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release date : august 2022
release party : Evoke 2022
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added on the 2022-08-07 17:00:45 by trixter trixter

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Holy shit
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 17:01:40 by neon neon
Xxxold86 sorcery at its finest!
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 17:13:42 by Z3k Z3k
mindblowing!!
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 17:14:38 by Premium Premium
brilliant
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 17:18:51 by bitl bitl
this is the buff stuff!
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 17:26:43 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
how. the. fuck. ❤️
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 17:27:43 by HellMood HellMood
Oo
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 17:35:06 by keops keops
wow!
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 17:49:01 by starbuck starbuck
insane
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 18:21:47 by SiR SiR
Massive production. Loved it even if I don't know anything about the restricitons of the platform.
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 18:26:48 by gaspode gaspode
Best demo 2022
added on the 2022-08-07 18:40:57 by Tronix Tronix
Quote:
Best demo 2022
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 18:41:06 by Tronix Tronix
awesome! and shiru's sound track extra rulez!
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 18:49:24 by insane insane
holy shit, this is cool!
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 18:51:59 by ghandy ghandy
WOWOW! This is massive, and great presentation with the commander keen and onwards. It really makes me want to go and unplug my 286 and plug back the 8088 with the CGA again (on same power supply naked on my kitchen table :).
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 18:53:50 by Optimus Optimus
black magic 🪄

We want a technical explanation of what we see!
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 18:54:39 by Murphy Murphy
Massive. Worthy first place! I hope you will fix the transition glitches in the final version.
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 19:06:54 by bartman bartman
Well that's just amazing. So colourful too. Marble Madness end was one of those glitches i guess (kind of stuck there)?
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 19:22:24 by Serpent Serpent
8088mph was already an extreme shock, and this one...... just m i n d - b l o w i n g. definitely the best oldskool prod this year!
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 19:23:04 by wbcbz7 wbcbz7
Well this is just ridiculously good. So many mind blowing moments and really slickly put together. Great work everyone! ❤️
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 19:26:52 by kieran kieran
wish i could have been there to see it in person. dancing elephant and plasma glasses for the win.
Emulator report: Gets surprisingly far in PCem. Used machine [8088] AMI XT clone (just find yourself the right BIOS), 640k RAM, CGA. Original resolution if you want to see all the CRTC changes, custom to keep it to one size. Sound stutters a little bit, max buffer size is ideal. Glenz flickers a bit a couple times, and the last effect (wibble) and credits (lake) don't work. Credits music doesn't either. So close, but it wouldn't be an achievement if something didn't break. :) As for DOSBox, if you want to try a configuration that works, good luck to you. But with default CGA machine config, DOSBox is like, nope.

Even though I didn't contribute anything other than "eyeballs" (as VileR put it), I feel a thumb up is still a CoI since I've watched development of this since the beginning. It's been a long time coming, to put it lightly!
added on the 2022-08-07 19:47:29 by phoenix phoenix
Big effort and new tricks.
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 19:53:49 by Marq Marq
absolutely unreal
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 20:10:52 by Rastertail Rastertail
awesome
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 20:14:39 by sivu sivu
Incredible work
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 20:37:43 by Claw Claw
This is unreal, I hope some day source is available.
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 21:52:48 by Mills Mills
Truly awesome!
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 21:53:53 by Mystra Mystra
Sorry we broke all your emulators again!
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 21:55:46 by trixter trixter
Yes!
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 23:05:20 by ravity ravity
Amazing !
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 23:15:53 by Black Dragon Black Dragon
Does indeed seem like quite an achievement and very enjoyable overall.
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 23:16:44 by malmix malmix
Back in the day (1680's or thereabouts) , coding wizards of this calibre were harshly questioned with pliers and ducking stools.

Thank goodness we live in more enlightened times, eh!

