Gasman/H-Prg/RA informs, that one music compo entry was missed from Forever 2e3 SE results and release pack:

11. Monolithic Flute - Justinas / SMG / CTL

Correct versions of party results and release pack are available for download

Yerzmyey/H-Prg sent the Forever 2e3 SE results and some party stuff yesterday. Everything of course in *.TAP.

The first releases from Forever 2e3SE appeared on Demotopia web site. The first and the last place of democompo (in *.TAP) are available for download, Among them Gas13's picture in GIF.

Here you can downloas my disk version of Tootal Hooy.

Having solved the hosting problems one of the largest russian Spectrum scene resource scene.org.ru came to life.

Not simply came back, but came back with a new design! So... everyone should look at this!

On с=64 section of the Forever 2e3 SE site are available official results on C=64 compos, commented visitors list, description of voting system and finance order of the party. Works archive for c=64 you can download here.

There is description of the most remarkable moments of the party this year in Party Highlights.

It's a pity, but Forever unfortunately hasn't published ZX Spectrum compos results and works yet. :(

music compo...
1:cybernoid's revenge - gasman
2:in old ksa style - ravager
3:cool - yerzmyey

gfx compo...
1:sadness - krystoph
2:mark - lcd
3:who? - gas 13

no intro compo...

demo compo...
1:pondlife - raww arse
2:heartbroken - blacker + co
3:the loop - 3sc
4:tootal hooy - hooy program

all releases should be on www.demo.eu.org tonight

World Of Spectrum the planet ZX Spectrum information source is down.

From the 16th of March string www.void.jump.org in browser doesn't give familiar logo.

I hope it is temporal difficulty, but not a result of madness net-cracker attack.

The beta10 of the most popular ZX Spectrum emulator on PC, announced last month released. So many changes were not waited by anybody, including the authors:

- Scorpion ProfROM, SMUC, and IDE Hard-disk emulation too.

- Opus Discovery and D80/D40 emulation both virtual disks and real disks in drive

- New PC FDD driver + powerful utility for disk dump making for any speccy DOS

- NetPlay function which gives to play a game where is multiplayer through LAN, all keyboards will be as one.

And of cause much other, but very useful changes and additions. Bug fix Z80 core for non-documented CPU features, used by Ivan Roshin in his 512bytes intro for CC'000 lets to say, that Real Spectrum today is the most perfect ZX Spectrum emulator.

Download it!

After long and languish waiting Ivan Roshin, at last presents for us a new version of immortal utility BEST VIEW.

As I can understand it isn't the very BEST VIEW v3.0 with the commander inside, which was promised to release by the author, but the next version of 2.xx series.

More info is in the manual. But I should say that there are many new features, all of them are as always positive.
Generally speaking, you're welcome to the new millennium having new BEST VIEW.

Some info is in author's homepage.

Because of some problem we are forced ask you to send works for NUOTRAUKA'tm to nuo@mailru.com. Unfortunately nuo@nettaxi.com and nuo@au.ru don't work, and if you have sent something already, please send it here

We are really sorry about those difficulties.

...[scream#1 - press release]...

About two months ago new label Scream Crew (SC), which entered in the Constellation International Association (CTL i.a.) created. SC is a team, organised specially for Scream magazine creating. The e-zine is typical scene press representative, which have all idiosyncrasies of scene edition.

The magazine will be periodical (all details are in the mag). The first number issue is planned in the March, although the date may be changed to the April. Today we work under interface, intro and some articles, music is complete. Many of people helps us to make the first issue, but I don't want to tell it now, because it's more pleasant to be impressed by anything good, than to be confused about not kept promise =).
If everything will be OK, the magazine will be two language (english and russian), but it depends on if we'll translate in time all articles...

The main is that the magazine will be wholly devoted to Spectrum scene. One I can promise is that it'll be in high level and will issue more often than 1 time a year.

P.S. all who want to take part in scream#1 creating, mail the main editor, especially we need your articles and programs for warez pack (new cracks of firm games, not released demos, etc.), although good music is needed too.

Raver^PHT distributes TOP 10 GROUPS votesheet.

