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.
SERENADE PD DISK 68 (VERSION 2). RIGHT, THIS DISK WAS RE-DONE BECAUSE 'POWER-CUT' HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY FLOPPYSHOP'S LICENCEWARE SECTION SO THE PREVIOUS MENU 68 IS NO LONGER DISTRIBUTABLE. ANYWAY, THANX TO THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPLIED FILES ON THIS DISK: STELLAR PDL, POWER PDL AND BUN PDL. CREIDTS: MENU CODED BY SPACEMAN SPIFF, MUSIC BY TAO, PICTURE PORTED BY TRONIC, PICTURE SUPPLIED BY FLINTSTONE. WELL, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE I'VE DONE A MENU! I'LL HAVE TO PULL MY SOCKS UP AS I'M GETTING SOME GAMES IN FROM FLINTSTONE AND WE WANT TO GET THEM OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I AM WORKING ON A ONE DISK VERSION OF 'NISHIRAN' AND IT'S GOING QUITE WELL. WE MAY NOT FIT IT ON ONE DISK, BUT I GUARANTEE NOBODY WILL GET IT SMALLER THAN WE HAVE GOTTEN IT! ALSO, HOPEFULLY, WE'LL GET SOME MORE NEW STUFF IN SOON SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK MAY GO ON A SERENADE MENU THEN PLEASE SEND IT TO US AND HELP US TO CONTINUE TO BRING YOU THE BEST STUFF ON THE BEST COMPACTED PD DISKS! THE ADDRESS IS COMING UP SO GET A PEN READY! PLEASE WRITE TO: JOHN LIEVER, 6 RONALDSAY GARDENS, SALFORD, M5 2GX. ALL DISKS WILL BE RETURNED WITH A RECENT SERENADE MENU GRACING THEM! WELL, NUFFINK MUCH ELSE TO SAY EXCEPT LOOK OUT FOR THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF THE THRILLING SERENADE PD DISKS SAGA. COMING SOON TO AN ATARI ST NEAR YOU! MASS DEPORTER
SERENADE PD DISK 69 THIS DISK CONTAINS DEMOS OF TWO COMMERCIALLY RELEASED TITLES. I VOWED NEVER TO DO THIS, BUT JAMES AT POWER ASKED ME TO PUT THE 'HOLLYWOOD HUSTLER' DEMO ON A SERENADE MENU, SO I OBLIGED! IF, IN THE FUTURE, WE PUT ANY DEMOS OF COMMERCIALLY RELEASED TITLES ON OUR DISKS WE'LL TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT (LIKE THIS DISK) THEY'RE ALL PUT TOGETHER AS I CAN'T SEE THEM BEING TOO POPULAR. JAMES WAS ON THE 'PHONE EARLIER AND EVEN HE ADMITTED THIS DISK ISN'T MUCH KOP! STILL, IT'S DONE NOW AND IT REALLY DIDN'T NEED TOO MUCH WORK AS BOTH FILES WERE ALREADY PACKED SO THIS DISK WAS DONE QUITE QUICKLY. IN FACT, IT PROBABLY TOOK LONGER TO DO THE PICTURES THAN ANYTHING ELSE! 'TEAM' REQUIRES A ONE MEG STE - I THINK 'HOLLYWOOD HUSTLER' WILL RUN ON ANY ONE MEG MACHINE.
SERENADE PD DISK 70 WELL, WE'RE BACK AND AFTER THE RATHER PATHETIC MENU 69 WE PRESENT A DISK WHICH ISN'T -THAT- BAD. THE FIRST TWO HERE ARE PLAYABLE DEMOS WHILST THE OTHERS ARE COMPLETE IN THEMSELVES. I PUT 'GET GEMS' ON HERE BECAUSE IT'S A SIMILAR CONCEPT TO 'THE ORIGINAL' (IE: A BOULDERDASH RIP OFF) AND BECAUSE WE'RE IN SUCH A NOSTALGIC 8-BIT MOOD I PUT 'SEAWOLF' ON TO BRING BACK ALL THOSE MEMORIES. ALL THE GAMES EXCEPT 'GET GEMS' REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE MEG OF MEMORY! IF YOU ONLY HAVE HALF MEG THEN I CAN'T SEE YOU KEEPING THE DISK JUST FOR 'GET GEMS'. I KNOW IT'S A POOR GAME, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE TOO MUCH SPACE AND SHOULD BE OK FOR KIDS! THE DOCS FOR 'THE ORIGINAL' ARE NOT ON THE DISK, BUT THEY'LL BE ON THE NEXT ONE (ZIPPED PROBABLY). THE REASON I'VE LEFT THEM OUT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL IN GERMAN AND THE DOC DISPLAYER WE USE CANNOT HANDLE THE EUROPEAN CHARACTER SET. THIS MUSIC IS NICE ISN'T IT? WHILST CREATING THIS MENU I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO 'DEFINTELY MAYBE' BY OASIS WHICH I'VE JUST GOT INTO AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD. I'VE ALSO GOT 'MORNING GLORY' BUT I HAVEN'T LISTENED TO IT TOO MUCH. A GUY AT WORK IS GETTING ME INTO ALL THIS INDIE MUSIC SO SOON I'LL PROBABLY START SAYING OBSCURE THINGS AND DRIBBLING ON MY SHOES. IN FACT, HE TOLD ME AN EXTREMELY TASTY BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT SONYA (FROM ECHOBELLY) AND WHAT SHE GETS UP TO WITH AN ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH. I'VE SUDDENLY GONE ALL SHAKY! WELL, THANX TO FLINTSTONE FOR HIS PACKS FOR THIS DISK. I'VE GOT TO MENTION IT OR HE GETS ALL UPSET AND CLAIMS I DON'T GIVE HIM ENOUGH CREDIT (AS IF). PESTER YOUR SUPPLIER FOR THE LATEST SERENADE PD DISKS AND MODULE COMPILATION DISKS! PACKING AND COMPILATIONS THAT CANNOT BE BEATEN! TTFN. MASS DEPORTER
WELL, TWO MENUS IN AS MANY DAYS EH? IT'S NOT AS IF THEY WERE VERY HARD NOW IS IT? BOTH DISKS HAD A MAIN FILE AND JUST NEEDED TO HAVE THE EXTRA SPACE FILLED UP. I WAS IN TWO MINDS WHETHER TO ACTUALLY USE 'MEMORY RECALL' AS IT IS SO LONG. IN THE END I THOUGHT 'WHAT THE HECK' SO YOU GET THIS MENU. OUR NEXT DISK MAY BE ANOTHER TWO DISKER WITH 'NISHIRAN'. I KNOW THE OTHER CREW HAS DONE IT BUT WE'VE PACKED IT, OK? I WAS HOPING TO GET IT ONTO ONE DISK AND IN THE END I WAS ONLY AROUND 20K OUT (NO MENU OR DOCS THOUGH!) IT'S ON THE USUAL TWO DISKS NOW AND IT'S JUST CHOOSING WHAT TO GO ON WITH IT. I WAS HOPING TO PUT 'REALMS OF REALITY' ON (FLINTSTONE PACKED IT AND SENT IT TO ME) BUT THE DOCS SAY THE GAME MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED WITH ANYTHING ELSE ON THE DISK WITHOUT THE