ZylonBane

Citing some obscure optical illusion and then flatly declaring that's what the demo SHOULD have been about? You are a deeply weird person. Scene demos are about animation, not pretty pictures.

So the only "demos" you like are the boring, endlessly-looping ones intended to be left running on store displays? That's not really what people are talking about anymore when they refer to demos. They mean demoscene demos. Like this one.

Then make up your mind!

So you're saying it's unique and awesome?

Is... is this English?

I thought it would be interesting to extract all the computer text from AvP and post it in a more readable form. This is all from COMPUTER.S in the source code. Fun fact: Instead of storing all the computer text as strings and using a generalized print routine to display them, Rebellion hard-coded the X/Y coordinates of every single line of text. Like this: com1text: dc.w 120,30 dc.b ttype_on,"GENERAL LOG",newxy dc.w 30,70 dc.b "SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCES CANNOT BE",newxy dc.w 30,80 dc.b "INITIATED WITHOUT SECURITY CARD 10",newxy dc.w 30,90 dc.b "CLEARANCE. THE CAPTAIN HAS ONE OF",newxy dc.w 30,100 dc.b "ONLY 2 SECURITY CARDS WITH A",newxy dc.w 30,110 dc.b "CLEARANCE OF 10",0 These were not good programmers. Anyway, here you go... ********** text for security computer ***************** comgotxt: LENA BIOS SYSTEM INITIALISING _ STANDBY TESTING RAM ........................... RAM TEST COMPLETE VIDEO INITIALISED AUDIO STATUS OK INITIALISATION COMPLETE ********** text for the intelligence screens ********** andytext: ANDREW WHITTAKER WANTED FOR IMPERSONATING A POLICE OFFICER miketext: MIKE BEATON WANTED FOR WANTON DISREGARD FOR MILESTONES tobytext: TOBY HARRISON-BANFIELD WANTED FOR SULKING IN OFFICE HOURS stutext: STUART WILSON WANTED FOR POSSESSION OF AN AMIGA COMPUTER ********** text for destruction ********** warntext: WARNING INITIATING EMERGENCY SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE WILL SHUT DOWN COOLANT SYSTEM ON GOLGOTHA REACTOR CORE RESULTING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF ANYTHING WITHIN A 300KM RADIUS. THIS SEQUENCE CANNOT BE REVERSED ONCE INITIATED fulldes_text: EMERGENCY DESTRUCT SEQUENCE INTITIATED - COUNTDOWN INITIATED - BLACK BOX JETTISONED - ESCAPE CAPSULE PREPPED YOU NOW HAVE TWO MINUTES TO REACH MINIMUM SAFE DISTANCE ********** text for armoury computer ***************** arm_main_txt: MAIN MENU ARSENAL LIEUTENANTS LOG armourtext: BODY ARMOUR FLAMETHROWER PULSE RIFLE SHOTGUN SMART GUN ********** text for the lieutenants log ********** logtext: LIEUTENANTS LOG PURPLES LOG STARDATE 2435.1 WHILST CRUISING ABOARD THE STARSHIP PALO ALTO WE ENCOUNTERED A STRANGE LIFEFORM ********** text for the creature screens ********** alientext: SPECIES: XT LOCATION: UNKNOWN ATMOSPHERE: HIGHLY ACIDIC TERRAIN: HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE: HIGH c1text: SPECIES: CRAVENOR LOCATION: PLANET BRABENSD ATMOSPHERE: OXYGEN TERRAIN: MOUNTAINOUS INTELLIGENCE: LIMITED c2text: SPECIES: SWAMPWORM LOCATION: PLANET CHENG IM ATMOSPHERE: SULPHUROUS TERRAIN: SWAMPLANDS INTELLIGENCE: MEDIOCRE eggtext: SPECIES: ALIEN EGG LOCATION: UNKNOWN ATMOSPHERE: ACIDIC TERRAIN: HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE: