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release date : august 2005
release party : Little Computer People 2005
compo : c64 demo
ranked : 3rd
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popularity : 67%
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alltime top: #1537
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Way too long and boring, no thanks
sucks added on the 2005-08-07 23:00:33 by britelite britelite
woot, the tune is one of goto80s best sds. i would love to have an mp3 of that.

gfx and direction rule also.
rulez added on the 2005-08-07 23:00:56 by dipswitch dipswitch
rulez added on the 2005-08-07 23:14:49 by Preacher Preacher
The tune was really not my style. Thought there was something wrong the first minute. But, the visuals where among the top 3 in the compo.
rulez added on the 2005-08-08 00:04:23 by ManJIT ManJIT
i really like this and the tune is nearly perfect.
great design.
rulez added on the 2005-08-08 00:28:39 by chavez chavez
just great.
lacks some of the nice flow you get in "postcards from stockholm" but is in return much more beautifully consistent, well composed and mysterious. i love it!
rulez added on the 2005-08-08 00:39:59 by lithis lithis
nicely done.
rulez added on the 2005-08-08 06:26:36 by NuKem NuKem
boring? this is great stuff indeed!
rulez added on the 2005-08-08 08:03:00 by yonx yonx
I wonder how ppl can thumb down this?! I must agree on the music part though.
rulez added on the 2005-08-08 08:05:35 by Proteque Proteque
Ah, hollowman's return to eerie existential orientation demos. :) The high-contrast low-colours gfx style is working great on the c64, some neat concept screens also (the money spendin' part in particular). Goto80's doing a solid job once more (and there's no doubt he is one of the best sid composers out there), but I find his demo tunes always a bit stale. Anyway, good demo.
rulez added on the 2005-08-08 08:55:37 by tomaes tomaes
So noone dares to guess what is really happening in the demo? :) My guess is that the guy beat up his wife and thats why noone wants to call him...
rulez added on the 2005-08-08 09:31:51 by sasq sasq
an art house movie on a c64.
rulez added on the 2005-08-08 11:17:46 by smash smash
good stuff
rulez added on the 2005-08-08 11:47:24 by teel teel
Interesting concept, I still haven't figured the connection between that car accident and the guy who has no real friends or something. Which fact makes the demo more interesting..
rulez added on the 2005-08-08 18:50:08 by Optimus Optimus
I got to the same conclusion as Sasq.
Yep, seems that the car accident is a lie or a metaphore the guy is using to explain why is wife in a wheelchair (just as she says so)... And as he's an agressive mofo, noone wants to play with him.

Oh mercy, this demo reminds me so much of my lousy life! At least I'm not coming up with lousy metaphores. Just beat up my bitch and spend all my money on cellphones and drink.

Great one, by the way...
rulez added on the 2005-08-08 19:04:28 by Jailbird Jailbird
hollowman, you're sick.
rulez added on the 2005-08-08 22:19:43 by kempy kempy
i want to hear hollowman's explanation for the story :)
added on the 2005-08-09 10:07:41 by chavez chavez
rulez added on the 2005-08-09 21:57:58 by psenough psenough
o_O weird
But the music is even weirder ... but it certainly helps to convey the feeling of the demo.