AUTHOR'S PERMISSION. I MAY WRITE AND ASK HIM IF WE CAN DO IT, BUT I'M SCARED HE'LL JUMP ON THE 'LET'S SLAG OFF THE COMPILATION CREWS' BANDWAGON, AND THAT WAGON SURE HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE ON IT! I'VE GOT SOME MORE OF TERRY KING'S 'SPRITE WORKS' GAMES HANGING AROUND SO I'LL USE THEM SPARINGLY OVER THE NEXT FEW MENUS. THE TWO ON THIS DISK AREN'T THAT BAD, AND SEEM TO BE GOOD EXAMPLES OF WHAT 'SPRITE WORKS' CAN DO. OK, SERENADE IS BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL MEMBERSHIP AS DEN.H HAS LEFT THE ST FOR THE PC. SO, WE ARE JUST TWO AGAIN: MASS DEPORTER AND FLINTSTONE. DON'T WORRY AS WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE CORE OF THE GROUP AND WE'VE GOT THROUGH 70 MENUS TOGETHER. MAYBE WE'LL GET THROUGH ANOTHER 70?! WE WAS HOPING TO WELCOME ANOTHER MEMBER BUT HE CAN'T GET HOLD OF AN ST AT THE MOMENT (WELL, FOR THE PRICE HE'S WILLING TO PAY - NOTHING!). THAT'S ALL FROM ME SO HERE'S A FEW GREETZ: FLINTSTONE RAY FLAVELL PAUL WOMAR TRONIC NMI JAMES/POWER PDL GARY/ASCIILUM PDL MARK/STELLAR PDL WOTSIT/LOCUTUS PDL KEITH/BUN PDL DARRAN TAPLIN AND I'M SURE I'VE FORGOTTEN SOME PEOPLE - APOLOGIES. SORRY TO MY CONTACTS WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING A WHILE FOR ME TO WRITE. ALL WORK AND NO TIME FOR PLAY MAKES JOHN A VERY DULL BOY. MASS DEPORTER
GREETZ ALL AND WELCOME TO SERENADE PD DISK 72 (A). FIRSTLY, THANX TO LOCUTUS PDL FOR THE 'H.E.R.O.' ZIP FILE AND THANX TO FLINTSTONE FOR PASSING IT ON. I DID MANAGE TO PACK A FEW OF THE DATA FILES, BUT MOST OF THEM HAD ALREADY BEEN PACKED SO WE HAVE GOT IT A LITTLE SMALLER, BUT NOT MUCH. WELL, HAVE YOU ALL SEEN INDUSTRIALLY SAFE DEMO DISK #23? IF NOT, TRY TO, BECAUSE WE GET A REAL SLATING! APPARENTLY, WE STEAL -ALL- THE STUFF WE PUT ON OUR MENUS! AND FLINTSTONE AND MYSELF ARE BORING TRAIN SPOTTER TYPES. I WAS GOING TO MENTION THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR SLAGGING BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM ANY PUBLICITY. OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE SO PATHETIC THAT THEIR ONLY HOPE OF RECOGNITION IS TO SLAG OFF THOSE THEY'RE JEALOUS OF! FIRSTLY, A FEW POINTERS FOR YOU. YOU SAY WE STEAL STUFF FOR OUR MENUS. THIS IS NOT TRUE! I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ONE OF YOUR MENUS AND THE ONLY RECENT GOLDEN DAWN MENU I HAVE IS THE BUDGIE ONE WITH 'MAKE A BREAK' ON IT (GOOD MENU). IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO STEAL 'HOOG' FROM YOU OR ANYONE ELSE. WE GOT 'HOOG' FROM MARK NOBES AT STELLAR AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE US, ASK HIM! ALSO, YOU SAY WE PUT STUFF ON OUR MENUS AFTER EVERYONE ELSE. WE KNOW WE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE SLOW RECENTLY, BUT SOME OF US HAVE TO WORK FOR A LIVING! ALSO, I'M NOT TOO WORRIED IF YOU GET THE STUFF OUT QUICKER BECAUSE YOU ARE NO COMPETITION AT ALL. BEFORE I SAW YOUR INTRO ON TRONIC'S COMPIL I HAD NEVER HEARD OF YOU AT ALL. NOT ONLY HAD I NEVER RECEIVED ONE OF YOUR COMPILS, I HADN'T SEEN YOUR MENUS ON ANYONE'S LIST. PLUS, 'JOUST' IS -NOT- PD! AND THE MUG U.K. PACKS AND LINKS YOU USED WERE ON ADRENALIN PD DISKS AROUND 2 YEARS AGO! AT LEAST WHEN WE USED THOSE FILES (ALL THOSE YEARS AGO) WE DID THE BUSINESS OURSELF! FINALLY, FOR YOU TO CALL FLINTSTONE BORING AND HAVING NO LIFE EXCEPT FOR HIS COMPUTERS IS UNFAIR AND VERY WRONG. YOU HAVE BASED YOUR ENTIRE OPINION OF HIM ON ONE INTERVIEW WHICH WAS WRITTEN WITH TONGUE FIRMLY IN CHEEK. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO SLAG US THEN DO SO; I DOUBT THIS SCROLL WILL CHANGE YOUR OPINION OF US AND I DON'T CARE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AS I WILL ONLY BE READING YOUR SCROLLS IF YOUR MENU APPEARS ON ONE OF TRONIC'S COMPILS (SOUNDS FAMILAIR EH?). ALSO, MOST OF US HAVE A DECENT UNDERSTANDING OF ENGLISH AND KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 'YOUR' AND 'YOU'RE' AND THOSE THAT SLAG US HAVE PUT 'YOUR' INSTEAD OF 'YOU'RE' IN THEIR SCROLLS SO IT'S NOT TOO HARD TO KNOW WHO IT ACTUALLY IS WHO'S SLAGGING US. TO SUM UP, IN THE WORDS OF MORRISSEY... IT'S REALLY LAUGHABLE. HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! TALKING OF MORRISSEY I WAS AT ANOTHER MORRISSEY NIGHT A FEW DAYS AGO. WHAT IT IS IS PURE MORRISSEY AND THE SMITHS MUSIC ALL NIGHT! IN OTHER WORDS: HEAVEN! UNFORTUNATELY, MY MATE DIDN'T FINISH WORK UNTIL 10PM SO WE DIDN'T GET IN UNTIL 11:30PM AND WE LEFT AT 2AM. I DIDN'T GET HOME UNTIL AFTER 3AM AND I HAD TO GET UP FOR WORK AT 7AM! I WASN'T SOBER BY THE MORNING AND AT THE NIGHT I SLEPT FOR 13 HOURS! STILL, I'D DO IT AGAIN! IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH MANCHESTER THEN VISIT 42ND STREET AND I MIGHT SEE YOU! I'LL BE THE ONE GOING JUST A LITTLE MAD TO 'COMMON PEOPLE'! TTFN AND TAKE CARE Y'ALL. IF, LIKE IT IS CLAIMED, NOBODY WANTS OUR MENUS AND NOBODY COPIES THEM THEN YOU WON'T BE READING THIS! MASS DEPORTER
Notes: have the disk but it's fully damaged. The game and the doc don't work at all.
Notes: have the disk, but it's damaged. Genocide isn't playable and the docs crash.
