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Apart from the fact that VERY little has been going on in the C64 scene recently, MAD is here to bring that extra sunshine into your lives...
Not much this month, next month I will bring you the reviews of (hopefully) masses of demos released at the X95 party in the Netherlands. Demos reviewed here: Kloakkman/Megastyle Prod. and Revolution/Chorus!
But for now, a review of Kloakkman from MEGASTYLE PRODUCTIONS...
Coders responsible: SCROLL Artists responsible: BROOZ SPARKLER SPACEROY
Musicians responsible: RAGE LIZARD SCROLL SPACEROY
This demo features:-
- Digitised Interlace Pic - Notepart - 'Fli' scroll and bitmap swing - GigaDYCP over picture - RGB Raster and large bitmap scroller - Bloody large scroll text ($1dcbb in one load!!!).
The Demo:
Nice bits include the notepart (random chars falling back to the bottom in a upscroll(simple I know)). The raster colours in the RGB are quite yummy also, and the way the 'title' pic is drawn up (vertically through the bottom border) is nice. The demo loads part by part (black screen loader). Very little design.
The Code:
The entire demo was coded by Scroll (a damn fine coder in anyone's opinion). Unfortunately, the parts are old, or simply out dated. The 'fli' scroll isn't, (it is however unreadable when they both are on!).
The Graphics:
The best graphics (in the FliScroll part) are by the one and only Sparkler, but these are old also... The new graphics (and the fonts) are not that good, the bitmap scroll font in the RGB part is really poor...
The Music:
Good music (in places) by Rage BUT... it's OLD!!!
Overall:
Some of the parts look nice (the notepart and the 'fliscroll' part (due to Sparkler's sparkle). No real design though, and no where near the quality of the last Megastyle release (Digital Messiah). But then the majority have left the group anyway.
LISTEN UP: If you are Norwegian and good at anything on the C64, do yourself a favour, and join up with these guys to make them the great group they once were! Scroll is capable of alot better!
And now, REVOLUTION by CHORUS-
Coders responsible: Clarence Artists responsible: Ollie Oszi Clarence Cresh Gryf/Elysium Rob/Camelot Musicians responsible: Peet Shogoon/Taboo
The demo features:-
- Perspective scroll (?) - Raytracing and Hidden Vectors - Zooming glenzed squares (split by logo) - Ora'ed DYCP record - FULLscreen chessboard zoomer - Halfscreen zoomer (in side and lower borders) - ECI/RGB raster in screen and top border - zooming and rotating '64 Kix' logo - Lightsourced scroller - 600xy dot plotter (50 frames a sec) - Multicol charsplits and overlayed chars (?) - SIDEBORDER HEAVEN!!!
The Demo:
Nice to see that these guys didn't quit the C64! REVOLUTION oozes design, everything fades on and off (usually in a cool and unusual way), and although it isn't really a trackmo, it sure feels like one! The above mentioned things don't even touch the surface of this demo, there are so many little things to see (the cool way the first Chorus logo is drawn, the spinning star, the Jurassic loader etc!!!) Also, top marks for including a seperate part loader!
The Code:
Clarence coded the demo, and so a big applause to him for some very fine work indeed. Everything is smooth, the next to last part (Borders obviously don't mean anything to Clarence) is really amazing - Full height logo, tech (and rastered) char upscroll and fullscreen of dots - all in all borders!!! YUM!!!) One gripe I have is in the DYCP part - UNREADABLE!!! - Couldn't we have had a ON/OFF switch for each line?
The Graphics:
Well above average. Alot of nice logos, fonts and pictures (the hires pic by Gryf/Elysium is really nice) and none that look bad. The end logo (by Rob/Cml) is very very fine indeed. I always say that good graphics make a good demo, and the artists in Chorus (and guests) have made sure of that. (p.s. Hi Cresh! Sorry for the delay!)
The Music:
Again, a very high standard. Peet composing all but one tune, has done an excellent job. It is also good to see (or should I say hear) that a composer can master a variety of styles in one demo. I noticed that Grabowsky/Graffity's player, and a similar sounding one was used, both made clicking sounds on the old C64's (don't apologise for Peet using them, Clarence, if people don't like it they can FUCK off!!!).
Overall:
I think you readers can guess that I am impressed with this work. May Chrous live high in the charts for this...
And so, the end of another chapter of reviews...
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Until next time...
