Numen

Information

Genre

Intro / Demo

Language

Machine Language

Controls

-

Players

-

Programmer(s)

Fusik, Piotr, Żukowski, Marcin

Graphic Artist(s)

Garbaciak, Michal

Sound

Sychowicz, Lukasz

Cover Artist(s)

[n/a]

Year

2002

Publisher

Taquart

Developer

Taquart

Country

Poland

License

PD / Freeware / Shareware

Medium

Disk

Rarity

0

Serial

-

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 9.0/10 · Votes: 146 · Downloads: 8,312 · Hits: 46,476

Additional Comments

Screenshots (7)

Comments (16)

• MissAtarimania — 31 Jul 2026

  Amazing demo

• Thax — 23 May 2021

  Hi Monk, just letting you know I've run several times Numen demo on my 130xe - altho I have the plug in 320xe memory upgrade. And it runs superbly. And yes it's a beautiful demo ??

• Monk — 23 Feb 2020

  Thax, no, it can't. I know the version you speak of, and I tested it with my real Atari 800 XL. Turns out, there's no music, and the effects are 'halved' - and that is, those that work. Most do not work. So it's half-true; you can load -some- of the effects in this demo as single files, but they don't work fully or properly, because they STILL require more than 64 k (small k!) of memory. However, it could possibly work with 130XE or something. This would be an excellent demo, if it worked on an unhacked, unmutilated, beautiful, 8-bit stock Atari with 64 k of memory. So much can be done with such a computer, it's a shame these demos always require some unofficial, third-party soldering modifications that most people will never have. For the record, I don't consider C64's "Prince of Persia" a Commodore 64-game either, for the same reason. Numen has nice music, absolutely beautiful effects, a very boring '3D' bit between effects, and sadness that comes from the realization that I, like most people, will never see this on a real Atari computer.

• ArchonWizard — 17 Feb 2015

  It's nice to see the 8-bits crossed the Y2K boundary. Kind of feels like watching a space probe exit our solar system.

• thax — 9 Jul 2013

  Outstanding demo, it can be loaded on standard atari, but loads in parts. theres even better stuff on 8 bit now, credit to the programmers who squeeze every ounce out of these old yet reliable and amazing machines!

• thax — 9 Jul 2013

  Outstanding demo, it can be loaded on standard atari, but loads in parts. theres even better stuff on 8 bit now, credit to the programmers who squeeze every ounce out of these old yet reliable and amazing machines!

• Timothy W. — 14 Jul 2009

  I had a 130xe that I had modded to 1meg of ram way back in 1989. It was a great ram disk for sure.

• Thorsten Günther — 8 Jun 2009

  I still have an Atari 800XL with 320KB of RAM, but this was only recently equipped with a new-built Compy-Shop enhancement board. Yet, this 256KB board has been published in the 1980s (approximately in 1987/88).

• Johnny Ace — 14 Apr 2009

  I think there actually WAS a 320XE with 320kb of RAM which was only released in a few countries (the USA not being one of them). I've run into a few other programs over the years that require 320kb and never knew what the hell to make of them...

• Christopher C. — 27 Mar 2009

  Who the hell ever had an 8 bit atari with 320kb ram?!

• Dada — 7 Nov 2007

  I'm sorry, but i think that a demo must run on the real machine, without extension ... (64ko or 128ko). I don't like the 3D effects, but the others are realy fantastics (the bump is ... waouw !!!)

• kurczo — 4 Jan 2007

  Atari rulez!!!

• Matt Huls — 9 Dec 2006

  Holy cow...that just blew my f%$%ing mind!

• Avanze — 29 Apr 2006

  Awesome.

• BrunoN — 1 Dec 2005

  Pure ownage.

• Peter — 29 Sept 2005

  Fantastic !!!!