ACNews #64

Diskmag (electronic paper)

06 Jan 2017 Download

  • ACNews #64

This issue features a round-up of demoscene news, including the festive Dizzy Rescues Santa release, progress on the Super Mario port, Unreal Speccy updates, and a new iS-DOS HDD driver. Personal recollections by AmoNik take us back to the late 1990s and early 2000s SPbZXNet era, detailing modem troubleshooting and becoming a network node. Additionally, the issue includes a comprehensive questionnaire by Krakow University researcher Piotr Marecki, aimed at documenting demoscene history and culture for an upcoming book.

Issue contents:

  1. Contents - contents of the newspaper
  2. News - Hippiman/Conscience released the New Year's game Dizzy Rescues Santa, Polish culturologist Piotr Marecki sent a large questionnaire for a future book, Sergei Smirnov (Gogin) revived his project to port the Super Mario game for the Spectrum.
  3. News - Hippiman/Conscience released a New Year game named Dizzy Rescues Santa, I fixed several errors in my 3D engine, Polist culturologist Piotr Marecki who went to summer DiHalt with Yerzmyey, wrote a big questionnaire for his future book. I translated the questions.
  4. History - SPbZXNet - continued
  5. Profile - My name is Piotr Marecki, I am an associate professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Two demosceners, Yerzmyey and Hellboj, and I decided to write a book about the ZX Spectrum.
  6. History - SPbZXNet - part 2
  7. Questionnaire - My name is Piotr Marecki and I am an Assistant Professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Together with two demosceners, Yerzmyey and Hellboj, we decided to write a book about the ZX Spectrum.

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