About the demoscene
In the not so distant past, the personal computer was invented. Shortly thereafter, software arrived and inevitably software-"crackers". So began the early demos, then known as "crack intros", which were placed in pirated software. The form of artistic entertainment we now call "demo" has come a long way from its infamous past. Today the computer demo scene consists of programmers, graphic-artists, musicians and enthusiasts who enjoy creating and/or being entertained by computer graphics-and-sound demonstration programs. These "demos" are much like music videos for the computer and are often created by people in their late teens to early twenties.
The fascination "demoscene" explained by the MindCandy makers, this video is from the DVD MindCandy Volume 1: PC Demos and was published in July 2008 under the Creative Commons license.
For further information have a look into the "Demoscene" article at Wikipedia or visit one of those websites:
| Portals |
Scene.org - communication and file archive for the 'electronic art scene' Pouët.net - demo resource center Hornet archive - productions from the PC demoscene 1987-1998 demoscene.tv - demoscene video streams ADA - Amiga Demoscene Archive |
| Parties |
demoparty.net - list of demoparties incl. map display The Gathering - Norway, Easter weekend Breakpoint - Germany, Easter weekend Blockparty - USA, April Euskal - Spain, July Assembly - Finland, August Buenzli - Switzerland, August Sundown - UK, October The Ultimate Meeting - Germany, December |
| Music |
Nectarine - Demoscene Internet Radio No Error- scene music news kohina - old school game and demo music AMP - Amiga Music Preservation - database of amiga music MAZ Sound Tools - sound software archive chiptune.com - tracked chiptunes @ Amiga Workbench 1.3 modarchive.org - The MOD Archive |
