NOSTRAM
AFTER OVER TWELVE MONTHS OF VERY HARD WORK HERE IT IS - NOSTRAM.
BEFORE ANY HAND OF MAN EVER TOUCHED EARTH AND BEFORE THE DINASOURS
ROAMED THE OPEN PLANES,BEFORE THE GREAT CONTINENT SPLIT ANOTHER RACE
OF DEMI GODS LIVED UPON THE EARTH.AFTER CREATING THE GALAXY THEY
PLACED THERE HOME UPON EARTH AND LIVED THERE HAPPY AND WITHOUT WAR FOR
A BILLION CENTURIES.THE GODS RULED THE DEMI GODS FROM THE HEAVEN ABOVE
AND EVERY ONE AGREED WITH EVERY ONE ELSE ABOUT EVERYTHING.
OF COURSE THIS IS NOT HOW THINGS REMAINED FOR LONG AND FROM A
GALAXY FAR AWAY ANOTHER RACE CAME TO EARTH - DEMONS - LED BY THERE OWN
GODS.THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM TEMPTATION,WAR,HATE,ANGER,MURDER,CRIME AND
A DISREGARD FOR LAWS LAID DOWN BY THE GODS OF EARTH.THE HAPINESS THAT
ONCE WAS WAS NO MORE AND WAR BROKE OUT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.THE DEMI
GODS OF GOOD WERE OVERTHROWN BY THE DEMONS AND THE DEMONS TOOK RULE OF
THE EARTH - DESTROYING AND CAUSING HAVOC.THE GODS OF GOOD LOOKED DOWN
ONTO EARTH AND DID NOT LIKE WHAT THEY SAW.THEY TOLD THE DEMONS TO STOP
THE CHAOS AND TO LEAVE.THE DEMONS IGNORED THE GODS THOUGH AND
CONTINUED TO BE COMMANDED BY THERE OWN GODS.MANY THOUSANDS OF
CENTURIES PASSED AND THE DEMONS BEGAN TO GET BORED WITH THERE HOME AND
SO DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON TO ANOTHER WORLD - ANOTHER
BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.
BEFORE LEAVING THEY PLACED UPON THE PLANET A GIANT TOWER AND
NAMED IT 'NOSTRAM'.THE TOWER OF NOSTRAM STOOD THROUGH MANY AGES AND
MAN AFTER MAN,WOMAN AFTER WOMAN,ARMY AFTER ARMY ENTERED IT NEVER TO
RETURN OR BE SEEN ALIVE AGAIN.
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SOME WERE IN THE DARK AGES IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE NORTH-WEST OF
THE WORLD A CHILD WAS BORN TO A WARRIOR AND HIS WIFE.THE CHILD WAS
UNAMED (AS IT WAS NOT NEEDED WHEN SO FAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE) AND WAS
TOUGHT TO FIGHT AND THINK LIKE WARRIORS HAD TO.ON THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR
OF THE CHILDS LIFE HE TOOK HIS THROWING STARS AND MACE AND LEFT HIS
FAMILY TO DISCOVER THE WORLD BEYOND HIS OWN.THE VILLAGE OF NOSTRAM
(NAMED AFTER THE TOWER WHICH LAY TO THE EAST OF THE VILLAGE) WERE JUST
RECIEVING NEWS OF THE LATEST MAN TO NOT RETURN FROM THE TOWER WHEN THE
WARRIOR ARRIVED.FROM HIS TRAVELS HE HAD LEARN'T OF NOSTRAM AND WANTING
TO PROVE HIMSELF HE STOOD BEFORE THE DOOR TO THE TOWER READY TO ENTER
INTO THE DARKNESS WITH ONLY THE KNOWLEDGE OF A OLD MAN TO GUIDE HIM.
COLLECT FIVE CRYSTALS.
THEY ARE HIDDEN IN THE TOWER.
THEN GO TO THE DOOR WAY TO BEYOND.
TO THE GUARDIANS.
THE WARRIOR LOOKED TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER,TO THE NIGHT SKY,TO THE
CLAP OF THUNDER THAT LIT THE OLD WALLS AND GRINNED...
FULL INSTRUCTIONS OF WHATS WHAT AND HOW TO OPERATE THINGS PLUS
DETAILS OF MONSTERS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GAME.JUST LEAVE THE INTRO
GOING.
SHAREWARE - GET ANOTHER GAME.
