#2    SATURNE PARTY 2 - REPORT - #1    
          by ACBS of Ram Jam          
                                      
Hawdy  Ladies  and  gentlemen, ACBS on
yar  screen  to  talk about da Saturne
Party  2  held  in Paris from 22 to 24
April  1994!  First of all I'd like to
let  all of you know that Paris is the
best  city all around da globe.  You'd
ask me why ?  Just go there and you'll
see!   O.K.   In  a  normal Evening of
April  me, Executor , Deus and my wife
Sonia  took  an  international Express
train  from  Genoa  straight to Paris.
After  a non-sleeping night we reached
the   Eiffel  Tower,  and  then  by  a
strange train (I mean...  Local French
trains   are   really   shit.....)  we
reached  Chelles,  a little town 20 km
east  of  Paris...  To reach the Party
place  was  quite  easy Pratically all
around  the  city  there  were  arrows
showing  the  exact direction!  Anyway
reached  the  party we discovered that
already  Friday morning lots of people
filled the giant room arranged for the
Saturne.   The most interesting things
were  the big (I can say Giant) screen
and   the  kind  of  computers....   I
pratically  saw  only 1200 and 4000...
500  is Dead!  eheheheh Well, we met a
lot of people (720 men payed to enter,
for  women  was free, and we saw about
50-60    females...     not   so   bad
overall....),  we  met expecially some
swapping  friends,  but  the strangest
thing  was  to  find  the  incredible,
abnormal,  mad  editor  of ABNORMALIA.
Yeah, Macno was in Paris for a strange
study    between   Milan   and   Paris
universities,  so he decided to make a
little  trip  and met sum people......
Well,  There  were  present almost all
French    Groups,    but    only   few
foreigners.  Us from Italy, Macno even
from   Italy,   Darkness  from  Spain,
Crhiseis  from  Belgium,  Some  Vision
german  Members  ,  Sting  of Alcatraz
from  Germany,  Mr.   King  of Scoopex
even  from  Germany  and some Movement
members,  also  if  I  think they were
almost   all  French  guys...   dunno!
French    groups   were   almost   the
following  :  SATURNE Naturally (Hi to
Heinz,  Vodka and all the others great
SATURNES),   COMPLEX  (Gengis,  Clawz,
Eloy and others) MELON DEZIGN (Shmoovy
Shmoov,   Mack,  Audiomonster  etc..),
PARADOX           (Monty),DREAMDEALERS
(Napoleon,         Sun,        Anthony
etc..),MOVEMENT   (Nam,  Suny  etc..),
SCOOPEX  (Chris,  Dr.  Feelgood, Made,
Youri  etc..),SANITY  (Ra), IVORY, NEW
GENERATION    CREW   (NGC),   INTENSE,
HEMOROIDS,   OXYGENE,  IRIS,  DELIGHT,
MODELS,  NOVA,  LES  SHADOCK, HERETIA,
PHANTOM,   SPASM,   ISCH  CREW,  AGOA,
MENTASM,  EREMATION,  ARKHAM,  ARTCORE
and  Many  others.   Some funny compos
took  place like a THROW a FLOPPY DISK
Competition,  The  guy  who  throwed a
Floppy  farest  won!  Bah...  ehhehe..
and then the usuals game and Ping Pong
compos (BTW Macno arrived 2nd..  WOW!)
The  first  REAL  competition  was the
Music  competition.  I expected really
some  better modules...  I didn't like
anything..   strange  really.  I think
the   half   of   the  modules  around
deserved to win, because there was not
one   cool   module..    all   average
products.   The second competition was
the  Gfx  Compo.   And  it  was really
another  thing.   WOW..   80 pics, one
better  than  the  other, showed up on
the big screen using SCALA to play the
pics...    incredible..   I  think  at
least 40 pics were really stunning and
wonderful,  Anyway the MACK & WALT pic
was  really cool, but I think they won
only beacuse they were Melon Members..
The  average  was  so high that it was
really  difficult  to  choose the best
one.   All  the  compos  started  with
about one hour of delay respect to the
program,  So  the  Intro  compos which
should  have  started  around  10 P.M.
Started  at Midnight.  Nothing Special
anyway everything of an average level,
with  no  stunning effects and nothing
more  than  some  normal intros.  Also
the  Paradox  one was without any cool
effect,  Yes,  it was well drawn, well
designed  and  a  cool  music,  but no
code.  So, we reached finally the demo
compo..   or  at  least we thought so!
In  fact  when  the speaker introduced
the  Demo  Compo  some demos showed on
the  giant  screen, but they were done
with  the SYLICON GRAPHICS!!!!!!  Some
took   from   the  LAINMOVERMAN,  some
others  I  never  saw  before.  Really
stunning...   but  people  was getting
tired.   The  real competition started
at  2.30 a.m.  And there were 32 Demos
to  watch  !   So  it started with two
useless  stupid  productions  made  by
some    independent    children,    it
continued  with  3  or 4 stupid things
almost   by   Melon  Dezign  and  then
finally  started  the  Demo  Compo The
first  demo  showed  was  The MOVEMENT
one.   and  it  was  3.30 a.m.  At the
4.30  all  the  demos  were shown, but
almost 150-200 people got away or falt
asleep   before   the   end.   Another
strange  thing  was  the  1200 used to
play   the  demos.   3  demos  crashed
becuase   of  read/write  errors,  but
those   disks   were  all  tested.....
maybe  it was the hot developed by the
projector   for   the   megascreen....
Well, The awards followed on Sunday at
1  p.m.   and  the  prices were really
cool...   about  750  US$  to  the 3rd
demo,  1.300  to  the 2nd and 2.000 to
the  winner...   Not  so  bad...   the
whole  prize  money  was of 36.000 FF,
about  7.000 US$...  The sleeping room
was simply a gymnasium.  We slept only
a  few  hours,  anyway  it  was  quite
comfortable.  What can I say more ?  A
Pizza  dealer  was  just  outside  the
party  room, but I tried it...  It was
a  French  Pizza...  I mean all of you
poor strangers...  YOU HAVE TO CAME TO
ITALY TO EAT A PIZZA...  otherwise you
won't  know what a pizza is.....  Also
a  little  Bar was arranged inside the
party place with cheap prices and cool
(and  good) stuff to eat and to drink.
To  smoke was forbidden, but there was
a garden inside the building, in which
almost   everyone   spent   some  time
smoking   cigarettes   (and  not  only
cigarettes...)  Overall the people was
quite  Lame,  I  mean to much children
busy to play games or stun theyrselves
watching State of the art.....  anyway
also  some  cool  dudes  where present
having  fun  and meeting other people.
I  can  say SATURNE organized a really
cool party, I'm really looking forward
for  theyr 3rd party, hoping some more
foreigners  should  come  (and  hoping
that  the speaker will talk in English
next time....  I don't know French and
it   was  really  hard  to  understand
everything!) Well, that's all, my best
compliments  to  all  the  dudes which
worked to organize it..  So ..  See ya
all next time!                        
                                      
