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Saturday, February 23, 2019

Atari ST Compacted Disk (CD) Scrollers [173] LSD / Was (Not Was) [Automation] CD #046




LSD / Was (Not Was) CD #046 with nicely done logo and graphical menu, and 2 decent titles!


Disk Contents -

  1. R-Type
  2. Menace


Menace R-Type
Scroll Text Transcription -

LUCKY YOU, YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH RAM TO PLAY THESE TWO GREAT GAMES (BOTH ARE SINGLE PART 1MB+ VERSIONS).  PLEASE NOTE:   MENACE SAVES SCORES TO TRACK 0 SECTOR 6.     HIT  '0'  TO TOGGLE  50/60 hz.        SORRY!! IT SEEMS THAT YOUR ST HAS ONLY 512K RAM AVAILABLE, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT ENOUGH TO RUN THE TWO GAMES ON THIS DISK (R-TYPE & MENACE). HOWEVER, YOU CAN STILL READ THE SCROLL, ADMIRE THE PICTURE AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC, IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD, BUT IT'S ALL YOUR GETTIN'       ON WITH THE NORMAL SCROLL  ---->>>>>>          LATER IN THIS SCROLL, WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE THINK OF 'HACKERS', GIVE YOU TIPS ON HOW TO WRITE YOUR OWN PACKER ('CAUSE YOU SURE AS HELL AINT GETTIN' OURS!!), AND OF COURSE HAVE THE ALL IMPORTANT GREETINGS, BUT FIRST SOME NEWS...........       OK, OZZ HERE AND THE FIRST NEWS IS NOT SO GOOD, BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS, THERE WILL BE ONLY THREE PEOPLE LEFT IN L.S.D.  THE FOURTH HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE UNRELIABLE FAR TOO OFTEN, HAS GOT HIMSELF INTO SERIOUS DEBT WITH FRIENDS OF THE GROUP, PROVED UNWILLING TO SHARE THE EXPENSES OF OUR SOCIAL MEETINGS AND IN GENERAL HAS NOT BEEN AN ACTIVE PARTICIPENT IN THE CRACKING/PACKING OR SWAPPING, WHICH IS (LET'S FACE IT,) WHAT THE GROUP IS ALL ABOUT.  THIS FOURTH MEMBER IS (AS SOME OF YOU WILL HAVE GUESSED NOW,) NEIL.L. SORRY NEIL, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN USEFUL AS A DRIVER, BUT WE NEED A BIT MORE FROM OUR MEMBERS.          ONTO A HAPPIER NOTE,  IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THE MENUS ARE GOING DOWN WELL WITH EVERYONE.  I HOPE YOU LIKE THE CUTE GRAPHIX (DONE BY MARL) IN THIS ONE.     IT'S DISSAPOINTING TO SEE THAT THE GAUNTLET THROWN DOWN BY US STILL HASN'T BEEN TAKEN UP SERIOUSLY BY ANYONE, IS THE 'PAMPUK' SYSTEM THE ONLY COMPETITION AROUND,  IF SO THEN IT CERTAINLY IS A ONE HORSE RACE (THE HAPPY PACKER ONLY COUNTS AS A MULE  HE HE!)   COME ON 'S.T.C.S' WE KNOW 'PAMPUK' IS HELD TOGETHER WITH 'HAPPY' ROUTINES.  I'M SURE YOU CAN DO BETTER, AND THE REST OF YOU 'HACKERS' SHOULD STOP WRITING, ASKING FOR OUR PACKER. GO DEVELOP ONE OF YOUR OWN.  AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT, YOU GUYS REALLY SHOULD LEAVE 'RAID' ALONE AND GET INTO SOME SERIOUS UTILS LIKE DEVPAC 2, MUCH EASIER TO 'CRACK' WITH.     IN THE WORD OF OLD 'WAS' HIMSELF....     'CRACKING THE GAMES IS EASY, COMPACTING THEM INTO A SESIBLE FORM TAKES A LOT MORE TIME AND SKILL'.   AND HE SHOULD KNOW, HE SPENDS ENOUGH TIME AT IT (OO'ER).  ANYONE WHO'S WROTE AN INTRO CAN WRITE A PACKER, TAKE IT FROM US, THEY'RE NOT AS COMPLICATED AS YOU FIRST THINK.  START SIMPLE AND BUILD ON THE IDEA AS YOU GO ON.  HERE'S A CLUE TO START YOU OFF 'THERE ARE ONLY 256 DIFFERENT PERMUTATIONS OF THE COMMON 'BYTE', AND 63356 PERMUTATIONS OF THE 'WORD', SOME OF THESE PERMUTATIONS MUST OCCUR MORE THAN ONCE, SO LOOK FOR THE LARGEST QUANTITIES OF THE SMALLEST UNIT (BYTE)'.   EASY EH!   IF YOU STILL HAVEN'T GOT IT YET HERE'S ONE OF MARLS HEAVY ANALAGIES    'IF YOU TOOK 100 COINS OF MIXED DENOMINATIONS AND STACKED THEM  INTO PILES, YOU WOULDN'T MAKE 100 PILES OF ONE COIN EACH, YOU WOULD FIND A WAY TO GROUP THEM!!'   REMEMBER YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT TO A PROGRAM TO STORE IT ON DISK, AS LONG AS YOU PUT IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS WHEN YOU LOAD IT INTO MEMORY!.     END OF LECTURE.   OK HERE ARE A FEW GREETINGS TO PEOPLE WE THINK DESERVE IT:-         CLIMAX, SPECIAL FX, A-HA, SERVO, THE ELITE SQUAD, THE POWERS THAT BE,  AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ROB'S BLACK AND WHITE CAT!!!!  AND REMEMBER, ANY PROBLEMS WITH OUR COMPACTIONS (THAT WEREN'T IN THE ORIGINAL GAME) AND LET US KNOW, WE'LL PUT IT RIGHT STRAIGHT AWAY!        RIGHT,                    THATS ALL FOLKS                                                  COME ON GUYS, THAT REALLY WAS THE END.                                           YOU ARE BEING AWKWARD NOW                                           STILL THERE?                                           STATUS                                                             CRASH LANDED ON TARG                                                  <<<--- WHAT????                                                    RIGHT THATS IT, CLEAR OFF THE LOT OF YOU                               GO ON SCRAM!!                                                                                       OK THEN YOU ASKED FOR IT, WE'LL START AGAIN...........

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