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The Bateria (PD)
SSC £Free Dec 1992 YS84
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Jon Pillar
It's enough to make you seethe with jealousy. About three-quarters of the way through the mindbogglingly long scrolly that features in this demo, the author casually admits it's his first all machine-code program. Talented swine. (Ahem.) Bateria (good name, eh? Is it some highly obscure foreign word? Did they mean to write Bacteria? Hours of fun!) is a three-part demo, the first part of which is a tidy intro, and the last part of which is a load of programming credits. The interesting bit is Part Two - a large sine-wave scrolly wibbling above a graphic of a stereo tape deck. But this tape deck is more than just a pretty picture. (Dramatic, eh?) By using a couple of control keys you can fast-forward and rewind through the various music tracks available. Ha ha! (Please yourselves.)
    The songs are all a bit poor. Except for one very near the end of the tape - but that's been ripped from a game, so we'll gloss over it. (Hem hem.) All in all, a very competent piece of coding, but a rather boring demo.

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