[Jobbo]

I've done a modest amount of Amiga coding in the distant past and now again recently.


However, I've only ever made self contained executables or intros.


When targeting a 1meg A500 it seems like most games and demos choose to push things further with a custom trackloader.


Are there some standard trackloader systems that games and demos commonly use?


What could I use if I was making a demo and wanted to go this route?


It seems like the main advantage is that you can access more Ram and have enough control over loading that it's possible to effectively stream data.


Are there more advantages? Or any disadvantages? (other than hd install etc).


Some demos like Sanity Interference are so-called dentros. These are interesting because they seem to be just large intros. But they're doing more than seems practical to fit in Ram all at once. Is there some alternative approach these dentros employ?


Anyway I'm really curious what feedback people have. It seems like it would be pretty hard to put together a trackloader from scratch!