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DISKOVERY
by Dave Moorman
After Dan Quayle and G. Whiz Bush,
I must be the luckiest guy alive. How
it came that I ascended to editorship
of a veritable institution like
LOADSTAR has what I call "the finger
prints of God" all over it. In 1999, I
had a crazy idea -- create a PC
version of LOADSTAR. Fender said, "Go
for it," and put the project
completely in my hands. During 2000,
that is exactly what I did. Not a
great marketing success, eLOADSTAR was
certainly a solid training ground for
what would come next.
Fender and Judi were ready to end
LOADSTAR. Judi had been the full
circle -- from producing the original
Softdisk Monthly on a kitchen table,
through remarkable growth, the
inaugaration of LOADSTAR, extremely
successful PC and MAC publications,
the spin-off of LOADSTAR, and back to
a Mom and Pop enterprise out of a
spare bedroom. Fender took LOADSTAR
and tweaked it into the Premier Digest
that set the pace, then carried the
torch, of any and all independent
programming publications. And
together, they rode the wave all the
way in to the beach.
Almost all the way -- because
Sheri and I realized that continuing
LOADSTAR would be just the part-time
work we could do while filling the
pastorate at a small, three-church
charge in eastern Colorado. We just
happened to be the right people in the
right place at the right time.
Many of you could do this. I don't
have any special qualifications, other
than a background in mass media and a
love for programming the C-64. And now
we will find out if what we have done
is what you want.
Because Judi and Fender refused to
take money for what they could not
promise to provide, this is the last
issue on many of your subscriptions.
We are excited about the renewals we
have already received. We don't want
anyone to miss out on even one issue
of LOADSTAR!
So this issue is jam packed with
BIG programs. The latest from Europe
is here -- and BOFH will knock your
socks off! Cameron Kaiser has created
a new HyperLink web browser, which he
shows off with a clever mahjong puzzle
called Mah-Gong. Tim Vlk has added
"Fastest Fingers" to our Who Wants to
Waste an Afternoon quiz system. And
Starlight brings us a beastly
tongue-in-cheek look at our
Horror-Scopes.
Dennis Hildreth is back and now
an official Independent Programmer at
the Tower, offering a clever and fun
game of "Old Maid Poker". We found a
couple of other "children's" games to
make something of a theme for the
issue.
And Lee Novak has just sent a
preview of the programs coming out of
his computer. 2002 will be a
marvelous year for new and exciting
software for your C-64. The rumor of
our death has certainly been
exaggerated!
As I write this, the Super Bowl
Post Game Show (read: more
commercials) is squeezing the last
drop of excitement out of the annual
Hype-A-Rama! I saw the last two
minutes, and it was a good game. But
after all the hype and hoopla, the
Super Bowl is still just a football
game.
Some of the best and highest paid
professionals in football and
television came together to bring this
great American religious festival to
our living rooms. Huge, downright
unconscionable amounts of money
changed hands.
Meanwhile, people like Lee, Tim,
Dennis, Lasse, and Cameron sit in
various dark rooms, with only the glow
of the cathode ray tubes of old
television sets or composite monitors
painting the concentrating features of
their faces. Out of little more that
an idea, a memory map, a couple of
LOADSTAR modules, and some skull-
sweat, they bring you unique pieces of
entertainment you will [never] find
anywhere else in the world.
Even if none of our offerings this
month catch your fancy, I am sure you
will find at least five hours of
enjoyment in this issue. And if one of
these games or puzzles becomes
addictive, you won't want to quit! And
with what Lee has going and others are
planning, I can assure you that new
challenges and adventures will fill
every issue in 2002 and beyond.
DMM