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Stronger than ever ! Daniel Vik, now in association with Vincent van Dam (fMSX-SDL, CASTools) reveals in an incredible mega-demo the hidden capabilities of the MSX1.

You need to use preferably a MSX1 or a MSX2 computer; to see correctly all the effects in an emulator, run the demo in blueMSX and in openMSX !

You can download this demo :

http://www.msxblue.com/Unleash.zip

Some screenshots on my site MSX blue :

http://www.msxblue.com

W-O-W!, it's amazing! :o
Now we can start some kind of contest where everyone tries to guess the trick behind every demo part!  :D

Congrats!

OOoooh!! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

AWESOME!!!!!congrats,guys!this is amazing!!!

KNM
100 colors in MSX1?! :o :o :o :o :o

It looks like you don't have found the hidden part ... with all the explanations ! When the demo is finished (when you press on the spacebar in the last part), it's only an illusion : press then on F5 :)

let´s give a try...

KNM
awaiting...

Oh Yes! This is the most wanted feature on a good demo...a little "making of".Well done!!

KNM
Amazed & Learning ;)

W-O-W again!
I've missed this one!, great (and hard & time consuming) job guys!. To me, the best cut it's the end full screen animation; maybe technically it's one of the simplest; but the motion engine does the trick and seems really colourfull and dynamic. Love the way it renders the different shades, it remembers me the 4-motion engine! :)
More than 2 colors on screen 0?. Let me guess...with some kind of vertical limitation?, seems that you've used some more synch magic again, this time without the 5th sprite! ;). Now, I'm sure that you can do a scroller and define multiple fonts on the same screen (0, of course)... ;D
Maybe one day we can see some little sources as example of the practical use of 5th sprite trick!,please? ::)

Again, good work!

P.D.: Have we seen the last from our old MSX1?

Arrrghhh, I'd like these effects in my games!  ;D Terrifying job, dudes!  :D

BlueMSX doesn't work at full framerate on my system so I could see the effect used in the 105 colors animation.It's a great idea!  :D Some day, in my dreams, a snippet could be published and everybody could use that trick!

Congrats!  ;)

Simply outstanding... A must see demonstration showing awesome never-seen-before capabilities!... you guys just stated that MSX1 rule!... THANK YOU GUYS FOR CODIN' THIS FREAKIN' IMPRESSIVE PIECE!  :god:

I have no words. Just A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!!!!!!!

Need to see it running on the real MSX!

Let´s pick up a WAV version and load it in MadriSX & Retro on the big screen  :P :P :P :P

KNM
Still impressed! :god: :god:

A WAV from a .dsk?

I think it's better to save a copy of the demo in the HD of the TR we'll use :)

I have waited almost twenty years to see someone put something in borders!  :) And now, at last, my wish is fulfilled! So it is not sole right of Commodore 64 anymore for having programs which use borders. *sigh*  :)

Thank you and congratulations!  :o  ;)

by the way, full screen multi-scrolling colourful pictures were really artistic! ( wants to say they were exactly to my taste!!!!! ;D )

I wonder why no-one has not made anything like 105 colours before on MSX??? Some guy did same style thingy on spectrum, just drawing 3-4 almost same looking pics which do alter a little using speccy´s (or pc´s?) painting program. And that´s it. By the way, he has made LOTS of such pictures, all were fake loading screens of speccy games.

Okay... those spectrum pics did not have 105 colours, but 16 or so... ;) but they looked just like amstrad and c64 versions did look.

Must try demo on real comp someday, as now I don´t know if it is because of bluemsx that those 105 colours pics flickered a bit strangely (I know, they must flicker anyway) and it did not look THAT cool. But I understood what you guys meant. Maybe it will look different on MSX2. :)

Thanks for the nice feedback  :)

We are working on a cassette loader for the demo too. I'm not sure if we can have it ready for MadriSX (its next weekend right?) The demo works ok on TR machines too except the border scroller.

And as Viejo_archivero said: MSX1 rule!!! (who ever doubted that ;) )

If not, I can supply my own MSX1+FDD to show the demo!. For sure it will occupy a honor place between the other system demos! :D


Indeed!, for me it's the best part!


I've tested it on my MSX1 and it looks like as in BlueMSX; to my eyes, it flickers the same. The only minor difference I can see is the perfect synchronization of the color bars border, BlueMSX shows it a bit displaced.

We'll need just a double sided FDD, mine reads only 360k disks.


Yeaaah!!


I can't wait to watch the demo on the big screen :)

SapphiRe

So I'll bring mine with me, it's a customized 720Kb Mitsubishi unit.