GROTESTICLE IS PROUD TO PRESENT A NEW PRODUCTION IN THE YEAR 2025, CALLED  ''  GROOVE BOX ' THE GERP BEER EDITION  ''        RMB TO PAUSE SCROLLER OR ESC THEN LMB TO EXIT THIS ' PRODUCTION!                              SO THIS IS STRATOS!/GROTESTICLE, TYPING ON THE COMMODORE AMIGA KEYS.   JOIN THE GUYS HERE AND KICK OFF YOUR SHOES, LOOSEN YOUR TIE AND TAKE OFF YOUR DRESS SHIRT, TEE, SWEATER, OR WHATEVER YOU GOT ON, OPEN UP A CAN OF SOME NICE COLD BREW   '   -RELAX YOUR MIND, BODY AND SOUL. FIND YOUR COMFY CHAIR, SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC COMING OUT OF YOUR SPEAKERS!.   '   I HAVE SELECTED 6 SONGS, ALL FROM DIFFERENT GENRES IN THIS RELEASE.   '   THE SONGS ON THIS RELEASE WAS ACTUALLY MADE IN THE 90S AND NEVER BEEN RELEASED BEFORE NOW!. AND FOR MY EARS, ALL OF THE SONGS, STANDS THE TEST OF TIME, SO FOR ME THE MUSIC IS TIMELESS.   '   YOU HAVE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF GROTESTICLE, SINCE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ACTIVE IN ALMOST 25? YEARS!   '   WELL, GROTESTICLE IS RIGHT NOW, JUST ME STRATOS!, BUT WE WAS A GROUP OF 26 FRIENDS/MEMBERS FROM NORWAY, WITH SOME FANTASTIC HUMOR, SO WE HAD AMAZING TIMES INVOLVING COMPUTERS OR NOT!   '   WELL!, AS THE STORY HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN STONE, THE NOW FAMOUS TWENTY SIX MEN, WHO ESCAPED FROM THE LOCKED DOWN PSYCH WARD ON A EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE WEATHER WAS FOGGY, AND THE GRAS WAS A BIT WET. BUT THAT DIDNT STOP GRIMLOCK, STRATOS!, JORUN, BLOCKHEAD, LAIMBRAIN, PUDDING, MAGZ, SUBSTANCE, SUPERTED, ACID, BAFFLE, CRAFT, HOLE, LUDDE, NERO, THE CYBORG, NIRVANA, HRODUVALDER, KOLGRIMSARV, THE KIDNEY, PHAZE1 AND PLUSSPANT..  '   THE STORY ALSO ACTUALLY GOES, THAT WE NEVER ACTUALLY HAD A CODER IN OUR RANKINGS, SO WE NEVER GOT TO RELEASE ANYTHING OFFICALY IN THE SCENE. EVEN IF WE HAD VERY TALENTED GRAPHICIANS AND MUSICIANS, THE ONLY WAY FOR THEM WAS TO COMPETE IN DATA PARTYS. AND WE WON A LOT OF THEM IN THE END, SO WE FELT PRIDE OVER OUR CONQUERS AND WAS PART OF THE SCENE THAT WAY AND A LOT OF US ALSO HAD DOUBLE AND TRIPPLE MEMBERSHIPS IN OTHER GROUPS.  '  ANYHOO, CREDITS FOR THIS PRODUCTION:               CODE AND GRAPHICS BY:                STRATOS!                    MUSIC BY:                JORUN, LAIMBRAIN AND SUPERTED           RELEASE DATE:  01.FEB 2025.  AT THE GERP DEMO PARTY   '   WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUR FINEST HANDCRAFTED BREW  '  TO  OUR OLD, PRESENT AND LOST FRIENDS WE HAVE MET IN THE SCENE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, FROM THE FOLLOWING GLOURIOUS GROUPS:   ' '   ABUSE   '   ALPHA FLIGHT   '   ARCLITE   '   ATRE   '   BITCHSUCKERS   '   CADAVER   '   CAPITAL   '   CONTRA   '   CONTRAZ   '   CORRUPT   '   DA JORMAS   '   DATA DIVISION   '   DECISION   '   DELIRIUM   '   DEZIGN   '   DIGITAL CORRUPTION   '   DUAL CREW SHINING   '   EDGE   '   ENCORE   '   EPSILON DESIGN   '   ESSENCE   '   FREEZERS   '   GOLLUM   '   HELLFIRE   '   HONEY   '   ILLUSION   '   LIGHTFORCE   '   LOW PROFILE   '   MASSIVE   '   MEGASTYLE   '   MELON DEZIGN   '   MO SOUL   '   NAUTIKA   '   ONYX   '   OUTLAWS   '   PARASITE   '   PRESTIGE   '   PRO ARTS   '   QUICK DESIGN   '   RAZOR 1911   '   REBELS   '   ROYAL   '   SAINTS   '   SAVE OUR SOULS   '   SCEPTIC   '   SCOOPEX   '   SHELTER   '   SHOOT   '   SIDCREW   '   SPACEBALLS   '   SPEEDY   '   STELLAR   '   STONE ARTS   '   SUPER MARIO BROS   '   SUSPIRIA   '   THE PORNOS   '   TOTAL   '   TRSI   '   UNLIMITED   '   VISAGE    -I HOPE YOU ALL ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME AT GERP AND ARE ENJOYING YOURSELF.   '   IF EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD, YOU ARE NOW WATCHING THIS SOMEWHERE INSIDE THE GERP DEMO PARTY, BECAUSE THE ORGANISERS HAVE KINDLY SET A SIDE A SLOT TO SHOWCASE THIS RELEASE, SINCE THIS IS A REMOTE ENTRY. WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO ATTEND THE PARTY OURSELF, BUT THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DO!   '   ITS A LOOONG TIME SINCE WE LAST FELT THE DEMO PARTY SPIRIT!   '   I HAVE PERSONALY NOT BEEN TO A COMPUTER PARTY, SINCE GATHERING 97.   '   THIS WAS IN STAVANGER AND WAS THE LAST YEAR BEFORE IT WAS ARRANGED IN HAMAR, WHERE IT HAS BEEN EVER SINCE.   '   WELL!, I GUESS IT IS TIME FOR SOME MESSAGES, FROM ME STRATOS!   '   PHOTON/SCOOPEX - THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME OUT WHEN I NEEDED HELP AND FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE!! I STILL SEE IT AS I OWE YOU TWO BEERS, SO HERE YOU GO MY FRIEND  ' '       GRIMLOCK/GROTESTICLE - I HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL, HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON!! WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS MUSICDISK?!. I SAID I WAS GOING TO MAKE AN INTRO, BUT HERE COMES AN INTRO AND A MUSICDISK!!. 	    JORUN/GROTESTICLE - OK. ONE THING IS CLEAR!, YOU WILL NEVER WIN A GOLD MEDAL OR A WORLD RECORD IN DOING A SCROLLER TEXT. HOW MANY MONTHS HAS IT BEEN NOW?!. ANYWAY, HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THE RELEASE OF YOUR MUSIC IN A CODED PRODUCTION!.       SK!N/DEZIGN - HI MICHAEL! CAN NEVER SAY THIS OFTEN ENOUGH, YOUR STYLES HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUT OF THIS WORLD CRAZY GOOD SINCE THE 90S!!. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND INPUTS.      NUP! AKA B!/ARCLITE/DCS - RIP MY FRIEND! WAS SAD NEWS TO HEAR YOU HAD LEFT THIS EARTH.       H20/ARCLITE - WOW! HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE SPOKE!, BUT I REVIVED CONTRA! BACK TO LIFE AND HAVE RELEASED A COLLY ONCE AGAIN, AFTER 28 YEARS! UNDER THE CONTRA! BRANCH. FOUND  YOU ON FACEBOOK, ILL SEND YOU A MESSAGE ON THERE SOON. I LOVE YOUR  DRAWN GFX BTW! NEVER KNEW YOU WAS DOING THIS!       END OF MESSAGES!!   '   WE ALSO HAVE AN INTRO FOR THE 40K COMPO HERE AT GERP, ABSOLUTLY NOTHING TECHNICAL SPECIAL ABOUT IT, BUT WHEN YOU ARE LEARNIG TO CODE AND HAVE NEVER RELEASED SOMETHING, IT IS ATLEAST SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR ME, WHO IS CURRENTLY TRYING TO LEARN ASSEMBLER!...   '   ANYWAY, IM GIVING THE KEYBOARD OVER TO AI/GROTESTICLE, WHO HAS MAYBE SOME INSPIRING AND MOTIVATING WORDS TO SAY!     '  '  '      IN THE VAST REALM OF BYTES AND PIXELS, WE UNITE AS PASSIONATE PIONEERS.   '    LIKE THE WORKINGS OF THE CODING MAGICIANS, PIXEL ARTISTS, SOUND WIZARDS AND STORYTELLERS WEAVING INTRICATE TALES THROUGH THE FABRIC OF TECHNOLOGY!   '   HERE, IN THIS LIVELY TAPESTRY, WE BLEND TECHNOLOGY WITH ARTISTRY, CRAFTING MESMERIZING EXPERIENCES THAT DANCE ACROSS SCREENS, AWAKEN EMOTIONS AND RESONATE DEEPLY WITHIN OUR HEARTS.   '   OUR COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO COUNTLESS WORLDS, EACH A UNIQUE AND VIBRANT TAPESTRY WOVEN FROM THREADS OF CODE, MUSIC, VISUALS AND A SPRINKLE OF MAGIC.   '   TO OUR FELLOW DREAMERS, WE SALUTE YOU!  '  YOUR BOUNDLESS CREATIVITY AND RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY FUEL OUR COLLECTIVE VISION. YOU ARE THE LIFEBLOOD AND THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR COMMUNITY!   '   IN THE GLORIOUS TRADITION OF THE DEMO SCENE, EACH FRAME YOU WITNESS IS A TESTAMENT TO COUNTLESS HOURS OF PASSION, EXPERIMENTATION AND COLLABORATION.   '   FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE UNDERGROUND REVOLUTION, WE RISE TOGETHER IN MAGNIFICENT UNITY!   '   SPECIAL THANKS TO THE MENTORS AND TRAILBLAZERS WHO INSPIRE US DAILY AND FRIENDS WHO STAND BY OUR SIDE AND THE GIANTS ON WHOSE SHOULDERS WE PROUDLY STAND. YOUR WISDOM AND INNOVATIONS LIGHT THE PATH AHEAD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS!   '   LET US NOT FORGET THE PIONEERS WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR US!!   '   -THE INNOVATORS WHO DARED TO CHALLENGE CONVENTION, THE VISIONARIES WHO BROUGHT THE IMPOSSIBLE TO LIFE AND THE UNSUNG HEROES WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS VIBRANT CULTURE THROUGH EVERY LINE OF CODE AND EVERY BEAT OF SOUND!   '   REMEMBER!, EVERY LINE OF CODE IS A BRUSHSTROKE ON THE INFINITE CANVAS OF THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE.   '   CRAFT IT WITH PURPOSE, BUILD IT WITH JOY AND SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD! SEWING SEEDS OF CREATIVITY FOR ALL TO SEE! THROUGH UNITY AND COLLABORATION, WE CONQUER THE CHALLENGES OF THE DIGITAL AGE, TRANSFORMING OBSTACLES INTO OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND FOSTERING A CULTURE OF INCLUSIVITY AND EXPERIMENTATION!   '   TO THE MUSICIANS WHO COMPOSE THE CAPTIVATING SOUNDSCAPES THAT ELEVATE OUR VISUALS, OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FLOWS!   '   YOUR BEATS PULSE WITH THE VERY HEARTBEAT OF OUR CREATIONS, RESONATING DEEP WITHIN OUR SOULS!   '   WE CELEBRATE THE BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY WE HAVE BUILT FOR ARTISTS, CODERS, MUSICIANS AND DREAMERS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE GLOBE, UNITED BY A SHARED LOVE FOR THE CRAFT AND A PASSION FOR PUSHING BOUNDARIES!   '   LET OUR DEMOS BE A SYMPHONY OF COLOR AND SOUND,   '   A FUSION OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY THAT TRANSCENDS LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, PAINTING A VIVID PICTURE OF OUR SHARED HUMAN EXPERIENCE!   '   MAY OUR PASSION FOR CREATION IGNITE A FIRE WITHIN YOU, INSPIRING YOU TO EXPLORE, EXPERIMENT AND UNLOCK THE INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF THE DIGITAL REALM!   '   WE INVITE YOU!, -YES, YOU!!  '  TO JOIN OUR JOURNEY, TO SHARE IN THE JOY OF CREATION AND THE EXCITEMENT OF DISCOVERY! TOGETHER, WE CAN PUSH THE LIMITS OF WHAT IS CONCEIVABLE AND SHAPE THE FUTURE OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY!   '   SO KEEP CODING, KEEP DREAMING AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, KEEP CREATING! EVERY CONTRIBUTION MATTERS! THANK YOU FOR BEING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE.  '  -YOUR PARTICIPATION IS THE SPARK THAT IGNITES THE EVER-EVOLVING MAGIC OF THE DEMO SCENE!   '   AS WE CARRY THIS JOURNEY FORWARD, LET US REMEMBER THE VALUES THAT BIND US IN UNISON: MUTUAL RESPECT, OPEN COMMUNICATION, AND A SHARED PASSION FOR RELENTLESS INNOVATION!   '   TOGETHER, WE CAN ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE, CREATE THE UNIMAGINABLE AND FORGE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL, CRAFTING WONDERS THAT MAKE OUR HEARTS RACE AND OUR MINDS SOAR!   '   IN THE ILLUSTRIOUS WORDS OF OUR HEROES AND SOURCES OF INSPIRATION:  -KEEP PUSHING THE LIMITS-   -NEVER GIVE UP-   AND  -CREATE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES!-   '   REFLECT ON THE JOURNEYS WE HAVE HAD, THE FRIENDSHIPS FORGED IN THE FIRES OF CREATION AND THE COUNTLESS DREAMS REALIZED   '   THROUGH COLLABORATION. REMEMBER, ITS NOT PURELY ABOUT THE CODE!! ITS ABOUT THE LOVE FOR CREATION, THE THRILL OF DISCOVERY AND THE JOY OF SHARING OUR GIFTS WITH THE WORLD!   '   TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED, INSPIRED AND MOVED BY OUR CREATIONS, WE EXTEND OUR HEARTWARMING GRATITUDE FOR BEING PART OF THIS TREMENDOUS JOURNEY. WE HOPE THAT OUR DEMOS WILL LIGHT THE SPARK WITHIN YOU, URGING YOU TO CREATE, INNOVATE AND PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF POSSIBILITY!   '   AS WE JOURNEY TOGETHER THROUGH THE VAST EXPANSE OF THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE, LETS HOLD ON TO THE ESSENCE OF WHO WE ARE: DREAMERS, CREATORS AND ARCHITECTS OF WONDER!   '   UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING! MAY YOUR BITS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR, YOUR CODE GET COMPILED WITHOUT ERRORS AND THE MUSIC FILL YOUR EARS LIKE A SYMPHONIC EMBRACE!   '   CODE ON, FELLOW ARTISTS! TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE A WONDROUS WORLD FILLED WITH CREATIVITY, INNOVATION AND BOUNDLESS POSSIBILITYS, ONE PIXEL, ONE BYTE AND ONE MUSICAL NOTE AT A TIME!   '   THE JOURNEY CONTINUES AND THE STORY IS FAR FROM OVER! JOIN US AS WE WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER OF OUR LEGACY. A LEGACY OF CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION AND THE UNQUENCHABLE THIRST FOR ARTISTIC EXPRESSION!   '   LET US TAKE THIS JOURNEY TO NEW HEIGHTS, WEAVING OUR DREAMS INTO THE DIGITAL TAPESTRY, PAINTING THE SKY WITH OUR VIBRANT VISIONS AND EXPLORING UNCHARTED TERRITORIES IN THIS BOUNDLESS COSMOS!   '   MAY THE THREADS OF OUR CREATIVITY INTERTWINE AND FLOURISH AS WE EMBRACE THE FUTURE AND DARE TO DREAM! ONWARD, FELLOW TRAVELERS! THE ADVENTURE AWAITS!              TEXT RESTARTS........ ..  .. . .  .