February 12, 2023 by AtariCrypt
Once again, pesky aliens are giving us Earthlings lots of grief. We previously fought them off but they managed to pinch a time machine so are using that to alter history and wreak havoc by taking crucial hostages from each period in an attempt to halt their influence. From the invention of the wheel in prehistoric times to England's King Arthur uniting Britain! And where would any of us be today without Japan and its technical wizardry? Yep, we cannot allow this - the fight is on!
March 21, 2021 by ST Graveyard
What an accomplishment this game is. Created with such a small team, the result is really amazing. The game oozes creative passion. While the gameplay is really well balanced, it is a tough cookie, very hard from time to time with its moments of sheer frustration. As of level 3, timing becomes key. You will need to practice and learn the levels to complete this game, there are so many bad guys on screen it sometimes gets a bit hard to take.
April 4, 2020 by Morcar
Graphically, it's also nice on the eyes with well-defined graphics and animation. You really get the feeling that the developers put some thought and love into the game. Remember what I said about the large levels? Well these are wonderful and are very different to each other, they also scroll fairly smooth in all four directions.
In 1984, Jack Tramiel fired over one thousand Atari Corp. employees, including then CEO James Morgan.
By: Serenade
Serenade contains
96
menus
and
99
disks.
15 disks missing or damaged
(84.8% complete).
81 scrolltexts ,
read them all in an eBook.
GREETINX ALL AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST MENU FROM SERENADE! ALL FILES ON OUR MENUS WILL BE (TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE) IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN OR SHAREWARE. IF THERE ARE ANY FILES ON OUR MENUS THAT DO NOT COME UNDER THIS HEADING THEN IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF YOU COULD CONTACT US AND LET US KNOW. SERENADE WILL NOT PUBLISH "THE BEST OF PD/SHAREWARE" WE WILL SIMPLY PUBLISH ALL THE PD FILES WE GET AND LEAVE IT UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WISH TO KEEP THESE MENUS OR NOT. PD LIBRARIES ARE INVITED TO ADD THIS DISK TO THEIR LISTS. WE ASK NOTHING IN RETURN. I KNOW ADRENALIN ALSO DO PD COMPILATIONS AND WE ARE NOT MEANING TO BE COMPETITION. I WOULDN'T BE MORE DELIGHTED IF PEOPLE DECIDED BOTH ADRENALIN AND SERENADE MENUS WERE WORTH ADDING TO THEIR COLLECTION. THERE WAS NO SPACE ON THIS MENU FOR DOCS BUT THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE SOME SORT OF MEGA DOC FILE COMING SOON! IF YOU CHOOSE TO LOAD 'BATTLE SCAPE' YOU WILL BE DUMPED TO THE DESKTOP AS YOU CAN ALSO LOAD THE MAP MAKER PROGRAM IF YOU WISH. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE DOCS TO UNDERSTAND IT ALL (THEY'RE COMING SOON - HONESTLY!). IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND US ANY PD THEN WE'D BE DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE IT! GET A PEN READY FOR THE ADDRESS. ALL LETTERS WILL BE ANSWERED AND ALL DISKS RETURNED - THAT'S A PROMISE! YOU'LL ALSO GET CREDIT FOR SUPPLYING THE FILE (WHAT DO YOU MEAN "BIG DEAL"?!). ANYWAY, HERE'S THE ADDRESS... TGR, 17 LITTON BANK, GAMESLEY, GLOSSOP, SK13 9HF. ANY DONATED PD/SHAREWARE TITLES WOULD, LIKE I'VE SAID, BE APPRECIATED. THE 'TGR' IN THE ADDRESS IS IMPORTANT AS IT ALLOWS MAIL TO BE REDIRECTED TO ME. IF YOU DON'T INCLUDE THIS THEN I WON'T GET THE LETTER! WELL, I'LL BE STROLLIN' NOW SO FIRST I'LL SEND THE GREETINX... FLINTSTONE (THANX FOR EVERYTHING!) SPIKE (DONATE SOME PD!) SPITFIRE (YES, WELL, IT'S UP TO YOU NOW) ADRENALIN POV DEN.H THE PHILOSOPHICAL PHANTOM RAY BYE BYE! M.D. OF SERENADE. ARGH! I DON'T BELIEVE IT! I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT 'BLAT' WILL ONLY WORK ON AN STE. AND A ONE MEG MACHINE IS RECOMMENDED! FORGIVE ME ALL, I JUST FORGOT! JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET IT ALL LAST TIME, OUR ADDRESS IS... TGR, 17 LITTON BANK, GAMESLEY, GLOSSOP, SK13 9HF.
HOT ON THE HEELS OF OUR FIRST MENU, COMES MENU 2! AGAIN, SOME GOOD FILES FOR YOU AND DIDN'T I PROMISE YOU THOSE DOCS? ALL FILES ON OUR MENUS ARE EITHER IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN OR SHAREWARE. IF YOU SEE A FILE ON OUR DISKS THAT ISN'T THIS THEN PLEASE CONTACT US AND LET US KNOW! YOU MAY THINK US HERE AT SERENADE ARE BIG FANS OF TETRIS RELATED PROGRAMS - WELL, WE ARE! BUT THE FACT THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY TETRIS GAMES AND VARIATIONS ON OUR FIRST MENUS IS TOTALLY COINCIDENTAL. NOT THAT YOU'RE COMPLAINING WHEN YOU HAVE ABSOLUTE CLASSICS LIKE 'BLAT' AND 'BLOX' TO PLAY EH? PD LIBRARIES! YOU ARE INVITED TO ADD THIS DISK TO YOUR LISTS! THIS BRILLIANT FONT WAS CREATED BY PURSY. IS IT FANTASTIC OR WHAT?! YOU REALLY CAN'T GRUMBLE WHEN OUR FIRST TWO MENUS HAVE PRODUCED TEN GAMES OF DECENT QUALITY. NOT ALL GAMES CAN BE EVERYONE'S CUP OF TEA BUT I THINK WE'VE DONE QUITE WELL. ANY PD WOULD BE APPRECIATED SO CHECK OUT THE DOC FILE FOR OUR ADDRESS. TALKING OF THE DOC FILE - THE ONE USED WAS WRITTEN BY THE ALIEN AND (IN MY OH SO HUMBLE OPINION) IS THE BEST OF ITS KIND. WELL, THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTS AGAIN. ENJOY THE GAMES. MASS DEPORTER OF SERENADE.
