From the oppression of overscan and its liberation to the wide Parallax Distorter, the attendees of the AtariST workshop were impressed that the Atari was– and still is– amazing!

We, the younger generation that has not come into contact with computers like the Atari or Amiga, travelled back in time to the 80′s and were taught by a master of Atari know-how.

The first time when you see animations on the AtariST you think of the mathematical equations that do the mazes and magic on the TV screen in the Chill, but while getting deeper into the workshop, you’ll become more and more astonished about how much work and effort goes into such a an animation. And above all how little space all this needs!

A few 100kB and it already does a a lot– of course with sound!

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