                 #2    ACBS / RAMJAM #1   
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      




   #3   SATURNE PARTY 2 - Special -   #1  
                                      
                                      
   #2   DEMO COMPETITION RESULTS #1       
                                      
#21-Real by Complex           583 points
2-Artif. Paradise by N.G.C. 156 points
3-Cuzco by Oxygene          148 points
4-It Can't Be.. by Ram Jam  125 points
5-Mina Ominista by Movement 121 points
#16-Soho by Nova               51 points
7-The Breath.. by Chryseis   47 points
8-Gol Doh Demo by Nolem      37 points
9-? by Hexod                 36 points
10-Acidtrip by Melon         29 points
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
          #2  DEMOS REVIEWS  #1           
                                      
#2REAL by COMPLEX  #1                     
                                      
Look  in the Demo of the Month section
for this one.                         
                                      
                                      
#2ARTIFICIAL  PARADISE by NEW GENERATION
                           CREW       
#1                                      
Strange.  I really don't know how they
should  arrived  second.   Maybe there
were  a  lot  of  NGC members and they
voted  for  themselves...  The demo is
only  a Preview (not finished yet) and
the  best  effect is a really stunning
animation  at  the beginning, but only
an  animation  anyway  !!!   The  demo
starts  with  a  really incredible pic
called  Joker  by  Yolan which arrived
Second in the GFX competition and then
follows with that animation.  It seems
texture  mapping,  but  it's  a  fake.
Then it follows with some effects cool
indeed,  but  no  endpart.  I'm really
looking   forward   for  the  finished
version just to look at.              
                                      
#2CUZCO by OXYGENE      #1                
                                      
This  new  group  came  from the ATARI
FALCON  and  they  did  really  a cool
DEMO.   An incredible Ham Lightsourced
Texture  Mapped  Cube  is for sure the
best  effect in this demo and maybe in
the  whole  democompo.   Also  a  cool
Phong  vector  and  some  zoomers  all
together with a good graphics.  A good
production  as it's the first on Amiga
for this french group.  The only thing
was  the  Music.   It should have been
done better.                          
                                      
#2IT CAN'T BE DONE by RAM JAM   #1        
                                      
I  can't  review our demo.  Just ask a
copy  to a RAMJAM Member and take your
opinion.   My compliments to EXECUTOR.
In  10  effects  showed  in  this demo
everything  is new.  Never seen before
any routine.....                      
                                      
#2MINA OMISTAN by MOVEMENT  #1            
                                      
A  cool  Music Video.  In fact this is
not a demo.  I mean only animations of
scanned  pics  and a cool music.  It's
worth to be seen, but nothing more.  I
expected a better production from this
famous group.                         
                                      
