| ?ｄｅｍｏｓｃｅｎｅ... |
Xequma |
(3.00) |
1,093 |
2014-09-03 |
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description:
ｄｅｍｏｓｃｅｎｅThe demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are audio-visual presentations that run in real-time on a computer. The main goal of a demo is to show off programming, artistic, and musical skills.
The demoscene first appeared during the 8-bit era on computers such as the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari 800 and Amstrad CPC, and came to prominence during the rise of the 16/32-bit home computers (mainly the Amiga and Atari ST). The first of the demoscene demos had a strong connection with software cracking, as competition grew rapidly and groups wanted better presentation of their releases.[1] When a cracked program was started, the cracker or his team would take credit with a graphical introduction called a "crack intro" (shortened cracktro). Within a year or two,[2] the making of intros and standalone demos evolved into a new subculture independent of the software (piracy) scene.[3]
Contents [hide]
1 Concept
2 History
3 Competition
4 Parties
5 Demo types
6 Groups
7 Impact
8 See also
8.1 Specific platforms
8.2 Websites and products
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
Concept[edit]
Screen shot from Second Reality, a famous[4] demo by Future Crew.
Prior to the popularity of IBM PC compatibles, most home computers of a given line had relatively little variance in their basic hardware, which made their capabilities practically identical. Therefore, the variations among demos created for one computer line were attributed to programming alone, rather than one computer having better hardware. This created a competitive environment in which demoscene groups would try to outperform each other in creating outstanding effects, and often to demonstrate why they felt one machine was better than another (for example Commodore 64 or Amiga versus Atari 800 or ST).
Demo writers went to great lengths to get every last bit of performance out of their target machine. Where games and application writers were concerned with the stability and functionality of their software, the demo writer was typically interested in how many CPU cycles a routine would consume and, more generally, how best to squeeze great activity onto the screen. Writers went so far as to exploit known hardware errors to produce effects that the manufacturer of the computer had not intended. The perception that the demo scene was going to extremes and charting new territory added to its draw.
Recent computer hardware advancements include faster processors, more memory, faster video graphics processors, and hardware 3D acceleration. With many of the past's challenges removed, the focus in making demos has moved from squeezing as much out of the computer as possible to making stylish, beautiful, well-designed real time artwork – a directional shift that many "old school demosceners" seem to disapprove of. This can be explained by the break introduced by the PC world, where the platform varies and most of the programming work that used to be hand-programmed is now done by the graphics card. This gives demo-groups a lot more artistic freedom, but can frustrate some of the old-schoolers for lack of a programming challenge. The old tradition still lives on, though. Demo parties have comp--404_er0-0r)_____________
domain:
demoscene
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| ?Four-Wheeler Test Drive to 1985!(REFESH!) |
alexhill |
(2.80) |
1,095 |
2007-03-17 |
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description:
Jesus christ it works.
domain:
anotherslammarinogodihaterush
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| ?Spider Mastermind works it |
chibigatomon |
(1.67) |
1,095 |
2005-12-28 |
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description:
Spidermastermind gets down and funky
domain:
Spidermastermindworkit
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| ?MJ Works it |
hitman101 |
(3.00) |
1,098 |
2005-07-11 |
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description:
no description given.
domain:
mjworksit
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| ?Jacko Works It |
Changeroftheways |
(2.50) |
1,099 |
2005-07-14 |
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description:
no description given.
domain:
jackothewacko
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| ?Ram + Milk = ? |
spedmonger |
(1.60) |
1,101 |
2006-09-26 |
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description:
I swear to god it works, not believers try it yourself.
domain:
ramandmilk
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| ?King Hippo Works it |
ptkfgsmaster2maryo |
(2.13) |
1,101 |
2007-01-29 |
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description:
no description given.
domain:
nhbgnjnn
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| ?mario is now a man |
redtide |
(3.50) |
1,102 |
2005-11-01 |
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description:
first ytmnd, hope it works
domain:
marioisnowaman
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| ?Remember to Water Your Wii |
jesse060 |
(1.29) |
1,103 |
2006-12-04 |
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description:
This is a picture from a Japanese Safety Manual for the Wii. The music's a little raunchy but I thought it worked well with the site.
