ZZAP-WEIRD IMAGE
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FILENAME(S): ZZAP-WEIRD IMAGE
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P| 00000C50: 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 4D 45 52 20 4D 41 52 4B 0D 42 |ROGRAMMER MARK.B| 00000C60: 41 52 4B 45 52 2C 20 50 52 45 53 55 4D 41 42 4C |ARKER, PRESUMABL| 00000C70: 59 20 41 46 54 45 52 20 41 20 53 45 52 49 4F 55 |Y AFTER A SERIOU| 00000C80: 53 0D 4F 56 45 52 44 4F 53 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 |S.OVERDOSE OF TH| 00000C90: 45 20 41 2D 54 45 41 4D 2C 20 53 55 44 44 45 4E |E A-TEAM, SUDDEN| 00000CA0: 4C 59 0D 54 48 4F 55 47 48 54 20 49 4E 53 45 52 |LY.THOUGHT INSER| 00000CB0: 54 49 4E 47 20 45 58 50 4C 4F 53 49 56 45 20 50 |TING EXPLOSIVE P| 00000CC0: 4F 57 44 45 52 53 0D 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 4A 4F |OWDERS.IN THE JO| 00000CD0: 59 53 54 49 43 4B 53 2C 20 50 45 4E 53 2C 20 46 |YSTICKS, PENS, F| 00000CE0: 4C 4F 4F 52 20 54 49 4C 45 53 0D 41 4E 44 20 45 |LOOR TILES.AND E| 00000CF0: 56 45 4E 20 54 4F 49 4C 45 54 20 53 45 41 54 53 |VEN TOILET SEATS| 00000D00: 20 57 4F 55 4C 44 20 42 45 20 41 0D 47 52 45 41 | WOULD BE A.GREA| 00000D10: 54 20 43 52 41 43 4B 2C 20 47 49 56 49 4E 47 20 |T CRACK, GIVING | 00000D20: 48 49 4D 20 41 20 4A 4F 4C 4C 59 0D 43 48 4F 52 |HIM A JOLLY.CHOR| 00000D30: 54 49 45 20 41 4E 44 20 45 56 45 52 59 4F 4E 45 |TIE AND EVERYONE| 00000D40: 20 45 4C 53 45 20 41 20 4E 45 52 56 4F 55 53 0D | ELSE A NERVOUS.| 00000D50: 42 52 45 41 4B 44 4F 57 4E 2E 0D 20 4F 4E 45 20 |BREAKDOWN.. ONE | 00000D60: 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 47 55 59 53 20 46 52 45 41 |OF THE GUYS FREA| 00000D70: 4B 45 44 20 4F 55 54 20 43 4F 4D 2D 10 50 4C 45 |KED OUT COM-.PLE| 00000D80: 54 45 4C 59 20 57 48 45 4E 20 48 49 53 20 50 45 |TELY WHEN HIS PE| 00000D90: 4E 20 57 45 4E 54 20 4F 46 46 20 57 49 54 48 20 |N WENT OFF WITH | 00000DA0: 41 0D 42 41 4E 47 20 53 4F 20 54 52 59 49 4E 47 |A.BANG SO TRYING| 00000DB0: 20 54 4F 20 43 41 4C 4D 20 48 49 53 20 46 52 41 | TO CALM HIS FRA| 00000DC0: 59 45 44 0D 4E 45 52 56 45 53 20 48 45 20 52 45 |YED.NERVES HE RE| 00000DD0: 41 43 48 45 44 20 53 48 41 4B 49 4C 59 20 46 4F |ACHED SHAKILY FO| 00000DE0: 52 20 41 20 43 49 2D 0D 47 41 52 45 54 54 45 20 |R A CI-.GARETTE | 00000DF0: 41 4E 44 20 4C 49 54 20 49 54 20 57 49 54 48 20 |AND LIT IT WITH | 00000E00: 54 52 45 4D 42 4C 49 4E 47 0D 48 41 4E 44 53 2E |TREMBLING.HANDS.