################################################################
################################################################
#################%##############################################
################%%%#############################################
###############%% %%############################################
##############%% %###########################################
#############%% %%##########################################
#############%% %######################%###################
############%% %%#####################%#######%#%#########
##########%% %#######%############%%#######%%#########
%#####%##%%% %%####%%%#####%%#####%%%%####%%%##%#####%
:%%%%%:%%%% %%%%%:%%%%%%%:%%%%%:%%%%%%%%%%%%%:%%%%%:
::::::::% . . %:::::::::::::::::%:%%::::::::::::::::
::::::::% . . . . %:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
######### .. .. %#################::::################
######### . .. . . . ########################### ##### ####
######### .. . .. ... #########:::::########################
######### .... ... .... ######:###########::::::##::::::::##::
######### ##################:::::::::::#::::::::
####### #################%%%%%############:%
####### . .. .. .. ####################################
####### .. . .. . .. ####################################
####### .. . .. .. ####################################
####### .. . .. ####################################
####### . .. .. ##################### ##############
####### .. .. . .. .. ######::::::::::#####:##############
####:## .. . .. ##:::::::::::::::::::::::::::#######
##::::: # # . ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::::::: .. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::::::: # # .. .. . ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::::::: . . ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::::::: # # .. .. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::::::: :::%::::::::::::::::%:::::::::::::::
::::::: .. . %::%%%:::%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:%%%::::%::
:%::%%% # # . . . %:%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%:%%% . . %%%%%%#######%%%%########%###%%%%%%%
%%%%##% # # . . %%##################################
###%##% . %###################################
#%####% # # . . %########################## #
#%%###% . . %######################
######% # # . . .. . %################### # ##
######% . . .. %##################% % # ##
###%##% # # . . .. .. %##################% .
%%%:%%% . .. %##################%
::::::: .. . .. .. .. %##################% # ##
::::::: .. . .. .. . %##################% # # #%
. . %##################%
:% #% ## ## ## ## . . %##################%
:: %% ## ## ## ## . ##%%%%%%%%:::######## # ##
----------------------------------------------------------------
SPECTRUM DEVELOPMENT TRENDS TODAY
----------------------------------------------------------------
“Epoch” is a confluence of certain circumstances united by a common
feature and lasting for some time - so I would
described this word. We are all experiencing the transition of the same era
to another, regardless of social status, political
views, religion and other attributes: there was communism, now
democracy, there were hippies and the 7Orr boom, now they are unpopular, there were
Spectrums, now the dominance of PCs. All this is a change of eras. And this concerns
every person. Agree, after all, a person who has lived his
the best years of one era and preserving the brightest about it
memories, he won’t just give in to the whims of new fashion. He
will continue to live according to his convictions, roughly speaking,
because it “gets” him: one is an old commie, the other is
seasoned xunnak,and we are all spektrumists with many years of experience. And
I don’t care that our era is gone, I don’t care that they don’t understand us. C
Our era will pass away with us, but as long as we are alive, the era will live on. You can't
disagree that mutual adaptation occurs over time
both eras: old and new, and if the new one gains little,
then the old era, in order to survive, absorbs elements of novelty, in
on the whole, remaining with the same, but slightly diluted, ideology.
There was a communist party, there were executions, “enemies of the people.”
Now the communists have split into several opposing
camps, because each considers itself more important. With the advent of the Democrats,
the ideology of the “reds” has been cleaned up - they are unlikely to approve now
shootings and links. However, politics is a dirty business.
Spectrum... It’s not in vain that I just ranted and
gave examples - now we will analyze ours, Sinclair’s
an era that lives with us, every time you turn on the half-dead
The Pentagon or Leningrad with a bunch of wires falling out,
when starting the emulator on a hobehbkom 1GHz PC, when
inscriptions "(C) 1986 Sinclair Research ltd", although it is no longer the 86th
and not 92nd, but 2002. This is our little era that we
we continue to carry within ourselves. For everyday life, ordinary
people spoiled by Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw
The masochism of those who pixelate in Burial is incomprehensibleGFX Editor,
Ultima Online lover is scared to look at Bard's Tales,
For a programmer working in C++, it’s funny to look at the Z80 assembler.
