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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1646 |
longest scrolltext record on c64?
Sorry if this topic has been covered before, but I couldn't find it..
Who has the current scrolltext record on c64? (The longest scrolltext... preferably loading only once.)
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iopop
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 317 |
The demo "World record" from Super Swap Sweden had the longest for a while. This was later beaten by a "Great Kloakman" from Megastyle. Since then scrollers have sadly been out of fashion. |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
I once wrote 100 blocks all by myself in 4 hours, for the "Dutch Gold" demo. Not the longest overall, but probably the longest written by just one person.
Sadly there was a bug causing the scroll to restart after 65 blocks .. |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3048 |
Quote: The demo "World record" from Super Swap Sweden had the longest for a while. This was later beaten by a "Great Kloakman" from Megastyle. Since then scrollers have sadly been out of fashion.
I've read that Great Kloakman one.. the times when I had time... and also I couldn't reset the computer as they have been using bit packing system for the text. |
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Stryyker
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 468 |
Pumpkin Bounces Back might not be the longest but it does have considerable length. 32KB comes to mind but I haven't looked at it for years. Has a nice joke though. |
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Merman
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 140 |
I'm sure Crest did some very long scrollers - I remember one where there was loads of counters at the top of the screen, showing which characters had been used and how many bytes the text was... |
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Graham
Account closed
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 990 |
@iopop: SSS's world record might be famous, but perhaps not a world record at all. i know a local dude who did his own scrolltext record demos in 88 and 89, and his were already crunched etc and loaded from disk, so he was far beyond 64kb... |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3048 |
When we speak about disk loading, that's completely different record.. Megastyle's record was set upon rule that the whole text must be in the memory. No additional loading is allowed. |
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Earthshaker
Registered: Sep 2002
Posts: 118 |
The Crest demo McDonalds Restaurant(?) had the longest scrolltext. I dunno if they used a loading system, i have to search it in my archive, so it can take a while. :( |
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The Orb
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Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 1 |
I guess it's a cheat of sorts, but back in '96 I coded a 'chain scroll' demo whereby everyone who got the demo added an extra 9 blocks of text and continued the spread. I hoped that eventually the demo would have the longest scroll record ... The scroller and editor were both integrated into the demo so you could read, type and save from the same point. I think it's on The Digital Dungeon under Lithium (in Lithium.zip). |
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fade
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Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 290 |
Guess i'll keep the Lithium flame burning after Orb (why didnt you reply to my fkn email :). The second part of Weekend at Druid's by Rave + Lithium had a scroller from $4xxx to $axxx (possibly longer). Wether or not this is a record, it surely proves I am the greatest drunken shit talker ever.. after some poms forum posts of course.. |
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