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DEMO'S DEMO'S DEMO'S DEMO'S DEMO'S DEMO'S.
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Hello, good evening and welcome to more demo reviews from DocM.
No, you haven't booted up the wrong file, It IS me, Doc.M. I
just thought I'd be polite for a change. Well I did try so ....
HELLO 'DER MA MAN GIVE ME FIVE! YEAH RIDE ON!
First things first, the best news must be that THE 'LLAMA' has
turned his programs open to shareware. Hail the 'LLAMA'.
Before I get down to business a BIG thanks goes to the following
PDL's:-
Steve Delaney & Irene Lamb of FLOPPYSHOP. For the following
Demo's: THE BIG DEMO, THE JUGGLER+ & THE MEGABANG.
Jake Bain of CALEDONIA. For THE ELECTRA DEMO.
I will start this review with a look at :- The Megabang Demo.
I was once told to get a hold of a demo called the Megabang Demo
as it was pure dead brilliant?
Well if I remember who it was that told me this I will personally
choke him because all I can say about this demo is if you own a
company called Microdeal then this is a great advert for your add
on sound sampler, ie Replay 4.
I think that the Lost Boys must have been well in with microdeal
to do this demo, the screen( the only one )is an advert for
microdeal's Replay 4. The sound sample is ok, but as for the
super dooper scrolling and fantastic FX? I'm still trying to
find them.
If you want to buy an advert then this is the one for you! It
should not be classed as a demo crews demo. Be warned if it's a
demo you want then buy something else!
I feel I cannot give this demo any marks at all.
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On the Juggler Demo you get the following demo's:-
the '42 demo crew' - 'Demo 3_v2.Tex' - 'The Juggler demo'.
The 42-demo crew:-
This demo has an ST PI1 screen backdrop and gives you an option
of a total of 2, yes a whole 2, tunes.
The first tune being the Goldrunner theme and the second tune
being jupiter tune (both of these get a little boring after two
minutes, well ok, a big bit boring).
Marking this demo out of 10 it gets 3.5.
Demo3_V2.Tex:-
Take a picture , add a rotating top central piece with two
central side rotating 'Atari logo's' add 1 scroll text line
along the bottom of the screen, add eight tunes, mix them all
together and what do you get?
Yes you've guessed it the TEX-V2_DEMO?
The marks for this demo are a little better at 5 out of 10.
The Juggler demo:-
I first saw this demo on an Am...Amm.... Ammm... OK I first saw
this demo on an other computer(ha ha), this demo has been ported
over(I think) onto the ST with very little effects lost.
A must for every demo collector.
Marks must be 8 out of 10 for the graffix.
Overall you get two dodgy demo's + 1 Master demo so it's still
a bargain even if just for the Juggler demo.
THE BIG DEMO!
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This demo has 3 individual demo's plus THE LONGEST SCROLLER that
I have ever had the pleasure read!
Lets start with the first demo:-
1)...COLORRIGHT by Tex
This screen has very good effects, it has a bouncing raster bar,
with a 3d cube in the centre of the screen, so does the raster
bar go behind, in front of, or through the cube? Well, have a
look and decide for yourself.
This demo must have a place in the ST'ers demo collection.
2)...SHADOW SCAPE(? That's what I call it!)
A screen with a little colour on it. OK, a whole lot of colour
on the STFM and even more if you have an STE.
Good use of the ST/STE colour palette with a platform in the
centre has to be seen to be believed!
A good screen to watch!
3)...This is a screen I call 'ARROWS' (and not an Indian in
sight).
The only thing I can say about this demo is that if you want to
see a screen scrolling in all different directions then this is
the one for you, and thats just about all it does!
Well here it is, the one I've been waiting for, When I had my
Spectrum 128k, I saw this demo on local club members STs and
decided it was a must when I got my ST.
THE BIG SCROLLER:-
With a lot of music for the background (you will need it), the
music lasts 4.7 hours and the text scroller lasts for a whole
2.5 miles, YES 2.5 MILES.
Can you imagine 2.5 miles of text AND NO BAD language anywhere.
The way the scroller goes through the cave effect is great on
its own but the whole must be seen to be believed.
As you probably notice I have a soft spot for this demo!
(WHAT DOC.M's got a soft spot?- No way man!)
A must for all ST DEMO collectors. All in 9 out of 10.
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The one from Jake:-
The Electra Demo:-( 1 meg memory needed.)
Before I start this demo has foul language all the way through it
so I'm giving you warning NOW!
Do not be put off (as I was until I contacted Jake) with the
corrupt looking loading screen. It pretends to be one of the
worst coded demos ever with the crew admiting they ripped the
code straight from a rivals demo, after you press the spacebar
the ST bombs. Just press the reset button and you get one of the
biggest, if not THE BIGGEST, reset demo's ever seen! If you know
better then let me know and I will give it a going over.
This demo starts with a great intro scroller with fab fonts!
This is the first demo from the swedish demo crew ELECTRA!
There are eight planets for you to visit:-
Planet #1:-(Sprites)
Great big colourful sprites, a starfield (moving stars) backdrop,
the music is good but starts to repeat to soon!
Planet #2:-(Bitbender)
This demo has an original scroller, no swearing but the font(?),
the music and backdrop got a little boooooooorrrriiinngg(yawn).
Planet #3:-(Electraballs)
3d objects and the music has been done before! the shapes some of
them old and some of them new, the less said about this demo the
better so onto the next planet!
Planet #4:-(Greeting screen)
Some great fontz with very interesting FX, scroll-line sometimes
hard to read but as far as I could tell no bad language on this
planet!
Planet #5:-(The Globe)
A 3D star ball with golden fontz, I like the rotating globe on
the scrolling 3D cube field, must be seen to be believed.
Planet #6:-(Doc Demo)
Great big ball sprites, music is not to bad with lots of things
to do, try pressing the F1 to F10 keys or the +- keys or just
watch the nice ball snake move fab?
Planet #7:-(Megadist)
If you like to sit and watch a picture that looks as if it is in
a wave pool then this is the one for you, but I don't think that
this demo belongs on this disk (or should I say I would not have
put it on this demo) as this screen is a big NO-NO.
Planet #8:-(The Tube)(No, not me!)
Fab Fontz for the Big intro, but the text that rolls round the
tube just goes that little bit to fast to read, and as for a
hidden screen I got P***** off trying to work out how to get it
going, bahh(I wonder if there is a hidden screen)if you have seen
it please let me know just what it's about please (pretty pretty
please).
Out of 10 I would give this demo 8 minus 1 for the bad language
so a total of 7.
These Demo's are available from any PDL, but up to now the PDL's
I use can be contacted at the following addresses:-
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FLOPPYSHOP PDL : CALEDONIA PDL
45 Provost Graham Ave : 250 Oldtown Road
Hazlehead : Hilton
Aberdeen : Inverness
AB1 8HB : IV2 4PT
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Ps. just in case you're the only one in the universe who doesn't
know who the 'LLAMA' is he is. He's the one and only JEFF MINTER,
well done Jeff.
You can get Llamatron from any PDL and do support him by sending
your fiver if you play it a lot.