PC people (unless, of course, they started from the 8th platform) never
will not understand those who have deliberately driven themselves into the framework of restrictions and
I’m also happy about it! To each his own. Why are people of a bygone era
continue to adhere to their ideological line, not accepting
novelty? In their own way, they are nostalgic. Some are nostalgic,
running old hackneyed demos under the emulator, others
These same demos are nostalgic when they create them. NOW. And it will be until
as long as WE need it.
-+--------------------------------+-
| DEMO SCENE |
-+--------------------------------+-
As such, today's demo scene is BrainWave and
Placebo, or more precisely, Vivid and SairOOs. Under no circumstances
I despise the talents of Paracels, Megus and Tigrr, but if the coders
for some reason they will stop writing, it will collapse to smithereens
this area of demo-making. Paracels and Megus will be exhibited in
gfx/music compos, but the scene as demo-making will die. Will stay
semi-qualified, old school demomakers who are not
will bring nothing fundamentally new to demo construction, thereby
it will work outvicious circle.
Only these two guys - Vivid and SairOOs bring some
new algorithms, software solutions and do such work for the sake of
which, as Unbel!ever would say, were worth living. I really hope
that these guys will write for many years, glorifying the raw
Spectrum monument.
I was somewhat discouraged by the dispute that flared up between
Vivid'om and SairOOs'om, which took place at CC'01. I'm very
I respect both coders, but I still think that Cyrus is wrong in
trying to convince Vivid that multicolor sucks
resolution. I don't understand why there was such a confrontation and
tension between these two people, because they work in
different demomaking trends - SairOOs king 4x4 chunks, Vivid
- the undisputed ruler of multicolor chunks. Personally, I think more
I like the multicolor resolution for its ferocity and
very complex implementation of effects. Let him not be offended
Dear SairOOs, but his dialogue published in ADV#13
resembled a kite that attacked poor Vivid like a stone,
must prove that his code is clean and explain how
implementation. I’ll express my opinion, even if they kill me for it -
4x4 chunky is boring, Vivid’s multicolor perversions are the ideal
perversity and the ceiling of possibility, butthis is the only one
an alternative to boring chunks. Amen!
In general, to summarize this whole text mess - SairOOS and
Vivid are two gods of the demoscene. These are the undisputed code gods!
This was a discussion about the dialogue between these two coders. But
We must not forget other sceners! We have such serious
groups like Digital Reality, Razzlers, Real Masters and
perhaps a couple more teams whose work we recently
admired. But...Where are these teams? After all, the level of their work is very
respectful and if they... Oh, what a dream...
-+--------------------------------+-
| INTROS |
-+--------------------------------+-
512b, Chkb, 1bkb... This type of computer art is with us
much better developed than the demo scene. After all, to create an intro
it is not necessary to look for an artist and musician, just
limited to one's own resources. Well, I think this
direction is not in danger of death.
-+--------------------------------+-
| MUSICS |
-+--------------------------------+-
It is quite difficult to give any assessments due tothe impossibility of listening to modern tropes... Sami
guess why. That's why there's nothing objective to tell you
I can't. Honestly speaking, of our music, only techno appeals to me
etc. AU-rave psychedelia, and of course tracks from old demos.
Our musicians, brought up on Imp'e and Ksa, write unique,
original music, but... Not stage-specific, native
Spectrum. In this regard, funk is more interesting. Just normal, no
popped. I’m listening to Agent-X’s virtuosa (best ZX muzaker!),
his unique works from the old classic demonstrations.
Old games also had unique music. I would note here
many, but I will name only the most lethal ones - Mouzons from the Spanish game
Rescate Atlantida, well, let's say Hewson's Marauder for a couple
with Stormlords. This is the classic AU sound, true
Spectrum sound in my understanding, recorded in Ocean
Tracker.
Of the modern musicians working in such
I can’t name anyone in the classical style - there are none like them. From
classics of the CIS scene I would highlight MIC, Ironman, Demon
(/Bitmunchers/Mayhem), Mad Max and Imp, who laid the foundation
modern sound.
Among the muzakers of our days, I will highlight: Baze (for its uniqueness
tropes), Fatal Snipe (forprofessionalism), DJ.Juice (for
killer narc-tropes), Mm
Share your thoughts about the article