Tempest Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Was there ever a store demonstration program for the Atari ST? I love to watch these things, but I haven't been able to locate one for the Atari ST (or STE/Falcon). Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Wasnt the Boing demo and some other Amiga rip offs kinda the unofficial store demos? There was the Cyberspace demo which my local ST store would play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicemaggie Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Most demos tended to be OK for showing on ST or Amiga, just as long as there was no bad language included that was on the screen for a long period of time. The Lost Boys' 'Ooh Crikey What A Scorcher' was a favourite at my local store on ST, whereas for the Amiga it was more like the Red Sector Megademo. Cheers, Felice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Most demos tended to be OK for showing on ST or Amiga, just as long as there was no bad language included that was on the screen for a long period of time. The Lost Boys' 'Ooh Crikey What A Scorcher' was a favourite at my local store on ST, whereas for the Amiga it was more like the Red Sector Megademo. Cheers, Felice. 941027[/snapback] I remember the Shiny Bubbles demo running at one local dealer. I think the animated bird was the very first demo I saw. Blew me away to watch that kind of animation then. The Falcon has some amazing demos. When I bought my first Falcon, (drove all the way to an out of state dealer just to get one!) they were running the TINA demo. Jaw-dropping stuff there...all Falcon too. No Amiga "ripoff" or clone at all. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiliteZoner Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 Most demos tended to be OK for showing on ST or Amiga, just as long as there was no bad language included that was on the screen for a long period of time. The Lost Boys' 'Ooh Crikey What A Scorcher' was a favourite at my local store on ST, whereas for the Amiga it was more like the Red Sector Megademo. Cheers, Felice. 941027[/snapback] I remember the Shiny Bubbles demo running at one local dealer. I think the animated bird was the very first demo I saw. Blew me away to watch that kind of animation then. The Falcon has some amazing demos. When I bought my first Falcon, (drove all the way to an out of state dealer just to get one!) they were running the TINA demo. Jaw-dropping stuff there...all Falcon too. No Amiga "ripoff" or clone at all. :-) 941074[/snapback] Wasn't the Amiga an Atari ripoff if you get my meaning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 Wasn't the Amiga an Atari ripoff if you get my meaning If you mean the business deal that fell through at the last moments, I suppose you could say that. :-) Atari and Amiga actually have a lot of history together. I mean Jay Miner did so much with the Atari 8bits, then did the Amiga. The Tramiels did so much with the Commodore 8bits then would up doing the ST line... kinda odd how things work out sometimes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiliteZoner Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Wasn't the Amiga an Atari ripoff if you get my meaning If you mean the business deal that fell through at the last moments, I suppose you could say that. :-) Atari and Amiga actually have a lot of history together. I mean Jay Miner did so much with the Atari 8bits, then did the Amiga. The Tramiels did so much with the Commodore 8bits then would up doing the ST line... kinda odd how things work out sometimes... 941416[/snapback] Yeah, that is exactly what I was referring to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysmith2000 Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Was there ever a store demonstration program for the Atari ST? I love to watch these things, but I haven't been able to locate one for the Atari ST (or STE/Falcon). Tempest 940983[/snapback] There were actually several demos for the ST. I have a slew of Demo Discs buried in a box in the closet. I'd have to dig through the box to find what all is there, if folks are interested I can do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 3, 2005 Author Share Posted October 3, 2005 Are there any Official Atari demos? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysmith2000 Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Are there any Official Atari demos? Tempest 941795[/snapback] All the ones I have were official Atari demos. They were included in 2 large boxes of 3 1/2" disks I bought from an ex-Atari developer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krupkaj Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 It is interesting! I am very curious what you exactly have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysmith2000 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I have a pretty busy weekend planned trying to get the FFL Beta released, but will try to drag that box out of the closet and take some pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysmith2000 Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Ok, pulled some of these out tonight. Most are Atari STE demos. They include: Snowman Fantasia Acid Jungle 4 disk STE Color Demo Music Demo Deskset II Demo A disk of Demos for the TT Falcon030 Demos Atari TT Demo TTWars Haven't given them a go yet, but will try to and let y'all know about 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Ok, pulled some of these out tonight. Most are Atari STE demos. They include: Snowman Fantasia Acid Jungle 4 disk STE Color Demo Music Demo Deskset II Demo A disk of Demos for the TT Falcon030 Demos Atari TT Demo TTWars Haven't given them a go yet, but will try to and let y'all know about 'em. 944732[/snapback] If I was ever gonna run a Falcon demo to attract attention, it would have to be Tony Barkers' "Tina" demo. That just rules.... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Wasn't the Amiga an Atari ripoff if you get my meaning If you mean the business deal that fell through at the last moments, I suppose you could say that. :-) Atari and Amiga actually have a lot of history together. I mean Jay Miner did so much with the Atari 8bits, then did the Amiga. The Tramiels did so much with the Commodore 8bits then would up doing the ST line... kinda odd how things work out sometimes... 941416[/snapback] Yeah, that is exactly what I was referring to. 941537[/snapback] Love the 800 and I see shades of the 800 when I was playing with Amigas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Snowman was avail for the ST - That was a really pleasant demo to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Wasn't the Amiga an Atari ripoff if you get my meaning If you mean the business deal that fell through at the last moments, I suppose you could say that. :-) Atari and Amiga actually have a lot of history together. I mean Jay Miner did so much with the Atari 8bits, then did the Amiga. The Tramiels did so much with the Commodore 8bits then would up doing the ST line... kinda odd how things work out sometimes... 941416[/snapback] Yeah, that is exactly what I was referring to. 941537[/snapback] Not to hijack this thread, but please don't tell me you're refering to the missinformation about Jack Tramiel supposedly having a deal with Amiga that fell through the last minute. The deal was with Warner Atari, not Atari Corp. and Tramiel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krupkaj Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 I remeber the Snowman well, I like it. What are the demos for TT? I have not seen any TT demo. Can you put some images of the disks somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysmith2000 Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 I remeber the Snowman well, I like it. What are the demos for TT? I have not seen any TT demo. Can you put some images of the disks somewhere? 945724[/snapback] You bet. I was planning on hosting several files I have on my site in the near future. I haven't tried out the TT demos yet (my TT was buried by the FFL Beta supplies), but I plan to give them a go very soon. Will let you know when I try them out and when I have them up for d/load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 (edited) I loved the Snowman demo. Great for showing off fullscreen movie-like animation. As far as store demonstrations, I recall seeing Shiny Bubbles (that seemed to be the most popular), the flying bird demo, the Boing demo, and probably a few others. I also recall when the ST was still new that a lot of stores simply left either Time Bandit or Hex in attract mode (since they were the latest and greatest games for the ST at the time). I remember being enthralled with the graphics at the time... definitely blew my 8-bit away. Edited October 11, 2005 by Mindfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Any update on this? I'd love to play with some of those STE and TT demos... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysmith2000 Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Any update on this? I'd love to play with some of those STE and TT demos... Tempest 963551[/snapback] Haven't had a chance to do anything with these yet, I've been spending all my hours putting together FFL Beta carts. Programming alone is 13 mins per chip with 2 per cart. Ugh! I do plan on doing a large update to my website soon and will include these for d/load for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazah Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 If you liked the Snowman check this out: http://nehe.gamedev.net/data/projects/proj...ect=the_snowman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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