Mamba 20 ch05 Different Things
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again you will be pleased with some
new video reviews, a little story
reporting about some quarrels on
the boards in the states,
after some time again a few reviews
of the latest demos being released
and at last a story about the things
going on with atc and mirage and its
members, written by pathfinder, who
at last rendered atc's death by
quitting the group...
excell decided to quit writing video-
reviews for mamba<, in case you feel
like missing something, have a look
at censor's magazine shock... (+)
movie reviews for june 1991
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thelma & louise : geena davis(thelma)
and susan sarandon(louise) must have
listened to "born to be wild" before
starting this flick. two gals have had
it with their other halves, dump 'em,
steal a thunderbird and proceed to do
nearly all men the same wrongs that
were done to them... some spots aren't
clear; why after an attempted rape
would a man be asked to their room???
makes perfect sense to me...
gals will love it, guys might see some
of themselves..who knows? ***1/2 (+)
only the lonely : the ads have said it
all. john candy has to cut loose from
mommsie... not an easy task, and to me
it seemed maureen o'hara relished the
endless trials she put candy through.
well done, and must be seen to truly
appreciate the intereaction between
the comedians and the now un-retired
lady of the screen.
definately one to see! rating ****
now we move on to some quick reviews
of shows that will be sure to find
their way into our video libraries!!
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backdraft : a childhood tradgedy sets
the scenario for this movie. though
the main name is kurt russell, this
offering goes with william baldwin...
the special effects are outstanding
and at times the fires seem to be the
star and not those acting! a must see!
rating *****!!
hudson hawk : bruce willis likes to
sing, but as a cat burglar wouldn't it
make sense to be quiet? not so in this
latest from willis. euro museum has a
wee bit o'something that needs his
attention ^ does he get it? go see!(+)
drop dead fred : can you believe that
phoebe cates actually plays in this?
a bit far fetched having an imaginary
friend come to life(more or less) but
even more nebulus are some of the
scenes!! puh-l-e-e-eeeeze!!!!
if you like light breezy shows, then i
suggest this for you. rating **1/4
we're all waiting to see if costner is
going to be able to pull off an old
english accent. the runners that have
been shown so far are all action. did
he lose his voice since 'wolves'? it
will all remain to be seen, yes?
(+)
summer isn't over yet, and are there a
lot of movies to come! here are a few:
soapdish (k kline, s field, whoopi)
another you (g wilder r pryor)
the doctor (william hurt)
harley davidson & the marlboro man
(don johnson micky rourke)
double impact (j claude van damme)
shattered (corbin bernsen)
missing pieces (eric idle bob wuhl)
point break (p swayze kenau reeves)
jungle fever (wesely snipes a sciorra)
mobsters (p dempsey c slater)
bill & ted ii (same cast)
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once again that's it from this side of
the pond. we sincerely hope that you
will get out and enjoy one of the many
shows reviewed herein...
deltar of tsm
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reporting from the front!
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well, this is a new chapter which is
meant to inform you about the wars
going on (mainly on the boards)...
we admit that these reports might
be a bit subjective, because we or
some of our friends might be
involved into certain wars, but be
sure that we try to report as
objective as possible nevertheless.
if you think we stated anything wrong
here, you should either complain by
writing to the mamba staff or leave
e-mail on any major board. your
reaction will be shown and (maybe)
answered in the next issue of mamba!
here we go...
excell vs bod/talent
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these 2 guys used to be in one group
(i+t) quite some time ago. excell
left due to the fact that he had some
personal quarrels with bod. however,
this turned out to be a long drawn-
out kiss since excell does not intend
to stop attacking bod as he once
stated to destroy bod in the scene...
it usually goes like this, excell
(good at mixing up things) starts
the ragging while bod replies and
tries to prove him wrong...
(+)
...excell acts quite offensive, while
bod is concentrating on either
shatter his arguments or ignore him..
that this hassle simply can not serve
anyone is obvious, since it is still
impossible to prove things by telling
lies...
a little comment:
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i personally think that this war
doesn't lead to anything, but it is
quite funny to watch the posts if you
aren't involved...
we'll keep you informed...
nei vs action
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well, these 2 groups used to trade
for quite some time and everyone
thought that only death could divorce
them. people who believed this were
proven wrong. they split up and now
they are in war.nei says, that action
is only able to release german disc
mag games (game on, magic disc, ect.)
and blue stone productions (spitty's
own lable). further they say that
action freezes games ect. action says
that nei is only jealous that they
are trading with empire now and they
state to be the best 'wares group'.
