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Do you know something that could be interesting for the readers? About a utility, <link=g22.scr>game</l> or demo in production by your scene-friend? Then please don't keep it to yourself - just share it! Let the other Atarians know about all the things happening in our fujiland! grey signed off... [ SHY GUY BECAME TARZAN OF THE SCENE! ] date: 12.01.2003 His name was Pieter van der Meer, the kewl shy bloke from Holland sporting one of the longest and wickedest nicks on the globe! Earchaeopteryx, author of the Neurobotix game... now's he's back again to show his madness! I have to admit I've been a busy observer of Ear_X's career since the beginning. He was improving his code-skills every year and his latest "Delta" demo shows there are more candidates to became Tat's followers! :o) "Delta" features a lot of great effects, some old weard up in "new clothes" as well as absolutely new ones! Env-mapped stars with flares, env-mapped blobs, shells... gosh! You just have to see it! Pieter became the code-tarzan of the Atari scene, no doubt! My best congrats, Pieter! Shake up this Atari jungle even harder!! :o) [ XL/XE STONE AGED? ] date: 11.01.2003 Do You remember the cute ST game called "Stone Age"? A few years ago, guys from the 8-bit Atari scene being addicted to that game, decided to start the "Mental Age" project. It is nothing other than an 8-bit Atari version of "Stone Age". The playable demo version was spread and featured equally neat gfx and msx as the original. As it usually happens with many "great and promising projects", this one has also been canceled ;o( And suddenly Slaves from Taquart revealed at the well-known atari bbs that he still has gfx, sources and other stuff from "Mental Age" and he's looking for someone to take it over and finish it! :o) Pirx, one of the scene-gods from the past, a well-known member of OUR 5OFT agreed to help and asked Slaves to send all remnants from "Mental Age" :o) So keep Your eyes wide open, 6502 fanatics! [ WOT?! PC BEING USEFUL?! ] date: 02.01.2003 RASTER Music Tracker (RMT) is a cross-platform tool for making Atari XE/XL music on PC (OS Win9x). RMT uses new Atari XE/XL music routines which the author developed over a very long time. Raster hopes it will be a small revolution for all Atari musicians and fans. He is still working hard on the PC tracker part in all his spare time (it already ammounts to hundreds of hours of programming, debugging, testing, etc.), but currently he can present only limited info, a few screenshots of his work and the first experimental songs. Raster asks not to send him questions like: "when it will be finished?". The first public beta version should appear before too long. Complimentary suggestions are welcomed, as well as sponsor donations. :-) :::::: RMT features :::::: - Mono 4 tracks / stereo 8 tracks. - 254 tracks, each with its own length (max.128 beats) and with support for track loop. - 64 instruments (stereo, instrument table up to 8 steps - 2 types and 2 modes with loop, instrument envelope up to 32 steps with loop, portamento, filter, 16bit bass, volume slide, volume minimum, vibrato, frequency shifting, etc.) - Fully automatic management of AUDCTL register (filters, 16bit basses) and note portamento up/down effect. - Instrument envelope commands for note/frequency shifting and support for special "like C64 SID chip" filtering. - Up to 256 lines for song (with "goto line" support). - Beat speed 1 to 255 (1/50 to 255/50 sec). - Instrument speed 1 or 2 per screen (1/50 or 1/100 sec). - Main input/output song file format: RMT song files. - Input/output instrument file format: RMI instrument files. - Export formats: RMT stripped song file, SAP file, XEX Atari executable MSX file. Sounds promising enough, don't ya think? If all goes to plan, this tracker should be a huge ass-kick for the C-64 scene-brothas! :o) Is it really possible to kick POKEY's ass to sound even better?! Let's wait and see! Finally the peezee is a bit useful! ;o) For more info take a look at: http://www.infos.cz/raster/atari/rmt/rmt.htm [ RISIN' FROM THE ASHES ] date: 21.12.2002 After 2 (two!) years of silence, members of "Tristesse", the well known 8-bit Atari crew from Poland picked themselves up to release the 8th issue of their "Syzygy" disk-mag! This scene-publication vanished from the surface of the earth after the fatal HDD crash where all the stuff of the magazine