That's a secret :) Well the left half is characters, the right is (multiplexed) sprites. If you look closely the right image has one color less, which had something to do with weird VIC behaviour making it necessary to sacrifice one color.
Now aren't you going to ask how I got a 40 characters scroller in the lower side border? :)
It IS lowres sprites, but if you look closely the leftmost and rightmost column of pixels in every char hires (1px) and the pixels in between are stretched (2px). That's because I blocked the big pixels left and right with a mask of vertical black lines using a $3fff pattern.
If you like this tune, check out Reyn Ouwehands tune Dignified. All the sounds I used are shamelessly stolen from that tune, and it is at least 10 times better ;)
cool,i thought this was david whittakers music.
madmomentsgo 1 month ago
Brings back memories looking at this :-) Those dudes in Paradize sure knew how to code!
tpc1971 2 years ago
They sure did :) But just for the record, this part was not coded by Paradize ;)
oksel 2 years ago
Lol.. i remember it beeing Paradize, suppose after all those years my memory got it wrong :)
tpc1971 2 years ago
Well this is one part in a coop demo between IA and Paradize, this being a part by IA (of which I was a part at the time)
oksel 2 years ago
Very nice production. How is that vertical split-screen done?
swordstick 4 years ago
That's a secret :) Well the left half is characters, the right is (multiplexed) sprites. If you look closely the right image has one color less, which had something to do with weird VIC behaviour making it necessary to sacrifice one color.
Now aren't you going to ask how I got a 40 characters scroller in the lower side border? :)
oksel 4 years ago
How DID you get a 40 char scroller in the lower border? :-)
Is it just sprites (low resolution) or is it possible to do high res in lower border?
omhgs 3 years ago
It IS lowres sprites, but if you look closely the leftmost and rightmost column of pixels in every char hires (1px) and the pixels in between are stretched (2px). That's because I blocked the big pixels left and right with a mask of vertical black lines using a $3fff pattern.
oksel 3 years ago
kitcar this is a c64 mind so credit where due
fthaimike 5 years ago
one of the best musics ever heard in the scene.
demo quite poor though
kitcarcollection 5 years ago
If you like this tune, check out Reyn Ouwehands tune Dignified. All the sounds I used are shamelessly stolen from that tune, and it is at least 10 times better ;)
oksel 5 years ago
Awww, the good old days :)
IkariCologne 5 years ago
Very good, i heard this song before, he is in my favoritlist. ;)
Kunaa 5 years ago
Still looks and sounds fantastic all these years later
Carnacki 5 years ago
really cool. nice sound. wish i could program stuff like that too....
psychonauten 5 years ago
nice c64 demo, I couldnt beleive the start of that music, sounds like real synth.
dreamcastII 5 years ago
that's a real SID synth. If you like that try to search for the c64 game music 'dark side'.
dh2k 5 years ago