Chippin' for Air #6 by Dead Hackers Society - all Falcon
DHS proposes us for this 6th music disk a small very nice intro, although a few
scatos on sides. All begins by noises a little strange (plouf!) and a photo
representing a door of WC. The door opens up and one can contemplate another
photo where this poor Evil (the programmer) is sat on the pan, the all on a
hilarious music. The stage disappears and one sees the words " Shittin
for air " to the screen. A few easy, the game of word, but why not, that
change of the serious side of DHS.
In short, this compilation proposes us 10 chiptracks, that is soundtracks
looking strongly like soundchips. Musics address themselves to amateurs of
chiptracks, but the proposed pieces are rather very composed. One finds there of
music adaptations widely-known soundchips as Delta or Big Japan in. The choice
makes himself with the help of arrows, it is necessary to push on Return to
listen to the thus selected music and on Space to leave. To ornament the all,
one finds some very friendly logos in bottom of the screen (a Toodeloo logo, a
logo for the Atari.Org site, another for the CP Error In Line 1999, etc.) as
well as two DHSS logos in points that move over it.
A good compilation for amateurs of chiptracks, achieved very well (e.g. at the
level of the design), but not unforgettable. Special mention for the intro, very
funny.
Generation Gap by Cobra - all Falcon
RGBS
The famous group Polish Cobra presented this demo to the LAST PARTY'98 of
Opalenica. The demo starts with credits, that disappear quickly in a "
fading out " that recalls some effects of fire. Music is style techno, no
doubt thereon. Four objects in 3D mapped and lightsourced make their apparition
then: a circle endowed of four tips, an enormous tore that distorts himself (it
is slow, but that is what it is beautiful), a sphere of where emerges 8 radiuses
and another sphere, full of prickles this time. A pity that that is not very
fast!
After a very friendly caricature of Marylin Monroe, we have right to tunnel
mapped, very valued at the moment. This one has a texture that looks like the
stone, it is succeeded very and a few original for once. Another tunnel appears
then, but it is a little disappointing in the measure where it is slow enough.
Besides, the four objects in 3D of the beginning move each their tower in the
tunnel, what is not to arrange things. Paf, it is already finished, return to
the desktop!
A demo certainly pleasant to watch (and to listen if you are fan of techno), but
it misses a little designs: there are not a lot of transitions between parts and
the end is a little brutal.
Illness at Night and Shackled Sheep by Escape
- all Falcon RGB
No/Escape surprised more of one of them with this small jewel of programming.
All begins yet quietly: a pretty Escape logo in True Colour appears with a
degraded of rose and bruise. Soundtrack techno is rhythmized very, besides it is
synchronized with effects. On a stationary bottom, small objects in rotation
appear very quickly as well as of the text that doesn't mean big thing (to the
manner of the intro of the Synergy Megademo on ST). A little originality having
never killed that that it is, we have somewhat right to a plasma strange.
This is not very obvious to describe it, readers of the HTML version that have
the capture of screen under eyes will probably agree with me.
Then, we recover the small objects 2D as well as the text. The next effect is a
few crappy, it is about a way of rotozoom that lets traces to the screen. Did
you already try to place a mirror owing another mirror and to see this that that
gives? Hey imagine the same thing well but with a good thick rotozoom over...
The following effect is he as unaccustomed since it is about an oily plasma way
(as when one puts a fine layer of oil on a puddle). There also, I put you of
screen captures for more clarity.
Suddenly, music changes... The concentric circle apparition that distorts a
plane surface can make the phenomenon of wave propagation think, a few as if one
threw a stone in water. The programmer seems to have smoked something of not
very Catholic since one sees some luminous and symmetrical, yellow and purple
flashes then. The musician (505/Checkpoint) has also him to undergo it the same
fate since he/it included the famous " click " of the keyboard in
his/her/its soundtrack... At this moment, music changes all over again.
One is in front of a picture in distortion that represents a really obese woman.
A shout has himself heard, colors begin to leave in lollipop and the picture
analyzes himself. The shout distorts itself and change... it is Sepultura! Thick
zik bourrin, therefore, he/it remains more the picture than some red points that
come out of the visible zone of the screen. It is already finished and a text in
interlocking present the demo and his/her/its inventors.
It is there about one of the best demos of the end 1998. Very rhythmic, original
and of a good technical level, this demo has some character. Don't miss it under
any pretext!
