---------------------------------------------------------------- - - - WELCOME - - - - TO - - - - THE FIRST PRODUCTION FROM - - - - O Z - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT OZ FOR ANY MATTER THEN WRITE TO ONE OF THESE ADRESSES: ---------------------------------------------------------------- FANCY EMI MR.SMITH PETTER SCHAU RONNY H. HOLLEVIK J\RGEN SMITH SVALEVEIEN 2D BEKKEFARET 5 SLEVIK PLAT] 119 1404 SIGGERUD 1404 SIGGERUD 1620 GRESSVIK NORWAY NORWAY NORWAY (NO SWAPPING) (DEMO AND MUSIC SWAPPING) (SWAPPING) ---------------------------------------------------------------- LET'S GO ON WITH THE GREETINGS THE LIST IS NOT COMPLETE AT ALL, SO DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU ARE MISSING! ---------------------------------------------------------------- GREETS TO: ALIVE, ANDROMEDA, ARATHORN, ARCADIA, BRAINWAVE, CRIME CRUSIFIERS, CYBORG P.S, ESA, GIANTS, HUMANOIDS, MFI PHOBIA, SPECTRE, SUN CONNECTIONS, TMD ---------------------------------------------------------------- I AM SURE THAT MR.SMITH WANTS TO GREET HIS CONTACTS,TOO. HI! HELLO! WELCOME AND HOW DO YOU DO! THE FIRST OZ PRODUCTION IS OUT ON THE STREET! WHAT DO YOU THINK? IT IS CALLED SKALLEBANK! (HEADBANGER) WELL, THE CREDITS ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN DURING THE DEMO, SO I WON'T MENTION THEM HERE. KVAKK NOW THE SCROLLORGY WILL BEGIN. THIS IS FANCY OF OZ (THE CODER OF THIS DEMO) IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO WRITE THIS SCROLL, BECAUSE I HAVE JUST CHANGED MY NAME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS, SO I'M WRITING MY OLD NAME ALL THE TIME. (IT'S MY EGO) MY PHILOSOPHIE DURING THE MAKING OF THIS DEMO WAS: WHY DO IT TODAY, WHEN IT CAN BE DONE TOMORROW. I THINK THAT I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT MY FIRST DEMO EVER, I'VE MADE SOME DEMOS FOR ANOTHER GROUP WHICH IS DEAD NOW. (I ARRANGED THEIR FUNERAL...) SO, THIS IS MY FIRST SCROLL IN 6 MONTHS! MY FINGERS ARE KNITTERING OF JOY! (WONDER WHAT THAT MEANS IN ENGLISH?) I LOVE THIS STUPID SCROLLROUTINE! IT IS THE WEIRDEST SCROLLROUTINE I'VE EVER MADE. THIS FEELS GREAT.. I LOVE ME (JEG ELSKER MEG IHJEL!) I'M OUT OF IDEAS ALREADY! ALWAYS WHEN I'M OUT OF IDEAS, I START WRITING A LOT OF STUPID THINGS. (WHICH SOME NERDS THINK IS FUNNY.) 512K JUST FOR MYSELF, ISN'T IT MARVELLOUS? A MONTH AGO I BECAME 17 YEARS OLD, JUST ONE YEAR LEFT UNTIL I CAN SPREAD FEAR AND SPEEDSTRIPES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD!! (HE HE) EMI, WHO IS 18 YRS. OLD, HAS JUST GOT HIS LAPP. (NOTE,DRIVERS LICENCE,SPEEDTICKETS?) WELL, WHILE WAITING FOR MY INSPIRATION, I'LL MIGHT JUST AS WELL TELL YOU WHO WE ARE (OZ) WE HAVE 8 MEMBERS, AND HERE IS A MEMBERSTATUS: FANCY (CODER + EVERYTHING ELSE) , EMI (MUSICAN,SWAPPER), MITZI (GRAFIX), MR.SMITH (SWAPPER, GRAFIX), FRODE (CODER AND GRAFIX), BØRRE (FRODE'S BROTHER), TEO (CODER), GIZMO (MUSIC) WHY NOT TAKE A STEMNINGSRAPPORT WHILE I'M IN THE MOOD. IT IS ROMJUL. (ROME XMAS...) I HAVE CAUGHT THE SHANGHAI FLU, AND MY BODY IS HAVING A BAD TIME BEING SICK. (OUCH! MY SHOULDER IS ACHING!) LET'S CHANGE THE SUBJECT. HMMM.. BAD MUSIC! (ON THE RADIO) IT IS A NORDLENDING SPEAKING. (I'VE HEARD HIS VOICE BEFORE IN A DEMO. HE SUNG: VI KAN'KE KODE ELLER LAGE MUSIKK. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THOSE GUYS WERE MAKING RADIO!) NEI OG NEI! NU GAAR VERDEN UNDER! (I'LL GO DOWN EATING SOME KRUSPERSILLE TO CALM MYSELF DOWN.) SHIT! IT WAS A NYNORSK KRAUSPERSILLJE. NO GJENG ME OVER TE NYNOREGSK. (SORRY ALL ABROARDERS!) (ONLY VESTLENDINGS UNDERSTAND NEWNOREGWISNAKS!) JAU JAU. HAU HAU, NO FEKK EKK SPIRNAD TEL EI FAIRYTALE. LAT OSS STARTA. EIN GONG FOR SVERT LENGE SIA, LEVDE BRORNE TRIM, TRAM OG TRYM I LAG ME FAR SIN AARELADDA I EIN STOR VENSAM SKOG. TRIM TRAM TRYM VANDRA VIDT RUNDT I SKOGA, KOR VENE HULDRER OG GLINSANDE ALVAR BUDDE, OG BERRE FANTASIA KAN SEIE KVA DEI GJORDE DER INNE, MEN DET SKA TALO HANDLA OM EI ANNA GONG. SAA ATT AAT TALA. EIN DAG, DAA DEI HADDE GJENGI LENGER INN I SKOGI ENN NOKON GONG FORRUT, KJEM DEI TIL EIN DEL AV SKOGI SOM VAR MYRK OG FAELSLEG. MELLOM MYRKSKOGA OG TRYM TRAM TRIM SKILDE REFSDALSDJUPO, KOR DEI HAFDI HOYRT AT GRUSAMME OG ILLELUKTANDE SKAPNADER BUDDE. JAMNTIES KOM DEN VERSTE AV ALLE REFSDALSSKAPNADENE UPPOR SKRENTI. DET VAR SJOLVESTE MOKKIS HIMSJOLVE. DEI FEKK REDDNAD ALLE TREI, OG SNUDDE SEG FOR AA LAUPE RAKA VEGGEN HEIM HJAA AARELADDA, FAR SIN. MEN LETTARE TENKA ENN GJORT, FOR BAK DEI HAVDE EI ANNA SKRENT OPNA SEG I BAKKJIN. DET VAR DEN FRUKTA OZ-SKRENTI. 8 ILLSINTE ELEFANTAR KLATRA OPP OR SKRENTI MEDAN DEI SNUDDE. (KVA FANTAN GJER ELEFANTAR I DENNE SOGI?) BRORNE VART TRAMPA NER I GRUSI, OG ETTERPAA LAAG DEI DER OG LURDE PAA KVISSLEIS DEI SKULLE KJEME HEIM NU NAAR DEI HADDE VORTE SAA FLATE. DA DEI HADDE LUGGE DER I 7 AAR, 2 DAGAR OG 39 NETTER, KOM EIN VEN MAGIKAR FORBI MED LOVEN SIN. DAA HAN SJAADDE AT DET VAR SONENE HASS AARELADDA SOM LAAG OG UREINA SKOGI, SPURDE HAN KVA DEI HADDE GJORT FOR AA BLI SAA FLATE. TRIM TRYM TRAM SA DET SOM DET VAR, OG MAGIKAREN GJEKK SAA VIDARE. OG HAR DEI IKKJE BEDE NOKON OM HJELPNAD, SAA LIGG DEI DER ENNO. (DET GJER DEI...) SO ARE YOU STILL WITH ME, ALL FOREIGNERS? NO... PITY! THERE IS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. LET'S PROCEED WITH SOME TECHNICAL INFORMATIONS ABOUT THIS DEMO. THERE ARE 44 ANIMATED BOBS MOVING ON THE SCREEN. THE 2 BITPLANES ARE BLITTED ON SCREEN IN ONE BLITTER OPERATION. (THANKS TO FRODE FOR GIVING ME THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO DO THIS.) THE IDEA FOR THE RATHER ORIGINAL SCROLL MOVEMENT CAME FROM THE ATARI ST. I SAW A SCROLL ROUTINE LIKE THIS IN A COMPUTER SHOP IN GOTHENBURG LAST SUMMER. (7 MONTHS AGO.) THE LAMERS BEING TORTURED DOWN BELOW WAS DRAWN ALMOST A YEAR AGO, AND THE ROUTINE WAS MADE HALF A YEAR AGO. (THIS DEMO HAS BEEN ALMOST FINISHED FOR 3-4 MONTHS, BUT I HAVE BEEN TOO BUSY TO FINISH IT UNTIL NOW.) THIS IS BORING, DON'T YOU THINK? WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE? I WILL GIVE OUT SOME SMALL DEMOS/INTROS IN THE COMING FUTURE, AND THEN PROBABLY CODE A MUSIC DISK FOR EMI, WHICH WILL BE RELEASED AT THE CRYPTOBURNERS PARTY IN DRAMMEN, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL BE ARRANGED! (I HAVE ONLY HEARD RUMOURS ABOUT THAT PARTY.) (IT IS A LONG TIME SINCE THE LAST MEGAPARTY WAS ARRANGED IN NORWAY!) WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE, SO I'LL JUST END THE SCROLLER RIGHT AWAY. HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE DEMO, AND THE SCROLLTEXT. THE MUSIC IS CALLED THE PLAYER, AND NOT ALL OF THE GRAPHICS WERE MADE BY MITZI, I MADE THE CHARSETS. GOODBYE AND HAVE A NICE DAY.