NIL hugtext: SPECIES: FACEHUGGER LOCATION: UNKNOWN ATMOSPHERE: ACIDIC TERRAIN: HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE: HIGH jatext: SPECIES: JASONITE LOCATION: JERICHO OXFORDIA ATMOSPHERE: POLLUTED TERRAIN: CONURBATION INTELLIGENCE: PITIFUL snorgtext: SPECIES: SNORGETH LOCATION: PLANET SNORGRON ATMOSPHERE: RADIOACTIVE TERRAIN: HUGE LAKES INTELLIGENCE: GENIUS ********** chief medical officers log ********** chflogtext: CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER'S LOG AWAITING PURPLES TEXT ********** text for the log menus ********** med_menu_text: CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERS LOG SPECIES ENCOUNTERED ************ text for the brig computer ********** brig1text: GENERAL LOG CRYOSENTENCE FOR PRISONER 91266X COMPLETED PRISONER NAME: LEWIS LANCE J. CURRENT RANK: PRIVATE OFFENCE: STRIKING A SUPERIOR OFFICER SECURITY LEVEL: 0 brig2text: GENERAL LOG DURING PRISONER'S CRYOSENTENCE MARINE TRAINING SHIP ENCOUNTERED VESSEL OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN. DOCKING WAS INITIATED AND THE ALIEN VESSEL WAS BOARDED brig3text: GENERAL LOG AIRLOCKS ARE LOCATED ON LEVELS 1, 3 AND 5 brig4text: GENERAL LOG LOCATE BRIEFING ROOM AND ACCESS THE COMPUTERS THERE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ********** briefing room text ********** brief1text: GENERAL LOG THE ALIEN VESSEL CONTAINED LEATHERY OBJECTS, ROUGHLY 1 METRE IN HEIGHT. UNDER INVESTIGATION A PARASITIC XENOMORPH EMERGED FROM WHAT IS ASSUMED TO BE AN EGG. IT ATTACHED ITSELF TO A CREWMEMBER AND AS YET WILL NOT COME OFF THOUGH IT APPEARS TO BE DOING NO DIRECT HARM TO THE VICTIM brief2text: GENERAL LOG THE PATIENT DIED FROM ATTEMPTED REMOVAL OF PARASITE. SHIP'S CAPTAIN HAMPTON HAS ORDERED IMMEDIATE QUARANTINE AS THESE CREATURES HAVE BEEN FOUND TRAVELLING IN THE AIRDUCTS. brief3text: GENERAL LOG FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN LOGGED INTO THE LIBRARY LOCATED NORTH OF THE CANTEEN. SHIP LIBRARIAN LIEUTENANT MCNAMEE HAS ACCESS WITH SECURITY CARD 2. HIS LOCATION IS UNKNOWN. ******* green room ******** green1text: PERSONAL LOG CHIEF ENGINEER JACOBSEN REPORTING. THE SITUATION ON BOARD HAS DETERIORATED. IT APPEARS WE HAVE MORE VISITORS. A SECOND ALIEN VESSEL, QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST, HAS BOARDED VIA THE LEVEL 1 AIRLOCK AND DISABLED MOST OF THE SHIP'S POWER AND COMMS. green2text: PERSONAL LOG THE INHABITANTS HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN, BUT THAT IS NOT TO SAY THEY AREN'T HERE. UNBELIEVABLE AS IT SOUNDS, THEY CAN RENDER THEMSELVES INVISIBLE TO US. POSSIBLY BY USING INDIVIDUAL ENERGY SOURCES TO BEND THE SPECTRUM OF LIGHT RAYS AROUND THEIR BODIES. green3text: PERSONAL LOG THEIR NUMBER IS UNKNOWN, AS IS THEIR REASON FOR BEING HERE. DRILL SERGEANT KINGSLEY TRIED TO ENTER THEIR SHIP, BUT HE WAS KILLED WITH A LARGE WEAPON OF A TYPE I HAVE NEVER SEEN. WITH A QUICK BLUE FLASH THERE APPEARED A LARGE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS CHEST. green4text: PERSONAL LOG HE DIED INSTANTLY AND THE WOUND WAS CAUTERISED WITH ALMOST NO BLOOD LOSS. TENSION IS UNBEARABLE AND THOSE LEFT ALIVE DOUBT THAT THEY WILL LAST LONG. ******** Supply Room Text ***** supply1text: MEDICAL LOG THE