Future Meteoriks winner for sure.
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 23:16:47 by CiH CiH
Incredible!!!
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 23:22:29 by alkama alkama
Waow ! And ❤️music❤️ !
rulez added on the 2022-08-07 23:44:22 by glafouk glafouk
Impressive achievement; I have no idea what it does, but I suppose it's messing with the font tables (or possibly graphics mode?) in the middle of the frame. It's also quite enjoyable even without the trickery :-)

One detail is that I don't really think the intro works. It's fine to mention somehow that there are no composite colors being used, but there's something about “show, don't tell”… just push the effects instead of having a slow slideshow about the different modes you're using.
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 00:31:55 by Sesse Sesse
Wow. Just ..wow.
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 01:23:19 by java java
crazy good! lot of content with surreal quality for the platform limitations
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 02:05:34 by psenough psenough
Does this only work on actual CGA cards? I tried a couple SVGA machines I have for DOS stuff, and it looked broken on both.

The oldest PC video card I have is an EGA card. Will it work there, or should I not bother setting it up?
added on the 2022-08-08 02:33:30 by Nuclear Nuclear
Quote:
Requirements: IBM PC, CGA, 4.77 MHz 8088, hard drive

That's it. anything else is not expected to work.
added on the 2022-08-08 04:00:21 by phoenix phoenix
Wow, this wizardry needs a time-machine to be sent back in time! Not only amazing technically but the flow, transitions, effects, graphics and music are perfectly combined.
rulezcdc added on the 2022-08-08 04:50:46 by ilmenit ilmenit
Trixter says when he travels abroad he brings his A-game. This is ages above that level.

Amazing!
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 05:20:19 by Kneebiter Kneebiter
Crazy good
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 05:58:49 by Leander Leander
wow!! incredible
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 06:06:09 by TôBach TôBach
Would be hard to dislike :)
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 08:59:32 by Dbug Dbug
The best thing I’ve seen in a long, long time. Hats off to everyone involved!
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 09:27:47 by gloom gloom
Delightful!

(Did...did someone already dare to tell them there's EGA nowadays?)
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 09:45:06 by sagacity sagacity
What is this madness
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 09:55:50 by jasuy jasuy
oops, they did it again .. unbelievable coder porn
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 10:15:26 by Asato Asato
rules.
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 10:33:16 by Heaven/TQA Heaven/TQA
mind blowing, thanks for the effort
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 11:11:46 by gorgh gorgh
What a ride live @ Evoke! Thanks for this masterpiece!
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 11:34:00 by Bobic Bobic
<3
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 11:53:56 by pan pan
What Murphy said! Damn this shit is cool.
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 11:57:25 by edhellon edhellon
Impressive what those primitive PCs could do!
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 12:45:53 by Rhino/BG Rhino/BG
Awesome. Makes me want to learn 8088 in addition to "modern" DOS.
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 12:57:35 by hannu hannu
Besides the unreal technical achievements, great presentation and a lot of fun to watch, specially in the hall when everyone was just losing their shit.
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 13:03:54 by jeenio jeenio
WOWWOW
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 15:22:22 by Sebbert Sebbert
Fucking ace in all departments
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 15:24:05 by Soundy Soundy
Unbelievable! :-O
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 16:38:17 by mnemotron mnemotron
wow
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 16:43:31 by hollowone hollowone
Powerful! Respect to everyone involved in this!
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 17:52:43 by CONS CONS
hell yes
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 18:35:27 by nhan nhan
Need a direct video that's not a cammed. ;)
added on the 2022-08-08 18:55:16 by AntDude AntDude
and you get a Satori demo for free if you try to run it in doxbox-x :P
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 18:59:20 by maali maali
Blew my monitor
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 18:59:58 by adkd adkd
absolutely stunning, loved every single bit
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 22:08:58 by infinitysnapz infinitysnapz
mind blowing
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 22:09:05 by eye8 eye8
Great tech, design and entertainment valiue. The ctrix track at the end alone is worth a thumb.
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 23:14:51 by hmn hmn
Legendary, thumbs away... take cover.
rulez added on the 2022-08-08 23:58:20 by wabe wabe
There will be a proper direct video for sure. The party capture had to be done quick at 1am, but we'll do a better one as soon as time allows. :)

@Sesse, apperciate the perspective. I guess the intro does go on for a bit - we wanted to account for viewers who aren't super familiar with the hardware, or may not realize the difference from something like 8088mph, etc... but it's true, there's a delicate balance to keep.

