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There is a small section of the demoscene producing works on the dreamcast. http://pouet.net/prodlist.php?type=&platform=Dream cast&type2=&platform2=&type3=&platform3=&x=32&y=11

Well, unless the stuff to learn was that there is something good in glorified 3D-flybys, I don't get your last point.
But since you seem to be aware that there's more than just certain consumer whor..consulting group around, I'll save the flames.

Pilgrimage 2004, the one and only American demoparty

What about the NAID parties (North American International Demoparty)? These were held in 1995 and 1996 and were very well regarded. Also check out the compulsory geek pics from the events.

There were a few more US parties, but I forgot the names. It's a damn shame the US doesn't have more of them. I remember it got very expensive for US demosceners to keep crossing the Atlantic to get to the parties in Finland and Denmark (not to mention forcing them to get a passport; something that the vast majority of Americans don't have!).

Pilgrimage 2004, the one and only American demoparty

What about the NAID parties (North American International Demoparty)? These were held in 1995 and 1996 and were very well regarded. Also check out the compulsory geek pics from the events.

There were a few more US parties, but I forgot the names. It's a damn shame the US doesn't have more of them. I remember it got very expensive for US demosceners to keep crossing the Atlantic to get to the parties in Finland and Denmark (not to mention forcing them to get a passport; something that the vast majority of Americans don't have!).

If you want to see an impressive thing in only a few bytes you can try tube, a very cool effect in only 256b. And it comes with source code included! ;-)

I still remember being amazed by Second Reality running on my 386 (which, due to having most of it's memory on the 8Mhz ISA bus, ran DOOM at less than 5fps).

Of course, if you're looking for sheer amazement, try Smash Designs' Second Reality 64, a recreation of Second Reality for the Commodore 64. Complete with fake PC bootup sequence.

pouet (demo archive with discussion): http://www.pouet.net

scene.org (pretty much all demos since 1993 ...) : http://www.scene.org

those three have plenty of links to other sites too. nearly all platforms still have strong demo scenes active, from the Oric (no really!) through to the Atari Falcon (and ST/e)

you don't have to be a programmer to take part either, if you can pixel or weild a graphics tablet, knock up a catch chip choon or an entire mp3 album you'll fit right in.

Actually the first 64k intro (as the small ones were/are usually called) created using this tool was The product (das produkt) released at The Party and ranked 1st in the intro competition.

A really mind-blowing piece of work considering it was made four years ago and fit into 64k, be sure to check it out.

So MAYBE Macromedia is now a threat to Microsoft with its "cross-platform" games!!

As an added bonus I could get Yetisports 1 (yeah, the "smack the pingu!!" one) running on my Series 60 phone as a Java app. No sound, though. Most of my gaming now done on the 3650. Only one virus to worry about (that is a "proof-of-concept" anyway), easy unninstall that does NOT leave traces, portability and surprising power for a small device (it runs a 109mhz ARM9 processor but some of the demos I saw for it do pack a punch)

So MAYBE Macromedia is now a threat to Microsoft with its "cross-platform" games!!

As an added bonus I could get Yetisports 1 (yeah, the "smack the pingu!!" one) running on my Series 60 phone as a Java app. No sound, though. Most of my gaming now done on the 3650. Only one virus to worry about (that is a "proof-of-concept" anyway), easy unninstall that does NOT leave traces, portability and surprising power for a small device (it runs a 109mhz ARM9 processor but some of the demos I saw for it do pack a punch)

Have a look at this real time RT demo (http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=9461) from 10 years later. Breakpoint'03. :)

This easter TBL released Silkcut on Breakpoint and won the Amiga demo competition. It would have won even if the PC and Amiga competitions were mixed.

The divx version is available for download here.

So all PC effects were just software?

Ever seen The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Unreal? Ambience? Show? D.Copperfield?-)

(and btw, your "recently with the introduction of more sophisticated GPUs" happened somewhere in 1995 when the video bandwidth went over 10MB/s. After that you could do just about any effect in pure software in full framerate)

So all PC effects were just software?

Ever seen The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Unreal? Ambience? Show? D.Copperfield?-)

(and btw, your "recently with the introduction of more sophisticated GPUs" happened somewhere in 1995 when the video bandwidth went over 10MB/s. After that you could do just about any effect in pure software in full framerate)

So all PC effects were just software?

Ever seen The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Unreal? Ambience? Show? D.Copperfield?-)

(and btw, your "recently with the introduction of more sophisticated GPUs" happened somewhere in 1995 when the video bandwidth went over 10MB/s. After that you could do just about any effect in pure software in full framerate)

So all PC effects were just software?

Ever seen The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Unreal? Ambience? Show? D.Copperfield?-)

(and btw, your "recently with the introduction of more sophisticated GPUs" happened somewhere in 1995 when the video bandwidth went over 10MB/s. After that you could do just about any effect in pure software in full framerate)

So all PC effects were just software?

