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Well, this month I received a whole new batch of goodies. After sorting through, I found the MQM3 demo and MQM4. Also an interesting game from Dominic. Anyway, here's this month's reviews.
MQM3
Another fun-filled demo from the MQM team. Yes, you've guessed it: more smashing 128 music. This time, the demo features 'Digisound', which was no doubt created on this infamous 'SampleTracker' thingy. Anyway, I was very impressed with this and it would be an ideal program to show to a 16-bit owner whilst saying, "SPECTRUMS ARE CRAP ARE THEY?" There is also an option for 48 owners to hear the samples.
OVERALL: 80%
MQM4
No sooner had I finished with the above than I found this little gem. This is more of your average soundtracker demo. It features 17 different tracks, Pop, Amiga and ST conversions, and also has a snippet of sampled speech at the front end. The music is up to the usual standard that we have come to expect of QJETA, and the program has a brilliant loading screen. (Looks a bit like my old maths teacher!) So, another demo worth adding to your PD collection.
OVERALL: 82%
WAGGLE-O-MANIA
WAGGLE-O-MANIA comes from Dominic Morris and is based on a wrist-wrecking TEAM 17 Amiga game. Basically, you waggle your joystick as hard as possible (AHEM!) to try and get the arrow to rise up to the top of the table. It's a bit like those test-your-strength machines. Although it's only a basic two-player game, I found it a lot of fun.
OVERALL: 75%
The best of the Pet Shop Boys
I was interested to see how this one turned out. Those of you who have viewed AMD2 from TOM will know there was a brilliant QJETA conversion of 'You were always on my mind'. So, in went the program and on came the music. Now, it's not as good as QJETA's music, but at the same time, all the tunes are of a fairly good standard. Some of the tracks sound a little bit 'bitty', but fans of TPSB will like this demo.
OVERALL: 60%
The Towers Of Hanoi
AARGH! It's a puzzle game... Written by Dominic (man of many talents) Morris. Basically, you have to move a pile of discs from one peg to the other (like on the Crystal Maze). I'm not too good at these games, but I completed it in about 588 moves. By my standard that was good. I was then told the minimum number of moves was, well, let's just say a lot less! This is simple but GREAT fun. If you want a copy, it's on next issue's tape.
OVERALL: 90%
A LITTLE POINT
If we rate anything over 40%, then it's worth having. Anything below 40 and above 30 is a bit dodgy, but anything below 30 is a total washout! If you want any of these fine programs, drop me a line at the usual address.
NEWS
A new 'TMG' demo is to be released soon. As yet, we haven't received our copy, but as soon as we get it, we'll tell you all about it. PD software creator 'Neon Grafix' have created a RED DWARF demo. It costs only 20p; ask for it when ordering if you want it. It cannot be found in any of the PD packs.
Well, basically that's it for this month. Next month, more reviews etc. See you then.....
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