including articles and shell-source had gone to hell! This really proves that NOTHING can stop them! :o) So what can we find in the latest issue? As you would probably guess, all stuff is very varied - you can read many interesting articles including "Lato Ludzikow 2002" party report as well as the "SillyVenture 2k" one! It looks like the articles were written within 2/3 years or so... Anyway all contents are worth the attention, no question. "Syzygy" is surely the great source of information for every 8-bit Atari scener and I read it with pleasure. The only thing which is annoying me so much is nothing other than... language :o( Oh Yeah, it's still polish... Damn, I also live here, but I can't understand this move. Guys, why are you "closing up" in your own world? Your magazine could be a great thing to read also by ppl living abroad... :o( Think about it! ::: FINAL THOUGHT ::: Never lose the faith! You can always rise from the ashes! [ HE WANTS BUT THEY DON'T! ] date: 12.12.2002 "Eh, women" - You would think... but "Eh, Atarians" better fits this news. Sikor Soft, a well known Atari software publisher from Poland is willing to put some life into the Atari world bringing new commercial titles for these systems! Many guys cried about the death of the Atari market and no possibility to publish their software. Now they've got a chance! There is someone willing to pay for their work, but... nobody seems to be interested? ;o( Silence after Sikor's advertisement proves that we asked for this "death" my friends... ;o( I hope I am *REALLY* wrong here and that's why I've cut a message found at Atari-Area BBS and translated it to English especially for our readers: ::::::: ATARI XL/XE :::::::: Is there anyone who still cares about the small Atari? When I start to talk with various software authors, I have the impression they don't really care about writing new games for Atari. I would like to repeat that I am still very interested in publishing even just a couple new titles for this system! (also on cartridges!). Maybe my demands are just too high? Please keep in mind that I offer a payment for your work - not too much, it depends on the amount of copies sold. Unfortunately, you have to wait about 1-2 months after publishing each title for the cash. ::::::: ATARI ST/STE ::::::: I am searching for people willing to write a game for Atari STE/TT/Falcon. It's gonna to be huge project - (graphic - 78 static screens) + objects + engine + intro etc. It would be nice to get in contact with a group of people responsible for code, graphic and music. please send Your offers (only SERIOUS ones please!) at: --=> sikor_soft@poczta.fm <=-- [ ERROR IN LINE #3 - NO ESCAPE! ] date: 08.11.2002 "Ooops, they did it again!". Yup! And there is no escape, scene-folx. If you want to prove that Atari is still an important part of your life and you're not against a bit of community building in the current image of our scene - do your best to go over there! Let's show that we f*ck this all boring mainstream around! Save the Atari scene, save the remnants of our youth! See you all in Dresden! eil.atari.org [ COMING OUT FROM THE SHADOW ] date: 07.11.2002 "I am impressed. So I am back to kick your ass!". Who could say such words if not the legend of the polish 8-bit Atari scene? Konop, the former "father" of "SHADOWS" is willing to come back with another brand-new production for the 8-bit Atari at the forthcoming QuaST Party 2003! It's gonna to be his "answer" to the latest outstanding demo released by Taquart. Be prepared for a real treat shakin' up the Atari world! FEEL THE KONOP'S MADNESS TQA GUYS! :o) [ IM-PROPER MAN ] date: 05.11.2002 Alex from Bit Busters didn't manage to finish his promising game "Mr Proper" for 8-bit Atari, so the game won't be published under the Sikor Soft label in the near future :o( As Sikor said, "Alex put this project on ice and I am not able to change his decision atm". Preview version of Mr Proper was spread around on the inet... [ LOVE TO ATARI AND BEER ] date: 06.10.2002 Is it possible to unite it somehow? Who doesn't like to spend time chatting, accompanied by a bottle of cold beer? Sikor Soft prepared a special gift for every party-traveller! It's a bottle-opener with a blue Atari logo! Feel a pleasure of drinking beer since the beginning! Even the worst one should taste much better now :o) It's surely a "must have" thing for every beer addict from the fujiland! Don't