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phX by Condense [web]
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release date : april 2018
release party : Revision 2018
compo : oldskool demo
ranked : 2nd
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Great prod! Nice polish and stuning GFX
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 02:54:08 by roudoudou roudoudou
Rulez of course ! Great job !
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 02:55:12 by ast ast
oh yeah xD
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 02:59:31 by HellMood HellMood
RVI Rulez !!! Nice ;)
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 03:14:49 by Beb Beb
Massive and perfect demo :)
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 03:33:02 by Sapphire Sapphire
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rulez added on the 2018-04-01 03:56:03 by Salinga Salinga
Delightful. In addition to the technical and artistic merit, I loved the fast pacing.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 04:34:30 by break break
Very Nice !
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 06:16:56 by snake_revival snake_revival
My favourite from the compo.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 07:37:22 by noname noname
Sooo nice!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 08:12:22 by nollkolltroll nollkolltroll
Very good demo, I like the style!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 08:26:55 by duke/npm duke/npm
Really nice demo, congrats guys !
added on the 2018-04-01 09:00:46 by Kris Kris
Very nice CPC trackmo... Fast paced and really entertaining!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 09:05:31 by SuTeKH/Epyteor SuTeKH/Epyteor
At some point it's hard to tell if you're watching a CPC prod or an ATARI ST intro... amazing work.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 09:06:29 by fra fra
Very nice!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 09:24:56 by Mystra Mystra
perfect gfx, damned fast and synced - thank you guys!

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rulez added on the 2018-04-01 10:05:42 by ded^RMDA ded^RMDA
Welcome back to demoparties!

Great release, but I was a bit let down this didn't really measure up with your previous demo which is still one of my favorites on any 8-bit platform. Still, your amazing skill with color choices and pixel art is in full show here.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 10:07:57 by visy visy
Awesome pace and sync. Great!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 10:19:17 by Kylearan Kylearan
Yay! Expecting this to be released for some time now - definitely worth the wait :) Congrats guys!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 10:46:16 by voxy voxy
Flow, effects, graphics. Just wow
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 11:08:53 by Hopper/SquoQuo Hopper/SquoQuo
Very good !!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 11:25:40 by thomas^sd thomas^sd
Strong demo -- very good work
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 11:49:46 by krusty krusty
Great stuff - no more colors needed
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 11:55:03 by Triace Triace
Proper demo.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 11:57:39 by grip grip
so damn good, great vibe and flow, cool effects, great pixel art & brilliant music, pure love :)
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 11:58:52 by keito keito
A complete color inferno! One of my favorites in this compo.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 12:09:31 by JTZ JTZ
A very generous demo that contains lots of very high quality effects, moving and flowing on smoothly at a fast pace. Very nice gfx and music too.
This is an instant thumb up. Kudos to you guys!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 12:42:03 by RetroVM RetroVM
The oldschool is vibrant and strong here!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 13:15:03 by CiH CiH
The plasma was amazing. Very nice!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 13:15:17 by oerg866 oerg866
Super cool. And that piranha picture is ace :-D
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 13:46:24 by Corial Corial
Love this! High quality effects and a nice approach!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 14:04:57 by JonnyManiac JonnyManiac
Bein voila, moi qui t'avais reproché de ne faire que du soft, je n'ai plus qu'à la fermer ^^
Superbe prod !!! C'est du grand art sur tout les niveaux. Demo qui ira direct sur le podium des meilleurs démos cpc sans aucun soucis :)
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 14:05:03 by BDCIron BDCIron
Way too colorful for my taste, but I love how effortlessly it flows. A masterpiece for the CPC for sure.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 14:05:40 by Preacher Preacher
amazing! and probably my fav prod of this years revision...
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 14:25:07 by RufUsul RufUsul
Great show with awesome gfx.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 14:57:48 by gaspode gaspode
Super solid and fun prod! A joy to watch in the compo :)
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 14:59:03 by ferris ferris
Outstanding performance!
Quite different than your previous soft rendering demos, this time fullscreen smooth hardware stuff and also with great flow/pace.
Thanks also for the making off.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 15:00:31 by Optimus Optimus
Oh my god, loved this one. Sadly it competes against our entry in the same compo, but there is no shame loosing to a demo as polished like this. Great work.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 15:14:12 by Ramon B5 Ramon B5
Incredible work, congrats guys!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 16:03:56 by Soundy Soundy
Very good job! Ofcourse I'd have quite a few comments/questions I would like to discuss on the cpc demoscene related website, if there were one! :P
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 16:33:15 by rexbeng/PA rexbeng/PA
phX was an amazing experience for us, it's so nice to gather such positive feedback after working for years in the shadow...

