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I t 's   b l u e   s k y   t h i n k i n g _

                           - W i t h   j u s t   a   f e w   c l o u d s !

Welcome to the readme file for the special one-off diskmag  release at the
Sillyventure 2012 party called 'Mag!

Well  after weeks  of intense activity at a keyboard, I'm all 'worded out'
now.  So most of what you're going to get is probably a last minute stream
of wibble, written in a relieved but slightly deflated state of mind.

I am really having to resist the temptation to meddle any further with the
finished product.  It has managed to come within the size parameters, with
room to spare. (Size parameters being one high density floppy disk for the
compressed archive.)

Actually,  these aren't  probably going  to be the very last words written
about Mag!  I've got some  sort of press release to write, probably at the
party itself.

You  should be  (hopefully)  reading either the warm and nostalgic 'retro'
edition of  Mag! in the old  ST Maggie shell  on your Atari ST or emulated
version  thereof,  or  if  you  have  a slightly higher-spec  system,  the
HTML-based  'pretend  diskmag'  version  cooked  up by myself.  The latter
version is extremely  system portable,  including  everything  from a base
model Falcon 030, to a  bleeding-edge octuple-core giga-gaming PeeCee with
a 2 Gig graphics card!

It's sort of wasted on something like that though..

We've attempted to recreate  some of the old 'feeling'  of Maggie with our
limited time and resources, and we anticipate that you'll enjoy reading.

Okay, here's something else to chew on..

Out of all  the important life decisions to take,  that indicate you are a
prepared and  decisive adult  human,  this one probably  does not count. I
have sorted out  my choice of menu for my last meal!

So if  I had an unfortunate accident with a motorised saw and some people,
ending up on  a hypothetical American death row.  My choice  of  last meal
would be a full English cooked breakfast.  Nothing more is needed!

You  can  leave  the black pudding off the plate though,  but I'll have an
extra  slice of fried  bread  instead!   It'll leave you  with a nice warm
feeling just BEFORE you get to sit in Old Sparky!

Back to something less whimsical now.

Apart  from the  "epic"  struggle to  finish  this thing,  anticipation is
building  for what  could be the  Atari Party of the decade.  Sillyventure
2012,  held in the vastness of an elementary school gym in Gdansk, Poland,
has been described as  having demo entries for just about every main class
of Atari machine. Everything from the defiantly ancient Atari VCS console,
through to the Falcon 030.  There may even be something  for the Atari TT,
desirable hardware,  but  not generally  seen performing  at these sort of
gatherings!

Anyway,  by  the  time  you've read this,  we'll  all know  properly  what
actually happened there.

We're also nudging up against the thing which hasn't been spoke of as yet,
that I've being trying very hard to  ignore up to now,  the tinsel-covered
festive elephant in the room. This qualifies as a Xmas issue!  So we could
consider this festive release as another gift to put under the Atari scene
Xmas tree!  I'm also  looking forward  to  some  new  games that should be
coming out apart from the flood of demos from the party.

Falcon version of 'Galaga 88', please! Pretty please, Mr Anima!

I'll bet everyone has their own requests!

Oh, and Merry Xmas to you all!

And I think that will cover everything that I want to say right now.
See you in a future issue of.....   ......Something?!....

We will be back! Just not decided in what shape or form as yet.


              --* CiH - For Mag! - December 3rd 2012.. *--
