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Thursday, April 18, 2019

Atari ST Compacted Disk (CD) Scrollers [211] Mantronix CD #011



A nice copter pic brings us Mantronix CD #11, the last release from this group!



Disk Contents -
  1. Cadaver
  2. Satan (Part 1)
  3. Core Wars 
  4. Nova

Cadaver Satan (Part 1)

Core Wars Nova

Scroll Text Transcription -

     WELCOME TO MANTRONIX MENU #11         BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE INFAMOUS J.I.M.M.Y      THE RELEASE DATE OF THIS MENU IS 9\10\1990.      CORE MEMBERS OF MANTRONIX ARE: J.I.M.M.Y - MAGNUM - CORSAIR - THE BEYONDER - PHEONIX - P.O.D        TOP-90 HAS GONE TO JOIN THE BRITISH FORCES IN SAUDI ARABIA READY TO BLOW UP OLD SADDAM HUESSEIN!!!!!!        ALSO, A BIG WELCOME TO OUR NEW SUPPLIER 'PHEONIX'.         A LITTLE MESSAGE TO THE MONSTER  ' WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEW CODE.  YOU SAID THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANY CODE WITHOUT YOUR HELP.   SO I THINK WE HAVE PROVED YOU WRONG.   AND BY THE WAY, A LITTLE BIT OF ADVICE, WHEN THE B.B.C ASK YOU TO JOIN THEM, DON'T WAIT AROUND DREAMING THAT THE POMPEY PIRATES WILL ASK YOU TO JOIN THEM, AND ACCEPT THE B.B.C'S OFFER INSTEAD OF BIENG A BIG HEADED WAISTER, BY THE WAY NIEL I'M NOT TRYING TO BE NASTY I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE YOU SEE SENSE! '   WE AT MANTRONIX DID MANAGE TO SETTLE OUR DIFFERENCES WITH ' THE MISTER MEN' BUT I HAVE JUST BEEN TOLD BY A MEMBER OF NEW ORDER THAT ONE OF THEIR NEW MEMBERS HAS SLAGGED ME OFF FOR NO REASON AT ALL.    APPARENTLY THE VISCIOUS VIRBAL ATTACK WAS NOT EVEN CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, IT WAS JUST MINDLESS ABUSIVE LANGUAGE!!!   SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MISTER MEN DO NOT KEEP TO WHAT THEY SAY!!!      ALSO THEY USE SCROLLING MESSAGES TO SHOW HOW MANY WORDS THAT THEY CAN THINK OF THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER 'F'.      WE AT MANTRONIX DO NOT WISH TO RESTART A SLAGGING WAR, WHICH IS CHILDISH AND IMMENSLY IRRITATING, WE JUST FEEL THAT THE MISTER MEN HAVE PROVED THAT THEY ARE JUST OUT TO CAUSE TROUBLE FOR CERTAIN INDVIDUALS.   INCLUDING MEMBERS OF MANTRONIX AND DEREK MD.    I FEEL THAT I SHOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM YOU OF A NEW GROUP THAT HAS FORMED IN THE LANCASHIRE AREA CALLED 'THE GREMLINS'.    I RECENTLY GOT HOLD OF THEIR MENU 10, AND ON IT WAS   ASTRO MARINE CORPS AND DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH!!!!    I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHERE THE HELL HAVE I SEEN THIS BEFORE.   FOR THE LAMERS OUT THERE WHO DON'T REALISE WHAT THE GREMLINS ARE DOING, THEY ARE TAKING OVER PEOPLES MENUS I.E  F.O.F 25 AND DELETING THE MENU PROGRAM AND THEN USING 'TITLE DESIGNER' TO DO THEIR OWN MENUS!!!   JUST IMAGINE IF THE POMPEY PIRATES DECIEDED TO DO THAT,   YOU COULD HAVE 5 OF THE BEST GAMES, RIPPED OFF ALL DIFFERENT MENUS, AND STUCK ONTO ONE!!!    GOD, I FEEL THAT THE GREMLINS NEED TO FIND A COMPUTER THAT WOULD SUIT THEIR REQUIREMENTS BETTER, SUCH AS A ZX-81 OR AN ACORN ELECTRON!!!!!     THE GREMLINS WERE INTENDING TO GO DOWN TO THE C.E.S SHOW.  BUT, TWO DAYS BEFORE THE SHOW I GAVE THEM A PHONE CALL AND FOR SOME STRANGE REASON THEY DIDN'T TURN UP AT THE SHOW!   