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Thunderdome - The Demo by Checkpoint [web]
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screenshot added by lsl on 2014-12-08 12:55:10
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release date : december 2014
release party : Silly Venture 2014
compo : atari demo
ranked : 1st
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added on the 2014-12-08 12:55:10 by lsl lsl

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Disjointed, felt a bit like two separate demos bolted together but lots of Checkpoint genius throughout, so one for the win!
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 13:14:28 by CiH CiH
Kick ass effect. The best in the competition.
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 13:37:57 by at0m at0m
i agree it was a bit disjointed, but on the other hand lots of lovely coder pr0n. it has to be a thumb! loved the 3D thunderdome wizard.
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 14:24:35 by gwEm gwEm
Mindblowing code, concept, music and finally graphics!
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 15:30:57 by Nitro/Black Sun Nitro/Black Sun
excellent!! i love this crazy ST prod!! perfect party demo on big screen!! mega gratz..
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 15:33:52 by sINk sINk
The demo is very good, music, effects rulz!
design is weak point, but there were many nice moments - like 3d wizard
..and please remove me from credits on this page - there was not my gfx
.. as far as I know
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 16:00:52 by jok jok
Wow, the texture mapping!
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 16:11:16 by Optimus Optimus
jok: don't know who added you to credits
added on the 2014-12-08 17:28:41 by lsl lsl
Some wicked fx. Great release!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHwUchzEG8k&list=UUYpDHpY7Vauw9E3GVXvHPuw
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 17:28:59 by applecrypt applecrypt
Great!!
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 17:49:21 by Sir_Lucas Sir_Lucas
Impressed.. really, super impressed. I did not expect seeing 3D Metaballs on ST!
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 18:12:00 by norecess norecess
this is just fantastic! that raymarching-scene and the 3d wizard <3
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 18:23:06 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
nice effects! the second part is solid :D
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 18:28:27 by rez rez
jok i fixed it now, hints about the cause is in fix me beautfull
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 18:57:07 by havoc havoc
Loved the 3d wizard a lot!
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 19:06:14 by Buckethead Buckethead
now that was awesome ♥
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 19:24:57 by HellMood HellMood
What rez said: The second part has some impressive moments :)
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 20:16:24 by Dbug Dbug
nice code but the music really isnt mine =)
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 20:32:50 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
From the first part, I only liked the morphing letters. The rest looked just not good, and the music was horrible. Still, this must have been a lot of work.

The second part was very good, although a bit more design wouldn't have hurt. ;-) Overall thumb up!
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 21:31:30 by Kylearan Kylearan
Just thumb, too complicated music at the first part :)
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 22:02:52 by dhor dhor
massive, tons of nice effects, enough for two different productions
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 22:14:14 by Blast! Blast!
ouch ! i can't wait more to test thursday on real hardware ! f---g wonderfull
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 23:29:19 by yogib33r yogib33r
yay Thunderdome Atari ST demo, born and raised on Thunderdome and started to like Atari ST a couple of years ago a perfect combo :)
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 23:50:21 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
hell yes!
rulez added on the 2014-12-08 23:54:15 by Alpha C Alpha C
Phat effect show. 3D-Metaballs on ST are crazy. Respect!
rulez added on the 2014-12-09 09:52:45 by axis^oxy axis^oxy
Very nice coderpr0n from checkpoint. I still think it feels like 2 prods merged into one tho, and the design could use a little touch up. Still, a great demo and a worthy winner. Texturemapping is crazy fast!
rulez added on the 2014-12-09 10:14:07 by baggio baggio
Coder pr0n as they say. ;)
rulez added on the 2014-12-09 10:14:44 by Dma-Sc Dma-Sc
Great effects but I think something more pleasant could have been done with them...
rulez added on the 2014-12-09 10:17:37 by Preacher Preacher
great!
rulez added on the 2014-12-09 10:39:30 by superplek superplek
Nice coder pron, design and soundtrack - sux
rulez added on the 2014-12-09 11:12:40 by bitl bitl
Unbelievable fast kick ass demo effects ! I was wondering if that was a Falcon demo :) (first soundtrack in not my taste, but audio compression is technically impressive)
rulez added on the 2014-12-09 12:26:09 by Orion_ Orion_
Extremely impressive code - cannot believe it is just ST 1MB :)
rulez added on the 2014-12-09 14:41:01 by MKM MKM
nice, the hardcore version for jesus on e's ;)
rulez added on the 2014-12-09 15:42:28 by maali maali
That raymarching part looks awesome! Lots of other cool effects as well.