YES, YES, ANOTHER RE-RELEASED MENU. THE RELEASES OF OUR MENUS IS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 6.2, 11, 4.2, 3.2. I'M SORRY IF YOU FIND IT HARD TO KEEP UP WITH BUT SURELY THIS PROVES US AT SERENADE ARE DESPERATE TO SQUEEZE AS MUCH AS WE CAN OUT OF THE DISKS AND REDOING THE MENUS REINFORCES THIS! IF YOU KNOW THE ORIGINAL DISK 3 WELL YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE ADDED 5 EXTRA TITLES! DON'T GET TOO EXCITED THOUGH AS 4 OF THEM ARE SEUCK GAMES AND THEY'RE MOSTLY JUST THE SAME GAME WITH DIFFERENT SCENERY. BETTER THAN NOUGHT THOUGH INNIT? PRENSORIUM DOCS ARE ON DISK 5 AND I'LL PUT ANY DOCS OWING (FOR THE EXTRA TITLES) ON DISK 12 OR ONWARDS. ALSO, FILE 7 HAS ACTUALLY GOT A NAUGHTY TITLE WHICH I'M TOO MUCH OF A GENTLEMAN TO REPEAT. YOU DON'T NEED A DEGREE TO GUESS WHAT IT IS THOUGH. APOLOGIES IF THIS OFFENDS ANYONE. WITH FORESIGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT BUT IT'S IN NOW AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT, OK? JEEZ! I'VE BEEN GABBING ON AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT THE CREDITS! THUS, MENU CODED BY MAC SYS DATA OF POV MUSIX BY TAO OF ACF FONT BY SPIKE. THAT'S NOT THE SAME SPIKE WHO'S DONE A FEW DIGI PIX FOR US BY THE WAY. IT'S ANOTHER ONE (MAYBE THE ONE FROM THE WILD! BOYS? I DUNNO). YOU'LL SEE THE MAIN PICTURE IS JUST THE SAME BUT NOW THERE'S A HALF DECENT LOGO (WELL, I THINK SO). WE'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT OUR PD COMPILATIONS SO WHY NOT WRITE TO US? IF YOU LIKE THEM, LET US KNOW. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEM, TELL US WHY. WE WILL NEVER IMPROVE UNLESS WE RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK! THE ADDRESS IS... TGR 17 LITTON BANK GAMESLEY GLOSSOP SK13 9HF. THE 'TGR' IS IMPORTANT SO DON'T LEAVE IT OUT! WE ALSO REQUIRE PD SO IF YOU FEEL LIKE HELPING US OUT AND SENDING SOME, PLEASE DO! SERENADE MEMBER LIST IS FLINTSTONE (PD SUPPLIER, DISTRIBUTOR, OCCASIONAL PACK, CRAP TEAM SUPPORTING (EVERTON!)) MASS DEPORTER (PD BUYER!, LITTLE DISTRIBUTING, PACKING, DISK COMPILING, GREAT TEAM SUPPORTING (MANCHESTER UNITED!)). YOU CAN ALSO BLAME ME FOR ALL THESE RE-RELEASES SEEING AS I'M THE DISK COMPILER! WELL, I THINK THAT'S IT SO GREETINX TO FLINTSTONE SPIKE MAC SYS DATA DEN.H PURE ENERGY RAY BILL ALSO WARMEST REGARDS TO ALL PD COMPILATION CREATORS (LET ME KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING SECOND BEST! HA! HA!). BYE BYE! MASS DEPORTER
NOT ANOTHER RE-RELEASED MENU! WHY? WELL, I NOW KNOW HOW TO PACK THE MAIN FILE OF STAC'ED ADVENTURES SO I THOUGHT IT'D BE WORTH REDOING THIS MENU BECAUSE I SAVED QUITE A LOT OF SPACE BY DOING THIS AND ALSO REPACKING A FEW OTHER THINGS WITH 'SPEED PACKER 3'. IT REALLY IS AN EXCELLENT PACKER AND IN MANY CASES EVEN BEATS ATOMIK 3.5! IF YOU WANT A COPY OF THIS PACKER THEN I SUGGEST YOU GET HOLD OF ADRENALIN PD DISK 6 AS IT'S ON THERE! AS YOU CAN SEE (IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE ORIGINAL MENU 4!) I HAVE REPLACED THE LAST TWO TITLES (NOVA AND DOWNFALL) WITH TWO GAMES THAT USE THE SPACE BETTER! NOVA AND DOWNFALL WILL PROBABLY RE-APPEAR ON A FUTURE MENU! I'VE