MAJORITY OF THE SHIPS FIRST AID KITS HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM MED-LAB SUPPLY ROOMS BY DOCTOR WHITTAKER USING HIS SECURITY CARD 4 ACCESS. supply2text: MEDICAL LOG LIMITED AMMUNITION FOR ALL MARINE ISSUE WEAPONS IS AVAILABLE IN THE ARMOURIES WITH SECURITY CARD 9. supply3text: MEDICAL LOG THE WEST ELEVATOR IS NOT FUNCTIONAL BETWEEN LEVELS 3 AND 4. ******* Operating Room text ******* op1text: MEDICAL LOG UPON ENTERING ALIEN VESSEL, PRIVATE BARKER WAS ATTACKED BY A PARASITE WHICH ATTACHED ITSELF TO HIS FACE. SUBJECT FAILED TO SURVIVE ATTEMPTED REMOVAL CHIEF SURGEON WHITTAKER ACCEPTS FULL RESPONSIBILITY op2text: MEDICAL LOG PERSONAL LOG - CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER WHITTAKER REPORTING IT HAS BEEN LESS THAN 4 HOURS SINCE MY LAST ENTRY AND SEVERAL MORE CREW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ATTACKED BY THESE YELLOW SPIDER LIKE PARASITES. WHEN LEFT ALONE THEY SOON FELL OFF AND DIED op3text: MEDICAL LOG PERSONAL LOG - CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER WHITTAKER REPORTING APPARENTLY THESE PARASITES CARRY AN EGG OF SOME KIND, WHICH THEY LEAVE IN THEIR HOST. SOON AFTER THEY DIE OUR INFECTED CREW EXHIBIT GRAND-MAL SEIZURES. THEN THEY SUFFER A TERRIBLE HORRIFYING FATE op4text: MEDICAL LOG A CREATURE ABOUT 2 METRES IN LENGTH, SNAKELIKE AND POWERFUL EXPLODES FROM THE HOST'S CHEST IN A SHOWER OF BLOOD AND BONE. THESE CREATURES ARE GROWING QUICKLY AND TAKING MORE OF THE CREW INTO THEIR VESSEL. op5text: MEDICAL LOG I AM TAKING THE MEDICAL STAFF INTO THE TRAINING MAZE ON LEVEL 4. I HOPE IT WILL BE SECURE AND THAT THIS WILL NOT BE MY FINAL ENTRY. ********* central armoury rooms ********** arm1text: ARMOURY LOG WELCOME TO THE SHIP'S ARMOURIES. STANDARD MARINE WEAPONS CANNOT BE ISSUED WITHOUT THE PROPER SECURITY CARD CLEARANCE. THANKYOU **** SMARTGUN ROOM **** smart1text: ARMOURY LOG PERSONAL LOG - WEAPONS OFFICER PATTEN REPORTING. THE ALIEN INFESTATION HAS BECOME VERY STRONG AND FEW OF US ARE LEFT. ONE OF MY TEAM LIEUTENANT CAPPA IS BADLY HURT. I AM TAKING HIM TO LEVEL 4 TO RECEIVE ATTENTION. WITH MY HIGHER SECURITY CARD, I WILL BE ABLE TO GET HIM THAT MUCH MORE ASSISTANCE *** PULSE RIFLE ROOM *** pulse1text: ARMOURY LOG PERSONAL LOG - WEAPONS OFFICER PATTEN REPORTING. I HAVE BEEN PUTTING THE PULSE RIFLE THROUGH IT'S PACES. THIS IS A SWEET PIECE OF STEEL THAT DOES A FAIR AMOUNT OF BRUISNG WITHOUT EATING A LOT OF AMMO. (commented out) ;THE GRENADE LAUNCHER HAS A WIDE AREA EFFECT, PUTTING EVERYTHING ON THE OTHER END IN A WORLD OF PAIN **** BODY ARMOUR ROOM **** body1text: ARMOURY LOG PERSONAL LOG - WEAPONS OFFICER PATTEN REPORTING. THE BODY ARMOUR IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF ANY MARINES COMBAT GEAR. IT PROTECTS AGAINST DAMAGE FROM BOTH CLOSE AND LONG RANGE ATTACKS. ****** FLAME UNIT ROOM ********* flame1text: ARMOURY LOG PERSONAL LOG - WEAPONS OFFICER PATTEN REPORTING. THE FLAMETHROWER IS QUITE A UNIT. DECENT FUEL ECONOMY THAT FRIES UPTO A MEDIUM RANGE DISTANCE. DON'T FORGET TO BRING LOTS OF BARBECUE SAUCE WITH THIS BABY. ************ Computer Room South of Armoury ******** comp1text: GENERAL LOG SHIPS ARMOURIES CAN BE ENTERED WITH SECURITY CARD 4 BUT SOME WEAPONS CANNOT BE ISSUED WITHOUT HIGHER