Everytime the DOKTOR speaks, the patient is experiencing a different state of mind, rapidly deteriorating his own sanity. At least that's how I see it.
Wow, wow, wow! 2600 plasma! HOW TF did you even get that many colours on one scanline? Amazed. Tell me it's not pre-rendered. Actually it probably isn't, in only 8K. Sirs, I would give the programmer of this demo a PhD in engineering, without requiring any other work, just for this demo alone. It's fantastic. Almost ne plus ultra, but I have long since learned that there are no limits for demo greatness.
I can only imagine it would look identical. The low resolution means there's not many between stages for each part of the demo. And of course all 2600 software runs at 60Hz (or 50Hz), since the display is generated in software. If you only rendered 30fps, for the other 30 there wouldn't be a TV picture!
@@roflcopter117That's not necessarily a bad thing. The frame rate decrease meant two things: more vertical resolution and also more slack when chasing the beam. You can pull more impressive effects in PAL than NTSC because of the refresh rates.
FWIW, it's 2022 and I just fired this up on my MiSTer FPGA and I can't see any of the graphical glitches which appeared in the above emulated video. i can totally understand why an emulator 10 years ago would have experienced problems - the demo scene in general is pushing the boundaries with timings and tricks that would never be used in a normal production game. If I decide to fire up a modern software emulator i might come back and comment if that works correct 10 years later :-)
@technoturnovers7072 People have gotten Atari 2600 carts to support 512KiB of data via bankswitching. This demo is only 8KiB. 512KiB of memory in 1977 or even 1983 would have been quite expensive. Such a cartridge size really only became viable later in the NES/Famicom's lifespan, and wasn't extremely common.
ENA MHXANHMA TOSO YPERBOLIKA ADYNATO OPOS O ATARI 2600 MONO OTAN EXEI FTIAKSEI THN KARDIA TOU O JAY MINER MPOREI NA ANAPARAGEI DEMOS.EAN EIXE DYNAMH MONO SOFTWARE (CPU 8BIT 1.19 MHZ) KAI OXI DYNAMH HARDWARE DEN THA MPOROUSAME NA DOUME TIPOTE.TO IDIO OPOS ME TON C64 POU EIXE FOBERA GRAFIKA GIA THN EPOXH TOU ME SXEDON 1 MHZ CPU ME THN DIAFORA OMOS OTI TO C64 EGINE PENTE XRONIA ARGOTERA META APO TO 2600 (KAI STHN OUSIA HTAN MIA GENIA META)
Max Greyfeather True, but if you devote all the CPU time to it, you can play wavetable synthesis or 4-bit PCM on the two channels. In fact if you use both channels for a single PCM stream, you can get an even better bit depth
blakegriplingph Either channel can be set to DC mode where no waveform is generated and the voltage output will remain constant depending on the state of the 4-bit (0-15) volume register of the channel. Setting this register to values stored in the ROM very rapidly will produce audio. It just takes a lot of space and effort from the CPU. This is how other systems do it as well except for the NES for example, which also natively supports automated playback of 1-bit Delta PCM.
@@flygonbreloom I know, but my presumption was that the 7800, having a faster chipset than the 2600, would have greater capabilities. I'm not doubting the veracity of what is shown here, I'm saying I've never seen animation that complex and smooth even in any 7800 game I played. And that's without going to the music, which is nuts here.
Darn... I have to admit I forgot to play it. I knew there was something I wanted to do, had the feeling the whole night, but didn't know what it was. :-/
Am I the only person in the world that thinks the current (PS4, XBX1X, SWITCH) generation of systems are terrible? and the 2nd-7th generations were the best ones?
Yeah, but the PS4 and the Xbox One both use the same exact CPU. No joke. Just a different GPU. So, literally, if you buy a PS4, you're also buying a Xbox One, just with a different GPU.
Oh well. Guess we'll have to wait for the next Video Game crash due to the fact that FPS's and so-called "RPG's" (More like lag makers) and tons of cruddy Indie games are flooding the market and brainwashing little kids into thinking that everything that isn't "Xbox" or "PS4" or Nintendo or Apple or Samsung is rubbish. Now, If you excuse me, I will now go report "TheGamer" to UA-cam for clickbait.