Ever seen The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Unreal? Ambience? Show? D.Copperfield?-)

(and btw, your "recently with the introduction of more sophisticated GPUs" happened somewhere in 1995 when the video bandwidth went over 10MB/s. After that you could do just about any effect in pure software in full framerate)

Some tech demos has been already done by some ex-demo makers:
- 3DMark series have been produced by some guys from Future Crew or Dust
- One of the latest nVidia demo 'Nalu' has been done by Hubert N'Guyen who is working at nVidia.
He was from Impact Studios
- List go on ..

Some tech demos has been already done by some ex-demo makers:
- 3DMark series have been produced by some guys from Future Crew or Dust
- One of the latest nVidia demo 'Nalu' has been done by Hubert N'Guyen who is working at nVidia.
He was from Impact Studios
- List go on ..

you speak of the scene as if it was past tense ... i think you'll find that you are wrong!!

the scene is still going quite strong! :D

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One of the most amazing PC demos I ever saw was a 256 byte intro that ran under DOS (I forget the name of it).

Size coding can be a lot of fun, you should check by pouet (seem to be down right now) for some 256b, 128b and even 16b productions, 256b.com has some more.

Very impressive stuff. :)

I'm not surprised... A lot of attempts at emotional art done by techies are often cliche and ludricrously melodramatic, bordering on the silly. Look at the demo scene and their so called "poetry." Most of it is shit, made by people who think poetic meaning is derived from loosely (or not at all) connected words.

P.S. This ties in with the whole "what is art?" debate, which I don't feel like getting into...

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Assembly 1993 was also great. I traveled with other people from Norway. The atmosphere was almost religious when Future Crew showed their Second Reality on the big screen. This was on the peak for demo scene in general. I allmost cried at that moment. :-) -lAphy

There's still a lot of creativity in demos nowadays, but I'm willing to go as far as saying that modern demo guys are lamers compared to guys who made demos back in the old days. It's so much easier nowadays. Hardware is doing all the tricks for the programmer.

Take a _good_ look at this demo and analyze it! It's a demo called Atom from a finnish group called Sorcerers. It was coded using IBM AT in 1990. It's size is 23552 _bytes_ and it has some nice features such as digitized voice. Think about the hardware and compilers back then. This is something that will make you say "wow" if you think you know something about computers/programming.

You forgot another great demo by Future Crew: "Second Reality" ! If you haven't seen it - go watch it now!
In 1998 "Smash Design" created " Second Reality for C64" which also is really cool!
brgnever

You forgot another great demo by Future Crew: "Second Reality" ! If you haven't seen it - go watch it now!
In 1998 "Smash Design" created " Second Reality for C64" which also is really cool!
brgnever

That demo would be Unreal by Future Crew. One of the first megademos, and a real milestone in the PC demoscene. Another great PC demo from that era is Crystal Dreams by Triton. To watch them, just get your hands on a 386 and a Gravis UltraSound... and you're good to go!

That demo would be Unreal by Future Crew. One of the first megademos, and a real milestone in the PC demoscene. Another great PC demo from that era is Crystal Dreams by Triton. To watch them, just get your hands on a 386 and a Gravis UltraSound... and you're good to go!

That demo would be Unreal by Future Crew. One of the first megademos, and a real milestone in the PC demoscene. Another great PC demo from that era is Crystal Dreams by Triton. To watch them, just get your hands on a 386 and a Gravis UltraSound... and you're good to go!

That demo would be Unreal by Future Crew. One of the first megademos, and a real milestone in the PC demoscene. Another great PC demo from that era is Crystal Dreams by Triton. To watch them, just get your hands on a 386 and a Gravis UltraSound... and you're good to go!

A couple of links thrown up by Google...

Jesus on E's by LSD

Old mods (scroll down to 1993)

I haven't/can't test the downloads at the moment so apologies if these links disappoint.

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These are few of my favorite demos for the C64, showing how far the hardware can really be pushed:

• Byterapers: Follow The Sign III
• Crest: Deus Ex Machina
• Smash Designs: Second Reality 64

These are few of my favorite demos for the C64, showing how far the hardware can really be pushed:

• Byterapers: Follow The Sign III
• Crest: Deus Ex Machina
• Smash Designs: Second Reality 64

These are few of my favorite demos for the C64, showing how far the hardware can really be pushed:

• Byterapers: Follow The Sign III
• Crest: Deus Ex Machina
• Smash Designs: Second Reality 64

Check out these threads on pouet for more pictures (many of them are only funny if you're into the demoscene)

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it's a geek's life episode 9

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it's a geek's life episode 7

it's a geek's life episode 8

it's a geek's life episode 9

it's a geek's life episode 10

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it's a geek's life episode 3

it's a geek's life episode 4

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it's a geek's life episode 7

it's a geek's life episode 8

it's a geek's life episode 9

it's a geek's life episode 10

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