SECURITY CLEARANCE. comp2text: GENERAL LOG DOCTOR WHITTAKER REPORTING. ANY INJURED PERSONNEL ENTERING MED-LAB OPERATING ROOMS CAN RECEIVE HEALTH ASSISTANCE WITH SECURITY CARD 4 OR HIGHER. THE HIGHER THE SECURITY CARD, THE MORE ENERGY CAN BE RECOVERED comp3text: GENERAL LOG SCIENCE OFFICER SOUSA REPORTING. THE ALIENS SEEM TO BE CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF LEVEL 5. IT APPEARS THEY ARE ABLE TO EXCRETE A RESIN THAT HARDENS QUICKLY. MY ASSISTANT LIEUTENANT GILLEN AND I HAVE THE LAST REMAINING MOTION TRACKER. comp4text: GENERAL LOG WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND LOCATE THE CAPTAIN WHO HAS NOT BEEN HEARD FROM SINCE HIS SEARCH TEAM ENTERED LEVEL 5 WE WILL BE USING THE EAST ELEVATOR TO GET THERE. comp5text: GENERAL LOG CHIEF ENGINEER JACOBSEN REPORTING I AM INVESTIGATING UNUSUAL EVENTS ON LEVEL 1. FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE LEVEL 1 COMPUTERS. comp6text: GENERAL LOG THE WEST ELEVATOR IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND CANNOT TRAVEL BETWEEN LEVELS 3 AND 4. ************* LIBRARY COMPUTERS ***** lib1text: GENERAL LOG DISOBEYING CAPTAIN HAMPTON'S QUARANTINE, SOME CREWMEMBERS HAVE ABANDONED SHIP VIA THE ESCAPE PODS. NOW THE ONLY REMAINING ESCAPE POD IS ON LEVEL 5 lib2text: GENERAL LOG PERSONAL LOG - COMMANDER KEIM REPORTING. IF ANYONE READS THIS I PRAY THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL MY ASSISTANT AND I ARE PREPARED TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO DESTROY THESE ALIENS. WE ARE TAKING SUPPLIES OF GRENADES AND FUEL INTO THEIR SPACECRAFT IN A LAST ATTEMPT TO BLOW IT INTO THE STARS. lib3text: GENERAL LOG I HAVE STOLEN SECURITY CARD 8 OFF ONE OF THE DEAD. PLEASE LET US SUCCEED lib4text: GENERAL LOG PERSONAL LOG - WEAPONS OFFICER PATTEN REPORTING. AFTER CONFERRING WITH ENGINEER JACOBSEN WE HAVE DECIDED TO PAY OUR VISITORS ON LEVEL 1 A VISIT. I HAVE ACQUIRED A SMART GUN AND ENOUGH AMMO TO TAKE OUT WHATEVER WE FIND lib5text: GENERAL LOG PERSONAL LOG - CAPTAIN HAMPTON REPORTING ACCESS DENIED SECURITY CARD 9 REQUIRED ACCESS DENIED SECURITY CARD 9REQUIRED lib6text: GENERAL LOG SECURITY CARD 9 ACCESS GRANTED PERSONAL LOG - CAPTAIN HAMPTON REPORTING IF THIS MESSAGE IS BEING READ, YOU MUST ASSUME I AM ALREADY DEAD. THE RATE AT WHICH THESE CREATURES MULTIPLY IS TERRIFYING. IF THESE THINGS WERE TO MAKE IT TO EARTH IT COULD MEAN THE END OF THE CIVILISED WORLD AS WE KNOW IT lib7text: GENERAL LOG I CANNOT ALLOW THIS I AM THEREFORE AUTHORISING THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS 1. GET TO THE COMMAND CENTRE 2. SET THE SHIP FOR SELF DESTRUCT 3. LEAVE THE SHIP VIA THE ESCAPE PODS BUT YOU WON'T HAVE MUCH TIME. THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSE IS IN YOUR HANDS. GOOD LUCK ******** Command Centre ******** com1text: GENERAL LOG SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCES CANNOT BE INITIATED WITHOUT SECURITY CARD 10 CLEARANCE. THE CAPTAIN HAS ONE OF ONLY 2 SECURITY CARDS WITH A CLEARANCE OF 10 ************ Petty Officers Area ******* petty1text: GENERAL LOG PERSONAL LOG - SCIENCE OFFICER SOUSA REPORTING. IT HAS BEEN JUST OVER 48 HOURS SINCE FIRST CONTACT AND THE SHIP IS BEING OVERRUN WITH THESE CREATURES. THEIR DEGREE OF HOSTILITY IS