You certainly are familiar with computer graphics created on the Amiga, but what about other computers that hit the market about the same time, for example the Atari ST?
You maybe saw the famous
NEOchrome Waterfall before and maybe you even heard of paint programs such as 'Cyber Paint' or 'Degas Elite'. But can you also list Atari artists or do you know of other graphics created on this platform? Well, a couple of month ago I didn't know much about this scene too and was curious to find out more.
I thought it would be nice to build an animation page similar to the one I did for the Amiga. The result was the
Atari ST Animations page where you can get an idea what Atari artists did with their machines.
Please keep in mind, that the Atari ST only had 3 graphic modes. Animations were mainly created on a 320 x 200 px screen with a maximum of 16 colors out of a 512 color palette. Nevertheless I was amazed to find quite impressive stuff.
Since the applet can't handle Atari files I converted them into Amiga the IFF ANIM and ILBM format. Note, that the original files can be downloaded along with the converted version at the bottom of each page. So this also gives you the opportunity to play Atari animations on your Amiga!
Here are a few examples:
Cylinder-Boink is a ray tracing demo by Clive Probert created for the 'Toronto Atari Show' in 1992.
NCC-1701-D In-Warp is an awesome clip of the U.S.S. Enterprise cruising at warp speed.
Klingon Calamity is another Start Trek animation by Maurice Molyneaux of a Klingon battlecruiser under fire.
Voyager 1 shows the Voyager probe passing a rocky moon before flying towards the rings of saturn.
Bird is a composite of video captures of a flying cacadoo over a still image.
Catnap tells the story of a dog and a cat in front of a TV and some strange transformations the cat encounters while using the remote control.
Space is a demo animation created with DeluxePaint for the Atari ST.
Enjoy
