Sonolumineszenz

92%

Demo/Entertainment
Freeware
Falcon only


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This revolutionary demo was the clear winner at Siliconvention '97 which features several new effects seen for the first time on the Falcon, and some of the very best design work ever put in on an Atari demo. The Anglo-German group Avena produced this masterpiece.
As expected, it makes maximum use of the Falcons strong points, with the effects especially "hard coded" to take full advantage of the DSP.


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However, the demo isn't a dry, technical presentation - Avena were careful to make the demo appeal to a wide audience. For this reason, they moved far beyond some of the cliched effects seen in many demos. Instead we end up splashing around in a watery virtual universe of the programmers imagination ending up almost in shock at the end.


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I was interested to see people who wouldn't normally watch demos avidly watching the Atari Computing issue 3 cover animation on display at the spring Atari Shows. The visuals in Sono' are comparable anything in that animation yet it fits on a single HD disk compared to the 25Mb used by the AC animation - and Sono' even includes a superb soundtrack which synchronises to the various effects. This demo really does has something to please everybody. Demo enthusiasts will rave about the environment textures, others will just enjoy the show. Sonolumineszenz is a classic and we should celebrate its creation, watch it!


Chris Holland


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