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DBUG MENU # 172
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system... Atari ST/STe, RGB
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DBUG menu 172 was released on 13/10/2oo2 - only about six weeks after "they"
published menu 171. Wow, this was pretty fast! But hey, let's keep the pro-
portions: DBUG didn't release any menus since 8 years before that. ;)
When I started it for the first time, I was pretty confused because the intro
says this is AUTOMATION CD 153, containing the games ZOMBIE, PIRATES and
BATTLESHIPS.
Hmm, what's wrong here? Did DBUG really mix up the two intros? Well, I really
thought so and quitted the intro before anything happened. Some moments later, I
asked the people on #atariscne what's wrong with this menu and they said I
should take some time and watch the intro carefully. It's great irc is not
using any webcam, cause I am sure some couldn't hide their laughter... Do you
need any more prove about me being a pure lamer?! ;)
So I started the disk once more and took a closer look to it. The intro shows
the rear view of a sports-car with smoking tyres. Not very impressing, only
pure nostalgy, as such pictures were very trendy about 15 years ago. The music
is by David Whittaker and far too oldskoolish. Two 32x32 pixel-raster-
scrollers are shown in the upper and lower border, giving credits and greetings.
The colors used there - green on red and grey/blue on violet - makes everything
clear:
Welcome back to the 1980's!
The decent menu-collector must have realized it: AUTOMATION Menu 153 never had
scrollers! (I doubt anyone understood this insider-gag of DBUG, but who cares ;)
So all of a sudden, the music stops, the number of the CD, which is displayed on
the number plate of the car is increased to 172 and the AUTOMATION logo changes
to DBUG. And so does the display of the content of the disk. The DBUG logo is
nothing much to mention. Red-metallic 80's style again, lots of straight lines.
At least the music changed to something very nice, it's called APEX by
FRAZER/TSC.
Anyway, let's come to the things that should be most interesting when talking
about menu-disks: the content! DBUG menu 172 contains ZOMBIE+, HUMEUR VITREE
(FILED) and DOCS for ZOMBIE+.
ZOMBIE+ is an adventure by UBI Software. It was supplied by SKINHEAD/ICS and
packed+trained by SHOWADDYWADDY/DBUG. You have to handle four persons with
different abilities. The whole game is displayed in first-person-view, using
mediocre graphics, some samples and a Whittacker-music that will get on your
nerves after only a short time. In fact I don't know what the game is all about
and I have to admit that I also don't want to, as it looks far too dull and old.
As a special gimmick, a savegame is supplied that was saved right before the
game is completed. You only have to do a few things to see the end of the
game... And you better load it right at the beginning so you won't got hurt by
this crappy stuff.
I won't loose much words about HUMEUR VITREE. It's a wellknown dentro by french
demomakers HEMOROIRDS, released back in 1994. Nice design, nice effects, great
graphics by several artists, e.g. NIKO/MJJ. I think everyone already has it. The
version on the DBUG disk is filed, but as the original bootdisk runs on my ST
and even under emulators, I don't see much sense for this. It's not more than a
disk-filler, although it is a nice one. Finally, to reveal a secret: HUMEUR
VITREE does not mean "fun with glas" or something like that. It's a french
medical expression, describing some liquid of the inner parts of the eyes. And
let's compare that name to NIKO's title-picture! Everything clear? ;)
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