BUNDESTAG
by The Spice Boys (standard Falcon)
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Mekka 2k2 is over and none of the expected releases came out. With Atari
Behn this is the only other ATARI entry presented at the party. The Spice Boys
have grown us used to their half fake half 'real' intros, so what it is this
time ? Something that looks like disk filler...
This 96 Kb entry - that only weighs 70 Kb ! - starts with an average looking
SPICE BOYS logo with exagerated antialiasing. A nice chiptrack (meaning a
module sounding like a chip) starts as we enter the intro. Next is quite an
original screen since the word 'presents' is displayed with sparkles as if
someone was actually using a blowlamp. It looks kind of nice but nothing more
and it takes too much time - in my humble opinion - until all letters are drawn
up.
Then is an animation. A BUNDESTAG logo is displayed, looking like an old 16
color logo such as the one you could find in atari games a decade ago. In the
middle of it is an animated goblin...
Next is surely what you could call the main part as some dotlike object is
shown. I don't think these are actually dots as they look like partycles but
they are not clearly rendered, being a bit too blurred. Also it's only about
blue and nothing more. Design has been forgotten here. The dotlike object will
change shape a few times from a donut, to some circles and so on. Not a bad
screen but it just looks plain and lacks design.
Our screen is set to black for too many seconds before the next effect pops
up. This time this is some fractal morpher, meaning a fractal that changes
shape to another fractal motive. Among them I spotted famous Julia motive. As
every two line is displayed, it doesn't look that good (especially as it is
mostly composed of blue scales) and seems a bit too slow as well.
The last screen gives us credits with a lame font and ugly colors. Not much
to add here as we have already reached the end...
Bottom Line : reviewing so called fake demos is always tricky. Either this
is a funny demo or this is technical in some way. This intro doesn't fit any of
these ! It's not funny AT ALL unlike the Spice Boys Xmas stuff. Is it technical
or not ? Well the dotlike (most probably particles made) objects look ok but
chosen colors are just shitty. Then what ? The fractal morpher looks ugly AND
slow too ! I don't think you should download this intro, it's nothing good nor
original. Where is the Spice Boys famous sense of humour ? Not here for sure...
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