Stax Oldies
Review
"It's not a crew, it's a religion", I read on one of the screens. What a bold
claim! Staxwas a crew whose productions I couldn't find anywhere back in the
old days (mainly because the contact channels were very few back then). Ah,
well, all comes to those who wait I suppose.
Unfortunately, Staxstuff came with a flood of other Atari data, thus I haven't
been able to see most of their stuff. The only thing I remember was their
"Revolution"demo, which was all in all a nice demo (although I don't have fond
memories of the menu selector!). Also, I've seen some of their intro compilation
CDs, which all have decent intros.
So we zoom in to 2005 where Stax has ceased their productions and we are faced
with a unreleased intros disk. Can this be considered as a good sample of what
Stax was capable of? (and save me from having to look at lots of CDs to
formulate an opinion? ;)
Well, actually not. For starters this disks has intros from one of their
members, namely Bod. Secondly, unreleased stuff might mean that it wasn't
considered up to scratch and put aside. Ah, well...
So, a description of each screen individually is mandatory. And for the brave
amongst you, I have even gone and ripped all scrolltexts from all screens, so
you can spend some plesant (?) time reading 10-15 year old thoughts! On with the
show!
Anarchy
While the name of the executable was preparing me for something wild and out of
the ordinary, I was kind of let down with the screen. Not to say that it's bad,
but it's a bit ordinary: we have a scrolling line in which the letters are
bouncing individually, a starfield, an "Anarchy" logo in the bottom of the
screen and a "Stax"logo on top of the previous logo swinging left and right.
The whole thing is in fullscreen too. A Mad Max tune is playing. As I said, not
a bad screen at all, but on the unimaginative side.
Bars
Another Mad Max tune is playing in the background while a "Stax" logo covers the
upper half of the screen and some raster bars dance around it. The lower half is
covered by a horizontal 3-speed starfield and on top of it a byte bending
vertical and bit bending scrolling line passes by (some rasters are making it
look juicier). Saved only marginally by the nice disting.
Bubble
A bubble scroller on a 3-D starfield. And for those who are unfamiliar with the
concept, it's a scrolling line that each pixel of the font is represented by a
sprite (preferably one that looks like a bubble). All sprites are waving around
like bubbles in water. Nothing more to add, except that some rasters are making
the bubbles look a bit better and that the screen is not completely black.
Chubbs
Now that's a poor screen. Four letters that form (what else?) Stax are bouncing
and waving on the top of the screen while the words "YOU", "FAT", "BASTARD"are
fading in and out in succession. Some raster bars are waving around a h-disting
comic-like character (the fat bastard I presume!) and a scrolline is bouncing at
the bottom.
Crystal
In contrast with the previous screen, this one's very pretty. Fullscreen, the
background is broken in 3 uneven areas, coloured different. On top of it a byte
bedning scroller is being displayed, with the added effect of casting a shadow
on the background. As I said, pretty!
Demons
It's another of those "Make your own demo, cause we're really bored finding
proper waves"Doc demo. OK, it's got a starfield. Ok, it's got some rasters. Ok,
it has a scroller. Ok, it has a checkerboard perspective floor. But it's still a
Doc balls demo. These demos are only interesting to their coders, really.
Distback
This should have been called "Homage to TLB"instead! Firstly, a Mad Max tune is
playing, but not an ordinary one. It was used on TLB's game, "A Prehistoric
Tale". Secondly, the whole screen has very much in common with a screen in TLB's
Mindbomb demo, the "Para scroll" demo. Nicely executed, but unimagiative.
Four
Four screens in one. Four Stax intros, each occuping about a quarter of the
screen. This is a homage to TCB's flashback intro, which is a homage to TLB's
Cannibalistic Def orgy, which is a homage to JMP's (John M. Phillips, of Nebulus
and Eliminator fame!) 4-in-1 screen. Get the picture?
Leonid
Large byte bedning scroller, some sprites dancing around, a starfield a la
endpart of Aggression's Brain Damage, some rasters, a "Stax" logo and the
memebers list scrolling vertically. Well... Do you want more? (I do :)
Raster
A raster scroller is covered by lots of 320x8 h-disting scrolltexts...
Conclusion
As I wrote in the beginning, this small collection can't and won't be considered
a representative sample of judging a whole crew and all of its output. So, with
that being out of my way, let me be frank here:
As I haven't seen screens like these for some time now, I liked the 2 or 3 first
screens I saw. But then, as I kept seeing stuff I have seen so many times
before, I became bored.
