Yesterday I finally got to the point, where I could run something on my retro Pentium II with its Gravis UltraSound PnP #GUS
One piece of art, which probably influenced me most during my teenage years: the PC demo Second Reality by Future Crew, released for Assembly 1993
#SecondReality #FutureCrew #assembly #demoscene
#futurecrew
Yeah, sex is cool, but have you ever driven down a dark country road, totally alone, only your headlights to guide your way, with Starshine by Purple Motion blasting at full volume?
The Second Reality soundtrack is a close second.
#DemoScene #FutureCrew #PurpleMotion #Starshine #SecondReality
Do you remember the 'Unreal' Demo by Future Crew from 1992? One of the first Megademos on the PC I have seen, runs on 386, but a 486 with Soundblaster was recommended.
Do you remember it or do you have another favourite MS-DOS based Demo? I remember this one very well, celebrating Demo-Evenings with my friend Wolle, who came around with this one short after the release at the Assembly. Thanks mate ... where ever you are now, hope you are fine ❤️
#demoscene #futurecrew #backintime
MBR really knows how to open a show in #Finland! With intro from #FutureCrew 2nd Reality by @skaven252 ❤️ Gave me chills rightaway. Also loved all the other FC refences.
And E1M1 🤯 Never thought I'd hear that live.
Just showed my 11 y/o son the #SecondReality demo by #Finish #demogroup #FutureCrew. I felt like I had to explain our excitement and appreciation at the time. "This was fucking INSANE at the time". Not sure he fully appreciated it. I'm sure he'll be in the same situation when he tries to explain our weird obsession with #AI to his kids.
Didi I run this on a genuine #Pentium system with #gravisultrasound emulation using #a
PicoGUS? Why, yes I did! 😎
Managed to buy a couple of delicious #Trust Soundwave speakers for around €20. Case and contacts cleaned. Tested with #SecondReality by #FutureCrew on my #Pentium 200 sleeper with #TsengLabs #ET6000 graphics and #PicoGUS sound.
#vintagecomputing #MSDOS build progressing. #Pentium 200 with #TsengLabs #ET6000 graphics, CF for storage, #Gotek for floppies and a #PicoGUS with the #McCake #WP32 #MT32Pi wave table add on. Output looped into a #SoundBlaster Vibra 16C for full Gravis Ultrasound, Sound Blaster, Roland and General Midi support. Excellent for all things DOS. Aiming for early to mid 90s games and demos, including point and click adventures from #Sierra and Lucas as well as some of the excellent demos from that time. I'm talking #MonkeyIsland, #LeisureSuitLarry and #FutureCrew and their #SecondReality demo. Tested the latter and got something in my eye. Oh the feels.
Second Reality Demo recreated for Commander X16.
Purple Motion of Future Crew - Satellite One ft Quazar of Sanxion Hybrid Song Funky Stars
#chiptune #purplemotion #futurecrew #satelliteone #quazarofsanxion #hybridsong #funkystars
Changes from Original: reduced instrument amplitude for increased dynamic range, bass expanded, prologic 2, expanded stereo
📬 30 years anniversary of „Second Reality“ by Future Crew
#Demoszene #English #Interviews #JurassicPack #FutureCrew #RemedyEntertainment #SecondReality #Skaven https://sc.tarnkappe.info/2ae2f0
Well, this sounds #retrocomputing #demoscene interesting. Did not know about this.
"IBM OS/2 Warp demo competition. Future Crew & Accession in connection with IBM Finland are proud to invite
you to participate in a new competition: the IBM OS/2 Warp Demo competition."
Listening to some tunes on Open Cubic Player on the DOS 486 (again) last night.
Purple Motion's "Inside Out" S3M through the GUS.
#cubicPlayer #GravisUltrasound #DOS #5x86 #PC #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #vintagecomputers #MOD #tracker #chiptune #retro #retrotech #tech #AMD #CRT #FutureCrew #demoscene #scenedemo #PurpleMotion #ByteCellar
📬 30 Jahre „Second Reality“ von Future Crew – Skaven im Interview
#Demoszene #Interviews #3DMark #BitboysOY #Fathammer #FutureCrew #RemedyEntertainment #SecondReality #Skaven #ULSolutions https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/demoszene/30-jahre-second-reality-von-future-crew-skaven-im-interview-285640.html
Taking a closer look at the opening scene of the game CONTROL, I was wondering:
Are these (round object, "Everything is under control") nods to FR-08 and Kasparov? :)
I doubt it. At the same time, Remedy = Future Crew?
Yeah, likely wishful thinking. But who knows?
I mean: who knows someone at Remedy who could answer the question? So I can stop pondering? Asking for a fri...erm...my brain. :)
30years ago: The year was 1993 ... The year that one of the most impressive artifacts of the #demoscene has been created on #asm93 #assembly ... The most Iconic PC-Megademo of all times by the group #FutureCrew was presented: "Second Reality"
It's one of the demos that has been ported to many other platforms afterwards as homage to the absolutely stunning product of this time.
I remember seeing it 1st time on a machine that was never intended to produce these awesome Pictures and Sounds, when we were used to slow 16Color Animations and Beeping PC-Speakers ...
The Sound remains in my head for the last 30years and for the years to come.
This is a homage to alle the ports and remakes of the original demo, which has been preserved as sourcecode on github. Still we are missing a real High-quality video capture of the whole original demo to enjoy it in a kind we did it 30y ago ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A10FGqf3is
The beginning of »Panic«, Future Crew 1992, PC; Letter Fly-Through with that music by Purple Motion (Screamtracker Module) is aaaaahhhbsolutely unbeaten. #demoscene #retrocomputing #futurecrew #screamtracker
More blasts from the past ...
this is one of the only demos I watched on an ibm compatible pc back in the day - so good
https://yt.funami.tech/watch?v=iw17c70uJes
https://youtu.be/iw17c70uJes
replaced the basic shape from second reality demo with a rhombicosidodecahedron (yeah that's a thing!) #retro #demoscene #secondreality #futurecrew
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