GREETINX ALL AND WELCOME TO SERENADE PD DISK 74. NOW, THE GAMES ON THIS DISK ARE DEMOS/UNFINISHED, BUT THEY ARE PLAYABLE SO IT'S NOT AN ENTIRE WASTE OF TIME! THOUGH, SAYING THAT, I THINK 'THE DUNGEON' -IS- JUST A DEMO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEEM TO DO MUCH EXCEPT WALK AROUND A BIT AND COME TO A FEW DEAD ENDS. IT ALSO SEEMS THAT THIS GAME WILL NOT GET DEVELOPED FURTHER (READ ITS DOCS) WHICH IS A PITY. WELL, IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT AND I'M A LITTLE DEPRESSED BECAUSE I'M WORKING TOMORROW. IT'LL PROBABLY ONLY BE FOR 4 HOURS BUT I LOSE MY LIE-IN! MY OVERTIME HOURS THIS WEEK WILL THEN EQUAL 12! I WORKED FROM 8-6.30 MON-THURS LAST WEEK AND 8-4.30 ON FRIDAY AND IT REALLY DID ME IN. I WOKE UP FRIDAY MORNING AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO TIRED! I REALLY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WORKING BUT I GOT UP, AND EARNED MY MONEY! FLINTSTONE RECKONS I'M A GRABBER FOR ALL THE OVERTIME I'M DOING, BUT CHRISTMAS IS COMING SO I NEED PLENTY OF CASH. I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT - GOING OUT WITH MY MATES AND HAVING A REAL GOOD TIME. BUT, THEN I REALISED, MY BEST MATE IS JOINING THE ARMY ON THE 10TH OF DECEMBER SO HE WON'T BE WITH US! THAT MADE THE PROSPECT OF CHRISTMAS A LITTLE BLEAKER, BUT I'LL TRY AND ENJOY MYSELF STILL! TIME TO WRAP THIS UP SO ENJOY OR DON'T. HOPE TO SEE YOU CAUGHT BENEATH THE LANDSLIDE IN A CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA IN THE SKY. MASS DEPORTER.
Notes: have the disk but Scary doesn't work.
GREETINX ALL AND WELCOME TO PD DISK 75 FROM SERENADE. THIS DISK IS SUBTITLED 'BUDGIE MENU MK II' AS ALL THE FILES ON THIS DISK WERE ORIGINALLY DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BUDGIE LICENCEWARE AGREEMENT. 'DOUGLAS ROCKMOOR' REQUIRES ONE MEG OF MEMORY. SOME OF THESE GAMES ARE RATHER OLD, BUT I THINK THIS DISK ISN'T THAT BAD. NO GAME STANDS OUT AS BEING TOO SPECIAL THOUGH, BUT I DO ENJOY 'IMPULSE'. THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF 'IMPULSE' ON THIS DISK: THE ORIGINAL AND A BETA TEST VERSION WHICH GIVES YOU A LITTLE MORE THAN THE FINISHED PRODUCT DOES. THIS COOL MENU WAS CODED BY SPACEMAN SPIFF AND THE PICTURE WAS DONE BY FLINTSTONE. I THINK THE PICTURE IS VERY NICE BUT I BELIEVE EVERYONE HAS USED THIS FONT FOR A LOGO AT SOME TIME! HOWEVER, CAN YOU BLAME US WHEN IT'S SO UTTERLY FANTASTIC?! THANX TO PAUL WOMAR, RAY FLAVELL AND LOCUTUS OF BORG FOR SUPPLYING THE FILES ON THIS DISK. SUCH NICE PEOPLE! IT'S SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS I TYPE SO IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE I'M GETTING READY TO HIT THE TOWN! A FEW OF US ARE GOING TO SEE A FILM (GOLDEN EYE) BEFORE POPPING INTO A CLUB AND CHILLING OUT (WHAT A STUPID THING TO SAY!). AND THIS TIME, IF THAT DJ DOESN'T PLAY 'KING OF THE KERB' BY ECHOBELLY THEN I MIGHT JUST KICK HIS FACE IN! 'COS I'M HARD, OK? WELL, HERE'S A SMALL LIST OF THE GAMES WHICH HAVE APPEARED ON OUR LAST 15 MENUS: 74: ASTEROIDIA, GENOCIDE, DR.NECRO, DANGIMERE MODULE II - THE DUNGEON 73: SQUARE OFF 72: H.E.R.O., NISHIRAN, FREAKED OUT 2 (2 DISKS) 71: MEMORY RECALL, BOMBS AWAY, GOIN' DOWN WITH THE CAPTAIN 70: THE ORIGINAL, TESSERA, GET GEMS, SEAWOLF 69: TEAM DEMO, HOLLYWOOD HUSTLER DEMO 68: HOOG, GRAVEYARD, BALLS UP, SEVEN GALAXIES, NUKLEAR, LORD RAMSEY IN THE 25TH CENTURY, HANG ABOUT, TUZZLE 67: 180, CANNONS, SCORCHED EARTH, PUZZMANIA, TETRIS, BYTEMAN, MEGA MEMORY, SLEUTH, JUST ANOTHER SILLY SPORTS SIM. 66: FRANTICK, ALIEN THING, NIRVANA, BREAKANOID, SOCCER MANAGEMENT SIM. (2 DISKS) 65: FOOTBALL GENIUS, CASTLE FRANKENSTEIN, SPRINGY THINGY, FLEAS, JET PAC, PACMAN ST, MATCH IT 64: ARMOURED OPERATION, IBS PEGASUS, KILLING TIME, SLEUTH 63: NOBI RACER, NOBI BRAINSTORM, MEGAROIDS, INFILTRATION, SUPER NOVA 62: MOBSTERS CITY, IMPERIAL CONQUEST 61: 'EE'S LOST HIS MARBLES, OPERATION BLUE SUNRISE 60: NO LIMIT 2, BATTLETRIS, MULTI PAKMAN, ASSAULT AND BATTERY, BOING, GOBBLIN' 4 AS ALWAYS, ANY OF OUR DISKS CAN BE ORDERED FROM THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS (PLEASE BE SURE TO ENCLOSE ENOUGH DISKS AND RETURN POSTAGE): JOHN LIEVER, 6 RONALDSAY GARDENS, SALFORD, M5 2GX. THAT'S ALL FOR NOW SO TTFN AND SEE YOU SOONISH. MASS DEPORTER
