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demo reviews <br />
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only a few demos reached us this month <br />
and we'll review them for you here!since<br />
we can't get any possible demo released <br />
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the first demo i'll review here was done<br />
by a very active group indeed! <br />
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ALCOLADO II by HOUSE DESIGNS! <br />
<br />
the intro is the usual one with that <br />
funny scroll.nothing special yet. <br />
than we get the introduction part with a<br />
nice hires piccy of a cross.inside it a <br />
text is showed and the name of the demo <br />
comes on the screen later.nice music and<br />
grafix! <br />
the FIRST PART contains a hires picture <br />
and joystick controlled sprites and big <br />
balls(BOBS??)a big single color scroller<br />
pukes out some text and each char has <br />
it's own color.very nice indeed.and on <br />
we go!while loading you see a bouncing <br />
logo over a picture.again a very cool <br />
one!the music relaxes you and with good <br />
hope we wait till loading is finished! <br />
the SECOND PART is a 2 PLAYER GAME!some <br />
sprites over a background a zap your <br />
partner to bits!HURRAAAAY!(i bet he's <br />
gone crackers!ed.) <br />
on the top of the screen as usual a cool<br />
hires piccy and the tune on this part is<br />
really amazing! <br />
on the THIRD PART we find a 3 color logo<br />
with a fli-sprite flying over it.below <br />
that we see 128 BOBS with a lot of cool <br />
animations!at the bottom we see some <br />
neat mountains. <br />
PART 4 has 2 turning dypp(?) scrollers <br />
and ofcoz an hires picture.sometimes you<br />
see a line following a char becoz it's <br />
to big(i guess...)anyway,the scrollers <br />
are hard to read but very cool indeed!! <br />
the LAST PART has a fullscreen picture <br />
with a spritescroll over it.it gives you<br />
the credits,etc. <br />
all in all the demo didn't bore for a <br />
moment and has some cool code,grafix and<br />
music.if you don't get this demo soon <br />
you'll feel sad for the rest of your <br />
life!! <br />
<br />
some PERSONALL marks: <br />
<br />
coding : 8 <br />
grafix : 9 <br />
music : 10 <br />
design : 8 <br />
<br />
overall: 8.75 <br />
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the next demo we'll review is also from <br />
a dutch group.(who said that holland is <br />
lazy 'n' lame!) <br />
DEELITE from THE RULING COMPANY <br />
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this demo is only a grafix demo and un- <br />
fortunatly nothing more. <br />
the grafix by REBEL MC are of a very <br />
high standard and so is the music of <br />
DEFBEAT.too bad they used the demo to <br />
slag at FOCUS.i know they(focus) are big<br />
boasters but that shouldn't be a reason <br />
to slag on them.anyway,the demo is cool <br />
and for people who like grafix demos it <br />
is a demo worth to have in your discbox!<br />
i won't give points for it becoz the <br />
code would make this demo go below the <br />
high overall mark the gfx and music <br />
deserve! <br />
but luckily their next demo will be <br />
released in 2 or 3 months and i hope it <br />
will be a kick ass one! <br />
<br />
in many magazines you can read that the <br />
australian scene is lame.ofcoz every <br />
scene has it's lamers and so has the <br />
land of oz.(funny,don't you think?that <br />
reminds me of this fairy tale...ehrm....<br />
adventures in the dark?naaah....well,for<br />
get it!ed.) <br />
but now i have seen something so lame <br />
that i nearly got an heartattack by <br />
whaching it.it's a demo by a new ozzy <br />
group,FUTURE DIVISION and it's called <br />
NOT BAD.well,i think they chose a good <br />
name but they forgot to finish it. <br />
the correct name should have been: <br />
NOT BAD but extremly shitty and lame! <br />
the demo starts with a screen with some <br />
text swinging from left to right and <br />
changing colors.they used a big charset <br />
for the logos.then the 2nd part is load-<br />
ed and again we see that charset.in the <br />
whole demo they've used THREE different <br />
charsets!and the amazing amount of(don'T<br />
scare) one logo!!woooow!and than i have <br />
not even discussed the code!it is really<br />
terrible.only the last part has someting<br />
else then a normal scroll'n'logo part! <br />
it has a dypp!(done with sprites,i think<br />
