Suprise...

[Heaven/TQA]

never thought that anyone will ever review some of my productions... just found this on the 1st issue of atari st disc mag alive:

 

"'Carpe Demo' by Heaven..

 

This starts with a nice colourful series of title screens first. almost

rendered in feel, and a credit to the colourful abilities of the A800.

 

A further title screen. raster bars, and copying information follows.

 

Prodding an assortment of keys likely to provoke further movement brings up

the first 'real' action part of the demo, a series of shadebobs, reflected in

a blue border 'pool' below. With a fast and furious soundtrack, which I still

can't hear, denoted by the screen flashing in time?

 

That would seem to be all though, as a keypress too far, (F5 for soft reset)

kicks you right out, instead of loading the next bit.

 

A one-screen wonder, this one would seem to be?

 

 

'4ktro' by Heaven..

 

Yes, they like the smaller categories on here too, although on a ZX80, 4K

would have been a fully expanded machine's worth.

 

Characters '4096' on screen, which then dissolve fire-like, with its sister

letters 'Dentro', then a bunch of plus signs and credits, all meet the same

fiery fate!

 

After being told to 'Enjoy', we get the full-screen burn-em-up treatment,

which is quite effective, even on the emulator, and probably running a treat

on a full-speed machine.

 

Cool, er, hot!

 

Ever so slowly fades away.. Then something altogether more, green? snakes

about onscreen, gradually building back up. Then splotches which splatter

then fade/dissolve, in yet another variation of the fire/feedback effect.

 

'Rotate' is next, which is the endpart to the demo, and a rotating

scrolltext, made up of large letters consisting of LED-style blobs. Not the

most clear way of delivering your message, as you can only see two or three

letters at a time! Still, it's the effort that counts!

 

For a 4Ktro, you certainly get your Euro's worth!"

 

 

never knew that there is a decent atari emulator for the falcon...