We did a little write-up about the narrative side of the demo: www.joycogames.com/retro/br/narrativeSide.html We hope you enjoy it!

@nekononiaow

Жыл бұрын

Having a narrative is certainly an interesting approach for a demo but even though I am familiar with the Tibetan Book of the Dead I totally missed the reference while watching the demo twice. In my opinion, there is generally too much to concentrate on to appreciate a good demo to be able to follow a narrative at the same time and there is always the risk to see people start appreciating the demo for the narrative and visuals even if the demo is overall nothing special technically. If we concentrate on the narrative, in the end people will be voting for demos which are in essence the best movies rather than than the most capable of exploiting the hardware. That's not the case here as the effects are quite technically impressive but there's always the risk that commenters will appreciate the demo for its art and looks rather than for its prowesses. IMO, demos should engage viewers by talking to their intelligence and ability to understand the underlying hardware and educate them about it rather than move them emotionally via their narrative or visuals. But as a coder I am likely to be in the minority. ;)

I’m absolutely speechless, never could I believe that this is possible to squeeze out of an Amiga 500 based on hardware from 1985. Epic! Looks and sounds absolutely stunning!!

On December 10, 2022 Amiga history was made with the release of this demo. Amiga 500 OCS WTF?????? It has been 27 years since your last release and I would wait another 27 for something of this quality, but I certainly don’t want to! Let’s gooooooo!!!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

@MrThairacer

Жыл бұрын

i speechless 😶, did the end is a reference to TBL startruck with a kick to the raven ? 😆

@TheGuruMeditation

Жыл бұрын

@@MrThairacer Yep! Shots fired!!!

@theamigashow9506

Жыл бұрын

How is this possible?! Love it 😍

@WavemStudios

Жыл бұрын

Agreed - knocked the ball out the park with this one...

@TheBrothErsBG

Жыл бұрын

See you un Posadas Party 2023!! ;)

Bravo, haven't seen anything this stylish and polished on the A500 since Eon. It looks deceptively simple but the FX and animation are incredibly high precision for the hardware it's running on. The dithering, scaling, blends etc. Music is really nice too.

Sometimes it’s hard to believe that this is all coming from 1985 hardware when it looks like a 5th generation console game at many parts. This is incredible!!!

It's almost 2023 and the Amiga still blows me away after all this time.

Wow Amazing just amazing! also the reference to TBL Starstruck demo at @7:20 is so cool! 😎

This is absolutely a demo of the year!! Stylish, timeless and beautiful!! A worthy successor of the Batman Vuelve!! Thank you so much for your effort and this astonishing production.

Just watched this on my Amiga 1200 connected to my amplifier and subwoofer. Omg, please don’t stop doing demos. This is just so great, can’t explain how much I love the music and composition of this demo ❤ I really want more from you!

Considering their Batman demos on all computer systems, I think they deserve to be named in conjunction with Future Crew. Extremely stylish, fantastic execution, impressive code.

Una de las más impresionantes demos que he visto en un Amiga 500, y seguro que ya es historia para contar a tus nietos. Ésto son las pequeñas cosas de la vida, que hacen a uno sentirse bien, y dan ganas de volver a nuestra plataforma, Amiga!!😉👍

When 1Mo ocs look like 1200 accelerated, magic. Power of code is art.

@nekononiaow

Жыл бұрын

This is very finely done no doubt but many OCS demos have displayed similar effects and smoothness. The difference really is in the story telling and presentation. Not groundbreaking in terms of performance but a very fine demo indeed.

@nekononiaow

Жыл бұрын

Let me correct my earlier statement: after a second viewing, it's clear that many effects have top performance. I blame my initial impression on watching it on a low res iPad. Also, to be noted: even on a PC in 1080p, KZread still seems to have trouble resolving individual pixels, especially with the dot effects.

To collect Amiga Demos is one of my greatest passion.... This Demo is probably one of the best Demos since a few years. Its so perfect. Atmsophere music everythings. Since release i run this Demo very often. Thanx for sharing another masterpiece.

This rocks so hard! It's just unbelievable. And those dithered fades... OMG

Poor little bird, TBL won't be happy. Fight! Great release guys \o/

WOW! just WOW!!! An instant favourite. A true masterpiece

You are my heroes, this is fucking insane! Best demo of this year, I'd say.

Fantástica! puro placer artístico y teletransportacion directa a los maravillosos años 90! Amiga forever! :)

Maravilla, como siempre BG no defrauda… Impresionante, bestial… Y en OCS

Hostias, menuda sacada de chorra, brutal. Enhorabuena.

Awesome Amiga Demo. Amiga Rules always. 10/10 Points Good Work Boys.