Re: emulators, I think a good part of the problem is that PC emulators seem to treat CGA as a subset of VGA, and try to work out resolutions, aspect ratios and refresh rates from register contents. At least DOSBox, PCem and 86box do that. But it's really a fixed-frequency device, like most early home computer video standards. So to emulate it accordingly, you'd render what a monitor would display: a fixed frame size (overscan included), refreshed at 59.92Hz with the active raster sized and positioned within as required.

That would've certainly made it easier to do quick dev tests on emulators. (Certain parts such as the end credits would need a bit more than that though...)
added on the 2022-08-09 00:35:38 by VileR VileR
Jesus Bitshifting Christ, this isn't even funny anymore.
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 00:38:40 by Gargaj Gargaj
amazing masterpiece in every aspect. so happy that you brought this to our party!
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 00:56:27 by dipswitch dipswitch
Oh come on now, that's not fair.

Not sure who to ask, but what was the Raspi Zero screwed onto a bespoke board for in terms of the chain of development?
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 00:59:20 by Shifter Shifter
Alien technology.
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 03:39:19 by ham ham
WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE!
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 06:43:20 by ded^RMDA ded^RMDA
I need this to stop right now (no). BB Image
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 08:34:42 by fra fra
Fantastic!!! You have done the impossible!
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 09:22:26 by shuran33 shuran33
How about some kind of writeup describing what's exactly going on here?
Or if it already exists, how about a link?
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 11:44:42 by Trilkk Trilkk
a short music writeup by Shiru (in russian, though i guess he will do an english version soon)
added on the 2022-08-09 11:59:18 by wbcbz7 wbcbz7
Take my upvote
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 13:15:36 by zoi zoi
Awesome
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 13:21:23 by Aghnar Aghnar
very impressive!
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 15:26:32 by blala blala
mind == blown
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 15:40:44 by rnlf rnlf
They did the impossible again!
Absolute jawdropper, definitely a strong Demo of the Year contender.

Can't wait for the final version + technical writeup!
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 15:41:42 by isocosa isocosa
Absolutely amazing!
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 15:49:26 by kusma kusma
My sensors detect some extreme MC6845 hackery going on here. What a fantastic production!
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 17:05:24 by VectorEyes VectorEyes
Amazing!!! I would like to see a video of the demo running on a real pc showing the monitor, pc, booting, etc.
Again, what a show!!! WOW!!!
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 19:52:31 by PauloFalcao PauloFalcao
Just WOW!
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 21:37:42 by Harekiet Harekiet
More than 4 colors with cga? How's that?? unbelievable...
rulez added on the 2022-08-09 21:39:27 by Nova-/\TS Nova-/\TS
Quote:
More than 4 colors with cga? How's that?? unbelievable...
Wait'll you get a load of 8088 MPH. :D
added on the 2022-08-10 01:11:35 by phoenix phoenix
mind = blown
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 09:14:59 by emoon emoon
Jaw-dropper as expected :) Congratz!
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 09:59:44 by sachy sachy
Very impressive demo that kinda alters the perception, it made me quickly forget that it is still running on the humble 8088/CGA, totally feels like a platform of a next generation. Like my friend said, all we knew is a lie, 80286 and EGA were a mistake. Piggie for the music, tho!
added on the 2022-08-10 10:30:13 by Shiru Shiru
Cool
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 11:49:06 by frog frog
Seriously impressive stuff!
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 12:31:50 by pyksy pyksy
Stunning! That tune at the end would have been something in 1981! Also love that isometric scroller!

The flow is really good with lots of content coming at the viewer all the time, and no obvious loading or precalc filler parts AFAICS. I suppose if it is using a HD it could load things fairly rapidly and not sure how much memory is on this platform to store tables or whatnot. Probably not much!