THE MOST OF ANY BEING I HAVE ENCOUNTERED. THE THE ALIENS HAVE ACID FOR BLOOD WHICH CAUSES DAMAGE DURING CLOSE RANGE BATTLE. (yes there's a double "the" in the original text) petty2text: GENERAL LOG PERSONAL LOG OFFICER HUNTER REPORTING. SOME OF THE CREW HAVE HOLED UP IN A STORAGE AREA SOUTH OF THE BARRACKS. THIS AREA IS NOW ONLY ACCESSIBLE VIA THE SHIP'S AIRDUCTS ********** north library ******** nlib1text: GENERAL LOG THE ALIENS HAVE MASTERED THE SHIP'S AIRDUCTS, AND THEY CAN NOW MOVE BETWEEN ALL LEVELS OF THE SHIP WITH EASE AND INCREDIBLE SPEED nlib2text: GENERAL LOG WE HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE TO NUMEROUS DISTRESS SIGNALS. CAPT. HAMPTON FEARS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE ALIENS REACHING THE FRONTIER nlib3text: GENERAL LOG MARINE ISSUE WEAPONS AND AMMO CAN BE FOUND IN THE SHIP'S ARMOURIES LOCATED ON LEVELS 2 AND 4 ********** south library ******** slib1text: GENERAL LOG PERSONAL LOG - SCIENCE OFFICER SOUSA REPORTING. THE ALIENS ARE A NEVER BEFORE SEEN SPECIES, DEADLY, BUT DETERMINED. THEY SEEM TO WORK AS A COLONY, NOT UNLIKE SOME INSECTS. THEIR VESSEL RESEMBLES A NEST OR SOME GIGANTIC HIVE. I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE A LEADER, AN EGG LAYER, SOMEWHERE IN THAT MESS. slib2text: GENERAL LOG THEY SEEM TO BE ALTERING THE STRUCTURE OF LEVEL 5 TO SUIT THEIR OWN NEEDS EXPANDING THEIR DOMINATION OF THE SHIP IN THE PROCESS. slib3text: GENERAL LOG THE FAMILY OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICER HUNTER IS MISSING, HE IS SEARCHING FOR THEM INSIDE THE OFFICER'S AREA ON LEVEL 2, WITH SECURITY CARD 3 ACCESS HE IS USING THE AIRDUCTS slib4text: GENERAL LOG PERSONAL LOG - CHIEF ENGINEER JACOBSEN REPORTING. I HAVE PLACED INFORMATION REGARDING THE LEVEL 1 AIRLOCKS INTO THE LIBRARY ON LEVEL 2. THIS IS A SECURITY 7 AREA. ******** training maze greenroom ****** tg1text: GENERAL LOG PERSONAL LOG - LIEUTENANT COMMANDER CAPPA REPORTING. WITH MY RECENT PROMOTION TO TRAINING MAZE CO-ORDINATOR AND ACCESS TO SECURITY CARD 6 I AM NOW IN CHARGE OF PUTTING GRUNTS THROUGH THE TRAINING MAZE ******** tmaze2 ******** tm1text: GENERAL LOG ACCESSING A TERMINAL?, I WANT TO SEE YOU SWEAT PRIVATE. NOW DROP AND GIVE ME 20 ********** training maze secure area ********** secure1text: GENERAL LOG SOME OF US ARE HEADING FOR THE COMMAND CENTRE TO SET THE SELF DESTRUCT, AT THIS POINT THERE DOESNT SEEM TO BE ANY CHOICE ***** northern airlock ******* nlock1text: GENERAL LOG PERSONAL LOG - CAPTAIN HAMPTON REPORTING. WE ARE TRYING TO ENTER THE ALIEN VESSEL, BUT THEY'VE BEEN QUITE BUSY REDESIGNING THIS LEVEL. THE EAST ELEVATOR GIVES ACCESS TO THE ESCAPE POD. BUT ONLY THE AIRDUCTS AND WEST ELEVATOR WILL GIVE ACCESS TO THE OTHER AIRLOCKS. I HAVE LEFT IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS IN THE COMMAND CENTRE. pod1text: ESCAPE CAPSULE ESCAPE POD WILL NOT BECOME ACTIVE UNLESS THE SHIP'S SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE HAS BEEN INITIATED launchtext: ESCAPE CAPSULE ESCAPE CAPSULE LAUNCH SEQUENCE INITIATED - MAIN AND AUX POWER TO FULL - ENGINES FUELED AND PREPPED _ MAIN AIRLOCK CLEARED B. LAUNCH ESCAPE CAPSULE (yes, that's an underscore instead of a hyphen on the last line of the escape capsule launch checklist)

