FAP is a brand new player by Hicks/Vanity and Gozeur/Contrast. Check its repo here.
Of course it has been integrated in AT for a seamless use!
Pros
- Blazing fast. About 10 scanlines on CPC, depending on the music!
- CPU-stable. Very useful when working on a demo!
- Excellent ratio (to my dismay, beats AKY most of time. But the war is not over!).
Cons
- For now, CPC only.
- Only 3 channel. If you need more, check the AKY player.
- Not Disark-ready yet, so it assembles with RASM only, unless you use the binary blob provided in the original repository.
- No sound effect support.
- A 3 kb buffer is required. Take that in account when comparing with the AKY, which is buffer-less.
- No ROM support.
This player clearly targets demos. You might want to use it for a game, but the memory footprint would probably be too high, plus there is no sound-effect support.