Brutal Recall 08 ch12
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"DEMO REVIEWS" by tch/brutal. ---------------------------------------- yoho demo dudes... as i got some critics about the way i 'reviewed' demos i've changed that and now i will first describe what the parts show,i'll talk about the style and design and then i'll give points! due to this new method i couldn't review much demos but if you've sent me yours,then you can be sure to find it here! okay,lets start the show! ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- BEYOND IMAGINATION by ANTIC ---------------------------------------- intro:it starts with a very clear digi sample but due to the fact that i own c64ii i first didn't hear it.. after this there comes a nice logo and a simple text-output. the music is very nice! as this is just the introduction and quite simple the antic'ers asked me not to count this to the demo,and so i won't! ---------------------------------------- part1:on top of the screen is a single color "beyond imagination"-logo. beneath this is a very cool afli "antic" logo with a 2x2 scrolling flexer over it in various cool sinuses. and all at the bottom is an animated turning chessboard moving from left to right. a very nice tune by lords of sound is here to finish the part. ---------------------------------------- part2:the part starts with a 1x1 scroll on the bottom of the screen and a very nice tune again! after some time there appears a big(!!) box with more than 16 colors moving up. they call it eci-fli effect. it looks best if you look at it from about 5 meter distance. ---------------------------------------- part3:a great "antic" logo on the screen with a 1x1 scroll at the botom. between this is a y-ax turning "91",in 3d. after some time the '91' disappears and a dypp takes its place (still y-a turning). then both the dypp and "91" turn. on one side there's the dypp and on the other is the '91'. the music was fucking cool,but due to the fact that the dudes were so fucking drunk at that time,it also bugs. ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- points:coding: 8 out of 10. by DEPEH and JORDAN both ANTIC. graphix: 8 out of 10. by CREEPER/FLASH INC. music: 7 out of 10. by various composers. style: 8 out of 10. overall rating: 7.75 out of 10. ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- CONTACT DEMO by CAPRIX ---------------------------------------- intro:on top of the screen is a nice "caprix" logo and on the bottom is a very big hires-scroller. between this is a textoutput to give you some info! ---------------------------------------- part1:again a hirs logo and under this are some rasterlines and a mega dycp in the sideborder. you can change the dycp sinus and speed with a joystick in port 2. ---------------------------------------- part2:here are 256 plots which you can control with a joystick in port 2. there's a little scroll and some bouncing "caprix" sprites. the cool tune was done by moon! ---------------------------------------- part3:32 bobs moving in a joy-controlled sinus. a cool "caprix" logo swings from left to right and back. and again there's a very small scroller. ---------------------------------------- part4:a very cool logo (looks familiar to a 'bonzai'-logo by fox!),with a 2x1 scroller bouncing on it. above this are pre-calculated dots turning'n'zoming a "caprix"-logo. the tune,done by mixer/origo,is old but cool! ---------------------------------------- part5:one ugly logo showing "the end" with a 2x1 upscroller giving you the credits. a cool,but bugging,jeroen tel music is playing. ---------------------------------------- points:coding: 6 out of 10 done by CAPRIX. graphix: 6.5 out of 10 done by PLASMA DESIGNS. music: 7 out of 10 done by various composers. style: 6.5 out of 10 overall rating: 6.5 out of 10 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- INDEPENDENCE by NOICE ---------------------------------------- part1:this demo starts with some stars moving in the sideborder from the right to the left side. on top of this is a text-output in a 3x3 single color charset. the stars will vanish. a nice 'noice'logo appears with a 13x12 hires scroller. (each word has its own color.) sometimes the scroll gets interrupted by a text- displayer giving some credits. the music is very nice! ---------------------------------------- loader:a fast loader with a logo! ---------------------------------------- part2:again some moving stars from right to left over a 3-tune vector music analyser,analysing a very neat tune,updating every frame. under this is a 1x1 scroller on top of a 'noice'-logo. ---------------------------------------- part3:a cool picture of a dude. above this are two rasterlines with a text-output in a 1x1 charset. above this is an e.c.i.plasma-box of 5x16 chars. (with e.c.i. there are more than 16 colors!!) ---------------------------------------- part4:and again there's a very cool pic. with some sprites over it. above this picture is a 1x1 scroll in sideborder. on top of the screen is a noice logo with a 'dypp-logo-filling-changer'. (two the same logos with different