Why “demoscene” is being discussed
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Well, I needed that beep-tastic AY sound chip! The 128K model is what the Speccy demo scene kinda gravitated towards, although there are some VERY impressive demos that run on a…
by mark_round · Oct 13, 2026
It's a bit after my time, but I still enjoy showing people new to the demoscene just what is possible with 4Kb of code - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro5grR_ef…
by mark_round · Oct 13, 2026
Not me vogueing to that little ditty~ The time-shifty nature of demoscene is really interesting to me. The community seems small but influential, so general awareness of it move…
by grehbies · Oct 12, 2026
Demoscene is still a thing! https://syntaxparty.org/ is on in a couple of weeks if you happen to be in Melbourne.
by eggsome · Oct 12, 2026
I founded a demoscene club in college and it was always whiplash to go from the code I saw at our end-of-year demoparty and whatever crap I saw during my summer internships
by tyromaniac · Oct 12, 2026
I was in high school when the demoscene took off in the 80s. It forever tainted my view of software development as full of lazy programmers not bothering to optimize code as har…
by SteveGerencser · Oct 12, 2026
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The demoscene is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off programming, visual art, and musical skills. Demos and other demoscene productions are shared, voted on and released online at festivals known as demoparties. Read more on Wikipedia