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àPUNISHYourMACHINEÇ

äTeaforseveralhundred,asarrangedbyüDeltaForceäandfriendsÇ


Everydemocrewhasit'sday,andDeltaForcehasoptedfora
rathercoldandfoggydayinlateJanuary,formetoreviewtheir
latestMasterpiece,orpossibly,acriminalwasteofdiskspace,
thisreviewwilldecide..

Switchonmachine,diskgowhirr,whirr,grind,andtheveryfirst
screencomesup..Thisconsistsoflargeposter-typelettering,a
largebrashlogowhichfadesinandout,thepurposetogetsome
introductorycreditstothereadersattention,musicissoundchip,
bytheDeltaForceresidentmusician,BigAlec..

Theloaderscreenforthemainmenu(andeveryotherscreen)
consistsofascreenfulofsomethingthatlookslikeananti-
aliasedpoolofvomit(Quiteadecenteffect,inspiteofthe
descriptiongiven!!)withmoreletteringinalargeboldfont
whichintroducedseachscreenappearinginateletypefashion..

üMainMenu..ÇThisisverysimilartotheSOWATTcopypartymain
menu,ahugeverticallyscrollingvirtualscreen,sixteenscreens
deep!aseachdifferentscreenhasitsownfullscreen
representationortitle,afullscreensworth..Alsogoingon,is
ascrolltextinthebackground,andseveraloftheplasmarasters
thatarerapidlybecomingaDeltaForcetrademark..Avery
attractivemainmenu,withnoteventheleasthintofpurple..

Alsoavailablefrom'help'isanalternativemenu,muchsimpler,
whichgivesthekey-presses("1"to"F6").

ü1.DeltaForce,SickestsoFar..ÇThisisaBigAlecspecial,a
screenentirelyproducedbythegroupmusician(IfCountZerocan
doit..)Astarfield/fountain,atop'DeltaForce'logobarrel
Çscrolling,twoverysmallscrollers,anotherscroller,thatdrops
fromthetopofthescreen,andanotherwaveyhorizontalscroll.
Themusicissoundchipandhasahintofthatoldclassic,Tubular
Bells!!

ü2.BMT,Coast..ÇOneofmyfavouritescreensonthewholedemo,
describedasaCrayEmulator,thesearesuperfastfractal
generationroutines,andthisdemoisagenuinerecursive
MandlebrotandJuliasetgenerator,thisgoesfromtheover-
familiarbasicMandlebrot,intomanydifferentpatternsandforms,
thereisalsoasuccessfulcombinationofdecentcolours,and
soundchipmusic..SurelyBMThavecomealongway,sincetheir
daysontheearlyAlliancedemos.Theyhavefurtherplansfor
thesefractals,anditwillbeinterestingtoseethese..

ü3.DeltaForce,CopperKaahBaahNaah..Ç(äAkaColourshockXXII..)
ÇAnother'combinationofpartstomakeawhole'screen.Lower
borderandrasterstextscroller,shimmery'DF'logo,andyet
anotherstomach-churningplasmascreenandsomemoretexttoo...

ü4.Ishido,WayoftheStones..ÇThein-demogame,anancient
strategy,stonematchinggame,usualsortofsmallP.D.typegame
whichgrowsonpeople,giventheDeltaForcetreatmentsoitlooks
alotbetterthanitoncedidasaPCsharewaregame..

ü5.DeltaForce,WhenColoursaregoingBang..ÇThosepeoplewho
dothesescreensliketodeceiveus,andbuildupslowlytothe
finish,don'tthey??Startsoffperfectlyquietlywithastarfield
andaboringlyaverageborderscroll,thengoestoadisgustingly
coarselargescroller,thenaddsrasters.Thenitnarrowstoa
centreportionofthescreen.Andfinallychangestheraster
patternstosomethinglikeacolouredtileeffect,thenstartsto
mapitselfonvariousinvisiblesurfaces!!givinga3-D
perspectiveeffectasitisdoingit..(IfyouämustÇdoatext
scroller,makeitinterestingtolookat,DeltaForcehave..)

ü6.Electra,LeifRullar..ÇAnintriguingdeparturefrom'normal'
Ç(Whatis"Normal"aroundhere??)Startsoffliketheintrotoa
'ShadowoftheBeast'orsimilartypegame,withastatictitle
screen,somestrange,"ChainedTrollsgroaninginunisontothe
slave-masterswhip.."sortofmusic(IsthisanAdfora
forthcominggame??)andthenintothedemoproper..Thisis
dividedupintoseveralmini-screens,ademowithinademo..

üa).ÇAglobewith1400dotsonitssurfacestrutsitsstuff,along
withseveralotherpolygonaandweirdshapes..

üb).Ç2-Dspline,orsinousdots,trailingaroundthescreenin
differentpatternsü..

c).ÇAVectorballsscreen..

üd).ÇA964pointball(betterthantheAmigagroupPhenomena..)

üe).ÇAdensestarfieldandsomegreets..

Inspiteoftheirownmodesty,Ithinkthisisagoodeffortby
Electra..

ü7.Overlanders,ThereareManySheepsinOuterChina..ÇThenewest
membersofTheUnion,celebratewithanothermulti-partdemo,
firstlyalogoforthe1992WinterOlympicsbootsup,theninto
thedemoproper..

