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  6. Ç
  7. üëTHEPANDEMONIUMDEMO
  8. Ç
  9. BYCHAOS(NO,NOTCHAOSINC!)
  10.  
  11. äReviewbySlimeandNewMode
  12. Ç
  13.  
  14. Atleastadecentdemofromthelandofthelefties(wemeanthe
  15. strangetrafficruleshere,haha).
  16.  
  17. Aftertheirrathermediocredemocalled"DoubleDoozer",Chaosis
  18. backwiththeirsecondmegademo.Thistimeit'slotsbetter,but
  19. thatwasn'tTHATbigproblem.
  20.  
  21. Anotherscreen-to-screenreview,sinceallothertypesofreviews
  22. suckinouropinion.
  23.  
  24. ëIntro:
  25. Ç
  26. GoodChaoslogobySpaz,excellent"present"logo,obscure
  27. backgroundpictureandaridiculoussamplelikeinMindbombmake
  28. thisintrosomehowabitboring.
  29.  
  30. ëMenu:Ç
  31.  
  32. Ohno!Anotheroneofthese"highlyoriginal"
  33. IHAVETOWALKAROUNDANDSEARCHFORAGESTOFINDASCREENmenus.Parallax
  34. backgroundscrolling(althoughjust75%ofthescreenisused).
  35. Controlviacursorsisabitjerky.Graphicsareok,theanimation
  36. ofyourspriteisthoughquitefastandmakesitlookshit.Whatto
  37. saymore?Noscroller,justapureselectorforyourscreens.It's
  38. keptinmemory,that'sapositiveaspect.Nothingmindblasting,
  39. really.Couldhavebeenbetter,though.
  40.  
  41. ëConfusion:Ç
  42.  
  43. Amultipartscreenliketheycameinfashingnowadays.
  44. Part1:Rotatingballmadeoutofvectorplots(flickeringrasters!)
  45. Part2:Hillvu-metres.Rotating.Neat.
  46. Part3:xyz-distingoneplanelogo,movingexplosions
  47. Part4:samexyz-logo,cycledister
  48. Part5:againthelogo,ballfield.Goodwork.
  49.  
  50. Thisone'sdamnhardtoreview.Part2and5areverygood,therest
  51. isjustaverage.
  52.  
  53. ëRasterblast:
  54.  
  55. ÇLeft/rightoverscanscreen.Nicecoloureffectsandbigscroller
  56. withparallaxdistingeffectsinside.Colourscrolleranddigidrum
  57. musicmakethisscreenworthwatching.(Therearesomeproblemswith
  58. coloursintheborders,Ben!.Yourscrollerstartstooearlywith
  59. thesplits.)
  60. Ç
  61. ëCulushock:
  62.  
  63. ÇNotagain,theysayintheirloader.AverageChaoslogo,
  64. bytescroller,andacolourshockwithnicecoloursbutsometechnical
  65. problemsintheborders.Wereallyhadenoughofthiskindof
  66. screens(especiallywecansaythat!).
  67.  
  68. ëAcidDemo:Ç
  69.  
  70. ACIIIIIIIID...AlthoughTekknohastakenoverEurope(dressupwith
  71. yourvacuumcleanerandgetouryourtoothbrush,miipmiipmiip),we
  72. haveanotheroneofthesenicepsychoearblasterslikeZONKin
  73. Crikey.Verynicecolourcyclers,neworiginaleffectsandagood
  74. stompingmusicmakethisaverymuchpleasingscreen.Wewillreload
  75. thisoneagain,andthatsayseverythingaboutanyscreen.
  76.  
  77. ëMega-3D:Ç
  78.  
  79. Manydifferentnewtechniquesbuildupaninterestingscreen.A
  80. zoomingtextexplainsalldifferentparts.Firstwehavesome
  81. lightsourced3Dobjects,thengouraudshadedcubes,texturemapped
  82. graphicsand3D-circles.Alloftheseeffectshaveneverbeenseen
  83. inanySTdemosofar.Prettyoriginalallofthoseandallquite
  84. welldone.
  85.  
  86. ëBitmap-Mania:
  87.  
  88. ÇTheusualbitmapbollocksthatgiveusthecreeps.Nicebutboring.
  89. Yawn!
  90.  
  91. ëDister:
  92.  
  93. ÇSpaz'Chaoslogo.Prettyneatcolours.Themaineffect(somekindof
  94. xz-distedchessboard)rangesfromexcellenttocrap.Thelogo
  95. flickerssometimes,that'sreallystrange.Iftherewouldn'tbesome
  96. crappywaveforms,thisscreenwouldhavebeenquiteimpressive.
  97.  
  98. ëLoading-Screen:
  99.  
  100. ÇAnicetexture-mappeddiskrotatedaround,asmallscrollerandno
  101. music.Thisone'soriginalandwelldone.
  102.  
  103. ëReset-Demo:
  104.  
  105. ÇApprox.200double-sine2planeballsareflyingaroundandsometext
  106. tellsyouallaboutthecredits(although90%ofthestuffisby
  107. Ben).Anicethingisthatyoucanexitthisresetdemowithajump
  108. ontoyourspacebar.Looksgood!
  109.  
  110. Beforeweforget,infrontofeverysinglescreenthere'sabeautiful
  111. calculatedpicturethatfadesinandout.Allofthemarereally
  112. pretty.
  113.  
  114. Ç
  115. êGENERALRATINGS:
  116. Ç
  117. Demo:PandemoniumDemoê
  118. ÇGroup:Chaos
  119. Coding:8
  120. Graphics:6
  121. Music:7
  122. Originality:8
  123. Overall:7.75(afteraüveryÇharddisputeabout7.5or8)
  124.  
  125. Allinall,Ben,thisdemoisreallyexcellent.Ifyoukeepon
  126. improvingthatmuchlikeyouimprovedfromyourlastdemotothis
  127. one,youwillbethebestcoderintheUK,nodoubt.Allthelittle
  128. thingslikeflickeringandthesometimesdisgustinggraphicsmadeus
  129. putdowntheoverallratingbyonepoint.
  130.  
  131.  
  132. ê
  133. Ç
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