Chatter Box
boardrider: Have a Nice :cbm: day
Moloch: Another week, another two releases... yep, rular.
Fuzz: You don't want to know. :)
Moloch: Six NTSC releases in three months ... what's in the water?!
boardrider: I turned 35 on July 22nd!
Moloch: *plop*
Moloch: ...
Fuzz: There there..
Contents:
Is the Scene Getting Too Lazy by Jazzcat/Onslaught;
Interview - Macbeth/PSW;
Abduction '98 Party Report by Agemixer/Scallop;
Assembly '98 Party Report by Abaddon/Damage;
Wheels 64 Review by Todd S. Elliot;
C64 - Looking for C64 and the Web (Go64! Internet Contest);
Demo Review - Wicked/FOE (4 parts);
Making Stuff Move on the C64 by Groepaz/Hitmen
Logo: Wile Coyote/WOW Music: Zyron/F4CG/Oxsid/Nostalgia
Contents:
The "New" Demoscene Grows Again: An Interview With
Fuzz/PSW/Retro64;
Interview With Threshold: A PAL Group Goes NTSC;
A Tale of Two Demos by Count Zero/SCS*TRC/CPX;
Party Report: YALP'98 by NuCleus/Tempest/WoW/Shape;
Party Report: Rush Hours'98 by Bimber/Arise and Wacek/Arise;
About Commodore Gazette by Chris Ryan (Editor/Publisher);
The Demo Scene Under Siege (Elwix);
Demo Reviews: Tribute/Millenium, Olde 2/Moloch,
Easter/TheFatman, Aftershock/Arcane, Crazed Triop/Moloch and
Local-H and Fuzz/PSW;
Wasted by The Wiz/Style;
Hostility vs. Friendship by Taper/Triad
Logo: TheEnemy/Threshold Music: Solknight/Threshold
Contents:
Interview: TheFatman/PSW;
NTSC 4k Compo III Information;
Mekka-Symposium 98 Pary Report by DeeKay/Crest;
Party Report: Astrosym '97 by El Banditos/SCS+TRC;
The View From CMD by Doug Cotton;
WWW Review: Bonzai by Marc-Jano Knopp;
Demo Reviews: A Lil' Bit O' Carcass/Carcass, Drummer Boy/TFM,
Jingle Hells/Carcass, 12th Day/PSW, Olde 1/Moloch;
About Blahtune by Stephen Judd and da Blondie;
My C64 Thoughts by The Phantom/FOE
Logo: T.M.R/Cosine/Carcass Music: Danko/Censor
Contents:
Prologue; Compo Entry Reviews; Judges Comments/Results; Epilogue and Invitation
Logo: TheEnemy/Threshold Music: CMD/Dmagic
Contents:
Guest Editorial - Coolhand;
1997 - The Scene in Review by Elwix;
NTSC Scene: View on '97 and '98 by Local-H/BCI, Natas/Carcass,
Roy Batty/Millenium, Macbeth/PSW, Uzzy/RPG, Cybernoid/Storm,
Hobbit/Venom;
The Reviewers Look at 1997 by Cybernoid and Dokken;
The PAL Demoscene in Review by T.M.R/Cosine, Dr. Soft/Albion,
Lion/Chromance. and Greatrix;
The Party 97 - Batteries Not Included by Jan Lund Thomsen (QED);
Wheels - The Road to a New GEOS by Jon Mines and Maurice Randall;
PPP on the C64? by Macbeth/PSW;
Demo Reviews: Brainquake/Millenium, Halloween/TFM;
Waveform: A Final Tribute to a Dear Friend by Sherry Freedlander
Logo: Carcass Music: GRG & KR/Shape/Blues Muz
Contents:
NTSC 4k Compo II - Update;
Saga - The End;
The History of Anarchy by Brozzo/Anarchy, Grubby/Anarchy, and Uzzy/RPG;
PAL Legal Release List;
Maintaining the Legacy by T.M.R/Carcass/Cosine;
C-Net 128 Press Release by Colorado Commodore Computer Club;
Modplay 64/128 Released as Freeware by NateDAC;
A C64 PPP Project by Whammo (Kevin Reno);
Reviews: NTSC Co-op Demo;
Making Music With JCH by Necrophobic/Carcass;
More on The Fridge by Steve Judd
Logo: Ranz/Megaunit Music: Necrophobic/Carcass
Contents:
Guest Editorial: On Newcommers by Dokken/Electron;
NTSC 4k Compo II by Elwix;
The Saga "Saga" by Elwix/Coolhand;
Phantasm & Fantasy by Todd Elliot;
SLIP-Based TCP/IP Socket for C64 by Daniel Dalman (Poldi);
Demolysis: Cool World/Stephen Judd, Life Sucks/BCI, The Misadventures
of The Fatman - Part 2/TCD;
