ACNews #18

Diskmag (electronic paper)

08 May 2003 Download

The demoscene welcomes the return of legendary coders Shaitan, Valera Selev, and Nuts, alongside community discussions on software bugs and Pentagon hardware quirks. An opinion piece delivers a critical perspective on military affairs, the history of radio electronics, nuclear testing consequences, and Victory Day. The technical column provides a deep dive into the assembly code of Mednonogov's bitstream-less LZ decompressor used in the iconic game Black Raven. Rounding out the issue is an overview of text formatting color codes in the ACEdit editor.

Issue contents:

  1. News - back Shaitan, Valera Selev and Nuts!
  2. Thoughts - the ninth of May - Victory Day, and you are waiting for the draft board TOWN!
  3. Docs - Mednonogova decompressor based on LZ compression.
  4. ACEdit - List of Honored Members AC Edit.

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