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Egypt, 2600BC by Genesis Project [web]
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screenshot added by Sdw on 2017-12-09 21:18:30
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release date : december 2017
release party : Silly Venture 2017
compo : console demo
ranked : 1st
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popularity : 64%
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alltime top: #1715
added on the 2017-12-09 21:18:30 by Sdw Sdw

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I actually started working on this demo about a month ago as a small onepart compofiller for SillyVenture since I had promised Grey something for the VCS 40 year anniversary compo.
But when I asked Mermaid for some graphics, she produced so many lovely pictures that the project grew to a full multipart demo!
added on the 2017-12-09 21:22:07 by Sdw Sdw
+theme
+music that doesn't sound like tia
+clever use of playfield priority bit
+graphics making very good use of the sprite mode
+greetz

-feels like it could fit in 16k
-too short!
rulez added on the 2017-12-09 21:44:07 by Tjoppen Tjoppen
i wasn't aware that vcs can display such wide images and text
rulez added on the 2017-12-09 21:50:42 by gorgh gorgh
Cool theme
rulez added on the 2017-12-09 22:00:35 by Optimus Optimus
ok now that's some stylish VCS work right there, lovely, just lovely! <3
rulez added on the 2017-12-09 22:05:31 by keito keito
Extra thumb for the end tune too :)
added on the 2017-12-09 22:06:11 by keito keito
Cool graphics and effects. Special love for the cartouche image :)
rulez added on the 2017-12-09 22:10:49 by Preacher Preacher
Really nice effects and graphics and the music is a very pleasant and different surprise. The theme holds up well and the timing is spot on.
rulez added on the 2017-12-09 22:31:25 by visy visy
greets to both rsi and trsi! ftw
rulez added on the 2017-12-09 22:32:47 by yzi yzi
Really nice
rulez added on the 2017-12-09 23:05:16 by p01 p01
What Keito said !
rulez added on the 2017-12-09 23:07:25 by Asato Asato
Quite refreshing music for the platform. graphics and effects were ok as well
rulez added on the 2017-12-09 23:41:28 by waffle waffle
I generally agree with Tjoppen. Amazing production, great concept, splendid (copper-filled;) graphics and original dezign! TOOOO short thou!
And the muusic just made it instantly a 2600(BC) CLASSIC!
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 00:02:41 by sim sim
Rules! Mermaid’s pixel artwork!
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 00:08:56 by Heaven/TQA Heaven/TQA
wowzers! splendid prod for this super-limited platform!
ace coding there! :)
mermaids art is always ace anyway!
everything Tjoppen said! ;)
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 01:11:44 by ɧ4ɾɗվ. ɧ4ɾɗվ.
Waow !!!

Impressive style & quality...
Sound, gfx, fx...

Woaaaw...
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 01:11:47 by glafouk glafouk
Amazing hires graphics.
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 08:29:37 by fra fra
Awesome demo!
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 11:18:18 by spkr spkr
Nice demo with an egypt theme
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 11:38:19 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
I keep getting surprised by the improvement in the graphics department on VCS demos.
Well done :)
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 11:58:37 by Dbug Dbug
Really, really, really impressive demo with great graphx, well done !
added on the 2017-12-10 12:36:58 by Lexo Lexo
Really cool.! :-D
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 12:38:20 by baah baah
Best 2600 demo I've seen in ages. This is what I wanna see more of.
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 14:02:15 by noby noby
 
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 14:46:22 by Luca/FIRE Luca/FIRE
Easily the best hi-res gfx I've seen on the VCS, which alone is already worth a huge thumb up! The theme and design are cool, too. Effects are solid, but the music, while thematically fitting, is not really my cup of tea.
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 15:13:05 by Kylearan Kylearan
Laughed my ass off, great production, well deserved 1st place!
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 15:20:31 by argasek argasek
Watched it again. Blown by the design and overall visual aspects!
Congratulations the 1:st place with such a strong competition!
added on the 2017-12-10 16:17:35 by sim sim
neat =) music gets better in the end scroller ;)
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 17:16:45 by HellMood HellMood
sweet
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 17:30:27 by Ramon B5 Ramon B5
Great looks, music is fitting.
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 17:49:35 by Serpent Serpent
great
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 20:03:51 by krusty krusty
Llllllike!
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 20:43:36 by JTZ JTZ
Love the theme, music, graphics... everything!
rulez added on the 2017-12-11 00:21:46 by Daniel Daniel
best graphics on the VCS I've seen so far.. Nice effects and stuff, too!
rulez added on the 2017-12-11 03:32:58 by mad mad
Sweet prod!
rulez added on the 2017-12-11 11:34:20 by lvd lvd
Lovely bit of work on the VCS
rulez added on the 2017-12-11 14:46:26 by Bossman Bossman
update: best 2600 demo so far
added on the 2017-12-11 14:57:47 by visy visy
beautiful!
rulez added on the 2017-12-11 16:15:53 by gentleman gentleman
Very nice design and execution, well done!
rulez added on the 2017-12-11 18:19:38 by g012 g012
I really enjoyed it, well done!
rulez added on the 2017-12-11 18:28:07 by sachy sachy
Excellent and coherent style and composition, especially regarding the platform it's running on.
Could've been a minute longer, though.
rulez added on the 2017-12-11 18:32:00 by d0DgE d0DgE
do i sense a little zak mckracken in the intro? :D
music sounds a bit detuned at places (well, TIA...) but the gfx are SO WORTH IT!
nice style!
rulez added on the 2017-12-11 20:59:06 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
Great theme, graphics, musics and effects .. Just Awesone !
Ranks amongst my favorite demos
rulez added on the 2017-12-11 23:43:36 by flewww flewww
Great style and design!!
rulez added on the 2017-12-12 13:10:47 by Sir_Lucas Sir_Lucas
Really nice!
rulez added on the 2017-12-12 22:14:31 by Dma-Sc Dma-Sc
WOW! Good graphics, music and presentation.
Thumb was lost...
rulez added on the 2017-12-13 14:11:28 by nollkolltroll nollkolltroll
Adorable graphics. The idea of use altered line colors an interleaved elements is so cool. Great transitions also. Using a two line kernel to do the Kefrens fits well. Had not seen the twisting and lightsource of the blocks in the scarabaeus parts in on the big screen - excellent detail. Clever choice with $3f. I think I should give that a try one day. Yes, it's a bit short and probably 16k would be possible, but $700 bytes per graphic take their toll and hey, compo rules say 32k.
rulez added on the 2017-12-13 22:39:13 by JAC! JAC!
nice little demo.
rulez added on the 2017-12-14 04:03:30 by psenough psenough
Thank you all for the nice comments!