I have so many questions..
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 12:34:40 by rloaderro rloaderro
Where is my thumb here is my thumb
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 12:40:11 by Daddy Freddy Daddy Freddy
Like I've said before.. you're so far ahead that nobody else bothers to try.

Looking forward to write-ups! =)
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 13:04:43 by sol_hsa sol_hsa
Oh my gosh! That's so cool!
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 13:09:14 by ROG_VF ROG_VF
Amazing
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 13:34:36 by _GandalF_ _GandalF_
The only thing that struck me as a bit odd was showing the i8088 / MC6845 scene for an almost painfully long time (precalc in the background?), only to be followed by the same image that was already seen earlier in the demo. It almost looked like you are running out of ideas in that part, although luckily that was disproven just a few seconds later.

But that's just minor complaints. This is the demo of the year.
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 15:03:21 by Saga Musix Saga Musix
:U
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 15:15:33 by p01 p01
Saga Musix: It looks like those parts didn't get finished in time. The Marble part was supposed to keep scrolling and maybe have some group greets in it. And I was wondering when someone would catch the repeating shrine pic. :) One of the two pics will be replaced in the final version. I believe the vertical scrolling picture with the houses will be replaced as well.
added on the 2022-08-10 15:44:21 by phoenix phoenix
Amazing!
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 16:08:17 by spiked-maniac spiked-maniac
Really impressive !
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 17:30:32 by ast ast
Saga: Yes, we were partycoding for 3 months right up until 2am before the deadline. Phoenix is correct on all counts, we ran out of time. Some sync-to-the-music parts are also slightly off.

A final release will definitely come out that ties up all loose ends.
added on the 2022-08-10 21:24:39 by trixter trixter
I hope this will be somewhere documented. This is *outstanding* I can't hold tears of joy (literately) I can't stop grinning :) You guys have made me pickup my 386 again with your composite demo.. I have no words for this one
rulez added on the 2022-08-10 23:57:22 by YoshNG YoshNG
Pure killer - an utter feast of effects. Holy smokes...
rulez added on the 2022-08-11 00:12:48 by Mibri Mibri
Amazballz
rulez added on the 2022-08-11 06:36:51 by Jerware Jerware
Hell yeah!
rulez added on the 2022-08-11 07:47:17 by LovCAPONE LovCAPONE
amazing!

can run this on a 5150 with dual 360K floppies, copy as many demo files to A: as will fit, copy the rest to B:, then boot with DOS 3.30 (or higher) and use APPEND B: before running AREA5150

needs full 640KB of RAM but otherwise runs on 100% stock IBM PC 5150 with CGA, incredible achievement
rulez added on the 2022-08-11 12:54:44 by kdr kdr
🤯

Is the music heard during the end screen also from the demo?
If yes seems more elaborated than the parts before.
yes the lake scene music uses PWM to coax the PC speaker into producing more than just bleeps and bloops.

it's very quiet on a real system thought, can hardly hear the music.

very similar to their previous demo 8088 MPH which also has PWM music during the end credits
added on the 2022-08-11 13:22:55 by kdr kdr
great
rulez added on the 2022-08-11 13:59:16 by Blast! Blast!
The end credits music engine is different from 8088 MPH - this one is single-channel and synchronized with the raster, for a 15.7 KHz sample rate. Somewhat stricter limitations on combining samples/volume levels, but it leaves much more CPU time available (so more interesting things can be done on screen).
added on the 2022-08-11 14:12:12 by VileR VileR
Phoenix, Trixter: Thanks for the clarification :) Looking forward to the final!
This is totally to the point! What an AWESOME SHOW. I really appreciate the small anecdotes and references to the past, together with a great Sonudtrack (WAY better than last time!). You guys are ace and it seems that the C64 now finally has found a capable comrades-in-arms.

