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(c) Copyright 2000 Martin Frech ('Spook of Powerzone'). Email: spook@c64demos.com
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Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers), Text version v 1.0
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1 | "How many original c64 disks does this collection include?" | PRG |
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1 | "Which timeframe is spanned or covered in this collection?" | PRG |
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1 | "Some of the demos included in your collection | PRG |
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A: This C64 Tribute CD includes the data from 1798 original C64 diskettes, all of which were collected by Martin Frech (Spook of Powerzone) during his scene-days.
Q: I can't find any of my favorite games I loved and used to play. Why aren't there any cool games on this CD?
A: This C64 Tribute CD includes only the data from disks I had when I was still in the scene. Back in those days, I was a legal demoswapper, so I didn't have huge game collections. I only had what was known as PD (Public Domain) wares, such as demos, writers and other tools. For game collections, look anywhere on the internet, they're everywhere these days. The only games included on this CD are those which were released with the expressed permission to spread them freely ('PD games').
Q: Which timeframe is spanned or covered in this collection?
A: Short answer: 1985 to 1999. Long answer: It's a hard question to answer, and it can't be answered precisely. Presumably this collection spans scene productions from way before 1985 to late 1999. Unfortunately, very early productions were often not dated, or they were even dated incorrectly. One of the earliest PROVEN release is a demo from 'Federation Against Copyright', released sometime in 1985, but it is likely that other demos, such as productions from groups like Section 8 or the 1001 Crew date back even farther than that. Some tools might date back as far as 1983 or even earlier, but were not dated.
Q: Does this C64 Tribute CD include all products released in that timeframe?
A: No. I am missing a lot of productions, but it is almost impossible to have a complete collection of all released files.
Q: How many groups are covered in this tribute CD?
A: Not counting groups that published only tools or graphics (so we're just counting demo groups here), there are 1278 groups covered on this CD. This covers most of the groups that were rather active and released productions that were wide-spread.
Q: Why don't you have all editions of a certain diskmag? Why don't you have all demos released in a series?
A: The demo-scene of the C64 was not perfect. Often times (especially in the times before Venlo), demos were not spread very well. Most of the spreading was done via postal mail, and delays were natural. Many demos never made the round, or just didn't get around to me. I didn't supplement or try to complete my collection with demos from the internet, because this project was meant to just include my own collection. If there are issues or demos missing, they can often times be downloaded from some site on the internet.
Q: Are all groups that ever existed represented in this collection?
A: No. There are quite a few groups that released productions that just never reached me. It is safe to assume, however, that most publicly known groups are represented in this collection.
Q: Some of the demos included in your collection are really lame! Why did you include them?
A: As a general rule, I included everything salvageable from my original C64 disks (for what was not included, please see the next question). It is my philosophy that I can not inherently tell what is cool and what is not. What is cool to one person might not be to the next. My thought was: "Who am I to judge what is a good production and what is lame?". If a group put together all of their knowledge and their time to make a demo, for all I'm concerned it qualifies to be included in this collection.
Q: Did you include everything from your original disks in this collection? Is this all that was on the disks?
A: No. There are certain files I chose not to publish on this CD. These include files that didn't work (presumably corrupted files - unfortunately, data on floppy disks becomes corrupt after a few years, and not all files are salvageable), files that didn't make sense (joke-files that just displayed a text or a sprite or files that just changed the screen color etc. ) and files that were not intended by their creators to be spread (like disk-letters to me). Almost all files I ported, however, are included.
Q: Is this CD available online?
A: As of now, this CD has no real 'home' online, but I am working on it. My long-term goal is to publish this entire CD on the web, including the disk images. However, for now only the index is available online. If you would like to offer the server space for this collection (about 200 MB), or know of a space, please let me know at spook@c64demos.com. Thank you.
Q: May I spread the material on this CD?
A: Yes. As far as I can tell, the material included on this CD was intended by their original creators to be spread around the world. However, I take no liability for copyrighted materials.
Q: May I redistribute the CD?
A: Yes. This CD is public domain software, just as its components. Feel free to spread this CD, but please only distribute it as a whole. DO NOT REMOVE my comments or other files if you intend to spread the CD as a whole. Please show some respect for all the time I invested in building this collection.
Q: May I sell copies of your CD?
A: No. The software on this CD was not meant to be sold. These productions 'want' to be free for everyone. Selling this CD is against everything the C64 scene stood for. Show some respect! You are free to give away this CD to fellow C64 fans, provided you respect the two previous questions.
