Thanks to the DHS X-Mas Compo 1999, there are a selection of 4 Christmas related demos; here is the first one I captured!
Pouët Entry - https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=29308
Fujiology Download - ftp://fujiology.untergrund.net/users/ltk_tscc/fujiology/ST/B/BLIND_IO/XBIOSMAS.ZIP
A nice greeting from Blind Io starts this demo, with a Santa and Rudolph sprite moving thru a star-filld sky, over an endless forest of pines. Above is a crescent moon, with a scrolling banner, similar to a piano roll from a player piano. At the bottom is the customary scroller. The scene is topped off with an early 90s tune from Big Alec.
Capture info -
This video was captured on October 22, 2019.
The demo was played on an Atari 1040 STf, TOS 1.4, 1MB, equipped with a CosmosEX from Jookie.
A Best Electronics ST Monitor to VGA cable was used, connected to an OSSC 1.6 (processing the video in Line4x mode), with the output being captured by a Startech USB3HDCAP.
Video was edited with Shotcut.
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HO HO HO THE THIRD MILLENIUM IS SOON HERE AND
I AM BACK WITH A NEW ST DEMO SCREEN. THIS TIME IT'S A CHRISTMAS INTRO AND THE
PLEASURE IS ALL MINE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR A DEMO-CODER???
I THINK IT'S MOTIVATION AND INSPIRATION. FOR THIS DEMO, THE MOTIVATION WAS THE
DHS ONLINE DEMO COMPETITION. THANKS A BUNCH GUYS. THE INSPIRATION IS A LOT OF
OLD DEMOS I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEK. WHEN I READ ABOUT THE DEMO
COMPO, I DUG OUT MY OLD ST AND LOADED LOTS OF ALMOST FORGOTTEN DEMOS... I REALLY
LOVE TO READ THOSE NONSENCE SCROLLERS :) IF YOU DON'T LIKE TO READ NONSENSE THEN
I SUPPOSE YOU WILL STOP READING NOW BECAUSE THIS SCROLLER IS NOT MUCH MORE.
NO PRETENTIOUS "THIS IS THE BEST SCROLLER IN THE WORLD" STUFF (ALTOUGH IT MIGHT BE) =)
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SO.. THIS IS IT! I REALLY THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO READ SCROLLTEXT SHOULD BE REWARDED
IN SOME WAY, SO I JUST DECIDED TO HAVE A SMALL COMPETITION LATER IN THE SCROLLER.
I WILL ASK YOU A QUESTION, AND THE FIRST PERSON TO MAIL ME THE RIGHT ANSWER WILL
GET (DRUMS PLEASE)....... A VIRTUAL DOMAIN AT MICKE.CC!!! ]
ISN'T THAT COOL?? NO??? WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THIS SCROLLER IF YOU DON'T
WANT TO AND YOU CERTAINLY CAN REFUSE SENDING ME AN ANSWER =) ]
(HERE COMES MORE CRAP TO GET YOU REALLY BORED SO YOU STOP READING BEFORE THE QUESTION
SO I WON'T HAVE TO FIX THE VIRTUAL DOMAIN...) ]
TODAY IT'S MONDAY AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO A MATH LECTURE AT 8:15 BUT I DIDN'T.
HOW COME MONDAYS ARE SUCH A PAIN IN THE ARSE? STUPID QUESTION... A MONDAY IS A
MONDAY IS A MONDAY... THE PAST WEEKEND I'VE BEEN CODING ON THIS DEMO ALLMOST CONSTANTLY,
BUT I REALLY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING USEFULL, I HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED ANY RASTERS YET AND
THE MUSIC IS VERY ABSENT AT THE MOMENT. ]
THIS SCROLLER IS WRITTEN OVER A PERIOD OF MANY DAYS/WEEKS, SO IT MIGHT BE QUITE INCOHERENT, WHICH IS
UNDERSTANDABLE AS I AM A VERY INCOHERENT PERSON ;) ]
TJOHO... A NEW DAY AND MORE CRAPTALK... LAST NIGHT I FIXED SOME RASTERS. TODAY I'VE MADE
THE STARSCROLLER WORK BETTER AND MADE THIS SCROLLER LESS READABLE BY MAKING IT MORE THAN
ONE COLOR... I THINK IT'S GONNA LOOK KIND OF COOL WHEN IT'S FINNISHED, ALTHOUGH IT'S
REALLY UGLY AT THE MOMENT. I HOPE THE PROCESSOR TIME LEFT WILL BE ENOUGH TO MAKE
ALL THE THINGS I WANT, OTHERWISE I WILL HAVE TO IMPROVISE/OPTIMISE... ]
BTW, I'VE BOUGHT A NEW TOY TO PLAY WITH... A PALMPILOT. IT'S REALLY HANDY AND
IT'S GREAT TO PLAY TETRIS ON WHEN THE LECTURES ARE TO BORING. THE BEST THING IS THAT
I BOUGHT IT FROM A FRIEND FOR ONLY 300SKR. VERY CHEAP (AND TOTALY LEGAL). ]
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT....
