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SILIConvention 97 Invitation (1997, AGA File)

Review by Glenn Lunder

This ROCKS! I guess the cool music contributes a great deal to the superior atmosphere in this intro, but the coding and graphics will have to take their part of the 'blame' too :) It opens with two pictures; the first is a SILIConvention logo (rendered?) and the second is of a multitude of heads. It's more the way they're faded onto the screen to the beat of the music that appeals to me, I guess, but it's a great introduction either way. Then we get to the main part, which has a very cool effect that remains under the information at all times. It's a texturemapped vector cube that sort of 'surfs' the surface underneath, and the surface behaves like water, creating beautiful ripples all over the place. You'll know what I mean when you see it... Overlaid over this cool effect is the info file (the same as the normal text file), and it can be scrolled up or down by moving the mouse.
Through sheer simplicity, power and style this is one of the best invitation intros I've seen in a very long time! Very very cool. By the way, Avena is an atari group, in case you were wondering why you can't find them in scenery...
tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0.

Fear Factory (1997, 30.03, Multifile)

Review by Glenn Lunder

I see nothing of the exceptional qualities offered by their previous production in this demo. There are signs of good coding, and signs of some innovative effort, but the overall impression is not one of professionality. The music quickly gets on your nerves, as does the less than great graphics. A disappointment.
tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0.