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- AMIGA A1200 Public Domain
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- O.K. So there is'nt much available for the A1200 at the moment,
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- I think this may have something to do with COMMODORE not releasing
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- the new AGA chipset reference book. Because of this, not alot of
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- Coders can get to grips with any new routines that can make use of
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- the new AGA chipset.
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- But having said this, what is out now is'nt that bad, and at least
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- there are some good coders out there that want to make an effort
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- and try and get some good demos and utilities out in the P.D
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- Libraries.
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- So heres a few reviews of some of the programs that you can get
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- your hands on now.
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- PLANET GROOVE (Team Hoi) A1200 DEMO 1 DISK
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- PLANET GROOVE from Team Hoi was the very first P.D DEMO to make
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- use of the new 256 colour AGA graphics mode.(even though it might
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- not look like it!)
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- The Demo starts of with the Team Hoi logo on the screen with a
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- 256 colour graduated backdrop and some rather nice fireworks
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- effects.
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- There is also some nice dot Sine-Scroll effects also on a 256
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- colour screen.
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- Right at the end of the demo there are two pictures, one of them
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- is a scene from the commercial game HOI which the Coders of this
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- demo produced and the other one is of a fractal, Nothing unusual
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- there, But what is nice is the fact that the two pictures are moved
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- around the screen and faded in and out of each other whilst the
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- now customary scroll text scrolls accross the bottom.
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- All this makes up for a rather nice demo,but i'm afraid to say it
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- still would'nt look out of place on an A500. But I suppose it's
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- nice to see somebody making an effort!
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- WORKBENCH 3.0 SCREENS (W/BENCH SCREENS!) 1 DISK
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- The good thing about Workbench 3 is the way you can add pictures
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- into the background,but if you are not that good at drawing, the
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- results can be a bit on the tacky side!
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- This is where this disk stands out, it contains 13 IFF images
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- for use as backdrops for the Workbench screen, Some of them are
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- actual pictures, while some of them are the type of pictures you
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- would expect to see behind the program listings on Television!
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- These pictures are rather nice and consist of such things as
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- Waves, Marble effect and other such things.
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- If your into customizing your Workbench,then this disk is for
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- you.
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- My personal favourite has the same logo as is on the front cover
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- of the A1200 Instruction book !
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- MINDWARP (Team Hoi) A1200 DEMO 1 DISK
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- This is the second demo from Team Hoi and I have to say, It is
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- much better than there first one! (Planet Groove)
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- It starts with a scroll text telling you about the A1200
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- (see MINDWARP SCROLL on this disk to read what it says)
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- when you have read this, (on the demo disk, not on this disk!)
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- you can access the demo by clicking on the "Taking over the
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- system" option on the menu bar.
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- Then after a short pause, the demo takes over, with 256 colour
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- backdrops and the usual graphic equalizer type graphics,
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- only this time they are used to knock what look like marbles
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- around the screen!
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- The music is also very good, ranging from Dance to Ambient
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- styles of music.
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- All in All its quite a nice demo (Even though COMMODORE haven't
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- yet released the reference books for the AGA graphics yet!)
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- All the above titles are (or should be) available from your local
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- P.D Library.
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- Or are also available direct from us for only £1.00 per disk
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- plus 50p Post and package to total order price.
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- (Postal orders made payable to D.Busby)
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- and sent to this address :->
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