The only screen that I really liked was the Crystalscreen, nice light design
and nicely performed. As for the rest of the screens, they are a case of "being
there, done that". Not badly coded (at least most of them), but nothing that
really stands out.
Still, I think that even that one screen justifies the release. Thanks guys!!
GGN for Alive Magazine, 2005-12-20
Appendix A - Scrollers
Brace yourselves and here we go ;)
Anarchy
STAX STRIKES BACK ONTO YOUR SCREEN WITH ANOTHER AMIGA CONVERSION... THIS TIME
WE CONVERTED AN INTRO BY A N A R C H Y THE CREDITS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
ALL CODING AND LOGO DRAWING WAS DONE BY B O D OF STAX.
THIS FONT COMES FROM A FONT COLLECTION DISK AND THE MUSIC WAS COMPOSED BY MAD
MAX FROM THE EXCEPTIONS.... GREETINGS TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE...
ABSENCE. ACF DESIGN TEAM. ADM. ADRENALINE. AGGRESSION. ANIMAL MINE. AVENA. AURA.
CHECKPOINT. CONFUSIONS. CREAM. CRUOR. DIGI TALLIS. DISPLASY. DUNE. DEAD HACKERS
SOCIETY. DEPRESSION. EFFECT. EKO. ELITE. EMPTY HEAD. ESCAPE. E.X.A. EXTREAM.
FUN. I.C.E. IMPONANCE. IMPULSE. INFERIOR. INTER. IPIR. LAZER. LUZAK TEAM. LYNX.
MAGGIE TEAM. MIND DESIGN. MJJ PROD. NEW TREND. NEW BEAT DEVELOPMENT. NEWLINE.
NEW POWER GENERATION. NO LIMIT CODING. NO CREW. PANDEMONIUM. P.H.F. POPSY TEAM.
POSITIVITY. PULSE. REBELSOFT. RDT. RESERVOIR GODS. RUNNING DESIGN TEAM. SECTOR
ONE. SENTRY. ST KNIGHTS. SHADOWS. SHELTER. SPIRITS. STOSSER SOFT. SUBLIME.
SUPREMACY CORP. THE ADMIRABLES. THE BLACK LOTUS. THE CAREBEARS. THE CHAOS
WARRIORS. THERAPY. THE EAGLES. THE CHAOS ENGINE. THE GOLDEN DAWN. THE MISFITS.
THE MUGWUMPS . THE REBELIANTS. THE SENIOR DADS. THE VOTION. TSCC. TNB. TOONS.
T.O.Y.S. TPN. TRIO. TUMULT. TYPHOON. VECTRONIX. WILDFIRE. ZEAL. THATS ALL FOR
TODAY....... TEXT RESTARTS..............................
Bars
-STAX- PROUDLY BRINGS YOU COMPACT DISK XXX CREDITS FOR THIS
GREAT (UNFINISHED) INTRO... ALL CODING BY BOD OF STAX, THE LOGO WAS DRAWN BY
NEIL OF TNT AND THE MUSIC IS BY MAD MAX (FROM THE GAME LEAVIN' TERAMIS BY
THALION SOFTWARE)... E-MAIL ME AT... BODOFSTAX(AT)BLUEYONDER.CO.UK. LET'S
WRAP......
Bubble
HI THERE AND WELCOME TO THE BUBBLE SCROLLER. THIS DEMO WAS CODED AND DESIGNED BY
BOD OF STAX WITH GRAPHICS ALSO BY BOD AND MUSIC BY MAD MAX OF TEX... OK, NOW
WHAT CAN I WRITE THAT YOU MIGHT FIND INTERESTING??? WELL, LET'S WRITE A LITTLE
ABOUT ME (BOD): I'M 27 YEARS OLD AND CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR WORK WITHIN THE
GAMES INDUSTRY (HINT, HINT). I AM 6 FEET 5 INCHES TALL WITH (VERY) LONG BLONDE
HAIR AND LOOK TOTALLY HANDSOME. I LOVE CODING AND PLAYING GUITAR AS WELL AS
LISTENING TO SOME GREAT MUSIC (METALLICA, LIMP BIZKIT, MEGADETH, SLIPKNOT, FEAR
FACTORY, ETC, ETC) AND WATICHING SOME ACE FILMS (DAWN OF THE DEAD (GOT MY
DEMO??), RESOVIOR DOGS, PULP FICTION, LOCK-STOCK+TWO SMOKING BARRELS). MY
FAVORITE TV SHOWS ARE: ONLY FOOLS+HORSES, THE ROYLE FAMILY AND THE LEAGUE OF
GENTLEMEN (THIS IS A LOCAL SHOP, FOR LOCAL PEOPLE - OKEY KOKEY PIG IN A POKEY).
