On-Line #37 20 мая 1996

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Mosaic - On the secrets in the games: Dizzy 3, Soviet Simpson Bart. Shadow of Ecstasy.

                 MOSAIC


(C) GOOD BOY


   DIZZY 3. In this game, not necessarily to plant a bean, 
simply pour the fertilizer with water and he grew up. 


   SOVIET. Before the start of the level, press together the 
keys 1,2,3,4,5 and see the FINAL CUT



   SIMPSON BART. Clicking in the game with the keys go to the 
BEST the next level.


                            (C) GOOD BOY
                           Ory 187-7594



(C) OLDMAN


   Hi everyone! And a special hello to fans DEMOMAKING'a,
because now we will focus on "shadow" parts of a recent 
demonstration of ECSTASY by DREAM MAKERS. 


   Thus, the most difficult - to get into the shadow side. Do it
There are three ways: first - to pass part of DOOM?, second - in
download time of DOOM? need to hold down the SPACE key, and 
release after loading (unfortunately determine this point can 
only be experienced by ...). And the third way: since demo 
released in a few strange form, namely: fragmented, you simply 
download the files named in MASK their addresses in the page 
corresponding to the file extensions unpack them and start ... 
huge request - do not call me and do not ask how the points to 
do it! 


   If you are a patient man, probably benefited from
the first method, if accurate, then the second, but if you are, 
thank God, the hacker, then, of course, the latest ... Anyway 
you everything turned out! I will not tell, looks like this 
part, see for yourself. The most interesting thing in it that 
you provided opportunity to introduce some of the words and 
read what people think of about those words of the guys from 
DREAM MAKERS ... And so you do not erase the wasted writing on 
the keyboard, I will give a full dictionary: 

DREAM MAKERS, IBM, VMP, SHAMAN, IMP, KAMIKAZE, SB, FUCK, FUCK
YOU, YES, NO, GOLDEN DISK, NICK OF GDC, AMIGA, SINCLAIR, SPECCY,
MUSIC, COOL, GLS, OM, USA, ECSTASY, IDIOT, MAD ELKS, SHIT, MASK,
MADONNA, CAR, LOVE, KISS, BALLS, FOOD, BEER, PRESTIGE, SEX, MTV,
SEGA, TV, TECHNOTIME, ALEX PLUSOV, SATISFACTION, CODE BUSTERS,
LOB OF GDC, BUCKS, MEGADEMO, SPONSOR, DEALER, HACKER, BOSS, 666,
BASTARD, DEPECHE MODE, AND ONE, CODER, ASSEMBLER, KENT, DRUGS,
NEON SOFT, TERMINATOR, SMOKE, ASSORTY, SOFTWARE, BRAINWARE, TM,
COPYRIGHT, ROBOJOP, PARTY, GIRL, PHONES, MAGICSOFT, FLASH INC,
VIATOR, MCODER, IDIOT BOX, SHUT UP, BULLSHIT, GREETINGS, RUN,
TIM FOLLIN, KARELIA, BELARUS, LSD, GOMEL, PEPSI, TUNE, AUTHORS,
DIZZY, RST 7, KLAV, MAX IWAMOTO, U96, BRAKE, ROBOCOP, THANK YOU,
LASER DANCE, ENIGMA, WINDOW, DREAM TEAM, AAA, BARANOV, KDF, KAZ,
XMX2, SUN SOFT, KOLESNIK, PHANTOMAS, LUKASHENKO, ENERGO COMP,
ASSHOLE, COMPUTER, DELIRIUM, ANDREW ISAEV, STOP, EVOLVER, ELF,
NINTENDO, NAVIGATOR, ALEX RAIDER, WACKSON, TWIN PEAKS.


   UV-r-r! As for the second hidden part, so just type SURPRISE 
and dumped just in it. 

