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this year ive come across on youtube the computer demo scene...demos are basically a chance for programmers to show off their skills and push a particular computer to the limit with snazzy graphics and music. understanding the limitations that a computer has definitely increases the appreciation of these demos, as they seem to go beyond what anyone ever thought they could do. this is especially so now as people are making demos right now that blow what programmers achieved at the time the computers were most popular out the water.
heres a good thorough introduction to the demoscene and gives insight into some of the many limitations of old computers and how people are breaking those limitation
but even without any of that i think this is just great art with real technical skill behind it.
i thought a thread to post some of the best might be of interest
best enjoyed full screen, volume up (the music is a big part of it), maybe even lights down low
to kick off heres one on the zx spectrum 128
**all these demos can be run off tapes/floppys on the original machines
heres a good thorough introduction to the demoscene and gives insight into some of the many limitations of old computers and how people are breaking those limitation
but even without any of that i think this is just great art with real technical skill behind it.
i thought a thread to post some of the best might be of interest
best enjoyed full screen, volume up (the music is a big part of it), maybe even lights down low
to kick off heres one on the zx spectrum 128
**all these demos can be run off tapes/floppys on the original machines
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