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                   |         let's do the tYMewarp          |
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                   | [info] ............................... |
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                   | This  time our aim  was to create  the |
                   | atmosphere of the  early days of home- |
                   | computers,  before  the atari st  came |
                   | up.  When games  like Pacman,  Pitfall |
                   | and Defender flickered on old tv-sets. |
                   | The days  before  Hubbard, Galway & co |
                   | started   revolutionizing   chipmusic. |
                   |                                        |
                   | Let's resurrect the spirit  of classic |
                   | computer games in the era of atari xl, |
                   | commodore   16/64   or  schneider cpc. |
                   |                                        |
                   | Here are some  technical restrictions: |
                   |                                        |
                   | -no buzztone techniques except of pure |
                   | (non-modulating) sawtooth buzzer       |
                   | -noise-only drums                      |
                   | -no sidvoice                           |
                   | -no digidrums                          |
                   | -(maybe lq-samples for speech or fx    |
                   | -rare use of arpeggios                 |
                   | -rare use of echo-fx                   |
                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   |      ::: ...  ::::::::::   :::::       |
                   |      :::   : ::: :::: ::: ::: :::      |
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                   |          :::                           |
                   |                                        |
                   | [the plot] ........................... |
                   |                                        |
                   | The YM-Rockerz, Lotek Style, Tao, 505, |
                   | Crazy Q, Exocet, gwEm, drx, Damo, Nemo |
                   | and Dma-Sc, were enjoying one of their |
                   | rare  meetings  at  a  seedy  amusment |
                   | arcade  in  Hamburg. While Lotek Style |
                   | and  Crazy Q  were busy setting a high |
                   | score  on  Sega  Rally, Tao, gwEm  and |
                   | Damo  were  pointedly arguing  over YM |
                   | optimisations. Meantime 505 was trying |
                   | to  find  Nemo  in  order  to  ponce a |
                   | cigarette  off   him.   At  the  fruit |
                   | machine  was  DMA-SC,  still trying to |
                   | win  back the  50 euro-cents he put in |
                   | hours  earlier, Drx stood next to him, |
                   | pint in hand, giving him  bad  advice. |
                   | Exocet  sat  by  the  window, dreamily |
                   | sketching.                             |
                   |                                        |
                   | The sky outside grew darker and darker |
                   | as  clouds went across the summer sky, |
                   | rain  started   to  fall   and  almost |
                   | simultaneously  the  rumble of thunder |
                   | reverberated   through   the  amusment |
                   | hall.                                  |
                   |                                        |
                   | "Bloody Hamburg weather", cursed gwEm, |
                   | "its worse than London here...".       |
                   |                                        |
                   | But his  bitter  complaining  was  cut |
                   | short   by   a   blinding   flash   of |
                   | electricity  as  lightning struck  the |
                   | Sega Rally machine simultaneously with |
                   | Crazy Q hitting 88mph. Lotek Style was |
                   | thrown    from   the   machine,   hair |
                   | energised into  an  afro  bigger  than |
                   | Bootsy  Collins   when  he  was  still |
                   | playing for James Brown.               |
                   |                                        |
                   | But something  had  changed! The storm |
                   | had gone, the passers by had different |
                   | fashions, the furniture in the bar was |
                   | different,  and  where  the Sega Rally |
                   | machine once exisited a strange arcade |
                   | console loomed.                        |
                   |                                        |
                   | Nemo  picked  up  a newspaper from the |
                   | bar and looked at the date.            |
                   |                                        |
                   | "Check   this   out!",  he  exclaimed, |
                   | "We've  been  transported back in time |
                   | 20 years".                             |
                   |                                        |
                   | "You  mean  its  1984?",  said  DMA-SC |
                   | incredulously.                         |
                   |                                        |
                   | Crazy Q looked out the window  -  "Its |
                   | true,  he  opinioned,   "Look  at  the |
                   | fashions in the street -  the  coolest |
                   | 1980 stylez!".                         |
                   |                                        |
                   | "Either that or we've been transported |
                   | to Shoreditch", dissed Damo.           |
                   |                                        |
                   | "Thats  so  cool",  said  Lotek  Style |
                   | impressed, "Imagine  in  rare  electro |
                   | vinyls we could buy!".                 |
                   |                                        |
                   | "What  are  you  talking  about man?", |
                   | questioned gwEm, "80's  sucked,  drain |
                   | pipe  jeans,  Maggie  Thatcher...  and |
                   | here  my nick doesn't  have  any  lame |
                   | raver overtones".                      |
                   |                                        |
                   |"He's right", Drx paniced, "Here theres |
                   | no  internet!!,  how  can  I buy cheap |
                   | Ataris on ebay.de?".                   |
                   |                                        |
                   | "Not  just  that  -  Atari ST won't be |
                   | available for another year", said DMA. |
                   |                                        |
                   | Nemo  tried  to  calm  everyone  down. |
                   | "OK", said he, "all we have to  do  is |
                   | get back to 2004... somehow the arcade |
                   | game is the key...".                   |
                   |                                        |
                   | They all  crowded  round  the  ancient |
                   | machine.  A  single  joystick and fire |
                   | button were the only controls.         |
                   |                                        |
                   | "No 6-player action here", sighed 505, |
                   | "looks like a pretty simple game".     |
                   |                                        |
                   | "Primary colour graphics...  nice...", |
                   | commented Exocet sarcastically.        |
                   |                                        |
                   | Tao  crawled  out from the back of the |
                   | machine.  "I've analysed the  electro- |
                   | nics  of  the  arcade  console".   The |
                   | others  turned  to  face  him. "It has |
                   | advanced alien technology!".           |
                   |                                        |
                   | "You  mean  like   Commodore  Amiga?", |