Demo Toolz Site Announcement by Phred/BCI
Logo: Wile Coyote/WoW/Entropy Music: Guy Shavitt/SCS
Contents:
NTSC 4k Compo II;
Interview: Uzzy/RPG;
Interview: Hobbit/Venom;
Assembly '97 - PC Nerds' Summer Camp by Electric/Extend;
C64 Scene In Latvia by Raver/Phantasy/Abeyance;
Nether Update by Cameron Kaiser
On The Shoulders Of Giants... The Fridge by Stephen Judd;
Demo Reviews: Bound For The Floor/Local-H, The Misadventures Of
The Fatman, Eclipse/RPG, Graphical Ignorans/RPG, Gravediggers/Venom;
Archiving C64 Music: The High Voltage SID Collection by The Shark
Logo: T.M.R/Cosine Music: Odie/Cosine
Contents:
Prologue
The News of John's Death
From His Group
From His Friends
More From His Friends
A Final Farewell
Epilogue
Logo: Roy Batty/MLM Music: Roy Batty/MLM
Contents:
NTSC 4k Compo II (aka Virtual'97); Interview: Suraklin/MLM;
Party Invite: NTSC=; NTSC and PAL Legal Release Lists;
X'97 Takeover - The Organizers Speak by Burglar/Success*TRC;
Hack n' Trade by Goto80/HT; Arkanix Labs - A New C64 Market Direction;
Commie on the Internet? by Perry Eidelbus;
WWW Review: Fairlight Homepage by Marc-Jano Knopp;
Demo Reviews: Hear Those Brain Cells Pop/Local_H, Nightmare/MLM;
What's To Do With a Computer by Light/Omni;
Theme Based Demo Design by Roy Batty/MLM
Logo: RRR/Oxyron Music: CreaMD/Studio Style
Contents:
Interview: Fungus/Carcass; Dark Times Ahead - X97 Impression by The Dark
Judge/Focus; Interview: Morbid/Onslaught/Bass by Jazzcat; The UK Demo Scene
by T.M.R/Cosine; One Stop Commodore Surfing by Sherry Freedline;
Review: Resource Homepage by Christian Janoff; Demo Reviews: Test Pattern/PSW,
Tears'97/MLM; Programming For The User And Not For Your Own Comfort by
Tao/Triad; The Wild, Wild World of C64 Emulator File Transferring by TSR
Logo: Celtic/NoName Music: Morbid/Onslaught/Bass
Contents:
Survey of PAL Diskmagazines by Elwix; The Turkish C64 Scene by
Mr.Brain/Onslaught; The Croatian C64 Scene by Terminal Storm/Pulse;
The Commodore Ring: Linking the C64 Sites on the Net by Colin Guillas;
WWW Review: Style Homepage by Marc-Jano Knopp; Demo Reviews: Toasted
Braincells/MLM, Satan Claws/Carcass, Snowflake/Style, Spin/PSW,
Apathy/Suraklin, Texas/TFM; Thoughts On Demo Design by Coolhand;
C64 Gfx Development on the PC by Carcass/Carcass
Logo: The Phantom/FOE Music: Roy Batty/MLM
Contents:
NTSC Co-op Demo Info;
1996 Release Review;
Reflections on the "New" Demo Scene by Natas/Carcass;
1996: Voices from the Demo Audience (S.Freedline, Rabid Child,
Todd Elliot);
The 1996 PAL Demoscene (T.M.R/Cosine,
Lion/
Logo: Cheat/Psychic Music: Brizz/Panic/Soulcore
Contents:
Interview: Wanderer;
The Italian Scene: Then, Now, and... by Playboy/F4CG;
Scene Report: Hungary by Hodory/Therapy;
Demo Reviews: Carnivorous/Carcass, Not Dead/Zone 2, Treatz/Zone 2,
Victims/Suraklin;
VIC Kicks by Tao;
Discovering the World of Cross-Assembling by Light/Omni;
A Survey of C64 Music Editors by Deathlok/Style;
Downloading C64 Files From the Net by Coolhand;
WWW C64 Page Reviews: Alphaflight 1970 Homepage by Marc-Jano Knopp,
Forces of Evil Homepage by Christian Janoff
Logo: Zeldin/Cascade Music: Ray/Cascade
Contents:
Millenium Debut by Waveform/Millenim;
Assembly '96 Report by TBB/Side B/Extend;
Denmark is Going Down EJECT EJECT EJECT! by Iceball;
The Australian Scene at a Glance by Vengeance/Onslaught;
Australian Commercial Game Labels by Jazzcat/Onslaught;
Demo Reviews: Eternal/Electron, New Millennium/Millenium, Alive/Storm,
Inferior/Zone 2, Etch A/Style, Strive/Zone 2;