hesitate to contact Sikor Soft for details about the way to order it: -------> sikor_soft@poczta.fm <------- [ TQA DISTURBS RADIO BROADCAST ] date: 05.10.2002 Polish alternative radio "RADIOSTACJA" broadcasted an interview with some authors of the VECTOR demo (FOX and X-RAY from TAQUART) on August 13, at 19:30 P.M. It is deals with Atari 8-bit itself, writing NUMEN and VECTOR and similar things :o) [ FAME OF MATURE YM ROCKERZ ] date: 08.08.2002 What a nice surprise! Someday I was browsing the www-sites to find some stuff about the Spectrum scene. And hey, what I see? The news about our famous YM rockerz, the chip-mastas! Here comes the original form of this message cut from the www-site: YM Rockerz is the best chiptune group in ATARI ST scene. Mature talented musicians gathered there and dedicate their songs to ATARI's YM sound chip. They released their first music disk "wave upon wave" in year 2000 and the second music disk "spinning wheels" in this May. Now all 20 tunes from them are available in MP3 format. You might feel the awful potential of ATARI ST, especially from "landflucht": an intense drum'n bass track composed by BODENSTANDING 2000. This is the most drastic release of the year. http://vorc.org/en/ Hmm... give us more like that, our MATURE TALENTED MUSICIANS! [ THE RIVER RUNS DRY ] date: 07.07.2002 The future of "NILE" project, our new multi-part demo for the Falcon is uncertain nowadays. Even if some graphics were already made by Moonwalker as well as a part of kewl soundtrack by Sea Brush everything stands still. I've heard that the code wasn't touched since the previous news in Chosneck :o( There is a little chance for "NILE" as 96ktro, but we can't give any release-date yet. But cross your fingers! [ THE LAST DEATH PANGS OF DYING SNAKE ] date: 05.06.2002 I've been chatting with Winio/COBRA about possibility of supplying us with a Falcon intro for the Chosneck mag and he agreed. Probably in the next issue you should see the result of this promise. Winio reserved the right to release it not under the COBRA label against possible rumours telling that "COBRA IS STILL ALIVE" etc. :o) STay tuned! [ LOST IN... L.K. AVALON ] date: 03.06.2002 3d24 is a game written in 1993 esp. for L.K. AVALON's needs. Unfortunately, due to unknown reasons, this game wasn't published under their label. After almost 10 (!) years, this game was finally spread by Mr Bacardi. Where did he dig it up from? I really don't know but surely 8-bit Atari community is grateful for bringing this title out! At first look, 3d24 reminds you of the famous Robbo published by L.K. Avalon with some similarities with Boulder Dash as well. The graphics are interesting, maybe not too wonderful, but surely original. The strongest side of the game is music. Overall this game is worth looking at! 3d24 is available as .ATR file and you can download it directly from Mr Bacardi www-site: http://people.freenet.de/mrbacardi/3d24.zip [ WOAH, WHAT A MARRIAGE! ] date: 02.06.2002 It looks like our humble grandpa ST is teasing console-teens! SC68 is a music format ripped from games and demos for ATARI ST/STE and AMIGA. Dream68 allows you to play them on *DREAMCAST*!. It is distributed as a bootable Nero image containing the complete collection of sc68 musics. http://sashipa.ben.free.fr/sc68/download.html That's the weirdest romance between two systems from really different eras! I really wonder what Dreamcast users think about it? I guess they won't appreciate this idea... but maybe I am wrong? Anyway, if you have a Dreamcast - please download this player and share your thoughts! [ CHOSNECK BREAKS 8-BIT'S NECK! ] date: 01.06.2002 The most unread (-hard) disk-magazine known for the Falcon (due to the "killer config-needs") goes on the Atari XL/XE system! We are going to release one big issue with contents of all existing issues on the Falcon. 8-bit "Chosneck" should fit on 428 chrome tapes. All You need is un-powered tape recorder and outstanding "patience mode" turned on. The only difference between both versions of "Chosneck" is a little graphics. Moonwalker decided to rip off the "coffee cup" from the Falcon version and draw "countless coffee cups" for the XL/XE version. ...RIGHT MOUSE-BUTTON, PLEEZ? -- - --- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- CHOSNECK team contact us: growin' up with atari community greymsb@poczta.fm ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- - --- ---- </frame> </body>