8-Bit Library: Demos

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256 COLOURS

by Keith Mayhew - Rayleigh.

A short program which will display all 256 colours available on the ATARI on the screen at once.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

APPLEKILL

by Scott Emond - U.S.A.

Strictly for those with a wicked sense of humour!

Runs in 48K min. Disk only.

 

ART-6

by R.P. Bosma - Canterbury.

Six artistic demo's in Graphics 8.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

ATARI CLOCK

by Ian Lawson-Smith - Watford

An alarm clock for your home computer.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

ATARI TRAIN

by Keith Berry - Birmingham.

Short demo incorporating player missile graphics.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

C COMPILER SAMPLER

Demo disk and sample programs written it C on the 8-bit.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only. Requires 2 sides of a disk.

 

CHRISTMAS SCENE

by M. Maestranzi - Finchley.

Seasons greetings via computer graphics.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

COLOR SELECTOR

by Ian Leonard - Chelmsford.

Use this program to find the colours you require.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

COLOUR CORRIDOR

by Keith Mayhew - Rayleigh.

See the colours roll down the corridor.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

DIGI-TUNES

A selection of digitised tunes (well bits of anyway) including 19, Axel F and Into the Groove.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only. Requires 1 side of a disk. 1050 ONLY. 400/800 ONLY.

 

EXPO

by Paul Barber - Kings Lynn.

Animated demo of a chemistry experiment.

Runs in 32K Cassette or Disk min.

 

EXXON

by Paul Barber - Kings Lynn.

Animated demo showing the dangers of leaking chemical pipes.

Runs in 32K Cassette or Disk min.

 

FANTASY PICS

Six highly colourful sci-fi and horror pictures.

Runs in 32K min. Disk only. Requires 1 side of a disk.

 

FIREWORK

by Mark Christian - Wirral.

Randomly generated fireworks

display with sound effects.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

FRACTALS

by Adrian Cox - Reading.

Super fractal display, written in Turbo Basic.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only. Requires both sides of a disk. XL/XE machines only.

 

FUJIBOINK

author unknown.

Bouncing Fuji symbol demo (got to be seen to be believed). Also Fujispin and Scroll Demo included.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only. Requires one side of a disk.

 

G.O.E.

Demo of the new operating system. You will need to obtain a mouse to use this demo.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only. Requires 1 side of a disk. XL/XE only.

 

GAD PICTURE SHOW

by Lawrence Hoare - Reading.

A selection of pictures created using Graphic Art Designer.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only. Requires 1 side of a disk.

 

GALLEON

by Lance Gettins - Kings Lynn.

Excellent demo of the PLOT & DRAWTO capabilities of the ATARI, depicting a Spanish Galleon on the high seas.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

GTIA TEXT

by Frankie Smyth - Belfast.

Short article on how to add text to GTIA modes.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

HILBERT AND SQUIRAL

by J. Bennett - Newcastle.

Two graphic demos in BASIC, produced using Compute! Oct. 82 PILOT EDITOR/TRANSLATOR.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

KEY TRAPPING

by Norman Williamson - Sutton

Three part tutorial on inserting key presses into programs.

Runs in any size. Disk only.

 

MAGIC LANTERN

by A. Lefreniere - Canada.

25 koala pad pics displayed one after the other.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only. Requires 1 side of a disk.

 

MAINLAND G.B.

by J. Bennet - Newcastle.

Demo of different graphics modes (3-9 & 11) using map of Great Britain.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

MATT HOUSTON'S GRAPHICS

9 digitised pictures, some in mono, some in colour.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only. Requires 1 side of a disk.

 

MEMORY SCROLLER

by Keith Mayhew - Rayleigh.

Scroll through memory a page at a time.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

MOVING DEMO

by A. Irons - Selly Oak.

Demo using colours and sounds to create movement.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

PASCAL SAMPLER

A selection of Kayan Pascal demo programs, including Wordlist, Fog, Prfile and Cloze.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only. Requires 1 side of a disk.

 

PICASSO & PYTHAGORAS

by H. Clark - Barking.