So now some facts about the demo:
- a making-of is available ! please have a look above for the link. This is an high-level overview, 30+ pages .pdf format; if you really liked the prod I strongly suggest you to extend the experience with this lecture!
- 1 coder
- 5 years of development.... can't believe it's finally released
- traveled from Canada to Germany to present this at party-place !
- Condense did not present anything at parties for 15 years, now it's fixed :)

Thank you all and feel free to contact us for info etc.
added on the 2018-04-01 17:02:52 by norecess norecess
Huge and dynamic "in-your-face" colourfull explosion of eye bursting awesomness.

Love the pixel arts, the dithered palette, the cube, the fast paced smoothness of quite frankly everything. don't have time to get bored and all scrolltexts are actually easy to read.

Music was a nod to Batman Begins at some points and hope this demo will have the same destiny.

Thumbs and dick up !!!
rulezcdc added on the 2018-04-01 17:09:59 by MacDeath MacDeath
Fucking awesome :D
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 17:17:34 by psonice psonice
What everyone before me said.. and: awesome!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 18:12:54 by BSC BSC
Good one.. Jocking. I didn't read the nfo before running it, just I saw that incredible screenshot, I say myself, go find a CPC, select that new logo with CRTC 1 and make a coffee. All this colorfull demo in perfect fullscreen on the CTM-644-2 just amaze. The music as well, I loved the whistle part a lot.. Fantastic demo. Did you saw that plasma?? CPC FUCKING RULEZ!!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 18:23:41 by Buckethead Buckethead
Awesome!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 18:27:03 by mr_lou mr_lou
I was about to say that Condense had released stuff less than 15 years ago, but when I checked the released date for Barbitoric (in which Jylam participated - thus the Condense logo), it was indeed in 2003 :D

Nice graphics :)
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 18:28:11 by Dbug Dbug
Yeah!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 19:14:16 by baah baah
Very happy to see this comeback, Norecess progressed so much with this great demo.I must say i'm impressed =)
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 20:04:14 by fano fano
Fantastic! ;-)
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 20:24:32 by Kitty Kitty
nice. what emulator need to run demo?
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 20:31:04 by g0blinish g0blinish
@goblinish read the nfo? :)
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 21:36:52 by norecess norecess
RAH SHIT sorry I did not mean to Thumb Up my own prod .. :( :( :( crap
added on the 2018-04-01 21:37:29 by norecess norecess
Great! Fantastic visuals and brilliant soundtrack.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 21:41:59 by dirtie dirtie
Great one... Gnork likes :)
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 21:43:23 by Heaven/TQA Heaven/TQA
Everything that is happening on the screen is totally awesome! Slick and polished as well.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 22:47:21 by MaV0910 MaV0910
Very good. Thumbs up for getting it done after so much passionate work.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 22:58:55 by JAC! JAC!
Entering Olymp with this demo! Words can't describe my feelings after watching this!
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 23:13:08 by Bobic Bobic
Well done arnaud
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 23:14:40 by nytrik nytrik
As a ZX Speccy fan, I must admit, this blow my socks off. Visuals and effects are outstanding. I am sorry for the music which I found an mediocre AY stuff, heared many times before.
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 23:46:10 by Trauma Zero Trauma Zero
Very rich demo, lot of fx, lot of parts, everything clean and smooth. Gratz!
Just a bit too much rasters for me. ;)
rulez added on the 2018-04-01 23:50:56 by OffseT OffseT
Great great prod!
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 00:17:58 by Joseman Joseman
Kudos CPC!
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 03:18:48 by analone analone
If this doesn't win the compo, I fress a Besen.
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 04:37:22 by PotcFdk PotcFdk
Thank you. Your demo guys means so much.
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 06:09:00 by Overflow Overflow
Back to the futur, raster, plasma , I like it tttt
And You warmed the heart of my cpc
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 08:54:42 by mic mic
Fucking awesome!
But still not a Batman killer! :]
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 10:15:06 by ham ham
Really good demo, some clever effects and sublimed by a not less impressive pixel art .
Is there a wink at batman forever on the music ?? ^^
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 12:23:49 by TOUKO TOUKO
A big amount of work and effects. Nothing to say more about the technical level, it was what I excepted from No Recess! Huge progress in CRTC's technics!

