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My family live in Glossop (Ok, Gamesley - it's the same for me but not for the snobs of Glossop apparently!).

If you get the train then come out of the train station, turn right and walk down the cobbles. There's usually a nice rank of private taxis outside the Norfolk pub.

Yeh, Cobbledick's games found themselves on a number of Serenade menus: Mindlock - #7 Match Maker - #17 Super Match Maker - #25 Quizical - #29b Quest For Knowledge - #34 Quizical 2 - #36 There were a few more on their menus but David Cobbledick removed his games from the public domain so the menus w...

Sounds like Agent USA to me but that's an Atari 8-bit game.

http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.p ... ION_ID=138

Hi Brume, received the disks yet?

Of course I have no problem sending the disks to France. PM me your address and they'll be on their way soon.

Sorry to dig up this old thread but I still have the disks for Pure Energy 54, 59a, 70a and 70b, plus X-Static 13. If anyone wants to have a crack at them then let me know and I'll send you the disks.

They may be corrupt beyond repair but it's worth somebody having a go with them.

I was simply quoting from an article - probably could have done it better with the old quote things but in the end just kopped out and put in the link.

For what it matters, I agree with you!

Don't think this has been available elsewhere.

It was corrupt when I converted it but managed to fix it by copying files from some Serenade menus.

Impact UK were started by Flintstone (of Serenade) and Den.H. They were originally called Impact until someone pointed out there was already a crew by that name! They mostly did demo compilation disks but later branched out into Educational and Art disks (I kid you not!). I thought the educational d...

But a lot of crappy people showed up as well, guys like Impact UK, Adrenalin UK, Serenade, Golden Dawn, The Energetic and others kicked butt with ripped intro codes (mainly done by Mac Sys Data of POV). They filled disx with damn old stuff and pictures, senseless educational tools and programms and ...

Nah, UK only!

POV: great, but only demos!

Out of interest, who is your best PD disk compilers? Off the top of my head I remember Neon Lights (the original), Adrenalin, Serenade and Golden Dawn. Plus, did you know about these guys at the time, or only through the emulator-period? Me? I'd go for the Serenade Gods myself! But... I was a member...

Two disks I know it's on are:

Serenade PD Disk 25
Adrenalin UK PD Disk 12

Both are available on the Atari Legend FTP

ftp://ftp.atarilegend.org/

...under /Pub/Game Compilations (menus)

Which disk would I recommend? Oh, the Serenade one of course!



I'll get me coat.

Is it like the 8-bit game of the same name (and country)?

http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.p ... B&SENS=ASC

Right, if anyone really wants them they're on Lee's Atari St Shrine FTP. In Uploads/Serenade mod menus (or something very similar).

It's Friday, pay-day, so I'm off to the bank, then the pub.

Just noticed that the most recently uploaded Serenade menus are in 11 sector/80 track. All Serenade menus were 10 sector/82 track, so this format isn't necessary. Doesn't really matter if running through emulation but may cause problems if trying to convert the disks to run on an ST. If this is the ...

I would like nothing more to upload these disks to your ftp, but I just cannot get into it.

And to tell the truth, I haven't a clue why!

If you wish, I can lump them into a ZIP and email them to you?

Let me know...

Yeh, they made mod disks. I believe they gave up after 51 or 52 disks. They all use Mac Sys Data's oh-so-familiar mod player code. Though, they did cotton onto Noise Pakker so they managed to fit more on a disk than most (from disk 23 onwards). I have disks 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 40, 41, 42...

That looks like we have the lot! Brilliant stuff!

That's me!



Actually, the menus are quite linear as there were only ever 3 variations!

I wasn't the best coder in the world and just re-used the same code.

That's probably why I felt so at home in Serenade!

lotek_style wrote:people who ran Ancient Celts also did
a PD compilation group called GOLDEN DAWN.

It was always pretty obvious they were a front for someone, but I had no idea it was the Golden Dawn.

Perhaps if they'd put a few faulty files on their disks we'd have had an idea who they were!

Oh, get me!

Has anyone actually managed to get 'Square Off' running from this menu (or even the doc file?). If so, how? I just get bombs.

Serenade #14: Zedonoid, FMC Trading, Cyber Snake, ST Vegas, Balls, Darklyte, Stomp, Color Clash, Burger Dream. That's probably it. I believe the only missing menus now are 12, 38, 51, 69 and 73 and it's doubtful they'll ever appear because my disks appear to be corrupt and the chances of anyone else...

Serenade #13: Don't Bank On It, Public Investigations, Isthorn, Treasure of the New Kingdom, A Night on the Town, Enchanted Realm. I have Sereande #3v2, is this what you require Lotek? If it's the original menu 3, then you're out of luck because I don't have it. From what I remember about menu 3v2, ...

I haven't a clue who he is but A-Ha did some hacks on the Atari 8-bit. He was one of the first hackers to transfer a 64k cassette to disk (I believe it was 'Worm in Paradise'). To hack programs that used the extra 16k of the 800XL (as opposed to to the 48k 800 series) required bank-switching, which ...