Such a kick ass tune. One of the top tunes I have ever heard.
Everytime the DOKTOR speaks, the patient is experiencing a different state of mind, rapidly deteriorating his own sanity.
At least that's how I see it.
Squint your eyes when watching low res and it looks fantastic. I am not kidding.
Gotta say my favorite part about this is the music
Would be nice to hear it on the hardware first hand, wouldn't it?
Wow, wow, wow! 2600 plasma! HOW TF did you even get that many colours on one scanline? Amazed. Tell me it's not pre-rendered. Actually it probably isn't, in only 8K.
Sirs, I would give the programmer of this demo a PhD in engineering, without requiring any other work, just for this demo alone. It's fantastic. Almost ne plus ultra, but I have long since learned that there are no limits for demo greatness.
Who else wants a re-up for 60fps
I can only imagine it would look identical. The low resolution means there's not many between stages for each part of the demo. And of course all 2600 software runs at 60Hz (or 50Hz), since the display is generated in software. If you only rendered 30fps, for the other 30 there wouldn't be a TV picture!
The demo is made for PAL Atari
That's what kills me about all of these demos, they're from Europe and only play on PAL.There are a few that have NTSC fixes.
@@greenaum This demo is rendered in 30fps because after the rotating balls and circles, they do not look like blinking here
@@roflcopter117That's not necessarily a bad thing. The frame rate decrease meant two things: more vertical resolution and also more slack when chasing the beam. You can pull more impressive effects in PAL than NTSC because of the refresh rates.
0:40 dr phil 2:21 Dr Phil's patient
Amazing demo!
FWIW, it's 2022 and I just fired this up on my MiSTer FPGA and I can't see any of the graphical glitches which appeared in the above emulated video. i can totally understand why an emulator 10 years ago would have experienced problems - the demo scene in general is pushing the boundaries with timings and tricks that would never be used in a normal production game. If I decide to fire up a modern software emulator i might come back and comment if that works correct 10 years later :-)
cool cool stuff
I will play this tune in my next DJ set on a big soundsystem with 4 x 18" bass scoops and 8 x 15" bass scoops. It will rock.
Wow this is crazy! It would make one hell of an intro for an actual game
Wouldn't be room for the rest of the game
@@odioalospoopers there might be if you were to implement bank switching on the cartridge
@technoturnovers7072 People have gotten Atari 2600 carts to support 512KiB of data via bankswitching. This demo is only 8KiB. 512KiB of memory in 1977 or even 1983 would have been quite expensive. Such a cartridge size really only became viable later in the NES/Famicom's lifespan, and wasn't extremely common.
Dr. Phil, is that you?
This whole thing made me very uncomfortable. I think i need a therapist now.
Greetings from Brazil.
A sim ótimo né
Imagine if someone from 1978 programmed this music and released it as a single. What would the response be?
"HOLY SHIT, TECHNO 8D"
They'd probably be like "Did Kraftwerk do this?"
Imagine someone intentionally using word 'techno' in 1978!
Unbelievable ! :-)
ENA MHXANHMA TOSO YPERBOLIKA ADYNATO OPOS O ATARI 2600 MONO OTAN EXEI FTIAKSEI THN KARDIA TOU O JAY MINER MPOREI NA ANAPARAGEI DEMOS.EAN EIXE DYNAMH MONO SOFTWARE (CPU 8BIT 1.19 MHZ) KAI OXI DYNAMH HARDWARE DEN THA MPOROUSAME NA DOUME TIPOTE.TO IDIO OPOS ME TON C64 POU EIXE FOBERA GRAFIKA GIA THN EPOXH TOU ME SXEDON 1 MHZ CPU ME THN DIAFORA OMOS OTI TO C64 EGINE PENTE XRONIA ARGOTERA META APO TO 2600 (KAI STHN OUSIA HTAN MIA GENIA META)
love the music on this
petsasjim1 Okay then.