Imho rasters are sometimes too much and the Face Hugger's balls effect is not so interesting (or at least too long). But phX is a master-piece! Well done, guys!
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 12:26:56 by EliotBenediction EliotBenediction
Great effects, very colourful, and nice music and overall design!
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 14:51:28 by Scali Scali
Congrats NoRecess !!! GReat prod (I told you that before) and awesome grit during those 5 years ... Can't wait to have your live feedback and pictures !! :)
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 16:35:11 by wiss1 wiss1
Awesome!
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 18:52:46 by TUMO TUMO
that is awesome!!! :D don't know that Amstrad with CRTC are able to do those things!!!
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 19:58:37 by seban seban
And that great music from Factor6! This is marvellous!!!
added on the 2018-04-02 19:59:32 by seban seban
Nice show! CeD's pictures are very beautiful!
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 22:06:09 by toms toms
good job
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 22:12:03 by med med
Great demo! Lots of effects that never have time to get boring because of the perfect flow. Top graphics too obviously.
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 22:17:22 by exocet exocet
Infected Mushroom - Suliman (Factor6 remix)
rulez added on the 2018-04-02 23:50:58 by mrdoob mrdoob
Woooowwwwww !!!!! Really good job !!!
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 06:05:47 by Candy Candy
Great in all aspects. Love the colours as well.
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 07:23:04 by Serpent Serpent
Great demo, the gfx are beautiful and effects very clean and smooth. Love the endscroller music.
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 11:48:46 by Splash Splash
Great!
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 13:55:09 by Flops Flops
Excellent! :D
added on the 2018-04-03 15:28:44 by Kitty Kitty
Great demo Arnaud :)

Really Awesome and Amazing demo :)

It was 30 times i last saw it since Sunday ^^

Great Effects , Great Soundtracks, Great GFXs

Norecess, Factor6, Ced BRAVVVVVOOOOOO

A great great CPC DEMO !!!


In french:

J'ai regardé le streaming :) A l'applaudimètre comme le disait Roudoudou, c'est clair que tu étais le numéro 1.
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 15:29:07 by cmpcpc cmpcpc
Congratulation to Condence, your skill is now +10. Level up!
An amazing production that deserved the best place without any doubt.
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 15:56:15 by TotO TotO
Great code and art!
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 17:24:39 by micdune micdune
Awesome production Norecess! And you have also put soooooo much time into it - I guess I wouldn't have the stamina to bring such a project to the end. It was also great to meet you on the Revision. A big thumbs up from me :-)!!!!
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 18:16:31 by Octoate Octoate
Incredible work! I was so sure it would be #1!
But it's number one in my heart at least :)
Cant wait for the next one. Hope it wont take 5 years hehehe.
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 20:14:01 by alkama alkama
another CPC epic, nuff said.
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 21:02:28 by decca decca
Great!
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 21:37:35 by keops keops
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Great!
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 22:13:51 by bitl bitl
I admit I never thought your demo would be as good as it is! I like the in-your-face effects, full screen, with a bit of an old-school touch with these rasters. The design is, as always with Ced, speechless. A great achievement.
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 23:13:11 by Targhan Targhan
I agree with Targhoune.
A big work, 50hz, and good direction... No Recess still rising ;)
rulez added on the 2018-04-03 23:46:13 by Hicks Hicks
Super impressive work!

particular remarks:

  • stunning graphics
  • giant shaded rotating cube
  • perceived e-guitar sounds in the epsilon part

Thanx for the outstanding information in the nfo and the making-of!

It was so fabulous that we've met at Revision this year!
rulez added on the 2018-04-04 02:31:51 by dOc.K dOc.K
great to see more CPC high quality demos being released!
rulez added on the 2018-04-04 04:10:28 by psenough psenough
Loved the graphics and that infinite bobs plus scroll part was awesome
rulez added on the 2018-04-04 10:24:01 by rloaderro rloaderro
Massive
rulez added on the 2018-04-04 11:46:34 by Manwe Manwe
best in the compo!
rulez added on the 2018-04-04 17:38:14 by ntsc_ ntsc_
Something strange in the loader memory from &17F to &265 ... :)
added on the 2018-04-04 21:52:59 by Beb Beb
Wonderful!
rulez added on the 2018-04-05 03:39:52 by frog frog
Yes.
rulez added on the 2018-04-05 04:00:54 by Charlie Charlie
Amazing ! If i known we could do stuff like this on CPC i hadn't be so hard with mine !
Big up to you norecess, nice i did the travel back to the airport with you !
rulez added on the 2018-04-05 15:07:12 by RaHoW RaHoW
Thank you, merci and dĕkuji for this fantastic release. Great job!
rulez added on the 2018-04-05 19:18:23 by villain villain
Awesome !!! Smart code, and superb graphics (like a C64 on a double dose of steroids!!!)

I'm not crazy about AY music (on any platform), but this music fit the visuals nicely.

100% thumb up :) Maybe this should have won the compo!
rulez added on the 2018-04-05 20:33:11 by DanLemon DanLemon
Very Good!
rulez added on the 2018-04-05 22:50:38 by Batman/BG Batman/BG
New hardware effects on the CPC, good artwork, fast pace... It should have won the first place instead of "We Come in Peace", don't you think?
rulez added on the 2018-04-06 19:54:43 by cngsoft cngsoft
Very polished and impressive demo. I am not a super fan of abusing of rasters, but most effects are really nice (especially in the last part) and the job to do that must have been huge. You can be proud of the result !
rulez added on the 2018-04-06 20:50:52 by tometjerry tometjerry
nice one... colorful...

i like that shifting of the efx so more than one is visible...
parallax bars are looking a bit too small steps in animation...anyway thumpy ;)
rulez added on the 2018-04-06 22:27:25 by ultra ultra
So so.
added on the 2018-04-07 06:05:39 by AntDude AntDude
Awesome! Great music, nice and varied effects, excellent fullscreen pictures and really nice color schemes.
rulez added on the 2018-04-07 09:53:52 by StingRay StingRay
Besides awesome demo props for making a detailed note, every oldschool/newschool demo should have one.
rulez added on the 2018-04-07 21:16:46 by Nitro/Black Sun Nitro/Black Sun
Very nice demo, good looking pictures and effects.
rulez added on the 2018-04-07 23:13:04 by 4pLaY 4pLaY
FYI,

Source-code of the demo were made available here.
added on the 2018-04-08 05:51:02 by norecess norecess
For me the most kickass release on the party (and that's with some great competition)! Fave moment is the up to 3-effect-switching with the checkerboard and Alcatraz bars, but it's the complete barrage and music that makes it so swesome :)
rulez added on the 2018-04-08 18:16:27 by Photon Photon
Kinda childishly cute but similarly also naivistic and not in a good way.
added on the 2018-04-08 18:23:18 by noby noby
You should be very proud of this demo, I really enjoyed watching it. Some really cool fx, synced well with the music. Ced is on fire too :-). Guys please never stop making demos for the CPC. I love all of your demos....Phortem is one of my favourites
rulez added on the 2018-04-08 19:44:09 by __sice __sice
well done!
rulez added on the 2018-04-09 15:27:41 by Frequent Frequent
fuck yesss. fast pacing, nice fx+gfx & ace tune!
rulez added on the 2018-04-09 20:05:38 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
nice making of !!
rulez added on the 2018-04-10 20:04:12 by parralleldxv parralleldxv
Very nice
rulez added on the 2018-04-11 07:40:54 by Emufr3ak Emufr3ak
Very nice demo, great gfx.
rulez added on the 2018-04-12 00:24:31 by ok3anos ok3anos
This kicked ass. Great work!
rulez added on the 2018-04-12 19:42:36 by flynn_nrg flynn_nrg
Cool demo. short and many effects.
rulez added on the 2018-04-13 03:12:35 by Supersly Supersly
Normally i´d counter your accidental upvote, but sorry, this is just way too good, i have to thumb it up properly! ;) Voting oneself up after 5 years of work ain´t a bad thing to do afterall! :)

Nothing left to say others didn´t say yet! ;)

