Blake Patterson

My recent toot about the iconic lost Amiga work of pixelart from 1985, Jack Haeger's "Four-Byte Burger," received by far more reactions than any of my others.

YouTuber "Ahoy" has just posted a video in which he sleuths rather deeply and manages to recreate this wonderful piece, pixel by pixel, with apparently great accuracy.

It's an incredible process not to be missed!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4EFkspO5p4

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Four-Byte Burger

YouTube
Apr 21, 2023 at 5:16pmWeb
Show threadBlake PattersonApr 21, 2023

I don’t suppose there’s a version that is not scaled to 1.2x height, for conversion and display on an Amiga CRT, avoiding the need to scale the PNG and lose quality.

I’d love to have such a version!

Show threadpaulrickardsApr 21, 2023
@blakespot If you're able to get the recreated IFF file he made, I can load it on my A1000 and 1070 monitor, which is most likely the display that was used. https://bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=1459
1070 - Commodore

Big Book of Amiga Hardware - Probably the largest Amiga hardware reference on the net!

Show threadBlake PattersonApr 21, 2023
@paulrickards Does he have it posted? I have the tools to convert PNG to IFF, but the scaling would be off.
Show threadpaulrickardsApr 21, 2023
@blakespot Yeah there's a 1200x1600 PNG in the description. Here's my attempt to convert it to IFF: https://biosrhythm.com/misc/four-byte-burger.iff
Show threadpaulrickardsApr 21, 2023
@blakespot Here it is in on my Sony PVM from a PAL CDTV. Pretty awesome to see on screen! #CommodoreAmiga #Amiga #CDTV #AmigaCDTV
Show threadBlake PattersonApr 21, 2023
@paulrickards Lovely!!!!
Show threadeuroplus Apr 23, 2023
@blakespot Reminds me of the pixel scaling Lisas did on screen.
Show threadtjane00artist (she/her)Apr 21, 2023
@blakespot I was just this week telling my graphic design students that the Amiga should have been the dominant system.
Show threadJake MauerApr 21, 2023
@blakespot woah thanks for posting this!
Show threadCrylarApr 21, 2023
@blakespot New Ahoy video!? :O
*Drops everything to go to YT*
Show threadJason ScottApr 22, 2023
@blakespot this is when I found ahoy had gone completely nuts