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- ------------------ The Demo Reviews ------------------
-
- ------------ By NOSAH - DCS ------------
-
- For all the demo worshippers out
- there, here is the demo review page.
- This is where demos released since the
- last issue of the mag will be looked
- at and if worthy they will be rated
- and possibly included on the disk.
- This page is being done by Nosah coz
- Frapp and myself didn't agree fully on
- certain aspects. I hope there are no
- hard feelings Frapp. Let's kick off
- then with the demos which have climbed
- to the top this time.
-
- FOLLOW ME - RED SECTOR
- ----------------------
- Dave-I know that this demo is actually
- a bit dated now, but it was release
- after issue 1 of S.D. So I've included
- it here.I would rate it most certainly
- as one of the best demos released
- since issue 1. It is up to Red Sector
- standards
- The graphics used in the demo are
- superb, and the skeleton which is
- beckoning to you out of the screen is
- quite stunning.Occasionaly an animated
-
-
-
-
- aircraft will fly from the horizon to
- the front of the screen accompanied by
- appropriate sound effects. There is a
- large RS logo at the top of the screen
- which can be toggled out to reveal the
- obligatory scroll text.
- One of the major points about this
- demo is the music composed by Romeo
- Knight, it's brilliant and very
- atmospheric. Check this demo out, it's
- on the disk.
-
- Kreator - I'm only going to say a few
- words here. The demo is in fact based
- on the album cover 'Peace Sells ...
- But Who's Buying' by Megadeth, right
- down to the logo style.As Megadeth are
- one of my fave bands,full marks there.
- Coding wise the demo is relatively
- simple, but the combination of great
- graphics and impressive sonics from
- Romeo Knight make this a demo worth
- watching.
-
-
-
- VECTORS 1990 - REBELS
- ---------------------
- Dave - First of all I think it is only
- right to say that the similarity
- between this demo and SEVEN SINS from
- Scoopex Finland is very noticable.Even
- the music is similar. However, I still
- have to say that it is a worthy piece
- of work, with some improvements made
- over the demo it is emulating.There is
- outstanding use of bobs and vectors,
- including a really nice screen of bobs
- which make up a solar system, very
- colourful too.All displays are imposed
- over the all too often present star
- field, with the screen size being
- reduced slightly by the introduction
- of two grey colour bars. In this demo,
- the Bobs/Vectors are not faded out as
- they change, instead a nice touch has
- been added where the lower colour bar
- moves up to wipe the screen clear and
- then lowers to reveal the next routine
- ..Nice. The music isn't too great but
- it's a good demo.
-
- Kreator -The bobs in this demo all run
- on a full 32 colour screen, which
- deserves some commendation. This
- results in some very good looking
- objects. Another point in their favour
- is the complete absence of a scroller,
- and the most suprising fact of all,
- this demo is just over 70 k in length!
- I agree entirely with Dave's selection
- of this demo.
-
- THE ROOM - FAIRLIGHT
- --------------------
- Dave - Quite a novel demo I thought. A
- great tune is playng while you watch
- some raytracing done in the centre of
- the screen (The Room) above and below
- this is an unusual "ripple" effect. I
- don't know what it is, I just like it.
-
- Kreator - Great demo to watch,
- interesting use of sprites(I think!)to
- create a solid 3D cube bouncing round
- the room, well done Celebrandil !
-
- Well there have been quite a number
- of demos released recently, here are
- some of them ....
- Megademo-Predators>>Some great parts
- in this demo from New Zealand, well
- worth checking out if only for the
- music (2 Disks ).....Megademo-Vision>>
- This is yet another megademo from them
- but some good grafix from a new member
- ..... Partytime-Slipstream >> It's
- basically a number of digitised pics
- from the Bournemouth party which are
- displayed progressively,there are bobs
- and logos displayed over the pics, but
- they appear only as shadows,which adds
- to the effect of the pics which are in
- B/W. Coded by Andi (Nice one).....
- Landscape-Mode D >>An unusual one this
- it is displaying ( in framework form )
- a landscape which is continuously
- changing shape and rotating , great
- music.....Rebellion-Network >>What can
- I say, some of the best music I have
- ever heard on the AMIGA, all coded
- by 4MAT. Don't expect to see any great
- artwork coz there are no grafix...Hit
- the Road-Flash Prodution ( its a
- megademo), This one was made for the
- Upfront party in Denmark, It contains
- some excellent music and artwork and
- is a real team effort with all members
- of the group contributing.......
- Vectorstuff-IT >> Another one produced
- for the Upfront party, this demo
- contains an absolutely fantastic tune
- and some really good vector stuff,
- from Norways best !!.... VectorBalls-
- Arcadia >> A powerful tune and some
- nice multicoloured balls moving and
- rotating....
-
- Please send your demos for review to
- the address on the contents page.
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