Following on from my previous post, here is part two of my homage to some earlier demos. Keep watching, because I continue with two of the best megademos the world has seen before ending with Virtual Escape, possibly the best half-meg Atari ST demo? Who knows, do you? Let me know in the comments!
I hope you enjoy what is nothing more than a silly fan-made video of a few demos that I remember enjoying from around 1988 onwards. Each production can be downloaded from AtariMania & Demozoo.
These are the demos you'll find this time:
Grusel by Eckhard Kruse: I've always loved this and so does my daughter 30yrs later!!
Death Of The Left Border by TNT: Finally, the left border had gone - an incredible moment.
Singing Raisins by John Blakely & Mark Booth: An early animation which is so funny.
The Junk Demo by TCB: From start to end these guys never failed to impress.
Dark Side Of The Spoon by ULM: from the moment I first heard "U..L..M". Superb!!
European Demos by OVR: What a jaw-dropping megademo with some incredible screens.
Virtual Escape by Equinox: This runs on an 8Mhz computer with half a meg Ram. Outstanding!!
I added a superb background chiptune called Harmless, by Nemo aka Jan Daldrup.
I decided to make a video showcasing a limited selection of the earlier Atari ST demos that hold a special place in my heart. You know, those productions that made our brains, eyes, and ears explode with shock and excitement when we saw our new computer doing things it was never supposed to be able to do.
I hope you enjoy this video, and I've also added one of my favourite chiptunes as a cool backing track, Best Part Of The Creation by Big Alec. A mesmerising tune from "Punish Your Machine", which is also one of the few medium-resolution screens for the ST. Everything is available on AtariMania and Demozoo.
This is what I decided to pick:
README.PRG by The Exceptions: Come on, nobody expected this when double-clicking the icon!
Little Color Demo by The Exceptions: This is something I love to listen to over and over.
Full Screen Demo by Level 16: Both my TV and I were blown away by this stunning feat!
The Union Demo by The Union: I still remember ordering this!! What a moment in time.
The Cuddly Demos by The Carebears: To me, this felt like Union Demo II. Ace STuff.
Overdrive Demo by Phalanx: That menu. Wow, incredible!! How did they do it?
Mindbomb by The Lost Boys: Possibly the best demo team? Ohhh what have I just said? lol
