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The Black Lotus - Starstruck - Amiga Demo (AGA)

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A high-definition capture of Starstruck, the award-winning 2006 Amiga AGA demoscene release by The Black Lotus.

Great demo by The Black Lotus released at Assembly 2006 - Ranked: 1st... The Black Lotus - Starstruck - Amiga Demo - AGA (HD 50fps) youtube.com/watch?v=bBzdPtJumEE *Check out my TBL playlist for more from these guys* youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUs3FEEE2J3ndp1V9sHT8Y-5ax4VScW6u

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What people say. Recommended as one of the most impressive and classic examples of the Amiga demoscene.

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On “Little Things That Made Amiga Great”

The Amiga has a very impressive demoscene... Two Amiga demos that I like from The Black Lotus (TBL): - Eon (2019): link (4:16 is my favorite part) - Starstruck (2006): link to this video
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Mithalduon Hacker News • Mentions

On “The Amiga Demoscene Mixtape Vol. 1 [video]”

I've owned one, though i never programmed for it. But from what i know, i guess the answer is that the amiga is very close to a modern computer, in that it has specialized chips for graphics and sound (Denise and Paula), making many tasks quite easy, but is still weak enough to force most programs to be relatively simple. At the same time there's also still a very active competitive amiga programming community², making things like these: link -- link -- link to this video -- link -- link ² link
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dejobaanon Hacker News • Mentions

On “The demo scene is dying, but that's alright”

I was just walking down demoscene memory lane yesterday. Some of my favorite demoscene demos were Amiga ones (playlist: link to this video ), which lead me to "The Greatest Video Game Tech Demo Ever," Shadow the Beast: link That video's great because it breaks down how Psygnosis managed to get 12 layers of parallax scrolling at 50fps and 128 colors on-screen. I never really loved the game as much as (say) Blood Money, but it was an awesome accomplishment in the same way demoscene demos were!
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