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ISO by JAC! [web] & Jakub Husak [nfo] platform :   Atari VCS type :   8k   demo release date : november 2011 release party : Silly Venture 2011 compo : console demo ranked : 1st related : packed in: Scene Demos 6-in-1 66 4 0 popularity : 0 %   0.94 alltime top: #1245 [download] [capped.tv] [source] [video] [youtube] [mirrors...] added on the 2011-11-14 by JAC!   popularity helper increase the popularity of this prod by spreading this URL: comments >>> ISO by JAC! <<< An 8k demo for the Atari 2600. Code and graphics by JAC!, sound by Jakub Husak. This is my second Atari 2600 demo and it was a tough journey. Anybody who thinks retro coding is simple should give this machine a try. I wanted to create a demo which is different from existing "typical VCS" demos which tend to use full screen effects at low resolutions without transitions but with HMOVE artifacts on the left side of the screen. I wanted to establish the classical logo/playfield/credits screen layout from the good old days of the cracktros and Amiga intros. Ironically, on VCS this is much harder than full screen effects :-) I wanted to create smooth effects which appear to be in multicolor hires resolution on a machine with 21 bits of screen RAM and 8+8+1+1+1 movable pixels. I also wanted as many effects as possible in 8k with a fast pace and proper transitions. The complete lack of interrupts makes the last one especially hard and expensive in terms of RAM and ROM usage. I'm fucking proud of the result and I hope you like it a bit, too. See the .nfo for the technical details of the effects - ISO Logo - Floating and Falling Text Tiles - Ribbon - Plasma - Twist - Twirl - Scroll Thanks to: - Grey/MSB for organizing Sillyventure and being so crazy as to start a VCS demo compo ... and for stretching the deadline - Jakub Husak for the great tune ... and the player additions .. and keeping the deadline ... eventually :-) - d-wilson for finding the article on "Why 2:16 minutes" again ... though the demo now takes 3:31 in the end. I had too many effecs :-) Greetings and respect to: Noice (cool ideas), Trilobit (cool stories), Tjoppen (cool execution) and all people at Sillyventure - one day I'll be there, too. The download contains the 8k ROM together with Stella32/64 ready to run. Here's also a video but I recommend emulator or the real machine with Harmony card. it simply looks best there to due the low resolution and high FPS.   added on the 2011-11-14 15:28:05 by JAC!   nice! the VCS2600 scene is strong :D   added on the 2011-11-14 15:32:39 by rez   nice effects   added on the 2011-11-14 15:38:36 by noby   I love it !!!   added on the 2011-11-14 15:38:52 by Tomchi   I dislike the "introduction - effect - introduction - effect"-structure, but the content is excellent.   added on the 2011-11-14 15:42:47 by Preacher   Absolutely amazing! I do not have a slightest idea how many times you were scratching your head JAC!, but your stuff were applauded many times during the compo!!! If you wanna go to SV next year, we must support Grey! He did SUCH A GREAT job ALONE(yes!!) that I dare to say I have never ever seen such a dedicated and motivated dude working ALONE... But it is not the place to talk about it. Once again, a worthy winner of first ever in the Polish scene history Atari2600 competition!!!   added on the 2011-11-14 15:44:18 by sim   good intro   added on the 2011-11-14 15:52:52 by psndcj//tbk   Wow, very nice vcs demo! Many effects, nice writer, cool sound.   added on the 2011-11-14 16:14:57 by Bugo the Cat   16:54 < bittin`> best 2600 demo i seen   added on the 2011-11-14 16:47:53 by bittin   .   added on the 2011-11-14 16:50:46 by earx   awesome!   added on the 2011-11-14 17:30:15 by zerkman   Not a big fan of the demo's pacing, but the fx are outstanding.   added on the 2011-11-14 17:39:16 by ggn   very very successful!!! adding a shadow to the twister is a really great idea. after reading the paragraph above starting with "I wanted to create ..." and watching the demo, I can easily say that you've done what you wanted to do really well. :)   added on the 2011-11-14 17:54:20 by Skate   Very nice. The pacing could have been a little better. I like the way the text is done and using the ball to give the twister a shadow. The music is also pretty good. My plasma remains undefeated though :) A worthy winner overall (haven't seen the compo results yet - I'm taking sim's word) In the future please don't use AUDCx=4 and AUDFx=0 for silence. This creates an annoying high-frequency beep around 15 kHz in both MESS and Stella. I'm not sure what happens on real hardware yet, but I suspect the same. For the folks lacking emulators: YouTube via JAC!'s channel YouTube via my channel - better audio (I hope you don't mind)   added on the 2011-11-14 19:17:57 by Tjoppen   Lovely blocky visuals and technological improvements, the music was just okay.   added on the 2011-11-14 19:42:49 by visy     added on the 2011-11-14 19:50:39 by g.   Incredible   added on the 2011-11-14 20:05:12 by Gmitts   Design on 2600, enormous thumb up!   added on the 2011-11-14 20:58:35 by Nitro/Black Sun   skills, yes. style? not yet.   added on the 2011-11-14 21:17:53 by knl   I haven't see many 2900 demos, but this is truly amazing, great job! I want to run it on the real hardware someday.   added on the 2011-11-14 21:22:08 by frag   Impressive!   added on the 2011-11-14 21:29:50 by micdune   Massive amount of content in this one, good stuff!   added on the 2011-11-14 22:11:07 by Sdw   As you say, it's probably hard to code on this compy... But you bring us this brilliant demo, moreover with very good design. I especially like the falling fonts' blocks, the twister and the screx. Well done! :)   added on the 2011-11-14 22:13:23 by baah   ace!   added on the 2011-11-14 22:18:08 by Alpha C   i never thought that atari 2600 could ever produce such effects. insane!   added on the 2011-11-14 22:31:34 by v3nom   displaying none 25 50 100 all comments (1-25) out of 78 next page   submit changes if this prod is a fake, some info is false or the download link is broken, do not post about it in the comments, it will get lost. instead, post about it. add a comment You need to be logged in to add a comment :: register here

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