The Wild, Wild World of C64 Emulation by TSR;
Telnetting to a Commodore - Another Avenue for the C64 BBS Community
by Bo Zimmerman
Logo: Wile Coyote/Angry/WOW Music: Phreakis/Coma
Contents:
Interview:From the Ashes (FTA) with Diskmaster and Burning Horizon;
Interview: Sliver/Triad;
Flag '96 Party Report by Lion/Chromance;
A Look at Computer Workshops by Cameron Kaiser;
Demo Reviews: Drip DLoC, Sunset Trails/RPG, Wevealed/PSW, First/Omni;
Tears '95 - Long Live the "New Elite" by Roy Batty;
What's Left for the C64 Demo Coder by T.M.R/Cosine;
ACE OS V15 - A Users Perspective by Mitron (Michael Bendure)
Logo: Wile Coyote/Angry/Equinoxe Music: Cyke/Megaunit
Contents:
The 4k NTSC Demo Compo - evaluator comments (5) and reviews of the
entries (17)
Logo: Uzzy/RPG Music: Pegasus/RPG
Contents:
The 4k NTSC Demo Compo - Results and Brief Overview by coolhand; The
Beginning of the NTSC Demo Scene - A Brief History by The Hobbit/Venom;
A Look At DisC=overy - The Journal of the Commodore Enthusiast;
Interview - Graham/Oxyron; Serial Communications and the C64 (A Look At
Swiftlink) by Perry Eidelbus; Demo Reviews: MXR/Millenium,
Krestology/Crest; Quality - Something Important or Just an Empty Word?
by Tao/Triad.
Logo: Ranz/Megaunit Music: CreaMD/Studio Style
Contents:
LUCKY by Legacy (James Walters); The C64 Scene in Transition: an Interview
with CBA/TRC*SCS; The C64 in Greece: Another Flame Re-kindles... by
Sakis Tasopoulos and George Christodovlov; A Modplayer for the C128 by
Nate Dannenberf/Digital Concepts, Limited; World Premiere of CMD's
Super64CPU by Guenther Bauer; Demo Reviews: Homeport/Roy Batty,
Fire/Art Projects, NOFX/Chalice; How an Artist Can Learn to Code by
Pinball Wizard/Omni; A View of the Demo Scene by Mr. Sex/Byterapers Inc.;
The Scene Eats Itself or When One Enters the Scene in the 90s by
Tonuwa Wotnau/Studio Style; Digital Music (Pt 1) by Tron (Nate Dannenberg);
The C64 and the World of Internet by Coolhand (reprinted with permission
of the The Commodore 64/128 Roundtable on GEnie)
Logo: RRR/Oxyron Music: Orcan/React
Contents:
Comback Mania by Elwix;
Interview: Wrongway/FOE;
Scenest Party Report by Lion/Resource/Chromance;
A Rough History of the Australian Demo Scene by Stomper/BK/Tide;
Review of the 1541-DOS Package by Bonestripper/Omni
Reviews: Redrum/FOE, Temple of Boom/Style, Subliminal/RPG,
C.A.T./FOE, Dreamland/Omni;
Two Different Frog-Ponds, One Machine by Tao/Triad;
Using IRC - A More Detailed Look by Tron;
A Look in the Crystal Ball: About the Future and the Past! by Iceball/Motiv 8
Logo: Wile Coyote/Angry Music: Zyron/F4CG
Contents:
Interviews with The Phantom/FOE and Zyron/F4CG;
BBS Networking by Mitron;
Growth on the C64 Scene by Tao/Triad;
C64 and the WWW by coolhand;
info on the 4k demo contest, a PAL mega-demo co-op for X96, and the weekly
NTSC Demo Conference on IRC;
Demo Reviews: Digital Magic/FOE; Vision/Omni; Bonestripper's Return/Revenge;
S.E.T./FOE; Polygonamy/Stephen Judd
Logo: Therion/F4CG Music: Pegasus/RPG
Contents:
The Party '95 Report by Count Zero/TRC*SCS;
Polish Scene by Maja/F4CG;
P.U.K.E Party Report by Harti/Vermes;
Cyberpunk by King Fisher/Triad;
Super CPU 64 by Charles Christianson;
1995 NTSC Demo Scene in Review;
Mathematica and other PAL Demo Reviews by TDJ/Focus and Count Zero/TRC*SCS
Logo: Deathlok/Style Music: Orcan/React
Contents:
Making of "Shock" by Light/Omni;
Demo Scene in Finland by Deadbeat/The Sharks;
A Look at PC64 by Iceball;
C64 at Christmas by Scatt;
