The issue highlights reports and interviews from Chaos Construction 2000, featuring discussions with SerzhSoft, Firex/Mayhem, demoscene artist Fil/Antares, and FunTop'98 organizer Wlodek Black on graphics evolution, regional scenes, and networking. Software industry challenges are addressed through SIR-X's reflections on unfulfilled developer promises and a letter from Organism detailing the realities of provincial scene life. The technical section includes a hardware review of the DMA UltraSound Card, Z80 programming tutorials for complex scrolltext effects, and game hints for Tower Pod and Clocks Head Cracker. The issue also features a sci-fi story by Yulia Toktaeva reimagining Norse gods in the modern world.
Issue contents:
- News - News from the Kovrov spektrumistov.
- Topic - A Conversation with Justinas'a SerzhSoft'om of Shadrinsk and Firex'om / Mayhem from Tula proizoschedshaya on Chaos Construction 2000.
- Topic - A conversation with renowned artist Fil / Antares proizoschedshaya on Chaos Construction 2000.
- Topic - A conversation with one of the organizers FunTop'98 and editor Nicron - Wlodek Black'om from Moscow.
- Topic - SIR-X'a reflections about the sorry state of affairs with Spectrum software.
- Imagination - Twilight of the Gods (the original idea of Igor Bogdanov).
- Iron - describes the new sound card for Spectrum DMA UltraSound Card and its comparison with the DMA Sound Blaster.
- Coding - write a simple news ticker.
- Coding - write an unusual news ticker.
- about different - Organism'a letter about the plight of Spektrumistov outback.
- Hints - Passwords for games: Tower Pod, Clocks head Cracker.
- Advertising - rekalama and announcements about the sale of Spectrum Varese.
- Credits - the names of the founders of the newspaper.
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