ALSO ADDED TRAINER OPTIONS TO 'WORMHOLE 1' AND 'DUCK DASH'. TO ENABLE THE CHEAT IN 'ROBOTZ' SIMPLY TYPE IN 'BERT PRESLEY' ON THE TITLE SCREEN! I'LL ALSO BE RE-RELEASING DISK 3 SOON AS I'VE REPACKED THE SLIDESHOW USING THE PACK PIC ALGORITHM INCLUDED IN SPEED PACKER 3 AND THE SAVING WAS QUITE SURPRISING. OF COURSE I'VE ALSO FULLY PACKED 'COPING WITH DEATH' AND 'PRENSORIUM' IS NOW LINKED AND ALSO HAS A TRAINER OPTION. JUST GOTTA FILL THE DISK NOW! DOCS FOR A COUPLE OF FILES ON THIS DISK ARE ON SERENADE PD DISK 5. I HOPE YOU THINK IT'S BEEN WORTHWHILE ME RE-DOING DISKS 3 AND 4. I'LL BE MAD IF YOU DON'T THINK IT HAS BEEN! TTFN! MASS DEPORTER
GREETINX ALL AND WELCOME TO MENU 5 FROM SERENADE. CREDITS FOR THIS MENU... MENU CODED BY MAC SYS DATA OF POV PICTURE DIGITISED BY SPIKE OF GPS MUSIC BY BIG ALEC (LIFTED FROM THE BUDGIE GAME 'MATCH IT' BY MASS DEPORTER) FONT BY SIGNET OF X-STATIC DISK COMPILED BY MASS DEPORTER I HOPE THAT'S THE LOT! ANYWAY, MASS DEPORTER HERE BUT I'D BETTER WATCH IT AS I'VE NOT GOT THAT MUCH SPACE LEFT. JUST GOTTA HAVE THE USUAL RAMBLE! WELL, I THINK ADRENALIN HAVE ALREADY DONE SOME (MOST?) OF THE STUFF ON THIS DISK SO APOLOGIES FOR THAT. IN FACT, I STOLE 'FLOYD THE DROID ON THE RUN' FROM THEIR 4TH PD DISK BUT NOW IT'S LINKED, PACKED AND TRAINED! MY TRAINER ON 'MAD' WILL ONLY GIVE YOU INFINITE LIVES. I COULDN'T MAKE IT TOO EASY FOR YOU COULD I? AHEM! QUICK! BEFORE I FORGET! YOU CAN PRESS ZERO TO CHANGE THE HERTZ RATE ON ALL SERENADE MENUS! I ALWAYS FORGET TO MENTION IT AND I NEVER PUT IT IN THE PIC SO TAKE NOTE! THE 1 MEG VERSION OF 'LLAMATRON' WILL APPEAR ON THE NEXT MENU ALONG WITH SOME OTHER 1 MEG ONLY STUFF! MOST PEOPLE SHOULD REALLY HAVE 1 MEG ANYWAY BUT WHEREVER POSSIBLE WE'LL BE KEEPING THE 1 MEG PROGRAMS APART FROM THE 512K STUFF TO MAKE SURE ALL USERS CAN GET THE MOST OUT OF THE MENUS. THEN, IF YOU HAVE ONLY 512K, THERE'LL BE NO NEED TO KEEP THE 1 MEG SPECIFIC MENUS. WELL, I THINK I'LL SEND THE CUSTOMARY GREETINX AND THEN I'LL BE OFF. GREETINX TO MAC SYS DATA (TA FOR THE SOURCE), SPIKE (TA FOR THE PICCIE - GONNA DO SOME MORE?), FLINTSTONE (THE OTHER MEMBER OF SERENADE), DEN.H (SAY HI TO KEN FOR ME), THE PHILOSOPHICAL PHANTOM (GONNA WRITE SOON?) AND RAY. ANYONE WHO READ THE SCROLL ON THE LAST MENU MAY BE WONDERING WHERE THE PICTURE OF GOD IS? WELL, I SENT SOME STUFF UP TO SPIKE BUT IT DIDN'T DIGITISE VERY WELL SO YOU'LL HAVE TO LOOK ELSEWHERE IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORRISSEY ON YOUR ST! SPIKE'S BEST BITS OF DIGITISING ARE DEFINITELY FROM A TV SOURCE (AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS AND THE LAST MENU) SO HOPEFULLY HE'LL DO SOME MORE SOON. ANYONE OUT THERE FANCY DRAWING US A LOGO? I AM BOBBINS AT DRAWING (SARCY VOICE: YOU DON'T SAY) SO IT'S NOT QUITE UP MY STREET. ANYWAY, IF YOU CAN THEN PLEASE SEND IT TO THE USUAL ADDRESS AND WE'LL PUT YOU ON OUR ELITE GREETINX LIST (ONLY PERSONAL FRIENDS OF SERENADE ARE ALLOWED ON THIS LIST). I SHOULD BE SAYING SOMETHING WITTY AFTER THAT SHOULDN'T I? WELL, THAT'S REALLY IT. HOPEFULLY FLINTSTONE WILL BE THE ONE BORING YOU ON THE NEXT SCROLLTEXT!
Notes: Penguin doesn't work with TOS 1.62.