| 00000E10: 20 59 55 50 2C 20 59 4F 55 27 56 45 20 47 55 45 | YUP, YOU'VE GUE| 00000E20: 53 53 45 44 20 49 54 20 2D 20 54 48 45 0D 50 4F |SSED IT - THE.PO| 00000E30: 57 44 45 52 20 57 41 53 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 |WDER WAS IN THE | 00000E40: 4C 49 47 48 54 45 52 20 54 4F 4F 20 2D 20 4F 4E |LIGHTER TOO - ON| 00000E50: 45 0D 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 4D 45 52 20 54 52 41 |E.PROGRAMMER TRA| 00000E60: 4E 53 50 4F 52 54 45 44 20 51 55 49 43 4B 4C 59 |NSPORTED QUICKLY| 00000E70: 20 54 4F 0D 41 20 4E 49 43 45 20 52 4F 4F 4D 20 | TO.A NICE ROOM | 00000E80: 57 49 54 48 20 42 4F 55 4E 43 59 20 43 55 53 48 |WITH BOUNCY CUSH| 00000E90: 49 4F 4E 53 20 41 4C 4C 0D 4F 56 45 52 20 54 48 |IONS ALL.OVER TH| 00000EA0: 45 20 57 41 4C 4C 53 21 0D 0A 53 49 47 4E 45 44 |E WALLS!..SIGNED| 00000EB0: 2E 2E 2E 0D 0A 0A 4A 45 53 55 53 10 |......JESUS. |
.`.......0P..* WEIRD IMAGES *..HOKEY KOK EY MATEY-PEEPS WHAT DOES.IMAGES MEAN TO YOU? A DODGY DISCO.COMPANY RUN BY CRASH' S NICK 'DJ'.ROBERTS? ERM... NO, DIDN'T T HINK SO!.THEN READ ON TO DISCOVER THE DA S-.TARDLY (AND SOMETIMES DOWNRIGHT DIS-. GUSTING) SECRETS THAT LUCY HICKMAN.WRIGG LED OUT OF ONE OF THE HOTTEST.PROGRAMMIN G TEAMS IN THE U.K.. BACK IN THE MISTS O F TIME (WELL FOUR.YEARS AGO ACTUALLY BUT THEN WHO'S.COUNTING?) A BRIGNT PROGRAMM ER.CALLED KARL JEFFREY, CREATOR OF THE.C LASSIC 'R-TYPE', GOT IT INTO HIS HEAD.TH AT HE WANTED TO RUN A COMPANY.. AFTER EA TING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT.FOR A FEW DAYS HE REALISED HE'D.NEVER GROW TO THE PROPO RTIONS OF A.PREGNANT HIPPOPOTAMUS WITH A N EGO.TO MATCH, SO THAT RULED OUT.MAXWEL L COMMUNICATIONS (HE ALSO.TRIED FALLING OFF A YACHT BUT SOME.BAST SAVED HIM). SO HE WENT FOR THE.NEXT BEST THING - A PRO GRAMMING.COMPANY.. THE RESULT WAS IMAGES WHICH TO.DATE HAS DREAMED UP SUCH CLASS ICS.AS 'CHIPS CHALLENGE', 'BACK TO THE.F UTURE II', 'HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER'.AND, M ORE RECENTLY, THE EXCELLENTO.'SPACE GUN' AND 'G-LOC'. TO BEGIN WITH THE GUYS WOR KED.EXCLUSIVELY FOR ACTIVISION BUT AFTER .SCORING HITS WITH 'WONDER BOY II' AND.' RAMPAGE' THEY EVENTUALLY BRANCHED.OUT AN D WERE SOON IN MEGA DEMAND.