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Touching the Sun by Virtual Vision Group
screenshot added by RCL on 2025-11-02 15:50:50
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release date : november 2025
release party : Demosplash 2025
compo : oldskool demo
ranked : 2nd
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popularity : 49%
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added on the 2025-11-02 15:50:49 by RCL RCL

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rulez added on the 2025-11-02 16:30:38 by Fell Fell
Cool, style. Nice for platform.
rulez added on the 2025-11-02 16:59:25 by Optimus Optimus
Nice atmosphere! And the greets twister looks very cool!
rulez added on the 2025-11-02 17:06:13 by Olympian Olympian
yes
Some background info: we did not want to create a "wannabe Amiga demo" but work out the Next's own, specific style, rooted in its ZX Spectrum heritage. Hence we're using 256x192 maximum (which is also much easier to handle on a 8-bit processor!) and a limited palette of 21 colors (placing it strategically so colors can be added/subtracted to without caring of the saturation).

The demo also pushes the hw quite a bit. No known to us ZX Next emulator atm can show it properly :)
added on the 2025-11-02 21:03:04 by RCL RCL
This was nice to see on the big screen, and chat with RCL about :)
rulez added on the 2025-11-03 14:15:30 by FishGuy876 FishGuy876
slick show, with its own distinct style - also good to see ZX Next getting more demoscene love, as it was was with other enhanced speccies back then :)
rulez added on the 2025-11-03 14:59:52 by wbcbz7 wbcbz7
Finally, work on Next showing that it is not “just” a Zx clone, but something much more. Very good demo - I'm waiting for more! ;)
rulez added on the 2025-11-03 18:51:13 by Dalthon Dalthon
damn son
rulez added on the 2025-11-04 14:36:25 by Grongy Grongy
The guys really did a great job! Digital music and interactive effects control are fantastic.
rulez added on the 2025-11-05 10:00:11 by aGGreSSor aGGreSSor
Very important moment in history of ZX Next:) First demo that bends the limitations.
Incredible work.
rulez added on the 2025-11-07 11:49:06 by Pator Pator
good
rulez added on the 2025-11-09 12:29:20 by SiR SiR
amazing demo, this should have won!!!
rulez added on the 2025-11-09 12:56:45 by gorgh gorgh
nice
rulez added on the 2025-11-14 04:15:05 by provod provod
I'm still wondering when did NЁXT become retro (according to the compo this was shown at)
added on the 2025-11-16 20:16:12 by lvd lvd
What would you call Next, then? Certainly not a modern computer that should have competed in the Modern demo compo instead, it is not qualified by any stretch. The 8 bit machine is much, much weaker (like 100,000x slower) than the weakest smartphone you can buy. It is as retro as the Sprinter, ZX Evo and other ZX Enhanced platforms.
added on the 2025-11-17 03:33:56 by RCL RCL

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