HELLO ONCE AGAIN AND WELCOME TO MENU 8 FROM SERENADE. FIRSTLY, THE REALLY IMPORTANT BITS: ALL FILES REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE MEG OF MEMORY AND 'H MEC II' WILL ONLY RUN ON AN STE (AND FALCON APPARENTLY). SORRY ABOUT 'THE LAST ARCADIAN' BEING ONE MEG ONLY BUT IF YOU'VE GOT ONE MEG THEN IT DOESN'T MATTER DOES IT?! (FIGURE THAT OUT!) NOW THE CREDITS... MENU CODED BY MAC SYS DATA OF POV MUSIC BY DAVID WHITTAKER (IT'S FROM 'XENON 2') - WHAT A MUCHO COOL TUNE! I DON'T KNOW WHO DID THIS FONT BUT IT SAYS IT'S FROM THE 'OOH CRICKEY WHAT A SCORCHER DEMO'. I MESSED AROUND WITH THE COLOURS A BIT! THE PICTURE IS BY ME AND USES VARIOUS GRAPHICS FROM THE PSYGNOSIS GAME 'AWESOME'. I LIKE IT! FLINTSTONE SHOULD REALLY BE WRITING THIS SCROLLER BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO DO ONE YET! SO, IT APPEARS YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE USUAL DRIVEL FROM ME A WHILE LONGER! THIS IS OUR THIRD ONE MEG ONLY DISK 'ON THE BOUNCE' AND WE HAVE SOME MORE ONE MEG FILES COMING SOON! HOPEFULLY THE NEXT DISK WILL BE FULLY 512K COMPATIBLE! I THINK OUR PRODUCTIVITY RATE IS RATHER HIGH AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE PD WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU THESE DISKS. IF YOU SUPPLY SOME PD TO US THEN WE'LL KEEP GOING FOR QUITE A WHILE YET! LOOK IN EARLIER SERENADE DISKS FOR OUR ADDRESS. THANX TO RAY FOR SUPPLYING 'GRANDAD' AND PURE ENERGY FOR 'H MEC II' AND 'SLUG'. GREETINX TIME! HI TO MAC SYS DATA, FLINTSTONE, SPIKE, PURE ENERGY, DEN.H, RAY, THE PHILOSOPHICAL PHANTOM AND ALL OTHER FRIENDS OF SERENADE! COMING SOON WILL BE A COMPLETE DIRECTORY OF ALL THE SERENADE MENUS AND WHICH FILE GOES TO WHAT BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ASKED FOR. I JUST HOPE I REMEMBER THEM ALL! YO ADRENALIN! WHY IS THERE A 'HMEC.GFA' FILE ON YOUR 9TH PD DISK? IT ISN'T ON THE VERSION I RECEIVED AND SEEMS TO WORK FINE WITHOUT IT. ALSO, IT'S A BIT DANGEROUS PACKING HIGH SCORE FILES DON'T YOU THINK? ESPECIALLY ONES THAT ARE UPDATED. YOU'RE LUCKY THERE'S A COUPLE OF K FREE ON THE DISK! ANOTHER THING RE YOUR 9TH PD DISK - ARE YOU SURE 'OZONE 2' IS ALLOWED TO BE DISTRIBUTED? I'M SURE I REMEMBER READING SOMEWHERE THAT IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE FROM THE AUTHOR, BUT I MAY BE WRONG! NEVER THE LESS, 'OZONE 2' WILL NOT BE APPEARING ON A SERENADE DISK AND NEITHER WILL ANY OTHER RISKY TITLES. SERENADE MENUS: 100 PERCENT LEGAL, 100 PERCENT SAFE. UNTIL NEXT TIME THIS IS MASS DEPORTER SAYING A RATHER LOUD WRAP!
WHAT, AM I ON? (COUGH!) WELCOME ALL TO MENU 9 FROM SERENADE AND AT LAST A 512K DISK! IT SEEMS QUITE A WHILE SINCE WE DID ONE OF THESE BUT IT CAN'T BE ALL THAT LONG, CAN IT? CREDITS... CODING BY MAC SYS DATA OF PERSISTENCE OF VISION, MUSIC BY CHRISPY NOODLE OF THE BAD BREW CREW, FONT BY HARLEQUIN OF PURE ENERGY, DISK COMPILED BY MASS DEPORTER. I DUNNO WHO DID THIS RATHER GREAT PICTURE BUT I GOT IT FROM AN L.A.P.D. DISK (IT'S OBVIOUSLY SCANNED/DIGITISED). BET YOU CAN'T GUESS WHO DID THE CRAP BITS? HA! I SHOULDN'T LAUGH REALLY BUT MY PATHETIC ATTEMPTS AT ART ARE WORTH NOTHING MORE! SO, IF YOU'VE DRAWN A DECENT PIC AND WOULDN'T MIND US USING IT - SEND IT! I CAN'T PROMISE YOU MASS PUBLICITY OR FAME BUT YOU KNOW YOUR PICCIE WILL BE APPRECIATED! WELL, THAT'S ALL FROM ME (MASS DEPORTER) AS I'M PASSING THE SCROLL OVER TO FLINTSTONE. I MAY REAPPEAR AT THE END SO MAKE SURE YOU READ IT ALL! AND NOW, THE MAN HIMSELF... HI ALL. FLINTSTONE HERE JUST LIKE TO SAY GREETINX TO YA ALL. HOPE YOU ARE ALL ENJOYING THE SERENADE DISKS. WELL MY TASK IS TO DISTRIBUTE ALL SERENADE MENUS. ALSO PACKING OF SOME FILES. IF YOU HAVE ANY PD PROGRAMS THEN PLEASE SEND THEM TO SERENADE IT WILL BE WELL APPRECIATED. AND YOU WILL BE CREDITED WITH THE SUPPLY. NOW A FEW SPECIAL GREETINX TO DEN H SPIKE THE FAN SPITE. ANYWAY ENOUGH OF ME RAMBLING ON. I'LL PASS YOU BACK TO MASS DEPORTER UNTIL THE NEXT TIME BYEEEE.....FLINTSTONE.......... AND THERE I WAS PREDICTING A LONG SCROLL! NOW, THAT HAS LEFT A PROBLEM HASN'T IT? JUST WHAT THE HELL CAN I WAFFLE ABOUT NOW? OH YES! SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR ONCE! SERENADE PD DISK 6 HAS BEEN RE-RELEASED AS 'HAC MAN II' WAS MUCHO BUGGED. YES, MY FAULT ENTIRELY SO PLEASE FORGIVE! I ONLY CAME ACROSS THE PROBLEM WHEN I ADDED A TRAINER (WHICH I'VE INCLUDED ON THE RE-RELEASE). I'LL DO MY BEST TO ADD A TRAINER TO ALL OUR GAMES BUT SEEING AS I'M ONLY A CRAPPY 2-BIT HACKER IT WON'T ALWAYS BE POSSIBLE! LOOK AT 'VIOLENCE' ON THIS DISK FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE! A TRAINER WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE BUT I JUST COULDN'T DO IT! OK, I'LL END IT ALL NOW WITH SOME GREETINX. HI TO MAC SYS DATA, SPIKE, RAY, BILL, THE PHILOSOPHICAL PHANTOM, PURE ENERGY AND ANYONE FORGOTTEN! I NEVER SEND GREETINX TO RESPECTED PEOPLE ON THE ATARI 8-BIT SO I'LL TAKE THE OPPURTUNITY TO DO IT NOW! GREETZ TO: WORLD FEDERATION OF MAD HACKERS (ESP. MAGNUS AND THORGAL) THE HIGH-TECH TEAM (ESP. FRANKENSTEIN, SOLARSYSTEMS AND THE DDT-CREW) SSMB (ESP. SPIDER MAN AND B.K.) THE GERMAN CHAOTICS ASCS (ESP. THE GATEKEEPER) TURKISH ATARI CODING FREAKS (ESP. DETAIL) TRON THE BURTON BANDIT KEN.H TOMO TWAUG MR.BACARDI AURA (ESP. JOHN E. (THE ERASURE B-SIDE FANATIC) AND ALIAS MAXIMUS) LIVINGSTON PIRATE SQUAD LASER TORPEDO MOONRAKER HUREK CHIP SPECIAL SOFTWARE COPY CREW AMSTERDAM GONZO WOSFILM POKEY SOFT BEWESOFT AND ALL OTHERS MOMENTARILY FORGOTTEN! WRAP!
