┘OU WILL MOST PROBALLY RECONISE ╙UPPORTWARE FROM THE PAGES OF ├-╞ORMAT. ╔T IS ABOUT RECIEVING PROPER COMMERCIAL GAMES FOR FREE, THESE ARE PICKED UP BY SENDING A DISK+╙┴┼ TO ╩ON ╫ELLS WITH THE REQUEST FOR WHICH GAME PACK, OR ASKING FOR A PACK WHEN ORDERING A SINGLE SIDED DISK FROM ┬INARY ┌ONE ╨─(╔T WILL BE PLACED ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR ╞╥┼┼).
┴FTER RECIEVING THE GAMES, YOU ARE ASKED TO MAKE A SMALL CONTRIBUTION TO THE AUTHOR AS A TOKEN OF THANKS TO URGE TO SEE MORE GAMES SOON.
╔F ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE BOTHER TO CONTRIBUTE, THEN ╙UPPORTWARE WILL DIE. ╙O YOU MAY ASK WHY YOU SHOULD BOTHER CONTRIBUTING IF THE GAMES ARE ╞╥┼┼. ╔F YOU CONTRIBUTE, YOU WILL BE THANKING THE AUTHOR, KEEPING THE SCEME ALIVE & ALSO GIVE THE SCEME A REASON TO CARRY ON CREATING BRILLIANT GAMES FOR FREE.
┘OU WILL KNOW THAT IF YOU DO CONTRIBUTE, YOU WILL BE HELPING TO KEEP THIS GAMES SCENE WHICH WE ALL LOVE & DON'T WISH TO LOSE. ┘OU DON'T SUPPORT, THE GAMES WE ONCE ENJOYED WILL END IN TRAGEDY & ALSO END THE POPULAR SECTION OF THE C64'S LIFE LEAVING ONLY A DEMO SCENE.
╒NFORTUNATLY, ╙UPPORTWARE ╔╙ ╙╘╔╠╠ DOING TERRIBLE AT THE MOMENT. ╚ARDLY ANYONE HAS BOTHERED OUT OF THE SO-CALLED 5000 USERS OUT THERE IN THE ╒╦ TO CONTRIBUTE. 40 ╧╒╘ ╧╞ 5000 & WHERE ARE YOU OVERSEAS USERS THEN THAT WE HEAR ABOUT EH?
╔T JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW MUCH YOU WANT GAMES DOESN'T IT?, WELL IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT THEN WATCH OUR GAMES MARKET DISAPPEAR. ╔T'S PATHETIC THOUGH!, YOU HAVE LET ╩ON & MANY OTHERS DOWN!. ╘HEY HAVE TRIED TO HELP THE SCENE BY DELIVERING GAMES THE SCENE DESERVES & YOU, THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSEDLY WANT THESE GAMES, DON'T EVEN REPLY WITH A LETTER!.
╩ON HAS HAD A LOT OF STRESS OVER HIS ATTEMPTS TO HELP US LOT. ╔F SOMEONE SUPPORTS OUR MACHINE, WE SUPPORT THE PERSON BACK!.
┴SK YOURSELF THIS THEN.. ╚OW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU SPENT A WHOLE YEAR ON A STUNNING GAME & FIND A COMPANY TO SELL IT TO, AND ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE IT'S RELEASE, THE COMPANY GOES BUST!.
╘HE ANGER & SADNESS BECAUSE YOUR GAME NEVER MADE IT TO A MARKET YOU BELIEVE IN.
╘HIS EXACTLY HAPPENED TO ╩ON WHEN '╙CEPTRE OF ┬AGDAD' WAS TO BE RELEASED BY THE NOW DECEASED '┴╘╠┴╬╘╔╙ ╙╧╞╘╫┴╥┼'. ├AN YOU IMAGINE HOW GUTTED HE WAS?
┬UT AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE HAD GUTS TO CONTINUE TO SAVE OUR DYING SCENE. ╩ON & ╦ENZ/┬┌ FORMED '╨╙┘╘╥╧╬╔╦ ╙╧╞╘╫┴╥┼' AND PAYED 100'S POUNDS FOR COLOUR ADVERTS IN ├-╞ORCE AND ╞ORMAT.
