W E L C O M E ! TO THE OFFICIAL CRUSADERS EUROCHART TOP TEN ! THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE, RELEASED NOVEMBER 1ST 1989. EVERY SECOND MONTH WE WILL RELEASE AN UPDATED VERSION WITH NEW RESULTS. THAT MEANS THAT THE NEXT CHART WILL BE OUT 1ST OF JANUARY 1990. BEFORE WE LET YOU LOOSE INTO THE CHART THERE ARE A FEW POINTS WE FEEL SHOULD BE MENTIONED. FIRST OF ALL, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CRUSADERS ARE N O T IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESULTS IN THE EUROCHART. THE VOTES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM ABOUT 300 GROUPS ALL OVER EUROPE, AND ALL WE DO IS COLLECT THEM, ADD THEM TOGETHER AND BRING YOU THE RESULTS. SO, IF YOU'RE UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ON TOP OF THE LAMERS LIST, DON'T BLAME US, BLAME EUROPE ! IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE EUROCHART AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE, WE NEED AS MANY VOTES AS WE CAN GET. SO IF YOU WANT TO INFLUENCE THE RESULTS, GRAB A PEN, WRITE DOWN YOUR VOTES AND SEND THEM TO ANY MEMBER OF THE CRUSADERS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ADDRESS TO SEND IT TO, TRY THIS ONE : CRUSADERS, "CHART", STAVIKBAKKEN 3, 1472 FJELLHAMAR, NORWAY. THERE IS ONE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THE VOTING, THOUGH. YOU CAN VOTE FOR WHOEVER YOU WANT, BUT YOU ARE N O T ALLOWED TO VOTE FOR YOURSELF OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF YOUR GROUP. IF YOU VOTE FOR YOURSELF, THE VOTE WILL BE IGNORED. WE HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY THE OFFICIAL CRUSADERS EUROCHART TOP TEN. SEE YOU IN 2 MONTHS! NOW, PRESS THE "S" KEY TO START THE FUN !!!!
HAYA HAYA HAYA BROTHERS AND SISTERS MUMS AND DADS THE CRUSADERS ARE BACK (AS USUAL) WITH A NEW RELEASE (AND OF COURSE ITS HOTTER THAT EVER BEFORE) THIS TIME WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TRY TO MAKE A NEW KIND OF RELEASE NAMELY A CHART DISK! WE ARE AWARE THAT WE'RE NOT THE FIRST TO DO THIS - I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THE IPEC ELITE CHART CHAT, JUST LIKE WE HAVE. BUT WE THOUGHT THAT A NEW CHART, WITH MORE FREQUENT RELEASES, NICER PRESENTATION AND VOTING ABOUT MORE THINGS. ALSO, THIS CHART IS PUT TOGETHER WITH VOTES FROM LOADS AND LOADS OF AMIGA GROUPS, NOT JUST A FEW CHOSEN ONES. IN ADDITION TO THE VOTINGS, BEST THIS, WORST THAT, WE ALSO BRING YOU A COUPLE OF NICE ADD-INS: JOKE OF THE MONTH AND STORY OF THE MONTH. OK, BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, LET'S GIVE YOU THE WHO-DID-WHAT CREDITS ..... ORIGINAL IDEA OF CHARTING : IPEC ELITE ..... IDEA AND GENERAL LAYOUT : DR.AWESOME[/s] AND DR. M.D. CUB .... CODING : DR. M.D. CUB ..... GRAPHICS : SOME RIPPED, SOME BY DR.AWESOME ..... MUSIC : DR.AWESOME ....... OK GUYS, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE UNDERSTOOD BY NOW, WE ARE PLANNING TO RELEASE A NEW CHART EVERY SECOND MONTH, BUT FOR THAT WE NEED YOUR HELP! NOT MUCH FUN PUTTING ALL THE CHARTS