Shape - Artillery - Real C64, 2x 6581 SID

Commodore C64 demo Artillery by Shape.
Programming: Glenn Rune Gallefoss, Geir Tjelta & Glenn Davanger.
Music: Geir Tjelta.
Graphics: Archmage.
Design, charset & loader: Glenn Rune Gallefoss.
Captured from a real C64 using s-video cable and audio from a 2 different 6581 SID chip revisions.
Some postprocessing done with the interlaced effects to get around KZbin framerate issues.

[@-Lotek-The-B0T-ASSASS1N]

Out of all the countless chiptune songs i've listened to, this still remains my ultimate favorite. A hidden masterpiece of composition! Especially around 4:34 there is so much emotion behind those notes, it keeps getting better every time i listen to it. Geir Tjelta, you created something truly special!

[@phoenixyt124]

Actually i think that 3:57 is the part, with the most emotional hit in the song.

[@mr.t3490]

that shit punched me in the heart

[@drunterdruber3232]

@@phoenixyt124 no, its at 5:08

[@MegaasAlexandros]

Its a incredible effort to produce this on this machine, unbelievable graphics and demo design. Who would have thought a 1982 machine could produce this ?

[@JeroenTel]

Absolutely amazing demo! :-)

[@chiclone-tests71]

Are you... Real?

[@trydowave]

One of my faves too. Also. Loved listening to u on Retro Hour. You are a Master of the SID!

[@spavatch]

@@chiclone-tests71 - yup, the very same :))

[@j4l]

the man himself :D

[@STriderFIN77]

it is Amazink!

[@CurritmoRx]

What a nice song, and what a pleasure to hear stereo SID. Great demo

[@tomaszmazurowski149]

After a year from discovery of this tune, still can`t get enough of it. There is none SID on YT, that i beloved so much.

[@DasHemdchen]

One of the best soundtracks I‘ve ever heard, and so in tune with the exceptional graphics.

[@marcostechtv]

Unbelievable ❤ absolutely 💯

[@enricofossa2782]

oooh my gosh!!! this music is a veeeeery amazing!!!!! the c64 is immortal !!!!!

[@fittjavel8276]

They really did push the SID chip to its limits ;) Awesome demo

[@AndyMitchellUK26]

My god I love the old SID chip. Makes me miss my C64 so much. Emulators just aren't the same!

[@jessepalser9585]

Hands down greatest C64 SID tune ever made, absolutely incredible!

[@TrueNeutralEvGenius]

One of the greatest C64 Demos.

[@sid6581]

wonderful tune !

[@64Abstract]

wow its the man himself!

[@autumnbrushtail]

Listening to this while drawing almost made me forget that I was listening to a SID, that's how high quality this is!

[@Bob_Beaky]

I always wished that Commodore would've released a C64 with dual SID's in it. Cool stereo tunes and sound effects at the same time in games might've become the norm. One can dream!

[@WinrichNaujoks]

Nobody had stereo TVs at that time.

[@qallincha]

Modern boards does it now or also some SID-compatible chips.

[@patrickweis2628]

Best C-64 Musak ever made,for me! SID rules!!

[@claudioricci431]

Outstanding tune, one of the best ever with SID. The graphic is good too.

[@joel_ricci]

Couldn't agree more. One of my all time favorite SID tunes as well.

[@christianverryckt1342]

it is simply the best sid tune ever.. ive still got by breadbox 6581 lol

[@theizzidor1319]

why is this making me cry?

[@dasepsilon]

cant get enough of this music and sound, incredible tune!

[@jamiestewart7002]

Love how the music is perfectly synced to the effects. An awesome demo in every way. Thanks.

[@ehrkki]

Simply the best demo ever.

[@trydowave]

i absolutely love the change in music starting at 3.34

[@magic-window]

Insanely well-produced SID tune. Much love :)

[@Michirin9801]

This stuff is amazing, I must have watched this video about 30 times now and I just can't get enough of it, it's probably my favourite C64 demo, and the music is bloody fantastic! I'd sure love to hear more from the same composer, or at least more in the same style...

[@alextrezvy6889]

What does it mean 'demo'? Is it demo version of a game?

[@ericorsio555]

This might be a lot to explain, but I'm going to explain it briefly. This is not a game nor a demo version of a game. It is a non-interactive demonstration of what C64 can do through 6502 assembly. There are many great productions from the C64 demoscene, such as this one.

