Yeahh !!! Still kicking. The real show starts at 0:42, so be patient. Knowing this has been done 18 years ago is really amazing. It could be a video-clip for actual musics. I Love it. (But the music is a bad "teknotronik" one to me). :)))
The whole Amiga platform was proprietry which lost out to the modular and easy to upgrade PC, that's why I think it died a death but this proves it was ahead of anything else in home computing at the time.
Still an unsolved mystery, how the grey, boring, unpersonal piece-of-crap-IBM/MS-PC could win the market from the Amigas that were so much faster, sexier and more fun (not to speak of the huge fanbase). Would have loved too see what a modern amiga could´ve done with double-core-64-bit-cpu´s running at 3 ghz, assisted by 4 gb RAM.
This is a GREAT comment - the Amiga was miles ahead of anything else of the time, if Commodore had kept going, the Amiga would be running the world today
I know. Too bad that never happened. I always loved those computers, still do. Except from a few "guru meditation" at startup, I can´t remember having any hang-ups or other major problems. It always ran smooth.
I was gutted when we first got a PC - it was crap. The graphics all looked the same, and the sound was shit. The soundblaster 16 defaulted to midi for most games, and sounded way inferior to the amigas sound chips.
I used to love the intro's on disks too.
I remember buying this demo, bought Jesus On E's too amongst others.
I'm totally agree with you, I even wasn't born when Commodore Amiga was popular, I thought that before Windows 3.1, the only thing was DOS, but I started watching comercials of the Amiga and Windows has nothing to do with Amiga.
It's incredible what Amiga can do with a few megabytes, I want one!!!
@cptnsnshn i dont think the Amiga was ever really competing with the PC, maybe for a little at the start but really it was more in the games market which was stolen by the consoles. i know people like the A1200 but it just wasnt good enough. Commodore lost it then really.
@cptnsnshn@cptnsnshn i dont think the Amiga was ever really competing with the PC, maybe for a little at the start but really it was more in the games market which was stolen by the consoles. i know people like the A1200 but it just wasnt good enough. Commodore lost it then really.
I was planning to upload the soundtrack from this called condom corruption as i have it in module format and have the demo on the amiga amongst others but have to pull it from the loft, it was a quality demo and still stands up today, them be the days tho!
Nice to know there r still ppl who remember the demoscene!
I can remember seeing this one live at "the Party" in Aars, Denmark on the big screen. It blew me away.
A lot of other coders looked at it on their own maschines when they gave out the disk and thought about how easy it is to do that thing, and said that it shouldn't have earned the first place.
But i think it was all about "the show". Not about how many textured surfaces you can see and stuff like this.
Custom chips, all working independantly, yet all working together.
CPU was working at 7mhz
Denise - Handled Video.
Agnus - Handled Blitter, Ram Addressing and Copper.
Paula - Handled Disk functions, Serial, Parallel, and audio.
The MC68000 was originally designed to only access memory on every second clock cycle, so the Agnus was made, to allow 68000 access memory on EVEN cycle, and Custom chips on ODD cycle.
Don't forget about GARY TOO!! Anyone know why I got b-52 Rock Lobster imprinted on my A-1200 MB? Also, where can I get a Mem-Card Board for it? and a hard disk+cable formatted to WorkBench 3.1. I LOVE MY AMIGA!!!!
Thanks for posting this video! It really brings back some memories. I still have my A1200 and I have boxes of discs with this and other demos. What a great computer the Amiga was!
If you say so. I just think the the title leads non-Amigans to think that this was the state of the art (for Amiga) in 1992. The fact that this demo runs fine on the very first Amiga 1000 shows that this is even more impressive (in that this runs on 1985 technology).
Spaceballs SOTA was releaced in December 1992 at "The Party" grathering where it won 1st place in the amiga demo section so I think YOU need to get it right !
Oh my god, happy days man...I am an ex founder member of the amiga scene group Nerve Axis who went on to be the only existing amiga demo producing UK group up until just a few years ago. This demo rocks and it only seems like yesterday that i was sat in front of my amiga enjoying watching it...great stuff. More demos please!!!
