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. 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 |
