BTL - Revision history

Jonathan: /* Issue 4 */ Making WACCI a wikilink

2025-01-10T00:28:41Z

‎Issue 4: Making WACCI a wikilink

Cpcmaniaco at 23:10, 23 March 2015

2015-03-23T23:10:56Z

84.92.81.68 at 01:03, 2 December 2006

2006-12-02T01:03:59Z

Doctorslash: /* Issue 5 */

2006-12-02T00:03:37Z

‎Issue 5

Doctorslash: /* Issue 2 */

2006-11-28T00:21:18Z

‎Issue 2

Doctorslash: /* Issue 5 */

2006-11-28T00:16:29Z

‎Issue 5

Torn: added category

2006-09-05T17:39:13Z

added category

ChaRleyTroniC at 23:08, 14 August 2006

2006-08-14T23:08:59Z

Octoate: Added image gallery

2006-08-11T20:14:55Z

Added image gallery

ChaRleyTroniC at 19:23, 2 July 2006

2006-07-02T19:23:37Z

New page

BTL - an abbreviation for "Better Than Life" - was a UK disc fanzine produced by members of the [[STS]] and [[Systeme D]] groups.

== Genesis ==

BTL was the direct descendant of a paper fanzine called [[Presto News]], edited and published by [[Akira]] (Matt Gullam), proprietor of [[Presto PD]]. Presto News was a public domain-centred fanzine heavily influenced by [[Artificial Intelligence]].

When Presto News ceased publication, Matt announced plans for a disc fanzine, initially to be called [[Grace Under Pressure]] and coded by the [[Bitmap Vandals]]. However, no release was forthcoming.

In due course, [[ChaRleyTroniC]] offered to code the fanzine instead, which by then had been renamed Better Than Life. The fanzine subsequently became a project of the "[[South Wales scene]]" that was then developing. Four issues were produced in all.

== Issue 1 ==

Perhaps the most notorious article was "[[Zap't'Balls]] - who gives a flying fuck?", written by [[Jack Hughes]], which claimed that the pleas to refrain from piracy of Zap't'Balls were hypocritical. This was accompanied by an explanation by [[Marjory Beckett]] of how to crack the game.

BTL 1 was roundly criticised in [[Amstrad Action]]'s review, largely for its aggressive, argumentative content. (In particular, the issue contained several pot-shots by [[ChaRleyTroniC]] at another AA writer, [[Keith Woods]]).

'''(lots more details to come here)'''

== Issue 2 ==

== Issue 3 ==

== Issue 4 ==

A revised version of Issue 4, "Issue 4.1", was released shortly after original publication. Though the content was exactly the same, the code was improved by boasting 50Hz scrolling rather than 25Hz.

A short paper supplement - "issue 4.5", containing articles from issue 5 - was distributed at the WACCI Convention in 1998.

== Issue 5 ==

Issue 5 was never released. However, significant quantities of editorial were completed for it (and may be uploaded here in due course ;) ).

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	[[Wild Thang]], [[Doc]], [[ChaRleyTroniC]], [[Merline]], [[Hangman]], [[Ratz]]		[[Wild Thang]], [[Doc]], [[ChaRleyTroniC]], [[Merline]], [[Hangman]], [[Ratz]]

−	[[Category:Fanzines]]	+	[[Category:Fanzines]] [[Category:Disczine]]

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	Issue 5 was never released. However, significant quantities of editorial were completed for it (and may be uploaded here in due course ;) ).		Issue 5 was never released. However, significant quantities of editorial were completed for it (and may be uploaded here in due course ;) ).

−	The BTL 5 intro was completed by Ratz & Wulf but has never been released.	+	The BTL 5 intro was completed by Ratz & Wulf but has never been released. However, it is slated to make a long-delayed appearance as the turn disc part for [[Palatine]] some time in 2012.

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    Image:BTL4-intro.jpg|BTL4 intro
    Image:BTL4.jpg|BTL4 menu
 </gallery>

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	== Issue 2 ==		== Issue 2 ==
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		+	The intro to BTL 2 was a Ratz & Wulf tribute to the Hewson game "Nebulus"

	== Issue 3 ==		== Issue 3 ==

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	Issue 5 was never released. However, significant quantities of editorial were completed for it (and may be uploaded here in due course ;) ).		Issue 5 was never released. However, significant quantities of editorial were completed for it (and may be uploaded here in due course ;) ).
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		+	The BTL 5 intro was completed by Ratz & Wulf but has never been released.

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 A revised version of Issue 4, "Issue 4.1", was released shortly after original publication. Though the content was exactly the same, the code was improved by boasting 50Hz scrolling rather than 25Hz.
-A short paper supplement - "issue 4.5", containing articles from issue 5 - was distributed at the WACCI Convention in 1998.
+A short paper supplement - "issue 4.5", containing articles from issue 5 - was distributed at the [[WACCI]] Convention in 1998.
 == Issue 5 ==

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	BTL contributors (L-R):		BTL contributors (L-R):
	[[Wild Thang]], [[Doc]], [[ChaRleyTroniC]], [[Merline]], [[Hangman]], [[Ratz]]		[[Wild Thang]], [[Doc]], [[ChaRleyTroniC]], [[Merline]], [[Hangman]], [[Ratz]]
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		+	[[Category:Fanzines]]

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	</gallery>		</gallery>
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		+	[[Image:Btlteam.jpg]]
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		+	BTL contributors (L-R):
		+	[[Wild Thang]], [[Doc]], [[ChaRleyTroniC]], [[Merline]], [[Hangman]], [[Ratz]]

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	Issue 5 was never released. However, significant quantities of editorial were completed for it (and may be uploaded here in due course ;) ).		Issue 5 was never released. However, significant quantities of editorial were completed for it (and may be uploaded here in due course ;) ).
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		+	<gallery caption="BTL issues">
		+	Image:BTL1-intro.jpg\|BTL1 intro
		+	Image:BTL1.jpg\|BTL1 menu
		+	Image:BTL2-intro.jpg\|BTL2 intro
		+	Image:BTL2.jpg\|BTL2 menu
		+	Image:BTL3-intro.jpg\|BTL3 intro
		+	Image:BTL3.jpg\|BTL3 menu
		+	Image:BTL4-intro.jpg\|BTL4 intro
		+	Image:BTL4.jpg\|BTL4 menu
		+	</gallery>