[@TrueNeutralEvGenius]

​@@alextrezvy6889 O tempora, o mores... Damn kids these days. You have iternet and everything yet you still ask such stupid questions. Incredible.

[@alextrezvy6889]

@@TrueNeutralEvGenius well, I'm russian, and in our language "demo" means "demonstration", which means "something you want to demostrate" (for example: demo of a game, demo of an application). This video looks more like a "piece of art" (such as music, picture, sculpture) than as a "demostration". So it is not my fault that somebody accepts a weird terminology. Concerning "stupid" questions - I see no lesser really stupid statements about Russia VS U.kraine. So first you'd better to heal yourself.

[@TrueNeutralEvGenius]

​@@alextrezvy6889 No one here cares about your nationality and political agenda. It was about Demoscene. Demo was a known term, first demoparties were held in Russia since 80s and 90s, and in fact, я был одним из тех, кто эти Демопати впервые проводил в России. Не надо свою невежественность прятать за личиной национальности или каких-то других нелепых признаков. You could check the term and it's semantics easily with technologies there are today. Yet you are just writing bs and absurd justifications of your foolishness. Stop being so infantile, educate yourself.

[@MarkusBrunnhofer]

i love this Demos !! 🙂

[@axelei]

Maybe the best C64 demo ever.

[@toddybody]

Outstanding Tune....

[@hexdump8590]

That music... wow!

[@rvounik]

As has been said, best SID tune ever written. And I've heard a lot! Other than that, very nice visuals in this demo and some really well executed routines. One of my top 3 demo's now, lets see if that changes soon..

[@kiskis7514]

отлично смотрится и слушается, на ухо и глаз старого спектрумиста. крутая работа

[@Dasher_The_Viral]

Beautiful

[@stephenwall5159]

Great SID music! C64 still alive :-)

[@JeroenTel]

+Steve Wall : More than ever! :-)

[@maximedavid3037]

You gave me goosebumps ! Awesome job ! This is amazing

[@jukkapiispanen123]

I just love this song

[@_ponkachonka]

Amazing music, amazing graphics! Excellent demo.

[@strepto1976]

This music is kickasssssss!

[@xoen6]

This is simply amazing. Fantastic.

[@KATODmusic]

nice song, great SID sounds... :)

[@kipptune]

Very nice demo, love the melodies in the song

[@jpalmz1978]

Wizards of the SID be here - awesome melody :-P

[@mrsnaglepops1876]

gobsmacked awesome thank you

[@fishapiller]

nice work this is art

[@HERATOS]

wo wow wohoo., amazing.

[@DirkIronside]

That guy with the Purple Screen reflection at 2:40 appears to be very iconic. I've seen many users of KZbin and demoscene website use it as their avatars. I've even seen it on a T-shirt design

[@dataoverlord4933]

The next view of this dude typing like a madman on his 64 is sick as helll. I get this feeling quite often

[@ReplaceableHak]

Nice to hear. :) Little did I know when I made it.

[@batlin]

Wonderful use of the SIDs!

[@carlosm.orozcocardenas800]

This is such a great demo! Great stuff! :D

[@ltx4096]

Lovely tune.

[@adz201]

This is fantastic i loved my C64 back in the day.

[@geirteigo480]

Really cool tune

[@falkaseltza]

amazing

[@Phileshare]

Absolutely incredible.

[@allan.n.7227]

My deepest respect to the creators of this demo - especially the SID is simply brilliant.. nothing comes close to sound of the SID .. not in my hounest opinion anyway

[@ForcedMemeIsAMeme]

Amazing!

[@retrobeep2000]

GOd SmAckinG AWSOME🤟🤟

[@RoastCDuck]

I could only imagine it takes 30 minutes of an intro to get into a game of tanks.

[@stefanberghuis8405]

Very nice tune!

[@VepsianGameDesigner]

It is a cool job!

[@TheMikelKatzengreis]

Top ! Congratulations !

[@ObsoleteGamercom]

2X SID = god

[@Lexaloffle]

Check out from 2:11 too ('She's up all night to the sun..')

[@UserX860]

intro effect rox !

[@pigpenpete]

Is that not one of the best sounding sid tunes ever?

[@RevolutionCentrumR]

FantasticJOB!!!

wow!

[@SendyTheEndless]

0:44 oh... my......... fucking........... GOD!

