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T H E G L A D I A T O R
A Demo by Tony Crowther
and Ben Daglish
Text by Fender Tucker
I can hear the catcalls now. "Hey,
this thing is ancient! Everybody and
his brother has seen this demo!"
Well, maybe so. I think it was the
first "demo" I ever saw, so it must
have come out in 1985 or thereabouts.
I always thought that Jim Butterfield
had something to do with it but it has
credits that say it's by Tony Crowther
and Ben Daglish of Abcd Inc.
But I don't care if it is an
oldie; it's still a darn goodie. It's
also one of the few demos ever made
that has a plot. Just boot it up and
sit back and watch the action. The
music is pretty good, too.
It's amazing that all of those
graphics and sprites can fit into a
lttle 39-block program. It was 47
blocks until I crunched it with
Action Replay's SUPER-CRUNCH. It
doesn't return to LOADSTAR; in fact
it automatically returns to BASIC
when done.
I know all of you newcomers to
8-bit computing are going to
appreciate the graphics and music
that was far ahead of its time back
in the 80s, and I hope you veterans
get a nostalgic kick out of seeing it
again. Roger Detaille, our Geos man
in Canada, sent it to me last week.
I know I have it somewhere at home
but I doubt if I could have found it.
Thanks, Roger.
FT