Review - demos from Funtop'1998: Tyrany, Adrenalize, Crazy Love, Morbid Visions, Airspace, Emergency, Katharsis, Entropy, The 5th Element, Boom, TV-X, Garlic Respiration.

(c) M.M.A aka UnBEL!EVER/SPEED co./XTM'98 
                                          
                                          
 I had no desire to write a review of the demos
with  FUNTOP. However, after reading absolutely
lutely  crazy review in two rooms
zeta OPTRON, I got to thinking. What's half-
cheat a regular user? On the one hand, literature
tour-poetic  downloads   from Gendalf
(OPTRON),  a on the other side will go to
these days DEJA VU and there again DAN!!L will be gr-
zit with something like:  "vector  interrupts
I=#5V,  plate yes, SP=#SFFF,  in general
eurodemo standard is methalf."
The busy user will never understand what is needed
look,  a which is not worth it. So I had to
sit down with a text editor to
beat this review. Don't judge strictly, but share
truth  is here. Anyway it's mine
personal opinion!                            
                                          
                                          
When describing  each  demos, I will be sure to
It is important to highlight such a concept as Smooth
Effect. It's no secret that no matter how stupid
demo,  but it always has at least one in-
interesting solution  (except of course
same  full lame). Exactly for these in-
I will indicate different solutions in different
actually Smooth  Effect.  But if you assemble
all thesesolutions and effects in one work,
then there would be such ferocity... :*)     
                                          
Description order  demo practically
most likely,  although the first three places are for greater
clarity is crowded at the end of the text. Places
for the rest  I did not indicate demos,
since reader not
results FUNTOP, it will be interesting yourself
after reading this review determine the location
occupied by each job.                   
                                          
                                          
                                          
                  TYRANNY                 
               (C) SYNDROME              
                                          
           SIZE: 274 sectors            
                                          
                                          
Work  does not leave any  any
impressions. The introduction is made with some
then  naive  pro-amig design, graphics
although primitive, it’s not bad.            
                                          
Itself the demo begins with a series of absolutely
"flight" effects  under the general name
CHESS  MANIA. Next they try to  for the viewer
scare  dots and amuse with vector mu-
zhik with a dog (the latter is even more or less
looks).  Humor can also be classified as
splitting  brick on the head of a harmless
man  and  jaw drop in a dog  at the end
demos.                                    
                                          
                                          
The impression of slight steepness is left by the tun-
nel with GREETINGS, the idea of which smoothly
wanders  from the toy ZIG-ZAG, through the fields
some demos, ILLUSION (X-TRADE) and finally in
all its strength  presented  to us
TYRANNY.                                  
                                          
Smooth Effect: In my opinion, this is when
the inscription FEEL THE POWER begins to scale
to on viewer  and at the end  ends
opens  lying  under  her  picture
ECOLOGICAL DESENTERY.                     
                                          
In a word  in a word, the demo for SYNDROME is clearly not
was a success. Their previous work EPICENTRE OF
RAVE I was impressed  more. I hope for
The authors have their own reasons for this failure..
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                ADRENALIZE                
             (C) GLOBAL CORP.             
                                          
           Size: 437 sectors           
                                          
Compared to the work that this command
presented at E'97, it feels  determined
line  progress! The beginning of the demo, although pre-
tends to be steep (illumination of inscriptions,
logo burning),  but it looks real
enough to the left...                        
                                          
The first thing that hits the consciousness is color
chunky  plasma. However, the smooth effect of it
it is incorrect to call it  since it is similar
plasma was in three more works.           
                                          
Flying Fractals can only hit those
who still believes that "everything will be calculated there
appears..." Fire in combination with plasma
looks  relatively, although GLOBAL steel
the first to cross the fire vision barrierfrom the side,  and decided to look at it from above
(or is this a bottom view? Rocket nozzles?).       
                                          
Picture with a man and punched tape, of course
cool,  but in her  explicit style
 post-ENLIGHT demo is being viewed
Phrenetic.                                
                                          
Smooth Effect: Scaling and wrapping
a moving  chessboard, followed by
"resetting the computer" and loading the next
parts.  Truly genius director's
move.                                      
                                          
The second part gives us sounds that were
lye rs'shniks described as music
from  SECOND REALITY (or maybe UNREAL?).
But  God bless her, with music, here is a boat from
Elites  all like this  flat shading. Of course
not bad, those  more who  would refuse
ELITE 4, implemented using this technology.
                                          
