ASCII Art Related Videos - Table of Contents

Here is a small collection of interesting and free videos to the subjects of ASCII art, ANSI art and text art in general as well as about BBS (Bulletin Board Systems) and some Demoscene, Artscene, Warezscene and Superior Art Creations (SAC).

I also have tons of videos available on video sharing sites like YouTube.com. See my YouTube channel "SACReleases" for example.

"The Art of Textmode" - Text Art History
"The Full History of the Demoscene"
Creature of Hell/SAC - The Movie
BBS - The Documentary
A Short Demoscene Documentary
More Cool Videos

... and even more Videos

I also show a few good examples of ASCII animation, what is called ASCIImation. I cases like the ones I show, is the text art created via specialized software, which converts video imagery to text characters.

More videos will come in the future, which are more specific to SAC, including videos of SACtros (which are already available) and Cracktros created by the artgroup throughout the years (currently only available (for the most part) at my YouTube channel, but I want to bring them directly on to my site, like the SACtro videos).

Hi-Res Video Downloads are Available

The resolution and quality of the videos on such video sharing sites is generally low. I put many of my videos up on the file sharing site Mediafire.com, especially the ones that I captured myself. They are available there in higher resolution and better quality, basically as good as I have it myself. The format is most of the time .WMV, but also .AVI sometimes. You can access the file share, which has a number of sub directories via this URL. Mediafire.com has no restrictions for non-paying members that other file sharing websites have, such as Rapidfire.com. Happy Downloading!

Note to List of Videos on This Page

Oh, there is another thing that I want to mention. The thumbnails of the videos down on this page are actually static and not embedded players. You will be taken to the video sharing site, If you click on any of the thumbs. I did not embed the videos, because it slowed down the page too much and even caused problems sometimes. Too much AJAX and JavaScript for the browser to handle I guess hehe.

The Videos

	"The Art of Textmode" - Text Art History as part of the ASSEMBLY '04 ARTtech seminars Presented by: Christian Wirth aka RaD Man, founder and leader of ACiD Productions Presented at: ASSEMBLY 2004 demoparty at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 5th to 8th of August 2004 Length: 63:15 minutes Video on Google Video

	"The Full History of the Demoscene" as part of the ASSEMBLY '05 ARTtech seminars Presented by: Tamas Polgar, Author of "Freax", the History of the Demoscene Presented at: ASSEMBLY 2005 demoparty at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from July 28th to July 31st, 2005 Length: 96:24 minutes Video on Google Video

	Creature of Hell/SAC - The Movie Experimental two minutes clip by Creature of Hell, also known for his great ASCII art and his signature CH/SAC. The graphics was created in 2000 and the video was a Compleks production from the Summer 2001. This is pre-YouTube stuff, so don't expect fancy video effects. It's nice though. Length: 1:42 minutes Video on YouTube

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Jason Scott who produced the DVD documentary "BBS - The Documentary" released it under the Creative Commons Licence attribution Share-Alike, which means that it is free to copy and to show in public. He made the complete material for the documentation available to the public at archive.org (free). Here is a link to the list of the individual interviews, also the ones that did not make it on to the three DVDs. The content of the DVD is also available on Google Video (also free). Another Jason published it there, perfectly legal, because that is what the Creative Commons licensing is all about, the permission for free replication and broadcasting for non-commercial/educational purposes. He still would appreciate it, if you would buy a copy of the DVD, to demonstrate your support for this and similar projects (he has a lot more stuff he could make a documentary about), of course only, if you like it.

BBS - The Documentary Episodes

Part 1: Baud Length: 38:19 minutes Video on Google Video	Part 2: Sysops and Users Length: 44:47 minutes Video on Google Video
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Part 3: Make it Pay Length: 46:10 minutes Video on Google Video	Part 4: Fidonet Length: 43:41 minutes Video on Google Video
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Part 5: Artscene (ANSI/ASCII) Length: 41:58 minutes Video on Google Video Special version uploaded by me with English subtitles for the hearing impaired and folks who are not speaking English so well where it helps with the understanding of what is being said :). Alternative Backup version, also at Google Video.	Part 6: HPAC Length: 38:27 minutes Video on Google Video Special version uploaded by me with English subtitles for the hearing impaired and folks who are not speaking English so well where it helps with the understanding of what is being said :). Alternative Backup version, also at Google Video.
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Part 7: No Carrier Length: 21:22 minutes Video on Google	Part 8: Compression - ARC vs. ZIP Length: 20:46 minutes Video on Google Video