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Bang! by XAYAX
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screenshot added by SvOlli on 2014-04-20 15:12:43
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release date : april 2014
release party : Revision 2014
compo : oldskool demo
ranked : 1st
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popularity : 66%
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alltime top: #1127
added on the 2014-04-20 15:12:43 by SvOlli SvOlli

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KickASS
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 15:13:32 by Premium Premium
Powerful VCS claim.
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 15:18:57 by Baudsurfer Baudsurfer
damn good for VCS (take this in the good way of course!!!)
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 15:20:04 by EviL EviL
This was very nice to watch on the big screen.
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 15:31:14 by Starchaser Starchaser
Wow !
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 15:36:09 by stf stf
nice
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 15:48:44 by psenough psenough
Awesome.
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 16:01:39 by tomaes tomaes
Awesome demo, respect!

+ amount of content
+ music sync
+ the coke part
+ sprite multiplexer

- using extra RAM and not being open about it in the compo
- some screaming coder colors
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 16:02:23 by Kylearan Kylearan
Winner!
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 16:30:16 by rexbeng/PA rexbeng/PA
most&best hires fx & gfx I've ever seen in a VCS demo.
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 16:37:40 by Oswald Oswald
What a big bang !
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 17:14:27 by Cyg_BLaBla Cyg_BLaBla
Super production, 3,2,1!
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 17:55:12 by Buckethead Buckethead
ok
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 18:09:15 by g0blinish g0blinish
If this indeed is using the 128 bytes extra RAM of the F8SC cartridge, I can see that there might be some controversy. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but it seems to have been more or less an unwritten rule for VCS demos so far to only use the built-in 128 bytes RAM.
It will be interesting to see where the VCS can be taken if extra RAM usage is adopted.

With that out of the way, very nice demo, especially loved the "Coca cola"-bar, looked awesome.

Minor nitpicks:
The very first interlaced image of the face looks good in emu, but on my 2600jr it seems like the sprite positioning is off by a pixel.
No greetings to Noice? :( ;)
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 18:40:28 by Sdw Sdw
I can't decide whether I like this one of TIM1T better. But awesome work either way :)
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 18:58:28 by Tjoppen Tjoppen
me likes
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 19:44:01 by Iapetus Iapetus
Absolutely enjoyed it, great production!
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 19:57:15 by Den Den
Really nice effects, that twister, maaan
added on the 2014-04-20 20:53:23 by halcy halcy
forgot my thumb
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 20:54:54 by halcy halcy
Exactly what Kylearan said. Regarding extra RAM: This was designed to be released at Revision, where the rules allow every physical medium that fits for the maschine. So extra RAM is fair for me in this case, because typically even Amiga demos compete in the same compo here at Revision. So this is the "best VCS demo with extra RAM", a new VCS category "F8SC" and an outstanding one man dedication & effort for the machine.

For SillyVenture it's a different story and there extra RAM is explicitly not allowed since it's a VCS only compo. So see you there in the VCS Fight Club!
rulez added on the 2014-04-20 21:45:16 by JAC! JAC!
VCS is a bitch, rulez thumb is obvious. Apparently not obvious enough to the voters(!)
rulez added on the 2014-04-21 01:48:22 by Photon Photon
Awesome technical improvements of course. Get a better designer for the next one (and the music department could use some work). Had some impressive moments in any case, like the coke part.
rulez added on the 2014-04-21 07:27:00 by visy visy
Cool!
rulez added on the 2014-04-21 10:21:20 by Emod Emod
So 128 bytes extra... Well if other demos didn't need it. I admit I compared this to other VCS demos I had seen, and learning afterwards that it needed extra RAM is kind of a disappointment.

Btw "extra RAM" reminds me of a certain Amiga demo that had been made with/for WinUAE and 1 gigabyte of RAM and, "surprisingly" wouldn't work very well on the compo machine that had an actually possible amount of RAM.
rulez added on the 2014-04-21 12:38:08 by yzi yzi
Blew us away!
rulez added on the 2014-04-21 13:07:45 by ltk_tscc ltk_tscc
Awesome demo, best parts imo :
- multicolor cheesboard
- coca-cola bar

Nice SID'ish sound at c64 part btw.
rulez added on the 2014-04-21 13:28:48 by BackSpace BackSpace
Awesome!
rulez added on the 2014-04-21 13:36:27 by s7ing_ATZ s7ing_ATZ
Asskicking prod!
rulez added on the 2014-04-21 14:25:25 by Strider Strider
So much content on the good old VCS sure is a huge amount of work! Quality release!
rulez added on the 2014-04-21 15:44:07 by baah baah
Awesome demo, I loved this! :)

I really wish I could have made it to your seminars too as I was really looking forward to them, but sadly had to finish off my demo instead... But I grabbed them off the ftp site and will be watching too!
rulez added on the 2014-04-21 19:48:48 by doz doz
But...but...but...it's bankswitchedbwaaahaaahaaa...

