RIP #12 07 января 2001

News - the history of creation Pussy, Christmas story from Mednonogova, the impressions of Pussy by LCD ...

   Ars> New Year has overshadowed all the news - nothing to 
remember really:) But as they say, you meet - so it and

spend. I hope that all the debts paid off;)

   WW> Damn, forgot to bang mother in law again ...

   Ars> And here is a little denial about the death of 
Manager's Dj. Meticulously follow the precepts of Jewish 
Markovic (RIP # 10), McMaker raise money for a wreath probably 
around Minsk, koi, and then washed within a few days with his 
late brother ... No comment ...


   WW> I'd strangle him, a freak for that. Let me just will 
fall on the eye: E 


  One of the last events of the year - the completion of the 
project Pussy. 

Pussy: Love Story from Titanic

(C) Fatality 1999-2000
(C) Razzlers 2000
Published by LCD / Fun Forge.
Date of release: 10.XII.2000
Size: 807,658 bytes (tap-version)


   The game was released exclusively through sponsorship
support ... Launched in January, 99-year project was almost 
ready for use by the summer. Several coming soon'ov and demos, 
one of which was included in an annex to SNG # 2, could not 
produce the desired effect ... "Commercial Spectrum bent even 
in times of virtual tr-dos'a. Despite the existing and the 
nonzero demand, any possibility of serious distribution was 
found. The only chance was to make Western spektrumanyakov, 
though small (though now comparable with our), but at least 
having groshi.Esche at the end of 98-year received a proposal 
from the German Sintech, about the translation Twilight on 
english.Platili something about 50 DM:) But Titanic interested 
in much more ... Although had to spit, in addition to a fully 
English version of the game was made tap-version. Negotiations 
with the LCD went successfully, and by the end of the summer 
99-year contract price was appointed in 300 USD.K that time it 
was quite real amount because gameboy projects have yet to 
generate more money. However, the pie in the sky was already 
interested in more than a bird in the hand, and interest in 
Spectrum finally wilted ... Therefore, the project was put on 
hold, had only the time from time to support the idea of ​​99% 
availability, so that people definitely not forgotten:) But of 
course, more and more All this was like a joke ... But by May 
2000 it was it is obvious that the project will not be released 
only under the brand name Fatality, because of the de jure 
ceased to exist. Therefore, the question stood - or formatted 
disks, or take action ... Not know how I managed to convince 
all LCD send payment ahead for the sake of the project:) But do 
not want to lose the reputation for $ 300. Parcel has been done 
in the best traditions spektrumizma:)) Three used 5.25''drive 
with stickers Windows 3.1 Crashkurs zapihanye in a single 
envelope:) The packaging of a parcel were listed an impressive 
bar codes as well as the inscription by hand: "Magnetic Media! 
Do not Bend !!!". Perhaps then, that Customs officers are not 
translucent:)) By the way, is good advice to those who forwards 
smuggling by mail;) Search attachment did not take a lot of 
time, yet it is not floppy chairs:), and three folded accordion 
100-dollar bills were removed from viscera. Could already be 
drinking ... :)) But first, it was necessary to perform 
obligations. The announcement of finding people for the release 
was given in echo, named gororar $ 100. The remaining $ 200 
were distributed to authors game, and it is not difficult to 
calculate, each had from 66 dollars and 66 cents - a little, 
but stylish:) Wishing podhalturit was not so much, but from two 
more or less real candidates - Mayhem and Razzlers choice fell 
on last ... Firstly, obomalos go to Tula, and in Novgorod

possible, and secondly, Arty vouched that will control
process ... :) Cborka version lasted a little less than six 
months ... The main problem was that in addition to writing the 
loader was to a lot of dirty work - and find the latest versions

various pieces of the game, including missing, rectify
found bugs, the choice of music, add menus, and an epilogue - 
all is to put it mildly, without wanting assistance from the 
originated Freeart'a. Special zamorochki came up with an 
epilogue, when after months of statements "in _menya_ 
everything works," it turned out that Not only version of the 
files were not the same, but the epilogue half never written. 
In short, it was obvious that finishing touch Pussy in general 
no one was interested, except that Razzlers purely material;) 
However, I must say that the intervention Razzlers absolutely 
not spoil the overall design of the game, and everything was 
done quite stylish, what should thank Andy and Simon

Cryss'a. In the end, the release was done, test it
to users, so remember that impenetrable
levels in the game should not be:) Distribution Games
Cassette performs LCD, as for tr-dos version,
I hope sooner or later it will come under pressure
Taxpayers:)

  Here, it's time to pause for a little Christmas tale
two years ago:

(C) Copper Feet 1998


                    -= Christmas Tale =
                          About the future.