Pessimists by Pegasus/RPG;
Portrait of Indifference by XmikeX;
Demo Reviews: Shock/Omni; Gfx Zone/XmikeX; Vengence/FOE; Extremes/Byterapers;
and others
Logo: RRR/Oxyron Music: CMD/Studio Style
Contents:
Interview: Cyborg, sysop of Dream Park;
New Zealand Scene by The Hegg/Bad Karma;
64NET by Paul Gardner-Steven;
A Look at GENIE by Eddie Bourdon;
Gatekeeper by Elwix;
USENET by Jim Brain;
Demo Reviews: Effects Unlimited/Light, Tears '95/Roy Batty,
Insense/Time,Virtuafitti/Pegasus, Coming Soon/Longshot
Logo: Andreas/Shape Music: Pegasus/RPG
Contents:
A Look at Compuserve by John Iannetta;
Interview: Cybernoid/Storm;
Western Australian Scene by Style/Chrome;
NTSC/PAL Interchange Standard by Style/Chrome;
C64 Emulators and the c64 - A Place for Both? by coolhand;
c64 Emulator Reviews by Negspect/Storm/Demonix;
Lynx and the C64 by Outasync;
Demo Reviews: No Second Page/Chill, Gold/Style, Radio Napalm/Reflex
Logo: Alter Ego/Style Music: Decoder/F4CG
Contents:
Scope Memorial intro;
Until Death Do Us Part by coolhand;
Letter from Motley/F4CG;
Letter from Solar/F4CG
Logo: Motley/F4CG (from Scope's art) Music: Decoder/F4CG
Contents:
A Look at Loadstar by Skyclad;
Interview: RugRat, sysop of Edge if Midnight;
Toward Unity - and a Smaller World by coolhand;
Defending the Scrollys of the 90's by Ram Junky/Atlantyss;
Humor by XmikeX;
Continuing the Tradition (Programming the C64) by coolhand;
Information About the C64 - Where in the World by coolhand;
Demo Reviews: Morbid/FOE, Canadian Bacon/Storm, Waveness 2/Waveform
Logo: Alter Ego/Style Music: Roman (Studio Style)
Contents:
1994 in Review by Elwix;
Demos as an Artform by Yurik/TEG;
Sharing and Cooperation - the C64 Scene of the Future by coolhand;
The Commodore NTSC Scene to a Newcomer by Pinball Wizard/[DIG];
Gopher - Expanding Our Knowledge Base;
Demo Reviews: Merry Christmas/RPG, Guilty/Arcane, Martyr/Time
Logo: Chronic Leech + Grafix Music: Pegasus
Contents:
A Look at CMD by Skyclad and Doug Cotton;
Interview: Alchemist, sysop of The Dungeon;
Coming Home (to our First Computer Love) by coolhand;
Evolutionary Faux-Pas: Scrolly Text in 1994 by XmikeX;
An Introduction to the Internet edited by coolhand;
Update on UUencoding by coolhand;
Demo Reviews: Rebirth/Paladin, Samhain/Mystique, Decay/Carcass,
Alive'94/FOE
Logo: Thor/Carcass Music: Replay/Carcass
Contents:
A Look at Threshold Productions by Skyclad;
Interview: Deathangel's Shadow;
Alan Group and the Russian C64 Scene by A.S./Alan Group;
Art Contest/Threshold Productions;
Focus on RPG: Group History, Interview with Wraith and Fubar;
Beginner's Guide to IRC - Part 3 by coolhand;
Demo Reviews: Pearl/Storm+Demonix, Memberdrive/FOE, Plasma/TP+WW
Logo: Uzzy/RPG Music: Mr Bungle/RPG
Contents:
The 'Maga-Scene' by Skyclad;
Stallion Software 4k Coding Contest;
Focus on Electron: group history, interview with Dokken, review of
Adios/Electron;
Demo Reviews: Grounds for Insanity/FOE, Greener Pastures/Style;
UUencode/UUdecode by coolhand;
Best FTP sites
Logo: Deathlok/Style/DNA Music: Megmyx/Storm
Contents::
Reviews and Charts - Encouragement for Excellence by coolhand;
1993 Release List by Skyclad and Elwix;
Interview with Replay/Carcass;
Demo Review: M.A.D. - The Return/Warped
Logo: Deathlok/Style/DNA Music: Megmyx/Storm
Contents:
Beginner's Guide to IRC - Parts 1 & 2 by coolhand;
Interview: Stablizer/Longshot;
Demo Reviews: Waveness #1/Waveform, Juggler Madness/DW
Logo: Deathlok/Style/DNA Music: Megmyx/Storm