Tristar Digital Arts

Datum : Summer 1988

Status : Historical document of the first amiga demos

Demo : Tristar Demo #1
System : Amiga 500 OCS/ECS - Kick 1.2 und 1.3 - 512KB or 1MB RAM

Type : Tristar Scrolltext - 2. Part of the history

Code :
Conan

Gfx :
Terminator ( Arno Seiler )

Sound :
Knackosoft and Flynn

Information :
Text are uncensored and only slightly pre-formated. We must say sorry for the jokes at the end of the scrolltext.

Easteregg :
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BAAAAAH! QUARTEX AGAIN ? THANK GOD IT'S NOT.HERE WE GO - THEY WRITE THE YEAR 1988 WHOLE GERMANY WAS OCCUPIED BY THE SOFTWARE POLICE ... WHOLE GERMANY? NO! A CREW OF INFLEXIBLE SOFTWARE PIRATES DOES NOT STOP OFFERING RESISTANCE TO THE JUSTICE. SO FRIENDS, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ASTERIX AND OBELIX, NO, IN 1988 IS THE FORCE AGAINST THE EVIL JUSTICE. TALKING ABOUT << TRISTAR >>, AFTER HALF A YEAR OF CODING AND WORKING (OR NOT ?) WE ARE NOW PROUD TO PRESENT OUR THIRD INTRO, ANOTHER MASTERPIECE IN AMIGA PROGRAMMING.

NOW COMING THE CREDITS OF THIS DEMO:

CODING: TRANSFOMER

GRAPHIX: TERMINATOR

SOUND: KNACKOSOFT AND FLYNN.

BY THE WAY, AFTER THRUST HAS BROKEN OUR SCROLLRECORD ( AFTER ALL NOT A VERY INTELLIGENT SCROLLTEXT DONE BY THRUST WE LIKE TO SAY ) WE INTEND TO CONQUEST THE CROWN AGAIN; AND WE CAN PROMISE YOU, IT IS DONE WITH THIS ONE, WHICH CONTAINS AT LEAST 35 KB FULL OF COOL AND INTERESTING TEXT AND NOT SUCH A TEXT THRUST STYLE LIKE:

"A FRIEND IS SITTING NEXT TO ME AND WATCHES TV ... IT IS 12 O'CLOCK, I AM EATING ... ETC. ETC. ETC. )"

TO GET A LOT OF FRESH IDEAS INTO THE TEXT WE INTEND TO GIVE ALMOST ANY MEMBER OF << TRISTAR >> ( AND THAT'S QUITE A LOT ! ) A CHANCE TO WRITE A LITTLE BIT OF HIS OWN GOSSIP.

LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF: I AM FRANKIE, HONARY MEMBER OF << TRISTAR >> ( AFTER I HAD SOME PROBLEMS I STOPPED AT LEAST WORKING ACTIVE FOR THE GROUP ), ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE GROUP, 18.5 YEARS OLD AND A HEAVY METAL FREAK. I WAS THE ONE WHO WROTE THE LEGENDARY TEXT FOR << TRISTAR >> DEMO #1, SO I HAVE THE HONOR TO WRITE THE FIRST PART OF THIS MEGA SCROLLY. SO, TO START WITH, I WANT TO WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT OUR HARD DESTINY AND HOW WE MANAGED IT ( HEYHEYHEY ).AS YOU PERHAPS MAY KNOW, WE HAD OUR FIRST PROBLEMS SIX MONTHS AGO IN MARCH.
THAT WAS THE END OF << TRISTAR >> IN REMSCHEID. EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT THE GROUP WILL NOW SURRENDER, BUT THAT WASN'T.

DELAWARE IN WUPPERTAL STOPPED DOING HIS WORK ON THE 64 AND BEGAN TO TRADE ON THE AMIGA ( BY POST AND MODEM ). IN THE MEANTIME A LOT OF TEAMS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE POLICE ( LIKE THE STAR-FRONTIERS ) OR WERE AFRAID OF CONTINUING WORKING ( LIKE THE MOVERS ). YOU SEE, ALREADY HALF A YEAR AGO IT WAS HOT IN GERMANY. BECAUSE OF THIS, A LOT OF LOOSERGROUPS SAW THEIR CHANCE TO GET A LITTLE BIT FAMOUS. SOME OF OUR FIRST MODEM PARTNERS IN THE USA WAS THE FAMOUS 64 GROUP 'FUCK BEYOND REPAIR ( FBR )' WHICH GOT THE HOTTEST AMIGA STUFF FROM THE STATES AS WELL. AFTER SOME WEEKS THEY JOINED << TRISTAR >> AND WE GOT OUR FIRST BBS IN THE UNITED STATES. WE ALSO GOT A LOT OF ORIGINALS FROM OUR AMERICAN PARTNERS, SO THAT WE SOON WERE AGAIN ONE OF THE LEADING TEAMS ( THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH 'LEADING FIVE' OR 'LEADING SIX' OR SHIT LIKE THIS! ). BY THE WAY, LEADING SIX: IT IS NOW JUNE AND WE LEFT THE 'LEADING FIVE'. YOU MAY ASK NOW, WHY THE HELL DOES SUCH A COOL, FAST AND INTELLIGENT TEAM LIKE << TRISTAR >> LEFT SUCH A COOPERATION LIKE THE 'LEADING FIVE'? THERE WERE MANY REASONS.

1. THE CONNECTION WAS FOUNDED BY THE CHAMPS, HOTLINE, HIGH QUALITY CRACKINGS AND NOT AT LEAST << TRISTAR >> ( DELTA FORCE JOINED SOME WEEKS LATER ) IN JANUARY TO EXCHANGE THE HOTTEST STUFF FIRST INTERNAL TO MAKE SOME COMPETITION AGAINST BAMIGA SECTOR ONE & THE KENT TEAM, THE BITSTOPPERS AND MOVERS. WELL, THAT WAS NOT SO. ANY LAMER HAD FOR EXAMPLE A NEW HOTLINE PROGRAM AS FAST AS WE HAD.

2. WE CALLED OURSELVES 'THE LEADING FIVE' BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER TEAM IN GERMANY WHICH WAS LOTS FASTER THAN WE. THAT TEAM WAS CALLED 'AXXESS' AND HAD HIS BIG TIMES IN JANUARY - FEBRUARY '88 (STRANGE EH?).

3. DELTA FORCE GOT LAME, HOTLINE, TOO ( JOKE, THE REASON WAS THAT HOTLINE GOT BUSTED IN HOLLAND BY INTERPOL (!)).SO, REASONS ENOUGH FOR US TO LEAVE THAT COOPERATION. WE THINK THAT WE DON'T NEED OTHER TEAMS TO BE TOP ( IF YOU DON'T AGREE PLEASE NAME ME THREE TEAMS WHICH ARE BETTER THAN << TRISTAR >> ).