WHY THE MIRROR ?                                                    YES ANOTHER DEMO WITH BALLS,  YAWN,  THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING MORE ORIGINAL IN THE DEMOS SCENE AT THE MOMENT                            ANYWAY ENOUGH OF THE IDLE CHATTER,  TIME FOR THAT LATER                            THIS DEMO IS DEDICATED TO DAVID ALLEN A FRIEND OF MINE WHO DIED IN A CAR CRASH RECENTLY  AGED ONLY 18  HE WAS A DEMO FREAK AND LOVED AMIGAS                        I ACID PROUDLY PRESENT YOU WITH THE FIRST OFFICIAL EXCEL DEMO ENTITLED                           ACIDS BALLS !     OF WHICH I AM LUCKY? ENOUGH TO HAVE  102 BALLS,SCROLL,MUSICIN 1 FRAME  YES I ACID AM THE CODER FOR THIS COLLECTION OF BYTES,      MUSIC BY MIDI     THE EXCEL PICCY WAS DRAWN BY IAN AND MODIFIED BY ACID TO ALLOW COPPER COLOURS        OK LET US SEND MEGA COOOOOL GREETS TO OUR CONTACTS  IN A TO Z ORDER TO      BEATMASTER       BSS          CHAOS         DREAM WEAVERS       THE EQUALIZERS         ESA         HIGHCLASS      THE LADS       LYNX         NEW BENCOR BROTHERS    NORTHERN LIGHTS        ODYESSEY         POWERDRIVE        PSEUDO OPS          RAMRAT            SCEPTOR       SHARE AND ENJOY      SLIPSTREAM        UNTOUCHABLES     SOME PERSONAL GREETS    BAZ,WARDY,FENNEL,LEE 2,IAN 2,ALAN,STU,CAT,EDD,DON,NICK   AND ALL THE REST OF MY FRIENDS         HERE IS THE LIST AND OCCUPATIONS OF ALL EXCEL MEMBERS                         FITZY        SWAPPER                        MARC         SWAPPER                        THE KERNUL      SWAPPER AND GRAPHICS                        MIKE        SWAPPER                         MIDI          MUSIC AND SWAPPER ALSO BROTHER OF THE KERNUL                        ACID           CODER         EXCEL ARE NOW A PRETTY WELL RATED CREW IN ENGLAND AND WE ARE BASED IN BIRMINGHAM      IF YOU ARE GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO   ,MAY IT BE   SWAPPING ,GRAPHICS, MUSIC OR CODING WHY NOT CONTACT US ?  STRICTLY NO LAMERS OR YOU WILL GET A LETTER BOMB INSTEAD OF A REPLY              WRITE TO             MIKE          258              QUINTON ROAD WEST                       QUINTON        BIRMINGHAM                                ENGLAND        OR PHONE           MIKE          021 421 3615                                                     VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL DEMO AND GAME CODERS           IN  1 IN 4 AMIGAS THERE IS A        HARDWARE FAULT !            I AM GOING TO GET PRETTY TECHINAL NOW !         