AND MY FAVORITE COMIC'S ARE: ROY 'CHUBBY' BROWN AND LEE EVANS. YOU CAN WRITE TO
ME BY SENDING A LETTER TO THE ADDRESS MENTIONED ELSWHERE IN THIS DEMO... WELL
THAT WAS INTERESTING STUFF WASN'T IT!!! WELL AS THIS TEXT IS A BASTARD TO READ
AND YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT A HEADACHE BY NOW WE'LL WRAP HERE.... (SCROLLTEXT
WRITTEN ON THE 3RD MARCH 2002)...
Chubbs
THIS IS THE -CHUBBY BROWN- INTRO BY BOD OF STAX... FIRST OF ALL I MUST SAY THAT
I AM SORRY THAT THIS INTRO LOOKS LIKE 2 LIFE CREW'S TOILET DEMO FROM THE
WHATTAHECK DEMO, I DIDN'T INTEND THIS TO HAPPEN IT JUST SORT OF DID, AND SO I
ADDED THIS DIGIDRUM VERSION OF ZOOLOOK BY TAO OF ACF... CREDITS: ALL
CODE+GFX BY BOD OF STAX, FONT BY SPAZ OF TLB AND MUSIC BY TAO OF ACF.....
WRAP......
Crystal
STAX IS BACK ON YOUR SCREEN WITH ANOTHER LITTLE INTRO FOR YOUR PLEASURE...
CREDITS: CODING AND GRAPHICS(?) BY BOD OF STAX, FONT BY SPAZ OF THE LOST BOYS
AND MUSIC BY BIG ALEC OF DELTA FORCE... WHY IS WRITING SCROLLTEXTS SO BORING?
BYE!
Demons
5.....4.....3.....2.....1.....LET'S GO!!!! WELCOME TO DEMONS BROUGHT TO
YOU BY STAX... THIS SCREEN IS THE FIRST SCREEN CODED FOR THE -MORE BEER-
MINIDEMO... USE THE FOLLOWING KEYS TO CONTROL THE 30 DOC SPRITES: CURSOR
UP AND DOWN TO MOVE THE POINTER, CURSOR RIGHT AND LEFT TO INCREASE AND DECREASE
VALUES, F1-F5 FOR PRE-CALCULATED WAVEFORMS, F10 TO RESET ALL VALUES TO ZERO AND
1-2 TO CHANGE MUSIX.... CREDITS... ALL CODING BY BOD OF STAX, ORIGINAL
CHESSBOARD CODING BY MIKE OF STAX, BALL BY SPAZ OF THE LOST BOYS, FONT BY DR.
MABUSE ORGASM CRACKINGS (DOC - AMIGA), AND MUSIC BY MAD MAX OF TEX... I BET
YOUR WONDERING WHY THIS SCREEN IS CALLED DEMONS, HM? WELL IT WAS ORIGINALLY
CODED AS A DIRECT CONVERSION OF DEMONS BY DOC ON THE AMIGA, BUT AS THAT SCREEN
IS SOOOO OLD NOW I THOUGHT THAT I'D SIMPLY IMPROVE IT AND CALL IT THE SAME AS
THE ORIGINAL DOC DEMO, BESIDES THIS SORT OF SCREEN HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE BY TCB,
OMEGA, SYNC ETC... GREETINGS TO: EFFECT, INTER, ICE, LYNX, TNB, TUMULT,
ANIMAL MINE, T.S.C.C., AND COBRA... NOW LET'S WRAPPPP......
Distback
HERE'S THE MEGASCROLLER CODED BY BOD OF STAX. THE GRAPHICS WERE ALSO DONE BY BOD
(EXCEPT FOR THIS FONT WHICH IS BY SODAN OF STAX) AND MUSIC BY MAD MAX OF TEX...
E-MAIL ME AT: BODOFSTAX(AT)BLUEYONDER.CO.UK. WRAP.....
