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Friday, January 8, 2021

Atari ST Compacted Disk (CD) Scrollers [594] Shaolin Masters CD #046

 


Here is Shaolin Masters CD #46, the menu picture here makes me think of Prince of Persia, even though I do not believe this is a rip from the game.
Disk Contents - 
  1. Corporation
  2. Hoyle's Official Book of Games Vol 2

Scroll Text Transcription - 

HELLO.......   AND WELCOME....... THIS IS SHAOLIN MASTERS MENU DISK NUMBER 46......       AND WE HAVE ON THE MENU FOR YOUR PLEASURE A GAME THAT HAS BEEN LONG AWAITED .......   I HAVE BEEN ASKED MANY TIMES DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS IF THERE IS ANY SIGN OF CORPORATION   AND LIKE MOST THINGS THAT FOLKS ARE EAGER FOR I CAN ONLY SAY...... I HOPE THE WAIT WAS WORTH IT................. YOU MAY GATHER FROM THAT STATEMENT THAT I HAVE NOT PLAYED THE GAME........ WELL I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS IT SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AT THE MOMENT IS TO GET IT ON A MENU............... I MAY TRY IT OUT AS SOON AS I HAVE FINISHED DOING THIS.............. AT WHICH TIME IT WILL PROBABLY DIE ON ME..........  DID I HEAR SOMEONE SAYING ......     SERVES HIM RIGHT FOR NOT TESTING IT FIRST......... WELL THIS GAME WAS CRACKED BY A VERY RELIABLE GROUP........... AND I KNOW IT WILL WORK................ THERE IS A DOC ON THE DISK FOR CORPORATION    NO DOC IS NEEDED FOR HOYLES BOOK OF GAMES 2...... ALL THE RULES FOR ALL THE GAMES ARE AVAILABLE ON SCREEN DURING PLAY.......     YOU CAN SET IT UP TO PLAY SOUND VIA MIDI BY CLICKING ON MUSIC.PRG  BEFORE YOU RUN IT....... WORKS SAME AS ALL SIERRA GAMES.......  THE ORIGINAL SET UP ON THIS DISK IS FOR THE ST SOUND CHIP.....  SO IF YOU GET NO SOUND FROM THE ST.. THEN IT HAS BEEN CHANGED... TO CHANGE THE SET UP....... RUN MUSIC.PRG AND SET IT TO YOUR OWN  PREFERENCE...................  IF YOU LIKE PATIENCE....... TRY KLONDIKE..........                I HAVE HAD THIS GAME FOR OVER A WEEK SO IT GOT PLAYED A BIT    ................ OH DEAR............. I SEEM TO HAVE RUN OUT OF CIGGYS ER           UM                      ITS NO GOOD........          I CANT THINK ..................  NEED A SMOKE...............  AH BUT NOWS THE TIME TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STOP THIS FILTHY VILE SMELLY HABIT.........      YEAAAAAAAAAH..................    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO     STUFF THIS FOR A GAME OF SOLDIERS ..........             DONT GO AWAY                                       ................................................. RIGHT      THATS BETTER....... I CAN COPE NOW........ITS SURPRISING WHAT A TRIP TO THE SHOP CAN DO.........  I:M SAT HERE NOW     HAPPY AS A BUG IN A RUG............ A CUP OF TEA.........          A CIGARETTE..........  AND A MARS BAR FOR LATER.......  SO WHAT CAN I TELL YOU.................  WELL I HEAR THAT THE A.B.C. MAN HAS NOW BEEN GIVEN ALL HIS TAPES BACK FROM F.A.C.T....... BUT NOT THE PORNO STUFF....... I SUPPOSE THE POLICE ARE STILL WATCHING THEM..............          IT SEEMS THAT AUTOMATION....... OR CERTAIN FACTIONS OF THAT GROUP...  HAVE BEEN HAVING A LITTLE DIG AT ME IN RETURN FOR ONE OR TWO LITTLE CRITICISMS I MADE ON A PREVIOUS SCROLLER........ AND YES THE SOUND FILES WERE LEFT UNPACKED........... UNLIKE THEIRS...... WHICH WERE ALL PACKED.. EVEN THE VERY TINY ONES.... THOSE LESS THAN 500 BYTES LONG?...... NOW WHATS THE POINT OF PACKING FILES THAT ARE SO SMALL....... YOU DON:T SAVE ANY SPACE....... THEY DON:T LOAD ANY QUICKER......... SO WHATS THE POINT?          I DIDN:T THINK THEY PACKED VERY WELL ANYWAY.......... MY VERSION OF THE GAME ( NO EXIT )  FIT ON THE DISK WITH ANOTHER GAME  AND WAS RELEASED ABOUT THREE WEEKS EARLIER........... END OF STORY.... IF ITS A SHAOLIN MASTERS DISK THEN I CAN DO WHAT I LIKE WITH IT CANT I             ANYWAY....... I DONT GET PAID FOR THIS YOU KNOW......... SO I DONT HAVE TO ANSWER TO ANYBODY......... MEANWHILE IF ANY OF YOU HAVE THE THREE DISK EFFORT OF AUTOMATSHUN CONTAINING   B.S.S. JANE SEYMOUR....... THEN HARD LINES.......... IT DOES NOT WORK......... YOU CAN PLAY THE FIRST LEVEL ALL THE WAY THROUGH....     