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Official Marketing And Technology Demo (1983) | Commodore Plus/4
Official Pre-Release Marketing And Technology Demo (1983)
Commodore Plus/4
While doing some research, I came across a fascinating and very early demo for the Commodore Plus/4. I’ll be showing it to you shortly, running on real hardware.
Let’s take a moment to reflect on the history. The Commodore Plus/4 was released in June 1984 as a follow-up to the legendary Commodore 64. It was aimed at home users, students, and small businesses, with an initial price of $299.
Now, here’s what makes this demo remarkable: it was partly created in November 1983-seven months before the Plus/4 officially launched. Back then, the system was still in development and was even shown at the January 1984 CES in Las Vegas as a prototype called the "Commodore 444."
This demo could very well be one of the first ever made for the Plus/4. It’s even possible that it was part of the presentation at CES that year, helping to introduce the system to the world.
So, let’s take a step back in time and enjoy this beautifully crafted demo together!
Links:
plus4world.powweb.com/software/Plus4_Demos
nosher.net/archives/computers/ads_016
www.computinghistory.org.uk/pdfview/web/viewer.html?file=/downloads/35852#magazineMode=true
www.reviewjournal.com/business/conventions/ces/evs-cds-and-tetris-highlights-from-ces-in-vegas-through-the-years-photos-2977351/
#techddemo #Commodore #Plus/4 #80s #retrocomputing #RealHardware #youtube #retro #Nostalgia #gamingcommunity #oldschool
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Happy New Year 2025 | Fireworks Physics Demo | #Scratch
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Watch this on a big screen. "Happy New Year 2025" was made with the generous help of "Goldcraft": scratch.mit.edu/users/Goldcraft6/ Original Scratch Project: scratch.mit.edu/projects/1115664033/ #scratch #fireworks #demo #physics #retrocomputing
Merry Christmas 2024 | Greek Christmas Carol | Commodore Plus/4 + SID
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I wish you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with this traditional greek christmas carol: Greek: Καλήν εσπέραν άρχοντες, αν είναι ορισμός σας, Χριστού τη Θεία γέννηση, να πω στ' αρχοντικό σας. Χριστός γεννάται σήμερον, εν Βηθλεέμ τη πόλη, οι ουρανοί αγάλλονται, χαίρεται η φύσις όλη. Εν τω σπηλαίω τίκτεται, εν φάτνη των αλόγων, ο βασιλεύς των ουρανών, και ποιητής των όλων. Πλήθος αγγέλων ...
Bubble Universe | Mesmerizing Demo | 60 mins | Done with #Scratch
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Watch this on a big screen. "Bubble Universe" is a very short program showing a whole universe in a sphere. Just watch and be amazed. Scratch port from the Original code (see next): turbowarp.org/1113308173?turbo&interpolate&limitless&hqpen Original code : qbjs.org/index.html?code=Q29uc3QgeG1heCA9IDUxMiwgeckMCl9UaXRsZSAiQnViYmxlIFVuaXZlcnNlIC0gRVNDIHRvIGV4aXQiICcgZnJvbSBqb2hubm8gYXQgUkNCYXNpYyB...
21x Faster: TCBM2SD vs PI1541-III | Rotating Tie-Fighter | Commodore Plus /4
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Today we are going to do a speed comparison between two Floppy-drive simulators for the Commodore Plus/4: The PI1541-III which simulates a 1541 and the so-called TCBM2SD parallel drive, which simulates the 1551 floppy drive. To get an idea of the loading speeds, i will load a sequence of prerendered animation frames, which shows a rotating Tie-fighter. The frames are pre-rendered with my selfwr...
Loxodrome | Commodore Plus/4
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Loxodrome (Commmodore Plus/4) Converted from Armando Paveses Oric Basic Code and his translation from the original for Vic20 and Minigrafik (Denial) Link: photo/?fbid=10232375384184582&set=gm.3923783601234573&idorvanity=1681465998799689 Code (optimized by Csabo) (substitute {greater} with the suitable symbol): 1 REM LOXODROME 2 COLOR4,1:COLOR.,1:COLOR1,6,4:GRAPHIC1,1 3 B=-1.2:W=.00...
Logo (1984) | Advanced Programming Language For The Commodore Plus/4
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My review of the software package "Logo" from the year 1984 for the Commodore Plus/4 by Terrapin in cooperation with Commodore. Two years earlier in 1982 the Commodore 64 version was released. 00:00 Intro 00:37 Unboxing 03:40 Meaning of the word "Logos" 06:30 History of Logo 10:14 Programming Example 14:37 Outro Why This 1980s Computer is Great for Learning Programming Logo is an educational pr...
David (Michelangelo) | Commodore Plus4
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David Artist: Michelangelo (ca. 1500 AD) Renderd on a Commodore Plus/4 in BASIC 3.5 with my "3D-Engine 2.6" Thank you for watching! Links: Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Michelangelo) 3D-Model: Remix: www.printables.com/model/688483-low-poly-david-of-michelangelo Original: www.thingiverse.com/thing:2273530 github 3D-Engine 2.5: github.com/gpatsos/3DEngine/tree/main/Commodore Plus4/3D-M...
Questionmark (2003) | Top 5 Demo | Commodore Plus/4 | Real Hardware #C16
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This amazing full-length demo is considered as a milestone and as a top 5 demo for the Commodore Plus/4! When played on 4ever03 demoparty, people initially thought this was an Amiga! Enjoy! Released by: New System Technology (NST) Release Date: 2003-10-25 Code by: BSZ Additional graphics by: Sensor Music by: Stinky Link and further Information: plus4world.powweb.com/software/Questionmark #Commo...
