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The 64k and 4k demos do a lot of pre-calculation to generate impressive imagery and sounds. The modern size-coded demos all take advantage of the massive proces
by enneff 13y ago
The 64k and 4k demos do a lot of pre-calculation to generate impressive imagery and sounds. The modern size-coded demos all take advantage of the massive processing power present in modern machines. This demo does the reverse—almost everything is precomputed and stored in a file format that is easy for the puny processor of the 8088 to play back at a decent frame rate. Without storage space (the demo requires a multi-megabyte hard disc on which to store the "video" file) the aproach would be a non-starter.
- crististm 13y agoYou probably don't remember but the demoscene started more than 20 years ago when the hw was very limited. The movies we're talking about last only a few tens of seconds at _very low_ resolution. You certainly don't need multi-megabyte storage for them
- enneff 13y agoI know when and how the demo scene started. I have been involved with the scene most of my life and have several competition-rated productions to my name. Read the damn article (and maybe my post) before being so condescending. The "8088 Corruption" demo is 9.3 megabytes.