SERENADE PD DISK 76 HELLO AND WELCOME TO 1996! AYE, FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR AND THE SERENADE BANDWAGON CONTINUES ONWARDS. NOW, THANX TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE FOR SUPPLYING THE GAMES: PAUL WOMAR (TWOT TOT, MORPION, AXIS) VISION/NMI/WHATEVER (SKY DUEL, PIPETRIS) BUN PD (CYCLOTRON II) THE OTHER FILE (GUERROYER) WAS BOUGHT BY ME A LONG TIME AGO AND NOW NEW AGE PDL IS NO MORE, IS FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE LIKE THIS! ALSO, IT IS ONE MEG! NOW, THERE'S BEEN A BRIEF INTERLUDE SINCE I WROTE THE LAST BIT OF SCROLL. TWELVE DAYS TO BE PRECISE! SORRY, BUT I JUST HAVEN'T HAD ANY TIME FOR THE COMPUTER! JUST ASK ANY OF MY CONTACTS! FLINTSTONE'S BEEN WAITING FOR SERENADE MODULE DISKS 49 AND 50 FOR TWO WEEKS AND I DIDN'T SEND THEM BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEND HIM THIS AS WELL! HOPEFULLY, IT'LL BE FINISHED TONIGHT BUT I'VE ONLY GOT 10 MINUTES TO GET THIS WRITTEN, COMPILED, PACKED AND TESTED! YOU'LL NOTICE I'VE STUCK AN EX-BUDGIE TITLE ON THE DISK WHILST PREVIOUSLY I HAVE MADE 'ALL-BUDGIE' DISKS. THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE IS THAT WITH THE LACK OF NEW PD COMING OUT (WELL, COMING MY WAY!) I DECIDED IT WAS NO LONGER PRACTICAL TO WAIT FOR A DISK FULL OF BUDGIE STUFF. ANY BUDGIE STUFF I GET IN THE FUTURE WILL BE PUT ON WHATEVER DISK IT SEEMS TO GO WITH! I'M HOPING THE NEXT DISK WILL CONTAIN THE 'TOWER POWER' DATA DISK; HOPEFULLY TOTALLY INDEPENDENT FROM THE ORIGINAL VERSION (SO YOU DON'T NEED MENU 33!). WE'LL SEE. AGAIN, TIME IS SHORT AND I'VE ONLY GOT 7 MINUTES LEFT NOW! TTFN AND REMEMBER - ONLY SERENADE MAKE IT HAPPEN - ONLY SERENADE WANT IT TO HAPPEN. MASS DEPORTER OF SERENADE
SO THE STORY BEGINS... SERENADE PD DISK 77. MENU CODE AND GRAPHICS BY SPACEMAN SPIFF OF SERENADE. I THINK NOW WOULD BE A NICE TIME TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW MEMBERS: SPACEMAN SPIFF (WHO WILL CODE US SOME NICE MENUS) AND ALIAS MAXIMUS (WHO WILL WRITE SOME NICE ADVENTURES EXCLUSIVELY FOR SERENADE MENUS). NOT FORGETTING THE USUAL STALWARTS: MASS DEPORTER AND FLINTSTONE IT MAKES OUR MEMBER LIST A RATHER IMPRESSIVE 4. WELL, IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE EVERYONE IS DOING SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE FOR THE GROUP! SERENADE HAVE NO HANGERS ON! MUCHO THANX TO PAUL WOMAR AND BUN PDL FOR SUPPLYING MOST OF THE STUFF ON THIS MENU. 'DANGIMERE RPG' WAS ORIGINALLY ON 2 DISKS, BUT DUE TO THE UNBEATABLE COMPRESSION RATE THAT SERENADE GIVE YOU, IT IS NOW APPROXIMATELY HALF ITS ORIGINAL LENGTH. IF YOU'VE GOT SERENADE MENU 74 THEN YOU'LL SEE THIS PROGRAMS UNFINISHED SEQUEL. DOES IT MATTER HOW THEY APPEAR AS LONG AS THEY DO? I TRIED TO MAKE THIS DISK FOR 'THINKERS'. SO, I'VE PUT ADVENTURES AND STRATEGIC GAMES ON IT TO EXERCISE THE LITTLE GREY CELLS. WELL, APART FROM THE LAST ONE! BUT, I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE A CHANGE FROM THINKING AND JUST PLAY A NICE ARCADE GAME. NO, I LIE. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO PUT ON! I'D LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR HELPING ME COMPILE THIS MENU: OASIS BLUR BLACK GRAPE NORTHERN UPROAR HAPPY MONDAYS ALSO, PULP AND ECHOBELLY DESERVE A MENTION AS I'M GOING TO WATCH THEM BOTH IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS (ECHOBELLY ON THE 15TH FEB AND PULP ON THE 23RD) SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW THEY ARE. THE TIME IS NOW 10:24PM ON THE 11TH FEBRUARY 1996. I DON'T KNOW WHY I ACTUALLY BOTHERED TELLING YOU THAT, BUT I DID. AH WELL, IT SEEMS THE IRA ARE BACK TO THEIR MURDEROUS HABITS. FACE IT. IRELAND WILL NEVER BE UNITED UNLESS THE PEOPLE OF ULSTER WANT IT TO BE AND AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME THEY DON'T. TERRORISM WILL NEVER WIN DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF ONE COUNTRY'S GOVERNMENT BOWS TO TERRORISM IT'LL GIVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO ANY POXY 'MOVEMENT' TO GET SOME WEAPONS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THEIR OWN WAY. OH WELL, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE IRA ADMIT IT HAS NO CHANCE AND LEAVE INNOCENT PEOPLE ALONE. GIVE THEM CREDIT THOUGH. THE TWO PEOPLE THEY HAVE JUST MURDERED IN LONDON WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE NORTHERN IRELAND IS A PART OF THE UK, WEREN'T THEY? ALSO, TIM PARRY AND JONATHAN BALL MAY HAVE ONLY BEEN YOUNG CHILDREN BUT THEY OBVIOUSLY PLAYED A BIG PART IN STOPPING A UNITED IRELAND, DIDN'T THEY? I'M A BIT DEPRESSED NOW SO PRESS A KEY AND PLAY A GAME. TTFN. MASS DEPORTER OF SERENADE.
