Ye Olde Demo Scene?

[z5]

but it´s really sad that nowadays the scene went down, at least in Spain

Agreed! Not so many years ago, the spanish amiga scene seemed to be the next big thing, with groups like Ozone, Network and Capsule making excellent prods. But for some reason, it all dissapeared very fast.

A pity because there was really a lot of talent in those groups!

[z5]

@Ka-lore:

A lot of the people from the old scene now work for game companies, i think.  

And there are a lot who have gone to pc. Chaos/Sanity for example still makes top pc demos in the pc demo group Farbraush,  Mr.Pet/Sanity reappeared with a demo not so long ago and the famous group The Silents was ressurected on the pc platform not long ago (The Silents). Apparently, they are working on a musicdisk with new music from Jesper Kyd, Romeo Knight, Marillion,... in cooperation with TRSI.

[z5]

@effy:
thx for mentioning my site (A.D.A.). Webmaster (me) is from Belgium too. Van waar ben je?

@others:
I find it a pity that people keep talking about the old days without mentioning the demos from after 1995. Sure, demos like Desert Dream, Budbrain, Enigma, Hardwired, Iraq demo, nexus 7, mental hangover,... were all absolutely fantastic demos.

But maybe you should check out some of the more recent demos too. Planet Potion (Mekka 2002) was easily the most stunning intro EVER released on Amiga and it is even considered one of the most stunning achievements on any platform. If you don't have ppc, then please check gift/Potion which is one of the best 68k intros ever released!

Then there is all ephidrena stuff with demos like Concrete, Substral, J'_ and very cool 4k intros like Bier, Brus (which is a whole musicdisk in 4k which actually sounds good),...

Then there is stuff from Appendix, The Black Lotus, Madwizards, ...

And there are so many more.

[z5]

@Calen:
Well, it is really strange but somehow most pc demos don't appeal to me either. I follow the pc-scene too but for some strange reason, very few pc demos have actually impressed me. Dunno why. I don't really like the "plastic, billion colors, tons of layers on top of each other, this looks just perfect" style that most demos seem to have. Strange really...

And yep, i really love fast paced synchro stuff too. The demos you mention and ofcours stuff like most Polka brothers demos.

As for my site, i ain't gonna stop yet  ;-)  I have about 100 demos and 900 screenshots waiting on my HD  :-)  By the way, next update will feature some real oldskool classics again (a clue: this isn't a f***cking demo, it's a scoopex demo  :-P )

[z5]

By the way, if somebody is interested in the pc demoscene, some people are putting together a DVD with the best demos (both oldskool and newskool). As far i can tell, the quality of the DVD will be fantastic and very professional.

The project is done by some people from the very well known and respected pc archives Hornet.

Available this autumn, this is a must buy (for me at least  ;-) ).  If the project turns out a succes, then they want to make an Amiga DVD next!

Check it out at demoDVD project

[z5]

Mike_Amiga wrote:
Hey z5 you have your avater based on the Bud Brain Demo that was cool. However Retena Burn was the first time my Amiga rocked the house, with flashy epelectic fit enducing images. :-D

Retena Burn, i remember this demo  ;-)  Talking about flashy epelectic fit enducing images, i still remember being really impressed by a demo called Humanoid. It came on a disk with two other demos (an art of noise tune and a michael Jackson tune). I still have the disk! It had a pumping techno track (probably ripped from commercial tune) and lots of flashy visuals. At that time, i was AMAZED. :-o