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³¼DEMO REVIEWS¼³
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Well, before  we  start  with all these
reviews we want to say something  about
them. We have decided  to  review  some
smaller things this time, some  of them
are a bit older. The  reason  for  this
is, that everyone  reads  about the big
demos  being  released  (e.g.  Guardian
Dragon II, S.o.S  etc). But  there  are
also  some  nice  intros (mentros? den-
tros??) nobody  talks  about.  So  here
they are:




³ECTASY BY SONIC
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Coding: Deflector
GFX   : Murk
Music : Omar

We have already seen a couple of intros
from Sonic, which were all  very  nice,
but this one  is  far their best (Under
standable why they  called  it  THE  in
tro). I think it's been a bit  inspired
by Humantarget, coz it's also  a 'tech-
no' demo. The nice techno track by Omar
blasts your ears all the time and every
thing is very fast. When they  show  an
effect it lasts only for  some  seconds
and then you can already  see something
else. So let's get  over  to  the  rou-
tines. First there's a really cool text
writer which builds up the letters with
dots. Well, this  has been quite often,
but this one is in med-res and  it just
looks great! Then the first 'real' rou-
tine  comes   up. It's  a  lightsourced
glenz  vector! A  completely  new idea,
and it looks amazing. The second effect
are two vector cubes, which are  masked
in a way, that makes  them  look  slimy
and melting into each other.
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CODING: Just new stunning ideas!
        >>> 8 of 10 <<<

GFX   : A nice logo and good font.
        >>> 7 of 10 <<<

MUSIC : A good techno track.
        >>> 6 of 10 <<<

DESIGN: No boredom - just action!
        >>> 9 of 10 <<<


³INSPIRATION HAS COME BY KEFRENS
-------------------------------¹
Coding: Vention
GFX   : Airwalk
Music : Laxity

This dentro  was  the first  production
from Kefrens  after  some  silence.  It
just looks like  a normal demo: One ef-
fect   after   another  and  some  text
screens. There's  nearly  no GFX inclu-
ded. So what can we see  in  the  demo?
First we have a  very  complex and fast
vector  object, followed  by  a  vector
cube, which features 3 different  light
sources flying around it. Each  of them
has got a different colour, so  the co-
lour of the vector surfaces also  chan-
ges. Understood   that?  Well, we  have
seen this before in a  party invitation
by Razor 1911, but  it's still nice. So
after this they show us  some dot  rou-
tines like 3D stars transforming into a
square of stars or some cool flags. The
best routine is in the end  part: Three
transparent dot spheres  are jumping a-
round. Ain't that original?! Anyway  we
like it, coz it looks cool!  The  music
is also well  done.  I  thought  Laxity
would just do  coding, but  he seems to
be a good musician, too!
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CODING: Good, but too common.
        >>> 8 of 10 <<<

GFX   : Too few graphics...
        >>> 3 of 10 <<<

MUSIC : Normal
        >>> 6 of 10 <<<

DESIGN: Design is OK.
        >>> 5 of 10 <<<




³INSPIRATION IS GONE BY KEFRENS
-------------------------------¹
Coding: Vention
GFX   : R.W.O
Music : Powerlaxen (Laxity?!)

Let's call it an intro. It  consists of
several text screens  with  a  vertical
logo. Between each of  them we  can see
one  of  two  chessplane  effects.  The
first one is a 3D-one spinning  around,
so you  feel  like  a  pilot! Sometimes
you'd like  to  say 'WROOMMM!' when you
see it, coz it's pretty fast! Nice one!
The second one is seen from above. It's
just 2D and it  also  runs  and  spins.
This one is just  average.  Well, after
that you can enjoy  the end scroll with
some funny text. Now  for  the   music:
It's a chip tune, but  we  both  really
LOVE it!!  It  just  sounds great! Some
times we run the intro just to hear the
music for  half  an  hour. Too bad it's
unrippable!
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CODING: Nice, those chessplanes.
        >>> 6 of 10 <<<