WHATS WRONG GUYS, DID YOU CRAP YOUR NAPPIES?    ANYWAY WE'LL BE MEETING THE GREMLINS DOWN AT THE COMPUTER SHOPPER SHOW.   SO WE CAN HAVE A NICE CHAT.      BY THE WAY JUST INCASE THAT I FORGET,    +   AND   -   DO THE USUALS AND   0   TOGGLES BETWEEN 50 AND 60 HERTZ.      HOW DO YOU LIKE THE PICTURE?  MAGNUM TELLS ME IT'S A PICTURE OF AN APACHE OR SOMETHING!    THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT I HAVE TYPED THIS SCROLLER, BECAUSE THE LAST TWICE I'VE MESSED THE DISK UP BY LEAVING IT ON TOP OF MY AMIGA.      I HEAR THAT 'THE LAW' HAS NOW JOINED THE B.B.C, SO WE CAN PROBABLY ACSPECT SOME MORE BRILL MENUS FROM THE B.B.C          AT PRESENT MANTRONIX, NEW ORDER AND ELECTRIC BLUE HAVE STARTED UP A CORPORATION STYLE SCHEME.    PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT WE'VE COPIED THE POMPEY PIRATES, BUT INFACT WE WERE CONSIDERING SUCH AN IDEA QUITE A WHILE AGO!     THE NAME OF THIS AFFILIATION IS CALLED 'THE MANAGEMENT' AND THE PURPOSE IS TO HELP EACH OTHER AND IF ANY GROUP IN THE MANAGEMENT IS 'UNFAIRLY' SLAGGED THEN ALL OF THE OTHER GROUPS WILL SLAGG BACK.    IF ANY OTHER FAIRLY DECENT GROUP WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE MANAGMENT THEN JUST CONTACT ANY MEMBERS OF THE MANAGMENT.    THE PHONE HAS JUST STARTED RINGING SO I'LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE! ZZZZZZZZZZZZ   ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ     ZZZZZZZZZZ     I'M BACK.   THAT WAS NEW ORDER ON THE PHONE AND THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE THE LAST MANTRONIX MENU, AS WE ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO JOIN NEW ORDER!!!     RIGHT THEN I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME I GOT THE GREETINGS OVER AND DONE WITH!   SO THEN FRIENDS OF MANTRONIX ARE:-  ALL MEMBERS OF NEW ORDER AND ELECTRIC BLUE, ZIPPY (THANX FOR THE GREETZ), E.G.B (THANX FOR THE PHONE CALL), DEREK MD, LAWZ, THE LAW, ANDY THE ARFLIN, THE BALD EAGLE (THANX FOR THE GREETZ), THE MONSTER, LEE THE LOYAR, MARTIN (AUTO. 95), S.A.S.H, DAPPER AND HAGAR (THANX FOR THE GREETINGS), BILBO, MIKE BOURNE(THE MODEM MAN), SHREDDER (KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!  BUT MAKE THOSE SOUNDTRACKER TUNES A BIT SMALLER), KRONOS, MAD AXEMAN, DAVE DUKE, GOR, WIZPOP, THE REST OF L.S.D (ESPECIALLY BOB AND OZZWALD), SLIPPERY SID (THANX FOR THE GREETZ), MOB (HI THERE!), QUASAR, HANK, EDITMAN, F.O.F, TLB, SIMON 'O (THANX FOR THE PIC), CRAIG DAVIES, ANGELS OF MERCY, THE INNER CIRCLE (ESPECIALLY GRIFF!), TOP-90 (KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! WITH THE HACKERS HANDBOOK), RUSS, REPLICANTS, EMPIRE, BEN WOODHOUSE (NO COMMENT!), THE TIMESCANNERS, MARK L, MC HAMMER (BRILLIANT RAPPER!), DODGYSOFT (THANX FOR THE GREETZ), D.T.B, KEVIN FROM DERBYSHIRE AND FINALLY VIKIE THE VIKING...    SORRY TO ANY ONE I'VE MISSED OUT, BUT I'M WELL KNACKERED!!!    SO UNTIL MANTRONIX 12 OR POSSIBLY NEW ORDER 30. J.I.M.M.Y IS SIGNING OFF.          OK LETS HAVE THE COUNTDOWN    5               4               3               2               1               0                        BYE FOR NOW.       LET'S WRAP.            

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