ANOTHER DUNCES CAP INDUCED RE-RELEASE! BUT, THIS DISK IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL MENU 10 AS 'WALLS OF ILLUSION' IS NOW IN ENGLISH! 'WALLS OF ILLUSION' IS ONE MEG ONLY, THE OTHERS WILL WORK IN HALF MEG. MENU CODED BY SPACEMAN SPIFF, MUSIX BY COUNT ZERO (RIPPED BY MASS DEPORTER), PICTURE IS YET ANOTHER FROM A TRONIC OF EFFECT GIF COLLECTION. COOL PICTURE HUH? IT REMINDS ME OF THE COVER FROM A FIGHTING FANTASY BOOK CALLED 'TALISMAN OF DEATH' - VERY SIMILAR INDEED! TAKE NOTICE OF THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO YOU WHEN YOU LOAD 'HERO' ELSE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PLAY IT! THIS DISK IS AN ADVENTURER'S DELIGHT! WE'VE GOT THE BRILLIANT 'WALLS OF ILLUSION' AND 'HERO' WHICH ARE MORE ROLE PLAYING GAMES THAN ADVENTURES, BUT TRADITIONAL ADVENTURES ARE HERE IN THE GUISE OF 'CITY OUT OF BOUNDS' (VERY INFOCOM LIKE) AND THE TWO STAC EFFORTS. AH WELL, I'LL HAVE TO CALL IT A DAY AS 'BLACKADDER THE THIRD' IS ON SOON AND IT'S JUST SO BRILLIANT. BRITAIN HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE BEST COMEDY SERIES IN THE WORLD: BLACKADDER, THE YOUNG ONES, RED DWARF, ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES, ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE. NEED I GO ON? THE ONLY AMERICAN PRODUCTIONS THAT CAN HOLD A LIGHT TO THESE ARE 'THE SIMPSONS' AND 'MARRIED WITH CHILDREN'. BYE BYE! MASS DEPORTER OF SERENADE
HELLO ONCE AGAIN AND WELCOME TO MENU 11 FROM SERENADE. MENU CODED BY MAC SYS DATA OF POV. I DON'T KNOW WHO DID THE REST. I RIPPED THIS MUSIX FROM AN X-STATIC MENU AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I GOT THIS FONT FROM (HE SAYS INNOCENTLY). NOW SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING 'INVESTIGATION'. THIS GAME HAS NOW BEEN FULLY PACKED AND IS ON ONE DISK SO IGNORE THE PROMPT TO INSERT DISK 2. ALSO, I'LL FILL THE DISK UP WITH FALSE SAVES FOR THIS GAME SO IF YOU NEED TO SAVE YOUR POSITION USE ONE OF THESE. THE SAVE GAME DATA SHOULDN'T USE MORE THAN ONE CLUSTER AT ANY TIME SO EVERYTHING SHOULD BE SAFE. I HOPE YOU REALISE HOW MUCH EFFORT WENT INTO PACKING 'INVESTIGATION'. IMAGINE PACKING AROUND 90 FILES AND HAVING TO CHANGE THE OFFSET DATA FOR EACH ONE! WELL, THAT'S WHAT I DID AND IT TOOK QUITE A LONG TIME. I KNOW, YOU DON'T CARE! I TOOK THE OPPURTUNITY TO GET RID OF SOME MORE STOS STUFF ALONG WITH 'INVESTIGATION'. THE FILES NOW 'SHARE' A FEW OF THE FILES IN THE STOS FOLDER SO THE FILES DON'T SEEM AS LONG! 'SLIDER' WOULDN'T BE VERY ECONOMICAL ON A MENU ON ITS OWN BUT BECAUSE THE FILES IT USES IN THE STOS FOLDER ARE ALREADY BEING USED BY THE OTHER PROGRAMS IT MEANS I ONLY HAVE TO HAVE THE LOADER AND STOS BASIC FILE FOR THIS GAME. THANX TO FLINTSTONE FOR 'ASTEROIDS'. I BOUGHT THE REST MYSELF FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PD LIBRARIES. DO YOU LIKE THIS PICTURE? THE BITS I'VE ADDED DON'T SEEM THAT RUBBISH DO THEY? I DIDN'T DRAW THE PICTURE BUT I HAVE NAMED IT 'NATURE'S ARMAGEDDON'. YES, I HAVEN'T A CLUE WHAT THAT MEANS ALSO! WITH PACKING THE STOS FILES ON THIS DISK I HAVE GOTTEN AN INSIGHT INTO HOW 'SPEED PACKER 3' WORKS. IT'S A BIT FIDDLY AT TIMES AND IT'S A PITY THE OFFSET FUNCTION DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO JUST ENTER 'REST' INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GET ALL THE NUMBERS TO ADD UP CORRECTLY AFTER THE INITIAL OFFSET HAS BEEN BYPASSED. I NOW HAVE ADRENALIN PD DISKS 1-10 AND THERE REALLY IS SOME GOOD STUFF ON THERE! I'D GET HOLD OF THEM IF YOU CAN! THERE IS QUITE A LOT OF CLASHING WITH FILES ON ADRENALIN MENUS AND OURS BUT THIS CAN'T BE HELPED. IF I WAS YOU I'D COLLECT ALL THE SERENADE MENUS AND ALL THE ADRENALIN MENUS TOO. THEN, YOU'LL GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. OR SOMETHING. IF YOU HAVE ANY PD TO SEND US THEN IT WOULD BE