Hace ya algunos años, Batman Group sentó unas bases con una producción sin igual en cuanto a calidad, música y coordinación. Fue una de las demos más recordadas, por no decir la que más, en la scene española. Hoy, con esta mega-producción, que nos ha dejado a todos con la boca abierta, ha revalidado su título de mejor grupo de la scene española, pasada, presente y futura. Gracias por darnos la oportunidad de disfrutar de vuestro arte, y por muchos años más! Grande BATMAN GROUP!

Impressive Demo, marvelous!!! Rating: 10/10👏

Gefällt mir richtig gut und der Soundtrack unterscheidet sich in positiver Weise von dem Chip Tune einerlei das andere bietten.

WOW! Amazing atmosphere and everything perfectly synchronised. Congratulations

@gibs2b

Жыл бұрын

Yeah!!!!

Felicitaciones. Excelente puesta en escena y dirección artística, fluida y que acompaña los múltiples efectos.

I was shocked how well it looks being only OCS, wonderful demo not only comparing to old times but now in 2023! Amazing job guys! Hope we can expect more prods from RHINO and the team.

A perfect demo ! Congratulations BG ! 😍

This is one of the best AMIGA demos ever done! Absolutely love the ending part, gives me shivers with that soundtrack

8,22 minutos de impresionante demo para A500, artísticamente y técnica impecable

Absolutely amazing. This is a 7Mhz computer with 1MB RAM! It still amazes me today. Thankyou for making this demo.

@mattjames1978

10 ай бұрын

A 7mhz 1mb computer developed in 1984 and released in 1985...

@n00blamer

8 ай бұрын

@@mattjames1978 yeah man! It was incredible leap from C64/128 to A1000/A500 OCS, I did C128 -> A500 upgrade and it felt like leaped over one generation completely.. on top of that Amigas were absolute pleasure to program for. Good times.

Nothing that hasn't been seen before on OCS, but damn those are fast routines. Congratulations, you managed to make a demo on a Crionics & The Silents "Hardwired" level. Nobody has been able to reach that level on OCS for a long time.

You guys seriously don't have any boundaries... Thanks for this wonderful present!

Damn! Incredible demo!!! Congratulations guys!

@bgprods9514 You guys have no Idea How Powerful you guys are. This is THEE best demo/Most professional I have seen of this kind and that runs on an A500 with 1mb. If you guys Imagine a Batman game that also runs on 1mb but you need 2 MB required and say that on the box....you can Have an Awesome Batman games WITH these cutscenes that run in the Extra Megabyte during cutscenes, intro/Menu and Ending of the Game. Just utterly fantastic....and with the Graphics of the Sega Genesis game Adventures of Batman and Robin..infact the exact game ported to Amiga with these as the cutscenes....WOW.

🙌 whoops Amiga kick ass ! long live the King 👑 outstanding 👏👏

Amazing Soundtrack with GFX'n 3D synchro! Great demo

Yep. OCS. Developed in 1984. Released in 1985. You can see why the Amiga wasn't a music midi machine(Atari st) or desktop publishing machine(Mac)... The Amiga was used in live TV(the box), TV shows(lots), film (titanic) and Calvin bloody Harris used one on his first album. Not bad for a 40 year old machine...

Woooooow buddy, this is my new favourite OCS demo. It's stunning. Great story telling and amazing effects. I have never seen anything like this on OCS. That part with a stretching Joker gfx and the semi transparent 3d city is just sooo fucking cool.

La música espcialmente me gusta mucho, acompaña perfectamente toda la demo, excelente programación también !!!

Impresionante. Vaya sacada de chorra de Batman Group. Ahora a por el Vespertino.

Brutal!,, increíble!! En los años del amiga recordé por mucho tiempo la primera demo y al ver esta me ha transladado a esa época. Misma esencia, espíritu y calidad ante todo… no salgo de mi asombro que a día de hoy me siga impresionando y sobre todo en un Amiga 500 stock!! Seguid así Batman Group!!

Esta demo pasará a la historia, una pieza maestra desde ya. ¡Felicidades equipo!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK... 😱 Incredible. Awesome code!

Amiga 500 F O R E V E R! BATMAN F O R E V E R! Childhood F O R E V E R!

Holy mother of SHiat!!! That was impressive, very good indeed and I like the message. That was the third best demo in a few years, and I think most other know the other two I am talking about =)

Eon killer, no doubt.

Wtf.... that's killer...best Amiga demo ever 🙌

@AnnatarTheMaia

Жыл бұрын

Nope, the best Amiga demo, on OCS at least, is "Hardwired" by Crionics & The Silents, followed by "Desert Dream" by Kefrens, with "Made in Croatia" by Binary at #3 spot.

