Eel

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Overall 50%

Jon Pillar 50%

PUBLIC HOUSE After a break last month to make room for the Soundtracker instructions, Public House returns with a vengeance. And a couple of demos. But no Brit special. Hee hee hee! Look, it's not my fault. Okay, a couple of Brit PD libraries have sent in lists of programs, but to date only one has actually sent a sample tape. Tsk. Erm... so I guess I'll have to dive back to my pile of PD from across the waters. (Sounds of someone diving back into his pile of PD from across the waters.) A-ha! A couple of demos from The Mad Guys and Pentagram, plus a new group called SSC. They'll do nicely. By the way, you'll notice I'm now giving demos a certificate rating as well as a score. If the demo contains bad language or objectionable sentiments. I'll give it a 'Naughty' rating. Better safe than sorry, eh? Eel By BZYK of Pentagram Highly un-naughty Reviewer: Jon Pillar The original Soundtracker demo (apparently programmer BZYK released this demo at the same time as his music prog), this is a collection of songs with a surprisingly lively front end. There are five songs, each with a different(ish) graphic demo. Lots of pulsing keyboards and sine-wave scrollies cleverly laid over music staves are the order of the day, along with a nice soup and some crackers, although these culinary items are not integrated with the demo. (Oh dear. Ed) Mindlessly pleasant - following the wibbly scrolly is a bit like watching those strange goldfish videos.

At the top of the screen you can see BZYK's mini Spot the Mountain Range game. Hmmm. The middle one's obviously the Rockies. Or possibly a raging tsunami.

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