TOGETHER OURSELVES IS IT? WELL LETS NOT WASTE VALUABLE SCROLLTEXT TIME WITH THIS SERIOUS SHIT LETS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS! BY THE WAY MY NAME IS DR. OUTTASIGHT AND IM THE SYSOP AT OUR VERY NICE BBS (AT LEAST I THINK SO....) NOW SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR BOARD..... LAST MONTH WE GOT A NEW COMPUTER FOR THE BBS, A COPAM 386 WITH A 120 MEGABYTE DISK AND 4 MEGABYTES OF MEMORY. WE ALSO INSTALLED A SECOND NODE (TELEPHONE LINE), SO NOW TWO USERS CAN USE THE BBS SIMULTANOUSLY! GOOD EYH? SINCE OUR ELITE SECTION ISNT THE MOST FAMOUS IN THE WORLD, WE PLAN TO GET BIGGER AND BIGGER ON PD SOFTWARE, SO IF YOU NEED A SPECIAL PD PROGRAM OR A NON PD UTILITY OUR BOARD IS THE PLACE TO CALL. AND NOW THE NUMBERS... +47-6-810881 AND +47-6-810864 TOO FAST? (WELL THEN BUY AN ATARI FOR CRIST SAKE) OK ONCE MORE +47-6-810881 AND +47-6-810864 ENOUGH ABOUT THAT. ANYONE FOR SOME GOOD OLD FASION BULLSHIT? OK HERE GOES.... YOU POOR FELLAS YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A NEW [g=15]CRUSADERS RELEASE THIS LONG AND ALL YOU GET IS A LOUSY CHART DISK? BLAAAHH HAVE NO FEAR HAVE WE EVER DISSAPOINTED YOU GUYS? NOOOOOO NOT THIS TIME EITHER! IN A FEW DAYS YOU WILL PROBABLY RECEIVE THE LATEST MUSIC DISK FROM US, THAT'S SOMETHING EYH? WHY DRESS UP AS A CAT AND WALK ON ALL FOUR TROUGH A KENNEL WHEN ITS ONLY DAYS LEFT???? WHY PAINT YOUR BODY BLACK AND ORDER A BLACK RUSSIAN AT A BAR FULL OF REDNECKS WHEN THERE ARE ONLY A FEW MINUTES LEFT???! WHY DRESS UP AS A RAT AND JUMP ON A TRUCK ON ITS WAY TO A TAMPONG FACTORY??? WHY GRAB A T-SHIRT WITH ATARI ON IT AND GO TO AN AMIGA COPYPARTY??? WHY DRESS UP AS AN AFRICAN ELEPHANT, POLISH YOUR TEETH AND GO TO AFRICA??? WHY? WHY? W H Y ? NO SENSE IN COMITTING SUICIDE WHEN THE LATEST PRODUCTIONS FROM CRUSADERS ARE NEARLY IN YOUR POCKET? JUST NOW I THOUGHT THAT A GOOD IDEA WAS TO CHANGE MY NAME FROM DR. OUTTASIGHT TO THE JOKER BETTER YET, DR. OUTTASIGHT - THE JOKER HMMM THAT SOUNDS GOOOOOD OK CONSIDER IT DONE!! HARF HARF ARGHHAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HARF HO HO HO HO HA A A A A A A . .. . . . AND NOW FROR THE GREETINGS (A-Z ORDER)..... ABANDON ACCESSION ACES / PIRAHNAS ACCUMULATORS ACTION FORCE AHEAD AMIGA INDUSTRIES ANTARCTICA APACHE AVENGER AVIREX AXXIS AZE THE BAND BOLERO THE BOZZ BRAINSTORM THE CARTEL CCS CHAOS CLAN CLONES COMPLEX CRITTERS CROWDED HOUSE CRYPTOBURNERS DDC DEFJAM / SPREADPOINT DEXION DIGITECH ENTITY EPSILON ESCAPE EXEC FLASH PROD. FLASH TEAM FRAXION FREEDOM FORCE FUSION FUTURE GARFIELD AND BEATE THE GATE GUARDIANS OF DOOM THE GIANTS HAAREK HELICON HYPNOSIS IBB IMP 666 IT IVORY MAGICAL MAGNETIC FIELDS METALLIANS MODESTY MR. POWER NEMESIS NORTHSTAR / SILENTS NOVA PARANOIMIA PHAZE 101 PHOBIA PHOENIX QUARTEX QUICKSILVER RED SECTOR INC. SAE OF SCOOPEX SCEPTRES SETROX SHADOWLIGHT SILVER HAWKS SPADGE 17BIT STORM SUPPLY TEAM SUPREME SYNTAX 3001 TARTAN ARMY TEAM-X UK TOP SWAP TRASH AND TOP BOYS TRILOGY TWI VISION VISION FACTORY VISUAL ARTS WIZZCAT ZAREX X-MEN UK