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Introduction
Demo / Music disk published in January 1991 by the Moonsoft team, composed with three members of the MSX Club Rijnstreek. For every MSX2 and higher with at least a 128kB memory mapper.
The first production of this group is something like an UFO in the MSX universe, as it combines a permanent demo (scroll + effect on the mirrored 'Awesome' word) with a permanent music replayer.
It's also the first reaction to the limitations of the FAC Soundtracker. Moonsoft crunches the .MUS files that have too many empty bytes and uncrunches them in the memory mapper for a faster loading, especially when a long song is divided into several parts.
In this Episode 1, the provided replayer is only mono, what means MSX-AUDIO or MSX-MUSIC.
Content
It contains 16 songs written in the FAC Soundtracker 1 format. Three of them are divided in two parts.
The .MUS files are crunched and assemblied to build new 17kB files (AWESOME.001 to AWESOME.009), similar to the original format. Here's the detail for the people who know how to get these files uncrunched and adapt them:
| Number | Song (MUS) | Drumkit (SM1/2) | Title | Composer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | KBR | AWESOME.00B/.00C | K.B.R. | Coen van der Geest |
| 02 | USAS | AWESOME.00B/.00C | The Treasure of Usas | Arnold Oudshoorn |
| 03 | BRONSKI | AWESOME.00B/.00C | Smalltown Boy | Remco Schrijvers Arnold Oudshoorn |
| 04 | KBRPART2 | - | K.B.R. Part II | Coen van der Geest |
| 05 | WAYHOME | AWESOME.00B/.00C | I Will Find My Way Home | Arnold Oudshoorn |
| 06 | ALWAYS1 | AWESOME.00B/.00C | Always On My Mind 1 | Coen van der Geest |
| 07 | ALWAYS2 | AWESOME.00B/.00C | Always On My Mind 2 | Coen van der Geest |
| 08 | AWETHEME | AWESOME.00B/.00C | The Awesome Theme | Coen van der Geest |
| 09 | INFINITY | AWESOME.00B/.00C | Infinity 1990 | Coen van der Geest |
| 10 | AXELF | AWESOME.00B/.00C | Axel-F | Arnold Oudshoorn |
| 11 | MOONSOFT | AWESOME.00B/.00C | Moonsoft Has The Power | Arnold Oudshoorn |
| 12 | UNKNOWN1 | - | The Unknown Man 1 | Coen van der Geest |
| 13 | UNKNOWN2 | AWESOME.00B/.00C | The Unknown Man 2 | Coen van der Geest |
| 14 | DIVER | AWESOME.00B/.00C | Diver The Remix | Remco Schrijvers |
| 15 | SCARED | - | I'm Not Scared | Coen van der Geest |
| 16 | DEVICES1 | - | Left To My Own Devices 1 | Coen van der Geest |
| 17 | DEVICES2 | - | Left To My Own Devices 2 | Coen van der Geest |
| 18 | NEVERDIE | - | MSX Will Never Die | Coen van der Geest |
| 19 | OXYGENE | - | Oxygene | Arnold Oudshoorn |
Usage
- This demo / music disk has a nice replayer that is easy to handle. It includes mouse support, but the mouse needs to be connected in port 1 before booting.
- Usage of the extracted and adapted musical files: see FAC Music Disk 1
Credits
- Remco Schrijvers
- Arnold Oudshoorn
- Coen van der Geest