Four
Scroller #1:
HELLO AND WELCOME TO STAX COMPACT DISK 61, RELEASED ON 9TH OF AUGUST IN 1994.
YOU ARE NOT DREAMING, THIS DISK REALLY INCLUDES A COUPLE OF GOOD PD GAMES FOR
YOUR ENJOYMENT, FURTHER ON THERE'RE SOME LEGENDARY INTROS WHICH EVERYBODY SHOULD
HAVE, A SYSTEM INFORMATION FILE, SOME DOCUMENTS AND AN OLD BUT GOLD DEMO FROM
AGGRESSION !!! I AM NOT QUITE SURE BUT POSSIBLE BATTLETRIS ONLY WORKS ON
AN STE.... MANY PROGRAMS DON'T WORK EITHER CORRECTLY OR COMPLETELY FROM THIS
INTRO SO YOU HAVE TO START THEM FROM THE DESKTOP... SORRY FOR NOT FIXING THIS
PROBLEM BUT TIME IS AGAINST US !!! THIS INTRO WAS CODED AND DESIGNED BY BOD
OF STAX, GRAPHICS BY CARNERA OF NPG AND SODAN OF STAX AND MUSIC FROM THE JUST
BUGGIN DEMO BY ACF. I THINK IF YOU SEE WHEN WE HAVE RELEASED THIS DISK IT IS
STILL A QUITE NICE DISK !!! ALL THE GAMES ARE PLAYABLE, THE REST IS GOOD TOO
AND ALSO THIS INTRO LOOKS VERY INTERESTING. BOD HAS ALREADY DONE YET ANOTHER
GOOD INTRO WHICH YOU WILL SEE ON THE NEXT MENU COMING VERY SOON !!! A VERY
SPECIAL THANX MUST GO TO NIRVANA OF THE ADMIRABLES FOR SUPPLYING ALL THE PD
GAMES... HEY TOMMI ! THANX A LOT FOR THIS... HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEND ME SOME
MORE STUFF... ALSO A VERY SPECIAL GREET MUST GO TO MY LITTLE GIRL-FRIEND TINA
FOR SENDING SUCH A NICE LETTER FROM IRELAND... RIGHT SHE WILL NEVER READ THIS
(IN HER EYES) CRAPPY SCROLLING MESSAGE BUT I JUST WANTED TO WRITE SOME SENSELESS
SHIT INTO IT !!! THE 'NORMAL' GREETINGS ARE SENT TO... METALLICA (BECAUSE THE
AUTHOR OF THIS INTRO-SCREEN REALLY LIKES THEM...), FAITH NO MORE, RATM, PRONG,
URBAN DANCE SQUAD AND LIFE OF AGONY... WELL, IN FACT WE IN STAX LISTEN TO
LOADSA MORE (AND ALSO TO LOADSA EXTREMELY DIFFERENT) GROUPS BUT I JUST WANTED TO
MENTION THOSE WHICH CAME IN MY MIND IN THE LAST 10 SECONDS !!! IF TYAN, WHO
HAS A DIFFERENT TASTE, SHOULD REALLY RELEASE A CD THEN I HOPE YOU'LL BUY IT !!!
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO CONTACT US THEN LET HAVE A KICK ON THE RESET BUTTON...
WE ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN NEW MEMBERS ON ST,STE AND FALCON... FURTHERMORE WE
LIKE MONEY,BEER,POST-CARDS,DISKS,CHATS AND WHATSOEVER.... WRITE US IF YOU ARE
STILL ALIVE, THE SCENE IS STILL HERE... WELL, NOT EXACTLY BUT NEARLY...
OOOPPS, SO JUST TAKE THIS: IF YOU WANT AN ANSWER TO AN CONTACT LETTER THEN WRITE
US... YOU CONTACT US, WE ANSWER YOU !!! THAT'S THE WAY... GRAPHIX ARTISTS
ARE ESPECIALLY WELCOME TO JOIN US... WE ARE SLOWELY GETTING OUT OF NEW ORIGINALL
GRAPHICS... OKEY, WHAT A CRAP TALK JUST ABOUT AN ADDRESS... LET'S WRAPHFFF
???