(+)
nei state that action isn't even able
to crack multifile games in time,
due to the fact that some games have
been cracked by horizon for action.
further they are some personal
quarrels between some members...
a little comment:
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i personally think that both parties
are right concerning some points, but
they both tell lies aswell...
we'll keep you informed...
frank reporting from the front... (+)
parson vs the rest of the world
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this guy is disliked by a lot of
pirates. most of them think that he
is simply lame (his posts, his
behaviour, ect.). parson got deleted
off some major boards due to these
facts (gee spot, 2nd to none,
terminal obsession for instance...).
this guy also tells lies concerning
his group 'nato'. this group has had
a good reputation when the old
members were still in (megasnail,
greco ect.). now parson says that
they will return (at least some of
them)... in fact he has been proven
wrong by several guys who called...
...megasnail for instance and asked
him whether he would return. yep! you
guessed right! he won't! parson gets
attacked by more and more people,
but in most cases he doesn't even
defend himself, but he just posts
silly things like: parson - the gay
club owner, or: the looser - parson
ect... sometimes he tries to defend
himself. once he posted that he is
going to beat up roy on the radwar
party, but roy didn't show up there.
now he wants to beat up frank (that's
me!) in venlo, but unfortunately i
won't be there, because i am on
holidays for 3 weeks...
kick iiiit!
a little comment:
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well, i am also involved into these
quarrels, so i decided to delete him
off our headquarter gee-spot...
unfortunately i won't be able to
make it to venlo, but it would be
nice if he could show up on the next
venlo meeting...i think the rest is
said in the description, so let's
proceed...
we'll keep you informed...
y . . .
o o a o e s . . . . . .
u n w h t t r s . . . . .
k w p .
sorceress vs victims
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sorceress, the sysop from mystic
cavern used to run her board for
censor and victims, but as victims
were searching for a new hacker, they
got to know mr.brownstone who runs
the board shangrali. he was willing
to hack for victims, but he wanted
them to take his board as hq. now
sorceress said that she doesn't want
to be a second headquarter and she
told victims that they should decide
whether they only want mystic cavern
or shangrali. victims decided to take
shangrali and things got mixed up a
little bit. (+)
victims said sorceress kicked them
off, so they were in war. nearly all
victims members said that they won't
call her board anylonger, and so they
did. the friendship has been
destroyed, but by now things have
been cleared and everything is
alright again, except for dr.cool. he
still doesn't call her board again...
a little comment:
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not much to say, except that the
board is not hq for any group now,
coz censor left the board in peace
for similar reasons...
well, we would like to hear reactions
concerning this article. we will
surely keep on reporting from the
front if you like this kind...
contact us if we printed anything
wrong or if we mixed up certain
things. nobody is perfect...
'reporting from the front' by frank
with little modification by other
staff members...
the demo-reviews
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this time we reviewed only some of
the lately products for you...
we reviewed following pieces of
code,art,music and design:
the zzap music demo /vibrants
pez in my brain /panoramic design
summer pack /the ruling company
paradance /paradize
press 'plus' and enjoy the article.
the zzap music demo /vibrants
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the intro: flashing text shows up,
nice charset by bizzmo, coding nice
aswell. while i have my coffee i
enjoy the funky musics they deliver
us once more. the vibrants are after
maniacs of noises' death sure the
most competent music group on the
64. with their certain members,
everyone of them having his own
style, unbeatable, no doubt, so i
wait until the intro ends and leads
me to the main part... (1-part-demo)
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the zzap music demo /vibrants
vibrants!(of course) a nice multi-
colour logo says above. down under
three 'shaking-heads',show a real
messed up guy. (laxity ?!?) he
kinda 'burps' with every voice each
of the 5 musics you can click on with
the space bar,equalizes. the 5 musics
represent the 5 members of vibrants.
everyone did a fantastic tune for the
demo.
note: jch did his player v20 by now
and he coded the first digi-
routine for the vibrants. it
...will probably be shown for
the first time in one of the
bonzai demos. we'll wait and
see jens! the first (?!) music
demo by the vibrants made me
hooked, so guys, keep it up!
music rating: 95 %
no further ratings,...
pez in my brain /panoramic design
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intro: now, that's what i call mos-
citos in my brain. the somehow
strange product from panoramic in-
cludes absolutely no scroll text
nor any other sense-making text
through the whole demo.(3-part-demo)
the coding is therefore kinda diffi-
cult to figure out, but brilliant
like everytime! (olav perhaps ?!)
the graphix are simple. the music is
great, probably prosonix. the logo
shown first gives an outlook on the
following part. they made 'plasma'
on 64 possible, great!
pez in my brain /panoramic designs
2nd part: big 'plasma'-screen showing
various forms of flowing... fastly!
the music in this part is really
great. (get the drums!)