Motion (version inachevée) by Aggression -
Falcon RGB 14 MoMo
Incredible... The mythical demo of Aggression, Motion, has not been achieved
officially, but his/her/its sources in collector are free available on the site
of Dead Hackers Society (http://dhs.atari.org). The demo is not finished again:
most screens don't work with 4 Mos of RAM, music was not implemented, etc. On
the site of DHS, you will find an enormous archive of 3,5 Mos, what represents 9
Mos thereabouts once the all unpacked. Fortunately, the executable are provided
with sources. I am going to describe you one by one screens, in the alphabetic
order of files :
ANIM : a cube on which is engraved the letters M, O, T, I and N
moves to the screen and print these characters on the screen to form the title
of the demo. This animation is achieved very well, one would say a FLI/FLC
animation (for connoisseurs).
BEZIER : one of the most beautiful screens of the demo! Imagine a
bee in solely organized full screen of points. Besides, she/it beats wings, move
on the screen and, thick cherry on the cake, there is even an effect of
self-timing, the all on a dark blue bottom. While pushing on F9, the bee turns
into tore (way of " donut "), and vice versa with F10. A screen that
demonstrates that the Falcon stays an excellent machine when he is exploited in
his/her/its last limits.
EXPLOT : numerous luminous spheres in True Colour intermix,
giving birth to new colors. One will note the remarkable effect of fuzzy.
GTMAP : it is in my opinion the screen most disappointing of this
demo. It is about a mapping of a joker head on a triangular surface. Aesthetic
interest: bof...
INVBETA : the " beta-version " of the invitation to the
Aggressive Party 2 (wow... that dates a little). One already spoke some in a
(old) Toxic Mag, it seems to me.
PALDSP : and one rotozoom, one! The programmer took an eye as
texture. Apparently, routines for the rotozoom are those that served to make the
INVBETA " screen "e;.
ROMEO : it is about Julia's whole (note the subtle game of word
between Romeo and Julia), it is fractals very rapids.
ROTTA : a splendid rotozoom with effect of self-timing, very well
achieved. A pity that the programmer didn't get out fingers of the ass to finish
his/her/its demo...
SUSIE : those that had the preview of the Motion saw this screen
surely. It is etc. about a way of Wolfenstein 3D, with walls mapped, of fog, a
pretty cloudy sky, The shifting in alleys are fast. A very good screen.
TORUS : a screen that looks strongly like " BEZIER ". Here,
it is the letter " has " in points that are displayed on the screen,
or a tore while pushing on F9. Points are indeed very numerous and it is
impressive. All that takes 90% of the time thereabouts plots. Quick curves of
Bezier!
WRITER3 : as his/her/its name indicates him, this screen displays
characters as if it drew them to the brush. The used colors are very pretty.
The Aggression " word " writes himself to the screen before vanishing
point very quickly by point. A bee is even drawn according to the technical, as
well as another " Aggression ".
WRITER4 : > same principle, but here with a man's drawing that
carries wings in the back and the yellow streaks on legs. The text " Keep
in... Motion " is displayed slowly before not disappearing by point.
To the final, one finds again with an excellent demo that is unfortunately
incomplete. One can congratulate the coder all the same to have wanted to
distribute his/her/its sources. Now, to you to play to finish the Motion!
Nun Demo by Nun - all Falcon RGBS
An intro a few strange that change a little all these too serious demos. A NUN
logo in 3D wire moves on the screen with an efet of self-timing. In bottom, we
have a picture that scrolle in all directions. It is about a photo of a young
woman that covers himself a gode in one of openings of his/her/its personality
(no, one won't tell you where). The programmer has, besides, added an arrow that
points toward the gode with a text that says " hidden feature " (and
that one can translate besides by " hidden " characteristic). To the
whole, we have an intro that doesn't break bricks technically, but she/it
remains friendly enough to watch.
Snowstorm by Reservoir Gods - all Falcon
Demos of Reservoir Gods recognize themselves to the first squint: a particular
design but very tidy, not of effects technical bourrinses and a zizik techno
tendency jungle. This intro, exit for Christmas 1998, don't depart to the rule.
After a pretty logo Reservoir Gods, we can see a composed starfield 3D of small
grayish spheres. A text scrolle in bottom of the screen, horizontally. Is the
starry field interrupted from time to time, by beautiful pictures (scanned?)
on the Christmas theme and snow. The soundtrack also takes this theme, one
doubts itself a few of them. Here, we have right to a resumption very modern of
" Quick wind " (Jingle Bells, if you prefer). A very nice intro to
watch, a pity that the routine for the soundtrack is so unsteady (I have to
throw back it 3 times the intro to see it in whole)...