PI1541-III | Part II - Review | Floppy Emulator | Top 5 demo | Commodore 116 & Plus/4 | #C64 #C128
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PI1541-III (Hat) for the Commodore 64, Commodore 16, Commodore 116, Commodore 128, Commodore 20 and Commodore Plus/4, Commander X16, etc.. Part II - Review The PI1541-III (Hat) is a Commodore 1541 Floppy drive simulator / emulator. We will put a RaspberryPi 3B in it, show the built in Filebrowser and load a TOP 5 "Questionmark" demo for the Commodore Plus/4 on it. Beautiful device and enjoy! Th...
Top 10 Fan Favourite Games | Commodore 16 & Plus 4 | Voted by Facebook Group
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Our Facebook Group "COMMODORE 16/ 4" voted the "Top 10 Favourite Games" for the Commodore 16 & Plus 4 . Here is the result! 00:00 Intro 00:49 10. Place 03:16 9. Place 04:36 8. Place 05:28 7. Place 06:51 6. Place 08:21 5. Place 09:41 4. Place 11:13 3. Place 12:50 2. Place 14:26 1. Place 16:06 Outro Links: Poll: groups/commodore16/permalink/10161579579384481/ Plus/4 World: plus4world...
PI1541- III | Part I - Preview | Show &Tell | Commodore 116 & Plus/4 | #C64
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PI1541-III (Hat) for the Commodore 64, 16, 116 and Plus/4 .... Part I - Preview and Show & Tell The PI1541-III (Hat) is a Commodore 1541 Floppy-drive simulator. Since my Raspberry Pi 3b is still on its way i show off this device next to a C116 and a Plus/4. What a beauty! Links: Github: github.com/tebl/C64-Pi1541-III Plus4word-Forum: plus4world.powweb.com/forum/50904 Hello, friends! George here...
Lykia - The Lost Island (2022) | Mindblowing Adventure Game For The Commodore Plus/4 | Real Hardware
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Lykia - The Lost Island (2022) Commodore Plus/4 Trying out the masterpiece "Lykia - The Lost Island" on real hardware and revealing some of the interesting technical details. Thank you for watching! Release Date: 2022-07-14 Code by: Mad Graphics by: KiCHY Music by: 5tarbuck 00:00 Intro 01:00 Game-Intro Animation 05:00 Gameplay 18:50 Conclusion Download: plus4world.powweb.com/software/Lykia Home...
Utopia Must Fall (2024) | New Amazing Vector Style Game | Review and Gameplay
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Utopia Must Fall (2024) An amazing vector-style game like the vectrex or arcade games from the 80's Gameplay and Review. Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2849680/Utopia_Must_Fall/ #vector #retrogaming #80s #vectrex #arcade #steam
Space Pilot (1986) | Commodore 16 | Loading from Cassette | Enhanced Reupload from 2022
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Space Pilot (1986) | Commodore 16 | Loading from Cassette | Enhanced Reupload from 2022
Retro Area | GamesCom 2024 | Cologne | Germany
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Retro Area | GamesCom 2024 | Cologne | Germany
VW Beetle | Demo | Commodore 64 + BASIC 3.5
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VW Beetle | Demo | Commodore 64 BASIC 3.5
VW Beetle (2024) | Demo | Commodore Plus4
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VW Beetle (2024) | Demo | Commodore Plus4
🔥 Xeno Crisis (2018) 🔥| "Aliens" inspired | Gameplay Only | Real Hardware
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🔥 Xeno Crisis (2018) 🔥| "Aliens" inspired | Gameplay Only | Real Hardware
Yie Ar Kung Fu (1986): Commodore 64 vs Commodore 16 | Real Hardware Showdown C64 C16
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Yie Ar Kung Fu (1986): Commodore 64 vs Commodore 16 | Real Hardware Showdown C64 C16
Bruce Lee (2022) | Perfect Recreation | Commodore Plus/4 | Real Hardware
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Bruce Lee (2022) | Perfect Recreation | Commodore Plus/4 | Real Hardware
[ASMR] Load A Game From Cassette | No Comments | Commodore 16 (1984)
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[ASMR] Load A Game From Cassette | No Comments | Commodore 16 (1984)
Alpharay (2019) | Absolute Masterpiece | Shoot'Em Up For The Commodore Plus4 | Real Hardware
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Alpharay (2019) | Absolute Masterpiece | Shoot'Em Up For The Commodore Plus4 | Real Hardware
Rare Commodore 116 | Testing and Exploring For The First Time
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Rare Commodore 116 | Testing and Exploring For The First Time
Prince Of Persia (2024) | Perfect Port for Commodore Plus/4 | Real Hardware | Cool Technical Details
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Prince Of Persia (2024) | Perfect Port for Commodore Plus/4 | Real Hardware | Cool Technical Details
Robots Rumble (2019) | Commodore Plus4 | Gameplay | Sid-Music
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Robots Rumble (2019) | Commodore Plus4 | Gameplay | Sid-Music
Wizard Of Wor (2023) | New TCFS Release | Commodore Plus/4 | Gameplay | No Comments
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Wizard Of Wor (2023) | New TCFS Release | Commodore Plus/4 | Gameplay | No Comments
Phoenix: Commodore Plus/4 vs. Original Arcade (Mame) | real Commodore Hardware
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Phoenix: Commodore Plus/4 vs. Original Arcade (Mame) | real Commodore Hardware
My Top 7 Reasons Why Retrocomputing Is So Popular
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My Top 7 Reasons Why Retrocomputing Is So Popular
Commander X16 BASIC Tutorial: Lissajous Curves
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Commander X16 BASIC Tutorial: Lissajous Curves

