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Vectorballs

Vectorballs Released by :
Density

Type :
C64 One-File Demo

User rating:awaiting 8 votes (3 left)   See votestatistics

Credits :
Code .... Marco of Density, Prime
Text .... Marco of Density, Prime

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User Comment
Submitted by Joe on 9 May 2024
Very pleasant to watch!
User Comment
Submitted by Jammer on 9 May 2024
It doesn't make the term any less misguided ;) BTW, bob drawing engine seems very robust with big objects, lots of options and variation. Any release had a similar level of complexity but better framerate? Maybe it's a nice room for a compo? ;)
User Comment
Submitted by Cruzer on 9 May 2024
Nice and simple. Love the framemeter.

@Jammer: Everything 3D was called "vector-something" back in the days. Guess it started with vector screens, where the CRT could draw lines for you if you gave it a vector, i.e. direction and distance. Then people started drawing lines with pixels, and since this looked similar this also became known as vector graphics. And then followed filled vector graphics, vector balls, etc.
User Comment
Submitted by Hein on 8 May 2024
Nice find, love the added starfields. Marco was an exceptional programmer. I don't remember seeing it around 1989, must have been done after Dignified when Density fell apart.
User Comment
Submitted by iAN CooG on 8 May 2024
Density wasn't even existing in 95 so the note was added later in the disk
User Comment
Submitted by Wile Coyote on 8 May 2024
@Jammer has anyone coded vector balls on C64?
User Comment
Submitted by Oswald on 8 May 2024
Jammer, now do filledvector! :D
User Comment
Submitted by Jammer on 8 May 2024
@Wile Coyote: sure but they're ball vectors, not vector balls then! xD Balls are not drawn and filled like vectors are (yeah, Judean People's Front much xD)
User Comment
Submitted by TheRyk on 8 May 2024
@release date yeah either coded/begun in 1989 but released much later or maybe digits twisted by mistake -> 1998...
User Comment
Submitted by Wile Coyote on 8 May 2024
@Jammer Vectorballs appears to feature balls (bobs?) that vary in size and move in a direction that imply 3D space.
At least that's how they look on screen.
User Comment
Submitted by Jammer on 8 May 2024
I wonder why coders used to call these bobs vectors - they're not! xD Which doesn't change the fact this rocks! <3
User Comment
Submitted by Photon on 8 May 2024
Quite cool code and nice objects, definitely needed some music tho!
User Comment
Submitted by Gordian on 8 May 2024
@hedning
The first registration date of concepts.nl domain is 1995-10-02.
User Comment
Submitted by hedning on 8 May 2024
zscs: He clearly states it was coded in 1989, but obviously released much later, when e-mail addresses were available. I'd guess late 90s? Removing 1989 as release year.
User Comment
Submitted by zscs on 8 May 2024
Wow, looks really cool, especially for 1989! In the Note file (the other file on the disk) there's an interesting information. An e-mail address. But, in 1989!? :O I know, it's not impossible but that time, someone having an e-mail address was not a common thing, I guess. ;)

Text:
for comment or other nice demos/prg's
e-mail: master@concepts.nl
User Comment
Submitted by Raistlin on 8 May 2024
Ahhh, I remember this demo! Was this one only just found??? Very nicely done, especially for the time.
User Comment
Submitted by McMeatLoaf on 8 May 2024
Cool!
User Comment
Submitted by ws on 7 May 2024
Inevitable music memory trigger.
User Comment
Submitted by Oswald on 7 May 2024
the best vectorbalz style remix in existence!
User Comment
Submitted by Wile Coyote on 7 May 2024
Cool! not seen this before.
User Comment
Submitted by Shine on 7 May 2024
Nice find! :)
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