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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Atari ST Compacted Disk (CD) Scrollers [370]Serenade CD #008




Serenade comes back with a nice menu pic and a collection of 4 PD games in CD #08.


Disk Contents -
  1. Grandad - And The Quest for Holey Vest
  2. H-Mec 2
  3. Slug
  4. The Last Arcadian

Grandad - And The Quest for Holey Vest Slug

The Last Arcadian
Scroll Text Transcription -

HELLO ONCE AGAIN AND WELCOME TO MENU 8 FROM SERENADE.      FIRSTLY, THE REALLY IMPORTANT BITS:     ALL FILES REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE MEG OF MEMORY AND 'H MEC II' WILL ONLY RUN ON AN STE (AND FALCON APPARENTLY).        SORRY ABOUT 'THE LAST ARCADIAN' BEING ONE MEG ONLY BUT IF YOU'VE GOT ONE MEG THEN IT DOESN'T MATTER DOES IT?! (FIGURE THAT OUT!)        NOW THE CREDITS...       MENU CODED BY MAC SYS DATA OF POV        MUSIC BY DAVID WHITTAKER (IT'S FROM 'XENON 2') - WHAT A MUCHO COOL TUNE!        I DON'T KNOW WHO DID THIS FONT BUT IT SAYS IT'S FROM THE 'OOH CRICKEY WHAT A SCORCHER DEMO'.        I MESSED AROUND WITH THE COLOURS A BIT!            THE PICTURE IS BY ME AND USES VARIOUS GRAPHICS FROM THE PSYGNOSIS GAME 'AWESOME'.         I LIKE IT!                      FLINTSTONE SHOULD REALLY BE WRITING THIS SCROLLER BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO DO ONE YET!           SO, IT APPEARS YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE USUAL DRIVEL FROM ME A WHILE LONGER!      THIS IS OUR THIRD ONE MEG ONLY DISK 'ON THE BOUNCE' AND WE HAVE SOME MORE ONE MEG FILES COMING SOON!        HOPEFULLY THE NEXT DISK WILL BE FULLY 512K COMPATIBLE!      I THINK OUR PRODUCTIVITY RATE IS RATHER HIGH AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE PD WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU THESE DISKS.         IF YOU SUPPLY SOME PD TO US THEN WE'LL KEEP GOING FOR QUITE A WHILE YET!    LOOK IN EARLIER SERENADE DISKS FOR OUR ADDRESS.      THANX TO RAY FOR SUPPLYING 'GRANDAD' AND PURE ENERGY FOR 'H MEC II' AND 'SLUG'.          GREETINX TIME!         HI TO        MAC SYS DATA, FLINTSTONE, SPIKE, PURE ENERGY, DEN.H, RAY, THE PHILOSOPHICAL PHANTOM    AND ALL OTHER FRIENDS OF SERENADE!                  COMING SOON WILL BE A COMPLETE DIRECTORY OF ALL THE SERENADE MENUS AND WHICH FILE GOES TO WHAT BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ASKED FOR.       I JUST HOPE I REMEMBER THEM ALL!        YO ADRENALIN!      WHY IS THERE A 'HMEC.GFA' FILE ON YOUR 9TH PD DISK?      IT ISN'T ON THE VERSION I RECEIVED AND SEEMS TO WORK FINE WITHOUT IT.      ALSO, IT'S A BIT DANGEROUS PACKING HIGH SCORE FILES DON'T YOU THINK? ESPECIALLY ONES THAT ARE UPDATED.    YOU'RE LUCKY THERE'S A COUPLE OF K FREE ON THE DISK!        ANOTHER THING RE YOUR 9TH PD DISK - ARE YOU SURE 'OZONE 2' IS ALLOWED TO BE DISTRIBUTED?     I'M SURE I REMEMBER READING SOMEWHERE THAT IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE FROM THE AUTHOR, BUT I MAY BE WRONG!       NEVER THE LESS, 'OZONE 2' WILL NOT BE APPEARING ON A SERENADE DISK AND NEITHER WILL ANY OTHER RISKY TITLES.          SERENADE MENUS: 100 PERCENT LEGAL, 100 PERCENT SAFE.                 UNTIL NEXT TIME THIS IS MASS DEPORTER SAYING A RATHER LOUD             WRAP!

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