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- Joomla access now automatically redirects from "htttp://" to "https://"
- A global Demozoo link has been added to the navigation area
- Demozoo Links have been added for all productions
- Missing "Chick OnChips" release has been added to productions
- Productions are sorted and exported automatically when saving the "productions.ods" database
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This excellent VCS music was created by Bart Wasil (BeWu) for the Atari VCS music competition at Silly Venture 2k22 SE in Gdansk. Turning it into a ROM file was an unexpected challenge, as the TIATracker module has 126 patterns and exceeds the 4k limit for a single ROM bank. So, I had to split the source by hand and create an 8k bank-switched ROM. The tune ranked a well-deserved 1st place in the competition and is one of the best VCS pieces of music ever made. I am delighted to have been part of the release and to see what can be done with TIATracker. Here's a comment from Jérémie Glafouk on the inner workings of the song "Very clever use of only two channels with such a rich sound (drums + bass + chords + melody). He is using percussion for arpeggios. The 'double' bass using two instruments (out of only seven possible instruments in TIATracker) is also brilliant and works well. And the mixing is perfect with the only two channels."
I've also used the occasion to recompile Glafouk's "Snake It" song with the most recent TIATracker player and uploaded it. It ranked 2nd place in the Silly Venture 2020+1 SE in Gdansk.
The downloads of the modules, the binaries, and the source are available in the Atari 2600 / Demos section.
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I've compiled my impressions of the Silly Venture 2k21 Winter Edition I attended in December 2021 in Gdansk. I've also included a snapshot of the Silly Venture homepage as a PDF export. It was the first time I went there alone, so I got in touch with many new people I didn't talk to before. Thanks once more to Grey for making this event possible. It's so awesome to meet other Atari fans in person.
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This demo was created for the Atari 8-bit demo competition at Silly Venture 2k22 SE in Gdansk. It is a 40k single file executable and works on all 64k PAL Atari 8-bit computers. Click here to read the story behind it.
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On 2022-05-21 - after many years of absence - Bernhard, Stefan, Jan, and I attended HomeCon #69 in Hanau. It was a charming, small, enjoyable party where we met many new people. Here are some impressions.