Artistic patterns created by Pythagorian triangles.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

PICTURE SHOW

by Keith Berry - Birmingham.

Seven pictures created using the 'Fun with Art' cartridge from EPYX, displayed as a continuous demo.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only.

 

PICTURE SHOW 2

by Keith Berry - Birmingham

9 super pictures created using Fun with Art. One complete side of a disk is required.

Runs in 32K min. Disk only.

 

PLAYER MISSILE DEMO

by Keith Mayhew - Rayleigh.

A step by step demonstration of how to create player missiles on the ATARI.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

POP DEMO

Combination demo disk from Germany. Includes 256 colours demo, music and graphics demos.

Runs in 32K min. Disk only. Requires 1 side of a disk.

 

PROBLEM & SOLUTION

by Ian Finlayson - Gosport.

A problem is set and solution is given. Can you write a better program to solve the problem?

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

PROGRAM SOUNDS

by Norman Williamson – Sutton.

Two part tutorial demonstrating various sound effects.

Runs in any size. Disk only.

 

QUADRANTS

by Peter Patay - Oxted

A random pattern is generated in four positions to give a kaleidoscopic effect.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

RANDOM GEOMETRY

by Keith Berry - Birmingham.

Demo of randomly produced patterns incorporating squares, triangles and sound effects.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

ROCKETS

by Frank Silcock - Mountain Ash.

Demo showing rockets launching.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

SHAPES 8

by Mark and Brian Christian - Wirral.

Interesting little demo that has some pretty nice shapes.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

SHUTTLE

by J. Bean - Colwyn Bay.

Animated demo of Space Shuttle launch.

Runs in 32K min. Disk or Cassette.

 

SINE WAVE

by Matthew Tydeman - Cheshunt.

Draw sinewave patterns on user input.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

SINEFOUR

by G. F. Bradwell - Solihull.

Four sine waves are displayed in GR.8 and added to give a result.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

SNOOPY

by Chris Davies - Bromley.

Sketches SNOOPY on the screen in graphics 8.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

SPHERES

by Peter Patay - Oxted

Draws random spheres in graphics 9.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

SPIRAL

by Nigel Haslock - Switzerland.

Draw spirals of differing patterns depending on user input.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

STERLING

by Allan Sharpe - Burgess Hill.

Character redefinition program, replaces '&'with a pound symbol.

Runs in 48K Cassette or Disk min.

 

STEWS GALLERY I

by Stewart Bullough - Hadfield.

24 highly colourful Touch Tablet pictures.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only. Requires 1 side of a disk.

 

STEWS GALLERY II

by Stewart Bullough - Hadfield.

18 Fun with Art pictures displayed one after the other.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only. Requires 2 sides of a disk.

 

STEWS MOVIES

by Stewart Bullough - Hadfield.

Animated movie shorts, some a little on the risky side.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only. Requires 1 side of a disk.

 

TEAMUG

by Gordon Segar - Whitby.

Draws a mug of tea in graphics 10.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

U.F.O.

by Paul Barber - Kings Lynn.

Graphic demo of rotating colours depicting a U.F.O.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

U.S.S. ENTERPRISE

by Alex Kells - Liverpool

Shows what can be achieved using simple Graphics 8 techniques.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

 

UNITED KINGDOM

by Stephen Salt - Lincoln

3 option demo, map of U.K. Union Jack and National Anthem.

Runs in 32K Cassette or Disk min.

 

VIDEO DISCS

by Keith Berry - Birmingham.

Graphics 8 demo with random elements showing video discs.

Runs in 48K min. Disk only.

 

WORLD MAP

by Andrew Tullett - Dalkeith.

Map of the world, could be used as the basis for an educational program on Geography.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

XIO DEMO

by Adrian Beesley - Gorton.

A demonstration of the Fill command on the ATARI.

Runs in 16K Cassette or Disk min.

 

XMAS CARD

by A Irons - Selly Oak.

Animated Christmas scene.

Runs in 16K Cassette or 32K Disk min.

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