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  6. üëAURA:THEWORLDISMYOYSTER
  7. Ç
  8. éReviewbyBigAlec/DeltaForceê
  9. Ç
  10. Todayismondaythe16thofJune1992ataroundhalfpast1am.This
  11. isthedayafterIcamehomefromStuttgart,whereIvisitedNewMode
  12. andSlimeforacoupleofdays.NowIamsittinginfrontofmy
  13. truSTy(andrusty!)computersinceabout6hoursalready.Not
  14. necessarytosay,thatmyeyelidsfeellikefallingdownanyminute
  15. now,butasthisissuehastobefilleduptothebrimonceagain,I
  16. eventuallygotmyselfuptowritethisarticle.Ihopeyoulikeit.
  17. Herewego...
  18.  
  19. Asusual,thefirstthingademodoeswhenloadingitselfis,to
  20. switchthebackgroundcolourtoblack.Thisoneisnotdifferent.So
  21. herewegotit-darkness.Amomentlaterasmallinfotextcomesup
  22. tellingyou,howtocopythedisk.Whenloadingisfinishedandthe
  23. volumeofyourmonitorspeakersisnotturneddowncompletely,you
  24. canhearasilentbuzzingandinawaymysterioussound.Ananti-
  25. aliased-Calamus-fonttextappearssaying"Intheyear1992Axxisis
  26. dead.Anewcrewwasborn...".Thebuzzingsoundslowlybecomes
  27. louderandlouder,andfinally,accompaniedwitharathersimple
  28. "AURA"logo,itturnsintoacleartone.Swush!Veryniceeffect,
  29. guys!ItsomewhatremindsmeoftheLucasfilmTHX-sound
  30. advertisementincinema.Aminordisadvantageisonly,thatthe
  31. samplestopsquiteabruptly.
  32.  
  33. Afterhavingpressedspace,theloader-screencomesup.Itconsists
  34. ofaninfotexttellingyou,whocodedwhat(Butnot,why.Haha!),
  35. etc.ThemusicisarelativelynewonebyMadMax(LethalXcess
  36. loadingsound,Isuppose,butI'mnotsure...).Thefrogfrom"Magic
  37. Pockets"jumpsfromthelefttotheright,andhisred-flashingeyes
  38. indicate,whendepackingisfinished.Quitenice...
  39.  
  40. Togetthisarticlefinishedsoon,I'lljustgiveyouaquickreview
  41. ofeachscreen...
  42. ê
  43. ÇêFirstscreen:"Wherethehellismyhankerchief?"byShadow(BDC)
  44. Ç
  45. AccompaniedbytheThalion-Intromusic,abigone-plane1992logo
  46. comesscrollingintothescreenfromtheright.Insideofthelogo
  47. dozensofrastersmakethethingymorecolourful,butthecoloursare
  48. someoftheworstIhaveeverseen.Inthebackgroundthereis
  49. something,whichlookslike"scrollingachievedbycolourcycling"in
  50. blue.Aone-planegothictextsays"ShadowofAura".Assoonasthe
  51. musicchanges,the1992-logostartswobbling,andamedium-sized
  52. one-planescrollerrollshorizontallyacrossthescreen.Notvery
  53. original(tobehonest,it'sdisgusting...).
  54.  
  55. êSecondscreen:"WhataLaberSuelzPartytext"byChris
  56. Ç
  57. ThetitleisamixtureofGerman/Englishandmeans"Whata
  58. drivellingreal-timearticle".Themaineffectofthisscreenisa
  59. sync-scrollingtextdisplayer.Theviewerisabletoscrollitup
  60. Çanddownviathecursorkeys.When<Shift>isheldwhilescrolling,
  61. itscrollsby8pixelsperframeinsteadofonewithoutshift.
  62. Anothereffectarethe(mostly)50Hzhidden-linevectorgraphics.
  63. Thesearereallywelldone.Theobjectsarebig,complexenoughand
  64. theyareclippedandevenfadedinandout.Themusiccomesfrom
  65. LethalX-cessthistime.WithF1-F7youcanselectdifferenttunes.
  66. Justtomentionit-themusicusesdigidrums.Thebackgroundcolour
  67. isNOTblackasusual,butdarkblue.Althoughitseemstobesilly
  68. tocareaboutthebackgroundcolour,Iconsideritveryimportant
  69. meanwhile.WhenyouwatchthelatestAmigademosabitmorecareful,
  70. youwillnotice,thatalmostnoneoftheseuseblackasabackground
  71. colouranymore.Thedemoautomaticallygainsstylewhenadecent
  72. shadeof,say,bluesupportsthescene.Verynice!Althoughthis
  73. screenseemsnottobeunbeatable(seenfromthetechnicalview),it
  74. doesmakeagoodimpression.Thequitefastvectorgraphics,the
  75. upper&lowerborderopen,async-scrollingtextdisplayer(Ithink
  76. itiseveninmed-res,isn'tit?)andadigi-drumtuneplaying-
  77. Thisscreenisdefinitelythebestofthewholedemo.
  78.  
