Mamba 23 ch05 Different Things
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different things
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have a look at this...
an eces-show report by bod/talent
a board review
hot (?) video reviews
and this time you will also find a
few announces here...
e.c.e.s. show '91 report.
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this years eces show had a bad start
when just 2 weeks before its scheduled
start the organisers announced that
the show would be closed to all public
visitors and only trade visitors were
allowed entrance. with this in mind
many companies pulled out at the last
minute and also a lot of scene guys
decided against the trip to london.
i was present on the first 3 of the
four show days. i'll start this report
with a run down of the main companies
and exhibits and then i'll go into
some more general informations.
there were 46 stands present at the
show which ranged from large companies
like ocean to small companies like
beeshu. there was something for all
types of computer user. the main
software companies that were present
were as follows:-
accolade: they were showing off there
latest pc titles such as elvira ii and
les manley ii: lost in l.a.
activision: they were showing hunter,
beast busters, r-type ii and deuterus
for amiga/st and many console games.
anco: they had a watchable version of
there new game tip-off (labeled kick
off ii for basketball fans.)
domark: they were showing pitfighter,
super space invaders, rugby: world cup
and mig 29 super fulcrum.
electronic arts: all they had on view
on this stand was shadow of the beast
for the megadrive although they were
supposed to have many new titles.
elite: they had a closed stand which
they didn't allow anyone to enter. all
they had on there stand was final
battle for amiga/st and 64.
gremlin: they were showing various
titles for the amiga such us turbo
espirit ii, suspicious cargo, video
kidd,the shoe people, harlequin,
pegasus and plan 9 from outer space.
microprose: they were showing knights
of the skies for the amiga, gunship
2000 for the pc and microprose golf
for the st. thay also had a rolling
video on there stand which previewed
there soon coming car racing game.
ocean: as alqays ocean had a large
stand. but this year they closed it
off and the only thing they had on
show was a rolling video which showed
previews of wwf superstars, robocop 3,
smash tv and epic.
sales curve: they showed rodland on 64
and amiga (since the show both 64 and
amiga versions of this game have been
released. it seems some unsavoury
characters acquired this game on both
formats). they also showed big run,
double dragon iii and final blow.
system 3: they were showing last ninja
iii for the amiga and turbo charge on
the 64.
ubisoft: they had a closed off stand
and they wouldn't give us any info
about there new products.
virgin: they had probably the largest
stand at the show. they showed a lot
of megadrive games such as terminator.
jimmy whites, realms and rollin ronny
on the amiga.
zepplin: they had 3 new releases ready
for the show but they told us they
weren't releasing any of them until at
least november. the three titles were
match of the day, kawasaki - team
green and round the bend.
that wraps up the major companies
that were present.
we didn't meet many scene dudes at
the show. the ones we did meet were as
follows. bod, xxx, dave and freestyle
of talent. doc, excell, fletch of
legend. cba and action jackson of trc.
zorlac of genesis. skywolf of legend.
we also met up with just ice and nik
from the good old ikari days. tnere
were also a lot of amiga groups there
such as fairlight, quartex, skid row
and crystal.
there wasn't many interesting events
at the show. not even a real meeting
at the bar which there normally usual.
one thing that does come to mind was
an incident with system 3. there were
a number of guys standing around the
system 3 stand watching last ninja iii
meanwhile some mysterious guy sneaked
a preview copy of turbocharge for the
64. and then the guy from system 3
confronted xxx/talent and asked him
for the disk. then for the rest of the
day we had 2 nice policeman following
me, xxx and just ice around the show.
i hope this report was interesting to
some. shame really that the show wasnt
as good as last years. lets all wonder
how next years e.c.e.s. will look.
ok, here's the quote of the month,
anthrax/legend reporting on his
weight...
'just an information, my weight is
less than 70 pounds and more than
60 pounds and i'm like 185 cm tall...
so if you have a little brain, you
can figure out how my statue is and
how 'sportive' i am!'
ed. action and empire calls out a
campaign to save anthrax,
'food for guenni' donation
account # 7134 6315 (+)
board review
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board : mysts of avalon
group : excalibur
sysop : the ozz
number : XXXXXXXXXXXX
the ozz, of the recently returned
excalibur introduces his board...
but first some informations on the
sysop himself....
name...tim handle...ozz/excalibur
age...20 town/country...indiana/usa
height...5'9 weight...155 pds
computer career...1.nato 2.dom 3.exc
hobbies...anything that doesn't
involve a computer...
job/school...too boring to explain
best mate in the scene..dead zeppelin
self description...homicidal maniac
with a keyboard !
a last word...?!...drink a beer!