PotcFdk: How did your Besen taste? :p
rulez added on the 2018-04-14 21:33:19 by ɧ4ɾɗվ. ɧ4ɾɗվ.
Very good demo and i enjoyed watching it! Some of the pics inside the demo are a real eye-catcher. There are really some good prods came out on Amstrad-CPC in last time. Interesting!!!
rulez added on the 2018-04-15 06:18:14 by AW87 AW87
rocks
rulez added on the 2018-04-19 21:14:53 by gentleman gentleman
CPC rules!
rulez added on the 2018-04-20 06:35:18 by flibblesan flibblesan
Great show!
rulez added on the 2018-04-22 21:01:50 by stijn stijn
This is really great demo! Music, colors, effect, pics, all is amazing.
rulez added on the 2018-04-24 23:53:42 by dimouse dimouse
GR8, one of the best prods at Revision this year.
rulez added on the 2018-05-08 22:46:24 by sachy sachy
Wow! Lots of love put into this production! Awesome!
rulez added on the 2018-07-28 21:23:29 by Daniel Daniel
5 years! but totally worth it! this prod definitely rulez
rulez added on the 2018-09-05 01:36:19 by siko siko
Awesome colorful demo, with an impressive technical level. Worthy of the first place in Revision imo.
rulez added on the 2018-09-23 13:37:22 by Rhino/BG Rhino/BG
Nice Amstrad CPC demo had forgotten to thumb this up
rulez added on the 2018-11-04 09:50:26 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
rocks!
rulez added on the 2018-11-04 10:17:26 by skarab skarab
Rocks CPC hard, could not look away.
rulezcdc added on the 2019-01-05 19:15:01 by Claw Claw
Excellent demo. In truth it is the absolutely worst kind of oldschool imaginable (at heart), however, the idea to zoom into every single effect pays off and gives it a new, very modern quality.
rulez added on the 2019-01-05 19:19:23 by introspec introspec
Nice oldskool rasterised colours style, but indeed particularly finely scripted and synched.
rulez added on the 2019-01-08 21:00:16 by Dma-Sc Dma-Sc
Does that Zilog really work on 4MHz? ;-)
rulez added on the 2019-02-04 09:09:02 by G.o.D. G.o.D.
OMG! This is madness! <3
rulez added on the 2019-02-11 21:42:42 by jammer jammer
I can't believe it
Great making-of writeup! Got me inspired to create some data-streaming/unpacking algorithm in our Amiga "demo system". Putting 64 MB RAM in the Amiga 1200 is becoming more common nowadays. Still it feels a bit lame to use that much memory when it could be avoided.
added on the 2019-02-12 01:47:35 by rloaderro rloaderro
Un pouce bien mérité.
rulez added on the 2019-02-12 04:17:34 by hitchhikr hitchhikr
un autre
rulez added on the 2019-03-13 21:50:54 by remdy remdy
Congratulation for the Meteoriks Award nomination...

Well deserved and good luck.
added on the 2019-03-26 01:56:34 by MacDeath MacDeath
Awesome 2d GFX, speedy and fully animated effects. The 80 computers rule!
rulez added on the 2019-03-26 09:21:24 by gligli gligli
Beautiful lively and dynamic demo.
Thats end to soon, and it's nice to see it again.
rulez added on the 2019-04-22 23:02:06 by Longshot Longshot
Rulez !!!
rulez added on the 2019-11-02 12:17:58 by kRiZ^cMz kRiZ^cMz
Shown at Demosplash 2019
rulez added on the 2019-11-10 04:44:26 by Stroucki Stroucki
This remains the top shelf Amstrad CPC demo! The music, the graphics and the pace and presentation; awesome!
rulez added on the 2020-01-09 22:38:34 by spkr spkr
This is simply awesome! Great work!
rulez added on the 2020-02-08 16:48:46 by Anders Anders
I'm having real trouble getting this to run on a real CPC 6128 (non-plus). Using flashfloppy v3.16 on a gotek as drive A or B with either the HFE or DSK image all I get is a black screen, the OLED display on the gotek says track 0, side 0.

The HFE image of Phortem works OK, except for minor music delays when reading the disk. Batman Forever runs just fine too. I have no expansion hardware other than the gotek plugged into the external FDD port, and all the RAM tests good. Does anyone have any ideas for troubleshooting? I'd really like to get this working on real hw.
added on the 2020-08-30 19:30:43 by Claw Claw
nice one
rulez added on the 2021-01-31 12:06:04 by Blast! Blast!
excellent, love the colors!
rulez added on the 2021-03-14 07:10:13 by blackpawn blackpawn
Okay visuals. Excellent pacing.
rulez added on the 2022-04-18 18:01:47 by Gʀɪʍʍy Gʀɪʍʍy
I find most CPC prods hard to watch due to the saturation levels ;)
But here I still dig the moment when the clown-pic appears and how the music changes.
rulez added on the 2023-04-25 16:04:57 by hfr hfr

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