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  6. üëOVERDOSEDEMO
  7. Ç
  8. byAggression
  9.  
  10. äReviewbyNewModeandSlimeon18.06.92
  11. Ç
  12.  
  13. OneofthefirstbigdemoscomingfromFunland.Thisdemotook
  14. partinthedemocompetitionattheMegaleifpartyinSwedenand
  15. gotsecond.Ifyouseetheratingattheend,you'llsurewait
  16. withbaitedbreathforthewinnerofthecompetition:Omega.
  17.  
  18. TheguysinAggressiontriedtobringawholestyleofdemoto
  19. theAtari.Nomenu,justlikealltheAmigademos.Onecansay,
  20. thatthissucks,butregardingalltheminigamemenuesnowadays,
  21. we'requitehappyaboutthefactthatyoudon'thavetosearch
  22. foragestogettoascreen.Analternativelittlemenuwould
  23. havebeenverynicethough.
  24.  
  25. Everyscreenhasit'sownveryniceloadingpicture,interlaced
  26. butstillfarofftheaverageSTpics.SeemsAggression'spainter
  27. isdoinghisgraphicsonanAmiga,eh?
  28.  
  29. Let'sseethrougheachscreen,intheorderXenitputthemonto
  30. thedisk...
  31.  
  32. ëIntro:
  33. Ç
  34. Quiteneattrackermusic,sometextfadinginandoutanda
  35. splendidOverdoselogo.Seemslikethegraphicsartistisadrug
  36. addictduetoallhisrealisticwork...hehe!
  37.  
  38.  
  39. ëEksabender:
  40. Ç
  41. There'samassiveoneplanebitbender,reallybig.Toughshitfor
  42. NewModesincehealreadyplannedthatkindofscreenforthe
  43. nextdemo.Goodwork,Xenit.Afteraveryshorttime,there'sa
  44. picturedisplayedshowingsomestrange"asiatic"graphics.One
  45. keypressmoreandthescreenisdone...DigidrummusicbySynth
  46. Dreamfitsthescreenquitewell.
  47.  
  48. ë
  49. RealtimePostscriptZoomer:
  50.  
  51. ÇSomezoomingcharactersinoneplane(reallylookslikethe
  52. "Times"versionofacertainpostscriptfont).Ifit'sreally
  53. realtime,it'sfairlyok.Meanwhilethere'ssomeloopedsample
  54. playingfromGenesislatestalbum:"Ican'tdance"(heyXenit,
  55. wasn'titbizarreatthelocaltekknopartyinUppsala?Weall
  56. hadagoodtimeonthedancefloor,ravingandstompingaround
  57. likemad!).Thenagain,there'sapicturedisplayedtellingyou
  58. that"postscriptisaggressive".(isit?).Concluding,agood
  59. screen,butitwouldhavebeenbetterasanintroforademo,not
  60. Çinthemiddleofademo.
  61.  
  62.  
  63. ëPlasmaFractals:
  64.  
  65. ÇSomecalculatedlandscapefractalsandabackgroundpicture.
  66. Boring.
  67.  
  68.  
  69. ëGlenzVectors:
  70.  
  71. ÇAsthenamesays,you'regoingtoadoresome"glenzvectors"
  72. here.SeenalotoftimeonAmiga,butthisamazingideahas
  73. neverbeenusedonSTsofar.Whatareglenzvectors?Theyare
  74. simplyvectorswhereyoucanseethroughthefacesandseethe
  75. usuallyhiddenfaces.Makesupagoodeffectandcostsalotof
  76. CPUtimesinceyou'vegottadrawallthefacesandthere'sno
  77. chanceinskippingthehiddenones.Havealookyourself,the
  78. objectisalsotransforming.GreatmusicbySynergy,firsttime
  79. usedinElectra'sPYMscreen.Oneofthebestscreensinthe
  80. demo.
  81.  
  82.  
  83. ëRaytracedAnimation:
  84.  
  85. ÇAnothercoolideacomingfromAmiga.Aprecalculatedraytraced
  86. starshipisrotating(ofcourseprecalculated,orareyouableto
  87. dorealtimeraytracing,dumbfuck?).Itreallylooksace.
  88.  
  89.  
  90. ëVerticalBars:
  91.  
  92. ÇVerticalrastersandadistingoneplanelogo.Yawn!
  93.  
  94.  
  95. ëShadeSprites:
  96.  
  97. ÇAnothergoodiefromAmiga.Veryhardtodescribebutanice
  98. effectingeneral.Thewaveformsarenotverygoodhereandthe
  99. wholescreenseemstobemovedsomescanlinesdown.Onethingis
  100. verymuchannoying:youcan'texitthescreenwhenyouwantto.
  101. Youhavetowaitforallwaveformstopassby.
  102.  
  103.  
  104. ëFractalLandscapes:
  105.  
  106. ÇAsthe"plasmafractals"before,thisscreenisatotalbore.
  107. Somemountainfractalsarecalculatedanddisplayed.Don'twatch
  108. thisscreeninamoodofextremetireness,oryou'llfallasleep
  109. forsure.
  110.  
  111.  
  112. ëEndscreen:
  113.  
  114. ÇOneplaneverticalscroller,noisetrackedmusic,andsomephotos
  115. ofseveralAggressionmembers(goodquality).It'sok.
  116.  
  117. Youcan'texitthedemowithyourresetbutton,andthatsucks
  118. forsure.
  119.  
  120. Concluding:Oneofthebestdemosrecently,alotofideashave
  121. beencopiedfromAmigademos,butthat'snotreallyafault
  122. regardingalltheboringdemoswe'reforcedtoseeatthemoment.
  123. Thedesignofthedemolacksabitsincenoneofthescreens
  124. fadesinoroutandtheeffectsdon'tfittoeachotherandbuild
  125. eachotherup.
  126.  
  127. üDemo:ÇOverdose
  128. üGroup:ÇAggression
  129. üCoding:Ç8
  130. üGraphics:Ç8
  131. üMusicÇü:Ç7
  132. üOriginality:Ç7
  133. üOverall:Ç7.5
  134.  
  135.  
  136.