GFX   : An average logo and 2 fonts.
        >>> 4 of 10 <<<

MUSIC : The best chip tune ever!
        >>> 9 of 10 <<<

DESIGN: Another blue intro. Average.
        >>> 5 of 10 <<<


³GLASS CUBE FRENZY BY ANARCHY
----------------------------¹
Coding: Dan
GFX   : Mystik
Music : Nuke

This  is  probably the smallest produc-
tion from Anarchy, ever. The intro con-
sists of a lightsourced glass cube  and
a simple logo by Mystik.  The  observer
is able to  see  the  logo  through the
vector - an  effect  never seen before.
Below this effect a    scrolltext takes
part in the show.
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CODING: A nice'n'new effect!
        >>> 5 of 10 <<<

GFX   : Nothing special.
        >>> 3 of 10 <<<

MUSIC : An average tune.
        >>> 5 of 10 <<<

DESIGN: There's none!
        >>> 1 of 10 <<<


³MAGGY #12 INTRO BY COMPLEX
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Coding: Epidemic
GFX   : Tomcat, Blade, Cockatrice
Music : DeLorean

The intro begins with a nice logo and a
great title picture by Tomcat. The rest
of  the  show  is   rather  simple, coz
there's just one part left! On the left
side, a text writer talks some crap and
next to it, on  the  right, we see some
kind of 'shade dots'. Imagine the shade
bobs from Hardwired and all its clones.
This routine features  dots  instead of
circles. Well, that's it.
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CODING: A nice'n'new effect!
        >>> 5 of 10 <<<

GFX   : Cool graphics.
        >>> 7 of 10 <<<

MUSIC : Simple and a bit nerving.
        >>> 3 of 10 <<<

DESIGN: Yes.
        >>> 6 of 10 <<<


³DEJA VU BY ANARCHY
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Coding: Paradroid
GFX   : Paradroid, Krest
Music : Nuke

This one is the  first  demo  by  Para-
droid, which is done for Anarchy. Well,
he writes, that it's not a  great  demo
and that it's just been put together to
win the demo compo at the  Quartz  Par-
ty... and he's right. The demo is below
the Anarchy standard. Here's  what   it
features: giant  glenz   vectors, shade
fractals, various  old  vector effects,
parallax  scrolling  etc. The  greatest
effect is one with shaded spheres. Just
imagine the  Pencil  Vectors  from  THE
PUNISHER with spheres and you  got  it!
Hmm, the graphics  are  a  bit  simple,
just the Anarchy  logo  by  Krest looks
cool. But who wonders? Paradroid  is  a
coder and not an artist. The music,  in
my opinion, is one of the best  modules
around. I really like that one!  All in
all  an  average  demo, we  know,  that
Paradroid can do it better, if he's got
the time.
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CODING: Average, 1 great effect.
        >>> 6 of 10 <<<

GFX   : 1 good logo, rest simple.
        >>> 4 of 10 <<<

MUSIC : Superb tune!
        >>> 9 of 10 <<<

DESIGN: Normal.
        >>> 6 of 10 <<<


³NEW INTRO BY SILENTS FR.
------------------------¹
Coding: DCA
GFX   : Hof
Music : Audiomonster

This   is   the first demo from the new
french Silents team, after all the  old
members left  to  Anarchy.  Well,  it's
just a tiny  intro  with  several  text
screens and one effect. Above all that,
there's  a  nice  wooden  logo. But now
let's explain the effect: It's a vector
cube with  real  plasma on it. It looks
really cool, also the colours are  well
chosen. They show the normal version of
the cube and after that, the  same  one
lightsourced. The   music  is  again  a
quite original module  as  we  know  it
from Audiomonster,  but  this  time   I
don't like it too much!
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CODING: A new'n'nice effect.
        >>> 5 of 10 <<<

GFX   : Nice logo, normal font
        >>> 7 of 10 <<<

MUSIC : Not my taste!
        >>> 4 of 10 <<<

DESIGN: Normal intro style.
        >>> 5 of 10 <<<



   ³Groo & Rufferto of Delicious Designs