─ID IT SELL?, DO PIGS FLY?.. ╘HE SUPPORT AND PROFIT WAS DISGUSTING!. ─O YOU REALLY THINK THAT CHEERED ╩ON & ╦ENZ UP?, OF COURSE NOT!. ┴ LOT OF MONEY WAS LOST ON ADVERTS TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU THAT THERE STILL IS A 64 GAMES SCENE EVEN THOUGH COMPANIES LIKE ╧├┼┴╬ HAD GONE.
╩ON ╫ELLS THEN WENT ON TO HELP THE SCENE WITH '╓╔╙╒┴╠╔┌┼'. ╟AMES LIKE '┼SCAPE FROM ┴RTH' & MORE WERE RELEASED. ╘HESE ALSO DID NOT SELL... ╘HERE WAS ALSO A HUGE LIST OF GAMES WHICH HAVE BEEN SCRAPPED.
╘HERE WERE ALSO PROBLEMS WITH GETTING THE ORDERS OUT FOR THE GAMES THAT WERE RELEASED WHICH CAUSED SOME HASSLE..
┴ FEW PEOPLE ACCUSED ╩ON OF BEING '╠AZY', WHICH IS NOT ON. ╘HE REASON FOR THE DELAY OF SENDING OUT ORDERS WAS THAT ╩ON NEEDED TO RECIEVE AT LEAST 50 ORDERS AT THE SAME TIME AS IT WOULD COST A BLOODY LOT OF MONEY JUST TO PRODUCE '1' INLAY AND COVER A MONTH IN ├╧╠╧╒╥!, SO ╩ON HAD TO WAIT UNTIL HE RECIEVED AROUND 50 ORDERS. ╘HAT HOPEFULLY CLEARS THAT UP.. '╨ENGUIN ╘OWERS' NOT BEING RELEASED CAUSED A UPSET, THIS AGAIN WAS NOT ╩ON'S FAULT. ╘HE CODER DISSAPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE LEAVING ╩ON STUCK IN A RUT WITH PEOPLES ORDERS FOR THE GAME. ┴ND PEOPLE STILL COMPLAINED ABOUT THE LACK OF SOFTWARE!?!, WHATDOYA MEAN?, ╘HERE WAS ┼┬┼╙, ╓╔╙╒┴╠╔╙┼ AND ╨╙┘╘╥╧╬╔╦ WITH PLENTY OF PLANNED RELEASES & MOST OF YOU DIDN'T SUPPORT THEM AND BUY THE SOFTWARE YOU ALL WANTED, NOW YOU HAVE LOST ┼┬┼╙ & ╓╔╙╒┴╠╔╙┼. ╚OW MANY MORE COMPANIES DO YOU WANT TO LOOSE?!
╔N THE END, ╙╒╨╨╧╥╘╫┴╥┼ WAS BORN AS A LAST HOPE TO GET YOU TO SUPPORT ╩ON & THE SCENE. ┴FTER THE BETTER BUT STILL AWFUL SUPPORT, MORE FEATURES WERE PUT OUT TO BEG YOU TO SUPPORT.. ╙TILL NOTHING.. ╘HEN ├-╞ORMAT ILLEAGLY PLACED THE FIRST GAME PACK ON THEIR COVERMOUNT AFTER ╩ON SAYING '╬╧' TO THEM USING THE PACK. ╘HOSE VERSIONS WERE BUGGED, SO YOU CAN OBTAIN BUGLESS COPIES FROM ╩ON OR ╦ENZ.
╙O WHY HAVEN'T YOU CONTRIBUTED AT ALL?, THERE ARE 4 DECENT PACKS OF GAMES.. ╩UST WHAT THE SCENE DEMANDED.. ├╧══┼╥├╔┴╠ ╙╧╞╘╫┴╥┼! ╫HAT IS THE ANSWER?, ─ON'T YOU LIKE THE GAMES?, ├AN'T YOU BE BOTHERED?, ─O YOU EVEN HAVE THE PACKS? ─╧ ┘╧╒ ╫┴╬╘ ┴ ╟┴═┼╙ ╙├┼╬┼??!!?