                ° ° ° °


   In the last issue of ON-LINE questions were asked the 
creative team STEP. Contacting Oryema Matveev, I learned that: 
work on games Star Heritage 2 SPECIAL FORCES successfully moving

and a tentative release date of games - August of this year. On 
the question "Why so little written about these games in the 
journal SPECTROFON", - I received approximately the following 
response: "When much has been written about Star Heritage 1, 
have been accused of indiscretion ... but in general, SPECIAL 
FORCES is a fairly detailed information in 19 rooms. 


   At the same time I managed to get some news regarding the 
game UFO-2, is working on Vyacheslav Mednonogov. Perhaps Final 
(?) version will appear in June, but that is already available 
in some places the official distributors, will be free share ...



   With a group of MEGACODE I could not be reached (they live 
in Yaroslavl), but from knowledgeable people, I learned that 
work on the game DIZZY-XX, it seems, is nearing completion ...


                ° ° ° °


   Now I would like to respond to an indignant letter 
DIGITECS'a, published in the last issue of ON-LINE.



   Firstly, I do not understand why DIGITECS adopted
my article in the 35 rooms entirely at his own expense ... In 
fact, on this topic not only wrote it, and now that I'm with 
someone of the dispute, arguing with all that is written, and I 
started to write that article before how I came to the material 
from DIGITECS'a. Perhaps, DIGITECS believes that only his 
letter deserves a reply ... Anyway case, it is in vain, he 
puffed about the phrase "amateurs in the codes." The very 
phrase is a quote from an article in 33 GROFAZ'a room (DIGITECS 
not know in which cases are put quotation marks?) and even 
insulting it is nothing. "Amateur" in my opinion, is a person 
not versed in the principles of the topic. And if DIGITECS 
considers coder myself, then what did he hurt ... I consider 
myself an amateur at writing music and, therefore, not 
undertake to advise, for example, KSA, as we should have a 
pattern or a tool ... A DIGITECS considers all who can not 
encode, bastards. More precisely, He thinks that I think so, 
because they say I have there the context ... When there is 
nothing to complain about, we must look for context, some 
hidden meaning ... Okay, then I do not begrudge his opponent 
... 


   So, I was committed "attack" (which looked GAI?), Analyze it 
point by point. 


   Again I quote the ad: "64 sprites - how great it is!".
Again, not a word: what sprites, which holds the speed with 
which ejected ... And the author pushes the development, saying 
He has everything in the ZX-REVIEW written and in sufficient 
detail. If he so details of all written, so what DIGITECS own 
words to repeat something can not (though the author I am not 
blaming) ... All arguments are reduced to one: a coprocessor, 
and so he quickly ... faster than the SPECTRUM now. I'm willing 
to believe that faster and Still would like to know how fast 
and how precisely Program sends data VIs, of course, I repeat 
myself, but somehow all of this information secret. 


   Concerning the comparison with AY BEEPER'om DIGITECS'a I do 
not understand. Whether he agrees with me that AY is not too 
steep, or no. Anyway, the "nonsense" - is not a reasoned 
opinion. It would be nice to know why what I wrote about that - 
nonsense? From himself only add "dilettante in the codes" that 
all sounds emitted by BEEPER'a include digitization,

BEEPER as a passive output device itself
synthesize the sound can not. DIGITECS'u advise you to 
carefully read the same ZX-REVIEW, there this theme in his time 
was devoted enough professionally written articles. 


   As for the propaganda PROFI, then where, I wonder
DIGITECS spotted her? Did I campaigned someone throw
their PENTAGON'y and change to PROFI? I just said the latest 
specifications of this machine (and a little mistake is not in 
favor of the PROFI, lines he had no 256, 240, so that the 
relative speed of the screen will be even more), as are its 
users. If I had wanted to advertise, then ... Well, in general, 
I would find something to say good. And I did not offer a 
turbocharged your computer up to 15 MHz and buy the "expensive 
mikruhi memory "(interestingly, DENDY cheaper?), I wrote about 
the recent versions PROFI, where there is a CP / M-screen and a 
turbo 15 MHz. 


