ZX Spectrum 128k demos?

Mendel · 06 August 2012, 19:08

Okay, I´m enough of a demoscene and retro junkie that I´ve now ordered yet another machine to fill a need for a new niche in my computing room. Emulators are not enough and youtube certainly isn´t. There´s nothing like the warm feeling of running a cool production on real hardware. So I will soon have a ZX Spectrum 128k with divide!

I´d like to get some beeps beeping and colors clashing and stuff running on my screen soon after I get the machine up and running. What should I look forward to and where to get and what? I don´t even know any spectrum demoscene group by name or anything.

Name 3 essential demos that I just have to see that have been released over the years, please.

s2325 · 06 August 2012, 19:28

You can find many demos on http://www.worldofspectrum.org/demos.html and http://pouet.net

Mendel · 06 August 2012, 19:35

Okay, I guess I could go by the order of prods most thumb upped on pouet.
Seems like almost all of them are made in the 2000s...

http://pouet.net/prodlist.php?platform[]=ZX%20Spectrum&type[]=demo&order=thumbup

But I was hoping maybe there were some demos that were significant enough for someone to tell a little bit about them to someone like me who is totally out of the loop having only followed pc, amiga and c64 demos.

Oh I might go and register myself in some non amiga related forums as well, maybe try spectrum forums

PopoCop · 06 August 2012, 20:08

Try these demos:

Critical Error
http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=56765

Paralactica
http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=57610 (you'll need a patch for divIDE to run it)

Kkolor
http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=18689

I don't know if they are 3 best ZX demos but they are worth watching.

Coagulus · 06 August 2012, 20:18

mescaline synesthesia was impressive and Stellar Contour

PopoCop · 06 August 2012, 22:00

AFAIK "Stellar Contour" needs a TR-DOS machine (Pentagon), so it can't be run on Spectrum 128.

Lonewolf10 · 06 August 2012, 22:24

erm... &e7 (Andy Severn) did some cool stuff on the Spectrum (not talking games), but I don't think he did any demo's as such.

Coagulus · 06 August 2012, 22:24

ah yes good point

Mendel · 11 August 2012, 22:58

Just white screen after trying to start any of those, I´m afraid.

What is this patch for divide and how do I apply it?

s2325 · 11 August 2012, 23:08

try http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=25

Mendel · 11 August 2012, 23:39

ATF1508_original_5.7C.jed is compatible with this?:

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4759/img0245qi.jpg

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/3575/img0244j.jpg

And then I would just disconnect jumper 2 and run this fatware-0-12a.tap?

Mendel · 12 August 2012, 21:37

No firmware update needed.
edit: for other demos than that parallactica. That one doesn´t run so it probably would need some update... but don´t know how.

I just had to type in command to load demo

it was LOAD ""

I got mescaline synestesia working right now.

SKR · 05 September 2012, 20:37

Checkout "SHOCK MEGADEMO" by ESI

It's an oldie but a goodie, and was quite impressive at the time (even tho the English text is a little flakey)

Hewitson · 28 September 2012, 18:03

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4aEH...feature=relmfu

Lonewolf10 · 11 October 2012, 23:02

That's a cool demo and the music is excellent. Thanks for the link, Hewitson

06 August 2012, 19:08	#1
Mendel Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Kokkola/Finland Posts: 63	ZX Spectrum 128k demos? Okay, I´m enough of a demoscene and retro junkie that I´ve now ordered yet another machine to fill a need for a new niche in my computing room. Emulators are not enough and youtube certainly isn´t. There´s nothing like the warm feeling of running a cool production on real hardware. So I will soon have a ZX Spectrum 128k with divide! I´d like to get some beeps beeping and colors clashing and stuff running on my screen soon after I get the machine up and running. What should I look forward to and where to get and what? I don´t even know any spectrum demoscene group by name or anything. Name 3 essential demos that I just have to see that have been released over the years, please.

06 August 2012, 22:24	#7
Lonewolf10 AMOS Extensions Developer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: near Cambridge, UK Age: 33 Posts: 925	erm... &e7 (Andy Severn) did some cool stuff on the Spectrum (not talking games), but I don't think he did any demo's as such. __________________ My stuff on Aminet is here All Square by Digital Dalmatian is here

06 August 2012, 22:24	#8
Coagulus Zone Friend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 468	ah yes good point Last edited by Coagulus; 06 August 2012 at 22:24. Reason: typo

12 August 2012, 21:37	#12
Mendel Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Kokkola/Finland Posts: 63	No firmware update needed. edit: for other demos than that parallactica. That one doesn´t run so it probably would need some update... but don´t know how. I just had to type in command to load demo it was LOAD "" I got mescaline synestesia working right now. Last edited by Mendel; 12 August 2012 at 23:28.

28 September 2012, 18:03	#14
Hewitson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 30 Posts: 1,389	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4aEH...feature=relmfu __________________ "The sad thing is that today's computers totally abuse their memory - totally wasteful, you have to wait for the damn things to boot up, just appalling designs." -Sir Clive Sinclair

06 August 2012, 19:28	#2
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 32 Posts: 11,258	You can find many demos on http://www.worldofspectrum.org/demos.html and http://pouet.net

06 August 2012, 19:35	#3
Mendel Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Kokkola/Finland Posts: 63	Okay, I guess I could go by the order of prods most thumb upped on pouet. Seems like almost all of them are made in the 2000s... http://pouet.net/prodlist.php?platform[]=ZX%20Spectrum&type[]=demo&order=thumbup But I was hoping maybe there were some demos that were significant enough for someone to tell a little bit about them to someone like me who is totally out of the loop having only followed pc, amiga and c64 demos. Oh I might go and register myself in some non amiga related forums as well, maybe try spectrum forums

06 August 2012, 20:08	#4
PopoCop Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 196	Try these demos: Critical Error http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=56765 Paralactica http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=57610 (you'll need a patch for divIDE to run it) Kkolor http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=18689 I don't know if they are 3 best ZX demos but they are worth watching.

06 August 2012, 20:18	#5
Coagulus Zone Friend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 468	mescaline synesthesia was impressive and Stellar Contour

06 August 2012, 22:00	#6
PopoCop Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 196	AFAIK "Stellar Contour" needs a TR-DOS machine (Pentagon), so it can't be run on Spectrum 128.

11 August 2012, 22:58	#9
Mendel Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Kokkola/Finland Posts: 63	Just white screen after trying to start any of those, I´m afraid. What is this patch for divide and how do I apply it?

11 August 2012, 23:08	#10
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 32 Posts: 11,258	try http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=25

11 August 2012, 23:39	#11
Mendel Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Kokkola/Finland Posts: 63	ATF1508_original_5.7C.jed is compatible with this?: http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4759/img0245qi.jpg http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/3575/img0244j.jpg And then I would just disconnect jumper 2 and run this fatware-0-12a.tap?

05 September 2012, 20:37	#13
SKR Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sheffield England Posts: 6	Checkout "SHOCK MEGADEMO" by ESI It's an oldie but a goodie, and was quite impressive at the time (even tho the English text is a little flakey)

11 October 2012, 23:02	#15
Lonewolf10 AMOS Extensions Developer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: near Cambridge, UK Age: 33 Posts: 925	That's a cool demo and the music is excellent. Thanks for the link, Hewitson __________________ My stuff on Aminet is here All Square by Digital Dalmatian is here

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