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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Atari ST Compacted Disk (CD) Scrollers [575] Shaolin Masters CD #022

 

Here is the next Shaolin Masters disk that has been preserved, CD #22, with 16-21 currently missing.
Disk Contents -
  1. Shaolin Masters Menu Maker (GenST 2.02 + source code)
  2. The Dungeon Master Editor 2.20
  3. Chaos Strikes Back (maps)

Scroll Text Transcription - 

HELLO AND  WELCOME TO A NEW ERA IN MENU DISKS.     ARE YOU FED UP WITH MENU'S THAT DON'T WORK? HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH OF ALL THE SLAGGINGS ON SCROLLERS FROM HIGH AND MIGHTY GROUPS LIKE AUTOMASHUN,     AIMED AT BELITTLING LESS EXPERIENCED USERS,        WOULD YOU LIKE TO  PUT YOUR OWN MENU'S TOGETHER?......   ONES LIKE THIS............    WELL NOW YOU CAN!         I HAVE DECIDED THAT IT'S TIME FOR A FEW CHANGES!!!............. ON THIS DISK IS THE SOURCE CODE FOR THIS MENU TOGETHER WITH ALL THE FILES YOU NEED and INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE A MENU LIKE THIS ONE!        PLUS A SIMPLE TEXT ONLY MENU SOURCE CODE     AND THE HYPER-PACKER BY THX-1138..   SO YOU CAN PACK THE FINISHED PRG..      WHY AM I DOING THIS GREAT FAVOUR FOR ALL THE UNINITIATED?                 I'LL TELL YOU............  A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I WAS READING A SCROLLER EXACTLY LIKE THIS!......  ON A 'RIPPED OFF CD MENU'      SAME FONT..........  SAME MUSIC....... SAME FADEOUT........... SAME EVERYTHING ('CEPT THE PICTURE)     AND I THOUGHT...... HELLO!         THAT LOOKS FAMILIER......... ITS THE OLD MENUMASTERS SOURCE CODE?   THE ONE WE USED TO USE WHEN SHAOLIN TEMPLE - MENUMASTERS AND WILDTHINGS JOINED FORCES EVENTUALLY TO BECOME SHAOLIN MASTERS AFTER WILDTHINGS DROPPED OUT!......... AND  THIS GUYS GOING ON ABOUT ALL SORTS OF RUBBISH ABOUT GANDELF RIPPING STUFF ?    ALL THIS WAS ON A  RIPPED OFF CD MENU ....... OH WELL HE SHOULD TALK       AND READING FURTHER I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ANYWAY!    SO SEEING AS THIS SOURCE CODE IS CIRCULATING AROUND VARIOUS 'GROUPS' ( NEW ORDER USED IT)    I DECIDED TO CIRCULATE IT A BIT FURTHER ...... THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL PROBLEM WITH THIS CODE THOUGH...... IT ONLY LOADS FROM THE MENU ON 520 ST'S....... 1 MEG MACHINES GO TO DESKTOP ... YOU MAY HAVE  NOTICED THIS HAPPEN ON 520'S AS WELL   'COS THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF MENUS AROUND THAT GO TO DESKTOP!  NOT FROM ME THOUGH  !   (MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS!)    AND IF THESE GUYS ARE USING IT LIKE THAT THEN THEY CAN'T BE AS GOOD AS THEY TRY TO MAKE OUT CAN THEY?     (IT CAN BE CONVERTED)     I HAVE A 1 MEG VERSION WHICH WAS RE-CODED BY GANDELF!!!!!  EAT YOUR HEART OUT BANDOG........ SEE SHAOLIN MASTERS MENU DISKS 2 TO 10 FOR EXAMPLES OF WHAT CAN DONE WITH THIS SOURCE CODE..... BUT BACK TO HOW TO USE IT.     THERE IS A HELP DOC ON THE DISK AND THE CODE ITSELF HAS HELPFUL COMMENTS.      AS IT STANDS YOU ONLY NEED A DEGAS PICTURE OF YOUR OWN NOTHING ELSE. YOU WILL NEED TO CHANGE THE FILENAMES TO LOAD YOUR OWN PROGS AND YOU WILL WANT TO ALTER THE TEXT OF COURSE!   BUT ITS THAT SIMPLE ANYONE CAN USE IT!       THE SKILL COMES FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ORIGINALLY CREATE THESE CODES!    IN THIS CASE IT WAS      ' IVAN '  OF THX-1138 SO ALL CREDITS FOR ANY MENUS CREATED FROM THIS CODE AND USED SHOULD GO TO HIM!    OK..... AS ALREADY STATED 1 MEG OWNERS WILL HAVE TO BE CONTENT WITH LOADING FROM DESKTOP AFTER THE MENU  BUT YOU COULD ALWAYS PUT ONE GAME IN THE AUTOFOLDER AFTER THE MENU PRG AND THAT WOULD LOAD AUTO, THEN MAKE SURE THE OTHER NEEDS DESKTOP ANYWAY......... I WILL BE RELEASING SOME MORE MUSIC FILES AND FONTS FOR THIS AT A LATER DATE,     AND POSSIBLY ALSO THE 1040 VERSION,     DEPENDS ON THE REACTION TO THIS LOT,   I EXPECT A LOT OF SHIT TO FLY MY WAY,    BUT I KNOW MANY OF YOU WILL BE QUITE CHUFFED,   AND ANYWAY ITS ABOUT TIME SOMETHING USEFUL WAS PRODUCED BY AT LEAST ONE  'GROUP'  (I MAY BE A GROUP OF ONE AFTER THIS).............PRESS SPACE NOW        GREETINGS TIME SEEMS TO BE  UPON US ONCE AGAIN........   AND THESE GO TO ALL THE USUAL CROWD...     THE ABC MAN                  GANDELF       JPM          MAVERICK          THE ARMLEY BEAST  (BY SPECIAL REQUEST)          DA DO RON           POMPEY PIRATES  (POSSIBLY THE BEST MENU DISKS IN THE WORLD)         SEWER SOFT (SEEM TO BE SLOWING DOWN LADS)      TOM.B       K.C. WIG-WAM     WE ARE WAITING IN ANTICIPATION FOR YOUR DEMO DISK  (A SMALL SUBURB ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ECSTACY)  .....   WELL I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY        WHAT DO YOU CALL A MONGREL WITH A FRENCH LETTER STUCK ON ITS HEAD......               A RUBBER BANDOG                ...........  SPECIAL THANKS GO TO HIM FOR PUSHING ME INTO RELEASING THIS DISK    I KEPT BEING ASKED BY PEOPLE BUT EVERYONE WAS SAYING OOH NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT....... WELL NOW I HAVE!!!!!!    ANY OTHER GROUPS CARE TO FOLLOW ? THERE MUST BE LOADS OF OLD MENU SOURCE CODES NOT BEING USED WHICH YOU COULD PASS ON ..... HOW ABOUT IT......... NEXT ON THE AGENDA WILL BE THE 1 MEG STE COMPATABLE VERSION OF THIS ONE.........  BOUND TO BE ASKED FOR IT........... WHAT DO YOU THINK ?.........   SCROLL RESTART COMING. . .  NOW PRESS THE SPACEBAR AGAIN........ AND AGAIN         AND............


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