Whilst "assisting" the guys at Retro Blitter Team, I somehow convinced myself that what the world needed was yet another Discord server. Why? No clue. I'm mad. Still, there may well be an AtariCrypt purpose lurking there? Well, it's now live, vaguely organised, but open to all, so feel free to pop in anytime.
Maybe it’ll work, maybe it’ll bomb like my other bright ideas, but you’re all welcome regardless. 😁
You may remember that I posted a rather cool racer called Rally II back in December? This was unique because it contained no actual bitmap graphics, as it was done using palette swapping. That sounds weird, right? And it is! But it's quite remarkable, fast, and in overscan too. I really enjoyed playing it.
This demo uses the same idea to produce quite possibly one of the best presentations I've ever seen. Yep, I said that. For me, it's up there with classics like We Were @, Virtual Escape, Sea of Colour, Midnight Sun, and many others. However, please use real hardware and make sure you read the documentation in the download. Don't worry, it's not that long, but a great read, especially for non-techies like me.
What's been achieved here is astounding. I can't begin to explain just how mind-boggling this production is, and much of what you witness is in maximum overscan, too. Throughout, the aesthetics are stunning with lovely colours and music. I'm no programmer, but the calculation that must have gone into the coding to bring everything together blows me away. For me, this is one of the best demos ever.
Screenshots do it no justice, but here are a few anyhow. Again, make sure you use a real ST...
Credits and download
505 - Music
Exocet - Graphics
mOdmate - Graphics, Music
spkr - Code
Tat - Code (Minimyser music playback code and tooling)
Tom - Code
Evil - Video Recording
Grab the download from Demozoo, and check out smfx's page.
Don't miss out on playing PHF Rally 2 <<- read more!
The other mentioned demos can be found using the search at the top ↗️
Cool logo, guys!
Yeah!!
Wow, I loved this "simple" effect of a city skyline.
Screenshots aren't great, as demonstrated here... sorry!
Ahh, I bet that will make a great wallpaper!!!
I think this was my favourite effect. I loved the speed, too!