Scroller #2:
WELCOME MATHAFACKA TO STAX COMPACT DISK 141... PRESS FOLLOWING KEYS.... 1)
DEAD HACKERS PORNO SLIDESHOW, 2) FAREWELL DEMO BY PASSION. ESCAPE FOR
DESKTOP... USE IT WHEN THE PORNO SHOW DOESNT WORK ON YOUR MACHINE... ITS GOING
TO MAKE PROBLEMS ON A MEGA STE WITH ONLY 1 MB BUT WILL WORK ON OTHER 1 MB
MACHINES.... SO AFTER A WHILE OF EMPTYNESS WE ARE BACK AGAIN.... THIS IS THE
FIRST DISK BY US RELEASED IN 1997, SO ENJOY IT!!! THIS NEW INTRO WAS
WRITTEN BY BOD, GRAPHICS AND MUSAX HAVE BEEN RIPPED AND COMPILATION, TEXT AND
SHIT WAS DONE BY MATT. AT THE MOMENT I HAVE NOT VERY MUCH TIME FOR DOING
ANYTHING WITH COMPUTERS, THATS WHY OUR MENUS HAVE BECOME VERY RARE IN THE LAST
TIME. I DON'T HAVE LOST MOTIVATION OR FUN AND ALSO THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF AROUND
I WANT TO COMPACT BUT THERE'S REALLY NO TIME FOR DOING NEW INTROS OR PACKING AND
SWAPPING LOTS OF STUFF. I'LL USE THIS INTRO AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME TO BRING OUT
SOME MORE DISKS THESE DAYS.... ALSO BOD HAS DONE YET ANOTHER NEW INTRO FOR THE
MENU-COLLECTIONS SO I'M ABLE TO DO ABOUT 5 MORE DISKS AT THE WEEKEND. MANY
THANKX TO BOD OF STAX FOR THE LATEST SUPPORT, GREAT COOPERATION MATE....
STAX IS AND WILL EVER BE.... BOD, MATT, MIKE. SHAKEHANDS
TO THE FOLLOWING: ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF STAX (BOD AND MIKE TO BE PRECISE), ALL
MEMBERS OF T.S.C.C. (ESPECIALLY MC LASER), NIRVANA OF THE ADMIRABLES (THANKS FOR
YOUR FAST ANSWER... IT PROOVED YOUR ATARI-PIONEER-STATUS), THE MANIAC (SORRY FOR
NOT WRITING SO LONG BUT AT LEAST HERE ARE SOME NEW MENUS), METALLINOS OF
VECTRONIX, TRONIC OF EFFECT (I HOPE TO SEE SOME MORE DISKS FROM YOU SOON...),
INCUBI OF THE GOLDEN DAWN (HOPE YOUR MUSIC GOES WELL...), TUMULT (DEAD OR
WHAT?), BRAINDEAD BROTHERS, SUBLIME, PULSE, ELITE, BANANA JOE IM KONGO, ANIMAL
MINE, DETONATORS, NAUGHTY BYTES, STOSSER SOFTWARE (KEEP IT ON... YOUR GAMES ARE
STUNNING!!!),..., AND TOO ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE!!! BY THE WAY....
RELEASE DATE OF THIS DISK IS 2ND OF MARCH IN 1997!!! LOOK OUT FOR NEXT MENUS
COMING SOON.... SEE YA NEXT TIME
Scroller #3:
HELLO GUYS, THIS IS STAX OFFERING YOU COMPACT DISK NUMBER 54 !!!
RELEASE DATE OF THIS NEW MENU IS TUESDAY, THE 18TH OF JANUARY IN 1994 !!! ON
THIS DISK YOU CAN FIND FOLLOWING PROGRAMS... 1ST - OH NO ! MORE FROGGIES, A
NEW DENTRO BY SECTOR ONE FROM FRANCE OF COURSE... 2ND - PAC MAN ON E'S, A VERY
FUNNY PAC MAN GAME FOR STE MACHINES... 3RD - HUNCHY 2010, AN OLD ARCADE GAME
CONVERSION... AND FINALLY 4TH - KUBES, YET ANOTHER NICE GAME !!! ALL THE GAMES
ARE OF COURSE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN OR AT LEAST SHAREWARE, SO HAVE FUN PLAYING
THEM AND THEN DECIDE FOR GIVING SOME DONATIONS !!! (HERE I MEAN ESPECIALLY THAT
GREAT PAC MAN CLONE........) THIS NICE INTRO WAS CODED BY OUR ENGLISH
MEMBER CALLED ... BOD ... , HEY STEPHEN ! THANX A LOT FOR THIS GREAT PIECE !!!