Whats a bit missing for me was the exact specs to the GFX card used. Ist this really CGA? If yes... WTF! ;)
rulez added on the 2022-08-11 15:03:31 by vscd vscd
Wonderful show, absolutely mental technically and super entertaining to boot!
rulez added on the 2022-08-11 15:37:38 by okkie okkie
Thanks VileR and Kdr for answering some of my questions :)

1 - It actually runs nicely off floppies
2 - Some music engine details
3 - the RAM requirement
added on the 2022-08-11 15:39:25 by rloaderro rloaderro
Oh, oh... this is pure magic! What an incredible achievement! Enjoyed every second of it!
rulez added on the 2022-08-11 18:35:46 by Daniel Daniel
Best CGA demo ever.
rulez added on the 2022-08-11 20:31:14 by RetroErik RetroErik
Who programmed on 286/386/486 will immediately understand that this is the best demo of the last 30 years!
rulez added on the 2022-08-11 20:33:40 by Patapik Patapik
Wow. A truly incredible demo for terrible hardware. Impressive!
rulez added on the 2022-08-11 23:30:14 by xeron xeron
Nice :D
rulez added on the 2022-08-12 01:25:01 by UltimateW UltimateW
Impressive demo, congratulations. I've been able to test it on the PCXT core I'm running for the MiSTer platform and except for some glitches it works pretty well!
rulez added on the 2022-08-12 05:43:19 by spark2k06 spark2k06
Sorcery
rulez added on the 2022-08-12 07:40:18 by unlock unlock
At some point during the demo, I forgot the platform it was running on, and that's saying something!
rulez added on the 2022-08-12 12:50:38 by Zavie Zavie
More colours = Better demo!
rulez added on the 2022-08-12 20:44:11 by grip grip
Amazeballs all over again like with 8088 mph
rulez added on the 2022-08-12 22:28:02 by Ramon B5 Ramon B5
I died, oh my fucking god
rulez added on the 2022-08-13 11:59:05 by Clownboss Clownboss
HOW
rulez added on the 2022-08-13 14:36:36 by Spenot Spenot
Incredible... a massive and solid production. A neat demo in all aspects
rulez added on the 2022-08-13 16:32:06 by Frogg Frogg
you don't often see demos with new hack tricks these days
rulez added on the 2022-08-13 16:43:35 by yzi yzi
A couple more thoughts..

I don't want to "well, actually.." this demo, but suggesting it would run on a 1981-spec PC 5150 might be a bit of a stretch. The PC was built to be expandable from the start, but according to Wackypedia, the 5150 was sold only with 16K (!) or 64K RAM, expandable to 256K. RGB color CGA monitors (at least from IBM) weren't available until 1983 - until then it was either mono (MDA) or composite color (like 8088 MPH). Also, you couldn't get one with a HD until the 1983 PC XT - though to be fair, this demo was developed to run from a floppy, and apparently the party version can run from two. So, maybe it's more like Area 5160 (XT, which allowed up to the 640K RAM needed for this), but close enough. :)

Also, while I was getting sneak peeks at the effects during development, my thought was, this is going to be like a C64 demo - and I meant that in a good way. The C64 demoscene has matured to the point where loading times and graphics modes aren't often a consideration anymore - those limits have been explored. That allows more focus on the artwork, the design, and the music. While there were still limits to be broken and tricks to be discovered for the 8088 while developing Area 5150, the artwork and transitions while loading played a major part. Mindblowing effects and new records are great, but so is a demo pleasing enough to the eyes and ears that you don't have to worry as much about new records or new effects anymore. In this case, a bit of both is cool too. :)

(oh, and for PCem, Generic XT clone works about the same as AMI XT, and you can download the BIOS ROM from the PCem page, so that might be an easier route)
added on the 2022-08-13 17:57:45 by phoenix phoenix
Impressive and beautiful!
I really thought CGA was only this:
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rulez added on the 2022-08-13 18:36:32 by baah baah
@phoenix: yeah, the average 5150 as initially sold by IBM wouldn't be able to run it out of the box. Then again... the 256K limit was only for motherboard RAM; both IBM and others sold memory expansion cards (and that expansion RAM ran at the same speed). Similarly there were third party HDD units for the 5150, and RGBI monitors (e.g. Amdek and Princeton), before 1983. Thanks to IBM's open architecture approach it was rare for people to keep their machines "purely" IBM, even before the actual clones appeared. But then that has always differentiated the PC from most other demo platforms I suppose.