@premium-insane-padua-parad2105

Жыл бұрын

@@AnnatarTheMaia Hardwired is way too overrated but for sure nothing beats the nostalgia feeling watching the old gems.

@AnnatarTheMaia

Жыл бұрын

@@premium-insane-padua-parad2105 it's not overrated; it's Amiga OCS at her finest. Fast code, phenomenal graphics, legendary music and exceptional storytelling and directing. It has everything, and does everything perfectly.

@nekononiaow

Жыл бұрын

In terms of performance this beats Hardwired, the 3D is as smooth or smoother and more complex, there are way more pixels manipulated by frames, and the direction is more consistent and elaborate.

@AnnatarTheMaia

Жыл бұрын

@@nekononiaow yes, the code is faster and the design is nice but it isn't as nice as Hardwired's, so Hardwired is still better. They picked a commercial comics' topic and shot themselves in the foot with it, whereas Hardwired has an original story and directing, and that's why it still wins. Hardwired is like Eye of the Beholder: it has heretofore unbeatable atmosphere. That's something fast code cannot compensate for.

Just on OCS A500? Unbelievable! Well done, I have never see something like that on our precious computer.

Certainly the most impressive A500 demo I have seen so far. Cannot wait to see this on a real CRT screen. :)

MASTERPIECE!!!! WOWOWOWWOWOW!!!!! AMIGA RULEZ!!

OCS ??? 😱😱😱 Great code / GFX and Music ! Thanks DJ Uno for this great bass: my subwoofer enjoy ! Impressive ! Yeah, I'm impressed !

Just imagine taking a modern day computer and creating demos squeezing every ounce of power out of it like has been done with demos for the 8, 16 and 32 bit home computers of the 80s and early 90s.

Utterly stunning! Outstanding demo.

That........was Epic!!!!! Just style everywhere, great effects and such imagination. Fucking awesome

🤯os pasáis, que barbaridad! Obra de arte

I'm in shock 😮 Mega super amazing Demo

This is utterly amazing!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!

The sounds is so clean. Really impressive demo too.

fantastic demo, I hope the guys from TBL watched the demo...

An absolute Masterpiece !

I love this machine so goddamn much. Fantastic work.

This runs on an Amiga 500+? :O Love the part with the triangles forming the Batman statue to that cool music. Awesome work throughout. :)

Amiiiiiiigaaaaaaa !!!!!! 🤘

Cool production guys, congrats!!

just awesome. The rot-zoom effect at 5:00 is mind blowing. Great detail, smooth, fast

Cannot wait to see this running on my V4 Standalone.

Piece of art! Wonderful on a A500! ❤

Fantastic !! Nice nod to The Black Lotus ;)

Me encanta la rutina de los pixeles formando el logo de batman group.

Holy molly this is insane

Amazing Demo!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Best demo since TBL’S EON.

@EdgeOfPanic

Жыл бұрын

I would even dare to say it's a TBL Eon killer.

@no9or9

Жыл бұрын

I dare to say it is best since Arte or Desert Dream.

This demo is pure art. BG never deceives reaching the limits of the platform. Amstrad CPC, Amiga 500 OCS ...what will be next? A 60 fps smoothly animated demo on a ZX81? :D Felicidades, da gusto ver que seguís con producciones de este nivelazo. Gracias :)

@AnthonyFlack

Жыл бұрын

Amstrad fans will be hoping this means they will be able to finish Vespertino next. Go Batman Group!

BG no decepciona. Grandes

Runs like a champ on 1985 PAL Amiga 1000. Yes. You read that right. 1985. Rather ahead of its time was the old Miggy 🤣.

Vaya estilo y vaya musicote, muchas gracias!

Brilliant demoscene ever

Outstanding production!!!

Wow, this one makes history!

Surpasses even Eon, I reckon. I remember seeing stuff from BG on CPC and being mightily impressed too.

Long live Amiga and its fantastic community. Ty so much

Supremacy it´s going on and on! Spread it all around the world!!!! Awesme work guys, as usual... ;)

@bgprods9514

Жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias Juanje!

Great demo ! Great Work the Batman Group ! Wow !

Superb, what a demo :-)

WoW ! Amiga rulez !

This is amazing.

masterpiece!:) respect&greetz:)

Absolutely amazing and flawless in every way.

Simply stunning.

WOW - fantastic work guys. Well done. 🙂

Sencillamente ES-PEC-TA-CU-LAR!!!.....una autentica gozada....bravo!!!....me encantaria ver un trabajo vuestro para el sistema MSX...seria digno de elogio...

best demo i've ever seen congrats

This demo is absolute fire!

OMG! Impressive on so many levels.

Virgen santa, es un increíble

Que preciosidad y gran trabajo.

Awesome work.

Wow! Really good!

Los mas grandes , no hay dudas