3rd part:what a multiplexer shows up!
and this thing is even good looking.
note: didn't they have enough time to
finish the demo on silicon's party ?
maybe, who knows... the music screws
up in the last part, it seems...
ratings: code : 89 % design/idea: 64%
art : 42 % -------
music: 79 % total : 69 %
summer pack /the ruling company
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intro 1: a monitor appears on my
monitor ?!? it announces the ruling
companys' latest product, god save
the queen, an old demo-group found
their way home.
intro 2: a warmly welcome again.
nothing special. two logos above and
down, a scroll in the middle - nice
graphics.
part 1: two twister-2x2-scrolls going
their way, a huge logo as a matter
of fact because of the length of
their name, all coded by mzk/trc.
nothing special so far....
summer pack /the ruling company
part 2: 256 pixels (hires) moving in
various forms of circles over my
screen. but even the lovely music
by 'defbeat' doesn't make me forget
that i somewhere saw such a part in
a nato-demo before... the music by
defbeat is really great.
part 3: an amazing bobs-part shows up
but lacks some colours if you ask
me... again this routine includes
various forms of movings. code by
invisible man/trc and the music by
'hithouse', not bad, dudes!!
part 4:hithouse again, ah, lovely...
but what's that: another plot-part!
summer pack /the ruling company
...turns out to become a complot,
eh ?!?
part 5: the end has come. a nice up-
scroll over a hires-picture gives
the whole demo a good 'round-up' and
makes us excitedly waiting on
further products... great musics!!!
note: all coding within only 2 months
trc will soon strike back, let
yourself surprise...
ratings: code : 79 % design/idea: 66%
art : 63 % ------------
music: 81 % total: 72 %
paradance /paradize
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intro: of course paradize belongs to
the top demo-groups around already,
but with their latest product they
will surely step some places higher
in the charts. the intro shows a
woman and a wild-cat. the woman
dances like crazy to the music it
seems. looks really amazing.
part 1: now, what's that. are these
plots a new fashion ?!? mh, i press
space...
part 2: whew, what a part. when it
starts out it's kewl, boy! a huge
1x1-dycp over a multicolour-logo...
paradance /paradize
...which pushes itself into border!
whew, amazing sprite-trick. bad luck
this quite good idea was first
shown by bonzai, but paradize im-
proved the whole thing with this
dycp above, kewl part.
part 3: where have i heard that music
before ?!? hahaha! hm. prosonix, eh!
well, this part shows the for sure
biggest chest-field ever steered...
the star-routine goes along, it
depends on where you steer the chest
field. nice looking part + idea.
part 4: again a chest-field but what
a cool one! the amiga ball on his...
paradance /paradize
...big brother, eh. anyway, amiga-
ball's big brother jumps like crazy
and soon this part hurts your eyes.
not to forget the lovely scroll down
under,... 3d blocks show you the way
part 5: the last part sure is a hit !
a circle-vector-scroll round a
planet. down a cool logo! the part
looks simple but with such a pro-
fessional idea, unbelievably cool!
ratings: code : 85 % design/idea: 82%
art : 72 % ------------
(half - music: 72 % total: 78 %
catched) ------------
about atc & mirage...by pathfinder
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a touch of class was just nightwriter
at one point, then while i was in
'substance' with a few other guys,
problem child wanted to join atc,
so i-man, problem child, myself and
hitman all left for atc and we joined
in with nightwriter.
then i got myself a few contacts...
and we started to import..nightwriter
supplied the american games and i did
the importing side of things, the
problem child left atc when bod/i+t
said i deleted the nec version of
'death knights of krynn' and uploaded
ours to the warez castle...
so problem child went amiga and i got
a new original supplier, who was
dark rainbow, then i got mayhem as a
hacker...we were doing well for a
while, and then i got dominators as
a contact...finally we still needed
a fixer for my imports, however we
had no one yet, so master kracker
would help us out by fixing our games
and he did...
so after master kracker started to
fix out games, problem child left for
the amiga..and quit atc. then we got
tiamat into the group, and finally
nightwriter decided to go into a
0
cooperation with sonny/mirage, and
we did it was cool for some time.
the atc member which were in the coop
were nightwriter, me and tiamat and
the rest were from mirage...well,
but whatever happened and things
started to screw up (ed. well we
didn't want it to know that detailed)
i'm sure i got on nightwriters nerves
and oh well, next thing that happened
was that the coop dropped dead,
nightwriter and problem child both
joined mirage, mayhem is in empire,
dark rainbow is in no group and i do
some importing under the pathfinder
handle for ics and dominators... -cr
