REVIEW: Mods Anthology

by: Pauli Porkka

CD Titles: Module Anthology
This is what every single module collector has ever dreamed of! More than 18000 (yes, eighteen thousand) modules, 2 Gigabytes in a 4 CD Set. S3M, XM, IT, normal MOD-files and Lots of different Amiga Synth modules.

All the modules are sorted by Composers and some by Groups. Check out the CD Titles section for more info about how the modules are divided. Many of the composers have included a text file telling something about themselves and many have also provided a picture. All the modules are unpacked so you can really easily listen to them with virtually any computer with a CD-ROM drive attached. For the purpose the compilation includes players and/or trackers for various platforms including:

Amiga
Atari
BeBox (!)
C64
Mac
PC
Silicon Graphics stations
Sun stations
As an author of one module player I could complain about it not being included here, but even that doesn't diminish the coolness of this compilation (atleast not a lot). Ofcourse true module collectors already have their favourite players but for those who entered the realm of modules just recently the Tools directory provides a hefty amount of players to start with.

For anyone to be able to find anything from here there are lists provided in ASCII, AmigaGuide, Delitracker listfile and MAFind formats. MAFind is a really nice tool provided witht he CD which allows you to search CDs by keyword and wihch then returns AmigaGuide document describing what was found. Very handy tool.

As with modules in general there are some 'not-so-good' modules but there are SO many unbelievably great modules there that they will knock your socks off. I am not going to start listing all the good modules, you'd still be reading it tomorrow but believe me, there are some totally awesome modules there. Ofcourse those of you who have been collecting modules for some time already know that. What I found somewhat odd was that there as a really small amount of MED modules included, maybe this was because of the multi-platform nature of this CD and not so many players outside Amiga world support MEDs (IMHO or should I say OAITS).

As a whole module loving people around the world owns A LOT to Nicolas Frack (or better know as Gryzor), the collector of this CD Set. Thank you Gryzor. Now all we have to do is just sit back and let the music flow (while waiting for the Mods Anthology Volume 2).

Published By: Stefan Ossowskis Schatztruhe


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