GREETINX ALL AND WELCOME TO SERENADE PD DISK... ER... YEP, THAT'S IT! WELCOME TO SERENADE PD DISK 78. ANOTHER BRILLIANT DISK BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE SERENADE GUYS. IT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU GO ALL STARRY-EYED, EH? AHEM! CHEESY, I KNOW, BUT NICE ENOUGH EFFECTS! MENU CODED BY MAC SYS DATA OF POV, MUSIC CREATOR UNKNOWN BUT THE TUNE IS CALLED 'SEX DWARF' AND I LOVE IT TO BITS! THE DOCS FOR 'DEADLAND' ARE IN THE ROOT DIRECTORY OF THE DISK AND NOT IN THE MAIN README FILE AS PER USUAL. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THIS, BUT IT WAS NECESSARY. WITH 'DEADLAND' YOU'LL NOTICE WE'VE MIXED UP THE ONE MEG AND HALF MEG GAMES AGAIN (FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MENU!) BUT IT'S GETTING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND STUFF FOR THE MENUS SO IF YOU'VE ONLY GOT HALF MEG THEN GET A BRAIN CELL OR GET AN UPGRADE. KEITH AT BUN PDL SENT ME SOME GOLDEN DAWN MENUS RECENTLY. I DON'T USUALLY LIKE RECEIVING THESE MENUS BECAUSE WE GET ACCUSED OF STEALING STUFF FROM THEM. BELIEVE IT OR NOT MY ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE GOLDEN DAWN CAN AT WORST BE DESCRIBED AS INDIFFERENT, BUT I'VE JUST GOT TO SAY THAT THIS GUMBO GILBERT GUY IS DESTROYING ANY RESPECTIBILITY THE GOLDEN DAWN HAD WITH ME. I HAVE SEEN TWO OF HIS DISKS WHERE HE HAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE STAC ADVENTURES ON THEM. FIRSTLY, THERE IS 'DEATH CAMP'. HE HAS PACKED THE PICTURE FILE AS A STANDALONE DATA FILE WHICH MOVES THE PICTURE HALFWAY ACROSS THE SCREEN! ON THE OTHER MENU HE HAS DONE THE SAME BUT LAMEST OF THE LAME HE HAS RUN BOTH STAC ADVENTURES ON THE DISK VIA THE AUTO FOLDER SO IT IS THEN IMPOSSIBLE TO SAVE YOUR POSITION IN THE GAME! ARGH! THE GOLDEN DAWN CAN ACCUSE ME OF STEALING 'DEATH CAMP' BECAUSE I'LL USE IT IN A FUTURE MENU. OF COURSE, YOU'LL SEE IT HOW THE AUTHOR INTENDED IT TO BE SEEN! GUMBO, FILES ON COMPILS SHOULD BE -EXACTLY- THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL VERSIONS AND YOUR PATHETIC PACKING MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THE AUTHOR HIMSELF HAS COCKED UP THE LOADING PICTURE! THIS IS NOT FAIR ON THE AUTHOR(S) SO SORT YOURSELF OUT OR STICK TO LEGAL TOOLS DISKS OR SOMETHING. THIS'LL PROBABLY BE TAKEN AS A DIRECT ATTACK OR SOMETHING FROM MYSELF, BUT I BELIEVE A KICK UP THE BACKSIDE WAS CALLED FOR IN THIS INSTANCE BECAUSE AS A LEADING COMPILATION CREW THE GOLDEN DAWN'S PRODUCTIONS HAVE AN IMPACT ON TO HOW THE ST PUBLIC SEE COMPILATION CREWS AS A WHOLE. THEIR COMPLACENCY COULD COST THE ST DEARLY. OUR MEMBER LIST IS: MASS DEPORTER FLINTSTONE SPACEMAN SPIFF ALIAS MAXIMUS THANX TO THE FOLLOWING FOR SUPPLYING THE FILES ON THIS DISK: LOCUTUS OF BORG PAUL WOMAR ASCIILUM PDL IT IS MUCHO APPRECIATED SIRS! WELL, GOOD DAY FOR MANCHESTER UNITED TODAY AS WE GIVE THE POORER SIDE OF MANCHESTER A GOOD HAMMERING. HAND ON HEART THOUGH, THE PENALTY DECISION WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT! IT WAS ALSO NICE TO SEE SALFORD KNOCK WIGAN OUT OF THE CUP RECENTLY! I REMEMBER SNEAKING IN TO SEE SALFORD WHEN I WAS ABOUT 15. IT'S THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER BEEN, BUT I QUITE ENJOYED IT. WELL, MY CD PLAYER HAS GONE QUIET SO I'M THINKING ABOUT PUTTING MORRISSEY BACK ON, OR MAYBE BLUR OR OASIS. NEARLY FORGOT! I SAW ECHOBELLY AT THE MANCHESTER ACADEMY ON THURSDAY AND THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! BELIEVE IT, SONYA MADAN LOOKED DEEP INTO MY EYES AND SAID 'JOHN, COME BACK STAGE AND I'M YOURS ALL NIGHT'. BUT, I'D BEEN WORKING ALL DAY AND I WAS REALLY TIRED SO I LET IT GO. SHE IS A DELIGHTFULLY TASTY BABE THOUGH AND SHE'S MUCH TALLER THAN I EXPECTED. I WAS STOOD AT THE FRONT ON THE BARRIERS, BUT TO THE LEFT. I'M GLAD I WAS ON THE FRINGE AND NOT IN THE MIDDLE AS IT GOT A LITTLE MAD! PULP ON FRIDAY! TTFN AND TAKE CARE Y'ALL. MASS DEPORTER
HELLO THERE AND WELCOME TO SERENADE PD DISK 79. MENU CODED BY GOR AND TUF, MUSIX BY COUNT ZERO, ADDITIONAL CODE (LOADER AND HERTZ CHANGE) IMPLIMENTED BY MASS DEPORTER (ROUTINES BY MAC SYS DATA). AS ALWAYS YOU CAN CHANGE THE HERTZ RATE BY PRESSING '0' (ZERO). WELL, I HAVEN'T USED THIS SOURCE FOR ALL OF 5 MENUS SO HERE YOU GO. PERSONALLY, I THINK IT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR A 'NO-PICCIE' SOURCE AS YOU GET A SCROLLING LINE TO HAVE A NICE LONG WAFFLE. LIKE IT SAYS 'ASTRO PANIC 94' WAS SPREAD OVER THREE DISKS AND I MANAGED TO GET IT ONTO ONE DISK AND ONLY LEAVE OUT ONE SAMPLE! BELIEVE ME, YOU'LL BE GLAD I DID BECAUSE IT WAS THE MAIN MENU SAMPLE AND EVERYTIME YOU VIEWED THE HIGH SCORE LIST IT LOADED IN AGAIN (OVER 200K UNPACKED!). THIS MAY BE FINE IF YOU'VE GOT A HARD DRIVE BUT FOR A NICE BASIC FLOPPY SYSTEM, IT WAS TOO MUCH. HOWEVER, THIS IS THE ONLY TIME YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY THIS GAME IN ITS (MINUS THE MISSING SAMPLE!) ENTIRTIY ON A NORMAL FLOPPY! BELIEVE ME, NONE OF THE OTHER CREWS WILL GIVE YOU SO MUCH WHICH ONLY LEAVES ME TO SAY THAT IT'S SUCH A SHAME THE GAME IS RATHER DISAPPOINTING! ALL THAT HARD WORK AND THE GAME IS PRETTY DIRE! ANYWAY, AS ALWAYS ITS UP TO YOUR GOOD SELF TO DECIDE WHETHER THIS DISK IS WORTH KEEPING OR NOT. I WENT TO BLACKPOOL AT THE WEEKEND FOR A DAY OUT WITH MY WORKMATES AND IT'S ONLY COME TO LIGHT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT I MADE A BIT OF A FOOL OF MYSELF BY STARTING ON ONE OF MY WORKMATES! IT'S QUITE STRANGE BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK I WAS THAT GONE BUT I CANNOT REMEMBER A THING ABOUT IT. IT SEEMS I HAD HIM UP AGAINST THE PIZZA HUT WINDOW BUT THAT IS NOT LIKE ME AT ALL. IT ONLY CAME UP TODAY BECAUSE THE GUY WHO DROVE US HAS BEEN OFF MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND I WAS TALKING TO HIM IN THE CANTEEN AND HE SAID HOW IT WAS STRANGE HOW I BECAME THE EXACT OPPOSITE TO WHAT I'M USUALLY LIKE AND HOW AGGRESSIVE I BECAME. APPARENTLY, WE WAS IN A PUB WATCHING MAN UNITED VERSUS CHELSEA (FA CUP SEMI-FINAL) AND WHEN CHELSEA SCORED I WENT A BIT MAD. SCREAMING OBSCENITIES AND THE LIKE ABOUT THAT DUTCH T**T BEING THREE YARDS OFFSIDE. I WAS SO ASHAMED! BUT MORE ABOUT COMING THE HEAVY WITH ONE OF MY WORKMATES - THAT IS JUST SUPREMEMLY SAD. ANYWAY, I THINK WE'VE PATCHED IT UP NOW AND THE GUY DIDN'T SEEM TO BE THAT BOTHERED ABOUT IT ANYWAY. I THINK I WAS MORE BOTHERED THAN HIM! ANYWAY, SERENADE ARE: MASS DEPORTER FLINTSTONE SPACEMAN SPIFF ALIAS MAXIMUS SEE YOU VERY SOOOOOOOOON.