Whatever.
rulez added on the 2014-04-21 21:29:52 by Moerder Moerder
rulez.
rulez added on the 2014-04-22 10:29:03 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
Great!
rulez added on the 2014-04-22 10:34:43 by elend elend
It's fantastic that an Atari 2600 prod comes first @ Revision ! Congrats!!
rulez added on the 2014-04-22 13:24:18 by norecess norecess
mindblowing demo for such an old platform :D
rulez added on the 2014-04-22 17:58:55 by rez rez
woahhh! a lot of effort went into this one. worth winner.
rulez added on the 2014-04-22 17:59:13 by hunta hunta
Even with extra RAM and 32Kb ROM, its still awesome :-)
rulez added on the 2014-04-22 21:46:38 by xeron xeron
What xeron said, though I too thought it was not using exta memory.
rulez added on the 2014-04-22 21:50:40 by Preacher Preacher
I really wonder where VCS is going to be next year.
rulez added on the 2014-04-22 21:52:32 by Saga Musix Saga Musix
awesome A2600 demo
rulez added on the 2014-04-22 21:58:57 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
What Preacher said.
rulez added on the 2014-04-22 22:34:59 by Alpha C Alpha C
wonderful
added on the 2014-04-22 23:01:22 by jegougou jegougou
Awesome! One of the best VCS2600 demos!
rulez added on the 2014-04-23 00:51:13 by Calexico Calexico
One of my entire party favourites.
rulez added on the 2014-04-23 01:15:03 by CiH CiH
BANG!
rulez added on the 2014-04-23 06:13:35 by Gʀɪʍʍy Gʀɪʍʍy
Just delicious! :)
rulez added on the 2014-04-23 06:52:10 by miker miker
Awesome :P
rulez added on the 2014-04-23 10:38:37 by p0ke p0ke
Rules the VCS.
rulez added on the 2014-04-23 18:12:33 by raer raer
great stuff
rulez added on the 2014-04-23 18:36:53 by toxie toxie
Music + Colours rule :-)
rulez added on the 2014-04-23 22:16:40 by Zweckform Zweckform
Well done guys!
rulez added on the 2014-04-24 11:20:18 by Hicks Hicks
a bigger bang
rulez added on the 2014-04-24 14:19:16 by decca decca
respect
rulez added on the 2014-04-24 20:26:52 by spritus spritus
Justified winner! Great work!
rulez added on the 2014-04-25 13:03:03 by MaV0910 MaV0910
Sure, this demo runs on a beefier VCS setup than usual, but still it's very restrictive. But hey, those graphics are very high-res thanks to more memory and draws a lot of inspiration from C64 demos (obviously), but that's not a bad thing :)
rulez added on the 2014-04-25 22:27:48 by TomoAlien TomoAlien
bang!
rulez added on the 2014-04-27 19:12:55 by las las
Absolutely amazing! I'm all for the use of this extra RAM! :)
rulez added on the 2014-04-28 23:50:29 by ramon ramon
Nice demo, yes where next for VCS! :) seriously all this extra RAM comments.. not exactly a huge expanse an extra 128b is it?? If they stick 1MB of Ram then we are talking another category! ala 130XE with ultimate 1MB
rulez added on the 2014-05-01 19:18:44 by Nativ Nativ
Worthy Winner! Altho i liked kylearans firstie almost as much as this!
Anyway, welcome onboard! Next show em what you can do without the extra-RAM at SillyVenture! ;)
rulez added on the 2014-05-02 02:54:00 by ɧ4ɾɗվ. ɧ4ɾɗվ.
Gee! This demo is really pushing the poor VCS to its limits! :-)
Awesome!
rulez added on the 2014-05-02 16:12:27 by Daniel Daniel
holy shit! what a ride!
rulez added on the 2014-05-03 17:41:10 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
Mmm VCS goodness.
rulez added on the 2014-05-05 09:38:00 by psonice psonice
Thanks for the kind comments. They really make the two years of work worthwhile. I also updated the homepage linked by the QR code at the end. It now contains some views behind the scenes. It still is a work in progress, but already worth a visit: http://xayax.net/bang!/
added on the 2014-05-05 22:36:07 by SvOlli SvOlli
Massive for this machine!
added on the 2014-05-12 20:52:56 by RA RA
Wow.
rulez added on the 2014-05-19 20:37:25 by Paranoid Paranoid
Yay!
rulez added on the 2014-06-21 13:45:27 by Frequent Frequent
real nice.
rulez added on the 2014-07-03 01:42:06 by iks iks
Great...
rulez added on the 2014-08-25 02:37:01 by Chainsaw Chainsaw
This is a great demo. It really shows what can be achieved with really really limited hardware.
rulez added on the 2014-09-03 17:07:03 by The_Grandmother The_Grandmother
Awesome in every aspect!
rulez added on the 2015-02-01 17:31:33 by v3nom v3nom
First time watching this, it was "bang!" in my face.
rulez added on the 2015-03-07 09:37:06 by Overflow Overflow
Watching while seeing the related talk at Revision 2015. WTF. Rules!
rulez added on the 2015-04-03 17:39:38 by HellMood HellMood
Wait? I didn't vote for this yet?

