**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** 64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE READY. LOAD"._ - ?UNDEF'D STATEMENT ERROR READY. -
WARNING: RAM EXPANSION UNIT (REU) NOT FOUND! THIS DEMO REQUIRES A 16 MB REU WITH THE CREST DEMO DATA FILE PROPERLY LOADED. PRESS SPACE TO CONTINUE ANYWAY. - RAM EXPANSION UNIT (REU) NOT FOUND! - RAM EXPANSION UNIT (REU) FOUND, BUT DATA CHECK FAILED. MAYBE YOU FORGOT TO LOAD THE DEMO DATA INTO THE REU? - THIS DEMO REQUIRES A 16 MB REU WITH THE CREST DEMO DATA FILE PROPERLY LOADED. PRESS SPACE TO CONTINUE ANYWAY. - #, ), " - #, ), " - #, ), " - (THIS IS DEEKAY WRITING LIVE ON BREAKPOINT 2010, THE FINAL HAPPENING.... WE'RE VERY PROUD TO GIVE YOU OUR LATEST PRODUCTION. ACTUALLY IT WAS CROSSBOW'S IDEA TO RELEASE THIS HERE, MOSTLY BECAUSE X DOESN'T HAVE A WILD COMPO, HEHE!... I'M QUITE TIRED, HAVE BEEN SYNCING THE DEMO FOR THE PAST 2 DAYS, CURSING ABOUT CROSSBOW'S LAZINESS TO CODE A PROPER EDITOR FOR THE PLAYLIST! ^ I REALLY THINK THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A DREAM COME TRUE... YOU DO NEED A 16MB REU FOR THIS, BUT WE THINK WE MADE GOOD USE OF IT! ^ PRETTY MUCH EVERY CYCLE IS USED CONSTANTLY FOR NUFLI, DMA AND MUSIC. SINCE THERE IS SO LITTLE RASTERTIME, WE EVEN HAD TO STREAM THE MUSIC FROM THE REU (AND COPY THE REGISTER DATA OVER MANUALLY SINCE THE REU'S DMA WORKS THE WRONG WAY TO WRITE DIRECTLY ONTO THE REGISTERS - GRR!). WE FOUND A BUG IN VICE'S REU EMULATION DURING DEVELOPMENT, THE ORIGINAL REC CHIP DOESN'T WRAP PROPERLY FROM $07FFFF, WHILE VICE DOES. 1541U DOES THIS RIGHT (AND CHAMELEON TOO ONCE IT IS RELEASED, ACCORDING TO JENS SCHOENFELD). SO CROSSBOW HAD TO RE-ARRANGE EVERYTHING, BUT IT STILL WORKED OUT NICELY IN THE END.. I REALLY WONDER WHY NOBODY MADE STUFF FOR THE REU BEFORE, THE REC DOES OFFER SOME REALLY NICE FEATURES, YOU CAN ALSO USE THE DMA FOR FAST FILLERS, EVEN STENCIL FILLERS, WHICH SHOULD BE GREAT FOR HUGE FILLED VECTORS ETC. BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT IS LIMITED BY A LOAD-STORE OF A SINGLE BYTE FROM MEMORY TAKING 9 CYCLES OR A FILL TAKING 5... WE DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF TOOLS FOR THIS, BITBREAKER MADE THE CONVERTER YOU KNOW ALREADY, AND CHOKE MADE A JAVA-TOOL THAT DOES WAY BETTER DITHERING THAN PHOTOSHOP, SINCE PHOTOSHOP'S DITHERING SIMPLY SUCKS, EVEN MORE SO WHEN CONVERTING COLOR IMAGES! A LOT OF TIME WAS SPENT ANIMATING IN PHOTOSHOP, NEXT TIME I'LL USE A PROPER VIDEO-EDITOR, BUT FIRST I NEED TO FIND ONE THAT OFFERS ME THE LEVEL OF PRECISION AND RETOUCHING THAT PHOTOSHOP OFFERS... SYNCING THIS SHIT WAS REALLY A PAIN IN THE ASS, SINCE THE AVAILABLE 3:28 LENGTH SIMPLY TURNED OUT TO BE TOO SHORT FOR ALL THE STUFF I HAD PLANNED. SO THE DEMO RUNS QUITE FAST TOWARDS THE END, BUT THAT STEPS UP THE PACE A BIT, WHICH IS NEVER BAD! ^ I'D HAVE LIKED TO SHOW THE REALLY GOOD STUFF THAT TOOK MANY MANY HOURS TO MAKE LIKE CARRION'S SPINNING HEAD A BIT LONGER, BUT WELL... WE HOPE YOU ENJOY WATCHING THIS AS MUCH AS WE DID MAKING IT, IT'S GREAT TO FINALLY MAKE A DEMO AGAIN AFTER ALL THESE SLIDESHOWS! ^ BIG PROPS TO LINUS WHO MANAGED TO MAKE AND IMPROVE THE TUNE WHILE MOVING HOUSE, FIGHTING WITH HIS GIRL AND SUPPLYING MUSIC AND SFX FOR ABOUT 500 OTHER PRODUCTIONS HERE ON BREAKPOINT, HEHE... AND HE'S NOT EVEN HERE! CARRION IS HOWEVER, WHICH IS GREAT, HE MADE A COMPOPICTURE ON THE PLANE FROM WARSAW TO BREAKPOINT! RESPECT ALSO TO S.E.S., WHO NOT ONLY MADE THIS NICE INTRO, BUT ALSO MODDED THE 1541U FIRMWARE TO LOAD REU FILES. WITHOUT THIS, LOADING WOULD HAVE TAKEN FOREVER. IT STILL TAKES 47 SECS TO LOAD, BUT THANKS TO S.E.S.' PLUGIN, WE'RE LOADING AT 2.1 DISKS (!) PER SECOND ALREADY! SO YOU COULD IMAGINE HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE NORMALLY TO LOAD 100 (!) DISKS... IT'S NOW SATURDAY MORNING, AND SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH MY HEAD IS REALLY FINE, CONSIDERING ALL THE BOOZE WE HAD YESTERDAY (REMEMBER THE MOTTO: SAUFEN AM BRECHPUNKT!)... KRAWALL!!! ORIGINALLY, CARRION WAS SUPPOSED TO WRITE SOMETHING NOW, BUT SOME HOURS AGO WHEN I LAST SAW HIM HE WAS TOO WASTED FROM YESTERDAY, AND NOW I CAN'T FIND HIM.. OH WELL, WHATEVER, GOTTA MAIL THIS TO S.E.S., DEEKAY IS OFF ON THE 3RD OF APRIL 2010 PROPOSING THAT NO MATTER IF THIS IS THE FINAL BREAKPOINT YOU SHOULD STILL ALWAYS KEEP YOUR THUMBS UP!... X IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND IT WILL ROCK EVEN MORE THAN LAST TIME! ^ - HI, THIS IS S.E.S./CREST WRITING! INTRO CODING FINISHED ON 3RD OF APRIL 2010. PATCHING THE 1541 ULTIMATE FIRMWARE TO SUPPORT LOADING REU FILES WAS FUN. IT WAS LIKE A BLIND FLIGHT THOUGH, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE HARDWARE TO TEST THE PATCHED FIRMWARE ON! YOU CAN PRESS SPACE TO PROCEED TO THE DEMO. OR, SEARCH "HARD" FOR THE HIDDEN EFFECTS IN THIS INTRO... ^ - D*** THUMBS UP! *** - C S.E.S./CREST SIGNING OFF... -