ed.)well,i'm feeling sick again so lets <br />
get the marks on the screen: <br />
<br />
coding :2 <br />
grafix :2 <br />
music :7 <br />
design :2 <br />
<br />
overall:3.25 <br />
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the 4th and last demo reviewed this time<br />
is made by SHADE DESIGN and is called: <br />
SONIC TEMPLE.this canadian demo is one <br />
of the best i've seen in a while from <br />
the overseas dudes. <br />
THE INTRO starts with a 3color shadelogo<br />
bouncing a few times on the screen.after<br />
it's gone you see a cool hires picture <br />
of an explosion with the name of the <br />
demo infront of it.the picture was made <br />
by CHAOS,who made most of the gfx for <br />
this demo.on the top of the screen is a <br />
4x4 scroll with 6 colors.all is neatly <br />
designed and the music by REPLAY is very<br />
cool indeed. <br />
PART 1 contains a DYBP scroll and a low <br />
quality picture of a girl.the shade pic <br />
however is very colourfull indeed.the <br />
scroll goes a bit slow,but is good to <br />
read.and again the music was done by <br />
replay(yeah,ofcoz,you dummy!he made all <br />
the music for this demo!ed.) <br />
the 2ND. PART had a pleasant surprise! <br />
a FULL SCREEN PICTURE of a NERD which <br />
is of a very high quality!on the right <br />
side of the screen is a multicolored <br />
spritescroll which goes in a circle! <br />
in PART 3 we see 2 DYCPING logos(one at <br />
the top and one at the bottom).between <br />
them is a shade logo,which changes color<br />
every now and then.under the shade logo <br />
is a 1x1 scroll and left of the logo is <br />
a dycping sprite upscroll.(with the same<br />
1x1 char). <br />
PART 4 shows a shade logo which expands <br />
in the X when the beat of the tune is <br />
used.below the logo a huge 3 colorscroll<br />
with different speeds. <br />
PART 5 has a plotter at the top of the <br />
screen.below that are two 2x2 scrollers <br />
(singlecolor) and at the bottome of the <br />
screen is a nice hires picture with some<br />
sprites bouncing over it.the plotter can<br />
be controlled with your joystick! <br />
THE END part shows a huge 3 color logo <br />
swinging at the top of the screen.a 1x2 <br />
scroller below it can have different, <br />
with the joystick chosen,texts. <br />
the screen is a bit empty,but who carez!<br />
all in all this is a cool demo,with some<br />
HIGH QUALITY tunes from REPLAY.i think <br />
this demo is worth of your votes!!!!! <br />
the marks of this CANADIAN demo: <br />
<br />
coding : 9 <br />
grafix : 8 <br />
music : 8 <br />
design : 7 <br />
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overall: 8.00 <br />
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the next demo i'll review for you is a <br />
cooperation demo from TDU and MYSTIC and<br />
is called MUTILATION. <br />
inspite of the earlier (and much lamer) <br />
reviewed ozzy demo this one isn't really<br />
that bad.anyway,lets get going... <br />
THE INTRO has a tdu logo at the top and <br />
a mystic logo at the bottom.between the <br />
two logos is a dycp.the logos look a bit<br />
lame,but who carez? <br />
the 1ST.PART contains of a digi.on the <br />
screen is only some text and nothing <br />
else.i think that's because the digi is <br />
quite long.the digi was made by MAXELL <br />
and STASH and is a bit too fast made. <br />
the SECOND PART is another rather empty <br />
one.it has a FULLSCREEN single color <br />
scroll with some sprites flying over it.<br />
the char looks like shit and so does <br />
this part! <br />
the 3RD. and LAST part has a funny hires<br />
picture and a cool single pixel f.l.d. <br />
scroller.there are a few tricks you can <br />
do with the scroll but due to the 1x1 <br />
char it doesn't make this too cool to <br />
look at. <br />
after looking at the demo i think that <br />
if they would have taken more time to <br />
fill the screens more this demo would <br />
have been much and much better. <br />
here are the marks.... <br />
<br />
coding :6 <br />
grafix :4 <br />
music :7 (cool digi!) <br />
design :4 <br />
<br />
overall:5.25 <br />
and on we go! <br />
the next demo is BIGGER THAN LIFE-THE <br />
RETURN by the isrealy-section of THE <br />
FORCE. <br />
it has been a long while since i had <br />
seen something from them,but enough crap<br />
,lets get going! <br />
THE INTRO has at the top a 'force' logo <br />
with 'the' in sprites swinging over it. <br />
