Introduction to the World of Demos
The demoscene is huge. The demoscene is international. The demoscene spans across all computer platforms, including game consols. However, the existence of something like the demoscene is unknown to most people. Table of Contents Introduction 1. The Commodore 64 2. The Commodore Amiga 500 3. The Old School IBM PC (MS DOS) 4. Remakes Introduction Let me introduce this vast scene to you via a few hand picked examples of the releases produced by the demoscene during its early days and prime. The demoscene is active to this day and produces exciting entertainment even on platforms that are not available today anymore. Most current productions are nowadays for the IBM PC and run on any standard Windows XP machine with DirectX and Direct3D compatible Graphics Cards with 3D Accelleation and DirectSound compatible Soundcard. The Demos presented here are for much older platforms and can not be replayed without special software and some special computer knowledge on modern PCs; but thanks to Google Video and YouTube is that not a big problem today, because it enables me to show you the Video recordings of those old productions as if you were running it on those old machines yourself. The Videos were created by other Demosceners and are available on DVD for purchase. The Commodore 64 production was taken from the “Digital Memories” DVD, the Commodore Amiga productions were taken from the Mindcandy DVD Volume 2 and the oldschool PC Demos were taken from the Mindcandy DVD Volume 1. Enjoy! 1. The[…]
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