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Pharmageddon by The Paramedics
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screenshot added by gasman on 2022-10-23 01:11:57
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release date : october 2022
release party : TRSAC 2022
compo : combined demo
ranked : 2nd
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popularity : 67%
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alltime top: #1416
added on the 2022-10-23 01:11:57 by gasman gasman

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Haha so cool, especially the scene in the screenshot :)
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 01:16:43 by Optimus Optimus
35 years ago when I first saw the french pharmacy signs I though "somebody should make a demo about that". Ok, maybe not 35 years ago but 25 at least!

Awesome! <3
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 01:34:57 by D.Fox D.Fox
nice
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 01:47:13 by Ramon B5 Ramon B5
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rulez added on the 2022-10-23 01:50:20 by psenough psenough
Sick!
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 02:01:01 by ham ham
I prefer this to visiting the real farmacy.
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 02:55:10 by hornet hornet
Nice, unique output platform. 🙂
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 03:30:57 by Starchaser Starchaser
This is brilliant! The medium itself would be enough to make this interesting, but the visuals and music are top notch and make this awesome <3
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 07:30:39 by kiikrindar kiikrindar
yes! :)
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 08:15:07 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
Apotheke!
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 08:35:58 by fra fra
Brilliant stuff!
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 10:01:44 by flibblesan flibblesan
yes, this is absolutely brilliant, and loads of fun! What's the resolution of this thing? and is it 5 separate displays that are separately operated, or one square display with cuts?
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 10:03:20 by v3nom v3nom
sick

wait no,
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 10:34:38 by halcy halcy
Fun idea, well executed. I don't always feel these “weird display” demos are that interesting, but this one feels like it manages to work around the oddities pretty well, to the point where you forget the shape of the display.
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 11:17:35 by Sesse Sesse
@v3nom - it's 5 separate displays, 64x64 pixels each.
added on the 2022-10-23 12:47:13 by gasman gasman
Someone had to do it. Excellent :)
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 13:10:50 by break break
You made a demo on/about it. And an entertaining one, too!
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 13:29:12 by Saga Musix Saga Musix
Typical Gasman lmao, just make up a computer to get demo at :D

Also, Patarty, rofl
rulezcdc added on the 2022-10-23 13:37:51 by MrsBeanbag MrsBeanbag
Pharmacy form factor!
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 14:45:00 by rloaderro rloaderro
Nice work!
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 15:29:45 by Dma-Sc Dma-Sc
Finally a demo about it
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 16:07:35 by wullon wullon
it rulez, amazing
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 16:13:39 by nemkaboy nemkaboy
Cool
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 16:31:24 by bitl bitl
nice!
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 17:23:55 by Xyl2k Xyl2k
Medic!
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 17:32:56 by aldroid aldroid
Yeah yeah yeah !!
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 17:41:18 by Anat Anat
excellent :D
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 17:46:05 by Sebbert Sebbert
well done, this is fun
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 18:15:47 by SiR SiR
fun
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 18:23:04 by grz grz
Totally excellent!
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 18:32:08 by StingRay StingRay
thanks for the memes :^)
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 20:20:47 by yrlf yrlf
'30 seconds of demoscene memes'.

The Amiga bouncing ball.
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 20:22:53 by CiH CiH
Great ideas and soundtrack. Did the memes/tropes thread influence that part? And the video with people casually walking behind the display somehow adds to the experience. :)
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 20:34:41 by phoenix phoenix
What an absolute joy of a prod! Everything comes together super nicely, and the patterns and framing of the effects make very good use of the shape of the display. Even the memes part was actually funny; had it been only that, it would have been super lame. Excellent soundtrack as well; overall really really great stuff!
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 20:48:16 by ferris ferris
Totally awesome!
rulez added on the 2022-10-23 21:18:03 by pestis pestis
Neat!
added on the 2022-10-24 00:29:00 by AntDude AntDude
Nice!
rulez added on the 2022-10-24 12:25:58 by xeron xeron
Pharma-SI!
rulez added on the 2022-10-24 16:47:19 by sagacity sagacity
Seeing this comw together was an incredible experience :)
rulez added on the 2022-10-24 17:27:36 by Stormcaller Stormcaller
awesome
rulez added on the 2022-10-24 19:17:34 by patientnegative patientnegative
доктор едет-едет
rulez added on the 2022-10-24 21:57:05 by svo svo
Great stuff!
rulez added on the 2022-10-24 23:07:11 by exocet exocet
impressive and fun, love the music too!
rulez added on the 2022-10-25 00:07:13 by SunSpire SunSpire
This was really cool to see in person! I also love the detail of the ambulance siren getting louder when the ambulance is closer and rotated towards the viewer
rulez added on the 2022-10-25 22:41:57 by yugecin yugecin
The only thing it's missing is: Pharmaschinken (bdum-tsh.wav)
Hands down best prod from the party.
rulez added on the 2022-10-25 22:50:16 by d0DgE d0DgE
pluspoint
rulez added on the 2022-10-25 23:32:20 by gaspode gaspode
This is awesome, like it.