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nice, the hardcore version for jesus on e's ;)


This can't and shouldn't be compared to Jesus on E's which is a plain no-code animplayer!
rulez added on the 2014-12-09 16:43:24 by StingRay StingRay
Waouh !! oO One more time Checkpoint does another big step in new school amazing effects on ATARI STf.

1st part has good techno vibes / atmosphear.
3D dots plane moving, text Morphing, anim, polygons, ... quite fine :)

2nd part is technically VERY amazing !
Ray marching, 3D Metaballs, 3D bumpmapping with 3D distorsion, 3D wizard, blending fx, ...
If each effect can run separately on a bare 520 Stf !! Respects !

Cool music especially 2nd one.
Several nice gfx.

I cannot imagine how much time you've spent on this !
With a little more design it would have even better. Question of time i can imagine.

GREAT work !
rulez added on the 2014-12-09 20:29:49 by hylst hylst
Some brutal FX in this prod ! Some designs & musax are not my cup of tea.
Moar of this please ! (just a little more polished)
rulez added on the 2014-12-09 21:05:56 by Cyg_BLaBla Cyg_BLaBla
If only Amiga ECS/OCS demos were this good lately. Defo thumbup.
rulez added on the 2014-12-09 21:52:13 by Hoild Hoild
o__O;
rulez added on the 2014-12-10 07:53:38 by fra fra
Cool stuff. more a fan of the 2nd part though but rocks imho.

I was not aware that C2P is now fast enough on ST ;) need to check that out.
rulez added on the 2014-12-10 08:44:53 by Heaven/TQA Heaven/TQA
+ impressive advanced effects (all that 3d stuff, etc.)
+ a lot of content
+ some nice gfx (although sometimes a bit inconsistent)

- unfortunately awful music (especially in the 1st part)
- in the first part the flow / action / synchro is too slow compared to the music

Summary, solid demo with strong code.
rulez added on the 2014-12-10 08:45:16 by slayer slayer
Didn't even know this was possible on ST! Thank you for keeping and evolving the highest standards of code - that's what the demoscene needs today!
rulezcdc added on the 2014-12-10 17:05:35 by Alone_Coder Alone_Coder
I like all effects, specially the 3d at the second part :)
rulez added on the 2014-12-10 18:50:38 by Zorro 2 Zorro 2
Exactly what Slayer said.
rulez added on the 2014-12-11 09:32:34 by d0DgE d0DgE
That was _REALLY_ massive !!! Thanx for another SV2k14 highlight, Lsl! :) Fantastic in every detail !
rulez added on the 2014-12-11 13:01:15 by grey grey
EFFECTS!
rulez added on the 2014-12-11 16:24:40 by keops keops
Massive coding!!! I love the 3D wizard...

I don't like the low quality of the soundtrack in the 1st part - its sooo noisy.
rulez added on the 2014-12-11 20:36:35 by RA RA
Ace!
rulez added on the 2014-12-11 20:41:49 by ɧ4ɾɗվ. ɧ4ɾɗվ.
I saw the Club X logo in the video loop, Therefore I approve.
rulez added on the 2014-12-11 20:46:14 by Sander Sander
Cool... I also redrawed the thunderdome logo on amiga ago years!

