SEVEN SEAS"-SLIDESHOW BY ANDROMEDA

- The last non-AGA temptation?


High quality slideshows  are rarely released, but finally one more saw the
light of  the day and this time it was, not  surprisingly, by  Fairfax who
has been very  active in the last  years. When  thinking  of the fact that
he is still improving, it's a pitty that the newest of the pictures in the
slideshow are half year old due to delay of the production....

By Mount

Graphics:
Apart  from  title  picture etc.  Seven
Seas  contains  14  pictures  of  which
nearly  all  are fullscreen.  Some have
been  previously  released.   I  wonder
what  Fairfax sees when he looks out of
his  window.   At  least  many  of  the
pictures    are    inspired    by   the
(Norwegian)      nature.      Gradually
mountains  have  become  a landmark for
this  Norwegian  artist but maybe Seven
Seas  contains  a bit too many pictures
with no action.
Nearly  all  the  pictures  are more or
less  copied,  quite  a  lot  from Mark
Harrison  and fortunately only one from
the  hackneyed  Boris.  It is also very
nice   that  Fairfax  has  avoided  the
dragon-naked lady syndrom.
When  thinking  of  the  big  amount of
pictures, Farfax makes, it's a bit hard
to  understand  why  he doesn't compose


them himself.  But  at least it's nice
that  he  in  the scoller tells that he
copies.
The  quality  of  the  pictures is very
high,  especially  since  they  are all
non-AGA  which  is  used  right  to the
limit.   A couple of the pictures are a
bit  too  colourful,  like  Zenith, but
generally the palettes are very good.
The   best  pictures  are  "Daydreams",
"Smoker" (winner at Rendezvous '93) and
"Shelob"  (with  a  strong  3D effect).
Parts  of  "Fluteplayer" shows how good
Fairfax   can  draw  when  he  does  it
without  copying.   Let  us see more of
that!

Music:   At  first the beginning of the
music  sounds  like  noise but it turns
out  to  the  silent sound of the Seven
Seas  which  is  a  very  good idea - a
coordination    rarely   seen   between
artists and musicians.
The title music is a beautiful piece of
classical  music  though it's sometimes
maybe a bit too bombastic.  This module
is  surely  the  best  ever  heard from
Interphace   (ex.Lord  Interphase)  and
made  in  a  style that very few others
have dared.
In  the menu part in the end there is a
nice   module  in  the  funk-pop  style
Interphace is known for.  It is however
a  bit short if you keep on reading the
scrolls.

Code:   I don't see any point in giving
ratings  to  something  as  a slideshow
code since it's hard for Dr.  Jekyll to
show  his abilities.  However it's fair
to  mention  that  there  is an OK zoom
routine  in the beginning and it's nice


that several diskdrives are supported.

Design:
Andromeda   probably   couldn't  decide
whether   it   was  best  to  show  the
pictures continuesly or from a menu, so
they made both!  First the pictures are
shown  automaticly  and then you get to
the menu.  The scroll says that you can
acces  the  menu directly but it didn't
work on the tested version.
It's  a  nice feeling to see Seven Seas
since  the  pictures  are much alike in
style  and  smooth  colours.   Also the
quality  of  the  pictures  are near to
constant  so  you  don't start thinking
that  some  of them shouldn't have been
there.
Else  there  isn't  much  put  into the
design,  no  special  fade  routines or
something.


Overall:
The final rating is surprisingly better
than  the  others.   This is due to the
fact  that the elements match very well
together,   e.g.    the  music  in  the
beginning,  and  make Seven Seas a very
pleasent experience.

  Graphics
   8

             Music
        8

                     Design
            8

                              Overall
                 9