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  • @CyberhugTechnologies
    @CyberhugTechnologies День тому

    Great Video George! Thank you for sharing! Cheers!

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel День тому

      Thank you for the comment. Happy new year my friend!

  • @LearnAgon
    @LearnAgon 3 дні тому

    🎉very nice work 🎉

  • @JosipRetroBits
    @JosipRetroBits 3 дні тому

    Very nice :) Cheers!

  • @georgiospatsos7728
    @georgiospatsos7728 3 дні тому

    Very nice demo, thanks to Goldcraft who pulled this off. I added some ideas and soundeffects

  • @JosipRetroBits
    @JosipRetroBits 4 дні тому

    Wow, amazing! Nice work converting to Scratch :) Happy New Year George!

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel 3 дні тому

      Happy new Year, Josip! Yes was a nice project. Amazing effect with such little code.

  • @JosipRetroBits
    @JosipRetroBits 7 днів тому

    Very nice carol and graphics :) Merry Christmas George!

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel 7 днів тому

      Merry christmas and a happy new year my friend!

  • @LearnAgon
    @LearnAgon 9 днів тому

    🎉very nice 🎉

  • @sublimemauser5904
    @sublimemauser5904 10 днів тому

    Καλά Χριστούγενα σε όλους!!

  • @ataristsnacks
    @ataristsnacks 13 днів тому

    Atari Jaguar Version: ua-cam.com/video/TPvbdtYqjSg/v-deo.html

  • @MMSZoli
    @MMSZoli 13 днів тому

    very nice! 🙂 Though visibly there is no gravitation between two shapes, they live their own lives. It would make the WHOLE thing much more complex

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel 12 днів тому

      This is made with a few lines of code..fits on a Plus/4 page..Amazing, isn't it?

  • @LearnAgon
    @LearnAgon 13 днів тому

    🎉 very nice 🎉

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel 13 днів тому

      Thank you. You were my inspiration. My son also did the conversion to Scratch (with a little help from me)

    • @LearnAgon
      @LearnAgon 13 днів тому

      @ you’re welcome ☺️ and I hope you have a good day

  • @TEK-Vectors
    @TEK-Vectors 15 днів тому

    Great video! I hope you can develop or find an assembly language program to load the frames even faster!