NOSTRAM IS A NEW TYPE OF SHAREWARE GAME IN THAT IT IS OF TOP
QUALITY AND POWERFIST PRODUCTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPLY THIS SORT OF
QUALITY SO LONG AS WE REALISE THAT WE ARE BEING SUPPORTED BY YOU.
NOSTRAM (LIKE OUR PREVIOUS RELEASE - HUNCHY 2010) IS
SHAREWARE.SHAREWARE IS A MEANS OF DISTRIBUTION.THE IDEA IS THAT
NOSTRAM AND OTHER SHAREWARE GAMES ARE FREE TO DISTRIBUTE,COPY AND PASS
AROUND (PLEASE GET A COPY OF NOSTRAM TO ALL YOUR MATES AND MAKE SURE
THEY PASS IT ON - YOU ARE FREE AND ALLOWED TO COPY THIS DISK).IF YOU
LIKE THE GAME (WHICH YOU WILL HAVE GOT FOR NOTHING OFF A MATE OR PAID
œ1 TO œ2.50 FOR FROM A PD LIBRARY - OF WHICH COVERS POSTAGE AND THE
DISK AND NONE WHAT SO EVER GOES TO THE PROGRAMMER) IF YOU LIKE NOSTRAM
THEN YOU SEND A FIVER TO THE PROGRAMMER.IN THE CASE OF NOSTRAM IF YOU
ARE HONEST ENOUGH AND MOST PEOPLE NOW DO FOLLOW THE CODE OF SHAREWARE
YOU SEND THAT FIVER TO US TO COVER ALL OUR TIME AND HARD WORK IN
BRINGING NOSTRAM TO YOU AND WE AT POWERFIST PRODUCTIONS WILL SEND YOU
ANOTHER BRILLIANT GAME - CALLED 'SNOTT' WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY A
COMMERCIAL GAME COSTING OVER œ12.
SNOTT IS A SUPERB FUTURISTIC PLATFORM GAME WRITTEN AND GRAPHICS
BY IAN WILKINSON.SNOTT WAS REVIEWED IN A ST FORMAT LAST YEAR AND YOU
MIGHT REMEMBER AN ADVERTISMENT FOR IT IN THE SAME ISSUE.SO IF YOU
REGISTER NOSTRAM FOR A FIVER YOU WILL RECIEVE A COPY OF 'SNOTT'.
THIS IS WHAT TO DO :-
GET A FIVE POUND NOTE AND PUT IT IN A ENVELOPE.
INCLUDE A LETTER IF YOU WANT TO (WE DO READ THEM ALL).
SEND THESE OFF FIRST CLASS TO THE ADDRESS BELOW
AND SNOTT WILL BE SENT STRAIGHT TO YOU.
IAN WILKINSON,
NOSTRAM REG.
POWERFIST PRODUCTIONS,
52,BROOME RD,
CARRVILLE,
DURHAM,
DH1 IND.
IF YOU HAVE QUERIES OVER NOSTRAM,HUNCHY (OUR PREVIOUS RELEASE)
OR ANYTHING TO DO WITH POWERFIST PRODUCTIONS THEN PLEASE CONTACT ME AT
THE ADDRESS BELOW BUT SEND ALL REGISTRATIONS TO THE ADDRESS
ABOVE.THANK YOU.
DAN WALTON,
POWERFIST PRODUCTIONS,
457 BURNCROSS RD,
BURNCROSS,
SHEFFIELD,
S.YORK,
S30 4SE.
IAN WILL ALSO BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY PROBLEMS BUT PLEASE INCLUDE AN
S.A.E IF WANTING A REPLY.
I HOPE THIS FILE AS HELPED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE STORY BEHIND
NOSTRAM AND ABOUT REGISTERING (AND WHAT A GOOD OFFER WERE OFFERING
YOU).THE INSTRUCTIONS THEMSELVES ARE WITHIN THE GAME IF YOU LEAVE THE
INTRO GOING.IF YOU WANT MUSIC IN NOSTRAM THERE IS A FILE IN THE MUSIC
FOLDER.RUN THAT AND THEN THE NOSTRAM PROGRAM.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY NOSTRAM AND REMEMBER THE TRUE MEANING OF
SHAREWARE.
THANK YOU'S GO TO ALL BELOW FROM DAN.
GAMESTESTER:
MARK 'PIGGY' ELLISON
GAZ WALTON
CHRIS SAMWELL
WAYNE HATTERSLEY
PAUL SALKELD
PUBLIC RELATIONS/CRITISMS:
MARK ELLISON
ORGINAL TOWER DESIGNS:
CHRIS SAMWELL
ALL MY MATES AND MY FAMILY.
