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Demos
a Carefully selected setting of demos for your viewing pleasure. You need a winzip program to 'unzip' some the files to your PC before you can run them. Read the "how to watch" guide for running instructions. Please keep in mind that the video version is always your second choice, demos should be executed and run in real time on your computer. Some videos may require you to install the DivX codec/player.
PC DEMOS (WINDOWS)
Codename Chinadoll :: by katastro.fi :: 2000
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"Codename Chinadoll is one of the best known 'Art Demos' that has been touring the world as an installation piece"
a Deepness in The Sky :: by MFX :: 2002
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"Deepness is a good example of a demo close to the VJ scene. We're talking about the synchronisation and the presentation here. The programmer has been working on a real-time VJ software and using it on clubs and festivals."
FR-025: The Popular Demo :: Farbrausch :: 2003
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"As the name predicted, a very popular PC demo among the sceners and non-sceners alike."
Planet Risk :: by Andromeda Software Development :: 2004
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"If you're gonna do nuskool, then better do it nuskool to the max - and well. They did."
PC 64k INTRO
In this category the file size of the demo is restricted to max 64 kilobytes (including everything(!), the music, the graphics and the code).
FR-019: Poem To a Horse :: by Farbrausch :: 2002
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FR-030: Candytron :: by Farbrausch :: 2003
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"Getting the fat speech synth flow right in 64 kilobytes is never easy."
The Prophecy - Project Nemesis :: by Conspiracy :: 2004
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"Everybody should try doing audio-visual story telling with 64 kilobytes only at least once in a life time."
PC 4K INTRO
In this category the file size of the demo is restricted to max 4 kilobytes (including everything(!), the music, the graphics and the code).
The Yellow Rose of Texas :: by Fit & Bandwagon :: 2003
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Micropolis :: by Tbc & Mainloop :: 2004
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Parsec :: Frenetic, r0K!, Sonic, Muhmac :: 2005
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PC DEMOS (DOS)
Second Reality ::by Future Crew :: 1993
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"This demo basicly inspired the whole PC scene to start to grow in the early 1990s while the Amigas still ruled the world."
X14 :: by Orange :: 1995
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Inside :: by CNCD :: 1996
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COMMODORE 64
Crack Intro :: By Fairlight :: 1987
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"Crack intros were shown in the front of computer games. They advertised the group that removed the copy protection and spread the game all over the world. Fairlight intro introduced a lot of people to the cracking and the demoscene."
Deus ex Machina :: By Crest / Oxyron :: 2000
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Biba2 - Dream Injection :: By Arise :: 2002
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Cycle :: By Booze Design :: 2004
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AMIGA 500
RSI Megademo :: Red Sector Inc. :: 1988
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"This is it, the oldskool masterpiece that set the standards for a generation."
Mental Hangover :: By Scoopex :: 1990
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"Mental hangover introduced a demo style which mixes the different parts together and runs the whole 'story' in one piece from the first disk track to the last - no loading breaks and no scroll text stories anymore."
Arte :: By Sanity ::1993
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"One of the first 'art demos' with graphics that have taken more influence from traditional arts than demo scene cliches."
State of the Art :: Spaceballs :: 1992
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"a good example of a typical 1990s Music Video Demo."
AMIGA (AGA)
dEEP - the Psilocybin Mix - :: by CNCD & Parallax:: 1995
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"Started the whole '2D on 3D' trend."
Sumea :: By Virtual Dreams/FLT :: 1996
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"Ever heard about the game company called Sumea? Well, check this out. Many game companies in Europe were founded by the 'demosceners'."
Lapsuus :: by Maturefurk :: 2004
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HANDHELD DEVICES
Crime Minister of Europe (for Nokia series 60) ::by katastro.fi :: 2003
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Limbo (for PocketPC) :: by Byterapers & Doomsday :: 2003
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Formfunk (for PocketPC) :: by Sonik Clique & Rocket :: 2005
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