nice prod! :)
rulez added on the 2014-12-12 15:26:41 by .. ..
Part 2 has some nice technical stuff,the bumpmapped rubber vector is ace!
rulez added on the 2014-12-12 19:41:30 by Sdw Sdw
I liked the second part more but the first part did have some nice effects, the problem was that the first part was not very fluent. Overall this one had some killer effects.
rulez added on the 2014-12-13 15:59:58 by MuffinHop MuffinHop
Ruling effects show with some good design flow and too
rulez added on the 2014-12-13 19:44:48 by noby noby
Scary clown like It! So so demo!
added on the 2014-12-13 19:46:17 by AntDude AntDude
Disjointed indeed... the music not really my cup of tea... but who cares? It totally rocks! Frikkin' amazing code!
rulez added on the 2014-12-13 22:09:53 by Daniel Daniel
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rulez added on the 2014-12-13 22:34:34 by Frozzy Frozzy
awesome
rulez added on the 2014-12-16 06:53:27 by SiR SiR
Did not like the music of the first part much, but the rest was truly amazing, great one :)
rulez added on the 2014-12-16 16:41:20 by Sapphire Sapphire
WTF !!!!! Ok Defjam, you won, I pledge allegiance...
rulez added on the 2014-12-16 22:53:41 by Shazz^TRSi^MJJ Shazz^TRSi^MJJ
second part kicked ass, indeed
rulez added on the 2014-12-18 17:11:06 by decca decca
Really great atari demo. You rulez
rulez added on the 2014-12-19 23:04:31 by Thadoss Thadoss
for the memories and some of the effects:
rulez added on the 2014-12-20 10:46:46 by toxie toxie
mayby ok, but i see: state of the arts, nine fingers and others old Amiga's demos.
this is 2014, not 1991. more creativity, please.
added on the 2014-12-20 17:53:10 by tiges tiges
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mayby ok, but i see: state of the arts, nine fingers and others old Amiga's demos. this is 2014, not 1991. more creativity, please.


So go and make a demo about it ;-)

Your tools will be - Atari STFM, one megabyte, floppy drive. Enjoy!
added on the 2014-12-20 18:02:25 by CiH CiH
untz-untz
rulez added on the 2014-12-20 18:08:51 by Triace Triace
how is this possible on ST??