   I have long laughed when he learned of DIGITECS'a that can 
DENDY connected to SPECTRUM'u two wires - just solder it

instead of quartz! Yes, it seems DIGITECS dilettante, not only 
in the codes (Now you can search for context - here it is) ... 
In fact, in ZX-REVIEW roughly thus offers only connect

synchronizer, and not the entire fee, but more on that later. 
Not much fun it was to read (in DIGITECS'a of course, but 
someone else ...), that connecting the video processor does not 
lead to interference in the scheme computer, and disabling it 
leaves SPECTRUM fully operational ... 


   Now, about my statement that all the computer programmer 
decides. Actually, it was said jokingly, why not backed up by 
any arguments. I thought that this is so clear. But seriously, 
try to justify ... Ask any "zhelezyachnika" and he will answer 
that connect to SPECTRUM'u can be anything - from the kettle to 
... Ask the user - not whether he is against any "gadgets" at 
its SPECCY and he will also answer in the affirmative, but a 
smart, so to speak, taught by bitter experience, the user must

probe: "And how many soft'a written into this piece of metal?".
But whence comes soft - I think everyone understands. "Then why
also "jokingly" - you ask. The fact that it is possible (though
hard, working on SPECTRUM'e) and submit such a situation,
normal on other platforms: apparatchik develops peripherals and 
pay a programmer, that he wrote under her policy support. Or: 
the user employs apparatchik that he developed periphery and 
programmer, he wrote to soft. Well because everything on 
SPECTRUM'e done mostly for love of the game, I think it is 
clear who will decide what will be popular and what is not 
(that's me on the "iron"). As for the lack of recent games 
COLOR LINES'ov, now appeared COLOR BALLS, but tomorrow there 
will be COLOR ASSHOLES ... Our GAMEMAKER'y always done and will 
do the logical toy as do LINES is a thousand times easier and 
faster than making Star Heritage and the Russian people, 
"whatever you do, just to do nothing ", and many people like 
such games. 


   Terribly offended DIGITECS on my "didactic tone." I just do 
not understand: if he can afford "defiant tone letter, "because 
he" would not otherwise go "(34 number ON-LINE), then why 
should not I use it to tone didactic, always want to treat such 
a "hot" people in a fatherly strictly ... but it's true, tear 
it from his computer all the peripherals, and blame it on me or 
THE BIRD'a. And how should behave the editor in each case, let 
so I do decide. 


   By the way, that the ON-LINE have fewer "attacks and 
checkmate," I ceasing "abnormal spores with DIGITECS'om in the 
newspaper and I propose to move it into the net. Those 
interested can always find our correspondence (if it is) on 
ALEX BBS. 


   When I wrote an article in 35 issue, I have not seen the new 
numbers ZX-REVIEW and honestly warned that describe the overall 
impression arose after the readers' letters in support of the 
EP DENDY. It so I asked him to send some specific 
characteristics. After writing DIGITECS'a (despite the fact 
that there is nothing concrete, but wounded pride and 
amateurish demagoguery no, I had yet published), I still 
wondered about any such connection the VP two wires mentioned. 
And what turned out to be! In the ZX-REVIEW no question about 
connecting to SPECTRUM'u VP of DENDY! There might and main to 
connect DENDY SPECTRUM ... SPECCY at the same time with all of 
your drives is just "gadgets" to DENDY, allowing use 
DENDY'evskimi toys as we used to use the programs for Spectrum, 
ie rewrite, alter, create your own, etc. If it is -

SPECTRUM, I - Editor in Chief PLAYBOY'ya (although nothing
have against the magazine). I do not want to say that this is 
bad: You can insolently "tear" graphics from DENDY, and even as 
I have heard that there's much assembler our flawed, there is 
the possibility of conversion there the toys. But in general we 
were going to talk about the future hardware enhancements 
Spectrum, not DENDY ... So, forget, brothers, about the EP from 
DENDY ... And not only have to listen DIGITECS'a, saying that 
"a There is no alternative! "This fellow, to say the breccia 
stupidity (lack of information - ZX-REVIEW magazine is good, 
but not the world's only SPECTRUMa). The alternative is not 
one. Perhaps the authors of similar developments will respond? 
Or familiar faces ... 

                        Dmitry (OLDMAN)
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