IT SEEMS BOD LIKES METALLICA, HOPEFULLY YOU TOO OTHERWISE YOU WILL HATE THIS
INTRO !!! I PERSONALY VERY LIKE METALLICA , ESPECIALLY THEIR OLD ALBUMS LIKE -
KILL'EM ALL- AND -RIDE THE LIGHTNING- .......... BUT LETS CHANGE SUBJECT,
I WON'T TALK ABOUT MUSICS... ITS NOW 4.19 P.M. AND I AM HARDLY TRYING TO
ENTERTAIN YOU WITH AN INTERESTING SCROLLTEXT BUT MY MIND SEEMS TO BE TOTALY
CLEAR CURRENTLY !!! MY STEREO IS PLAYING SUM NICE ZAXX BY -NOFX- (DO YA KNOW
THIS GROUP ? QUITE NICE, EH !?) AND I ALREADY HAVE TO SWITCH ON A LITTLE LIGHT
COUZ OUTSIDE ITS GETTING DARK SLOWELY..... OKEY, SINCE I DO NOT HAVE ANY
BRAINBLASTING IDEA I WANNA INTRODUCE YOU OUR TWO NEW (?) MEMBERS NOW... I MEAN
THEY AREN'T REALLY NEW IN STAX BUT AS WE HAVE NOT DONE VERY MUCH IN THE LAST
TIME YOU WON'T KNOW THEM ANYWAY... SO OUR FIRST NEW ENTRY WAS -BOD- FROM
ENGLAND, HE'S A GOOD CODER AND WILL HOPEFULLY DO QUITE A LOT FOR US... HIS
FORMER GROUP WAS CALLED -TTK- BUT AS HE DID NOT WANTED TO GO ON THE PC (AS THE
REST) HE JOINED US.... HEY BOD ! ITS VERY NICE TO HAVE YOU IN THE GROUP ! WE'LL
MEET THIS YEAR.... HOPEFULLY !!! 2ND THERE IS A GUY FROM FINLAND
CALLED -EXTERMINATOR- , HE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF -FLASH- AND -CHRONICLE-, BUT
AS BOTH GROUPS HAVE SPLIT UP FINALLY HE JOINED US ... YET ANOTHER FOREIGN
MEMBER, GREAT !!! LAST NOT LEAST OUR OLD FRIEND -TARZAN BOY- ALSO JOINED
US ALREADY IN LASTS SUMMER... ITS A CLOSE FRIEND OF MIKE AND I ALREADY HAVE MET
HIM 2 YEARS AGO, HE'S A MUSICIAN AND ALSO A CODER (WELL KNOWN FOR HIS GAME BOY
CONVERSIONS...) BUT SINCE HE IS ON UNIVERSITY HE CANNOT DO SO MUCH ACTUALLY !!!
ANYWAY WE'RE PROUD OF HIS MEMBERSHIP !!! FINALLY IT SEEMS YOU WANNA
HAVE SOME GREETINGS SO HERE ARE A FEW HELLOS: ALL OTHER MEMBERS
OF STAX (ESPECIALLY SALLY: ARE YOU STILL ALIVE ???) VECTRONIX DETONATORS
ADMIRABLES THE MANIAC IN THE NETHERLANDS AND TO ANIMAL MINE (ITS NICE YOU
HAVE RETURNED DOING G.S.C.'S , KEEP THEM COMING IF ITS POSSIBLE !!! THE SCENE
NEEDS SUCH ACTIVITIES !!!) STAX IS: MATT (CODER,
FOUNDER) MIKE (CODER, GRAPHICS) BOD (CODER)
EXTERMINATOR (GRAPHICS) SODAN (GRAPHICS) SALLY (CODER,
MUSICS) TARZAN BOY (CODER, MUSICS) TYAN (MUSICS)
WE ALSO HAVE YET ANOTHER MEMBER CALLED -DUX- BUT AS HE DOES NOT DO ANYTHING HE
IS JUST SOMETHING LIKE A 'HALF-MEMBER', SO HE DOES NOT BELONG IN THE MEMBER-LIST
............ HEY TYAN !!! DO YOU STILL OWN YOUR ST ??? IF I
DON'T HEAR FROM YOU IN THE NEXT 4 WEEKS I'LL SEE YOU DEAD , CLEAR !?!? LOOK
OUT FOR OUR SOON COMING PARTY DEMO WHICH WE HAVE PRODUCED IN CLOSE COOPERATION
WITH A NOT-SO-WELL-KNOWN GERMAN NEWCOMER GROUP CALLED -INTER- , ITS GETTING
HORRIBLE SO YOU MUST HAVE A LOOK AT IT !!! ALSO COMING SOON FROM US: A
NEW COMPACT ONLY FOR STE'S , INCLUDING THE INTRO AND ANYTHING ELSE ON THE DISK
!!! THAT MAY BE ENOUGH THEN.......... KEEP THE FAITH AND KICK THESE NAZI-
PACK TO HELL, WRAZ!!!!!