This is excellent stuff. And definitely inspiring. ;)
rulez added on the 2015-04-09 11:12:04 by JTZ JTZ
Totally mind blowing! I hadn't watched it since last year. Now I remember why it won! \m/
rulez added on the 2015-04-14 21:54:08 by PFL PFL
wow wow wow
such a great job
gfx, music, ideas, design - everything is brilliant
rulez added on the 2016-04-21 05:49:36 by frog frog
Kicking ass!
rulez added on the 2016-05-14 19:23:15 by lvd lvd
Very impressive in every (technical, visual, sonical) aspect. A real achievement showing real skills and determination.
Amazing demo....
rulez added on the 2016-05-14 21:59:49 by sim sim
A fine product!
rulez added on the 2016-06-24 12:10:24 by nollkolltroll nollkolltroll
Pretty ugly and little more than a miscellaneous collection of effects, but the sound is excellent, which warrants a thumb. Except I'll still retract it for that inane still pic toward the end.
added on the 2016-11-15 23:05:50 by noby noby
great! did you consider providing some limited run of this demo on real cartridges ?
rulez added on the 2016-12-19 11:13:44 by zden zden
WOW!

what zden said.
rulez added on the 2017-03-22 03:00:53 by cxw cxw
zden, the limited cartridge production run already happend on the release: 8 carts. But if you really want one you can order one on Atari Age using their custom cart option.
added on the 2017-04-04 22:33:50 by SvOlli SvOlli
great!
rulez added on the 2017-10-01 01:25:31 by ferris ferris
Best VCS prod ever!
rulez added on the 2018-06-11 04:31:09 by TheWildShadow55 TheWildShadow55
dived a little bit into vcs coding, this machine is so fucked up, so triple thumb up for releasing such amazing stuff !
rulez added on the 2018-06-11 18:32:02 by Asato Asato
This prod is really awesome. Thank's for pointing me to this prod on the Evoke party. I love it!
rulez added on the 2018-08-26 21:22:22 by JackPearse JackPearse
wtf this is awesome
rulez added on the 2019-05-05 19:52:07 by SiR SiR
Oh wow, I had to remind myself I was watching a VCS demo. Serious effort.
rulez added on the 2019-05-27 17:41:33 by moozooh moozooh
classic
rulez added on the 2019-07-04 20:50:06 by remdy remdy
Using the time given by the Corona pandemic, I finally built a cartridge using the original SARA RAM chip. And so it's finally verified that this demo could have been created using what was available in the mid 80s.
added on the 2020-10-27 17:32:23 by SvOlli SvOlli
Well I gotta be honest, 7 years later I still keep watching this from time to time.

So... I think this might be one of my favourite demos of all time? And to my shock I never thumbed it either so.. Better late than never :D

Really dig the soundtrack too - this is the only VCS demo that had me bobbing so far :)
rulez added on the 2021-08-27 21:59:57 by oerg866 oerg866
great
rulez added on the 2022-08-02 11:57:59 by Blast! Blast!

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