Pandemonium strongly reminds me of Funnygame and Serponge's genre-defining effect work from the 1.9 era in many ways, which is really interesting to see in a level from relatively early in 1.9. The technical skill on display is very impressive - the conveyor belts in the mechanical part close to the end in particular are very clean and the pulse looping is quite smooth and well made for only using 3 frames of animation. It's a subtle touch but brings a lot of life to the part and helps create a stronger mechanical theme in the eyes of the player, as the conveyors are a much more literal representation of technology than the vague grey blocky designs. The cybernetic grid part near the beginning is another good example of this, as the blocks are placed such that each group fades in and out on the same timing compared to where the player is, which makes it appear like each group has its own fade, and there's no clipping or visible looping either. This not only helps massively with the readability for this part, as all of the structures are visible for roughly the same amount of time, but makes the whole effect feel very cohesive and visually tied into the surrounding grids.
My only major complaint is the lack of overall theming in the level. It's a common issue in older levels, as fully themed levels weren't very popular at the time, but it does leave each part feeling like its own thing rather than a part of a whole. I think a lot of the individual parts have themes worthy of expanding into full levels - the green cybernetic part and grey mechanical part especially have a lot that could've been explored, even with the heavy limitations of 1.9. Additionally, the gameplay does feel like it takes a backseat to the effects more often than not, and both the readability and balancing of the level suffer (the aforementioned cybernetic part is very easy compared to the rest of the level, and the ending as a whole is quite a hard choke point with many unreadable dual clicks). Overall, though, Pandemonium is quite a cool level that I agree on the Featured rating for.
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sorry about this gang