  79.  
  80. êThirdscreen:"Doyoureallywantthiscabbage???"
  81. Ç
  82. Thisscreenisinfactratherapoliticaljokethananordinarydemo-
  83. screen.Youknow,ourgermanchancellorKohlisnotreallywhatone
  84. couldcallapopularperson.Withotherwords-heismadefunof.A
  85. pictureofapearwithafaceonit(whichisnotverydissimiliar
  86. tothatoftheaforementionedperson)appears,andasampleisbeing
  87. played(ataround20kHz).Thissampleisingermanandgoeslike
  88. this:"Hallllooo,ischbinnswieda,EuerHellllmud!"(something
  89. like:"Hello,it'smeagain,yours(truly)Helmut!").Thisspeech
  90. sampleisfollowedbyachoirsingingtheHallelujahbyG.F.Händel.
  91. Afterthisthedemoexitsimmediately.ThecodeisbyChris,the
  92. pearisbyClash,andthesamplecomesfromtheAppleMacintosh.
  93. Nothingimpressivereally,butdefinitelyagoodlaughforthe
  94. germans!Funny!
  95.  
  96.  
  97. êFourthscreen:"Klein,fies&eklig"("Tiny,mean&disgusting")
  98. Ç
  99. êbyCody
  100. Ç
  101. Thisscreenisanotheroneofthatkind,whichswitchesonallthe
  102. effectsonebyone.Firstascrollerinthelowerborderandasingle
  103. rasterline.Thenastarfieldinthelowerborderaswell.Nextthe
  104. musicisswitchedon(adigidrummusicfromTurricanbyMM).Asthe
  105. mainscreenisstillblack,wecanexpectyetanothereffect.And
  106. thereitis-twoone-planecircle-playfieldsswingingovereach
  107. other,blackness,wheretheyoverlap,andthusgenerating
  108. interferences.Justlikewe'veseenitbeforeinthe"Komische
  109. SackrattenvonderHöhle"a/k/a"Zonk!"-screenfromtheOohCrikey
  110. wotascorcher!demobyTLB.Onlythatthedisplayedplayfieldis
  111. bigger(Notreallydifficult,ashedoesn'tplayafour-channeltune
  112. at8kHz...).Nice,butnotveryimpressive...
  113. Codyannounced,thatitwashislastdemoscreen,andthathewill
  114. ÇcodeutilitiesusingGEM&VDIinthefuture.Goodluck,Cody...
  115.  
  116.  
  117. êGreetings-&StoryscrollerbyShadow(BDC)
  118. Ç
  119. Againthisisaraster-scrollerliketheonefromCountZerointhe
  120. DecadeDemo,onlythattheCharsaremorethandoubleashigh
  121. (nearly200Pix.).Itmusthavebeenanawfuljobtodesignthese.
  122. Somecolorsaredisgusting,butmostofthemsuit.Atthebottomof
  123. thescreenthereisasmall(16high)3-planescroller.Ihavenot
  124. readthescrollers,soIdon'tknow,whichoneisthegreetings-and
  125. whichoneisthestoryscroller...BypressingF1-F8you'reableto
  126. lookatsomedigitizedpictureswiththefacesoftheAura-(and
  127. Xenex-)membersonthemalongwithasatiriccomment.Themusicis
  128. fromStormlord.Well,...........
  129.  
  130.  
  131. êEndpart-byChris
  132. Ç
  133. InthemiddleofthescreenisanAuralogobyClash(Ihopeitis
  134. notoneofhisbest!).Beneaththelogotherecomesa12.5Hz(!)Up-
  135. scrollertellingyousomebullshit.Guys,thatscrollerisdefinitely
  136. tooSLOW!!!ThemusicisbyLap(oneofhisbettertracks-no,not
  137. theAciiidtune!).ThatisALL!Nothingmore.Verypoor,guys!
  138.  
  139.  
  140. ëRatings:
  141. Ç
  142. Graphics:3
  143. Music:8
  144. Code:4
  145. Overall:5
  146.  
  147. Assaidbefore,thebestscreenisthereal-timearticlewiththe
  148. nicevectors,buttherestismostlycrap.Sorryguys!
  149.  
  150.  
  151.  
  152. (c)1992BigAlec-thewritingslaveofhimself!
  153.  
  154.  
  155.  
  156. ...andaMASSSSSIVEandRAAADICALTEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKNORRRRRRRAVE
  157.  
  158.  
  159. SSSSSSTTTTTTTTOOOOOOMMMMPPPPPPPEEEEEEERRRRRRR
  160. SSTTOOOOMMMMMMPPPPEERRRR
  161. SSTTOOOOMMMMMMMMPPPPEE