                Especially for Dima Grigoriev.

                    Author Glory Mednonogov.


  Good Grandfather Frost came to the New Year on Russian soil,
good people to do, gifts razdavat.Nu, first thing in the capital
served, that is to say in Moscow. She looks, there lives a key 
hit, people All horosho.Doma high, sausage sea, all airplanes 
fly. 

  Well, I think Santa Claus, fuck, I'll go there in the 
heartland people harder. 

  Gone.

  Looks, and there are people living well, eating bread and 
butter, all at They est.Tolko funny one catches the eye are all 
on the Cossacks go. "Oh!" -Thinks the old - "podsoblyu people." 
And it was revealed at the very Main Street shop on the Volga 
Trade and other Mercedes. 

  Day no one, two unoccupied ..

  Went to Santa Claus to the people, find out what's wrong: -? 
Simple Soviet people, he explained: the price you see, 
Granddaddy, your Lada and Honda three times against the 
Cossacks are expensive, and a steering wheel and wheels 
chetyre.I as their grandfather is not convinced that Mercedes 
and better and faster, and in general - one answer was: Well, 
no we have on the market prices for cars more expensive 10-and 
rubles. 

  Here and from the capital letter prishlo.Pishut old fans of 
motor vehicles: "We Wait a all airplanes and helicopters fly, 
but before we are all on the machines to give a ezdili.Ne, old, 
any more BMWs and various SUVs. You know, we buy them What the 
hell does not budemna, we have each of aircraft and 
helicopters. And behind the wheel sit on the pedal ponazhimat 
want - nostalgia. So go ahead, bratello we machines send. Or 
are we stealing it themselves. " 

   My grandfather thought, stump-to-nose figured .. And I 
decided: "Yes, to the devil it, I have tree soon, the kids have 
to indulge .. A nation with such Queries let paw sucks! "


   And all the winter sucked ordinary Soviet people paw. As 
always. 


   Ars> Honestly, I do not know will die if at all, "old fans
vehicles in the coming century, but the average uchitvyvaya
life expectancy rather than not;) recently
appeared nevertheless enough of any new minigames that
suggests that as computer stsenovoy Spectrum has
stretch ... Games will undoubtedly emerge spontaneously and
further. But I almost do not believe that any poyavyatsya
great masterpieces. And yet, looking at the development gameboy
scene, it is noticeable that the people vsezhe attract small 
material benefits:) Of course, gbc not Spectrum, here is easier 
to encode and easier to draw. But still, those who for many 
years sitting on the z80, are no strangers, and in the presence 
of desire or incentive, the game still poyavyatsya. Computer 
festivals, alas, no support game-scene did not have ... 
However, virtual competitions games gbc collect a large number 
of participants. Say to Bung (Www.bunghk.com) has a prize pool 
of $ 1150 for the gbc and $ 700 for ngpc, there are material 
prizes. Cash prizes ($ 500 max) certainly does not correspond 
to the costs of creating a game - if it is Of course, really a 
masterpiece, and not writing for a couple of weeks hack ... But 
as usual, "our crafts" are masterpieces for the bourgeoisie, 
although not a fact:) I will not be until much develop this 
theme, but I will say that participation in this contest 
principle is purely stsenovoy interest and in principle it is - 
virtual party with material prizes. It turns out that "Material 
interests still dominate sceners:) All of these talk to the 
fact that there would be such a party at the Spectrum, albeit 
with prizes of a different order, it could be interesting many. 
Probably;) 

   Now I want to translate a message from the LCD, the sponsor 
games Pussy. To complete the picture;)