WHEN MOVING PLAYFIELD 1  EITHIER SCROLLING OR WOBBLING ETC    ON CERTAIN AMIGAS WHEN PLAYFIELD ONE IS AT PIXEL 1 IT WILL FLASH WHAT EVER IS ON PLAYFIELD 2 CAUSING A VERY IRRITATING FLICKER! GAMES WHICH IT WILL FLICKER ON ARE BIO CHALLENGE,MENACE,PACMANIA JUST TO NAME A FEW  TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS EITHIER SCROLL BOTH PLAYFIELD 1 AND 2 AT THE SAME PIXEL VALUE   OR   WHEN USING DUAL PLAYFIELD MODE,  ONLY SCROLL PLAYFIELD 2, OR WHEN USING DUAL PLAYFIELD MODE  DO NOT ALLOW PLAYFIELD 1 TO USE A PIXEL VALUE OF ONE THEN YOUR CODING MASTERPIECES WILL LOOK GOOD ON EVERYONES MACHINES  IF YOU CODE AND YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SAY THEN CONTACT MIKE WHO WILL THEN PUT YOU THROUGH TO ME    NO PHONE CALLS! AND SEND A STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE FOR FAST REPLIES !    NOW I WILL TELL YOU MY LIFE STORY,  WELL COMPUTER LIFE STORY ANYWAY                    CHRISTMAS 1983 I HAD OPENED ALL THE CRAP PRESENTS SOCKS SOAP ETC  THEN A BOX, QUITE LARGE WAS PUT IN FRONT OF ME   YES! IT WAS A COMPUTER   A COMMODORE 64  I WAS HAPPY BUT I WOULD HAVE PREFERED A SPECTRUM!  WELL I WAS AGED 12     ANYWAY FOR ABOUT 3 AND A HALF YEARS I JUST PLAYED GAMES  AND I THOUGHT I SHOULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT SO I TURNED MY HAND TO PROGRAMMING BASIC BUT FOUND    10 PRINT DERRICK IS COOL, 20 GOTO 10   PRETTY BORING SO I WENT TO 6210 ASSEMBLER CODE BECAUSE  ,NO JOKING, I DID NOT HAVE A CLUE AT CODING BASIC!    ABOUT  4 MONTHS LATER I CODED MY FIRST DEMO  WOW!  I STARTED CALLING MYSELF          DEZ !         AND I  CALLED THE DEMO  ,THING DEMO, WHICH HAD ROB HUBBARDS MUSIC FROM THING ON A SPRING AND 8 THINGS JUMPING ABOUT THE SCREEN    AT THE AGE OF 15 I WAS REALLY HAPPY WITH MYSELF ,THEN FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS I WAS RIPPING GAME MUSICS AND SPRITES AND PUTTING THEM INTO DEMOS  THEN MY CHANCE FOR FAME ARRIVED MY OLD FRIEND ZAPPA ! BOUGHT A MODEM AND HE HAD ACCESS TO COMPUNET SO I STARTED CODING DECENT ? DEMOS  SOME OF  WHICH WERE CALLED THE DRUMMER, HARD GUY ,TIGER MISSION ,RASTER SPLITS WHICH WAS THE FIRST? 64 DEMO TO HAVE FULLSCREEN FLICKER FREE RASTER BARS  AMIGA COPPERBAR STYLE MOVING ABOUT, DRUMMER 2 AND LASTLY A COLLECTION OF DAVID WHITTAKER TUNES ABOUT 10 DEMOS , COMPACTED AND ROLLED INTO 1 FULL OF THE BORDER DISAPPEARING ACTS  THEN INSANITY STRUCK UPON ME I SOLD THE LOT AND BOUGHT AN  ABACUS ST  I HAD ABOUT 5 ST,S IN A MONTH BECAUSE THEY WERE ALWAYS BREAKING DOWN! BUT IN THE END I HAD A WORKING ONE  AND I CRIED BECAUSE I WISHED I HAD MY 64 AGAIN   THEN THE PHONE RANG IT WAS MY OLD FRIEND LEE 2   ,WHO ALSO HAD AN ST, AND TOLD ME HE HAD BLOWN HIS ST UP AND GOT AN AMIGA   SO I OPENED THE ST UP AND TOUCHED THE POWER PACK WITH A SCREW DRIVER   THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND I STOOD SHAKING AS AN ELECTRIC SHOCK PASSED THROUGH ME   IT WAS DONE I HAD MURDERED AN ST     SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP AND GOT MY MONEY BACK !      