Scene Demo Thread!

J3RK · 2024-03-14T18:38:55.060Z

Very true! Never had one myself. My school had them when I was a kid, so I instantly associated them with being boring. I’ve seen some interesting things done on them since of course. And the IIGS had the DOC chip like the Ensoniq SQ-80, so it can’t be all bad.

KaOsphere · 2024-03-14T18:42:34.096Z

First computer we had at home in 1978…I was 1…
My first memories of computers should be a few years later on the ][e…Playing space eggs with the paddle…

PR#6 !

J3RK · 2024-03-14T18:48:17.856Z

Nice!

We are the same age!

So in 78/79 or so my parents had the Bally Astrocade. I still remember playing it, and a bit later at my dad’s friend’s house. Between them they got me hooked at those early ages on all things of the sort. My they got VIC20s after that, followed by C64s when those released. Also had 2600s, Intellivisions, etc. I think I was about 5 when we got our 1541 floppy drive. Later on we started all dabbling in PCs in the XT/286 era, had Amigas, and other things.

I’ve since owned just about every significant computer/game system, and for the ones that I didn’t own, I’ve emulated or started using on my MiSTer now.

I’ve been collecting demos since around 1986 or so. But also collecting game ROMs since emulation started picking up in maybe 1995ish or so? When people talk about preservation, I quietly think to myself, not to worry. I have it all.

J3RK · 2024-03-14T21:31:11.400Z

J3RK · 2024-04-01T15:15:58.629Z

Looks like Revision 2024 just happened:

J3RK · 2024-04-04T15:47:45.834Z

J3RK · 2024-04-08T18:11:29.194Z

J3RK · 2024-05-01T17:18:08.323Z

May have posted this before, but was just watching it again now. It’s quite good

neilbaldwin · 2024-06-19T13:48:22.396Z

@J3RK do you know what this track is? I think it’s Matt Gray and I kept it from years ago as it was the music for a Reason keygen

I remember chatting with Matt (I hope!) back years ago and he said it’s ‘fake’ as he made it on a PC tracker and all the PWM stuff is actually double channels of sawtooth detuned.

It’s absolutely my favourite chip tune of all time. Fucking incredible arranging.

J3RK · 2024-06-19T15:41:22.401Z

Nice! I actually don’t know what it is, but it definitely sounds like Matt Gray! Has a bit of that Last Ninja 2 sort of thing to it with those nice arps. Matt is still active, and releases some cool stuff on YouTube. I’ve talked to him a bit in the comments there before. Really nice guy, and excellent musician. I love that there are bands that play the Central Park LN2 theme live. I’ll see if I can dig those up.

There were a lot of really cool tunes on some of those keygens back in the early 2000s late 1990s. Loved some of the Paradox ones. I kind of forgot about all those

ThomasJ · 2024-06-19T20:31:11.066Z

Lovely song! Have not heard it before but agree it sounds like Matt Gray with those long snares and arps. And clearly sampled waves

proskynesis · 2024-08-11T12:36:01.905Z

Hard

J3RK · 2024-09-04T15:20:02.892Z

New!

J3RK · 2024-09-05T15:51:58.646Z

Don’t see this too often.

Atari STE demo:

J3RK · 2024-11-25T16:49:40.712Z

ThomasJ · 2024-11-25T23:27:22.723Z

First place at Transmission64 this weekend. Very arty new take!

J3RK · 2025-02-03T16:27:36.495Z

J3RK · 2025-02-04T03:40:15.711Z

J3RK · 2025-02-05T16:54:25.345Z

Nice SNES demo!

Bignill · 2025-02-28T22:12:20.783Z

NINE is even more impressive when you see the tricks used!