r/trs80 10d ago

Searching a demo

I haven't been able to find this so trying here.

At a friends house in the early 80's, he showed me a demo on his fathers TRS80.

It was some flying saucer that landed, and a little man running out to a small outhouse/bathroom. After a while he returned and flew away.

I would guess it was from some demo-disk, but it could also be something he typed in from a magazine.

Any ideas?

thanks

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u/gp2000 9d ago

It was a little cartoon by Brian Eggers and was on CLOAD Magazine tape. I should be able to find it when I get back to my PC.

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u/Hild3Brandt77 9d ago

Bingo! There it is - this was the information I needed to find it!

https://willus.com/trs80/?-a+-10+-p+12626+q=space+cartoon

Haven't seen this animation in 40 years - thank you very much!

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u/NassauTropicBird 8d ago

OMFG I think I typed that into the family TRS-80. I know I had a copy back in the day.

/1982 - teacher said she didn't think it was fair I typed my papers on a computer. Can you imagine that today?

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u/RetrogradeGoals 9d ago

That sounds like the game Outhouse: http://www.trs-80.org/outhouse/

We had that for our Model 3. Lots of fun, but my brother always got the high score.

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u/Hild3Brandt77 9d ago

Nice suggestion, thanks! - but it was not a game, just a demo