[HN Gopher] Demoscene the Amiga Years Volume 1
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       Demoscene the Amiga Years Volume 1
        
       Author : doener
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2021-03-01 21:55 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.editions64k.fr)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.editions64k.fr)
        
       | lbj wrote:
       | What does "90 demos exposed" mean. Will there be any way to run
       | them?
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       | The demo-scene back in the day was magical. I remember presenting
       | a demo in half ASM half Pascal at The Party in 96 I think it was.
       | Crazy event, 3600 geeks in attendance. We had a gimmick in the
       | demo where it would reset to 80x60 and print a runtime error,
       | only for the music to pick back up and move to the next scene.
       | The entire crowd laughed at that point - But they were evil
       | laughs.
       | 
       | Anyway, a year before we had all reached the level where we could
       | do some very simple 3d with very simple shading/fake lights. That
       | was when Future Crew showed up with 2nd Reality and the double
       | bouncing, transparent balls. I still remember the feeling of
       | amazement and utter loss at seeing that :)
        
       | wcarss wrote:
       | (Under the original title) I was selfishly hoping this would have
       | links to runnable Amiga demos :)
       | 
       | We've had our Amiga 1000 out of the closet for the last 6 months
       | and after our C compiler disks all mysteriously stopped working
       | at once, we've run out of things to do with it for the moment.
        
       | dm319 wrote:
       | The double buffered smooth scrolling and 4-channel sequencing
       | sound of my Amiga A1200 will always hold a place in my heart. I'm
       | glad that people have started preserving this community, and over
       | the years I did wonder when or if people would do this. I
       | imagined other teenagers, dotted across the Netherlands, France
       | and Scandinavia, a little too obsessed with female anatomy and
       | crude jokes, and I just thought they were the coolest. Would love
       | to see some interviews of them now and the reality behind the
       | floppy-disk passing community persona.
        
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