Floppy storage is a bit of a different story, since the first drives available were single-sided, and DOS 1.0 supported only 8 sectors per track, so the initial standard was 160K per disk... double sided drives and 9 sectors per track came a little later (1982?), and that's when 360K became the baseline. But yeah, "official" floppy support is a matter for the final version :)
rulez added on the 2022-08-13 22:09:33 by VileR VileR
...whoops, didn't mean to slip a self-upvote in there. :(
added on the 2022-08-13 22:11:20 by VileR VileR
I forgot to say, the music is totally awesome. I've made some 1-channel tweeter demo tunes, and the stuff here is state of the art level.
added on the 2022-08-14 00:06:05 by yzi yzi
This is just insanely awesome piece of art!

Starting the fun with you literally pushing the boundaries, spiced up with beautiful chromatic palettes, some plasma glasses and breakdance elephant. The amount of coolness is just crazy! And just when thinking that this was all impossible, you bring up the landscape and the end part with amazing twist on the audio side as well.

You are legendary already! And I am still puzzled how you can bring up all these colours and higher resolutions with CGA!?!
rulez added on the 2022-08-14 10:12:29 by deepr deepr
YES
rulez added on the 2022-08-14 11:39:21 by musk musk
Direct hardware video capture is now available, see new youtube link @ top.
added on the 2022-08-14 13:00:16 by VileR VileR
awesome !
rulez added on the 2022-08-14 18:03:22 by nemkaboy nemkaboy
WATER EFFECT RULEZ!!! THX GUYS! AWESOME !!
rulez added on the 2022-08-14 21:46:25 by drzeissler drzeissler
Sorry to point out the elephant in the room...

It can break-dance.
rulez added on the 2022-08-14 21:48:13 by raer raer
Love it
rulez added on the 2022-08-14 22:49:07 by megmeg megmeg
obvious thümb for making cga actually look good!
rulez added on the 2022-08-14 23:02:57 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
Finally some colorful CGA-stuff for us PAL/RGBI-folks :D

Good work everyone involved!
rulez added on the 2022-08-15 10:46:33 by britelite britelite
Massive!
rulez added on the 2022-08-15 14:44:05 by violator violator
Achievement, with such a great prod.
rulez added on the 2022-08-15 14:58:34 by Dma-Sc Dma-Sc
Supergreat! Code, artwork, music, pacing, everything. A FWIW I thought the intro with keen was an excellent touch.
rulez added on the 2022-08-15 17:26:41 by hot multimedia hot multimedia
When even HellMood is stunned :) Awesome prod!
rulez added on the 2022-08-15 17:32:47 by BSC BSC
Awesome demo!
Any chance to get a wav-export of the audio track?
And/or for the credits track: a module if has been composed with a tracker? :)
rulez added on the 2022-08-17 00:28:38 by air2k air2k
God mode!
rulez added on the 2022-08-17 12:05:33 by willbe willbe
Such a machine was the first computer in our home, so that demo blew me away in so many ways. Respects for this!
rulez added on the 2022-08-17 23:18:37 by decca decca
absolute madlads
rulez added on the 2022-08-18 22:41:14 by pigpenpete pigpenpete
A nice demo that shows the limits of what is possible. In this video UtterChaos gives a few insights. He seems to be a super likeable guy.
rulez added on the 2022-08-20 12:58:01 by Depeche Depeche
bruh what
rulez added on the 2022-08-20 13:05:48 by Flashira Flashira
Very very impressive!!
rulez added on the 2022-08-21 05:36:30 by BarZoule BarZoule
Nice idea to bring cTrix in for the 8088 mph follow up..

Amazing work from my American friends..

