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              code: SSG ú graphics: Cori ú music: Heretic


                            ... prologue ...

  Well... here it is.. Our first musicdisk! (and also our first
  major release)... Da "HereticaL"..

  "HereticaL" is special, because it's the reason why we've founded
  this group -aRtEffECt-...

  7 months after the musicdisk idea was first discussed, it's ready
  for your listening pleasure. I didn't beleive we would finish this
  but we did. So whether you enjoy it or not, it exists in this
  meaningless universe...

                            ... history ...

  The decision to code a musicdisk was made on July 97.. Until
  December we had nothing in hand except Heretic's mods and some
  shitty pre-alpha code I've coded in Pascal... In December we
  wanted to finish the disk before XMAS so we begun to work..

  Since the lack of mod engine we used in Pascal,   we  switched to
  DJGPP + mikmod.  I've coded a Mode-X one.. Cori drawn a interface
  graphics for it... Qube has coded a Amiga port for it.. But the
  gfx people didn't satisfy with the quality of the mode-x so we
  turned it to 640x480 SVGA... This change delayed us so we didn't
  be able to release it on XMAS.. Also we wanted it to be GOOD and
  in its situation we think the disk isn't ready... So we kept
  going...

  Cori made a new interface gfx for new SVGA mode... And beleive me
  it's BETTER than the mode-x one... Qube re-coded the port for
  640x512 mode on Amiga... Meanwhile heretic composed two new songs
  for the disk so we had a grand total of six songs... I've
  implemented a water-like effect but due to performance problems
  we have removed it from disk.. And after hundreds of sleepless
  hours we have finished it! :)

                   ... frequently asked questions ...

Q: When will you release the musicdisk?
A: I think this has already been answered :)

Q: Why not cool 8-bit ASCII art instead of pure text on this NFO?
A: It seems that we would use this NFO on Amiga platform too... So be
   it..

