The issue opens with a FOReVER demoparty report featuring road adventures, a spontaneous 1K intro, and the party atmosphere. The technical section covers iterative division and QR codes on Z80, pixel plotting optimization, and fixed-tacts routines. Gasman details the creation of Megademica's 8-minute soundtrack: from the 'idea bytes' concept to data compression and compositional tricks. Also featured: the history of Forever party venues, experiments with asymmetric numeral systems, a review of DACs on Didaktik computers, and a tongue-in-cheek chronicle of how the Spectrum spawned AI.
Issue contents:
- IMPORTANT! Disclaimer by LaesQ
- About this Issue (Subliminal Extacy #07)
- The Long Road to FOReVER
- Iterative Fixed-Point Division on Zilog Z80
- Real-time QR-code implementation for Z80
- Making the Megademica soundtrack (Part I)
- Encoding ideas: making the Megademica soundtrack - Part II
- History of the Forever party venues
- Optimizing Pixel Plotting on the Speccy: A New Fast Routine
- Demoscene Report Since SE#06
- How the ZX Spectrum Created AI
- Fixed-tacts routines for ZX Spectrum
- Fast AY-3-8912 Register Writes on the ZX Spectrum 128
- Did you know that... D/A converters on the Speccy
- ANS experimentations with Z80 by Mr.Spiv
- Big Belly Productions: Second Helpings
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