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DHS.NU news article
Time is flying by like never before, and the Error In Line III party is coming scary near (at least for coders who's trying to finish stuff in time!). Reservoir Gods have been a bit silent the last few months, if you disregard Mr.Pinks never-ending Atari-sessions at the Nectarine radio.
We heard reports of a british PRE-EIL party taking place a week ago, with Reservoir Gods participating. So, we decided it was about time we asked the brits about what's cooking!
DHS: The Error In Line party is coming near, and we hear rumors of possible Reservoir Gods contributions to the compos. Could you tell us more about this? What are you planning and for what system?
Mr.Pink: well, i don't want to give everything away, but we are planning a little production for the ST. it's not going to be anything brainblasting, so don't expect too much! we did enjoy the previous EIL parties tremendously and want to do all we can to support the guys behind this great event, so making a little contribution to their demo compo is the least we can do.
DHS: A while ago, Griff of Electronic Images (Inner Circle) joined the Reservoir Gods, what is his plans for Reservoir Gods? He must have alot of previously not released demo screens lying around (anyone who remember all the talk about the Decade demo follow-up double-disk demo might have an idea).
Mr.Pink: over the last year we have enlisted a bunch of new coders. it's not just griff, we also have aegir, damo and even stratagem does a bit of coding. griff did a lot of work on a megademo that was never released, since joining RG he has been ressurecting some of these routs. griff also bought a new falcon recently, and we have been discussing ideas for falcon fx. whilst none of the falcon stuff will be ready for EIL, its certainly an area we will be working on in the future.
the other project that me and griff have been working on is the falcon emulator 'falcon powder'. this is a very part time project that is done in quiet hours during work. unfortunately, as our work is generally very busy we haven't had that much time to dedicate to this project.
DHS: The CT60 accelerator seems to be a never-ending story. But, against all odds, if the thing would eventually be released, would Reservoir Gods be supporting it? Reading on the Czuba-Tech site yourself is on the developers list. If so, what would be the most likely type of program Reservoir Gods would do for Falcon-060 ?
Mr.Pink: the CT60 is certainly a very interesting piece of hardware, especially if used in conjunction with nature's supervidel card. we could make some amazing games with this combination of CPU and GPU. our first task when receiving this hardware will be to update our libraries and ensure all our productions work with it. we will then consider making enhanced version of certain prods.
a CT60 demo would be a fun prod to work on, as would a game specifically designed to utilise this hardware. i would like to write a little 3D engine for this, the FPU starts to become quite usable on such a machine.
we haven't really got any specific plans yet because of all the delays in release dates, we don't want to commit time and resources to vapourware. but i do think that when the CT60 does eventually arrive, it will be a very exciting time for the atari scene :)
DHS.NU greatfully thanks Mr.Pink of the Reservoir Gods for answering these few questions, now we can only await the Error In Line III and the CT60!
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