GREETINX ALL AND WELCOME TO SERENADE PD DISK 80. MENU CODED BY MAC SYS DATA OF POV, MUSIX BY BIG ALEC, LOGO BY FLINTSTONE. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A CHANCE TO USE THIS LOGO FOR AGES! THANX TO PAUL WOMAR FOR SUPPLYING MOST OF THE FILES ON THIS DISK. I'VE BEEN RAIDING HIS CD'S QUITE A LOT RECENTLY AND BOTH 'TAKE TWO' AND 'ROBERT IN THE FIRE FACTORY' ARE FROM HIS COLLECTION. THE DOCS FOR THESE TWO GAMES ARE MOSTLY IN GERMAN AND YOU'LL FIND THEM IN A FOLDER CALLED 'DOC_GER'. YOU MAY KNOW BY NOW THAT THE DOC DISPLAYER WE USE CANNOT DEAL WITH THOSE FUNNY GERMAN CHARACTERS! BOTH 'TAKE TWO' AND 'ROBERT' HAVE BEEN ON RECENT GOLDEN DAWN MENUS BUT THIS CANNOT BE HELPED. THERE ARE REASONS FOR CHOOSING THIS MENU ABOVE THE GOLDEN DAWN ONES THOUGH! FIRSTLY, WE'VE PACKED 'ROBERT' AND THE GOLDEN DAWN HAVE KNACKED UP 'KEV'S WORLD' (WHICH IS ON WITH 'TAKE TWO'). IF YOU GET TO THE SECOND LEVEL IN THIS GAME IT JUST CRASHES! THE REASON IS THAT THE GOLDEN DAWN HAVE PACKED A FILE WHICH SHOULDN'T BE PACKED! I KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN WE DID THIS GAME, BUT WE TEST OUR MENUS QUITE EXTENSIVELY SO THE PROBLEM SHOWED UP. STICK WITH THE BEST PD COMPILATION CREW FOR THE BEST PACKING AND ERROR FREE DISKS! THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF NEW DISK-MAGS OUT NOWADAYS AND I JUST HOPE THERE'S ROOM FOR THEM TO DEVELOP AND GROW. I SAW ONE CALLED 'TELEKON' WHICH WAS JUST CRAP. IT WAS JUST AN EXCUSE TO SLAG OFF TRONIC AND THE REST OF THE DISK IS TAKEN UP WITH TEXT FILES FROM 'THE SEWER'. WHOEVER ACTUALLY WROTE THE DISK-MAG SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN A PASSING LOOK AT SOME DECENT ENGLISH BOOKS TO IMPROVE THEIR SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION. THE NEXT DISK-MAG I SAW (ST PLUS) IS ALSO A BIT LACKING IN THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT BUT AT LEAST IT'S A GOOD READ. MAYBE A LITTLE SCI-FI ORIENTATED BUT I'M NOT THAT UNHAPPY WITH THAT. HOWEVER, I WAS UNHAPPY TO SEE THE INTRO THEY USED WAS ONE I'D RIPPED AND THEY NEVER EVEN CREDITED ME. WORSE, THEY DIDN'T EVEN CREDIT THE ACTUAL CODERS! ALL THEY SAID WAS THANX TO LOCUTUS PDL FOR SUPPLYING THE SOURCE CODE! THAT PISSED ME OFF A LITTLE BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE AN INTRO INTO A EASY-TO-USE SOURCE LISTING AND TO NOT EVEN GET A THANX WAS OUT OF ORDER. THE OTHER DISK-MAG I SAW IMPRESSED ME A LOT. IT'S CALLED 'FOCUS' AND IT IS AN EDUCATIONAL DISK-MAG. LOADS AND LOADS OF TEXT FILES ON NEARLY EVERYTHING! I DOUBT VERY MUCH OF IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN FOR THE DISK-MAG AND ALL THE FILES ARE PROBABLY FROM BBS'S OR SOMEWHERE BUT THAT SHOULDN'T PUT YOU OFF AS IT'S A GREAT IDEA. AH WELL, THERE'S A FILM I WANT TO WATCH ON AT 12 SO I'M ENJOYING THE FACT THAT IT'S A BANK HOLIDAY TOMORROW AND I DON'T HAVE TO GO IN WORK! SERENADE ARE: MASS DEPORTER FLINTSTONE SPACEMAN SPIFF ALIAS MAXIMUS HOPEFULLY, YOU'LL SEE ALIAS MAXIMUS' FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO THE ST ON A SERENADE MENU VERY SOON! TTFN! MASS DEPORTER OF SERENADE
SERENADE PD DISK 81 AS ALWAYS IT'S THE DELECTABLE MASS DEPORTER ON THE KEYS SO LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS! WELL, WE DO FINALLY RELEASE ANOTHER MENU, SO WE HAVEN'T GIVEN UP JUST YET! OF COURSE, IT'S GETTING MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND STUFF FOR OUR COMPILS SO WE'RE GETTING SLOWER AND SLOWER THROUGH NO FAULT OF OUR OWN. THE MAP FOR 'ANORAKS OF DOOM' WAS ORIGINALLY A DEGAS COMPRESSED FILE BUT I THOUGHT IT'D BE BETTER LIKE THIS. I CAN CODE A LITTLE YOU KNOW! YOU CAN PRINT OUT THE PICTURE BY THE USUAL ALTERNATE-CONTROL-HELP KEYPRESS. THERE IS ONLY SPACE ON THIS DISK FOR ONE SAVE IN 'ANORAKS OF DOOM' SO USE IT WISELY! ALSO, THERE'S A PROGRAM ON THE DISK WHICH WILL RE-INSTATE THE ORIGINAL SETTINGS IF SOMEONE MESSES ABOUT WITH ANYTHING. JUST DOUBLE CLICK 'EDIT-INI.TOS' AND IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY RE-WRITE THE 'GAME.INI' FILE. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER - 'ANORAKS OF DOOM' REQUIRES AT LEAST ONE MEG OF MEMORY! IF YOU WISH TO SAVE YOUR GAME IN 'GENOCIDE' THEN USE THE FILENAME 'GENSAVE' AND ALL WILL BE FINE. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DO WITH THIS DISK AS IT CANNOT BE WRITE-PROTECTED! THE 'GENOCIDE EDITOR' IS NOTHING OF THE SORT REALLY BUT THERE ARE A FEW LEVELS ON THIS DISK WHICH WERE CREATED OUTSIDE CHAOS SOFTWARE SO IT SHOWS IT ISN'T ENTIRELY IMPOSSIBLE. DO YOU LIKE THE MODIFICATIONS I'VE MADE TO THIS SOURCE? NICER RASTERS AND CHOICES OF DIFFERENT FONTS. I MAY RELEASE A DISK OF MY RIPPED SOURCE CODE SOME YEAR, SO LOOK OUT FOR IT! SERENADE ARE MASS DEPORTER FLINTSTONE SPACEMAN SPIFF ALIAS MAXIMUS I HAVE MADE UP THIS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT TAPE FOR WORK WHICH I JUST HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU. IT HAS THE FOLLOWING ON IT: BLACK GRAPE: REVEREND BLACK GRAPE, IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, KELLY'S HEROES, SHAKE YOUR MONEY NORTHERN