:p I liked the car part.
added on the 2005-08-12 00:33:05 by p01 p01
I really liked this? I really liked this.
rulezcdc added on the 2005-08-21 19:10:45 by _-_-__ _-_-__
Love the sound track. The gasp and applause when the 3d car appeared were well deserved. Yay!
rulez added on the 2005-09-27 22:50:58 by alchemist alchemist
one of the best demos as usual.
pick up the phone
rulez added on the 2005-10-17 11:44:30 by danb danb
Great gear.
rulez added on the 2005-10-19 02:22:26 by ALiEN^bf ALiEN^bf
the music was fittingly disturbing and the whole thing was beautifully deranged.
rulez added on the 2006-03-01 23:33:32 by Gargaj Gargaj
strange
but good
rulez added on the 2006-03-01 23:51:22 by Sverker Sverker
interesting story-telling... different but good.
rulez added on the 2006-04-05 18:26:53 by kusma kusma
rulez added on the 2006-05-25 21:28:04 by waffle waffle
thanks to negkk, i finally was able to saw this groundbreaking demo with it's really great in every aspect!
wow.
rulez added on the 2006-06-06 22:58:38 by v3nom v3nom
rulez added on the 2006-06-29 00:15:42 by Quarryman Quarryman
Unusually deep stuff for a demo, and extra thumbs-up for the subtle style of storytelling.
rulez added on the 2006-08-29 14:19:35 by viznut/pwp viznut/pwp
i like this demo, a lot.
rulez added on the 2006-12-29 15:43:24 by florent florent
Great... CPU LOVZ U!
rulez added on the 2007-01-26 12:35:44 by Simon^CPU Simon^CPU
Brilliant computer art...
rulez added on the 2007-02-09 01:49:48 by darXtar darXtar
rulezcdc added on the 2007-06-07 10:51:43 by Radiant Radiant
Perfect indeed. Will be played on and on here.
rulez added on the 2007-07-05 14:43:54 by krabob krabob
reminded me of "the machinist". in a positive way!
added on the 2007-07-15 15:14:48 by v3nom v3nom
Sincerity in the contents, style in the performance. Rocks!
rulez added on the 2007-08-10 15:14:11 by fishwave/scx fishwave/scx
great
rulez added on the 2007-08-26 00:09:57 by prm prm
Very well crafted, and the tune fits perfectly.
rulez added on the 2007-11-16 10:43:34 by Nezbie Nezbie
very nice..
rulez added on the 2007-11-16 12:54:34 by mad mad
Nice but the tune is too boring. It should also have been a bit shorter I think. Cool demo anyway.
rulez added on the 2007-11-16 14:32:31 by StingRay StingRay
Strange.. but FLT style always does it for me. And Goto80 of course! :)
rulez added on the 2008-01-06 00:49:26 by Alpha C Alpha C
rulez added on the 2008-01-12 20:08:26 by ton ton
:O

<3
rulez added on the 2008-02-06 11:25:39 by fxmj4598fj4598fj fxmj4598fj4598fj
Classic FLT story style and nice Goto80 SID :)
rulez added on the 2008-05-20 22:21:05 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
Weird but good
rulez added on the 2008-05-30 12:05:28 by pigpenpete pigpenpete
mrrr, love it.
rulez added on the 2009-05-05 23:23:16 by comankh comankh
Nice demo but ugly tune
added on the 2009-05-05 23:58:20 by Emod Emod
Great concept but that's about it.
cdc added on the 2009-06-19 14:46:06 by noby noby
Goto80 and Hollowman: the best in FLT.
rulez added on the 2010-09-18 16:13:34 by w00t! w00t!
the soundtrack is so sexy.
Let me rephrase my previous word, this demo fucking rocks as do all the farelite c64 demos. The feeling in this demo just gripes my whole body, absolutely love it
rulez added on the 2010-10-09 15:27:35 by noby noby
Nice concept!
rulez added on the 2011-10-18 20:52:16 by Frequent Frequent
Very original!
rulez added on the 2011-10-22 15:40:34 by zbyndek zbyndek
original, but boring
added on the 2011-10-22 15:50:46 by xeron xeron
I love a metaphor I can relate to. Saved my life.
rulez added on the 2012-02-01 12:44:09 by aegis aegis
Hats off for Hollowman and Goto80.
rulez added on the 2013-01-10 22:25:11 by SandLover SandLover
No words
rulez added on the 2013-01-10 22:44:35 by Saga Musix Saga Musix
Eerie stuff.
rulez added on the 2013-03-15 03:09:12 by lennart lennart
This isn´t a good demo, it´s an irritating one instead
rulez added on the 2014-01-07 23:49:45 by T$ T$
crazy cool, great music.
rulez added on the 2014-09-14 19:18:22 by keito keito
Great tune, nice idea.
rulez added on the 2014-12-03 21:17:39 by Sir_Lucas Sir_Lucas
this prod is great.
rulez added on the 2016-05-19 23:44:46 by iks iks
different
Holy shit, is this for real? Actual storytelling? :D

P.S. Went and looked up what stole the most original concept award from this demo; wasn't surprised—a tough choice, really.
rulez added on the 2019-05-07 02:45:09 by moozooh moozooh
nice
rulez added on the 2019-05-07 07:17:41 by provod provod
very nice
rulez added on the 2019-05-07 11:13:30 by nosfe nosfe
deep
rulez added on the 2019-05-08 22:14:25 by SiR SiR
Boooring even with this concept
sucks added on the 2019-05-09 07:32:58 by krusty krusty
I like this one slightly less than "Romeo", because "Romeo" is a bit more explicit, and I like explicit. It is also a bit less exciting visually. But the concept here is just as fantastic, the scenario very convincing and it almost never feels like a demo, which is always a big deal for me.
rulez added on the 2021-04-09 19:19:51 by introspec introspec
Great one the music bangs
rulez added on the 2022-04-02 08:39:56 by wrighter wrighter
it does hit differently after so many years…

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