GRATELFULLY RECEIVED. PLEASE! DON'T BE SHY! I AM EXTREMELY APPROACHABLE AND I'VE BEEN SCANNED FOR ALL KNOWN DISEASES! RIGHT, GOT YOUR PEN? NO? WELL GO AND GET IT THEN! IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE PD FILE THEN IT'D BE MORE THAN WE'VE BEEN SENT AT THE MOMENT SO GET SCRIBBLING THIS ADDRESS: TGR, 17 LITTON BANK, GAMESLEY, GLOSSOP, SK13 9HF. NEARLY WRAP TIME SO FIRST GREETINX TO: MAC SYS DATA FLINTSTONE SPIKE PURE ENERGY RAY BILL DEN.H I DON'T KNOW ANYONE ELSE! BEFORE I DO GO A RATHER LARGE MUSICAL GREETINX TO THE SMITHS! THE CD 'THE WORLD WON'T LISTEN' IS PLAYING AS I TYPE AND THE SONG I'M HEARING IS 'PANIC' (HANG THE DJ!). WAIT, IT'S JUST COMING TO AN END AND NOW 'ASK' HAS STARTED (SHYNESS IS NICE AND SHYNESS CAN STOP YOU FROM DOING ALL THE THINGS IN LIFE YOU'D LIKE TOO. SO, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO TRY, ASK ME, I WON'T SAY NO - HOW COULD I?) GOT A BIT CARRIED AWAY THERE! ACTUALLY THE BEST LINES IN THE SONG ARE 'SPENDING WARM SUMMER DAYS INDOORS, WRITING FRIGHTENING VERSE TO A BUCK-TOOTHED GIRL IN LUXEMBOURG'. EXCELLENT! 'TIL NEXT TIME... MASS DEPORTER
GREETINX ALL AND WELCOME TO SERENADE PD DISK 13 - THE ADVENTURE DISK! I USUALLY STICK AN ADVENTURE ON A DISK WITH SOME OTHER ARCADE STYLE GAMES BUT I THOUGHT 'WHAT IF THE USER DOESN'T LIKE ADVENTURES?' AND THAT'S WHY THIS DISK WAS BORN! IF YOU DON'T LIKE ADVENTURES YOU CAN SIMPLY FORMAT OVER IT! WOW, AM I USER-FRIENDLY OR WHAT? THE DOC FILE ON THIS DISK ALSO CONTAINS THE COMPLETE SOLUTION TO 'DUNGEON MASTER'. THANX TO ST FORMAT FOR IT! OH YES, THE LOADING OF EACH FILE WILL SEEM A LITTLE STRANGE AND DIFFERENT BUT AT LEAST NOW ALL ADVENTURES RUN FROM THE MENU! CREDITS! MENU CODED BY MAC SYS DATA PICTURE BY FLINTSTONE MUSIX BY LAP MUSIX RIPPED FROM THE TSB VIRUS KILLER BY MASS DEPORTER I DON'T KNOW WHO DID THIS FONT BUT THANX ANYWAY! I ORIGINALLY HACKED THIS MUSIX BY LOOKING THROUGH THE TSB VIRUS KILLER SOURCE AND SAVING THE BIT I THOUGHT WAS THE MUSIX. FINDING THE START IS RATHER SIMPLE BUT FINDING THE END IS QUITE DIFFICULT (FOR ME ANYWAY). ANYHOW, I NOTICED SOME BYTES THAT LOOKED RATHER LIKE COLOUR DATA FOR A DEGAS PIC AND FOLLOWING THAT THE DATA SEEMED VERY FONT-LIKE SO I DECIDED THAT THE FIRST BYTE OF THE DEGAS COLOUR DATA WOULD BECOME THE LAST BYTE OF THE MUSIX. I DUMPED THE MUSIX AND CHECKED ITS LENGTH. IT WAS AROUND 3300 BYTES WHICH WASN'T LONG AT ALL. I DECIDED TO HAVE A GO AT IT WITH THE ADRENALINE RIPPER WHICH FOUND THE MUSIX BUT DUMPED IT OUT USING AROUND 5K MORE THAN MY HACK. THUS, I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED. I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE LAME MUSIX ON A MENU WHICH WASN'T HACKED PROPERLY SO I DECIDED TO LISTEN TO EACH ONE. IN THE END I COULD TELL NO DIFFERENCE AND DECIDED TO TRUST MYSELF A LITTLE MORE. THE MUSIX YOU ARE LISTENING TO IS -MY- VERSION. IF IT'S KNACKED OR LAME I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY! AND I EXTEND MY APOLOGIES TO THE CREATOR. HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S FINE AND MY CONFIDENCE IS GROWING! I'M LEARNING MORE EACH DAY AND ALTHOUGH AT THE MOMENT THE BEST I COULD CODE IS A NON SCROLL MENU, I'M POSITIVE I'LL GET THERE IN THE END. I THINK NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO THANK MAC SYS DATA FOR ALL HIS HELP AND ADVICE. THANX FOR TAKING THE TIME TO EXPLAIN THINGS TO ME! IT'S APPRECIATED! ALSO, I'M ADVANCING IN PACKING AND AS YOU'LL SEE IF YOU LOAD AN ADVENTURE ON THIS DISK, THEY'RE FULLY PACKED. I'VE NEVER SEEN THE LNK FILE OF A STAC ADVENTURE PACKED BEFORE SO I MAY BE THE FIRST ONE TO DO IT. MAYBE NOT OF ALL TIME BUT I'VE GOT A GOOD CHANCE IN THE PD STAKES AS 'NIGHT ON THE TOWN' IS ON AN EARLY ADRENALIN PD DISK AND THE LNK FILE ISN'T PACKED AT ALL! YO ADRENALIN! THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 