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                              :: FIRESTORM 3 ::
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                                           #$%track bloop ding woop uhh $#&%^.

Thank you for downloading Firestorm 3.     
Many of  you may have known  me from years  ago when I  released  "Firestorm"
in early 1994,  and "Firestorm 2" in mid 1995.   Well this is  the 'finale to
the triology(?)' i guess you could call it, after 1.5 years of non release(!)
I have  been slowly  tracking shit  over that period,  but never released any 
of it due to laziness mostly.

  I have also been reluctant to  release anything becuase nowadays its really
not worth uploading more  music to ftp sites becuase so many people track now
and keep shoving their SHIT on the sites.   Back about early 1995 and before,
it was cool and trackers were revered, #trax didnt even exist, Shadow Faction
were going  to rule the demo  scene (in joke there),  FastTracker 1 just came
out,  and  there  were only  a few music disks released..   (Prolly something
like necros's first disk necronomicon or whatever the fuck it was, a cybelius
disk, skaven and pm's disks i  think and maybe a few others :)  now take your
pick from a couple of hundred :)..   

I guess the  only explanation for this though  is that tracker programs  have
become  so functional and easy to use now  that anyone can have a go... So be
it.

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This disk  was so big that  I canceled writing my svga interface  becuase  it
might have added yet another megabyte or something to the size :)
I actually removed 3  songs from this  disk also becuase i wanted to at least
keep firestorm 3 under 2  1.44 disks worth.
This  is the  reason there is  nothing but songs  and a text file (btw  i see
a lot  of disks with people exlaiming -  why write an interface when you will
just use your own player anyway :) )..  while this is true, its a pretty lame
excuse seeing as coding a small interface wouldnt take long at all :)... 
btw just remember thats not the excuse im using hehehe... 

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I was gonna write something cool here but i forgot.

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     |  Releases to date : (In approximate order of creation/release)  |
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 FileName      CHns Size    IN  Name                            Type    Year
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 FIRE     MOD   6   267,414 --- FireLight                     (ambient) 1993
 STORM    MOD   8   207,548 FS1 Storm Front                (orchestral) 1994
 PROGRESS MOD   8   360,950 FS1 Progression      (mellow->demo->mellow)   | 
 CRIMSON  MOD   4   232,918 FS1 Crimson Gambit           (tracker jazz)   |
 BLOODM   MOD   6   321,976 FS1 BloodMoon                 (soft techno)   |
 CYBERCH  MOD   4   247,906 CC1 CyberCharge            (pacy demostyle)   |
 FRAGILE  MOD   8   269,100 FS1 Fragile                       (ambient)   |
 BLOWFLY  MOD   8   235,016 FS1 Blowfly         (industrial/orchestral)   |
 HEATSEEK MOD   8   250,818 FS1 HeatSeeker                       (demo)   |
 FLAFTER  MOD   8   275,450 EGG After the Storm      (demosynth+guitar)   |
 PRIMAL   MOD   8   326,226 --- Primal Thought                 (guitar)   |
 BACKWARD S3M   8   168,246 --- Backwards-sdrawkcaB       (backwards :)   |
 CYBERCH3 MOD   8   255,698 --- CyberCharge 3                    (demo) 1995
 SPITFIR2 S3M   6     6,722 FS2 Spitfire 2                       (chip)   |
 PROGRES2 MOD   8   448,846 FS2 Progression 2    (mellow->demo->mellow)   |
 SAPPHIRE MOD   8   279,046 FS2 Sapphire Eyes                 (ambient)   |
 COMBUSTN MOD   4   166,716 FS2 Combustion               (tracker jazz)   |
 VIRTUOUS MOD   6   258,724 EXP Virtuous Reason           (guitar/jazz)   |
 MOO!     S3M   4     5,824 FS2 Moo!                             (chip)   |
 TRIANGLE MOD   8   298,064 FS2 Triangle of Dispair              (demo)   |
 TALISMAN MOD   8   402,574 FS2 Talisman           (Power synth string)   |
 OCEAN    MOD   8   266,222 FS2 Ocean of Stone             (fuzzy demo)   |
 STORM2   MOD   8   302,480 FS2 Storm Front 2              (orchestral)   |
 JAPANAMO MOD   8   208,314 FS2 Japanamotion                     (demo)   |
 E-24556  XM    12  550,553 MC3 Forgotten DreamTime    (16 bit ambient)   |
 MANIFEST XM    10  280,958 ALG Manifest            (16 bit orchestral)   |
 FUNKSQUA S3M   4   352,368 ALG Funky Squad              (wah wah funk)   |
 NOVINDUS XM    8   274,993 ALG Novindus          (8/16bit house synth)   |
 SHOCK    XM    10  314,772 ASM Shock soundtrack        (trance techno)   |
 LASTTRAI XM    12  286,367 ASM Last Train to magnetic north     (demo)   |

<-- wow 1.5 years gap here! :) -->

 ELFMAN   XM    12  590,290 FS3 Danny Elfman Tribute       (orchestral)   |
 COMBUST2 XM    12  449,950 FS3 Combustion 2       (upbeat trackerjazz)   |
 LASTTRAI XM    12  286,534 FS3 Last Train to magnetic north     (demo)   |
 SLIVER   XM    16  525,628 FS3 Sliver                        (ambient)   |
 CHIPSIM  S3M    1      480 FS3 Simpsons in chipland (smallest chip ever!)|
 MARINES  XM    10  319,849 FS3 Marines EPOC backing music (game fluff) 1996
 LUSTPOT  XM     6   61,286 FS3 Lust Potion         (get down funkjazz)   |
 FUZZBOZZ XM     2   45,232 FS3 FuzzBozzle                       (chip)   |
 FIELDS   XM    16  986,002 FS3 Fields Of Glass               (ambient)   |
 GREENMON XM    16  607,509 FS3 Green Monkey                    (dance)   |
 COPROFUK XM     6   32,000 FS3 Coprofuck                       (chip!)   |
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hmm over 40 tunes released isnt so bad i guess.. :)

IN key: FS1 = FireStorm Music Disk
        FS2 = FireStorm 2 Music Disk
        FS3 = FireStorm 3 Music Disk
        EGG = Exceedingly Great Grooves music disk (kosmic)
        EXP = ExpOZe Music Disk (australian music disk)
        CC1 = Composers Compo 1
        MC3 = Music Competition 3
        ALG = Algorythm '95 Australian Music Compo
        ASM = Assembly '95 Demo Competition

Also these executables:
 GUSDUMP  ZIP                  Rippers GUS dram dumping/play utility.
 FMOD     ZIP                  The FireMOD 4-8channel MOD player 1.06
 FMODDOC  ZIP                  The Ultimate MOD coders document!
                                - includes hundreds of kb of text files on
                                  how to code a mod player from scratch, with
                                   source!
 FMODDOC2 ZIP                  The Ultimate MOD/S3M/GUS/SB coders document!
                                - includes 300kb of text files on how to code
                                  a mod player from scratch, with source!

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- If you want any of these releases then email me and I can send it to you
  uuencoded by email.
- How to contact me :

                IRC : #trax using server 'irc.neato.org'
               Post : Brett Paterson,
                      48/A Parr st,
                      Leongatha 3953,
                      Victoria, Australia.
    Email (quicker) : billmcin@netspace.net.au (put 'firelight' in subject)
                      firelght@suburbia.net.au (may work.. may not)
              Phone : (056) 623795 

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