                   | Lotek Style quipped cheaply.           |
                   |                                        |
                   | Everyone simultaneously  spat  on  the |
                   | ground in disgust.                     |
                   |                                        |
                   | Tao  continued,   "It  transports  the |
                   | player forward  in time 20 years  once |
                   | they reach the highscore board. If the |
                   | player loses then the Aliens will take |
                   | over the earth.  All we have  to do is |
                   | each play  the game - If we win we get |
                   | to go back to 2004,  if we lose Aliens |
                   | will conquer us, to say nothing of the |
                   | new-romantic hairstyles we'll  have to |
                   | grow in order to fit in here".         |
                   |                                        |
                   | -------------------------------------- |
                   |                                        |
                   | Now  the  YM  Rockerz  journey  really |
                   | begins : Its up to you to control  the |
                   | Rockerz through the levels and back to |
                   | 2004.                                  |
                   |                                        |
                   | Good luck!                             |
                   |                                        |
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                   |                                        |
                   | [track] ......................... [o1] |
                   |                                        |
                   |            - TAO / CREAM -             |
                   |            [tao@creamhq.de]            |
                   |             "CRAZY TRAIN"              |
                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   |      ::: ...  ::::::::::   :::::       |
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                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   | [track] ......................... [02] |
                   |                                        |
                   |         - LOTEK STYLE / TSCC -         |
                   |       [lotekstyle@lotekstyle.de]       |
                   |            "SPIELER 1, LOS!"           |
                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   |      ::: ...  ::::::::::   :::::       |
                   |      :::   : ::: :::: ::: ::: :::      |
                   |      ::::::: ::: :::: ::: :::          |
                   |          :::                           |
                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   | [track] ......................... [o3] |
                   |                                        |
                   |   - TIMBRAL / DEAD HACKERS SOCIETY -   |
                   |            [timbral@dhs.nu]            |
                   |            "YM STILL HERE"             |
                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   |      ::: ...  ::::::::::   :::::       |
                   |      :::   : ::: :::: ::: ::: :::      |
                   |      ::::::: ::: :::: ::: :::          |
                   |          :::                           |
                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   | [track] ......................... [o4] |
                   |                                        |
                   |        - DMA-SC / SECTOR ONE -         |
                   |           [dma-sc@atari.org]           |
                   |         "NINJA ACTION FIGHTER"         |
                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   |      ::: ...  ::::::::::   :::::       |
                   |      :::   : ::: :::: ::: ::: :::      |
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                   |          :::                           |
                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   | [track] ......................... [o5] |
                   |                                        |
                   |:  - CRAZY Q / DEAD HACKERS SOCIETY -   |
                   |:      [christian@estradmusik.se]       |
                   |         "ZIP ZAP SPACE ATTACK"         |
                   |:                                       |
                   |:                                       |
                   |      ::: ...  ::::::::::   :::::       |
                   |      :::   : ::: :::: ::: ::: :::      |
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                   |                                        |
                   | [track] ......................... [o6] |
                   |                                        |
                   |:               - GWEM -                |
                   |:       [gareth.morris@ic.ac.uk]        |
                   |    "LOVE WASHED AWAY WITH THE TIDE"    |
                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   |      ::: ...  ::::::::::   :::::       |
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                   |                                        |
                   | [track] ......................... [o7] |
                   |                                        |
                   |       - BEAST / THE SYNDICATE -        |
                   |     [fredrik.havneskold@avaco.se]      |
                   |                "OLDIE"                 |
                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   |      ::: ...  ::::::::::   :::::       |
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                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   | [track] ......................... [o8] |
                   |                                        |
                   |     - 505 / CHECKPOINT^CREATORS -      |
                   |            [505@atari.org]             |
                   |              "8 X 8 HERO"              |
                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   |      ::: ...  ::::::::::   :::::       |
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                   | [track] ......................... [o9] |
                   |                                        |
                   |    - NEMO / DEAD HACKERS SOCIETY -     |
                   |           [jan@place2be.de]            |
                   |                 "BOBBY"                |
                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   |      ::: ...  ::::::::::   :::::       |
                   |      :::   : ::: :::: ::: ::: :::      |
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                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   | [track] ......................... [1o] |
                   |                                        |
                   |           BODENSTAENDIG 2000           |
                   |            [drx@a-blast.org]           |
                   |                "HRVAT"                 |
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                   |          :::                           |
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                   |                                        |
                   |     [ YM Rockerz - backcatalogue ]     |
                   |                                        |
                   |    2000 ymr001 ..... Wave upon wave    |
                   |    2002 ymr002 .... Spinning wheels    |
                   |    2003 ymr003 ........... Popstars    |
                   |    2003 ymr004 ........... WarrYorz    |
                   |    2005 ymr005 ........... tYMewarp    |
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                   |             [ cyberspace ]             |
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                   |      http://ymrockerz.atari.org/       |
                   |    http://www.creamhq.de/ymrockerz     |
                   |:                                       |
                   |:                                       |
                   |'        [ymr005.tYMewarp.2k5]          |
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