#2SOHO by NOVA    #1                      
                                      
A  good  demo overall, but the effects
are   old  and  the  (cool)  raytraced
animation  at  the  beginning it's too
boring.   3 disks for 3 effects....  I
know  the  design is important and the
graphics too...  but this is too much!
                                      
#2THE BREATH OF THE MUSE by CHRYSEIS  #1  
                                      
A good demo for this group.  They came
from  Belgium  and they made really an
hard   job.    The  design  is  simply
wonderful,   cool   graphics   ,  cool
effects.  The matter is that this demo
is too normal.  Anyway one of the best
at  this  demo  competition.   I think
they had no friends..........         
                                      
                                      
Nothing   special  in  all  the  other
demos.   Normal Demos, normal effects,
and  some stupid ideas (like the Melon
one....  How can people vote for theyr
coders ?)                             
                                      
                                      
#2    64K INTROS COMPETITION RESULTS  #1  
                                      
#21-Cobalt by Paradox         354 points
2-Where is my... by Melon   247 points
3-Intro 64Ko by Les Shadock 204 points
#24-Welcome to... by Scoopex  155 points
5-So! by Heretia             84 points
#16-Taper Intro by Ivory       69 points
7-Microbe by Rachid Ouadha   68 points
8-Disney by Phantom          58 points
9-Space Pig by N.G.C.        57 points
10-Internity by Spasm        45 points
                                      
                                      
                                      
       #2   64K INTROS REVIEWS  #1        
                                      
#2COBALT by PARADOX        #1             
                                      
A  cool  Intro, with cool graphics and
cool   design,  but  without  stunning
code.  An Average production which won
because   the   rest  wasn't  of  high
quality.   The music was cool, and the
hardest thing should have been placing
all  the  Gfx  and  Sfx in only 64 Kb.
Not so bad anyway.                    
                                      
#2WHERE IS MY CONSCIENCE by MELON DEZIGN#1
                                      
Really  cool  design as always for the
Melons.   Incredible graphics and cool
sound,  but  no  code  at  all.   Some
animations were the hardest thing.....
I  really  don't  know  how it arrived
second.  Maybe was the Melon name.    
                                      
#2INTRO 64K by LES SHADOCK      #1        
                                      
For  sure  the  best  for the code.  A
cool  Texture  Mapping  world inside a
room.   Only  one  effect,  but really
cool.   The  Graphics  and  the design
anyway   wasn't   of   high  standard.
Anyway  a  cool  production  from this
unknown crew.                         
                                      
#2WELCOME TO... by SCOOPEX #1             
                                      
A  cool Intro, for me the best one.  A
texture  Mapping world, a cool Zoomer,
a  nice  end  part dot effect and cool
sound.   The matter was the graphics..
they  wasn't  so  cool as the code.  A
strange  thing  is  that  the logos in
this Intro are of HELLOWEEN..  only in
the  endpart  scroller  is showed that
HELLOWEEN   members   joined  SCOOPEX.
They hadn't the time to fix it 'coz of
troubles with theyr ASMONE...         
                                      
                                      
#2DISNEY by PHANTOM             #1        
                                      
Some  Walt  Disney's characters really
well  drawn  in  an  useless intro.  2
years old routines etc.  etc.  Nothing
special.                              
                                      
#2SPACE PIG by NEW GENERATION CREW  #1    
                                      
Some  cool pics and some cool effects,
but  nothing  special.   The  routines
were  old  and  already known.  A good
music anyway.                         
                                      
#2      MUSIC COMPETITION RESULTS   #1    
                                      
#21-La Soupe by Feedback/Phantom 124 pts
2-Little Blues by Suny/Movement 92 pts
3-Monty's Toys by Monty/Pdx     82 pts
#24-Destroy Your Ass by Rez/Agoa  75 pts
5-The Song by Audiomonster/MD   68 pts
#16-Slap Or Die by Cash/Mentasm   57 pts
7-Shap Of An Area by Nam/Mvt    53 pts
8-Escape Pyramid by Sun/Drd     49 pts
9-Mixed Up! by Clawz/Complex    39 pts
10-Zoo Party by Red Ribbon/Zoo  35 pts
                                      
                                      
#2     GRAPHICS COMPETITION RESULTS  #1   
                                      
#21-Acidtrip by Mack & Walt/MD   208 pts
2-Joker by Yolan/NGC           143 pts
3-Brainw.. by Photos/Eremation 130 pts
4-Daemons Fuck.. by Trajan/Drd  93 pts
5-Bottom by Slaine/Ivory        80 pts
#16-Artemis by Eloy/Complex       72 pts
7-Ranma Jungle by Bad/Arkham    48 pts
8-? by Kan/Arkham               46 pts
9-? by Ender/Cryo               45 pts
10-Tuxtu by Deus/Ram Jam        42 pts