The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes itself on producing demos, non-interactive audio-visual presentations, which are run real-time on a computer. The main aim of a demo is to show off better programming, artistic and musical skills over other demogroups.

The demoscene first appeared during the 8-bit era on computers such as the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, and came to prominence during the rise of the 16/32-bit micros (the Atari ST and the Amiga). In the early years, demos had a strong connection with software cracking. When a cracked program was started, the cracker or his team would take credit via an increasingly impressive-looking graphical introduction called a "crack intro". Later, the making of intros and standalone demos evolved into a new subculture independent of the software piracy scene. Quite a few of the young talents that spent their time "coding" demos and thus gaining in-depth experience programming computer graphics later ended up working in the games industry, whose products they had initially cracked.

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Prior to the expandability of the IBM PC, every home computer of a given line had identical capabilities. Therefore, the variations among demos created for one computer line were attributed to programming alone. This created a competitive environment in which demoscene groups would try to outperform each other in creating amazing effects.

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In-Depth: Alt Party 2009 - Where The Demoscene Gets Weird(Er) http://blodic.us/12573838699
blodicus (Blodic.us) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:40:01 -0000
In-Depth: Alt Party 2009 - Where The Demoscene Gets Weird(Er) http://blodic.us/12573838699
@colossalblue @Zuler I guess they are the publishers. It's very much demoscene, so I doubt Sony would come up with it.
peespee63 (Stuart Brodie) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:06:16 -0000
@colossalblue @Zuler I guess they are the publishers. It's very much demoscene, so I doubt Sony would come up with it.
so stelle ich mir #demoscene #outreach vor: @WiDDY und @nitroVOZ klingeln amSamstag Morgen: "Schon mal über Demoscene nachgedacht?"
haschmir (haschmir) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:59:20 -0000
so stelle ich mir #demoscene #outreach vor: @WiDDY und @nitroVOZ klingeln amSamstag Morgen: "Schon mal über Demoscene nachgedacht?"
Returning my focus on demoscene. Cya!
_S4MUR4I_ (_S4MUR4I_) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:06:18 -0000
Returning my focus on demoscene. Cya!
.kkrieg! Demoscene is really amazing man! Make 'demos' today, and a job on Game Industry will be all yours(probably)!
_S4MUR4I_ (_S4MUR4I_) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:02:54 -0000
.kkrieg! Demoscene is really amazing man! Make 'demos' today, and a job on Game Industry will be all yours(probably)!
is listening to Nectarine Demoscene Radio for the first time in years! Yay!
toraneko15 (Jennysis) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:25:05 -0000
is listening to Nectarine Demoscene Radio for the first time in years! Yay!

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