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                          EVOLUTION - "EVOLUTION 1.o"
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system .. Falcon with at least a 68o4o CPU, designed to run on CT6o

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The longer  the wait  for the ct60 was, the  shorter it  was for  a special ct60
demo. Sure, "Evolution 1.0" is  just a relative short intro, but it is exclusive
for the ct60... this means it  is just  running on  68040 or higher cpus, but to
get a good speed, you'll need your 060Falcon.

When starting the demo, you first get an ASCII menu, where you can select the Hz
and quality, on my 66 Mhz CT60 100 Hz VGA runs fine, other options are 60 Hz RGB
or VGA and  50 Hz RGB, a  switch  between  high  and  low detail-level  is  also
possible.

The intro begins  with a moving mirror effect  which looks very nice, after that
you see a  moving 3-D  writing "evolution" and "dhs". The  text  is  moving VERY
smooth over the screen but is not very colourful.
The following 3-d and textured objects are moving and turning in front of a nice
drawn "finished" Mortal Combat combatant, 18+, if you know what I mean ;-)

The next part, a jumping 3-d ball in a kind of 3-d "castle" is my favourite effect, it is simple, but has something fascinating, it is followed by my second favourite: a morphing cube, also very, very smooth and nice coloured, but nothing you need a ct60 for...
A kind of textured snake, or two rings holding each other are the next one, followed by a short writing which is also the end of this short demo... Just as long as a good song has to be ;-) My conclusion: In this intro you won't find any really new effects, but everything is running smooth and the effects are innovative, for example the jumping ball in the 3-D environment, or the nice drawn background picture... The music is also very good, it is a mod file playing in the background, but the quality is very clear, just as mp2. Sure, this short but good quality proggy is not a reason to buy a ct60 (if there is a second run), but it shows the world a very exclusive product for 150 proud ct60 users and of course it is a step in the right direction, because good software lets other good software grow, it is a question of honour and maybe a result of this would be a ct60 exclusive game... we just t can hope ;-) Cheers, Chris (MacFalcon) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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