Emotion in 512 Blocks: Dancing Demon, Voyage of the Valkyrie, and Leo Christopherson

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Leo Christopherson created Android Nim, one of the earliest games for the TRS-80 Model I and III. He had a unique sense of graphical style, and was able to make remarkably quirky animations with an incredibly limited palette.

In this video, we look at Dancing Demon, probably Christopherson's most recognizable product. Less than a game, but more than a demo, Dancing Demon stretched the bounds of what people thought was possible on a TRS-80 Model I.

We also take a quick look at Voyage of the Valkyrie, Christopherson's Wagner-playing, bird shooting magnum opus.



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Tags:
Voyage of the Valkyrie
Dancing Demon
Pixel art
TRS-80
TRS-80 Model I
TRSDOS
BASIC
Z-80 assembly language
animation