domain:
thristywii
site text:
Wii is THIRSTY! // //
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| ?(nsfw) doesnt work |
ldrancer |
(3.67) |
1,104 |
2013-09-17 |
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description:
newegg order summary has turned from an order form into a spyware site. i cant work cuase thier site dont work. heres my conversation over why i ordered twice and tried to get an order cancelled when their readme said they can keep shipping charges. well they came to a total of 7 dollars. heres the conversation. heres his response to you guys didnt confirm a confirmation page. there is no confirm on agree to pay page. theres a summary page they give you they want you to agree before they show a summary but a buy sell is easy. figure this out yourselves i cant do it
domain:
neweggsummarizes
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| ?Snowball Works It |
Stephen2298 |
(2.00) |
1,105 |
2005-11-21 |
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description:
Snowball (from the Simpsons) works it.
domain:
snowballsworksit
site text:
Dance // Dance // Kitty
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| ?Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales works it |
lbmixpro |
(2.20) |
1,105 |
2006-05-01 |
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description:
This is a pic of Jimmy Wales, the guy who made Wikipedia gettin his groove/freak on
domain:
jimboworksit
site text:
You // Go // Jimbo!
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| ?Kanye West Works It |
martyf6 |
(1.30) |
1,105 |
2007-06-06 |
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description:
no description given.
domain:
kanyeworksit
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| ?Devan Wolf works it |
devanwolf |
(2.33) |
1,106 |
2012-02-20 |
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description:
I Made it
domain:
DevanWorksIt
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| ?hiatus works it |
fmg |
(3.00) |
1,107 |
2005-06-21 |
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description:
hiatus working it
domain:
hiatuswo
site text:
WORK IT! // HIATUS! // WORK IT BABY!
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| ?Death: Work on it... |
TheOntomage |
(2.20) |
1,107 |
2006-02-05 |
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description:
no description given.
domain:
workonit
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| ?men and women |
Kusoyaro |
(2.17) |
1,109 |
2005-08-27 |
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description:
bah, first one, checking to see how it works
domain:
sayonararetard
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| ?i guess it works. |
eggofromkiwi |
(3.27) |
1,109 |
2006-01-07 |
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description:
no description given.
domain:
goingdowndown
site text:
// i guess its a match! //
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| ?Quagmire Works It |
teh-cook |
(2.88) |
1,110 |
2006-09-26 |
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description:
*obvious*
domain:
quagmireworksit
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| ?Rise of The Silver...Wrestler. |
frenchbreadpizza |
(3.38) |
1,109 |
2007-08-27 |
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description:
Yeah I know it's f*cking lame but I had to do it while my 'net was still working.
domain:
mysterio
site text:
RISE OF // THE SILVER // WRESTLER!
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| ?Lol, 88 mph |
Sgtmustang |
(2.83) |
1,112 |
2009-11-29 |
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description:
My first YTMND, took a helluva lot of photoshopping to get the images stabilized. Hopefully it's good enough for all the work I put into it :D
BTW, sorry about the box being so small, the gif editing site would not allow me to make the image any larger
domain:
lolbacktothefuture
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| ?GARBAGE DAY works it |
woman |
(2.67) |
1,112 |
2013-09-07 |
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description:
I wanted to paste him over the ninja from "Ninja works it" but that would require a lot of "work"...
domain:
workers
site text:
Ha ha ha ha ha ha! // //
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| ?Colinizee works it |
glockenwaffle |
(3.11) |
1,114 |
2006-06-05 |
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description:
shop of colin and alizee
domain:
dancetrancecolin
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| ?jabus works it |
bobby921 |
(1.80) |
1,114 |
2005-08-03 |
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description:
no description given.
domain:
jabus
site text:
jabus // works // it
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| ?hugo works it!! |
CrazyForSW |
(1.33) |
1,115 |
2007-04-23 |
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description:
vote 1 plz
domain:
hugodance
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| ?will ferril works it |
denRX |
(1.25) |
1,116 |
2007-08-23 |
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description:
no description given.
domain:
wfwi
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| ?Person works it! |
Kam1 |
(3.67) |
1,117 |
2006-07-30 |
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description:
Person works it
domain:
personworksit
site text:
Work it! // //
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| ?An animated rant about etiquette (updated) |
MrDeodorant |
(3.49) |
1,119 |
2006-04-23 |
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description:
Kind of a work in progress. It's my first time animating a gif, so I don't know how fast to make it. I read kind of quickly.
domain:
ihateyousomuch
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| ?BUSH WORKS IT BUT FORGETS ABOUT POL... |
triforce |
(3.57) |
1,118 |
2006-06-18 |
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description:
no description given.
domain:
bushworkspoland
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| ?Inverted woman works it. *Tiled by request.* |
Isaacman |
(3.08) |
1,118 |
2006-07-27 |
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description:
Hot.
domain:
invertedwomanworksit
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