(WHO COULD RE SIST'EM?) FROM GIANTS.SUCH AS OCEAN AND US GOLD.. THEY NOW HAVE DOZENS OF PEOPLE .WORKING FOR THEM ON AND OFF ACROSS.THE COUNTRY AND THIS YEAR THINGS.ARE ACCELER ATING FOR THEM AT A.GREAT RATE OF KNOTS, WINNING THE.RIGHTS TO DEVELOP GAMES FOR THE.GAME BOY, THE NES AND THE SUPER NES .. THEIR NEXT CUNNING PLAN IS TO PRO-.DU CE AND PUBLISH THEIR OWN GAMES..KARL AIN 'T GIVING NUFFIN' AWAY AS TO.WHAT'S ON T HE CARDS (THE WALLS HAVE.EARS Y'KNOW) BU T HE PROMISES TO TELL.US ALL ASAP (YIPPE E-DOO!)... ALTHOUGH CHURNING OUT CLASSIC .GAMES OF HIGHEST QUALITY (AND MAKING.LO ADSA DOSH) IS THEIR MAIN PRIORITY,.IT SU RE AIN'T ALL WORK WORK WORK FOR.THESE CH APS - WHEN THEY DECIDE TO.HAVE FUN THEY SURE DO LET 'RIP'!. TAKE FOR EXAMPLE THE TIME WHEN A.GROUP OF 'EM WERE WORKING L ATE..SOUNDS LIKE A DAMN GOOD EXCUSE TO.S IT AROUND AND GET BLOTTO TO ME..AND , CO INCEDENCE OF COINCIDENCES,.THAT'S EXACTL Y WHAT THEY DID, WHICH.IS OKAY UNTIL THI NGS GET OUT OF CON-.TROL AND A PARTY ON THE ROOF SEEMS.IN ORDER.. KARL EXPLAINED : 'LOADS OF PEOPLE.CAME OUT OF THE PUB N EARBY, ALL AS.DRUNK AS LORDS AND CAME PA ST OUR.OFFICES. ALL OUR PROGRAMMERS WERE .PLAYING MUSIC REALLY LOUD AND DRINK-.IN G ON THE ROOF.. 'WHEN THE LOT FROM THE PUB CAME.PAST, A SCREAMING MATCH STARTED .THEN THERE WAS A PLEASANT EXCHANGE.OF B RICKS AND BOTTLES. ROB HYLAND.(SPECCY 'G -LOC' PROGRAMMER) STEPPED.OUT ONTO THE C ANOPY OF THE STORE.BELOW OUR OFFICE TO G ET A BETTER.SHOT.'. WELL I'M SURE YOU IN TELLIGENT READ-.ERS CAN IMAGINE WHAT HAP PEND NEXT..YUP, ONE PROGRAMMER FALLS STR AIGHT.THROUGH THE CANOPY UP TO HIS.CROTC H. ONE KNACKERED CANOPY AND.NO HOPE OF C HILDREN FOR THE 'G-LOC'.PROGRAMMER (AND AN 800 POUND BILL.FOR IMAGES)... I'VE AL READY DECIDED THAT PROGRAM-.MERS ARE AND EXTREMELY WEIRD BREED.OF PEOPLE WITH EV EN WEIRDER SENSES.OF HUMOUR, AND AT IMAG ES THEY'RE NO.EXCEPTION.. AT ONE TIME TH E STAFF WERE UNDER..SIEGE FROM A MYSTERI OUS EXPLODING.] EVERYTHING [!. PROGRAMME R MARK.BARKER, PRESUMABLY AFTER A SERIOU S.OVERDOSE OF THE A-TEAM, SUDDENLY.THOUG HT INSERTING EXPLOSIVE POWDERS.IN THE JO YSTICKS, PENS, FLOOR TILES.AND EVEN TOIL ET SEATS WOULD BE A.GREAT CRACK, GIVING HIM A JOLLY.CHORTIE AND EVERYONE ELSE A NERVOUS.BREAKDOWN.. ONE OF THE GUYS FREA KED OUT COM-.PLETELY WHEN HIS PEN WENT O FF WITH A.BANG SO TRYING TO CALM HIS FRA YED.NERVES HE REACHED SHAKILY FOR A CI-. GARETTE AND LIT IT WITH TREMBLING.HANDS. YUP, YOU'VE GUESSED IT - THE.POWDER WAS IN THE LIGHTER TOO - ONE.PROGRAMMER TRA NSPORTED QUICKLY TO.A NICE ROOM WITH BOU NCY CUSHIONS ALL.OVER THE WALLS!..SIGNED ......JESUS.
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