I like multi-colour images - there are several techniques used, such as flipping the screen every two lines to create 4x2 sized "pixels", etc. I think they can look great. However, they require timed code to be running in order to be displayed, and they require the screen data to be manipulated. The idea of the raww.orgy competitions is that they represent the three main areas of demo design: coding, music, and graphics. If a graphic requires something more clever than selecting a screen to display, I consider it to be a coding achievement, not just a graphical one. This is partly the reason for picking 256b as the Intro size - there's not enough space for anything other than code (and if there is - then the coder has done an excellent job).

It may be stated that music requires a player to work. That's true, but the music could equally be provided as a large collection of 14-byte data structs. Every 20ms, 14-bytes of data is output to the AY chip - and it will still sound the same. The choice of program used to create that data (PT3, SQT, ...) is irrelevant. I suppose I should update the rules to specify that music will be played at 50Hz, tho'. (while I'm here - don't forget to check your music with the play-tester).

Likewise, any tool can be used to create a screen$ (my choice would be Melborne Draw), and all that is required is that it's loaded to the correct area of memory. Gigascreen is allowed, as it requires one "out" command every 20ms, and if that didn't happen the image would still work. There is no actual manipulation of the graphical data while it's being displayed, and it will work on any Spectrum (albeit with only one of the screens on a 48k machine).

So - that's my justification for not allowing multi-colour. Hopefully it will make sense.

Also while I'm here - I should confirm that although I'm not promising prizes, I will try to get something arranged for the winners after I have sorted out the previous prizes. To any previous winners - I haven't forgotten you :)

Finally - only a few days to go. Get your works in :)