Lost Party 2023 Space Invaders Dance Demo

[Mr SQL]

Here are the binaries for my Lost Party 2023 entry Space Invaders Impressionistic Dance.

 

This demo has a user mode adding interactive AI to an abstract port of Space Invaders. 

 

You can watch the demo or play along with the AI, like a chatbot that helps you play Atari.

 

SpaceInvadersImpressionisticDance.bin

SIDemo.D64

 

This demo is a double feature for the Atari 2600 VCS and Commodore 64.

C64 instructions:
Insert disc or attach disc image.
load"*",8
run
Select the demo (press 1)

 

Atari 2600 instructions:
Use a Flashcart like the Harmony, Uno or PlusCart or an emulator.

 

Interesting facts:

The Atari 2600 demo binary is 7K and uses two of three 3.5K ROM memory banks and 256 bytes of extra RAM from the CBS Electronics 1983 expansion chip for the Atari 2600. 

The Commodore 64 demo binary is 31K and includes the 7K Atari binary static bound to a 24K Atari 2600 emulator.
 

Demo time: 6.5 minutes on C64, 10 minutes on Atari 2600 (includes a surprise big boss scene from idiosyncrasies in the hardware).
 

Here is the live stream from Lost Party 2023 with fantastic graphics, demos and musical compos for the Atari, Commodore, Speccy and Amstrad: