Best Vic-20 demo ever?

Magno Boots · 07 October 2006, 22:47

Commodore related...
Check out this Vic-20 demo.

Absolute genius I say - with three and a half K

What do you guys think?

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...66329&q=vic-20

Tempest · 08 October 2006, 00:28

You are absoulutely right. Commodore kick's ass. Efficient, cutting edge and totally overlooked. Modern computers are so lazy. Just imagine a world without Windows and where Commodore didn't meet it's dissapointing end. Technology would be so much cooler.

This is exactly the reason I am a complete retro freak. I hate greedy Windows systems, but we all have one tucked away somewhere in our houses.

My C64 and A1200, A600, A500 are my pride and joy however. RETRO FOREVER!

Fred the Fop · 08 October 2006, 04:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tempest

You are absoulutely right. Commodore kick's ass. Efficient, cutting edge and totally overlooked. Modern computers are so lazy. Just imagine a world without Windows and where Commodore didn't meet it's dissapointing end. Technology would be so much cooler.

This is exactly the reason I am a complete retro freak. I hate greedy Windows systems, but we all have one tucked away somewhere in our houses.

My C64 and A1200, A600, A500 are my pride and joy however. RETRO FOREVER!

You poor guy, stuck between the past and WIndows.
I, on the other hand, am happy the innovation leader, Apple.

guru64 · 08 October 2006, 04:49

I love that Robotic Liberation DEMO. It's the only one I have seen from VIC-20. It's just sooo cool.!!!

----

Apple sucks. Their's stuff is good for rich kids and ultracool people to show how hip they are. Their stuff istn't actually bad, probably even nice to work with, but they are in a way worse than Microsoft by preventing their users to use standard hardware in their machines, so people have to buy overpriced things.

Now they finally switched to intel CPUs, and are trying hard to keep their OS from working on standart PC machines. Oh man. Thanks God I am not interested anyway to use their dumbed down OS.
It's only good for people who like to pay a lot and dont (wanna) know how their machines are working from the inside.

Dastardly · 08 October 2006, 18:24

Very impressive demo for an old vic.

_ThEcRoW · 08 October 2006, 18:56

Awesome!

Highwayman · 08 October 2006, 19:21

Holy s*** and that was with 3.5k? Did they use an interupt loader or something? Great Stuff!!

Retro1234 · 08 October 2006, 20:49

Very Nice

pTah · 08 October 2006, 21:16

WOW!!! thats impressive!

thx for the link. AWESONE

manicx · 09 October 2006, 09:05

I attended the Alternative Party 2003 where PWP presented the amazing Robotic Warrior, another excellent demo for the Vic 20. All I can say is that watching this through youtube is good, watching this live is simply an amazing experience. Robotic Warrior was the first ever demo for unexpanded Vic-20 that featured speech synth. Gave me goose bumps for sure....

girv · 09 October 2006, 09:08

Awesome

I can't believe people are still coding demos for the VIC-20

Jope · 17 October 2006, 21:42

It's a fun demo alright.. The speech synth plays a mental trick.. There's very few syllables it can pronounce, so it relies on you reading the texts and wanting to hear those words in the music. :-)

An IRQ loader is running all the time with the 1541 feeding more code + charset data to the VIC.

rebelli0n · 18 October 2006, 06:59

Very Impressive, i'd never seen a Vic20 demo before, and i wasn't expecting anything that 'in your face' impressive.

redblade · 18 October 2006, 08:02

yeah that demo rox, it would of been nice if it was released with the Vic-20 back in the 80s

kriz · 18 October 2006, 17:04

Wow very nice demo!! Ant other vic 20 demos that can be watched online ?

07 October 2006, 22:47	#1
Magno Boots Zone Friend Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 688	Best Vic-20 demo ever? Commodore related... Check out this Vic-20 demo. Absolute genius I say - with three and a half K What do you guys think? http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...66329&q=vic-20

08 October 2006, 00:28	#2
Tempest Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West Sussex / UK Posts: 19	* Commodore Kick's Ass * You are absoulutely right. Commodore kick's ass. Efficient, cutting edge and totally overlooked. Modern computers are so lazy. Just imagine a world without Windows and where Commodore didn't meet it's dissapointing end. Technology would be so much cooler. This is exactly the reason I am a complete retro freak. I hate greedy Windows systems, but we all have one tucked away somewhere in our houses. My C64 and A1200, A600, A500 are my pride and joy however. RETRO FOREVER!

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08 October 2006, 04:49	#4
guru64 Oldskool God Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: europe Posts: 28	I love that Robotic Liberation DEMO. It's the only one I have seen from VIC-20. It's just sooo cool.!!! ---- Apple sucks. Their's stuff is good for rich kids and ultracool people to show how hip they are. Their stuff istn't actually bad, probably even nice to work with, but they are in a way worse than Microsoft by preventing their users to use standard hardware in their machines, so people have to buy overpriced things. Now they finally switched to intel CPUs, and are trying hard to keep their OS from working on standart PC machines. Oh man. Thanks God I am not interested anyway to use their dumbed down OS. It's only good for people who like to pay a lot and dont (wanna) know how their machines are working from the inside.

08 October 2006, 18:24	#5
Dastardly Into the Wonderful Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Age: 49 Posts: 2,335	Very impressive demo for an old vic.

08 October 2006, 18:56	#6
_ThEcRoW Amiga NetRunner Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Spain Age: 45 Posts: 941	Awesome!

08 October 2006, 19:21	#7
Highwayman Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Soton, U.K Posts: 47	Holy s*** and that was with 3.5k? Did they use an interupt loader or something? Great Stuff!!

08 October 2006, 20:49	#8
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,773	Very Nice

08 October 2006, 21:16	#9
pTah Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Germany Age: 38 Posts: 73	WOW!!! thats impressive! thx for the link. AWESONE

09 October 2006, 09:05	#10
manicx Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 991	I attended the Alternative Party 2003 where PWP presented the amazing Robotic Warrior, another excellent demo for the Vic 20. All I can say is that watching this through youtube is good, watching this live is simply an amazing experience. Robotic Warrior was the first ever demo for unexpanded Vic-20 that featured speech synth. Gave me goose bumps for sure....

09 October 2006, 09:08	#11
girv Mostly Harmless Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,109	Awesome I can't believe people are still coding demos for the VIC-20

17 October 2006, 21:42	#12
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	It's a fun demo alright.. The speech synth plays a mental trick.. There's very few syllables it can pronounce, so it relies on you reading the texts and wanting to hear those words in the music. :-) An IRQ loader is running all the time with the 1541 feeding more code + charset data to the VIC.

18 October 2006, 06:59	#13
rebelli0n Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK Posts: 13	Very Impressive, i'd never seen a Vic20 demo before, and i wasn't expecting anything that 'in your face' impressive.

18 October 2006, 08:02	#14
redblade Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Middle Earth Age: 40 Posts: 2,127	yeah that demo rox, it would of been nice if it was released with the Vic-20 back in the 80s

18 October 2006, 17:04	#15
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 41 Posts: 3,185	Wow very nice demo!! Ant other vic 20 demos that can be watched online ?

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