You just should recall and range by your own taste the best groups on different computer platforms and playing consoles. All who want may download votesheet here

I don't suppose you'll fill with big hard e.g. Spectrum section.

Spectrum GFX editor for PC beta06 released.
There is export/import speccy GFX to BMP utility. Since the last version the editor became much better.

All details are in the site, and the author's homepage.

ZX Spectrum graphics editor is the only tool for creating IFLI-pictures today, which specifications we hope to publish in the very nearest time.

Waiting for coming soon demoparty you can test dominating Spectrum on gfx-compo last year.

Here is Gallery of compo works from Forever2e3 on Commodore64, and here - last year Spectrum gfx compo works.

The next project of ra_id^MAYhEM is turtlesdreams.

Global updating list of compo works, have taken part in any demoparty! Brilliant consulting info for young sceners!

The author writes:
--------------------------------------.t.u.r.t.l.e.s.d.r.e.a.m.s.-------------------------------------
- The attention was given to all works relate by any way to the term 'party', including works not having passed preselect, and not shown on a party and also works from failed compos.

- Works are listed in alphabet order.

- Authours names are the names, that was registered on a party.

- There can be inaccuracy both in authors's name, and works names
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Current version is available here.

Not so far from the beginning of the party, the party-place was changed, in the best tradition of the last years.

The place where the party should have been taking place is occupied, but organizers have found cheaper and more convenient place in the same city. So you should not be worry about Forever2e3 SE, it'll take place!

In the current moment there are registered 85 visitors, most of which are с=64 sceners. Among speccy men said to visit the next:

pol/phantasy
Hellboj/H-PRG|PHT
VooDoo/XTC
dR0n_K3l
SCHiVA/5SAMYC
huGe/3SC
Zilog
baZe/3SC
Matsoft/NC
factor6/CZ
BlackeR
riXta/3SC
Gasman/RA (UK)
nula/mrs,bcs,dtn,to,bvt
AndreW (standalone)
YERZMYEY/H-PRG
cvm/zeroteam
icabod/RA (UK)
X-agon/Nc/Pht
mikezt (sk)
FBI/The Unbelievables (Germany)

I think that the party'll be visited by much more people. Pol/PHT waits for your compo-masterpeaces like all last time!

There is a new routine for view, converting, and printing Speccy GFX on PC.

Valuable new opportunity to export pictures directly into GIF.

To download SpecView you need to visit Heaven Aeroplane official site.

I want to inform speccy GFXers, that I and Alexey Susekow, develop new GFX resolution for ZX Spectrum.

The new mode is very close in its structure to IFLI on c=64. Your machine not need any upgrade, you just have to make some timing synchronisation before the program starting.

I hope, that in the nearest future we'll publish press-release, specification of the picture format and needed code to use it on Spectrum.

Nearly now some elite spectrum artists try the power of new gfx resolution with Alexey's editor.

We appeal to all active artists for collaborating to make standard the new mode and development GFX editor.

Not so much time left to the first great"8-bit"
demoparty this year.

Forever 2e3 Second Edition will take place at the 16-18 of march in ZLATOVCE (Slovakia). Remember, that the last year party not just left successfully, but even showed all the greatness of ZX Spectrum as a scene machine.

The best were GFX and 1k intro. GFX impressed Atari and C=64 sceners so greatly, that they even made remarks about it in many party-reports.

I hope, this year party will be successful, because your support, in any way, will be in the same level.

Speccy section organizer Pol/PHT waits for your works!

Just 10 sceners filled ZX CHARTS project votelists.

For success the next leg of the charts releasing is needed only 50, Organizers ask for people:

Vote or will lose!

I really can't understand where the 25 every-day visitors of our resource? Or where 50 every day visitors of PoS home page?

Or you have enough muscle only to type URL in browser????

Raver! Hey ya!!!!!

The first issue in this year of PaIN the famous scene diskmag released!
The editor - Hugi.

In the new issue of PaIN is the separated lane, which is given to observe demoscene on the various platforms.

Elite representative describes every scene by answering the standard question list. You should read it, because besides introducing the alternative 8-bit scenes you can look to the mirror of the scene in eyes of Raver/PHT.

Funny and edifying!