I just imagine some poor peeps searching for a pharmacy somewhere in deepest french outback but can't find one since the demoscene found a new playground-display :-D
rulez added on the 2022-10-26 12:33:57 by Danzig Danzig
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framing of the effects make very good use of the shape of the display. Even the memes part was actually funny; had it been only that, it would have been super lame.

For some reason I feel the exact opposite - the only thing that utilized the shape was the boingball, and the "meme part" was completely unnecessary and screams viralbait (is that a term? if not, it should be)

It's a shame cos the idea is there (and can be done much MUCH better) and the music is great (when it's allowed to be), but there's always a moment in such demos where I get this distinct vision of the authors going "I KNOW THIS IS AWFUL BUT I CAN'T HELP MYSELF", and that's where subtlety goes out the window and you get Nyan cat. Not a parody of Nyan cat, not an allusion to Nyan cat, not a sly underhanded reference to Nyan cat that implies that you believe that the audience is just as smart as you are - just Nyan cat, unaltered, going "STATISTICALLY THIS IS WHAT YOU LIKE PEOPLE, DONT FORGET TO LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE".

It just makes me sad.
added on the 2022-10-27 12:06:43 by Gargaj Gargaj
Greatest !!! I like the music very much too !!
rulez added on the 2022-10-31 13:54:19 by Black Dragon Black Dragon
brill :D
rulez added on the 2022-11-01 13:39:07 by spiny spiny
What Gargaj said about subtlety and weak utilization of the cruciform. Demoscene self-referentiality, getting stuck in one's own ass. The thing that holds it back.
added on the 2022-11-01 14:05:05 by bifat bifat
On the memes thing, I have to dispute the suggestion that they're just being lazily played straight with no attempt at cleverness. Yes, subtlety did go out of the window, but that's kind of the whole point... it's lampshading the notion that demosceners have a solemn duty to systematically port these things to every platform in existence, firstly by setting up a transparently silly pretext ("your prescription is ready...") for shoehorning them in here, and then blitzing through them in 30 seconds to subvert the usual state of affairs (namely, drip-feeding every compo in the next six months with Pharmafarjan, PharmaNICCC 2000 and Pharma Apple, which I think we can all agree would have been truly lame).

Point taken, if you're thoroughly sick of demoscene memes at this point then this isn't going to be any consolation - doing The Thing ironically is still Doing The Thing. But I do think there's a place on the scene for self-indulgent memey things, and that's the kind of demo we collectively set out to make, so no regrets there...
added on the 2022-11-01 20:36:01 by gasman gasman
bar cross format demo. amazing idea! ;D
rulez added on the 2022-11-02 17:55:19 by gentleman gentleman
Thank you. I'm glad someone finally made this demo.
rulez added on the 2022-11-02 22:28:17 by Zavie Zavie
Cool
rulez added on the 2022-11-03 02:34:33 by bodo^rab bodo^rab
dope
Well I liked it - lots of fun, the music is great and the whole thing doesn't outstay its welcome.
rulez added on the 2022-11-03 22:24:01 by kieran kieran
damn, i thought about it a few years ago and now i got it
rulez added on the 2022-11-03 22:36:40 by 100bit 100bit
It is what the demoscene has always been about - thinking outside the box. In a cross shape, perhaps.
rulez added on the 2022-11-04 19:58:53 by Shiru Shiru
What would be cool now, would be a pharmacist running this on its shop sign. :D
added on the 2022-11-09 12:43:13 by Dma-Sc Dma-Sc
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An amazing production, especially the memes part made me smile, and overall quite an enjoyable experience! We need more prods like this! :)
rulez added on the 2022-11-10 19:55:28 by Defiance Defiance
"Making of" link ain't working...
added on the 2022-11-14 18:55:41 by sim sim
very cool!
rulez added on the 2022-11-15 21:22:57 by pera pera
I'm new to the pharmacy sign universe and still loving it. also the music nails the it, perfect.
could have even cooler green effects on it though, compared with what I've seen on Twitter these days.
rulez added on the 2022-11-17 11:37:49 by 0b5vr 0b5vr
I'm usually outspoken with my distaste for memes that have stayed in the demoscene too long, and had a visceral reaction to seeing them in this demo but honestly, it's still great. It's a jolly prod and full of spirit, with a great soundtrack too.
rulez added on the 2022-11-17 14:13:00 by rc55 rc55
Enjoyed this.
rulez added on the 2022-11-18 21:30:44 by Emufr3ak Emufr3ak
I love it!
rulez added on the 2022-11-19 12:45:15 by PotcFdk PotcFdk
Simply Amazing!
rulez added on the 2022-11-21 09:42:34 by JJLonBar JJLonBar
Really cool in the recording, would love to see it in real!
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 19:37:16 by nylki nylki
:)
rulez added on the 2022-12-10 14:10:48 by Frequent Frequent
For the platform
rulez added on the 2024-01-23 09:45:51 by krusty krusty
Great!
rulez added on the 2024-10-17 17:28:02 by baah baah

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