_______ ___ _______ | _ \| | _ | |. 1 /|. |. |___| |. _ \|. |. | | |: 1 |: |: 1 | |::.. . |::.|::.. . | `-------'`---`-------' _______ _______ _______ ______ _______ _______ | _ \| _ | _ | _ \ | _ | _ \ |. 1 /|. | |. l |. | \|. 1___|. l / |. _ \|. | |. _ |. | |. __)_|. _ 1 |: 1 |: 1 |: | |: 1 |: 1 |: | | |::.. . |::.. . |::.|:. |::.. . /|::.. . |::.|:. | `-------'`-------`--- ---`------' `-------`--- ---' .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / SYNTAX TERROR BIG BORDER REVISITED BY DYNO | SOMMARHACK 2017 \ '-------------------------------------------------------------------' : : : Back in 1990, Delta Force released the legendary Syntax Terror : : megademo for the Atari ST. The Big Border demo screen was made : : by Chaos, Inc. of Delta Force and it's main characteristics is : : the tiny 96*54 pixel screen size. : : : : Rules for the compo : : : * The demo is limited to a 96*54 area, centered on the screen : : * No rasterbars outside of the 96*54 area : : * Must work on 512k RAM : : * Must work on Atari ST : : : : Here is my tribute (working on Atari 520 ST), as a contribution : : to the Sommarhack 2017 demoparty that took place in : : Grådö (Sweden) on july 8th 2017. : : : : The commented source code is attached if anyone is interested. : : : .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / CREDITS \ '-------------------------------------------------------------------' : : : Music : EPIC from The Misfits Software : : Amiga 8x8 font (ripped by) : ROY from Superior Art Creations : : Code and other graphics : DYNO : : : .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / GREETINGS (AND SPECIAL THANKS) \ '-------------------------------------------------------------------' : : : ACF Design Team (Agent -T-, Jacky, Tao) : : Aenigmatica (The Mind, The Nutty Snake, Zokathra) : : Aggression (Creator, Teque, WizTom) : : Alive Team (CiH, Felice, ST Survivor) : : Atari Legend (Brume, ST Graveyard) : : Avena (Fried, Tat, Thyroxin) : : Checkpoint (Defjam, Lsl) : : D-Bug (Cyrano Jones, GGN) : : Dead Hackers Society (Evil, Gizmo) : : Delta Force (Big Alec, Chaos Inc, Flix) : : Demografica (Big Boss Man) : : Dune (Chuck, Mic, Thadoss) : : Effect (Pandafox, Tronic) : : Electra (Abel, Icarus, Kasper) : : Equinox (Keops, Starlion) : : Exo7 (Blue Murder, Goofy, Rick, Sademan, Skywalker) : : Hemoroids (Ayoros, Marco Polo, Sink, Totorman, Wieczor) : : Holocaust (Zappy) : : Legacy (Fury, Vickers) : : Level 16 (Ilja, Nod) : : MJJ Prod (Gloky, Shazz, Strider) : : Mystic Bytes (Grey, Sqward) : : NeXT (Dbug, Mit) : : NoExtra (Hylst, Zorro2) : : No Group (Mcoder) : : Omega (Haq, Liesen, The Flying Egg) : : Overlanders (Adso, Dim, Mr. Bee, Ziggy Stardust) : : Oxygene (Leonard, Mon, Niko) : : Paradize (ST Cooper, Sunnyboy) : : Paradox (Dan, Paranoid, RA) : : Pendragons (Megadeth, Terence) : : Quartermass Xperiment (Cronos, Relayer) : : Replicants (Illegal) : : Reservoir Gods (Griff, Mr. Pink) : : Sector One (Hello, Zerkman, Splash, Zoby One) : : SMFX (SPKR) : : STAX (Rockabit) : : ST Connexion (Alien, Belzebub, Vantage) : : ST Knights (Dieu, Kelly X) : : Superior (Axe) : : SYNC (BlueSTar, Redhead, Troed) : : Synergy (Rapido, Wingleader) : : The Carebears (An Cool, Jas, Nic, Tanis) : : The Exceptions (6719, Alyssa, Daryl, ES, Mad Max) : : The Giants (Corsair, Havoc, Rex) : : The Invisibles (Skaven) : : The Lost Boys (Digital Insanity, Manikin, Oxygene, Sammy Joe) : : The Respectables (Duke, Tyrem) : : TOS-Crew (Mr Ni) : : Trio (NoNameNo) : : Tscc (Insane, Lotek Style, Ray, Thorn) : : Unlimited Matricks (Chris, Gunstick, The Fate) : : WAB Group (Dr Skull, Frutbunn, Mellow Man, NewCore, SoLo) : : YM Rockerz (Dma-Sc, gwEm) : : : .-----------------------------------------------------------------. / CONTACT ADDRESS \ '-------------------------------------------------------------------' : : : If you have any comment, remark, suggestion, or just to say : : hello, feel free to contact me at the following address : : : : : dyno@aldabase.com : : : .-----------------------------------------------------------------. ______ ___ ___ ______ _______ _______ _______ _____ _______ | _ \| Y | _ \| _ | | | _ | _ | _ | |. | | 1 |. | |. | | |___| |. | |.| |___| | |. | \_ _/|. | |. | | / ___/|. | `-|. | / / |: 1 /|: | |: | |: 1 | |: 1 \|: 1 | |: | | | |::.. . / |::.| |::.| |::.. . | |::.. . |::.. . | |::.| | | `------' `---' `--- ---`-------' `-------`-------' `---' `---' July 8th 2017