Trixter, Phoenix I bow before you :)

Amazing demo... Keep finding new oldskool demo project challenges coz you guys are good at it!
rulez added on the 2022-08-21 09:51:37 by magic magic
Superb
rulez added on the 2022-08-21 09:55:04 by MKM MKM
wow
rulez added on the 2022-08-21 12:39:48 by Frequent Frequent
Amazing work, and it is great to know that you do not necessarily need using the composite output to produce colorful visuals on IBM PC with a CGA adapter. I am really looking forward for your write-ups.
rulez added on the 2022-08-22 19:44:57 by introspec introspec
Oh wow wow! Please write a long technical description of how this works.
rulez added on the 2022-08-25 06:33:19 by iq iq
This oozes awesome.
rulez added on the 2022-08-26 23:17:52 by thedæmon thedæmon
Nice. :)
added on the 2022-08-29 18:54:11 by AntDude AntDude
Awesome.
rulez added on the 2022-08-29 20:09:46 by exc exc
my 12Mhz 286 with EGA has proven to be fake news
rulez added on the 2022-08-31 20:48:27 by davince davince
Yes Yes Yes... also what iq said.
rulez added on the 2022-09-01 22:43:25 by utz utz
Holy crap! When you thought you saw everything and all boundaries were broken already, THIS comes along :D
rulez added on the 2022-09-03 09:19:36 by PigPen PigPen
What a great demo!
rulez added on the 2022-09-04 21:23:12 by Emod Emod
cool.
rulez added on the 2022-09-05 11:13:12 by error64 error64
incredible demo! at this point, this is sorcery!
rulez added on the 2022-09-23 19:05:01 by rez rez
Masterpiece! I love it! :)
rulez added on the 2022-09-27 09:48:22 by Kaszi75 Kaszi75
sick
rulez added on the 2022-09-27 10:51:01 by ferris ferris
mindblowing demo with great effects and massive musax (especially in the credits part, can we get a better quality version?)
rulez added on the 2022-10-30 14:48:56 by 100bit 100bit
Super awesome!!
rulez added on the 2022-11-02 19:19:18 by zxt zxt
because I have no suitable hardware, I tested what I have...
EuroPC/T1000 were bad...best thing was that... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Fnkc1X0RM
Here's something we were going to include with the party release, but forgot about it: a ROM font comparison test.

The graphics rely on the contents of IBM's character ROM - many non-IBM CGA boards have the exact same 8x8 font as the original, but that's not always the case. This will let you find out visually, without having to dump and compare: https://github.com/viler-int10h/CGA-font-compare.
added on the 2022-12-17 22:37:19 by VileR VileR
Impressive! Need to figure out what kind of sorcery is used to make this stuff!
rulez added on the 2023-02-24 23:35:43 by SoDa7 SoDa7
CGA is the big child of the CRTC ;)
rulez added on the 2023-02-25 20:56:41 by bodo^rab bodo^rab
You guys should do something with EGA or Amstrad PC1512/1640... just so we can be sure about the untapped potential of those.

Great stuff anyway.
rulez added on the 2023-02-25 22:19:07 by MacDeath MacDeath
awesome
rulez added on the 2023-02-26 17:13:05 by spritus spritus
Technically competent but the complete lack of design leaves an incoherent mess.
added on the 2023-03-01 06:15:13 by java java
amazing
rulez added on the 2023-03-29 12:20:24 by Tjoppen Tjoppen
the marble madness part was a highlight for me, awesome work!
rulez added on the 2023-09-10 01:48:14 by blackpawn blackpawn
This is one of those milestone demos where you can feel the sense of achievement while watching it.
rulez added on the 2023-09-28 13:12:25 by baze baze
Nice hackery.
rulez added on the 2023-10-13 09:15:40 by cruzer cruzer
Ground has been broken once again
rulez added on the 2024-01-30 16:41:46 by Negostrike Negostrike
Extraordinary and stunning!
rulez added on the 2024-02-20 18:29:04 by Longshot Longshot

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