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Alias Medron
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 39 |
C64 Cartridge Demos
I was just wondering, are there any C64 demos made for/on Cartridge?
And if not, why not? Is it because of the 16kb that can be accessed at a time or am i missing something? |
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lft
Registered: Jul 2007
Posts: 369 |
The main reason, presumably, is that nobody would have spread a cartridge demo. Copying disks is easier.
One technical downside is that you can't access the vectors at fffa-ffff while the cart is mapped into memory. You have to make the kernal call your code via 314/315, and this costs many valuable cycles. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
then again, if you'd use ultimax mode... some interesting things could be done that wouldnt be possible without a cartridge :) |
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Krill
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2968 |
Because vanilla C-64 or GTFO. :D
I mean a cartridge (= EasyFlash, realistically) gives you a lot more resources to play with, bank-switched ROM and whatnot. Some minor drawbacks don't matter much there. |
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Alias Medron
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 39 |
Quote: The main reason, presumably, is that nobody would have spread a cartridge demo. Copying disks is easier.
One technical downside is that you can't access the vectors at fffa-ffff while the cart is mapped into memory. You have to make the kernal call your code via 314/315, and this costs many valuable cycles.
Spreading isn't much of an issue since there are a lot of REU demos and REU is much harder to find. It could be spread on disks with an easyflash write programm or something.
Maybe i (or someone else) should organise a "Cartridge Demo Compo" sometime :) |
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hedning
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 4720 |
EasyFlash demos would be cool. And everyone can get one of these easy. |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1646 |
I vote for a ultimax mode compo. :) |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
i'd prefer AR support over easyflash - just to remove the silly "we have lots of memory - lets play animations" shit |
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4mat
Registered: May 2010
Posts: 65 |
I guess DUBCRT kind of counts being a musicdisk by sceners with demo-ish screens. |
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Krill
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2968 |
Quoting 4matI guess DUBCRT kind of counts being a musicdisk by sceners with demo-ish screens. Well, DUBCRT - it's a commercial product, so technically, does not matter at all who made it. |