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CREDITS FOT THIS SCREEN: EVERYTHING BUT THE MUSIC BY BLIND IO. THE MUSIC IS A TUNE
BY BIG ALEC. ]
OK, I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF WRITING STUFF THAT DOESN'T MATTER ANYWAY, SO I'LL JUST GO ON
WITH THE INTERESTING STUFF... HERE COMES THE QUESTION: ]
FROM WHAT BOOK BY TERRY PRATCHETT IS THIS QUOTE: "GIVE A MAN A FIRE AND HE'S WARM
FOR A DAY, BUT SET HIM TO FIRE AND HE'S WARM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE" ?
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YUP, THAT'S THE QUESTION.
NOW, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SEND THE RIGHT ANSWER TO BLIND@MICKE.CC.
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YOU CAN STOP READING NOW...... REALLY, STOP READING IF YOU'RE FOND OF YOUR
MENTAL HEALTH. NOW THE -REALLY- WEIRD STUFF STARTS... ]
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STILL HERE??? FEELING LUCK TODAY??? HA!!!!! (FIVE EXCLAMATION MARKS IS A
SURE SIGN OF MADNESS.) (BTW, DID YOU FIND THE QUESTION HARD?? HERE IS A HINT:
IT ABOUT WAR.) HMM.... TALKING ABOUT CARROTS, I'M GOING TO EAT
A PIZZA TODAY!! IT A WEEK SINCE I HAD MY LAST PIZZA AND I CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO EAT
PIZZA... YUP, THATS RIGHT. I HAVE -NO- CASH AND I GET MONEY ON MONDAY, SO
THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS USE MY CASHCARD, WHICH HOLDS ABOUT 100SKR AT THE MOMENT....
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TONIGHT I'M GOING TO THE MOVIES AND SEE THAT NEW SCHWAZENEGGER MOVIE (WHATEVER IT'S CALLED).
I HOPE IT'S WORTH THE MONEY I'LL BORROW. :) ]
I SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, THIS SCROLLER IS VERY INCOHERENT... IF YOU ARE
CONFUSED, THINK ABOUT HOW CONFUSED -I- AM... :)
I REALLY SHOULD STOP WRITING THIS CRAP SCROLLER AND CONCENTRATE ON THE CODING, I CAN ALLWAYS
ADD MORE TO THE SCROLLER WHEN THE CODING IS DONE. HMM... I REALLY NEED SOME BETTER GRAPHICS
FOR THE ROLLER... AT THE MOMENT IT'S ONLY SOME UGLY WRITING MADE WITH NEOCHROMES TEXT-TOOL,
ALTHOUGH I DOUBT THE -FINNISHED- GRAPHICS WILL BE MUCH BETTER. AS I HAVE MADE EVERYTHING IN
THIS SCREEN (EXCEPT THE MUSIC) THE QUALITY IS NOT VERY GOOD. IF I HAD MADE THE MUSIC TOO, IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. ]
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WHAT DO YOU THINK, IS IT TIME FOR SOME GREETINGS? NO, NOT YET... MORE CRAP FIRST... BUT NOW,
IT'S PIZZA TIME....
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(SEVERAL DAYS LATER) TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE AND I HAVEN'T HAD TIME DOING ALL THE STUFF
I WANTED TO, BUT THE CURRENT STATE OF THE SCREEN WILL DO... THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO BETTER
IS THE PATH OF THE SPRITE AND I ALSO WANTED TO HAVE SOME COOL VU-METERS INSTEAD OF THE UGLY
ONE COLOR PICTURES IN THE UPPER CORNERS. I HAVE ENOUGH PROCESSOR TIME LEFT, BUT I REALLY DON'T HAVE
TIME, I HAVE NO CHANCE TO WIN ANYWAY... :)
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WHOOOPS, GOTTA RUN... ONE TO BEAM UP......... ENERGIZE!
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END OF TRANSMISSON.
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