Slash of ADG Answers Max from the Army: Demos, Packers, Amiga
Slash (ADG, Prestige) replied to Max from the army: he promised to send ADG demos and pointed to Enlight in St. Petersburg for the intros and the megademo. He asked for magazines or addresses of Slick's Creative Hacker's Group and Welcome Press, and offered Faraon cooperation if his work matched RST's level. He named Amiga coders, said Prestige had implemented the "pack 'em all" theory 250%, and promised to send every compressor he could find. He listed what he could send (ZX-Format 4, Agony, UFO 2, SpectroFon, Online), described the ADG lineup and quoted prices for the Amiga 600 and 1200.
Hey Max!!!
Sorry for not writing back right away. I'm in the army, and leave comes up to 30 letters at a time (?), so I'm answering you all at once!
I'll answer as I go through your letter:
You'll see the ADG demos soon, we'll send them (?). As for the intros and the megademo, you'll be able to see them at Enlight in St. Petersburg.
What I hinted at to you is really true.
Now, since you keep in touch with Slick's Creative Hacker's Group and Welcome Press, I expect their magazines or addresses from you.
Second, tell me whether you have an Amiga, and whether Faraon (of Queen Software Inc.) has one. Let him send his productions, and Faraon's productions too (we need to see your level). Send me the address and tell him that if he's really on RST's level, I can offer him cooperation.
About the archaeology of 1991–93: you know, Max, I don't know exactly (I'm not an archaeologist), but I noticed the trend more precisely, and you're right: some are moving to Amiga, others to PC, others somewhere else. Then I didn't quite understand the part about Amiga info in Samara: there is Amiga info in Moscow. You've already met the people who code for Amiga: ADG (Slash, Steve). In general, here's a list of others who also work on Amiga: RST, Maxi, KANO, BOS, (?), A.Titov, Rob F, and I can't recall the rest. (By the way, I have an Amiga assembler with its documentation, in Speccy format.)
The "pack 'em all" theory is truly the coolest thing, magic! Right now Prestige has implemented that theory 250%!!!
About packers and crackers: I'll go on leave and check with (?). As for Data Squeezer, I'll ask IMP. But the thing PSV finally (?) did with Lemmings/PSG will be a letdown! No such packer exists on Speccy. They simply packed and locked Lemmings on the Amiga (?).
But I'll send you all the compressors I find.
I don't remember if I told you: Slash was born on 12.09.77. So this is no joke (?), and write to Gift (the cooler one). Steve was born on 2.05.77.
Birthdays:
Flash!
Mr.Nik — 17.06
MCF — 25.10
Wakson — 6.09
Fikus Pikus — 4.05 (by the way, he turned 25 this year (?))
Alyona (his girlfriend) — 9.05
(Did F.P. write to Gift? Maybe you've seen him? Give my regards to Yura, and to Faraon too.)
Here's what I can send him (briefly):
ZX-Format 4 (as soon as I get it)
Agony (a Polish demo, like LSD, Stock 9 '93)
UFO 2 (last version)
Street Fighter 2
lots of demos and gifts
SpectroFon 18, 19
Online (a great many issues)
etc. — time to draw!!!
(Doodles and margin notes:) Amiga Rules Forever; Virtual Dreams / Fairlight ("maybe you've heard of this company, they work Amiga only"); a list of friendly groups: Mortal Kombat, Code Busters, Dream Makers, Flash, L.O.S.W., Entire Group, KSA, Raper Ware Corp., Galaxy, Anotherworld Corp., Tsunami Group, M.M.A. soft, S.C.S. Ltd, FLT, TRY, Paradox, Extasy, etc. ("there are a great many of them"); "do you have a modem? If not, buy one…".
Now ADG is:
Slash — real leader / musicmaker, writer / Amiga / Speccy
Steve — coder / Speccy / Amiga / GFX, etc.
Dave — coder
Dekart — coder, super, GFX / Speccy / PC
Atomic Destruction Group / Prestige. Virtual Dreams forever!
Buy an Amiga: Amiga 600 — $300, Amiga 1200 — $800.
(Bottom left:) Ahead to be a soldier! Don't be sad… AMB 97, autumn. Yesterday it was exactly half a year since I started serving in the railway troops!
Slash / ADG / PSG
Fck the rest, Slash is the best!* 24.06.96