GREETINGS's,  equal as  and wriggling
the chess field, of course, looks cool, but
on  will turn out to be (apparently) a set
pre-drawn  sprites. Well, so what?
concerns specifically a chess field,  then
CODE BUSTERs, of course, should have immediately
make this effect in EYE ACHE II like this
form.                                     
                                          
                                          
We only have to consider the epilogue. Here
it's simple, music with digital drums -
RULEZ  FOREVER, however, on FUNTOP it is
they didn’t let me go, and the epilogue was dropped, without saying
working for ten seconds.                  
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                CRAZY LOVE                
             (C) POWER GROUP              
                                          
           Size: 309 sectors Honestly, after viewing this work
I still don’t understand what the name symbolizes
nie. What love,  why crazy and if he
after all, love, then why?                 
                                          
Even I will not I will  describe the effects, since
there was nothing worthy of  description.
Is  that  multicolor plasma, but it
very  primitive  and that same pre-
caclculated... Nice idea at the beginning of dem-
ki, when  represent authors. This is it
really  strongly, unless of course the authors
did not borrow an idea from any other
platforms.                                
                                          
                                          
Smooth Effect: You might think that it
not here, but it's not like that. The most ferocious in
This work I would call the display principle
pictures.  It  was applied  for the first time, and
This  principle can be characterized as
kind of multicolor, but interlaced and
very peculiar. In short, flowers on display
earlier it turns out a lot, but it trembles much
less than with RGB display.               
                                          
Most  the offensive thing is that for BlAME I wrote
sal in  accuracy such an engine for display
graphics, ALK developed and supplemented it, but because
for  shortages time  we  they couldn’t
convert a cool picture for this
effect. And putting the converted ones on the speed
I hand  pictures that do not display
We didn’t want the complete steepness of the method.
Well  nothing, we still have the principle of ferocious
Hey, we'll play our own again... :)           
                                          
                                          
Another trouble is  that
that on three Samara PENTAGONs, where I am
I tried this demo, but I couldn’t select it anywhere
army FIX. The cursor in the initial menu is actually
yet  doesn't move!!!  At the same time, when
start everything is fine under emulators on PC
is chosen! These are the things...             
                                          
              MORBID VISIONS              
               (C) ASPHYXIA               
                                          
           Size: 118 sectors           
                                          
This demo was seen by me and half
countries, even before FUNTOP. Why put it out?
whether at the party, it’s not clear at all!            
                                          
Any  especially cool effects
There was no such thing.  All or old attribute,
or new, but not fundamental.  In places
the effects from the previous one are clearly visible
demos  TANKARD - STARE. Pleasant impression
lenition  leaves only demo  messager with
"primitive" fractals in the background. 
                                          
But what is behind the lack of new, cool
thy effects? And there is high-quality mu-
language comrade  IMP and an abundance of English
BLACK  DOOM text. MORBID VISIONS has
right  to  life,  for if you read the whole
text,  load with music and realize the vi-
deorder, then...  In the end, a person in
army  is taken away, he has the right to do
demo corresponding to its state!  
                                          
Smooth Effect: Tunnel with GREETINGS.
Simple, cheap, but tasteful. I can't do this
but  not  celebrate the brilliant plot device with
pulse at the end of the demo.                    
                                          
MORBID VISIONS is a strong thing, but not for everyone
this is understandable,  and not for FUNTOP.
work.                                   
                                          
                 AIRSPACE                 
              (C) Ivan Roshchin              
                                          
           Size: 136 sectors           
                                          
                                          
Another "nonsense" from Mr. Roshchin orig-
nality  does not differ. If we are in RAY
saw pure curb aggression, then in AIR
SPACE we are left to obediently contemplate the plasmamu. Of course, a variety of plasmas, several
cooler than before, but plasma. Xiu-
The black  line  is missing.  Prafika is not on
height, since drew itapparentlyhimself
author.  The most incomprehensible moment
It turns out  the presence of two basic
blocks.  It’s not just the bourgeoisie here, our people
and he won’t understand it right away. The situation is as always
beautiful music from VISUAL saves me.    
                                          
                                          
                                          
Smooth Effect: It was very difficult to choose!
Everything is plasma,  yes plasma... Clouds at the end,
This is the most  strong effect. They are sudden
fast and... that's all!                        
                                          
