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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 ]
@havchr Did you spot this game? It is under half megabytes, quite demoscene-ish size. http://bit.ly/2afi54
pohar (Pohar) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:59:41 -0000
@havchr Did you spot this game? It is under half megabytes, quite demoscene-ish size. http://bit.ly/2afi54
Grâce à @jedisct1, flood de vidéos de la demoscene Atari sur l'IRC interne, et on envisage de créer des démos en JS. #nostalgie
xibe (Xavier B.) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:56:29 -0000
Grâce à @jedisct1, flood de vidéos de la demoscene Atari sur l'IRC interne, et on envisage de créer des démos en JS. #nostalgie
@jedisct1 désolé, les places sont prises. Cela dit, on se tape un méchant coup de blues revival demoscene atari chez Netvibes grace a toi ;)
STuFFk (nicolas challeil) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:48:03 -0000
@jedisct1 désolé, les places sont prises. Cela dit, on se tape un méchant coup de blues revival demoscene atari chez Netvibes grace a toi ;)
Driscoll http://bit.ly/2ZqE8E chiptunes history demoscene atari c64 amiga mods academic research
delicious50 (Delicious Over 50) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:44:19 -0000
Driscoll http://bit.ly/2ZqE8E chiptunes history demoscene atari c64 amiga mods academic research
@poisonfruitloop Just listening to the 80s channel on Freezone. Although http://bit.ly/4ztUVE is great for demoscene music :D
spyn (Mattie) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:25:43 -0000
@poisonfruitloop Just listening to the 80s channel on Freezone. Although http://bit.ly/4ztUVE is great for demoscene music :D
Speaking of Google Wave - still trying to figure out exactly the best use for it. Think that demoscene will benefit.
dtnorth (D. Travis North) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:32:32 -0000
Speaking of Google Wave - still trying to figure out exactly the best use for it. Think that demoscene will benefit.
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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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