12! I MEAN, I CALL MYSELF A CRAPPY 2-BIT HACKER AND I AM BUT I HAD TO FIND OUT THE OFFSETS OF ALL STAC LNK FILES, STOS BAS FILES AND STOS MBK FILES BY MYSELF AND I DID IT WITHOUT ANYONE TELLING ME THE OFFSETS SO I AM PROUD OF MY ACHIEVEMENTS. AQUILLA PD HAVE LET ME DOWN A LITTLE. I DON'T WANT TO SLATE A PD LIBRARY BUT I THINK THE EVIDENCE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. BEFORE CHRISTMAS (7TH DEC 1993) I SENT THEM MY FIRST ORDER FOR PD DISKS. I RECEIVED NOTHING. EXACTLY A MONTH LATER I SENT THEM A LETTER EXPLAINING WHAT HAD HAPPENED. AGAIN, NOTHING. FEB 14TH 1994 I SENT THEM ANOTHER LETTER EXPLAINING THAT I HADN'T RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF REPLY FROM MY PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE. TODAY IS THE 1ST OF MARCH AND I HAVE STILL RECEIVED NOTHING. A MAJOR PITY. THE POSTAL ORDER WAS ONLY FOR 7 POUNDS BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE POINT. AQUILLA LET ME DOWN SO THEY DON'T GO ON MY LIST OF RECOMMENDED PD LIBRARIES AT ALL! WAFFLE, WAFFLE. I'VE REALLY GONE ON A BIT HAVEN'T I? I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE PICTURES IN AGES. IN FACT, THE LAST FILM I SAW AT THE CINEMA WAS 'NIGHT BREED'! AND BEFORE THAT IT WAS 'WILT'! I'D LIKE TO START GOING AGAIN THOUGH. THERE'S SOME GOOD LOOKING FILMS AROUND LIKE WAYNE'S WORLD 2, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, SCHINDLER'S LIST AND PHILADELPHIA. ONE FILM I DEFINITELY WON'T BE GOING TO SEE IS 'IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER'. I SAW THE ADVERT FOR IT AND THE VOICE OVER SAID SOMETHING LIKE (NOT A QUOTE) 'FROM A GOVERNMENT WHO KNEW THEY WERE INNOCENT'. WHAT?! OK, IT WAS A TERRIBLE MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE BUT THEY MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT WAS IN ON IT! RIGHT, GOTTA GO NOW AS PRISONER CELL BLOCK H IS ON SOON! TTFN! MASS DEPORTER OF SERENADE
HI AND WELCOME TO MENU 14 FROM SERENADE. MENU CODED BY MAC SYS DATA OF POV MUSIX BY BIG ALEC. FIRSTLY, THANX TO FRASER AT A.U.G. (SCOTLAND) FOR ZEDONOID, SPIKE OF GPS FOR FMC TRADING AND FLINTSTONE FOR ST VEGAS. IN FMC TRADING, YOU MAY SAVE YOUR GAME DATA TO THIS DISK. THIS MENU WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR PURE ENERGY BUT MAC SYS DATA (BEING THE NICE CHAP HE IS) KINDLY SENT ME THE SOURCE TO ABUSE! AND ABUSED IT IS! EVERYTHING ON THIS DISK WAS PACKED BY ME, OK?! WHEREVER POSSIBLE I'VE GIVEN MYSELF THE CREDIT BUT SPACE IS SHORT SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO JUST STICK IN A LOADER WITH CREDITS. WOW, EGOTISTICAL BUGGER EH? ONE QUESTION BEFORE I GO. HOW COME BJORK SOMETIMES LOOKS SO HEART ACHINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND OTHER TIMES LOOKS A PROPER DOG? IT'S BAFFLED ME FOR AGES. SHE DID LOOK RATHER TASTY AT THE RECENT BRIT AWARDS THOUGH. BJORK: TASTY CHICK (SOMETIMES) WINONA RYDER: TASTY CHICK (ALWAYS) REB KEENE: TASTY CHICK (ALWAYS) IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO REB KEENE IS THEN YOU HAVE NO TV TASTE AT ALL! DUM DE DUM. I SUPPOSE I'D BETTER SEND THE GREETINX (ALTHOUGH, AS FAR AS I CAN SEE THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH!) GREETINX TO MAC SYS DATA FLINTSTONE SPIKE PURE ENERGY RAY BILL NIR AT ZNZ TTFN. MASS DEPORTER
THIS'LL HAVE TO BE QUICK. WELCOME TO MENU 15 FROM SERENADE. CHAOS REQUIRES ONE MEG OF MEMORY, THE OTHERS DON'T! CHAOS HAS BEEN ON THE CARDS FOR A LONG TIME AND THE DOCS FOR IT ARE WAY BACK ON DISK 6! IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO DEPACK BUT STICK WITH IT JUST TO LISTEN TO THE SAMPLES! AND WHY AM I SO BOBBINS AT CENTIPEDE? HUFF. MENU CODED BY MAC SYS DATA OF POV MUSIX BY JEDI PICTURE FROM THE GAME 'GODS' MUSIX RIPPED FROM ADRENALIN MENU 33 BY MASS DEPORTER. THIS FONT'S FROM A BBC MENU. EYE STRAIN OR WHAT?! NOW GO AWAY.