JOE,SOPHIE AND NELSON.
THE TWO JOYSTICKS AND MOUSE I BUST WHILE WORKING ON NOSTRAM.
U2,WONDER STUFF,JESUS AND MARY CHAIN,MISSION,SISTERS OF MERCY,THE
LEVELLERS,KLF,THE ORB AND OF COURSE TO WEDNESDAY.
ST FORMAT,ST USER,ST ACTION,ST REVIEW,ST APPLICATIONS,ATARI,ESP AND
ALL OF CHOICE SOFTWARE,GOODBYE TO SURESOFT AND TO GRAPHIC
VISIONS,MERLIN PD AND PHINEAS POPE,JON GARRY (HOPE YOU LIKE
NOSTRAM),AND ALL OTHER PD LIBRARIES WHO STOCK OUR STUFF.
REMEMBER THE MEANING OF SHAREWARE - REGISTER AND GET
ANOTHER GAME!
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(22.11.92) - NOSTRAM DISK V1.8 (INCLUDING HALF MEG VERSION)
YOU OWN THE LATEST VERSION OF NOSTRAM WITH SMOOTHER PLAY ,
NO BUGS AT ALL,A PROPER MENU AND MUSIC + A HALF MEG REMIX VERSION
WHICH IS CUT DOWN SO HALF MEG OWNERS CAN NOW EXPERIENCE NOSTRAM.
NOTES I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AFTER HANDING OUT PREVIOUS COPIES
TO FRIEND.THEY ALL LOVED IT AND SO IF THE RESPONSE IS GOOD ENOUGH
TO NOSTRAM WE WILL RELEASE A DATA DISK WITH MORE ROOMS (MAYBE
EVEN ANOTHER COMPLETE TOWER) ON IT WITH MORE MONSTERS AND LOADS
OF STUFF.
IF WE HAVE A BRILLIANT REPONSE THEN WE WILL RELEASE NOSTRAM
2.IF YOU HAVE COMPLETED NOSTRAM THEN YOU'LL REALISE IT AS LEFT IT
OPEN.ALL THOSE WHO HAVEN'T WON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
ALSO IN THIS NEW VERSION NOTICE THE CRYSTAL COUNTER AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR CRYSTALS.
PLEASE REGISTER - YOU'LL GET SNOTT AND ENCOURAGE US TO BRING
OUT A DATA DISK OR TWO AND ALSO MAYBE NOSTRAM 2 AND MAYBE EVEN
SOME SORT OF NOSTRAM CLUB.WHO KNOWS.ITS UP TO YOU WARRIORS OUT
THERE.DROP US A LINE ON THE ADDRESS ABOVE.
DAN.
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM POWERFIST:-
HUNCHY 2010
HUNCHBACK GOES TO THE FUTURE IN THIS SUPERB ARCADE GAME WITH
LASERS,JET PACS AND MAGIC BALLS ALL HELPING YOU IN YOUR QUEST TO
SAVE EZZIE.THAT IS OF COURSE NOT TO MENTION THE LOADS OF SCREENS
YOU HAVE TO CROSS,THE ARROWS,MISSILES,BELLS,MAGIC DRONE
RIDES,LOLLY POPS,BOUNCING BALLS AND FLYING OBJECTS.TOTALLY
SHAREWARE AND WORTH IT AS IN REPLY YOU GET THE SOURCE CODE FOR
STOS SO YOU CAN REDESIGN EASILY THE WHOLE GAME OR JUST THE LITTLE
BITS.
LOCATION UNIVERSE 2
THE FIRST TIME YOU SAVED THE GALAXY........NOW SAVE THE
UNIVERSE.
THIS FUTURISTIC BLAST ERM UP WILL HAVE YOU BLASTING WELL
INTO THE NIGHT.THIS PD GAME PUTS YOU COMMAND OF A SUPER FIGHTER
CRAFT PUT IN THAT WHOLE TOO FAMILIAR ROLE OF SAVING THE
UNIVERSE.OVER THREE GIANT LEVELS YOU MUST FIGHT SOME OF THE
STRANGEST,BEST AND FAST MONSTERS AND CRAFTS AROUND.SO GET YOUR
TRIGGER FINGER READY...LOCATION UNIVERSE 2 IS HERE!
REMEMBER SHAREWARE IS THE WAY OF DISTRIBUTION NOT THE GAME.
IF YOU ENJOY THIS GAME REGISTER IT!