                                          
It’s unfortunate, but in my opinion AIR
SPACE  turned out to be worse than Ivan’s work on
E'97.  There will be something to think about - not plasma
my only living person. However, it is available in AIR
SPACE is one thing that really appeals to me.
I was pleased: the author did not burden the audience at the beginning
that that  this is  he, Ivan  Roshchin, and even
presents.Modesty is like brevity,
sister of some Talent!                 
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                EMERGENCY                 
            (C) REAL MASTERS              
                                          
           Size: 219 sectors           
                                          
                                          
Here is the demo, right demo! Here  straight itself
anger is concentrated.  It's nice, you know,
look.                               
                                          
Authors  INFARCT studied  your errors and
came to  the issue of creating a demo from all over
responsibility. Good name, not bad
good music, acceptable length  in sectors,
the entire demo  is loaded immediately.  Well and in the demo
there's something going on somethingunimaginable! First
intro, incomparable  set to music,
then  excellently made video about the authors,
some kind left effect for distracting attention
mania  and here, colored chunky 8x8!
Here you have plasma, and a light, and a tunnel,
even drops on the water.  Everything is so colorful,
 pleasant...  Many  entered  in  shock
multicolor  glitch at the beginning of the demo. "How
Are they displaying multicolor on the mask?” :)
Yes  and  lens multicolor is also not bad
shita...                                   
                                          
In short, the demo  is very correct. Dos-
a thorough continuation of the theme that was included
"codebusters" were in EYE ACHE 1&2: pleasant
music, colored, not obligatory to anything
 effects. And this work would take
third place, if not "Samara lamellas
ry with their tattered video"...                  
                                          
Smooth Effect: It's hard to even choose! Please
lui, the coolest thing is 2-bitplane scroll in
epilogue.                                  
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                KATHARSIS                 
     (c) MASTERS NOME COMPUTERS GROUP     
                                          
           Size: 387 sectors           
                                          
                                          
Introduction is very high quality, aggressive
music in combination with a flying logo and
changing sprites  suppresses!  The very same
Dema leaves much to be desired. The idea of the first
th  ("FUNTOP") effect is clearly borrowed
from  NOUMENON, which cannot but flatter. B
further events develop  enough
boring...                                 
                                          
Smooth Effect: The only thing worthy
this honorary title - a figurine from ball-
kov, supposedly illuminated by a moving source
no one Although, this effect is slightly  reminiscent
selects one of the partsECHOLOGY.                                           
           ENTROPY: LAW OF TIME           
              (C) ZX-MANIACS              
                                          
           Size: 482 sectors            
                                          
                                          
Yeah! These cubes won't scare us! We them
Back in  95, RST#7 was seen in LEMMINGs.
Similar in size, and the same conversion
new ones with PC, are in the bourgeois demo PONDLIFE
PREVIEW. In short,  theme   old...   A
ballmania with large balls is one to
alone  Slovak  ECHOLOGY - not well
beckon uncle...                          
                                          
All the latest effects (such as chunky
plasm)  for some reason they come in small windows-
kah...  Interfering circles at the end
you can directly connect everything with the same unforgettable
venous  NOUMENON. Although we ourselves do not
knowing, we borrowed them at one time from
epilogue to  INFLUENCE  by Seamans, and they are in
turn...                           
                                          
Smooth Effect: Try to find it here :(
Let  the main effect be the appearing
and a disappearing prohibitory sign (crossed out)
this circle). Still, not everyone day
a simple encoder does exactly the same effect
like Exploder at the beginning of GOA...          
                                          
             TNE 5-TN ELEMENT (C) ETERNITY INDUSTRY           
                                          
           Size: 374 sectors            
                                          
Work from the rising star of the Russian ZX-
scenes,  Kovrovskaya groups  ETERNITY
INDUSTRY.  Very impressive work!
The only demo that comes close to the level
nude  effects to Refresh  - first place
FT'98!                                    
                                          
                                          
You don’t even need to disassemble anything here. Load-
zil moved away about five meters, and look
be... Among the impressive effects can be noted -
tit inside torus, golden stone and water.
Particularly  well  they  will look if
apply  on   your   copy  5ELEMENT
special  fixpack,  released   and
distributed by the group after testing
deniya  FUNTOP'a.  Practice  PARACELS' as
always on the level, while the music is everything
leaves much to be desired. Applications on
next to chunky 4x4 also  and attributes of course
justified  in the inside torus, but  in the rest
local effect  turns into a complete non-
clarity.                                 
                                          
