Re: Which accelerator will play that big NinjaForce "MegaDemo"???

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Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com> wrote:

>	I am quite a fan of "demos" such as those that were quite popular on
>the Amiga, PC, and GS (primarily from FTA, etc.).  A group called
>NinjaForce has an apparently superfine demo called "MegaDemo"

No comparison.  MegaDemo surpasses what the FTA did and
IMO is more visually appealing than most of the Amiga demos
too.  Quite shocking actually when you consider the IIGS does
not have an animation coprocessor chip like the Amiga does.

>(original....) that requires an accelerator board.  Someone with a
>TransWarp GS (7MHz) told me that the demos STILL told him that his
>machine was too slow to allow the demo to run.

Yes.  However, almost all 7Mhz TWGS can work at 8Mhz.
Just swap a 32Mhz oscillator in place of the 28Mhz one on
the card.  Make sure you put the oscillator in the right way.
The TWGS will then run at 8Mhz which should be fast
enough to run MegaDemo.  It looks better at 9Mhz, though,
so you may want a 36Mhz oscillator handy to test your
TWGS for 9Mhz.  Some of the old 7Mhz processors could
be overclocked 1 or 2 megahertz.

>	Can anyone tell me with certainty which board(s) will run the demo?? 
>Someone out there must've seen the thing on an accelerated GS.  If
>you've not got the demo but DO have an accelerator, you could be
>superkind and dl the demo and see if it runs and let me know!  It's
>located here:
>
>	http://www.ninjaforce.de/html/products.html#Megademo
>
>	Thanks!

I have a 12.5Mhz TWGS and it runs.  ;-)

I'm pretty sure it runs at 8Mhz or 9Mhz from what I
remember trying some years ago.