and music is AWESOME!
rulez added on the 2014-12-21 18:36:59 by calimero calimero
1991 calling?
raymarching, marching cubes, complex 3d models(for Atari ST) even animated? :)
added on the 2014-12-23 09:21:15 by lsl lsl
hehe... even though the oldskool hardcore tekkno stuff was never my cup of tea (not even 20 years ago) I liked the stuff that teased my eyes in here very much... wie war das mit Weltherrrrrschaft?! ;)
rulez added on the 2014-12-24 13:39:07 by moondog moondog
WOW!!!
rulez added on the 2014-12-24 16:01:12 by BackSpace BackSpace
Top notch code as usual.
(Didn't like the music in 1st part though...)
rulez added on the 2014-12-24 20:29:45 by baah baah
Have been watching it again. Damn, your 3d is cool! :D
Waiting for more!
added on the 2014-12-26 19:58:48 by baah baah
Great code and nice effetcs, such a pity the musics are so lame and boring ! :/
rulez added on the 2014-12-28 13:20:48 by Hexogen Hexogen
I'm totally with RA on this one. The first part is rather mixed, the second part totally rocks!
rulez added on the 2014-12-30 22:06:25 by Paranoid Paranoid
Also, I'm not in Enydimion, honest:
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rulez added on the 2014-12-31 00:32:59 by rc55 rc55
It's definitely impressive for the most part. However I really think some effects should not be done on an ST. They are just too slow to be enjoyable.
rulez added on the 2014-12-31 14:25:45 by ChrisTOS ChrisTOS
I'm really happy Defjam asked me to take part to this great adventure even tho I mostly reworked TC gfx :) Another huge and ass kicking Checkpoint prod with huge balls !
Yes, plain st with 512 mem and without co-chips. The teknique of 130 poly textured wirzard is amazing, if you know that an ST is basically a frame buffer.
rulez added on the 2015-01-01 13:00:24 by moredhel moredhel
Impressive effects, crappy music in the 1st part, fantastic music in a 2nd part. Overall: great job!
rulez added on the 2015-01-03 17:02:10 by argasek argasek
TECHNO FORCE FUCK YOUR HORSE
rulez added on the 2015-01-05 21:16:12 by ferris ferris
very good colours all the way! cool effects & style
rulez added on the 2015-01-05 21:51:21 by gentleman gentleman
marching cubes ? that's neat
rulez added on the 2015-01-07 13:47:26 by MsK` MsK`
Nein, wirklich nicht!
sucks added on the 2015-01-07 22:01:20 by bartman bartman
Nope.
sucks added on the 2015-01-07 22:06:20 by Raven^NCE Raven^NCE
Amazing code.
Just not fond of the theme.
rulez added on the 2015-01-08 00:01:34 by p01 p01
So cool !!!! Thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx !
rulez added on the 2015-01-18 16:44:32 by HuggyOne76 HuggyOne76
yep
rulez added on the 2015-02-08 13:35:42 by Frequent Frequent
sound's a bit weak in the first part
nice effects
end 5 minutes of scroller / credits is too long imho
Logo ripping
sucks added on the 2015-03-03 08:47:12 by Baudsurfer Baudsurfer
you are such a f'n lamertroll..
added on the 2015-03-03 11:38:13 by lsl lsl
Saw it on real hardware on a bigscreen this weekend. Holy motherfucking awesome!
rulez added on the 2015-03-30 23:27:15 by grip grip
Hats off my friends, the wizard and turntable scenes killed it all
rulez added on the 2015-04-03 01:32:42 by fiveofive fiveofive
Second part has some impressive effects, but the first part could be skipped completely, and then add some design to the last part. Too much code with too little wrapping.
Just wondering -- is it the first time metaballs were made on 68000-class machine like atari st or amiga 500?
rulez added on the 2015-07-24 17:01:44 by lvd lvd
The design and the incoherency with the music are not something good to remember, but the code sure is. So....
added on the 2015-07-24 17:15:01 by Exin Exin
atari sucks.
sucks added on the 2015-08-22 21:57:15 by kimi kardashian kimi kardashian
Heh, screenshot looks much like the picture from this prod.
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added on the 2015-10-26 23:24:56 by lvd lvd
good one... even if the music isn't my cup of tea ;)
rulez added on the 2015-12-29 18:28:00 by ultra ultra
I played a small role in this one :-) Thanks LSL/DefJam! Nice to see great new Atari ST demos, given that the Atari ST came out in 1985!
rulez added on the 2016-01-06 03:17:42 by Alien / ST-CNX Alien / ST-CNX
Alien - it was a pleasure to reverse your code :) .... ment as damn big compliment!
added on the 2016-05-18 03:47:10 by lsl lsl
Pretty good if you like this kind of thing, music quality seems quite low bit, but i know nothing of the code or hardware here, but thumb for being a good atari rave demo :(
rulez added on the 2016-06-07 23:20:13 by keito keito
That was meant as a :) smiley btw, freudian keyboard slip :D
added on the 2016-06-07 23:21:07 by keito keito
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Thunderdome-Energy-Drink-Thundertaste-ungeoeffnet-von-1995-/272296352973
rulez added on the 2016-07-18 22:25:13 by Exin Exin
It's a good demo, but... well it lacks something in my opinion... Dunno.
Perhaps not my cup as for the music.
rulez added on the 2017-12-10 16:31:43 by sim sim
1st part: content thumb down, realization thumb up
2nd part: content thumb up (and a bit for the music), realization thumb down
In final it equals piggy.
added on the 2018-11-13 21:59:53 by 100bit 100bit
Part 2 soundtrack is massive. FPS is low to look good.
added on the 2019-01-11 23:28:58 by Claw Claw
Awesome!
rulez added on the 2019-01-26 09:15:12 by Mystra Mystra
Nice tech (goat cheese effect), nice music (the ym part); overall design and presentation leave a lot to be desired. A weak thumb it is!
rulez added on the 2019-02-09 11:35:36 by spkr spkr
technical merit
rulez added on the 2019-03-13 21:48:06 by cxw cxw
that's real shit !
sucks added on the 2019-09-26 19:09:55 by gloky gloky
Fun
rulez added on the 2019-10-04 23:18:29 by _nemo_ _nemo_

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