  • @CyberhugTechnologies
    @CyberhugTechnologies 16 днів тому

    Great video... again! thank you for this test, it is very original! Cheers!

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel 16 днів тому

      @@CyberhugTechnologies Thank you very much for the nice words

  • @garymason3499
    @garymason3499 18 днів тому

    Which version of phoenix started with the greensleeves opening music ?

  • @escos0410
    @escos0410 19 днів тому

    Absolutely loved mine All my friends had the c64, spectrum or cpc464 but my parents couldn’t afford it iv still got it tbh

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel 19 днів тому

      Same story here..C64 was too expensive..got mine from Aldi

  • @patrickdeunhouwer5926
    @patrickdeunhouwer5926 19 днів тому

    Subscribed

  • @tym0tym
    @tym0tym 20 днів тому

    Hi, tcbm2sd author here. I see that there is a need for a resident fastloader, one that patches BASIC LOAD command. Could you share the disk image of the animation with me for testing? The email is on the top of the pcb :)

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel 20 днів тому

      Hello, thank you for watching and for this great device. I send you the images. Maybe you can optimize a few thing for this application.

  • @sublimemauser5904
    @sublimemauser5904 20 днів тому

    Didn't know about that new peripheral TCBM2SD, thanks for the info and the video.. I guess there's one more item in the list to build or buy.

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel 20 днів тому

      Thank you for the nice comment! The T stands for TED btw

  • @lucahitman
    @lucahitman 20 днів тому

    is there no basic compiler for plus4?

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel 20 днів тому

      Many... i haven't tried myself yet but a comoiler speed up things for sure..but assembly is the way to go, and to solve the task we need a kind of pre-loadingd/buffering..Main topic of the video though, was to demonstrate the differences of the loading speeds..i used the projects as a vehicle to make things more interesting, sinc it was lying around. But maybe for the future. An interesting topic how to try to make a full screen animation.

  • @104d_3rr0r_vince
    @104d_3rr0r_vince 21 день тому

    Tried to use exomizer for the CPC. Damn it was hard to decompress a file.

  • @Volker-Dirr
    @Volker-Dirr 21 день тому

    Dann sind die Weihnachtsferien also mit Assembler lernen belegt ?! :-)

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel 21 день тому

      Habe es damals in Assembler geschrieben, lief aber nicht richtig..

  • @TEBLify
    @TEBLify 23 дні тому

    Excellent, I had a lot of fun watching that. We didn't really have access to much computers during my initial school years, but when we finally did - Logo was one of the things they taught us. Don't think the teacher understood much of the program beyond feeding us listings, but I had fun playing around with it on the old 286 computers that they had in a lab. Had a Pentium at home so it wasn't completely up to date 😅

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel 22 дні тому

      Thank you for the nice words! Great story. At least you alsi enjoyed retro-computing from the beginning in school :) I think that Logo is a great language for learning and a slow, simple computer is also perfect for the start :)

  • @mrdarbab
    @mrdarbab 28 днів тому

    I still use turtle graphics on my pi. Easy to understand.

  • @AntoineVanGeyseghem
    @AntoineVanGeyseghem Місяць тому

    :0

  • @thenoblerot
    @thenoblerot Місяць тому

    I had Logo for the C64. It was a fun, intuitive way for a kid to create graphics on a C64, whose graphics commands were otherwise kinda obfuscated behind pokes.

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      Its a port form the C64 version. The Plus/4 has a better Basic with graphic commands, but its Basic lacks the turle-graphics. Logo is a great enhancement.

  • @antonjoly9601
    @antonjoly9601 Місяць тому

    Fascinating, as always... Still need to try the samples you sent!

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      Thanks for the good words! I am curious about your results with the samples

  • @remnantoftheeye5580
    @remnantoftheeye5580 Місяць тому

    The Commodore Plus/4 was what the Commodore 64 should have been!

  • @GeorgMierau
    @GeorgMierau Місяць тому

    "And this, dear children, is how games as old as your teacher look like" :)

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      @@GeorgMierau Which still hold up with the best PS5 games :)))

  • @MessaChhangte
    @MessaChhangte Місяць тому

    Man your system renderer is faster than my net

  • @antonjoly9601
    @antonjoly9601 Місяць тому

    Sweet! The language taught at schools of our childhood: great video sir

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      @@antonjoly9601 Merci beaucoup, Monsieur! You are my inspiration...

