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Title       : Desert Dream Publisher   : ANKH Productions -
   Kefrens. Authors     : Laxity, Zeus, RWO,$   Blizzart, Airwalk, Vention, Dice.
Country     : Denmark
Conditions  : Freeware
Category    : Demo
Released    : 1993
Opinion     : 84%
            REQUIREMENTS
Drives      : 1
Memory      : 1 meg.
            COMPATIBILITY
A500 wb 1.3.2 : YES
A600 wb 2.05  : YES$Multi-tasks   : NO - Autoboots only.
Display       : PAL&   According  to  the  text  on  these&disks  this  will be the last Kefren's&demo to appear on non-AGA machines. If&that's  so  then at least they've left
the baby Amigas on a high note.&   Desert  Dream is a two disk affair.&The  opening part is a nicely produced&vector movie with pyramids and a melon&taking  centre  stage.  That gives you&enough  of  a  hint as to the possible&plot.  It's this part of the demo that&will still be remembered after all the&flashy  effects  that  follow are long&forgotten.  A  well  told  story,   no&matter  how  simple,  (and  this one's&VERY  simple),  will always leave it's&mark. No state of the art coding here,&just perfect timing of graphics, music&and  sound  effects.   An   impressive
opening.&   What  follows  has  no story at all&but  is  just the usual series of demo&effects  nicely  hooked  in  with  the&music.  Stand-out  pieces  include   a&spinning  box  with  a  Desert   Dream&graphic  on,  a  real-time  expanding,&contracting  and  rotating picture, an&animated  3D sine wave (I think) and a
clever use for a circular saw.&   While  all  these  effects are nice&enough   in   themselves   they    are&something  of an anti-climax after the&opening  scene.  This  is   the   same&problem Hardwired has. Great intro and&then  a  series  of  unconnected   set&pieces.  Moving  up to AGA won't solve&this  problem.  It's all in the design&and,  dear  I say it, art, or the lack&of  it.  Demos and abstract art should&have a lot in common but coders seldom&seem  to  be  able to pull it off. I'm&not  a  great  believer  in  the left-&brain,  right-brain theory but perhaps&there's  something  in  it  after all.&Maybe  the  coders  should produce the&code  and  give  the  artists in their&groups control over it's output? Demos&certainly  need something to pull them&out  of  the  numbers hole they've dug
for themselves.&   But for now Desert Dream's up there&with  the best of them. The music also&deserves  a mention with it linking in&with the graphics throughout the demo.&There's  also  an  easily found hidden&part  for all you curious types. Not a&classic demo but very polished all the&same  and  worthy  of  a  place in any
collection.
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