UPROAR: FROM A WINDOW OASIS: SOME MIGHT SAY, WHATEVER THE SMITHS: THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT PULP: BABIES, DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME? HAPPY MONDAYS: KINKY AFRO, STEP ON ALANIS MORISSETTE: IRONIC MORRISSEY: SUEDEHEAD THE STONE ROSES: SHE BANGS THE DRUMS, WATERFALL JAMES: SOUND THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS: LEAVE HOME I'M SURE YOU'LL AGREE THAT TAPE IS A BIT SPECIAL! I MUCH PREFER 'LAID' BY JAMES TO 'SOUND' BUT LIKE I SAID TO A GUY AT WORK 'I HAVEN'T GOT LAID'. TRONIC SENT ME AN ANCIENT CELTS MENU RECENTLY AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE THESE PEOPLE. I'M QUITE SURE THEY'RE A FRONT FOR SOMEONE ELSE, BUT I MIGHT BE WRONG. IT'S JUST THAT ALL THE NAMES ARE SO CELTIC AND I THINK THAT'S JUST TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE. THEY'RE APPARENTLY FROM IRELAND BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY MEAN NORTHERN IRELAND OR THE OTHER BIT. THEY HAD THE USUAL RANT ABOUT SOMEONE AND REPEATED THEMSELVES A LITTLE. I UNDERSTAND IT MUST BE QUITE DIFFICULT TO BE CONTRAVERSIAL ON EVERY MENU SO YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE THE FACT THAT THEY REPEAT THEMSELVES OCCASIONALLY. I BELIEVE THAT THE THING THAT GRATES WITH THE ANCIENT CELTS THE MOST WITH REGARDS TO US IS THAT WE ALWAYS SAY WE ARE THE BEST PD COMPILATION CREW. WELL, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE SELF-BELIEF AND I BELIEVE WE ARE, SO THAT'S WHY I SAY IT. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ME CLAIM TO BE A GREAT COOK, SINGER, HAIRDRESSER? NOPE. JUST LOOK AT THIS DISK. WE HAVE TAKEN A GAME THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ON TWO DISKS (ANORAKS OF DOOM), PACKED IT DOWN ONTO ONE AND ADDED ANOTHER (NOT SMALL!) GAME. BELIEVE ME, 'ANORAKS OF DOOM' WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PACK AND YOU WILL NOT SEE IT ON ONE DISK ANYWHERE ELSE! ANCIENT CELTS, SLAG ALL YOU WISH, BUT GIVE A BIT OF CREDIT OCCASIONALLY. THAT WAY YOU WON'T JUST LOOK LIKE A BITTER COMPIL CREW WHO GETS NOWHERE AND HAS TO RESORT TO DIABOLICAL TACTICS TO GET ITSELF A NAME. ALSO, IT WAS EXTREMELY BRAVE OF YOU TO TELL HIXXY (WHOEVER HE IS) TO STOP BEING COCKY BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHERE HE LIVES. PROVE YOUR BRAVERY BY GIVING OUT -YOUR- ADDRESS AND EVEN IT UP A LITTLE. IT'S POSSIBLE YOU KNOW WHERE I LIVE BUT, UNLIKE HIXXY, I WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY YOUR HARD-MAN ACT (IE: CALL OUT NAMES AND HIDE BEHIND THE CURTAIN). I AM NOT SCARED OF YOU AT ALL SO DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GIVING IT THE 'I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE' CRAP. ANYWAY, HOPEFULLY, PD DISK 82 WILL BE A BIT SPECIAL SO LOOK OUT FOR IT. THIS DISK IS DEDICATED TO ALISON TOODLE DOO.
NOPE, YOUR EYES ARE NOT DECEIVING YOU - THIS IS A NEW SERENADE MENU! MOST OF THE STUFF ON THIS DISK IS FROM ST FORMAT DISKS, BUT NOW THEY'RE SMALLER AND ALL TOGETHER IN A NICE EASY TO USE DISK. THIS DISK IS A BIT SPECIAL FOR SERENADE AS THE GRAPHICS ON ONE OF THE GAMES (ISLAND STRIKE) WERE DONE BY ONE OF OUR OWN. SO, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR FLINTSTONE AS HE DESERVES IT! THIS DISK WAS ALSO SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN ALIAS MAXIMUS' FIRST ADVENTURE BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN TO HIS HOUSE TO PICK IT UP YET. THINGS ARE A LITTLE SLOW AT THE MOMENT AND SINCE THE TURN OF THE YEAR SERENADE HAVE ONLY RELEASED SEVEN COMPILATION DISKS. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY ONE A MONTH SO IT ISN'T THAT BAD! THE THING IS I HAVEN'T AS MUCH TIME FOR THE COMPUTER ANYMORE SO I DON'T WRITE TO MY CONTACTS AS MUCH WHICH MEANS I DON'T GET ANY NEW STUFF! THIS IN TURN MEANS I DON'T CREATE ANY MENUS WHICH MEANS I HAVEN'T ANY REASONS TO WRITE TO MY CONTACTS! IT'S A DOWNWARD SPIRAL FROM WHICH IT IS HARD TO ESCAPE! ON A HAPPIER NOTE, WELL DONE TO THE SCI-FI CHANNEL FOR SHOWING SOME JAPANESE ANIMATION. YOU DON'T GET MUCH OF IT ON TV, SO THEY'RE ALWAYS WELCOME! ANY CHANCE OF SHOWING THE ENTIRE 'ANGEL COP' SERIES GUYS? I WATCHED 'AKIRA' FOR THE FIRST TIME YESTERDAY - VERY STRANGE. THE BEST MANGA FILM I'VE SEEN TO DATE HAS TO BE 'WICKED CITY' - WATCH IT IF YOU GET A CHANCE. I WAS IN FLINTSTONE'S PART OF THE WORLD ON THURSDAY! A FEW OF US FROM WORK WENT TO BOLTON FOR A NIGHT OUT AND QUITE A GOOD NIGHT IT WAS TOO. WE WENT IN THIS PLACE CALLED 'BREIGHTMET LABOUR CLUB' WHICH SOUNDS A BIT SAD BUT THE BEER WAS CHEAP SO THAT MADE UP FOR IT. ALAS, I GOT VERY DRUNK BUT IT'S THE WAY TO BE! IN FACT, I WAS THAT DRUNK IT WAS 'I CAN'T REMEMBER EATING THAT' TIME! WE SLEPT AT A WORKMATE'S SISTER'S HOUSE WHICH WAS VERY KIND OF HER CONSIDERING SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW US! ONE OF MY WORKMATES TRIED TO SHAVE MY EYEBROWS OFF WHILST I WAS ASLEEP! THE GIT! IT'S A GOOD JOB I WOKE UP AS THE PROSPECT OF WALKING AROUND WITHOUT MY FAVOURITE FEATURE DOES NOT APPEAL TO ME AT ALL! WE'LL PROBABLY GO AGAIN SOMETIME