BUT WHEN YOU REACH THE END THATS YOUR LOT.....     EITHER IT LOCKS UP BEFORE YOU USE THE INHIBIT LOCK....... OR IF YOU MANAGE TO GET ASKED TO INSERT DISK ONE......  AFTER WHICH THE NAVIGATION COMPUTER WILL POP UP........ IT JUST GOES INTO AN ENDLESS LOOP OF PLAYING A TUNE DOESN:T GIVE YOU THE PASS FOR LEVEL TWO......... AND THE ONLY WAY OUT IS TO RESET YOUR COMPUTER...........  JUST LIKE THE OTHER VERSION THAT WAS FLOATING ABOUT DID........ HOW STRANGE......... NICE DEMO...... WHERES THE GAME.........SORRY ABOUT THAT....... IT IS NOT REALLY A DEMO    (ALTHOUGH IT MAY AS WELL BE) IF YOU HAVE THE PASSWORDS FOR OTHER LEVELS THEN YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEM....... THE ONLY TROUBLE IS         YOU NEED A WORKING GAME TO GET THEM     (TRY THE ORIGINAL)            THE PASSWORD FOR LEVEL THREE IS  ...INTEREST...     WELL THATS ABOUT THREE PAGES OF TEXT TYPED IN......... I THINK I NEED A REST NOW...............       EXCEPT THERES STILL THE GREETINGS TO DO...         AND I KNOW THAT THE A.B.C. MAN READS THEM......... JUST IN CASE ANYTHING UNTOWARD IS SAID ABOUT HIM......... THEN HE CAN EDIT IT OUT............WHICH IS WHY I PUT THIS BIT IN............. JUST TO KEEP HIM HAPPY........   ALTHOUGH AFTER HIS APPARENT SUCCESS AGAINST F.A.C.T.  I SHOULD THINK HE WOULD BE ECSTATIC OR SOMETHING   HE MIGHT GET SO EXITED THAT HE:LL PASS SOME GAMES AROUND.............                   LOOK OUT HERE HE COMES................  ER      HI MICK....... I JUST  THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE A PICK ON MICK BIT............ WELL IT WASNT MY IDEA       ITS THIS TYPING HAND....... IT GETS OUT OF CONTROL YOU KNOW......    I MEAN.... SOMETIMES I HAVE NO IDEA WHATS COMING NEXT...........     YES I DO..... GREETINGS.....     ARE COMING UP I THINK...........    AH YES HERE THEY COME....................... I:VE NEVER SEEN HALF OF THEM YOU KNOW     NO SPECIAL LOGO:S IN THIS FONT :COS THERE NOT AVAILABLE         SO ITS GREETINGS TO ................      THE A.B.C. MUM       WELL HE HAS GOT ONE YOU KNOW.............  AND LOOKING AT HIM RECENTLY THERE SEEMS TO BE A POSSIBILITY OF HIM BECOMING ONE....        POMPEY PIRATES                      THE MEDWAY BOYS          SEWER SOFTWARE             SPECIAL FX ..      YES I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT TOO........ I CAN DO IT UPSIDE DOWN  INSIDE OUT.............. BACK TO FRONT AND IN DIFFERENT COLOURS, BUT NOT IN THIS SCROLLER.........  WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPEMENTS          HI TO       MOB.......... BY SPECIAL REQUEST FROM SIMON........          CODING FOR THIS MENU DONE BY STAN MERCURY AND MR BEE OF THE OVERLANDERS                      PERSONEL GREETS GO TO............    THE A.B.C. MAN               GANDELF AND CO:       ADAMSKI            H.D.     MAVERICK             PAUL.F            TOM.B              R.O.M            K.C.VID           ( WE:RE GETTING INTO ABBREVIATIONS AGAIN )       MERCURY             URBAN WARFARE                YOG         ( THESE NAMES ARE NOT IN ANY ORDER - JUST AS THEY COME TO MIND )    I SAID THAT THE LAST TIME I USED THIS FONT IN EXACTLY THE SAME PLACE  OH WELL............... YOU:VE GOT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE THIS WOULD JUST  BE                                                   BLANK SPACE                   KRONOS                ALL AT L.U.S.C.          I.C.I.          AND GANDY:S CLUB                AND NOT FORGETTING THE REST OF YOU FOR  READING THIS .......      WHOEVER YOU ARE........  WHEREVER YOU ARE      NOW ITS GOODBYE FROM ME.....   ....: BATMAN :....       OF SHAOLIN MASTERS           GET READY FOR A QUICK RESTART.....................

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