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Critical Mass by Parallax
screenshot added by hitchhikr on 2011-06-11 16:27:21
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release date : july 1992
release party : Assembly 1992
compo : amiga demo
ranked : 4th
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added on the 2011-06-11 08:26:31 by menace menace

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Disk 2: ftp://ftp.amigascne.org/pub/amiga/Groups/P/Parallax/Parallax-CriticalMassB.dms
added on the 2011-06-11 08:26:47 by menace menace
It's totally the kind of demo I like, Amiga 1992 style definitly rulez :)
rulez added on the 2011-06-11 23:47:30 by rez rez
Came 4th in the ASM '92 competition. Competition version had wrong module (looped in 30seconds) ... Is notoriously hard to run sometimes :D
added on the 2011-06-12 12:18:37 by leGend leGend
Yeah, this one is really awesome if you can get it to run :)
rulez added on the 2011-06-12 12:46:37 by britelite britelite
realy nice !!
rulez added on the 2011-06-12 15:38:46 by sINk sINk
Like it <3
rulez added on the 2011-06-19 15:14:05 by gibs gibs
cant get this working properly, just hangs on a spinning vector disk right at the start...
added on the 2015-03-12 11:20:41 by keito keito
got it working on my real A1200, and it's a nice demo!
rulez added on the 2015-08-11 22:31:34 by keito keito
keito: unbelievable! :D
If anyone can grab youtube, would be appreciated highly
added on the 2015-08-12 06:25:18 by leGend leGend
Weird and slow loader, doesn't run here either. Might require 2.0(?). I don't have that on any of my Amigas. Freezes on A1200-060 after the first pic.

If I try stock A1200 default config in WinUAE, it doesn't freeze on the first anim, but gurus after the planecut.

That's OK. No software is future-compatible. But it seems not super compatible either :P

And there's no Youtube that I could link. So who will be the first to record a capture? :)
added on the 2018-07-23 02:13:18 by Photon Photon
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Weird and slow loader, doesn't run here either. Might require 2.0(?).


Loader works on 1.3 but the disks are broken!
added on the 2018-07-23 08:12:15 by StingRay StingRay
I recall spending quite a lot of time some years ago trying to get this to work with Toni (maintainer of WinUAE). We dug up numerous different versions of the disks, with not much luck. Would be really interested in seeing a fully working version :)
added on the 2018-07-23 08:20:30 by break break
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Would be really interested in seeing a fully working version :)


Quite a while ago I've started to fix the broken files on the disks but not sure it can be fully done. We'll see. :)
added on the 2018-07-23 09:32:53 by StingRay StingRay
Stingray: Excellent news :) This is my first "real" scene prod...
added on the 2018-07-23 10:05:12 by leGend leGend
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Would be really interested in seeing a fully working version :)


Quite a while ago I've started to fix the broken files on the disks but not sure it can be fully done. We'll see. :)

We tried to do that too but failed. Keeping my fingers crossed!
added on the 2018-07-24 08:21:42 by break break
I have a version of the demo on disk where only a some frames of the intro animation are messed up, the disk images I've downloaded have all been in worse state.
added on the 2018-07-24 08:26:36 by britelite britelite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVrSbWUpovc&t=0s

I finally got the demo to run. I tried many configurations and the one that worked was A500+/020/AGA/DMA/Wait4Blitter/WinUAE4.1.0.
The music keeps playing shortly after the last scene and ends normally without a cut off (and then simply loops from start), so I guess MAYBE the end screen/credits is missing?
added on the 2018-12-18 12:11:42 by Dally Dally
Yeah, the demo definitely crashed in your video. The intro-sequence is also broken, the music seems to be slightly corrupted and the animation is really messed up.
added on the 2018-12-18 12:33:51 by britelite britelite
Demo can work still, even though the intro seq and music are corrupted. I had this version, though it still can also crash later :D *sigh*
added on the 2018-12-18 14:21:43 by leGend leGend
I happen to have the demo on disks from 1993 which I got from Yolk back in the day. They still work and I am 100% sure that I managed to watch this demo from start to finish few times when I got lucky. :P

The demo can crash pretty much at any point but if one manages get to the last pink (underwater?) vector cube the last major test is the ending logo. Apx. 98% of attempts that's where the demo finally crashes but I have managed to see the last logo couple of times. :)
rulez added on the 2022-01-30 00:18:34 by KarpowSCX KarpowSCX
Karpow - if you ever have time and a screengrab etc. maybe even backup the disks :D - would really appreciate!
added on the 2022-02-20 20:44:36 by leGend leGend
Latest link to youtube is the "100%" working version
added on the 2023-08-23 16:44:00 by leGend leGend
Wow, never seen this to the end before.
rulez added on the 2023-08-23 16:47:55 by break break
Finally a proper video!
added on the 2023-08-23 17:10:44 by britelite britelite
Excellent stuff.
rulez added on the 2023-08-23 17:43:16 by ham ham
Creative effects.
rulez added on the 2023-08-23 17:59:37 by gaspode gaspode
Finally, in 2022 yoo got the working version =). Incredible.
Never seen this one before, neither...

Some cool parts, but... Well... The demo looks kinda unfinished, or it is just me...
But stoll, some parts kicks!!

PS. Funny thing. There is a local bar in Loimaa called "Legend". A coincidence? Do not think so ;) =D!
rulez added on the 2023-11-23 02:24:33 by sim sim
Cool
rulez added on the 2024-01-13 12:57:35 by Olympian Olympian

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