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Title: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: rvo_nl on October 15, 2012, 09:46:55 PM
Hi all. Im getting some friends over this weekend and ofcourse Im going to show them my c64 and Amiga. Thankfully they know quite a bit about the demoscene and are aware of the limitations of those platforms. However they have never seen a commodore machine in real life! What are the best demos I can show to them? Keep in mind I have 060 / PPC / AGA / CGX / 256MB so I can run almost anything. Ofcourse I have a few of my own favorites in mind:
 
Skarla - We ride our enemies
TBL - Tint, Starstruck
Mellow Chips - Rise
Potion - Planet Potion
MAWI - ????
Impulse - Muscles
Scoopex - 1000%

As you can see, Im sort of stuck in 1996 and Im missing out on the more recent efforts. Can someone help me out?
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: Borut on October 15, 2012, 10:32:08 PM
Quote from: rvo_nl;711604
Hi all. Im getting some friends over this weekend and ofcourse Im going to show them my c64 and Amiga. Thankfully they know quite a bit about the demoscene and are aware of the limitations of those platforms. However they have never seen a commodore machine in real life! What are the best demos I can show to them? Keep in mind I have 060 / PPC / AGA / CGX / 256MB so I can run almost anything. Ofcourse I have a few of my own favorites in mind:
 
Skarla - We ride our enemies
TBL - Tint, Starstruck
Mellow Chips - Rise
Potion - Planet Potion
MAWI - ????
Impulse - Muscles
Scoopex - 1000%

As you can see, Im sort of stuck in 1996 and Im missing out on the more recent efforts. Can someone help me out?


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Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: Karlos on October 15, 2012, 10:53:07 PM
I have bit of a soft spot for Pulse by Nerve Axis (the first demo I tested on my then new 040 board), but there's loads of reasonably recent stuff by Elude, Mawi that has to be seen to be believed :)

If you want to try the dark side, debris by Farbrausch is awesome.
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: rvo_nl on October 16, 2012, 03:49:07 PM
Thanks so far, will for sure get those, too. But some newer titles are still very welcome!
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: pVC on October 16, 2012, 05:03:46 PM
Try these (http://jpv.wmhost.com/demopack/demopack-comments_wip_update.txt). There are some extremely cool demos from couple of last years for example.
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: Dr.Bongo on October 16, 2012, 05:44:36 PM
Jesus Christ Motocross by Nature is my current favourite.
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: XDelusion on October 16, 2012, 06:50:39 PM
Fake elektronik lightshow
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: B00tDisk on October 16, 2012, 06:52:56 PM
I'll go way way back and say Nemesis.  Second favorite (and damn close) is Motion (Origin 2).  It was so slick, to me, plus it debuted a damn fine Doom engine, later used in the game Fears (which was...not a damn fine Doom clone :P )
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: rvo_nl on October 16, 2012, 07:11:29 PM
Thanks again, some nice suggestions although I tend to ignore the very old releases here. @pVc thanks, that list is excellent! Had so much fun looking them up on youtube and was in for quite some surprises. Have to say that my all-time favorite is still Starstruck by TBL but have written down many releases from Ephidrena, Loonies and Elude, too.
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: Britelite on October 16, 2012, 07:13:17 PM
All of my demos rule bigtime, ofcourse ;)
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: rvo_nl on October 16, 2012, 07:20:49 PM
Britelite, no doubt.. Your name pops up everywhere :)

Are you the same Britelite that worked on Byterapers - Extreme?
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: Britelite on October 16, 2012, 07:28:44 PM
Quote from: rvo_nl;711715

Are you the same Britelite that worked on Byterapers - Extreme?

Nope, it was Mr.Sex and Dr.Dick who coded that one. No-one with my nick was involved in it either :)
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: rvo_nl on October 16, 2012, 07:38:14 PM
Sorry, I swear I saw your name somewhere in a c64 prod that I saw last week and was wondering if you were the same guy.

BTW suggestions for good c64 demos are welcome, too. My favorite is still Edge of Disgrace but I love the Byterapers releases too.
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: barney on October 16, 2012, 07:39:08 PM
Thats easy.......Newtek (Demo Reel 1).  That is by far the best ever made.
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: Britelite on October 17, 2012, 07:32:24 AM
Quote from: rvo_nl;711718
Sorry, I swear I saw your name somewhere in a c64 prod that I saw last week and was wondering if you were the same guy.

Well, that's no surprise, considering that I have coded several c64-prods :) But unfortunately Extremes isn't one of my demos, even if it is one of my favorite c64-prods ever...

As for c64-demos, you should probably check the Instinct and Booze Design prods from the last 10 years, also most stuff by Oxyron and Crest rule.
Title: Re: what are your favorite demos?
Post by: rvo_nl on October 17, 2012, 06:52:17 PM
Thanks, think Ive seen most of them then!

Have just noticed you mention Extremes as your fav demo on pouet, must have mixed that up in my mind somehow. Anyway, you are one of the scene veterans, that I knew :)