üa).ÇNarrowcentreband,withstarfieldandvectortext,with
rasters..

üb).ÇStarfield,avector3-D'OVR'logowhichbeatsintimetothe
music,whichchangesintoother3-Dshapes..Also,achanginglogo
inthebottomborder..

üc).ÇAscrollerandmodule,thescrollerisgreetsandcredits..

äTheOverlandershaverecentlyincorporatedthePendragons,and
äwithapproximately7%oftheentireFrenchpopulationnowmembers,
theOverlandersaresoonsettobethelargestSTdemocrewinthe
world!!!

ü8.ST-Connexion,LetsdotheTwistAgain..ÇAccordingtotheblurb,
thishasa16khztrackertuneandloadsofotherstuff,butit
doesnotworkonanSTE..

ü9.Legacy,TheCube..ÇTheAmigagroupPhenomenahasbeenmentioned
before,hereisanothersuccessfulrenditionofafamousscreenby
them.üTheCubeÇisa3-Dvectorcubewithdifferentthings
happeningoneachface!!thecubeturnsandmovesaboutthe
screen,interespersedwithotherstuffsuchasamoireeffect
chromepattern,whosaysthattheSTcan'thackit!!

ü10.DeltaForce,TheBestpartoftheCreation..ÇTheofficial
greetsscreenfortheICC#2Convention,someverysmalltext
scrollsontothescreen,withcredits,andgreetingsforthose
peoplewhoattendedtheeventoftheyear,also,ashimmering
patternsnakesontothescreen..

ü11.Naos,PunishYourMachine..Çä(FromSpacetoLeutenbach..)Ç
Startsoffverypromisinglywithasuperblypainted'NAOS'logo,
thenascenereminiscentofsomeoftheBitmapBrosbestworkand
isagain,likethestartuptoagame..Thedemoproperconsists
ofaballfieldandscroller,andisabitofaletdownafterwhat
camebefore..

ü12.FutureMinds,ICC-2Screen..ÇSomeverygoodstillgraphix
appearwhilstthemaindemoiscalculating,somegraphixfromthe
Red-Sectordemo,thethemaindemostarts,consistingofa
screenfullofverticallyscrollingbars,thenscrolltextsappear
ateithersideofthescreen,thenthecentreportionofthe
screenisstrippedawaytorevealahugelymagnifiedcharacter
movingabout,aloopedsampleplays..

ü13.Mystic,MagicRasters..ÇVerymuchanULM-typescreen,witha
Çfullscreendisplay,startingwithtworasterbars,thengoingto
afullscreendistortingthingy,ascrolltextmovesvertically,and
lateron,partsofthescreenaremagnified.Amoduleplayeris
alsoinuse,anotherverygoodscreen..

ü14.ScumoftheEarth,Twenty-FourMinutescreen..Ç(Andit
shows..)Doublescrolltest,thenbouncingsprite,and'Alien'..A
decidedlyaveragescreen,andratherrushed..Weareadvisedthis
wasalastminutereplacementforabetterscreen..

ü15.Starbyte,ReturnofMedusa..ÇAnadvertismentonbehalfof
Starbytesoftwareforanewgame,'ReturnofMedusa'whichseems
toincorporateelementsof'Dungeonmaster',accordingtothe
still-screengraphix..MusicbynoneotherthanMadMax..

ü16.ResetDemo..ÇAcombinedTLB/Deltaforceeffort,ahuge(8200
point)starfield,andQuartettune,'TLB'and'DeltaForce'logos
formedoutofthestarszoomatyouanddissolvebackintotheir
componentpartsastheyenterthefrontofthescreen!!Excellent
screen..(Somegreetsforacoupleofminuteswhilstthemaindemo
pre-calculates..)
ü
ä(Somesmallbits.)ÇThedemoisatwo-diskjob,andrathersensibly
keepsthedemosforthetophalfofthemenuondiskone,andthe
bottomhalfmenuscreensondisktwo,cutsdownondiskswapping.
Thediskchangescreenisadiskä(Hem,hem..)Çenvelopedbyseveral
slow-motionglorioustechnicolourexplosions..

üRatinggggzzzz:-

àGraphix:-Ç93%äÇ-Toomuchgoodworkheretoreallygointo
specifics,butüResetÇ,andüFractalÇscreensparticularlygood..

àSonix:-Ç90%-LotsofäoriginalÇsoundchipmusic,arefreshing
changefromMadMax,andsomedigi-sounds..Plentyofhigh-quality
materialheretoo..

àGeeWhizz:-Ç94%-ThiswasaconsistentlyhighqualityworkàÇwith
onlyoneortwopatchyscreens,thethemeseemstohavebeento
imitatethecurrentAmigawhizz-kidsPhenomena,anddidthey
succeedä(Well,yesofcoursetheydid!!)ÇTheratherwonderful
Resetdemoandsuper-fastFractalsarementionedhereagain,along
withtheüCubeÇscreen..

àOverall:-Ç93%-ThebestCopy-Party/Conventiondemotodate,on
theST..

(C)ChrisH.28/1/92..
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