The music sounds accurate to what the mooninites hear when they listen to hip hop.
Love the:
WELCO
METOT
HENEX
TLEVE
LBRIM
AXIAN
sega refrence. =)
that was beautiful
i didn't know i can trip out from atari 2600 demos
Also, question:
HOW ON EARTH IS THE FRICKIN ATARI 2600 PREFORMING BETTER THAN THE 5200??????
Depeche Mode for the Atari 2600
The first song was tight.
I now why the atari punk console is called that. though the 555 timer chip has it own sounding square wave.
+spark300c On some settings it doesn't produce a perfect square wave, but rather a pulse wave with an uneven duty cycle so it sounds different.
+za909returns This chip was never intended to play music by the way. You only get 32 frequencies to work with, and they are *not* in tune.
Max Greyfeather
True, but if you devote all the CPU time to it, you can play wavetable synthesis or 4-bit PCM on the two channels. In fact if you use both channels for a single PCM stream, you can get an even better bit depth
+za909returns AFAIK Open Sesame by Bit Corporation was one of the few commercial games that used speech. Not sure how that was pulled off, though.
blakegriplingph
Either channel can be set to DC mode where no waveform is generated and the voltage output will remain constant depending on the state of the 4-bit (0-15) volume register of the channel. Setting this register to values stored in the ROM very rapidly will produce audio. It just takes a lot of space and effort from the CPU. This is how other systems do it as well except for the NES for example, which also natively supports automated playback of 1-bit Delta PCM.
8k??? Christ, that 2600's more powerful than a GTX 1080
Lol
Manuel Núñez Valenzuela he was jk
I think 8K means 8K bytes.
8K means "eight kilobytes" which is how much memory this takes up.
I bet the heat map at 0:52 used dynamically generated code.
Steve Anderson heat map? It’s plasma!
I like this song!!!
And it is hard to believe for some that this is running on 1977 hardware, Crazy, ain't it?
Nice :)
Impressive
Dr. Phil got 2600ed but still spill BS
8K Holy fuckballs!!!!!!!!!!!
***** Uh, yeah, that's what he said. 8K.
***** Not sure if trolling or really, really stupid.
lol
... I need a lava lamp and some weed...
Yes you do.
you should add a going to the ranch mini game
Still waiting.
That new encode coming?
Somehow this guy looks familiar...
Lenin
I had an Atari 7800... and at no point did it look like it could do anything remotely like this. ^^;
This is for the VCS/2600, not the 7800.
@@flygonbreloom I know, but my presumption was that the 7800, having a faster chipset than the 2600, would have greater capabilities. I'm not doubting the veracity of what is shown here, I'm saying I've never seen animation that complex and smooth even in any 7800 game I played. And that's without going to the music, which is nuts here.
I think it is..
@fnatsy it sure is
Darn... I have to admit I forgot to play it. I knew there was something I wanted to do, had the feeling the whole night, but didn't know what it was. :-/
How about now?
wait viznut??
At 2:23 on my EMU it crashed
Who are "they" and why do they want to hurt me!?? 🤔 ☹️
the big burrito
@@flygonbreloom What "Big Burrito" Do you speak of?
Am I the only person in the world that thinks the current (PS4, XBX1X, SWITCH) generation of systems are terrible? and the 2nd-7th generations were the best ones?
Yeah, but the PS4 and the Xbox One both use the same exact CPU. No joke. Just a different GPU. So, literally, if you buy a PS4, you're also buying a Xbox One, just with a different GPU.
Oh well. Guess we'll have to wait for the next Video Game crash due to the fact that FPS's and so-called "RPG's" (More like lag makers) and tons of cruddy Indie games are flooding the market and brainwashing little kids into thinking that everything that isn't "Xbox" or "PS4" or Nintendo or Apple or Samsung is rubbish. Now, If you excuse me, I will now go report "TheGamer" to UA-cam for clickbait.
I Think that the First - Seventh Console Generations,
And the Fourth Computer Generation Were the Best.
i dont get this game
It's a tech demo, not a game.
Tech demos pushes the limits of console.
Do you get it now?