Contents 11/96

Contents 11/96

D: Articles

This time I have three articles: A guide on converting a Spectrum 128 into a PC minitower case, which I successfully did myself. The second article is a review of the game COLOR LINES. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to finish the promised article about the fastest plot routine, but it will definitely appear in the next issue.

Due to an unfortunate twist of fate, last time I couldn't copy the article about the meeting in Filderstadt to the disk because the master disk had become unformatted. Now I have rewritten the whole thing.

E: Pictures

Ten picture viewers with a total of only 66 pictures: namely 12 of Chinese female kung-fu fighters, and 54 pictures from Doctor Who – Survival. A side note: If you have a color monitor/TV, the pictures always look much worse than on a greyscale monitor/TV; this is because a color TV has a shadow mask, which causes the pictures to shimmer too much.

F: Games

At the time of writing, I only need to iron out a few minor details in Indian Patience, then it will appear in issue 12/96.

In this issue, we have the games GEWITTER, in which you have to obliterate your neighbor's house with lightning and thunder! Unfortunately, the game is designed only for two players.

Twintris is also for two players, but it can be played alone as well. It is built similarly to Tetris II. This game probably needs no explanation.

G: Demos

Peter Novak is a multi-part sampled soundtrack demo; I especially like the first sampled tune, maybe I'll use it as the title song for "Legacy"?!?

Carminadle TI is an older demo by the Polish coder group DMJ (like the car from Back to the Future), which has probably disbanded by now. The number keys are used to change the music — try pressing "3"! I think that is the best track.

SUC-Demo is actually just a little joke by me and Cat's Eye regarding X-Terminator and F.B.I. Please don't take it too seriously, and if X-Terminator ever reviews it, don't judge me and Catty too harshly. It only took us ten minutes to write the demo.

H: Miscellaneous

Shadow Nemesis Part 3 is the continuation of my first big novel — well, that brings back memories! Soon the first, not particularly dangerous Ectomorph race will appear, and in one of the next parts it will get really exciting, though back then I slightly overdid the brutality.

Sampletracker is probably the most user-friendly soundtracker that works with samples. In upcoming issues, I will publish the SMT compiler, sample player, and several samples (Thanks go to Dave Fountains!). It should be noted that all loading and saving operations unfortunately only work with cassette tape; and since CBM has already left the scene, only crackers remain who could create a +D version. There is still hope for the prompt release of the Noisetracker...