[@EllipticDawid25]

awsome

[@ralfsxyz3480]

Nice!

[@lordsqueak]

That's actually tetris pieces falling off at the start

[@Implementing0Failure]

No shit, Sherlock! ;)

[@fogvarious2478]

they really weren't fkin about with this demo :D

[@gioverone]

i agree!!

[@JH-pe3ro]

The opening/ending arpeggiation appears to be taken from an old AHX tune: Gier Tjella - A new beginning. The songs are otherwise very different though!

[@retropaganda8442]

Same composer then :)

[@actionoise]

Actionoise.... Good frequencies.....

[@midiphy]

100% agreed :)

[@Mcklain]

0:59 GET LUCKY!!! Daft Punk likes to watch C64 demos... ¬_¬

[@jazzius]

How hasn’t the 8 bit guy seen this?

[@vajrayana4504]

amazing demo, The music is stunning! Who composed this sick tune? give me The name of the musical genius behind it

[@anttihannula3028]

Geir Tjelta

[@DankestLankJOJO]

Can we find this artist somewhere? Like on Bandcamp?

[@ArneAndresen]

you think of gfx artist, coder or music artist?

[@chiclone-tests71]

Epic shit, but the screen in the sunglasses has to be mirrored... Heavy mistake!

[@trydowave]

Im guessing this demo wont run on my C64 since it uses 2x sid? Great work btw.

[@SLTe]

Trydowave Zod I think it will work just fine with 1 SID chip on real C64.

[@64Abstract]

its only 1 SID! Geir is truly the master!

[@dataoverlord4933]

Are there any communities out there for stuff like this?

[@d0g3n]

Who made the music for this? I want more!

[@valoricintake]

Daniel Lindholm Geir Tjelta

[@Qu84able]

@pigpenthegreat It is:)

[@eclipseaus]

i dont really get how there is 2 6581 sid chips playing at one time

[@sepultribe666]

@toddybody true

[@Budch]

What is better than the SID chip? 2 SID chips!

[@inphanta]

One of my favourite demos, but I cannot download a working version anywhere.

[@Raunchola]

+inphanta Check this out: csdb.dk/release/?id=93836 Didn't try it on a real C64 yet but works with CCS64. You NEED to turn off maximum floppy speed to run this!

[@inphanta]

Raunchola Yeah, I got it to work in the end. :)

[@berczigabor]

Music from 1:00 definitely using samples from Last Ninja 3 Intro

[@retropaganda8442]

"samples" is a bit insulting :p

[@64Abstract]

SID is not a sampling chip like SNES

[@berczigabor]

@@64Abstract Look up "Sampling (music)" in Wikipedia!

[@64Abstract]

yes i know but sometimes creating arpeggios can sound similar like in this case, Geir probably make an arpeggios differentiate the notes at 1 octave apart. which seems to be the same way Matt did the arps in Last Ninja 2.

[@64Abstract]

oh i mean the pulse arps at around 1:00

[@repetto74]

where can I find the SID file to play in my real stereo SID C64?

[@1artguru]

those guyz know the secret: that is not about trying to proof that you can make codes on codes, push the tempo and blitz the viewer with 1000 tricks. That is al about the story, narration and proportions

[@jpalmz1978]

how does the 2 x sid chips setup work...?

[@qallincha]

Usually with a little board which hosts 2 chips, like "SID 2 SID" or "SIDfx". kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYW8o6Cjjsuprsk kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYimhqt8aZiIn9k kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaLPoayMr9uar80 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5fboYh-oMeXqqM Some modern chips can reproduce a dual SID, like the SwinSID. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpy7pHeLr52mh9U kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioamf3eEf618qtk

[@akgh2010]

Where I can download this amazing demo?

[@olcsohigany]

Wow, put it to 1.25 :-)

[@nicolabonazzi3305]

Amy way to load this in a sd2iec?

[@Frankonero12]

Very good song. Nice to hear some real sid songs instead of regurgitated house/techno/dance bullcrap.

[@Geroskop]

can i use it my videos?

[@Geroskop]

+MrBrauner666 ok, thnx)))

[@repetto74]

Ok guys found it : csdb.dk/release/?id=93836 :-D

[@dankusmemus342]

too hype

[@phoenixyt124]

Masterpiece, together with finnish gold my absolute favorite music. If you like this, you’ll love this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qITUXpuar8uch8U

[@1artguru]

FYK ME!