PAST PROJECTS

This is basically a brief sample of historical past "fan films" (if they count as that).   The "break movies" or ATARITOONS were created back in 1987 and were hosted on the Lake County Atari Computer Enthusiasts Python Bulletin Board System.  Enjoy!

 

	ATARI BBS Simulator.  (~3 Megs) Quicktime format If you started using computers after the advent of the World Wide Web, this movie is MANDATORY! What this shows is a simulation of an old ATARI terminal program called 850 Express.  This was our primary modem program used to log onto BBS sites.  This simulates what it was like to call the Python BBS at 300 baud and try to watch an ATARITOON.  Weird stuff happens towards the end.  By: David Tisinai
	ALIENS : The ATARITOON (~3.2 Megs) Quicktime format This can probably be considered my first "Fan film".  This involves 3 of our recurring ATARITOON characters and there run in with everyone's favorite sci-fi movie monsters. Something to keep in mind is that all these "break movies" were created using ASCII and ATASCII (an Atari specific character set)...keystroke for keystroke.  They were created using Atari 800, 800XL, or 130XE 8-bit computers By: Michael Haspil
	ATARITOON TREK (~3 Megs) Quicktime format Another, more extravagant example, of the power of break movies.  Featuring recurring ATARITOON characters. By: Michael Haspil
	TERMINAPER: The Special Edition (~4.3 Megs) Quicktime Format "Terminaper" was originally filmed on the spur of the moment in about four hours (roughly 11:00PM to 3:00AM) back in 1988.  It was made with what props we had on hand and an adaptive very simple story.  Stuffed animals have taken over the world and humans send in a stuffed animal "Terminaper" to take out pockets of them and win the war for humanity. In 2000, when I got all the equipment and software for the "Sith Apocalypse" fan film, one of the things I decided to do was revisit this.  I made a little teaser trailer, then got the original footage (which was in bad shape) and re-edited the short film and added some sound and special FX.
	STORYBASE TEASER (~4.6 Megs) Windows ASF Format The Storybase is basically the largest piece of fan fiction that I know of.  It was written by me, David Tisinai, and Brian Kotek.  It covers just about everything in the sci-fi/fantasy universe (Star Wars, Star Trek, Battletech, Middle-Earth, Terminator, Indiana Jones, Aliens, etc) and links them all together against the most terrible of all conceivable enemies, H.P. Lovecraft's Great Old Ones.  This was a fake teaser trailer I made for a "what if the storybase was ever made into a movie".  I apologize in advance for the poor quality, but I was trying to keep the size down.  And to the MAC users, sorry about no Quicktime format, but this was the best I could do.  Eventually, the entire Storybase will be moved and archived onto this site.  But for now it is archived at www.story-base.com.

If the Quicktime movies don't work, that might be because they are in the Sorenson 3 codec.  You can download the new Quicktime player for FREE at www.quicktime.com.