Persistence Of Vision

POV Menu Disk #099

Persistence Of Vision (aka POV) was one of the best demo-packers for the Atari ST. They made 165 compilation disks, most programmed by Mac Sys Data, with members including Ozymandias, Boris, Gonzo, Aly, and Dr Syne. Numerous disks featured music by Tao, Lotus, An Cool, David Whittaker, Ben Daglish, and more.

I admire POV because they brought multiple productions to users like me. People who couldn't afford to buy (or ... ahem... freely source) everything flooding the ST world back then. Plus their compilations were professionally produced and crammed with loads of extra goodies I would probably never have seen.

I've chosen to record their 99th menu because it's a great screen and marked the end of an era (not the end of the group as they continued). Along with their copier, this floppy disk features four demos: Life's A Bitch by TLB, The New Year Demo by X-Troll, Stuffy's Demo, and TSB/Adrenaline Intro by Kids Ghost Brothers.

This disk isn't the greatest measure of what made the POV menus so appealing - there are better - but I'm sure the infamous sampled soundtrack from Life's A Bitch will put a smile on your face. So funny!!

Credits for Menu #099

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Boris - Code & Graphics
Ozymandias - Graphics

Count Zero - Music

 

Links and a bundle of other POV Menu screenshots

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Persistence Of Vision are on YouTube!
Exxos has a great POV section on his website.

Demozoo has a section dedicated to POV.

If you think this is all, boy, you're so wrong! (geddit??) [AtariCrypt]