Hotshot 13 ch06 The Reviews

              THE REVIEWS






        DEVOTION BY NOISE+TRIAD
        DEVOTION BY NOISE+TRIAD
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  code by swoffa - punch - jaggadash -
          maze - mega-master ..... 55 p

  graphics by rocket - chorus - jay -
  sy-klone - crypto - mega-master -
  wilson - naze - swoffa - punch +
  a spritefont that was ripped ... 55 p

  music by amadeus of noice - tdm of
  triad - metal of bonzai - moz(ic)art
  of offence ..................... 40 p

  quality ........................ 55 p

  overall ........................ 51 p

 comment:
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 this is a co-op demo from a small
 meeting. the parts made by noice are
 better than triad's parts. some of the
 music is ok but some of the tunes by
 amadeus aren't really up to today's
 music standards. the graphics are just
 average except from a cool head drawn
 by rocket in the dypp-part. the code
 is ok too but most routs have been
 made by several other groups some time
 ago. the only really original part is
 "brainmess" by swoffa.

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        UP THE LIMITS II BY ANTIC
        UP THE LIMITS II BY ANTIC
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  code by depeh - jordan ......... 65 p

  graphics by depeh - creeper of
  deathsector .................... 60 p

  music by breeze - trident - boogaloo
  of horizon - mace of sec - percy of
  t.d. ........................... 55 p

  quality ........................ 65 p

  overall ........................ 61 p

 comment:
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 this is a new demo from a group that
 haven't got a very good reputation at
 all here in sweden but in fact this
 demo is really nice.
 the music is ok but nothing special.
 perhaps they should try to use more
 tunes from their own composers instead
 of ripping old tunes. that would give
 a better impression i think.
 most of the graphics in the demo looks
 nice but there's nothing very special.
 there's some 3 color graphics in some
 parts that looks a bit dated.
 the c128 part included an effect that
 haven't been made before but it's easy
 to make and this part is not very
 interesting for all the c64 owners to
 watch.
 the other 3 parts features some rather
 cool code and the last part has got an
 original idea too (changing between 2
 fli-logos with a dycp routine).
 all in all an enjoyable demo..

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      LETHAL DISPLAY IV BY BONZAI
      LETHAL DISPLAY IV BY BONZAI
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 (this review was written for the last
 issue but there were no room for it
 so we publish it now instead. we know
 that this demo is old by now but there
 haven't been very many demos released
 lately as two parties will take place
 in the beginning of july.)

  code by walt - ricky ........... 65 p

  graphics by delight design - dize -
  kwon - hawk - crush - walt + some
  digitized amiga porno pics ..... 55 p

  music by drax - scortia - zonix -
  jch and o'neill - metal ........ 80 p

  quality ........................ 60 p

  overall ........................ 65 p

 comment:
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 another demo in bonzai's usual style.
 the music is cool and has got an ori-
 ginal style troughout the whole demo.
 some parts include some cool coding
 aswell even if none of the ideas in
 the demo are very original. also note
 that their zoomroutine in the intro
 which only zooms one character at the
 time is much much easier to code than
 a real zoomroutine which is able to
 zoom several characters.
 the quality of the graphics and the
 design varies a lot in the different
 parts but none of the graphics are
 below average.