED SECTOR (FOR GOOD MUSIC AND TOO MANY VECTORS FOR THEIR OWN GOOD), SUPERIONS (FOR FUTURE COMPOSER 1.4), MAGNETIC FIELDS, SILENTS, QUARTEX, PARANOIMIA, NORTHSTAR, SCOOPEX, REBELS (COMA AND MEGADEMO), AVENGER, DEFJAM, PSEUDO OPS, CCS, TIME-CIRCLE, WILD COPPER, TEX (BIG DEMO ON THE ST WAS GREAT!), UNCLE JOE, THE SYNDICATE (RELEASE A DEMO NOW!), TRILOGY, COMPLEX, PHENOMENA, CRYPTOBURNERS, KELLOGGS AND DONOVAN OF "THE PLASMA FORCE" (PROBABLY LONG SINCE DEAD, BUT THE BAR BRIAN DEMO WAS ONE OF THE BEST FOR ITS TIME), DOC, SUNRIDERS (NOW DMOB?) AND POWERDRIVE. OH WELL, THATS ALL FROM ME AND MY FIRST DEMO. I THINK IM GOING TO GO AND PLAY MY FAVOURITE GAME OF THE MOMENT - TURRICAN! WELL COOL! THE TEXT WILL WRAP IN A MINUTE, SO HIT "D" TO ENTER THE CRAZY DOTS! SEE YOU AGAIN SOMETIME - I LOVE YOU ALL DESPERATELY!!! TIW - I WAS LYING ABOUT THE MESSAGE AT THE END!