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Boing by Dale Luck & RJ Mical
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release date : january 1984
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rulez added on the 2006-11-16 00:33:12 by iks iks
AMIGAAAAAAA
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 00:43:52 by p01 p01
\o/
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 02:43:30 by StingRay StingRay
THE Demo ;-)
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 07:26:09 by emkay emkay
Im confused. I thought the original boing was against a square grid (no perspective bit) because it used memory offsetting to move the screen image. So this isnt the orignal is it?
added on the 2006-11-16 07:48:16 by auld auld
It is the original which was made for the amiga prototype.
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 08:30:53 by hitchhikr hitchhikr
I don't remember how the grid looked but i sure i remember the ball and how it bounces :)
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 08:40:16 by Serpent Serpent
<3 <3 <3

@auld:
It is definately the original.
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 09:11:55 by xeron xeron
@auld again:
Also, it doesn't use memory offsetting or anything like that. It runs on an Intuition screen; you can drag it down or flip to another screen and carry on drawing in Graphicraft and coding in ABasiC ;-)
added on the 2006-11-16 09:13:59 by xeron xeron
the mother of all palette rotation tricks on amiga
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 09:54:18 by Dalton Dalton
bOING!!
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 09:59:30 by alien^PDX alien^PDX
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 10:03:38 by Spin Spin
boing boom cha!
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 12:28:56 by keito keito
BOiNG!
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 12:55:21 by masterm masterm
What the fuck, this was not here? We suck at teh p0u37.
Classic.
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 13:00:15 by benryves benryves
bounce bounce
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 13:06:49 by waffle waffle
Just googling arround :P

"the first graphics demo for the Amiga 1000, which was written by Dale Luck and RJ Mical during a break at the 1984 Consumer Electronics Show (or so the legend goes.)"

There's also this 1985 demo called "polyscope" (never knew it) which seems famous (?)
http://amiga.emucamp.com/eademo.htm
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 14:30:04 by Buckethead Buckethead
Well I bow to the much greater knowledge here. All I know is I a wasted summer at college writing this on some crappy college machines (built in the lab). Its what got me into graphics.
rulez added on the 2006-11-16 19:13:51 by auld auld
Part of demoscene history somehow :)
rulez added on the 2006-11-17 18:09:09 by keops keops
Woho!
rulez added on the 2006-11-18 18:08:38 by Frequent Frequent
ok
rulez added on the 2007-03-06 16:46:32 by BITS BITS
The best. ~_~
rulez added on the 2007-04-01 20:54:58 by elend elend
Jump!
rulez added on the 2007-09-09 01:15:11 by kempy kempy
\o/ A M I G A \o/
rulez added on the 2007-11-10 12:39:24 by esion esion
AAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIGGGGGGAAAAAA
rulez added on the 2007-11-10 12:46:36 by Premium Premium
rulez added on the 2007-11-11 22:38:56 by cyberpingui cyberpingui
Boing.
rulez added on the 2008-08-17 21:27:46 by xernobyl xernobyl
Legendary!
rulez added on the 2008-12-28 08:32:49 by pigpenpete pigpenpete
AAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIGGGGGGAAAAAAHHHHH!!
rulez added on the 2008-12-28 09:27:52 by Emod Emod
Classic
rulez added on the 2009-03-09 13:03:35 by meduusa meduusa
needs more thumbs !
rulez added on the 2009-04-12 21:19:36 by comankh comankh
### Amiga, Ball boining ###

;)
rulez added on the 2009-04-12 21:22:02 by aquaman aquaman
a-ha! :)
rulez added on the 2009-05-12 16:28:03 by nula nula
classic!
rulez added on the 2009-05-12 23:22:50 by Eliecan Eliecan
Funny, I never associated this with the scene.. but it fits right in :)
rulez added on the 2009-05-12 23:55:35 by psonice psonice
First amiga demo?
Why boing? If i remember it right the sound the ball made when bouncing was not like a boing-sound. :P
rulez added on the 2009-05-12 23:57:03 by Frost Frost
It began in Vegas!
rulez added on the 2010-03-14 10:59:53 by zstab zstab
Power.
rulez added on the 2010-07-27 18:09:25 by Jakim Jakim
screams of joy!
rulez added on the 2010-08-24 00:03:01 by leGend leGend
Classic.
rulez added on the 2010-08-24 04:25:21 by zoolum zoolum
The Atari ST version is better ! :)
rulez added on the 2010-08-24 17:39:28 by lsl lsl
1984
rulez added on the 2010-08-24 18:08:09 by chromag chromag
Hehe. I wasn't even born when this came out.. impressive stuff for it's time.
rulez added on the 2011-01-30 11:16:22 by pacifist pacifist
1984?
added on the 2012-08-06 13:03:51 by ltk_tscc ltk_tscc
AAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!
rulez added on the 2012-08-06 13:17:39 by Sir_Lucas Sir_Lucas
Jan 1984? I doubt that really... is it confirmed somewhere?
added on the 2013-08-14 11:35:12 by ltk_tscc ltk_tscc
"Though it was never adopted as a trademark by Commodore, the "Boing Ball" has been synonymous with Amiga since its launch. It became an unofficial and enduring theme after a visually impressive animated demonstration at the 1984 Winter Consumer Electronics Show in January 1984 showing a checkered ball bouncing and rotating."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga
added on the 2013-08-14 11:50:21 by Serpent Serpent
I would like to confirm what previous posts have said:

* yes, it does run on a custom screen. It uses the OS to do the initial drawing and the setting of the color registers (for color cycling, background grid etc.)