  • @CFalcon030
    @CFalcon030 Місяць тому

    I always thought logo would have been a perfect language for those Arduino robots

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      Its a very cool language..still holds up

    • @CFalcon030
      @CFalcon030 Місяць тому

      @GeorgesChannel last I heard they still use it in Greek schools..

  • @jamesdecross1035
    @jamesdecross1035 Місяць тому

    A lucky find… well done!

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      @@jamesdecross1035 Thank you for the nice words!

  • @Volker-Dirr
    @Volker-Dirr Місяць тому

    Sehr schönes Video. Toller Zustand nach so vielen Jahren. Was fehlt Ihnen denn noch in Ihrer 264 Sammlung?

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      Danke für die netten Worte! Da sind noch einige Dinge die mir fehlen..:)

  • @datassetteuser356
    @datassetteuser356 Місяць тому

    Very nice! 👏

  • @TreeOfWisdom2
    @TreeOfWisdom2 Місяць тому

    Lol, I think the low number of iterations you do in your code is responsible that anything at all shows up. Try with 1000000.

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      I remember i had to reduce it for the resolution of the plus/4 :)

    • @TreeOfWisdom2
      @TreeOfWisdom2 Місяць тому

      @@GeorgesChannel I think this fractal diverges and you avoid the issue by clipping the pixels :) The others, if you look closely, converge.

  • @TreeOfWisdom2
    @TreeOfWisdom2 Місяць тому

    cool fractal, but there must have been some kind of mistake, I still can't reproduce.

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      Can't reproduce it either on the online generator! But i verified the code in Commodore Basic and c#!

  • @jondoough
    @jondoough Місяць тому

    where can I get 1.25?

  • @frisendahl1
    @frisendahl1 Місяць тому

    Hi there George love your Channel can you please tell me where you purchased your PI1541-III.Cheers Kurt Australia

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      Hi Kurt! Thank you for the good words! I buoght it from ebay. Go to the link in the description of the Plus/4 forum, where i name the seller. The Items are sold out at the moment. I don't want to advertise the seller here. You also can go to PCB Way and order the parts and bult one for yourself. All links are in the description.

    • @frisendahl1
      @frisendahl1 Місяць тому

      @@GeorgesChannel Hi George thank you very much for providing the information as i am very interested in getting one.Cheers Kurt

  • @MoveSystems1
    @MoveSystems1 Місяць тому

    As usual, excellent work George. Cheers 🍻 Pete.

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      Thank you for the nice words, Pete. I struggled this time to get the result i wanted.

  • @antonjoly9601
    @antonjoly9601 Місяць тому

    Beautiful... and adequate music

  • @MMSZoli
    @MMSZoli Місяць тому

    Beautifully made. Congrats!

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      Thank you! Was struggling for hours getting this to work somehow.

  • @TreeOfWisdom2
    @TreeOfWisdom2 Місяць тому

    nice fractal, but the source code can't be right. You commented function 1 and 3 with REMs, yet you still select these functions.

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      If these lines are commented out, every value is zero then. Arrays have per default a length of 10. I found these fractals with a random generator.

    • @TreeOfWisdom2
      @TreeOfWisdom2 Місяць тому

      @@GeorgesChannel ok, I still can't replicate the results with an online Barnsley fern generator.

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      @@TreeOfWisdom2 give me the link to the generator. The bernsley fern has a fixed probability when its uses the 4 formulas. I also change the probabilities.

  • @TreeOfWisdom2
    @TreeOfWisdom2 Місяць тому

    I tried to verify this with an online barnsley fern generator, but it doesn't work. Help?

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      @TreeOfWisdom2 Analyse the parameters and the probabilities in the code..i am sure i made some changes..post the link of the generator if yoi want, i will check later

  • @datassetteuser356
    @datassetteuser356 Місяць тому

    Very geil 👏

  • @raze7x
    @raze7x Місяць тому

    It's incredible, but I made a clone of Asteroids for ms-dos that has many things in common with this game. Of course this one is much more advanced, but it still is a funny coincidence.

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      Is the game somewhere online? I love vector games...maybe i make also a review if i like it

  • @Vinnie-the-miggy-fan
    @Vinnie-the-miggy-fan Місяць тому

    I have so many great memories of gaming on my plus 4 and this compilation made it seem like yesterday. thank you for making such an enjoyable video 👏🕹

    • @GeorgesChannel
      @GeorgesChannel Місяць тому

      You are welcome. I am very happy you enjoyed the video.