@daison: That was the point of the 2nd paragraph of my post, if you read it…? When I said, "this decade", I meant 2000-2010 on the c64…I was observing the Amiga influence that I know a few of the current purveyors of "cool" would certainly try and deny. I don’t know if you can copyright rotating stars unless you truly did it first, and I kinda doubt even melon were the very first to rotate a star. That having been said, I *know* I was thinking about melon when I did my rotating stars on the c64 intro. Of course… Read more »
Yeah. I have to admit I love a ton of Melon intros…they certainly generated a wave of conformity to their notion that design is *everything* and pastel type (non coder colors) schemes are in. However, I am a fanatical lover of scrollers and I feel what you are saying…plus, I occasionally like to see bright clashy colors as it takes me back to the 80’s. Maybe it’s because I am more of a coder than a designer. In any case, if you look at some of the dominating demos groups on the very active Commodore 64 scene…if you look at… Read more »
Everyone seems to drool over Mellon intros, and while I’ll give them that they were innovative and original in many ways, what always pissed me about Mellon is that they didn’t have a scroller in their intros… extremely annonying.
They did start a trend of "clean" dezign that can still be seen in PC cracktros up to this present day…
this one, without the shadow of a doubt, is one of the best tunes ever made. i remember me sitting in my room with all my games and posters, magazines and stuff listening to this wonderful music. thanks a lot.
I remember getting this on the game NSP, and seeing the little Melon logo appear and thinking YES Melon/Crystal Qualtiy!!(i havent seen these 2 togetehr in a while) but then i noticed it said Ministry :no
😛 still one of my fave melon cracktros
I love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@daison: That was the point of the 2nd paragraph of my post, if you read it…? When I said, "this decade", I meant 2000-2010 on the c64…I was observing the Amiga influence that I know a few of the current purveyors of "cool" would certainly try and deny. I don’t know if you can copyright rotating stars unless you truly did it first, and I kinda doubt even melon were the very first to rotate a star. That having been said, I *know* I was thinking about melon when I did my rotating stars on the c64 intro. Of course… Read more »
‘We’ stole a lot of amiga things too though 😉 Including this kind of style and even the rotating stars (Edge of Disgrace!).
I like the melon vibe. The design more inspirational than the average effect.
Yeah. I have to admit I love a ton of Melon intros…they certainly generated a wave of conformity to their notion that design is *everything* and pastel type (non coder colors) schemes are in. However, I am a fanatical lover of scrollers and I feel what you are saying…plus, I occasionally like to see bright clashy colors as it takes me back to the 80’s. Maybe it’s because I am more of a coder than a designer. In any case, if you look at some of the dominating demos groups on the very active Commodore 64 scene…if you look at… Read more »
Everyone seems to drool over Mellon intros, and while I’ll give them that they were innovative and original in many ways, what always pissed me about Mellon is that they didn’t have a scroller in their intros… extremely annonying.
They did start a trend of "clean" dezign that can still be seen in PC cracktros up to this present day…
classic heatbeat zik 🙂
great colors and cool stars! nice melonstration 😉
this one, without the shadow of a doubt, is one of the best tunes ever made. i remember me sitting in my room with all my games and posters, magazines and stuff listening to this wonderful music. thanks a lot.
right – it crashes
neat little melonous cracktro
crashes how? can you give more details
a great one
crashes after 3 minutes …
MELONtastic 😀
that tune rooooocked *dance
I remember getting this on the game NSP, and seeing the little Melon logo appear and thinking YES Melon/Crystal Qualtiy!!(i havent seen these 2 togetehr in a while) but then i noticed it said Ministry :no
😛 still one of my fave melon cracktros
Nice one! Those small fonts are just fab :p