╙O WHAT IS IT?, YOU HAVE CONFUSED US!. ╩ON HAS TO GIVE THE GAMES AWAY JUST TO GET YOU TO HELP SAVE THE SCENE & YOU ╙╘╔╠╠ DON'T BOTHER REPLYING!. ╔T'S NOT FAIR ON THE PEOPLE WHO DO CONTRIBUTE & WANT TO SEE MORE GAMES IN THE FUTURE. ┘OU ARE NOT ONLY LETTING THE US & ╩ON ╫ELLS DOWN, BUT YOURSELF!
╫E WILL ALL MISS OUT ON FUTURE RELEASES LIKE '10TH ─AN' ETC..PLUS THE WHOLE BACK CATALOGUE OF '├LIVE ╫ILSON' GAMES ALL BECAUSE OF A SCENE THAT JUST CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO SUPPORT TO HELP ╩ON & THE 64!. ╘HE ╙OFTWARE IS FIRST RATE!, NOT SECOND OR THIRD RATE!.
╩ON IS CURRENTLY PUTTING MORE TIME INTO ╨├ PROJECTS, THUS CUTTING DOWN HIS 64 TIME. ╩ON HAS SAID THAT HE WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE ╨├ COMPLETLY & CLOSE ╙UPPORTWARE IF THE SUPPORT DOES NOT PICK UP FOR HIS PACKS. ╔F IT DOES GROW TO A HEALTHY SIZE OF AT LEAST 3000-4000, THEN CONCENTRATION & MORE TIME WILL BE SPENT ON THE 64!
╘HE ╨ACK 5 COULD BE THE ╠┴╙╘ PACK EVER UNLESS YOU GET YOUR FINGER OUT. ╔T WILL BE NAMED '┴STROMINE' & IS SET TO BE THE FINEST GAME PRODUCED BY ╩ON, & JUDGING BY THE PREVIEW, IT SHOULD BE A SUCCESS! ├HECK OUT PACK 4 FOR A DEMO.
'┴RCHETYPE+├OPS3' ALSO HAD BAD INCOME, SO THIS WAS RELEASED AS PACK 2
╦ENZ/┬┌ HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PLACE THE GAMES ONTO ╙UPPORTWARE BECAUSE THE ORDERS, LIKE ╩ON'S, WAS SOOOO LOW THAT HE KNEW THE ORDERS WOULD NEVER GROW.
╩ON WILL JUST PRODUCE THE ODD DEMO ON THE 64 & DO ADVENTURE GAMES ON THE ╨├ IF YOU LET HIM DOWN NOW.
┘OU HAVE GOT TO REALISE WHAT GREAT CODERS WE HAVE WHO WILL HELP US FOR A LONG TIME YET. ┘OU CAN'T EXPECT SOMEONE TO WORK FOR THE SCENE WITHOUT SOME ACKNOLEDGEMENT THAT PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING THE GAMES CAN YOU?. ┘OU HAVE A CODER WHO PLANS STUNNING GAMES WITH STUNNINGLY CLOSE ╚UBBARD & ╟ALWAY TUNES IN THEM, DO YOU WANT TO LOSE THIS PERSON?, SOMEONE WHO MOST OF YOU KNOW CAN HELP US ALL ALONG WITH MANY OTHER CODERS?.. ╔F YOU DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN, THEN YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO DON'T YOU!.. ═ANY OF US WHO ENJOY THIS SOFTWARE AND CONTRIBUTE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO SIT BACK & WATCH US DO THE CONTRIBUTING FOR THEM!. ╫HEN YOU CONTRIBUTE, YOU CAN THEN FEEL THAT YOU ARE NOT KILLING THE SCENE.