Tjoppen, JAC: At first the target was indeed 16kb, but then I discovered that the Harmony cart doesn't handle 3F bankswitching correctly for 16kb carts, so I would have been forced to pad the cart up to 32kb anyway.
added on the 2017-12-14 22:34:52 by Sdw Sdw
Not bad. :)
added on the 2017-12-15 07:14:37 by AntDude AntDude
Top of the Month? Dass ich das noch miterleben darf! o.O
rulez added on the 2017-12-15 21:39:06 by wertstahl wertstahl
♥ so much style on such a low end platform! Great theme for fitting title+music+gfx.
rulez added on the 2017-12-16 10:05:36 by Overflow Overflow
extremely nice style and great use of the vcs. one of my favourite demos for the vcs!
rulez added on the 2017-12-16 11:34:32 by v3nom v3nom
Nice demo
rulez added on the 2017-12-19 23:22:44 by Volantis Volantis
Very creative, regarding the platform :)
rulez added on the 2017-12-20 12:39:57 by jammer jammer
Very yes!
rulez added on the 2017-12-20 13:58:15 by cxw cxw
I did not know anything about this awesome prod before the release, and I am the damn organizer! :D Keep on surprising me, Shadow and Mermaid! Love you!
rulez added on the 2017-12-22 18:22:21 by hedning hedning
Great!
rulez added on the 2017-12-24 12:13:59 by Virgill Virgill
Very rich on graphics for an Atari Vcs prod. If only the games looked this good back in the days :)
rulez added on the 2017-12-25 05:35:27 by rloaderro rloaderro
nice
rulez added on the 2017-12-27 15:36:46 by SiR SiR
great! (not long enough however ;)
rulez added on the 2017-12-28 22:07:40 by frog frog
Love it - great graphics Mermaid!!
rulez added on the 2017-12-29 14:36:13 by prowler prowler
really nice one... !

the bassline of the music remembers me a bit to aztec challenge... a game on c64 i played alot ;)
rulez added on the 2018-01-04 23:27:50 by ultra ultra
great !
rulez added on the 2018-01-06 12:17:22 by piter_jnf af piter_jnf af
pyramid power!
rulez added on the 2018-01-08 18:17:44 by Revenant Revenant
Nice what can be done on the VCS nowadays...
rulez added on the 2018-01-13 21:12:51 by raer raer
VCS Love!
rulez added on the 2019-11-27 07:04:07 by andr00 andr00
great!
rulez added on the 2020-12-24 22:10:48 by Blast! Blast!
just spent some time decoding that cartouche and it transliterates as ꜣtꜣrꞽ or, unsurprisingly, Atari
added on the 2022-05-15 12:32:33 by Tjoppen Tjoppen
Overlooked this until now.

Exquisite presentation!
rulez added on the 2022-05-15 15:07:32 by CiH CiH
great
Fantastic!
rulez added on the 2023-07-08 10:27:39 by ham ham
Great VCS demo :-)
rulez added on the 2023-11-08 18:21:20 by krupkaj krupkaj
Great! And really moody!
rulez added on the 2023-11-08 19:24:25 by neoman neoman
Very impressive gfx on this absurdly limited system.
rulez added on the 2023-11-09 00:08:37 by cruzer cruzer
hmm, this place really died out post-covid when you look at the bare number of reactions ... nice piece, definition of oldskool .. sinusoidal scarabs with a z-buffer too , bit of a shame Atari seems to have turned into some nationalist corporation but bem .. that wont stop the groupies
rulez added on the 2023-11-09 03:45:48 by Janes OnderGrond Janes OnderGrond
Technically impressive and very tidy execution. Some of the best graphics and music on the platform. RIP Shadow :(
rulez added on the 2023-11-09 19:19:04 by exocet exocet

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