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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.
Concept
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. More on [ Demoscene ]
I favorited a YouTube video -- Demoscene reel - NVScene team and scene.org http://youtu.be/PidTKpKLYZM?a
marloncifuentes (marloncifuentes) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:35:55 -0000
I favorited a YouTube video -- Demoscene reel - NVScene team and scene.org http://youtu.be/PidTKpKLYZM?a
Watching a minidocu on demoscene. How to bring forth such community of devoted creatives to sciences without getting institutions involved?
bookhling (Sung won Lim) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:09:52 -0000
Watching a minidocu on demoscene. How to bring forth such community of devoted creatives to sciences without getting institutions involved?
@drinkbourbon Isn't Linger in Shadows basically a demoscene tech demo? Gunstar Heroes is one of the best 16-bit games ever.
veryimportant (veryimportant) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:48:23 -0000
@drinkbourbon Isn't Linger in Shadows basically a demoscene tech demo? Gunstar Heroes is one of the best 16-bit games ever.
this afternoon's experiment: revising to demoscene music! Though how is it nearly 4pm already?! http://www.scenemusic.eu/demovibes/streams/
cj_davies (CJ Davies) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:39:31 -0000
this afternoon's experiment: revising to demoscene music! Though how is it nearly 4pm already?! http://www.scenemusic.eu/demovibes/streams/
â [from raspop] Demoscene Marvels â Know Your History http://bit.ly/5seIfD
naGF (net.art GIANT FUNNEL) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:11:17 -0000
╠ [from raspop] Demoscene Marvels – Know Your History http://bit.ly/5seIfD
Listening to C64 remixes while walking home. #yyc #demoscene
lonnietaylor (Lonnie Taylor) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:21:23 -0000
Listening to C64 remixes while walking home. #yyc #demoscene
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Acid Nature Archive - FTP archive with many demos from the Acid Nature group.
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Ascendancy FTP - FTP site with Spectrum demos from Ascendancy.
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Demotopia - Directory of the ZX Spectrum demo scene, including reviews, results of demo-parties and news of forthcoming events.
Meta Description: [ Comprehensive resource covering past and present activity on the ZX Spectrum demo scene. ]
ex-YU ZX Scene - About the ZX scene in former Yugoslavia, with downloads of various games, utilities and demos mostly in Slovenian or Serbo-Croat. [English/Slovenian]
Exodus - Homepage of DC PAK of the Exodus demo group.
Meta Description: [ On this page you will find some useful tips concerining coding, info about Complex Compo, my opinion about art, and full collection of Exodus programs ever made (also for PC). ]
GAS 13's Gallery - Gallery of Spectrum graphics produced by Gas 13 since 1997, including previously unreleased works.
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ZpiXel - Galleries of original art produced for the ZX Spectrum, with articles, a database of contributors, a message board and downloadable graphic software for the Spectrum. [In English and Russian.]
ZX Download Page - Contains all the latest (most interesting) releases for the ZX Spectrum, produced between 1999 and the present. Also includes a variety of e-zines to download. (English Russian)
Meta Description: [ New best soft for ZX-Spectrum! ]
ZX-Chart - Awards for the best Spectrum demos, coding groups, graphics and so on. (In English and Russian)
Meta Description: [ ZX-Chart: best of the best on spectrum scene with fotos, soft, urls ]
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