eightbit Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I have been meaning to ask this question, so hopefully somebody knows. Historically each year I have always had a habit of using a C64 and playing looping Christmas demos on...well...Christmas. Stuff like the twisted xmas demos, xmas carol demos...that sort of stuff. It has always been a fun thing to do and the family get a kick out of the old 8-bit demos playing. This year I would like to do that on the Atari 8-bit. Does anyone know of some good Christmas demos, or perhaps even a compilation of demos? Stuff that can run on a 64K machine? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Always liked this one.. XMASTRE2.ATR 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 The only one I remember is Jingle Disk http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-jingledisk_20525.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Check out the New Years Discs too: 2017 - https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=68696 (bonus disk - https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=68680) 2018 - https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=73178 2019 - https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=79695 2020 - https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=84458 2021 - https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=87669 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 34 minutes ago, zzip said: The only one I remember is Jingle Disk http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-jingledisk_20525.html This one is pretty cool but only in B&W unless I'm doing something wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, Sinjinhawke said: This one is pretty cool but only in B&W unless I'm doing something wrong. It will have artifact colors on NTSC systems 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, zzip said: It will have artifact colors on NTSC systems Ahhh, I was using Sophia. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinroh Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 @darryl1970 Created this one back in the day, dunno if he ever released the binary. It's a nice demo. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 11 hours ago, adam242 said: Always liked this one.. XMASTRE2.ATR 90.02 kB · 6 downloads I tried this one and left it running. The snow accumulates and covers everything over time. Kind of cool but you lose the tree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) snow man demo is cool as well looks way better on the real thing... youtube does not do it justice.. It's beautiful and haunting at the same time... check out the STe original version as well. We really do need some demoscene Christmas... the tools available graphic and sound as well as coding advancements would really cheer the world up! Edited October 20, 2021 by _The Doctor__ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Oh cool. I want that one. Use to show that video to my kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Santa Claus is dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 10 hours ago, _The Doctor__ said: snow man demo is cool as well looks way better on the real thing... youtube does not do it justice.. It's beautiful and haunting at the same time... check out the STe original version as well. We really do need some demoscene Christmas... the tools available graphic and sound as well as coding advancements would really cheer the world up! What does that fat ball of ice think he's doing, kidnapping young children and taking them to strange moonlit rituals in the woods?? What if the kid fell from his slippery wet grip when flying (thud!). That'd put a damper on things. A fitting end for wreckless Mr. Iceball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Jinroh said: @darryl1970 Created this one back in the day, dunno if he ever released the binary. It's a nice demo. Great graphics....but the music...... needs reworking.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I remember I had a disc with a lot of Christmas songs..... I'm not entirely sure if it had graphics.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Found this on Youtube: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=944677108962103 Edited October 20, 2021 by Level42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClausB Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 18 hours ago, adam242 said: Always liked this one.. XMASTRE2.ATR 90.02 kB · 15 downloads Thanks! No music built in but it does turn on the cassette motor so you can play music through your 410. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClausB Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 12 hours ago, Sinjinhawke said: I tried this one and left it running. The snow accumulates and covers everything over time. Kind of cool but you lose the tree. Here's the original without accumulation: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinroh Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, Level42 said: Great graphics....but the music...... needs reworking.... He could knock it out of the park now with modern tools. He made this on the A8 in High School, with just BASIC and the tools he wrote himself, IIRC. Edited October 21, 2021 by Jinroh 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 25 minutes ago, ClausB said: Here's the original without accumulation: Thank you. Looking forward to downloading it. Will come in handy while I work during the coming holiday season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baktra Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Flop Magazine #31 intro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+darryl1970 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 19 hours ago, Jinroh said: @darryl1970 Created this one back in the day, dunno if he ever released the binary. It's a nice demo. Thanks. @Jinroh. I forgot about that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+darryl1970 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, Level42 said: Great graphics....but the music...... needs reworking.... Yes. It didn't click like that in the original demo. I am not sure why the music sounds like that. A few years later, I got one of those programs that pre-compiles BASIC programs. By then, I also realized that I didn't play a couple sharps in the key of D. I fixed the notes, sped up the music a little, but the music got a warble. I probably needed to slow it down, and I probably had floating point math in the original. At that time I didn't know what it was, and I didn't want to bother figuring it out. It was fun to revisit the past with this! 7 hours ago, Jinroh said: He could knock it out of the park now with modern tools. He made this on the A8 in High School, with just BASIC and the tools he wrote himself, IIRC. Thank you. Too kind. It took forever to draw those pictures with my drawing program, which I also created in BASIC. Great memories! I can't find the original on my PC, but I did find the original sped up version. It was out of control after that. LOL. I thought I found what was the original, but it seems to load and play a lot faster. I think it may just be accelerated in Altirra. Weird. Altirra_x64 3.90_ XL NTSC _ 320K Rambo _ BASIC 2021-10-21 07-16-06.mp4 Edited October 21, 2021 by darryl1970 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeypy Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) Computer christmas demos are pretty nice, be they 8-bit or the Sierra ones, for example. Today's computer have Youtube though, so these two the clips appeared to be the best "demos" I found yet. Can watch them every year ? : Edited October 21, 2021 by Pokeypy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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