                  Impressions from the Pussy by LCD

                  --------------------------

   Greetings to you, the people from the East! I - LCD (maybe 
you know me as the author BMP2SCR converter), and I am writing 
to you because I want to tell you why I bought the rights to 
Pussy for European distribution. Ok, here are a few words: 
After I saw screenshots from the game, I began to think that 
this game will be success in Europe. She had a very attractive 
style graphics Mango. Once I downloaded the first demo version, 
I was convinced This game will be what I want. No problems with 
the beam screen, the English text, as well as the belt loader, 
which ensure compatibility with MB02 interface! Levels - 
simple, but exciting, excellent coding and technical level, the 
effects working not only with the interruption of the Pentagon, 
the excellent music and movies in the early stages. Fatality 
done an excellent work, and I hope they have not completely 
disappeared at GBC. AND If so, then the next game on the 
Spectrum, I would like to see conversion with GBC "Grand Theft 
Auto" ... 

   I plan to spread the game across Europe, with advertising in
many journals related to the Spectrum, such as "Desert
Island Discs "," SUC-Session "," Rainbow SPC Info ", as well as 
in ehokonferentsiyah and websites. The game will be available 
on cassette and MB02 drives.


   I remember about other games from the East, napimer: Doom 
(whether the final version?), Dune II, Black Raven, UFO I and 
II (why non-English Copper Feet, is the best Russian game!)

Civilization Demo (need better graphics), Master Of Orion (I
contacted the Phantom Family, but the ad on their site
disappointingly), Scorpions-Die Machine (this is one of the 
games that I translated into English and German), Iron Attack 
Demo (stolen engine from Miami Chase).


   Demoscene in Eastern Europe is full of elite coders, who
could try to encode the game, but at the same time here
there are coders that write only game that could
try to write a demo to strengthen the image coding
effects in games.

   I, and not only do I think about how to organize a 
competition game on the Spectrum, like Bung competition on the 
gameboy. Perhaps this will be an annual competition among 
consist of games for the title of the best. F.B.I. (Sintech) 
recently conducted a contest among the best games for Spectrum 
in the journal SCENE +, but the demo Pussy took it all only 
third place, along with some other games, but this there was 
only inadvertently, due to the fact that I presented peredelany 
packed boot, and not the original uniloader :-( And many just 
could not run the game and vote ... First place received 
authors Boovie II, who knows, maybe they will encode better.

 On the proliferation and MB02-cassette version, please contact
by Leszek Chmielewski Daniel:

Contact E-Mail: <lcd@chello.at>
Physical snailmail:
LCD, Prager Str. 92/11/12, A-1210 Wien, Austria


   Ars> Here is what it is, and the competition FBI Product
Fatality as always "lucky", so the story accurately
hushed up. However there is nothing surprising, always happens 
when I want to like better - turns out as usual. Suffice it to 
recall for example, that made the Polish kopressor with Mouzon 
McMaker'a on Complex Compo ... It is better to chew than talk 
(advertising Hrust'a) 

   Speaking of advertising;)


             Gigantic concepts ... Titanic dreams ...

             -------------------------------------( C) 
altavista.com 


  In 1998, the first time spoke out loud about the possibility 
of what has long been just a dream ... creation of a new ship, 
the image and likeness of the legendary TitanikaTitanik 
2.Bolshoe number of famous people at the same time declared 
that they were going to make a reality impossible. Detailed 
drawings of the ship has already purchased and work is 
underway. Complete copy of the legendary ship should go down to 
the water in 2012 However, some believe that Titanik2 should 
get grander originala.Dorogostoyaschy project will require 
according to various estimates from 400 million to $ 2.4 
billion, but the builders did not discouraged because they hope 
that the costs quickly okupyatsya.Tolko this elite will be able 
to afford your dream trip, because Cabin price, depending on 
the class is announced within $ 3,000 - $ 300,000 (!) Is 
planned around 2600 seats and 40-50 lifeboats ... It is noted 
that in order to comply with fire safety, management of some 
cabins are still changed, added more ladders and hatches, the 
boat will now be located nearest same to the water ... Also 
planned to make the shell plating of the more quality steel. Of 
modern innovations on the deck will be attend a helipad. 
Otherwise, everything will be done in the spirit of antiquity 
and nostalgia. But the main thing - the engine of the ship All 
will work on coal ... 

   And no computers. Generally, nehily gift awaits us all
to the 30 th anniversary of the Spectrum ... ;))