3 MONTHS LATER IT WAS CHRISTMAS I GOT ALL THE MONEY I NEEDED 300 POUNDS FROM MY ST AND 200 FROM RELATIONS SO I GOT MY AMIGA FOR 500 POUNDS AT LAST !    AS TIME PASSED ALL MY FRIENDS WHO HAD 64 MOVED ONTO THE AMIGA UNTIL THERE WAS A REGULAR GROUP SWAPPING LATEST STUFF EVERY WEEKEND     THAT IS WHERE I MET OUR MUSIC MAN          MIDI            AND IN TURN MET HIS BROTHER THE KERNUL, PREVIOUSLY  OF A CREW CALLED    WCS   WHO RELEASED DEMOS AND UTILS DISKS  BECAUSE THEY HAD NO ONE TO CODE  INTROS AND DEMOS BUT I KNEW A BIT ABOUT THE AMIGA   SO WE FORMED A GROUP CALLED        MANTRONIX         AND I HAD TO BUY LOADS OF AMIGA PROGRAMMING BOOKS TO TAME THE BEAST      AFTER WASTING A LOAD OF MONEY ON THE ROM KERNEL MANUAL    I BOUGHT THE BIBLE OF AMIGA ASSEMBLER PROGRAMMING    THE HARDWARE REFERENCE MANUAL   IF YOU HAVE NOT GOT THIS BOOK AND WANT TO LEARN ASSEMBLER CODE FORGET IT ! BECAUSE YOU NEED THE BOOK LIKE A MAN NEEDS A FUCK !    ANYWAY ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER WE RELEASED OUR FIRST DEMO  WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD AT THE TIME BUT LOOKING AT IT NOW IT IS WELL SHIT  THEN I WAS RATHER LASY FOR 2 MONTHS THEN WE RELEASED OUR SECOND AND LAST MANTRONIX DEMO      NOW THERE HAS BEEN A LOT SAID ABOUT THAT ONE    SOME PRICKS WHO DO NOT EVEN KNOW MACHINE CODE SAID THAT I HAD RIPPED THE CODE FROM    ,MODULO, A DEMO FROM ALPHA FLIGHT  FEATURING A PORNO WOMAN SPINNING,  IT IS TOTAL BULLSHIT THAT I RIPPED THE CODE  AND IF YOU DO NOT BELIVE ME HAVE A LOOK  THAT IS IF YOU KNOW MACHINE CODE   I THEN CODED A INTRO FOR THE LADS FEATURING A ROBO COP WITH A DISK  AND WHILST TALKING TO A LADS MEMBER   ,CLUNK,  HE ASKED ME WERE I RIPPED THE CODE FROM   , THAT IS THE ONE THING I HATE ABOUT ASSHOLES ON THE AMIGA ,  IF SOME THING LOOKS EVEN A BIT LIKE ANOTHER DEMO THEY WILL THINK YOU HAVE RIPPED SOMEONES CODE                ANYWAY BY THIS TIME I HAD MET MIKE OF EXCEL  AND HE ASKED US, MANTRONIX AND SLIPSTREAM   IF WE WOULD JOIN EXCEL   WE DID JOIN BUT WE STILL HAD OUR OWN SEPARATE NAMES    ,MANTRONIX OF EXCEL  ETC , AS WE WERE KNOWN BUT ONE OF  SLIPSTREAMS MEMBERS TOLD US THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER MANTRONIX SO MIKE AND FITZY ASKED US ,MANTRONIX,TO JOIN EXCEL FULL TIME  AND FITZY KICKED OUT          SLIPSTREAM                                 AND WE WERE JUST EXCEL       AND I CODED MY FIRST EXCEL DEMO TODAY       AND THAT IS MY LIFE STORY UP UNTIL TODAY WHICH IS THE     28TH OF MAY 1989      YOUR NOT STILL HERE ARE YOU ?    WELL IF YOU LOVE THIS DEMO SO MUCH YOU CAN READ THE SCROLL TEXT AGAIN IF YOU LIKE      SEE YOU SOMETIME SOON        COPYRIGHT 1989 EXCEL                                                                                                                           @