Yeahh !!! Still kicking. The real show starts at 0:42, so be patient. Knowing this has been done 18 years ago is really amazing. It could be a video-clip for actual musics. I Love it. (But the music is a bad "teknotronik" one to me). :)))
piflyon 1 year ago
Prodigy?
JonnyInfinite 1 year ago
The whole Amiga platform was proprietry which lost out to the modular and easy to upgrade PC, that's why I think it died a death but this proves it was ahead of anything else in home computing at the time.
DiverseProduction 2 years ago
Amiga Rulezzzzzzz <3 <3 <3
djustplc 3 years ago 2
Still an unsolved mystery, how the grey, boring, unpersonal piece-of-crap-IBM/MS-PC could win the market from the Amigas that were so much faster, sexier and more fun (not to speak of the huge fanbase). Would have loved too see what a modern amiga could´ve done with double-core-64-bit-cpu´s running at 3 ghz, assisted by 4 gb RAM.
Amiga 4-ever!
cptnsnshn 3 years ago 3
This is a GREAT comment - the Amiga was miles ahead of anything else of the time, if Commodore had kept going, the Amiga would be running the world today
bpb235 3 years ago
I know. Too bad that never happened. I always loved those computers, still do. Except from a few "guru meditation" at startup, I can´t remember having any hang-ups or other major problems. It always ran smooth.
cptnsnshn 3 years ago
@bpb235
I guess the pc was more expandable.
I was gutted when we first got a PC - it was crap. The graphics all looked the same, and the sound was shit. The soundblaster 16 defaulted to midi for most games, and sounded way inferior to the amigas sound chips.
I used to love the intro's on disks too.
I remember buying this demo, bought Jesus On E's too amongst others.
The Amica was so fucking cool man.
pant1979 1 year ago
I'm totally agree with you, I even wasn't born when Commodore Amiga was popular, I thought that before Windows 3.1, the only thing was DOS, but I started watching comercials of the Amiga and Windows has nothing to do with Amiga.
It's incredible what Amiga can do with a few megabytes, I want one!!!
Valerushka 2 years ago
@cptnsnshn i dont think the Amiga was ever really competing with the PC, maybe for a little at the start but really it was more in the games market which was stolen by the consoles. i know people like the A1200 but it just wasnt good enough. Commodore lost it then really.
PhoenixRisen7 1 year ago
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@cptnsnshn @cptnsnshn i dont think the Amiga was ever really competing with the PC, maybe for a little at the start but really it was more in the games market which was stolen by the consoles. i know people like the A1200 but it just wasnt good enough. Commodore lost it then really.
PhoenixRisen7 1 year ago
Exactly !!!!
nespik69 1 year ago
OMG!!!!
Architecture.
Not arcitecture. XD
ShadowDreadblade 3 years ago
I was planning to upload the soundtrack from this called condom corruption as i have it in module format and have the demo on the amiga amongst others but have to pull it from the loft, it was a quality demo and still stands up today, them be the days tho!
Nice to know there r still ppl who remember the demoscene!
gavdoff 3 years ago
still runs on my a1200 with b1260 turbocard+128 mb fast.
whdload is your friend
aga060 4 years ago
Pure class! I still have this on floppy somewhere. I wonder if it still works....
dazzen 4 years ago
fuck yeah, i remember this like it was yesterday... i miss those days.
EndemicAnomalies 4 years ago
oooh the good old times, thanks for uploading this i really miss my amiga
mktrep97 4 years ago
k buenos recuerdos!!!!!..tuve un a500 hd y un a1200 hd 4md fast ram..saludos
ESTEBANDEWILDE 4 years ago
nice music ;D
Yedamatalk 5 years ago
thaks for posting this. State of the art and 9 Fingers the best Amiga Demos ever made !!!!
zyxlamonde 5 years ago
I can remember seeing this one live at "the Party" in Aars, Denmark on the big screen. It blew me away.