Ah yes... RAMR. Of course. Perfect sense you're making there.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS GIBBERISH?!?

Why does it display a hat on the top right whenever there's an alarm?

Control is a straight remake of an Amiga demo. And GTIA 3D polygons are my least-favorite things in Atari demos. They're always slow and blocky.

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The Chiphead demo in the first post is actually a demake of .

Things That Don't Work Well in RastaConverter: Flesh tones, skies, gradients Things You've Mostly Tried to Do: ...

Are you serious? That thing is infamous. Of course we know what it is. It's also not an Atari 8-bit computer.

Okay, let me rephrase. Have you ever written a functional computer program in your life? Because if not, something as complex as a text adventure is not the best way to start, especially when you're someone who doesn't even understand what REM does, and says nonsensical things like that your text is being squished together, which is nonsensical because the Apple II text mode is fixed-width and doesn't squish. So I'd recommend you dig up an Applesoft BASIC tutorial from somewhere and work your way through that first, OR give up on the whole Apple II thing and just use an online adventure maker, like this one: http://textadventures.co.uk/

I'd like to see the hidden camera footage of what this guy is actually doing.

Sentences, you.

Yes Yes Sometimes Mostly

Lunar Lander didn't have horizontal thrust controls.

The fact that you announced this, for no apparent reason, in a thread I haven't even posted to in three months, says more about you than me. Mostly it says you're a sad, angry little man.

What about this do you consider "impossible"?

Or y'know, you can just run the game at 1:1 scale and hit Print-Screen.

It's like he really doesn't know what the word "genre" means, but he's determined to use it anyway.