'drop zone went up around december
of 1990. originally it first became
hq for an australian demo group
ikon visual. needless to say it did
not do very well at all.
after a couple of months the board
became nato hq also. this caused a
slight improvement but still nothing
that was incredible. after i quit
nato i dropped all groups from the
board and picked dominators, then a
drastic improvement in callers began
to show. soon after that there came
the bad luck, i moved, therefore the
number changed, and if this wasn't
enough to slow things down, even more
bad luck hit, the user disc screwed
up and the user log was lost.
so everyone had to login new, which
really sucked! but now the board is
back up to about 80 users which
includes 70% europeans and 30%
americans. since i recently quit
dominators the board is no longer a
dom hq. the board has now changed
name and is mysts of avalon along
with being the new excalibur hq!
the basic info:
the board receives about 15 calls per
day. it has 5 subs, including
'world of wonders'
'0-0 uploads'
'quest for blood' (war sub)
'news & rumours'
and a special sub for only the
elitest dudes in the scene...
the board has 3 1581's for file-
transfer and everyone who gets on
receives n/a. the board is now on
ucbbs v1.3... (...)
judgement
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users 75%
speed 70%
sysop's character 77%
subboards/posts 58%
total...............70%
please note that the final judgement
is the editor's own biased opinion.
other users might have got a total
different impression on all mentioned
points.
...on for video-reviews
september 1991 movie reviews
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delerius mgm-pathe john candy
emma samms
mariel hemingway
john candy portrays a soap opera
writer that is head over heels in love
with emma samms. she doesn't know he
exists. the producers of the show want
her out, candy wants her in and this
starts the plot. as every soap has a
scenario, this all takes place in a
hospital. the doctor has an on and off
thing going with samms. candy, in the
mean time is going crackers. (+)
enter mariel, looking for the part of
samms; before she's even gone! candy
and she literaly run in to one another
creating some nice sight gags that i'm
sure some girls could appreciate...
samms is dumped by the doc, she wants
to run off and take candy with. ever
see stars light in someones eyes? yep,
candy goes for it, picks up all the
luggage of hers, throws it all in the
trunk(boot)and looks up in time to see
emma and the doc in a passionate kiss.
at which time the trunk decides to pop
open...
when he awakens candy is on what he
believes to be the soap opera set, and
wanting to know where he was (+)
having confirmed that reality was now
the soap opera set, candy sets off to
get out of town(or back to reality, as
to whichever came first..)
enjoy this display of unrequited love,
it somehow fits with candy. hemingway
does fair in this, but they could have
given her a bit more meat than what
they did...samms looks sexy as ever...
rating .......... ** 1/2
no, xxx, i wasn't his stand in either!
next (+)
hot shots:an important movie! fox
needless to say, i was not impressed
with this movie!! if you've seen
the ads in the theatres, then you've
seen the majority of the sight gags
that take place before the crdits are
even through! charlie sheen plays the
hotshot pilot that freaks when there's
mention of him being like his old man,
jon cryer plays 'washout' because of
his walleye vision problem. (i thought
they lost those fisheye lenses in the
'70s, guess not...) lloyd bridges does
the perfect bumbling general, but ends
up being more like commandant lassard
from the police academy series... (+)
i am serious, there are so many cross
culminations of bits from 'naked gun',
'police academy' and '9 1/2 weeks'(err
without the nudity...) that this plot
is so thin and predictable that the
lines that could have been funny have
already been yukked up in their other
films!
if you've seen 'top gun' then you've
seen hot shots, only subtract all the
seriousness and add in the comedy(?)
rating .......... * 1/4
(+)
that's it for this month. the films
have thinned out now, and one of the
american theatre groups, amc, is going
to offer some of the same flicks at a
reduced rate. others will follow, i'm
sure, so look for in house specials in
local newspapers etc...
next month i'll be reviewing the last
of the elm street films, which started
in 1984 and ends in '91...
freddy's dead:the final nightmare(3-d)
also, harley davidson & the marlboro
man(mickey rourke & don johnson)...
at least i'm publishable....deltar [r]
a few announces, for the mailtraders
among us...
you want your address in here ?
either call the mamba hq
(the shaolin temple) in the states,
or write to the wellknown address...
mamba<
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