A lot of other coders looked at it on their own maschines when they gave out the disk and thought about how easy it is to do that thing, and said that it shouldn't have earned the first place.
But i think it was all about "the show". Not about how many textured surfaces you can see and stuff like this.
blaf4sel 5 years ago
Was I the only one that HATED Spaceball's productions?
Beerburt 5 years ago
well....apparently yes.
callmebigpapa 4 years ago
i think so
numb1010 3 years ago
How the hell did they manage this on a 7MHz (megahertz) computer? This goes to show how much waste there is in today's 2GHz (gigahertz) computers.
TottaL 5 years ago
late 80's technology.
Custom chips, all working independantly, yet all working together.
CPU was working at 7mhz
Denise - Handled Video.
Agnus - Handled Blitter, Ram Addressing and Copper.
Paula - Handled Disk functions, Serial, Parallel, and audio.
The MC68000 was originally designed to only access memory on every second clock cycle, so the Agnus was made, to allow 68000 access memory on EVEN cycle, and Custom chips on ODD cycle.
whiteb89 4 years ago
7,14Mhz, my friend ;)
Loved my grey doorstopper!
MadMadMac2k6 4 years ago
Amiga's chipset were set in 1984 and sold in Oct 1985....
jci10 4 years ago
Right!
Fat AGNUS
DENISE
PAULA
and Motorolla 68000 CPU
Does this arcitecture
(different chip for each task)
reminds you any NEW device?
Waiting for your interesting answers.
ShadowDreadblade 3 years ago
Don't forget about GARY TOO!! Anyone know why I got b-52 Rock Lobster imprinted on my A-1200 MB? Also, where can I get a Mem-Card Board for it? and a hard disk+cable formatted to WorkBench 3.1. I LOVE MY AMIGA!!!!
thetubeisgr8 3 years ago
I smell D-Paint 4 morphs...
Exitof99 5 years ago
Thanks for posting this video! It really brings back some memories. I still have my A1200 and I have boxes of discs with this and other demos. What a great computer the Amiga was!
LX28974 5 years ago
If you say so. I just think the the title leads non-Amigans to think that this was the state of the art (for Amiga) in 1992. The fact that this demo runs fine on the very first Amiga 1000 shows that this is even more impressive (in that this runs on 1985 technology).
SardonicusRexx 5 years ago
The title of this submission is in error. It's dated 1992. Please correct it.
Incidentally, this demo ran on the 1985 Amiga 1000. The version i had disliked NTSC mode IIRC.
SardonicusRexx 5 years ago
Spaceballs SOTA was releaced in December 1992 at "The Party" grathering where it won 1st place in the amiga demo section so I think YOU need to get it right !
bpb235 5 years ago
Oh my god, happy days man...I am an ex founder member of the amiga scene group Nerve Axis who went on to be the only existing amiga demo producing UK group up until just a few years ago. This demo rocks and it only seems like yesterday that i was sat in front of my amiga enjoying watching it...great stuff. More demos please!!!
Ironlord2015 5 years ago
i'll try and dig out jesus on e's, don't have an external drive anymore though
JoSocial 5 years ago
have you got the Jesus on E's demo as well?
redmistpete 5 years ago
One of the greatest Amiga demos of all time, second only to "Jesus on Es"
jamiecg74 5 years ago
Desert Dreams also kicks A** !
bpb235 5 years ago
hola yo tuve un a500 con hd y un a100 con 4 mb y dataflayer..y este demo lo tuve...hace 1 semana tire como 300 discos de amiga...se honguearon
punchichivo 5 years ago
YAY i loved this one
AMIGA! RULES! :D
tyronix 5 years ago
Only Amiga makes it possible!
lucam74 5 years ago
State of the art! A mindblowing demo at the time it was released.
cyrbanen 5 years ago
I remember this one!
Murple333 5 years ago
Nice Amiga Demo..
fsr31 5 years ago