* yes, it does alter the bitplane offsets for horizontal motion, going as far as creating 8 copies of the background, each shifted by 1 pixel, so that the bitplanes of the background can appear to be locked into place, while the viewport is shifted.

* the bitplanes are also larger than it appears, vertically, so that the viewports can be shifted for the vertical motion.

Using these techniques, combined with simply pointing Paula at the loaded samples in chip memory, and triggering paula to play them at the appropriate times, you get a demo that uses almost no CPU time, and thus, can multitask very cleanly...it really was quite effective, and made those of us used to seeing tiny 16x16 or 32x32 sprites drop our jaws to the floor. :)
added on the 2014-05-01 21:15:16 by TSCHAK TSCHAK
Wahoo :D
rulez added on the 2014-12-11 14:11:59 by alk alk
Used neat tricks at that time!

What, no HD 50 Hz YouTube capture for this one? ;-P
rulez added on the 2014-12-11 14:33:10 by Kylearan Kylearan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssUleIBKOW8 Amiga 30 baby!
rulez added on the 2015-07-23 21:08:26 by RDS RDS
AMIGAAAAAAAAAAAHHH
rulez added on the 2017-05-08 08:22:52 by Flashira Flashira
Quote:
Just googling arround :P

"the first graphics demo for the Amiga 1000, which was written by Dale Luck and RJ Mical during a break at the 1984 Consumer Electronics Show (or so the legend goes.)"

There's also this 1985 demo called "polyscope" (never knew it) which seems famous (?)
http://amiga.emucamp.com/eademo.htm

Polyscope was made by EA and came bundled with the Amiga 1000 that I purchased in October 1985 in the U.S. It was on a floppy shared with a series of screenshots that made up a coming-from-Electronic-Arts slideshow "demo." It was most impressive, way back when. I still have it in my Amiga 1000's disk box on the desk to my right.
added on the 2018-01-11 16:44:39 by blakespot blakespot
See the Juggler running on my Amiga 1000 setup (in 2017) here: https://youtu.be/upjRQZ3c-6w?t=36m25s

Also, note the famous RoboCity demo, which can be seen at 35m25s in. Juggler can be seen at 31m38s in.
added on the 2018-01-11 16:58:02 by blakespot blakespot
The first Amiga Demo <3
rulez added on the 2018-09-24 22:14:48 by Triace Triace
Max respect!
rulez added on the 2018-10-28 10:17:55 by tifeco tifeco
Obvious thumb! :) Though it's a product demo. Therefore I would argue that the release date is Sep 1985, when Commodore-Amiga started shipping out A1000s.

In hindsight, it's quite luxurious compared to other product demos of its era. :)
rulez added on the 2018-11-02 20:36:46 by Photon Photon
AMIGAAAAAAAA
rulez added on the 2018-12-02 23:02:42 by 100bit 100bit
.
rulez added on the 2019-09-04 23:39:55 by Nosferatu Nosferatu
L.E.G.E.N.D!
rulez added on the 2019-09-05 00:36:33 by sachy sachy
Legendary !
rulez added on the 2020-11-21 15:29:41 by AlienTech AlienTech
yes
rulez added on the 2020-11-21 16:29:42 by SiR SiR
Where Amiga demomaking started.
rulez added on the 2020-11-21 16:42:02 by Soundy Soundy
Boing Ball forever!
rulez added on the 2021-11-30 11:06:43 by rainwarrior rainwarrior
Boing Ball Roolezzzz!!!!!
rulez added on the 2021-11-30 11:56:15 by tjahzi(aka Jimi) tjahzi(aka Jimi)
The first demo ever made for the AMIGA 1000! Was so impressive back then!
rulez added on the 2022-01-15 21:08:45 by SoDa7 SoDa7
𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑨 ...the beautful machine. 💖
rulez added on the 2022-03-26 21:38:12 by Motion Motion
THE BALL!
rulez added on the 2022-10-15 22:49:47 by bodo^rab bodo^rab
That's how all this started ... ! Amiga !
rulez added on the 2022-12-25 05:06:15 by mccnex mccnex
The Classic
rulez added on the 2023-01-30 11:35:18 by Optimus Optimus

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