╙O, BEFORE YOU THINK ABOUT SAYING '╙OMEONE ELSE WILL CONTRIBUTE INSTEAD..', UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WON'T HELP ANYMORE WITH SUCH A SMALL SCENE & A LARGE NUMBER NOT CONTRIBUTING!.
╔F ANYONE WANTS TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THIS FEATURE, THEN PLEASE DO IN ├OMMODORE ╙CENE, MAYBE IN THE ╞┼┼─┬┴├╦ COLUMN. ╔ EXPECT ╔ WILL GET SOME SLAGGING OFF BECAUSE OF THIS FEATURE, BUT I'M READY FOR IT & YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE SCENE NEEDS SORTING OUT.
╚OPEFULLY, SOME OF YOU MAY WRITE & EXPLAIN WHY YOU HAVEN'T YET CONTRIBUTED.. ╩ON WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE TO HEAR A REASON TO THE LACK OF SUPPORT FROM LOADS OF YOU...
╔F YOU RUN A GAMES COMPANY OR A FANZINE OR WHATEVER, WHY NOT SEND A COPY OF YOUR PRODUCT AS A GIFT INSTEAD OF A MONEY CONTRIBUTION?.. ╔ KNOW THAT SOME OTHER PEOPLE DO THIS & IT DOESN'T BOTHER ╩ON AT ALL!. ╔NFACT, IT PLEASES ╩ON TO SEE OTHER PEOPLES WORK DONE ON THE SCENE!
┘OU CAN ALSO HELP ╩ON BY HELPING TO SPREAD HIS PACKS TO OTHER PEOPLE & FRIENDS. ┬╒╘!... MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE ┼╓┼╥┘╘╚╔╬╟ WHICH IS IN EACH PACK INCLUDING DETAILS OF THE SCEME, INSTRUCTIONS & ALL THE GAMES & IF YOU DO SPREAD THEM.. ┘OU SHOULD ╬╧╘ MAKE A PROFIT FROM THEM AS YOU WILL BE KILLING IT OFF!. ╔F YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT HELPING TO SPREAD PACKS, THEN PLEASE ASK ╩ON HIMSELF.
╔F YOU DO SPREAD, SAY ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF A SINGLE SIDED DISK ORDER FREE OF CHARGE, LIKE ┬╔╬┴╥┘ ┌╧╬┼ ╨─, YOU WOULD BE HELPING ╩ON OUT & HELPING THE SCENE OUT.
╔F YOU KNOW YOU CAN HELP, THEN PLEASE DO SO.. ╔T WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED!
╔F YOU WOULD LIKE ┘╧╒╥ SOFTWARE TO GO ON ╙UPPORTWARE, THEN GET IN CONTACT WITH ╩ON & YOU CAN BOTH SORT SOMETHING OUT. ╘HE CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD GO TO YOU AS IT WOULD BE YOUR SOFTWARE. ╔F YOU DO PLACE SOMETHING WITH COMMERCIAL QUALITY, YOU WOULD BE HELPING THE SCEME.
╨ROJECTS PLANNED BY ╩ON THIS YEAR ARE: ┴ ╙┼╒├╦ ENCHANCEMENT DISK, ┴STROMINE, ┴ CLASSIC GAMES CATALOGUE(╧UT NOW!) & OF COURSE MORE GAMES IF SUPPORTED.
╔ WOULD LIKE TO THANK ╥ICHARD ┬OWEN FOR SUGGESTING THE ARTICLE, TO ╦ENZ/┬INARY ┌ONE ╨.─ FOR HELPING ╩ON OUT BY BECOMING AN ╧FFICIAL ─ISTRIBUTER OF ╙UPPORTWARE, TO ALL WHO ─╧ SUPPORT & OF COURSE TO ╩ON ╫ELLS WHO HAS REALLY HAD GUTS TO GO ON WITH ╙UPPORTWARE & LETS HOPE ╙UPPORTWARE MAKES IT THIS YEAR EH?
╙O COME ON, LETS MAKE THE SCENE AS BRILLIANT AS IT WAS IN THE 80'S!