Scroller #4:
HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST SCREEN I'VE CODED AS A MEMBER OF STAX OF UNITED
FORCES... I KNOW THIS SCREEN IS NOT TOTALLY AMAZING, BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY
GOOD FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WORK... TODAY'S DATE IS THE 21ST OCTOBER 1993 AND I
HAVE TO SEND THIS SCREEN TO MATT IN HALF AN HOUR IF IT'S TO GET TO HIM THIS WEEK
(THE GERMAN POSTAL SERVICE IS NOT VERY GOOD). IT WILL PROBLY BE A PART OF EITHER
THE FANTASIA DENTRO OR THE UNITED FORCES CONVENTION DEMO, BUT I AM UNSURE WHICH
IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN. AS I SAID EARLIER, THIS SCREEN IS FAR FROM AMAZING, BUT
IT DOES CONTAIN A 206 BY 116 FOUR BITPLANE SPRITE, A ONE BITPLANE, FOUR LAYER
STARFIELD, A ONE BITPLANE SCROLLER, A THREE BITPLANE DISTORTER, FOUR, FOUR
BITPLANE SPRITES (IN THE INTRO) AND A GREAT DIGI DRUM MUSIC. IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO CONTACT UNITED FORCES THEN PLEASE WRITE TO THE ADDRESS IN THE INTRO SCREEN,
OR IF YOU MISSED IT, HERE IT IS AGAIN.... B O D O F S T A X (U F H Q),
9 4 B E A U M O N T R D, H A L E S O W E N, W E S T M I D L A N D S,
B 6 2 9 E X. E N G L A N D. I AM NOT INTERRESTED IN ILLEGAL SOFTWARE,
JUST DEMOS 'N' STUFF... OK, NOW IT'S TIME TO TELL YOU WHO DID WHAT IN
THIS SCREEN.... GUILTY PARTIES: BOD OF STAX - CODING, SODAN OF STAX -
GRAPHICS AND TAO OF ACF - MUSIC. I SEND MY BEST REGARDS TO THE FOLLOWING
PEOPLE: ALL OTHER GUYS IN STAX, THE NEW POWER GENERATION, TTK, ACF,
INDEPENDANT, ANIMAL MINE, DARREN LOMAX, D.B.A, THE CAREBEARS, THE LOST BOYS,
UNLIMITED MATRICKS AND ZACK DE LA ROCHA, TOM MORELLO, BRAD WILK, TIMMY C. (AKA
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE)... BECAUSE THIS SCREEN USES QUITE A LOT OF MEMORY I
HAVE TO END THIS SCROLLTEXT NOW. SEE YA' IN ANOTHER SCREEN....
WRAP........
Scroller #5:
HELLO AND WELCOME TO THIS FLASHBACK-STYLE INTRO. THIS INTRO WAS FINALLY RELEASED
TO THE PUBLIC ON THE 1ST OF JUNE 2005... ALL CODING BY BOD OF STAX WITH
GRAPHICS BY VARIOUS PEOPLE AND MUSIC BY MAD MAX OF TEX.... WRAP.......
Leonid
WELL, HERE'S ANOTHER INTRO I'VE FINALLY MADE PUBLIC... THIS SCREEN WAS CODED BY
BOD OF STAX WITH THIS FONT ALSO BY BOD, LOGO BY SODAN OF STAX AND MUSIC BY MAD
MAX....
Raster
Scroller #1:
WELL, HERE'S ANOTHER INTRO I'VE FINALLY MADE PUBLIC... THIS SCREEN WAS CODED BY
BOD OF STAX WITH THIS FONT ALSO BY BOD, LOGO BY SODAN OF STAX AND MUSIC BY MAD
MAX....
Scroller #2:
HERE COMES THE RASTERSCROLLER BY STAX....
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