The Black Lotus - Eon - Amiga Demo (50 FPS)

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Eon, an Amiga demo by The Black Lotus released in 2019, shown at 50 fps. It combines tight real-time graphics and music on classic Amiga hardware with a narrative running through the sequence.

HN people hold it up as one of the best demos ever made, both technically and as storytelling.

“this is one of the best demos of all time from both a technical point of view plus storytelling”
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@kw3b2026 · in “Write some software, give it away for free”
This is awesome as hell, haven't seen that one yet. I love that cracktros/demos are still a thing. A cracktro a day keeps the slop away. If you like that one, you'd probably dig this. I feel like this is one of the best demos of all time from both a technical point of view plus storytelling. Dropped back in 2019. Warms my heart. The Black Lotus - Eon: ▶ this video
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@dm3192024 · in “The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development”
If anyone wants to see a continuation of this subculture, have a look at this: link and this: ▶ this video
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@dansalvato2024 · in “Coding the anime "woosh" screen on Amiga”
I use the same trick today! I have some "benchmark" macros set up which forcibly override the background color when I want to see where in the frame my operations are taking place. > Didn't know there were people still trying to squeeze more out of that chipset nowadays. You will be amazed. The demoscene has gotten insanely good since around 2017. Here are some of my favorites that all run on a stock Amiga 500 (with the trapdoor memory): link ▶ this video link link link
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@dansalvato2023 · in “Grind – A first person shooter for Amiga 500”
Certainly! Here are some of my personal favorites from recent years. These all run on a stock A500 (with the ubiquitous trapdoor memory expansion). ▶ this video link link link
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@29athrowaway2020 · in “Little Things That Made Amiga Great”
The Amiga has a very impressive demoscene... Two Amiga demos that I like from The Black Lotus (TBL): - Eon (2019): ▶ this video (4:16 is my favorite part) - Starstruck (2006): link
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@doener2020 · in “The Black Lotus – Eon – Amiga Demo (50 FPS)”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@unixhero2019 · in “We Made Amiga, They Fucked It Up (2015)”
Vampire V4 SA (coming 2019/Q3) ------ There is a new Amiga being developed. It is an accelerator board with a brand new 68080 processor. The thing is, it being FPGA, it actually doesn't need to be hosted in an actual Amiga any more. Therefore they are planning to make a standalone, essentially new Amiga. The Apollo 68080 Accelerator - New Amiga: link Also. This is what Amigas can do in 2019: link link ▶ this video
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