Post AaUO8oR2EVnSLPyPfU by Pathduck@social.vivaldi.net
(DIR) More posts by Pathduck@social.vivaldi.net
(DIR) Post #AaJWHpLyHvaadRzukK by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-10-01T03:38:23Z
0 likes, 4 repeats
In 2000, the Beatles created THEBEATLES.COM in relation to a new Beatles compilation album set, "1". For whatever reason, the legendary demoscene group MELON was hired to make flash animations for their songs. The results are now emulated at Internet Archive.Warning: Flashing lights galore.https://archive.org/details/melon-cometogetherhttps://archive.org/details/melon-ifeelfine
(DIR) Post #AaJXMW25eJdA7DUvL6 by venya@musicians.today
2023-10-01T03:50:44Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@textfiles I am DEEPLY CURIOUS about how this came about because this is hella trippy.I was not prepared for the go-karts--and then it got weird.
(DIR) Post #AaJXj7Uv2I8mgKlEHY by staudey@fosstodon.org
2023-10-01T03:51:59Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@textfiles Wow, what a blast from the past! I'd completely forgotten about these Beatles flash animations.
(DIR) Post #AaJb2EJGEW2BAo6zAm by christianp@mathstodon.xyz
2023-10-01T04:31:37Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@textfiles ah, nice! I still think about the Come Together one every now and then. I didn't think I'd be able to watch it again
(DIR) Post #AaJlC283NIhvphBOvQ by modrobert@qoto.org
2023-10-01T06:25:28Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@textfiles Damned, awesome!
(DIR) Post #AaJrAJN2tmLcS9l21Y by despens@post.lurk.org
2023-10-01T07:31:56Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
cc @tracky
(DIR) Post #AaK7FDp8Y239xqGCuW by despens@digipres.club
2023-10-01T10:32:29Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@textfiles Nothing short of awesome
(DIR) Post #AaMhPuOr5hyXZcHZRo by mmorschel@mastodon.social
2023-10-02T16:26:41Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@textfiles Oh my god! I forgot about those!Still dig it.My father bought the CD, too and I ripped away.And the animation took a little while to load with my 762 kbit DSL internet back then.
(DIR) Post #AaMkgw3qT4jrVjGXLs by zeh@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-10-02T17:03:20Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@textfiles @bit101 wasn't that the agency/group that disassembled SWFs and reassembled them to make their 3d engine faster (by removing some type asserts)? I remember someone did that pre-AS3 and the performance was unbeliveable.
(DIR) Post #AaNpa33OlSBE6HYHUu by kyonshi@dice.camp
2023-10-03T05:33:18Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@textfiles ah that's where those came from. I saw some parts of that on YouTube, and couldn't figure out where those animations came from
(DIR) Post #AaODfiMsz4E8a9tyRk by in8sworld@fosstodon.org
2023-10-03T10:00:23Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@textfiles I've had that Come Together flash animation stored in my local archive since it came out but for some reason I had never seen the one for I Feel Fine! Thanks for that.
(DIR) Post #AaUO8oR2EVnSLPyPfU by Pathduck@social.vivaldi.net
2023-10-06T09:28:36Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@textfiles I admit I was wary of uploading these, given all the legal trouble the Archive has had lately and how The Beatles' lawyers have treated anyone infringing their IP even a little. Then again, I believe these animations deserve a home on the Archive in all their Flash goodness 🙂
(DIR) Post #AcWReQHjfZkSDqIkLY by humbird0@mstdn.party
2023-12-06T04:58:55Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@textfiles Okay that is *very* impressive for Flash in the year 2000. I don't think actual 3D was added into Flash until ActionScript 3 and the molehill rendering engine in... I think 2011? So I'm guessing this is some very clever rotoscoping. I tried playing with a 3D engine for ActionScript 2 called Sandy3D and it could barely handle 200 triangles in the year 2007. But ActionScript 2 itself wasn't added to Flash until 2003. So in the year 2000 Flash barely had any programming language at all.