fillings!!) the played tune is very nice,again! ---------------------------------------- part5:'noice'-logo,pretty shit!,with y-expanding sprites (ofcourse not the normal expand size!!) under this is a dycp with other sinus for every letter. there's also a little 'independence'-logo moving in the downboarder. ---------------------------------------- part6:ugly picture,except for the cool planet!!,with on top of the screen a dycp-ing hires scroller. (super ugly!!) the tune is really good, but for the high notes!!! ---------------------------------------- part7:very good hires 'noice'-logo moving left'n'right. underneath this is a trailblazer moving to all sides. right under this is a flashing rasterline. and last there's a 2x2 dycp with every word its own sinus. a very good convertion of a SNAP tune is playing!! ---------------------------------------- part8:in the middle of the screen is a multicolor 'independence'-logo swinging. (doing the samba!!) under this is an 8-sprites dysp. on top of this the screen is the maineffect of the part. it's a plot zoomer with a special zoomer with a pre-calculated sinus table. (sometimes 2 dots bug!!) a cool music by fozzie is playing! ---------------------------------------- part9:'the lame end' as they call it. a very good logo+picture is shown on the screen and fills most of it. under this is a super-ugly 8x8 scroller which was coded in a very strange (and stupid) way. the music is again very cool! you can control the scrollspeed with a joystick in port 2! ---------------------------------------- points:coding: 7 out of 10 done by SWOFFA and.... graphix: 7 out of 10 done by ROCKET and.... music: 7 out of 10 done by FOZZIE and.... style: 7 out of 10 overall rating: 7 out of 10 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- BRAINSKULLS 2 by The Soft Designers ---------------------------------------- introduction:a tsd logo comes from the right to the centre of the screen, vanishes and a 1-line textoutput gives the names of people that contributed to this demo. after this there's some crunching and the real intro starts. ---------------------------------------- intro:on the top of the screen is an oldfashioned tsd-logo with 'sat' dypping at the left and right between two flashing rasters. "proudly presents brainskulls 2" is moving under this. there's an 8 sprites dysp sometimes expanding in y-distance. there are also 2 3x3 scrollers between two rasterlines. after space you'll have to choose what sort of dypp-tech-tech you want to see in the next part. a simple irq-loader loads the next parts. ---------------------------------------- part1:a big hires "brainskulls 2" logo shows on top of the dycp-tech-tech you've chosen. a very nice tune is playing. ---------------------------------------- part2:25 normal scrollers with different speeds. on the down-border there go some sprites saying "brain" and then "skulls2". the tune is quite nice. a new irq-loader with nice graphix replaces the old one. ---------------------------------------- part3:512 realtime dots in hires are now making you nuts. under this is a 1x1 scroller and the same logo as in the intro!! ---------------------------------------- part4:on top of the screen is a fli-logo which changes per line into an other logo. the logo is also in a tech-tech logo. under this is a textflasher,3 analysers and an 8x5 charset. neat tune! ---------------------------------------- part5:neat tune mega dycp with a 16 sprite multi plexer. nice tune by drax. new irq loader with "loading" sprites in a circle. ---------------------------------------- part6:a very cool picture of a c128 with on the monitor a moving tsd-logo, "please turn disk" and a dycping 3x3 pixel scroller. old but nice tune. ---------------------------------------- part7:a very big flexer is on top of the screen,followed by a 2x2 scroller. under this is the same logo as was used in the intro (again!!) only the filling disappears with a dxpp sinus. ---------------------------------------- part8:a fast 3d vector plotter prints "tsd" between some rasterbars. on the bottom are 2 3x3 scrollers with changing colors. the sinus is pre-calculated! ---------------------------------------- part9:again that logo!! and now it's twice on the screen. between them is a mega-dycp in the sydeborder. the tune is very nice. ---------------------------------------- parta:a moving "the end" and a 3x3 sideborderscroller (with a bug at the right!) in the same charset. under this is an upscroller with credits+greetings. there also move some vector sprites behind the upscroller. ---------------------------------------- points:coding: 7.5 out of 10 graphix: 6 out of 10 music: 7 out of 10 done by various composers. style: 6 out of 10 overall rating: 6.6 out of 10 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- okay,that was all for this issue!! expect really a lot of demo reviews next year as there are rumours that lots of demos will be released at the BONZAI party. well,if you want your demo to be reviewed then send it to this addy: "brutal recall!" 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