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SERENADE MENU 16 LIMPS ITS WAY ONTO YOUR SCREENS. I CAN HARDLY SEE PEOPLE RETAINING THIS MENU. IF I CAN'T SEE PEOPLE KEEPING THE MENU, WHY DID I DO IT? I DUNNO. NO, SERIOUSLY. THE ONLY THING I WON'T PUT ON SERENADE MENUS ARE DEMOS! ANYTHING ELSE HAS A POSSIBILITY OF APPEARING. IF YOU WANT DEMOS THEN CHECK OUT THE POV MENUS, YOU'LL FIND ENOUGH THERE. MENU CODED BY MAC SYS DATA PICTURE FROM 'DARKMAN' MUSIX FROM THE A1200 DEMO (RIPPED BY MASS DEPORTER) I DON'T KNOW WHO DID THIS FONT OR THE MUSIX. TO SEE WHO'S CREATED THE MUSIX I USUALLY TAKE A PEEK AT THE MUSIX CODE AND IT TELLS YOU - BUT I'VE FOUND THIS TECHNIQUE TO BE DISASTROUSLY MISLEADING. YOU SEE, IN THE LAST SERENADE MENU I CLAIMED THE MUSIX ON IT WAS BY JEDI WHEN IN FACT IS IS BY EXCELLENCE IN ART. IT DOES ACTUALLY SAY THIS IN THE SCROLLER OF THE ADRENALIN MENU I RIPPED IT FROM (ALBEIT, A FAIR WAY IN) BUT THE SCROLL WAS JUST SO MIND-NUMBINGLY BORING THAT I COULDN'T READ IT. AH. HOW I WISH FOR THE ALIEN SCROLLS. THEY WERE NICE AND INTERESTING. APOLGIES TO DIVINE FOR SAYING HIS TEXT WAS BORING. DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY. MINE ARE TOO! ANOTHER PICTURE FROM A GAME I SEE. ACTUALLY, FLINTSTONE HAS DONE A PRETTY DECENT PICTURE BUT BECAUSE OF THE LOW-KEEP FACTOR THIS DISK WILL PRODUCE, I DECIDED TO USE IT ON THE NEXT MENU. SERENADE ONLY HAS TWO MEMBERS: FLINTSTONE AND MASS DEPORTER IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THEN GET IN TOUCH. IT'D BE COOL IF YOU LIVE IN THE GREATER MANCHESTER AREA AS THIS IS WHERE SERENADE'S HOME IS. ANYONE WHO WISHES TO JOIN MUST BE ABLE TO OFFER SOMETHING TO THE GROUP. WE NEED (BIG BREATH) CODERS PD SUPPLIERS PACKERS ARTISTS DISTRIBUTORS WE'VE A FAIR WAY TO GO YET BEFORE WE ACHIEVE THE FINAL TEAM! IF YOU DON'T WISH TO JOIN SERENADE BUT HAVE CODED A NICE MENU, DRAWN A NICE PIC OR HAVE SOME PD HANGING AROUND THEN STILL GET IN TOUCH AS WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET. WE ESPECIALLY NEED SOME DECENT GRAPHICS. I DON'T LIKE HAVING TO PINCH GRAPHICS FROM GAMES, BUT IT'S EITHER THAT OR HAVE A BLANK AREA ABOVE THIS SCROLL! ALSO ON THIS DISK IS THE FILE INFO I'VE BEEN PROMISING YOU FOR A WHILE. SEE! I DO KEEP MY PROMISES! EVENTUALLY. I'VE GOT ANOTHER SLIDESHOW IN THE WINGS. IT SHOWS THE INTRO FOR HALLOWEEN - YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT KID KILLS HIS SISTER! WHAT'S THE EVIL GUY'S NAME IN HALLOWEEN? IT'S NOT JASON, THAT'S FRIDAY THE 13TH. AH! MICHAEL MYERS. I REMEMBER AS HALLOWEEN 4 HAS HIS NAME IN THE TITLE! WOW, THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF GOOD HORROR FILMS LIKE HALLOWEEN, FRIDAY THE 13TH, THE EVIL DEAD AND LOTS OF OTHERS I CAN'T REMEMBER! I DO REMEMBER GETTING EVIL DEAD (THE ORIGINAL UNCUT VERSION) FROM OUR LOCAL PIRATED VIDEO STOCKIST AND ENJOYING IT SO MUCH MY DAD LET ME STAY OFF SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY SO I COULD WATCH IT AGAIN! IT HAD ANOTHER FILM ON THE TAPE CALLED FINAL EXAM BUT I DIDN'T WATCH THAT. STRANGE HOW YOU REMEMBER THESE THINGS INNIT? I MEAN, I MUST BE GOING BACK AROUND 10 YEARS! HANDS UP ALL THOSE THAT DIDN'T CRAP THEMSELVES AT THE END OF THE FIRST FRIDAY THE 13TH? YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE'S DREAMING OF BEING ON THAT BOAT AND EVERYTHING'S SO QUIET AND SERENE - THEN JASON JUMPS OUT OF THE WATER BEHIND HER! IT'S NOT THAT SCARY, IT JUST MAKES YOU JUMP. OH WELL, NOSTALGIA LESSON OVER. DOES THE BODY RULE THE MIND OR DOES THE MIND RULE THE BODY? MASS DEPORTER
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