Smooth Effect: Like  and in the case of Refresh,
here is almost the entire demo - one big main one
effect.  However, I would risk highlighting rotating
skinheaded girl, like the most sudden and sa-
my aggressive.                          
                                          
                   BOOM                   
              (C) ETC GROUP               
                                          
            Size: 421 sectors            
                                          
It used to be  I used to love watching demos from
ETS and STYLE GROUP. There were all sorts of effects
non-standard, very cool music
lard KENOTRON. And here on you, BOOM...     
                                          
Initial  intro  with RGB labels
quite impressive, but then  not
giving  peace  laurels INSULT. Here you go
tunnel  animated,  and moving shit
every, different, color. Yes and without PLASMA
ORDINARY here  not  it worked out. Clearly feeling
what is written  in the introduction to
demo:"KENOTRON collected effects from all and
I relaxed as best I could to my music." None
You won't find any ideas or concepts in this demo.
baby...                                   
                                          
Smooth Effect: Here  everything is clear! This
plasma with 2x2 dots, which comes immediately after
leORDINARY PLASMA.                   
                                          
                   TV-X                   
              (C) DIE KRUPPS              
                                          
           Size: 285 sectors           
                                          
And  everything  I think this demo has... Colored
effects, black and white, fast and slow,
new  and not very good, but it still looks
left.  DEMO MESSAGER  roughly copied from S4B.
Definitely a brilliant idea to print text
under a small  degree (40°),but why
should the font be exactly the same as in S4B? Everything
-it is still difficult for our encoder to break the glass
reotypes of what was already done earlier...           
                                          
The same concentric circles, overlays -
XOR-based! They are already in the top ten demos
we visited.  Even the last lamer knows how
it works!  And at the same time simple to
wretchedness part, where the moving chessboard
board  "illuminated" by the source, looks
very  even not bad. This is where the paradox lies,
you see...  And  as  has already been described above,
coming true  incomprehensible  prophecy: againthe group's previous demo becomes the best,
than new. In my opinion, inENTER TNE MIND
There was more novelty. When I
there, in  squares, I saw a swastika, then
I thought that BlaAME was screwed with his concept.
It is necessary after all  somehow  so to make demos,
so that each next one is stronger than the previous one
next...                                  
                                          
Smooth Effect: Undoubtedly, it's textured
kub with  light. Done  primitively, everything
algorithms and principles are extremely simplified, but
anyway - rulez!                        
                                          
                                          
At the end of the demo, the inscription on
bourgeois language, translationwhich is the maximum
clear:                                     
                                          
DEATH IS THE BEST CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
                                          
                       I completely agree!
                                          
                                          
            GARLIC RESPIRATION            
              (C) UFO GROUP               
                                          
           Size: 253 sectors            
                                          
Pond  a mess of scattered attributes
periodically tries  to prove to you that
it's plasma, tunnel or even fire. However
understanding  this is quite problematic. Thin
technical solutions effect  with vector
with a little man and pendulum matches will cause
at best a smile. I said the best! A
so, nonsense, nonsense, and nonsense again...        
                                          
Smooth Effect: Undoubtedly chunky-DOOM.
Now, if  the guys there would expose a couple of enemies to
let them in, then they would have earned twice as much on FT
more  votes. And then they walked, walked,
hit the wall and that's it!                  
                                          
                 FOREVER                  
           (C) DIGITAL REALITY            
                                          
         Size: about half disk          
          Second place FUNTOP'98          
                                          
This is, of course, ferocity! Demo  halfconsists of  of various animation
inserts so  to highlight the Smooth Effect
does not  seem possible.  Yes and somehow
stupid  disassemble  by  effects demo with
a clear plot  line is enough. This
Everyone should see for themselves.             
I would like to note  only that that DIGITAL
REALITY have made a huge  step in the field
story demos. Throughout FOREVER you will meet-
those  total  two text messages, and
the second (the one in the epilogue) may not be
take into account. The whole idea is conveyed by graphics
coy, music and what is happening on the screen. This
extremely ingenious solution...        
                                          
Criticize DR's people for the abundance of animation
under no circumstances is it possible. First of all, they eat it all
themselves did it, and didn’t tear it out from an unknown source
where. Secondly, it is impossible to write a plot -
new demo without using animation!     
                                          
The best  rating of this  work for me is
The fact that my 65-year-old aunt,
after watching FOREVER (she asked to see
that we got third place, and BlaAME
where then  lost)  said  phrase:
"Well done! Everything  is clear, even old me
far from all this, galosh..." ══════╗
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