BUT THE NEXT OUTING IS PLANNED FOR MANCHESTER! I'VE SEEN TWO FAMOUS PEOPLE IN MANCHESTER THIS WEEK! FIRSTLY ON MONDAY. I WENT TO SEE A MATE WHO'S IN A BAND AND AFTERWARDS THREE OF US DECIDED TO GO TO 'THE RITZ' (STUDENT NIGHT!) AFTER AND ON THE WAY TO THE PUB NEAR THE RITZ WE SAW... UNA STUBBS! WOHAY! AND ON SATURDAY I WAS GETTING A VEGGIE BURGER AND CHIPS FROM THE SHOP OUTSIDE 42ND STREET (THE CLUB, NOT THE PLACE IN NEW YORK) AND I SAW... ANGELA GRIFFIN! WHO? OK, FIONA OUT OF 'CORONATION STREET'. SO, ARE YOU ENVIOUS YET? I WENT TO HAVE MY PASSPORT PHOTOS DONE TODAY - WHAT A MESS. HONESTLY, I LOOK LIKE SOMEONE YOU'D SEE ON A 'CRIMEWATCH' PHOTOFIT. AXE MURDERER OR SOMETHING. ANYWAY ALL, SERENADE ARE THE FOLLOWING GUYS: MASS DEPORTER FLINTSTONE SPACEMAN SPIFF ALIAS MAXIMUS AND REMEMBER, WE MAY SEEM COLD, OR WE MAY EVEN BE THE MOST DEPRESSING PEOPLE YOU'VE EVER KNOWN, BUT AT HEART (WHAT'S LEFT) WE SURELY KNOW THAT WE ARE THE BEST PD COMPILERS THE ST WILL EVER KNOW! OKAY, THAT'S YER LOT FOR TODAY SO DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH WAITING FOR THE NEXT INSTALLMENT IN THE SERENADE SAGA AS WE DON'T SEEM TO BE GETTING ANYTHING IN (IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING SEND IT!). MASS DEPORTER
SERENADE PD DISK 84 ESCAPE REQUIRES ONE MEG OF MEMORY DEATH CAMP IS FROM A GOLDEN DAWN MENU BUT IS NOW A PERFECT COPY. MASS DEPORTER JOHN LOVES MUFC MORRISSEY SARAH SERENADE PD DISK 84. THE SAGA CONTINUES! WELL, AT TIMES IT MAY HAVE SEEMED LIKE WE WOULD NEVER RELEASE ANOTHER COMPIL BUT HERE'S OUR FIRST EFFORT OF 1997. WHETHER IT'LL BE OUR LAST IS ANYONE'S GUESS, BUT LET'S HOPE NOT. THE TWO MAIN GAMES ON THIS DISK ARE ADVENTURES SO I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO FILL THE DISK UP WITH AS I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER ADVENTURES. IN THE END I STUCK SOME SEUCK GAMES ON THE DISK. IT'S PROBABLY NO CONSOLATION THAT ALL FOUR SEUCK GAMES NOW TAKE UP LESS SPACE THAN ONE PRE-PACKED EFFORT PREVIOUSLY DID. ACTUALLY, THE LAST THREE ARE DONE BY THE SAME GUY WHO DID 'FLY ROBIN FLY' (MENU 57) AND AREN'T THAT BAD. THE GUY IS A DECENT ARTIST AND ACTUALLY STRETCHES SEUCK TO ITS OBVIOUS LIMITS. HOWEVER, THEY'RE STILL SEUCK SO THEY CAN BE POOR. AT LEAST GIVE THE GUY CREDIT FOR TRYING. I STILL HAVE SOME TRULY DIABOLICAL SEUCK EFFORTS THAT I WILL NEVER USE! I WAS JUST THINKING AS I COMPILED THIS DISK THAT, AMAZINGLY ENOUGH, IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE WE DID A SERENADE MODULE COMPILATION DISK. IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT LONG (THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID). I'VE STILL GOT A FEW OLD GAMES THAT NEED PUTTING ON A COMPIL SO YOU -MIGHT- SEE ANOTHER DISK SOON. I'VE ALSO GOT 'REALMS OF REALITY' WHICH I DIDN'T WANT TO USE BUT PROBABLY WILL AS THE SITUATION HAS BECOME SO DESPERATE! I AM LISTENING TO 'THE SUNDAYS' AS I TYPE AWAY AND THEY'RE REALLY GOOD. I GOT THE CD FOR ONLY 1.50 SO I'M QUITE CHUFFED WITH IT. HOWEVER, NOT AS CHUFFED AS GETTING AN ORIGINAL MINT CONDITION OF 'AKIRA' FOR ONLY 2 QUID! A FRIEND FROM WORK TAPED 'DEVIL MAN' OFF BRAVO FOR ME SO I'M GOING TO WATCH IT WHEN I GET TIME. 'RED DWARF' IS BACK ON AND ISN'T IT POOR! LIKE I SAY TO MY GIRLFRIEND: 'GOING TO A CLUB WITHOUT YOU IS LIKE RED DWARF WITHOUT RIMMER. IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME'. SUMS IT UP PERFECTLY METHINKS. MY BABY'S COMING TO MY HOUSE TOMORROW NIGHT SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AS I HAVEN'T SEEN HER FOR A WEEK. SHE LIVES SUCH A TREK AWAY THOUGH SO I DON'T VISIT HER AS OFTEN AS I SHOULD. STILL, IT MAKES IT ALL THE MORE SPECIAL WHEN I DO SEE HER. I'VE BEEN PLAYING ABOUT WITH THIS MENU A LITTLE - HAVE YOU NOTICED? THE TEXT AT THE TOP IS NO LONGER DELETED, JUST OVERWRITTEN AND THERE'S ONLY ONE LINE OF TEXT TO ALLOW A FULL PICTURE! TALKING OF THE PICTURE, I DIGITISED THIS AGES AGO SO I THOUGHT I'D BETTER USE IT. I THINK THAT'S THE LOT SO SEE YOU SOON ALL. MASS DEPORTER OF SERENADE
HELLO AND WELCOME TO SERENADE PD DISK 85. MOST OF THE STUFF ON THIS DISK IS QUITE OLD AND I'VE HAD IT HANGING AROUND FOR SOME TIME. HOWEVER, IF YOU'VE AN STE THEN THIS MAY BE THE FIRST TIME YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY GAMES LIKE 'THE HIDDEN FORTRESS' AND 'BULLET TRAIN' BECAUSE WHEN I GOT THEM THEY WERE NOT STE COMPATIBLE. YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE AS TO WHEN THE NEXT SERENADE MENU WILL APPEAR - IF IT EVER DOES! COMPUTERS BORE ME NOW AND I JUST HAVEN'T THE TIME ANYMORE. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS MENU HAS BEEN COMPLETE FOR 3 WEEKS AND IT'S JUST NOW I'VE GOT AROUND TO DOING THE MENU! AM I JUST LAZY OR DISINTERESTED? THIS GREAT MENU WAS CODED BY SPACEMAN SPIFF OF SERENADE WITH THE GRAPHICS BEING DONE BY FLINTSTONE OF SERENADE. IT'S THE SAME MENU AS DISK 75, BUT I HAVEN'T USED IT ANY OTHER TIME AND ISN'T IT GREAT? WELL, ENJOY THIS MENU AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON. MASS DEPORTER OF SERENADE
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