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From: bairds@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Shawn L. Baird)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: The DEMO question
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Date: 28 Mar 91 00:50:10 GMT
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jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes:

>    They don't get around enough, then. The best I've seen so far has
>    been the Wild Copper disk too.

>    What IS state-of-the-art in terms of effects etc nowadays?

Anarchy has a fairly new demo out that mostly works in NTSC mode and fully
works in PAL mode. It's called System Violation, and you can find it on
ab20.larc.nasa.gov. The sound effects aren't quite synced under NTSC mode.
Unfortunately, European demo coders don't seem to be interested in the
issue of compatibility very much. All that is really necessary is to use
CIA timing when needed and to reduce some of the complexity of certain
areas which depend more upon the longer frame rate of PAL machines. This
demo includes one of the nicest fonts I've ever seen. It's gold and green
and somewhat resembles a circuit board. There is also a very nice
proportional font.

>> +-- Graham Kinsey  IP06106@Portland.CAPS.Maine.edu  P/Link: G KINSEY --+
>--
>*** John Bickers, TAP, NZAmigaUG.        jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz ***
>***         "Patterns multiplying, re-direct our view" - Devo.          ***
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 Shawn L. Baird, bairds@eecs.ee.pdx.edu, Wraith on DikuMUD
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