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Atari 8 bit demo, unbelievable....
level42:
....unbelievable what those guys manage to pull out of what is basically 1979 hardware.
The only extra's used in this demo is a second POKEY for stereo sound and extra RAM. But the work is still done by the 6502 and especially the GTIA and ANTIC video processors.......it seems that with time, the software guys simply seem able to pull more and more out of this hardware, since this demo is from last year, and it is miles better than (already awesome) demos from the late 90s....
No need for the real hardware, just watch it here:
http://youtu.be/XA_264OfBtU
Especially the zooming in and out checkerboard and the curly twisting text blocks are baffling IMHO !
Muerto:
Its great to see some people are still pushing old hardware to the max in 2012!
Check out www.pouet.net for the latest demos on every platform imagenable! :spaceace:
atarimania:
Amazing :o :o
Thanks for the link, I'm going to add this gem to our Demo section asap.
level42:
I have a kit to install a 2nd POKEY on one of my A8 machines. I'm really not into any hardware upgrades like extra processing and video power because IMHO that totally changes the machine but that stereo POKEY sound is SAAAWEEEET !!!!
Atari should have done that BITD !
(Extra memory is fine too IMHO) I just don't like things like the VBXE which makes the 8 bit machine output stuff that looks like Amiga/Atari STE quality. I just miss the point of it.
It does produce sweet graphics for sure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvPCetUPsgQ#t=27
scr33n:
:o :o :o :spaceace:
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