below that is some text and two 1x1 <br />
scrollers.the music is by SCS and is <br />
very nice indeed! <br />
PART 1 is a changing vector part.some <br />
tekst is given and a nice tune is play- <br />
ing.this part looks a bit empty,but i <br />
guess thats becoz of the vectors. <br />
PART 2 has a 4x4 scroll at the top.below<br />
that is a 'force' logo (in sprites?) and<br />
behind it you can see mountains and some<br />
planets swinging.the scroll is joystick <br />
controlled and different texts cab be <br />
put in it.nice tune by SCS again! <br />
PART 3 has at the top 3 split rasters <br />
and flying over them are some STRECHING <br />
sprites,which also go through all the <br />
borders!below that are 6 split rasters <br />
with an expanded spritescroll trough the<br />
side border over it.as usual a cool tune<br />
by the Sid Chip Scratchers!! <br />
PART 4,the end part.at the top of the <br />
screen a single pixel fld logo with <br />
behind it some changing text which gives<br />
the credits,etc.below that are 2 4x4 <br />
scrollers.i found this part the best!!! <br />
well,when you see the demo it sometimes <br />
looks a bit empty and fast made.thats <br />
too bad because the music is really cool<br />
(vote for SCS,they deserve it!) <br />
o.k.here are my personall marks! <br />
<br />
coding : 8 <br />
grafix : 7 <br />
music : 10 <br />
design : 4 <br />
<br />
overall: 7.25 <br />
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and the last demo of this month is.... <br />
COCKTAIL from THE ALCOHOLICS. <br />
no crap,here's the review straight away!<br />
the INTRO has at the top a logo with a <br />
spritescroll over it.below this is a <br />
cool picture which they ripped from <br />
MYTH.there are some sprites going over <br />
the picture.at the bottom is a textout- <br />
put.(movieflasher,bangtext,whatever you <br />
call it.ed.) <br />
after pressing space you get a irq-load-<br />
er which means entertainment while wait-<br />
ing for the next part.cool! <br />
PART 1 shows tubes at the top and at the<br />
bottom of the screen.below the top tube <br />
is a 2x2 scroller and below that is a <br />
big,singlcolor cocktail logo with some <br />
sprite balls behind it.below the logo <br />
are three 1x1 scrollers and a line of <br />
text.(this part would have made a great <br />
intro!but as a demopart it's ....!ed.) <br />
PART 2 has a single pixel fld scroller <br />
with some nice effects.below the scroll <br />
is a 1x1 textoutput and at the bottom is<br />
a cocktail logo. <br />
PART 3 gives us at the top an ALCOHOLICS<br />
logo with rasters in it,which moves <br />
horizontal.below that is text and 2 non-<br />
scrolling dycp's which say 'alcoholics' <br />
flying over the text is a flisprite. <br />
at the bottom a big scroller with some <br />
rasters in it.(they try to make it look <br />
like FLI,but only lamers would believe <br />
them!ed.) <br />
PART 4 has a big mirror DYCP with some <br />
equilizers behind it.at the bottom of <br />
the screen is a COOL alc logo with 2 <br />
heads.this part was my favorite!! <br />
cool grafix,by the way,by CRIME DE'SIGN!<br />
PART 5 has at the top and at the bottom <br />
a dycp with 'cocktail' in sprites behind<br />
them.between that is an alcoholics logo <br />
which flashes once in a while.the part <br />
is finished with a very cool(but also <br />
very often used)tune from JEROEN TEL. <br />
THE END part has at the top a logo and <br />
the rest of the screen is filled with <br />
an upscroller which gives you some credz<br />
for the demo. <br />
while watching the demo i sometimes got <br />
the idea it was great,and sometimes that<br />
it was an introcollection.they should <br />
have left some parts out,but who am i <br />
to tell??? <br />
here are the marks... <br />
<br />
coding : 6 <br />
grafix : 8 <br />
music : 7 (cool j.t. tune!)<br />
design : 6 <br />
<br />
overall: 6.75 <br />
<br />
well,this was(finally)the last demo i <br />
had to review.please notice that the <br />
marks given are my PERSONALL opinion and<br />
that,if you don't agree,you can stuff it<br />
in your ass!(ha!show 'em dude!ed.) <br />
anyway,we try our best to be as object- <br />
ive as possible,but we do have our own <br />
taste etc. <br />
please send your demos and we'll review <br />
them!also remember to send your addy. <br />
sending is all you need to do to have <br />
it placed,so come on and send!! <br />
<br />
press fire.... <br />
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