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Sunday, August 29, 2021

Atari ST Demo / Intro [098] Circle Scroller by Chronicle

 


Well here is a nice little intro from Chronicle called Circle Scroller that was released April 19, 1992.



This demo screen has the scroller moving in a circle whlie it bounces up and down over the Chronicle logo at the top of the screen, which at times makes the scroller difficult to read, but is a pretty need effect.  The circular text scroller is also showing up as a reflection on the blue bar that is acting as a floor at the bottom of the screen, which really adds to the technical aspect of this screen.  To complete the screen, an original chip tune called Escape From Space by Crawdaddy, who also credited as the coder here as well, was utilized.  Nice production!

Capture info -

This video was captured on June 12, 2021.

Due to current conditions and lack of time, this video was captured with STeem and OBS.

Video was edited with Shotcut.

Scroll Text Transcription - 

HI !     THIS IS GUYER ON THE KEYS...WE (CRAWDADDY AND I) ARE NOW AT MY PLACE PUTTING THIS SHIT TOGETHER AND WE'RE PRETTY OUT OF OUR MINDS AT THE MOMENT BUT WHO THE FUCK CARES ?!     BY THE WAY, YOU CAN'T FIND ANY CREDITS OR GREETS HERE 'COZ THEY'RE ALL IN THE LAST SCREEN...     IT'S NOW THE 11TH OF APRIL AND IT'S A FEW MINUTES OVER MIDNIGHT AND...     SHIT !!! AAAAAAAAAARRRGGGHHHHHH !!!     CRAWDADDY FUCKS UP EVERYTHING...     NOW HE HAS FUCKED UP THE INTRO-SCREEN ONCE AND NOW WHEN I SAW THIS SCREEN HE HAD FUCKED UP THE LOGO AND THE MIRROR IN THE LOWER BORDER !!!     GOD DAMNED...CAN'T YOU DO ANYTHING RIGHT ?!     EVERYTHING I SAY, HE IGNORES IT !!!               HALOO ?!     ONX KUKAAN HIMASSA ?!     I HAD TO SAY SOMETHING IN FINNISH 'COZ I'M SO FUCKED UP...     WE WERE SUPPOSED TO FINISH THE DEMO TODAY BUT CREATOR'S GENST DESTROYED HIS SCREEN AND HE'S GOING TO SEND HIS PART OF THE DEMO ON MONDAY AND IT'LL BE IN THE MAILBOX ON TUESDAY UND WE'RE LEAVING TO SWEDEN ON WEDNESDAY...     CAN'T ANYTHING GO FINE ?!               PASKAA HUULEEN VAAN, VITUT TASTA TULE MITAAN !!!               SPECIAL MESSAGE TO QWERTY OF UNC/ARMADA...               OLISIT VOINNUT LAITTAA DISK TIMESIIN ETTA HIGHEST DEGREE OLI KRAWIN JA HYPEN TEKEMA, EIKA PELKASTAAN HYPEN...     JOS VASTAISUUDESSA KAYTATTE JOTAIN MEIDAN TEKEMAA, VOISIT EDES MAINITA SIITA, ETTA SE ON MEIDAN TEKELE !!!     JOOPA JOO, CHRONICLE RULLAR !!!          MAYBE I SHOULD GIVE ALSO A CHANCE TO CRAWDADDY IF HE WOULD WANT TO WRITE SOMETHING BUT NAAAAAAHHH...     HE'S TOO BUSY FUCKING UP THE SCREENS SO I'LL JUST KEEP WRITING SOME BULLSHIT !!!               - COMMERCIAL BREAK -               I THINK YOU SHOULD ALL BUY OUR SOUND CHIP-COMPOSER 'COZ IT'S REALLY GREAT...     ALL THE BLIPP BLOPP-MUZEX IN THIS DEMO ARE MADE WITH THIS PROGRAM SO AS YOU SEE IT'S VERY GOOD...     YOU GET THE ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS AFTER THE LAST SCREEN SO BE READY WITH A PEN AND SOME PAPER !!!               GUYER SIGNING OFF....................         HI, IT'S CRAWDAD ON THE KEYPAD... I'M WRITING MY PART OF THIS TEXT IN 2.00 AM ON WEDNESDAY     GUYER AND MAX WILL TRAVEL TODAY EVENING TO SWEDEN TO ELECTRA'S DEMO PARTY AND THIS DEMO SHOULD BE FINISHED INONE OR TWO HOURS...   I'M SORRY ABOUT THE SIMPLYNESS OF THIS SCREEN, BUT I TOTALLY RAN OUT OF TIME AND IDEAS WHAT MORE TO MAKE... ACTUALLY THERE IS ABOUT 30 PER CENTS OF CPU-TIME LEFT, BUT WHO CARES... ...         OK, I MUST CONTINUE CODING THIS SCREEN, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SLEPT MUCH MORE THAN 7 HOURS IN TWO NIGHTS AND I SHOULD GO TO SCHOOL TOMORROW...       END OF THIS CRAP   


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