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First post, by vetz

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Does anyone have this demo?

I have all the demos that is featured in the Cybernet PowerVR preview clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us8cERsj4VM) except the fighting game and the one wi the ants. This "ants.exe" is also featured in the PowerVR drivers, meaning it was released to the public in some way or another.

Demos shown in the clip:

1:05 - 1:15 - Nefertt Demo (included on Matrox M3D driver disk)
1:15 - 1:25 - Tower5 (included on Apocalypse 3Dx driver disk)
1:25 - 1:31 - VL logo (included on Matrox M3D driver disk)
1:32 - 1:41 - Fighting game, unknown demo.
2:39 - 3:15 - Demo, probably ants.exe as it has ants in it 😉

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The accelerated games shown is Revolte and Rave Racer (was also a demo).

1:55 to 2:10 I'm sure what is exactly. Could be PowerVR game or some demo, or some unrelevant to PowerVR.

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Reply 1 of 7, by Stiletto

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vetz, you should also post this somewhere on Beyond3D forums. I will look around for you though. 😀

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Reply 3 of 7, by subhuman@xgtx

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Yes, it is included on the PowerVR Series1 SDK rar uploaded at vogonsdrivers. 😀 Mind you you have to use a joystick or else the camera will start spinning like crazy

Now I wonder though if the following picture came from an actual demo or was just a 'simulation' because all those real-time stencil shadows look jaw-dropping for a 1996 card

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Reply 4 of 7, by Stiletto

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subhuman@xgtx wrote:

Yes, it is included on the PowerVR Series1 SDK rar uploaded at vogonsdrivers. 😀

Duh, why didn't I think of that...

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do the Fandango!" - Queen

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Reply 5 of 7, by vetz

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subhuman@xgtx wrote:

Yes, it is included on the PowerVR Series1 SDK rar uploaded at vogonsdrivers. 😀 Mind you you have to use a joystick or else the camera will start spinning like crazy

Now I wonder though if the following picture came from an actual demo or was just a 'simulation' because all those real-time stencil shadows look jaw-dropping for a 1996 card

Nice! Thanks 😀

It looks a bit similar to the ants demo with the tower and the ship?

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Reply 7 of 7, by subhuman@xgtx

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vetz wrote:
subhuman@xgtx wrote:

Yes, it is included on the PowerVR Series1 SDK rar uploaded at vogonsdrivers. 😀 Mind you you have to use a joystick or else the camera will start spinning like crazy

Now I wonder though if the following picture came from an actual demo or was just a 'simulation' because all those real-time stencil shadows look jaw-dropping for a 1996 card

Nice! Thanks 😀

It looks a bit similar to the ants demo with the tower and the ship?

You are welcome and sure it is although I don't think there are too many shadows going on the ants demo

Thanks for the correction Putas. Knowing that Series 2 dropped support for Infinite Planes it'd be quite interesting to see what could happen when running a game which relies on this for shading (such as Ultimate race) by using a Neon 250

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