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A demo is an audio–visual arrangement played on a computer in software.

This particular topic is regarding the early days, now considered to be “oldschool” on legacy computer platforms.

See also:

• Oldschool music, for the same notion but with music.

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Platform-specific demo notes:

• Amiga
• Atari

• DOS

Demos > Linux-native ∞

• https://www.pouet.net/ >

  • Linux

• https://qmg.org/files/demos/qmg/

dead

• Unix scene > demos
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060705184459/http://skal.planet-d.net:80/mind/index.html (gone) — didn’t work for me

• (gone) www.gnugeneration.com/software/loop/loop.html — didn’t work for me

Demos > Downloads (unsorted) ∞

• back2roots – BTTR

  • Has an astounding array of demos.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060426144220/http://www.calodox.org:80/demoo/
• http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/index.html
• c64 FTP archive
• https://web.archive.org/web/20111229172251/http://www.c64-longplays.de.vu:80/ – Complete video walkthroughs.
• Go find 8088 Corruption

• https://www.hornet.org/ and https://hornet.scene.org/

  • PC Demoscene Catalog (1992-1998) ^[ 1 ] was Productions from the PC Demoscene – 1987-1998
  • Hornet Charts

Collections – events, magazines, groups and individuals ∞

Individual platforms have their own listing, e.g. Commodore 64.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080711042346/http://www.shine.scene.org:80/replay/menu.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140408124409/http://www.farb-rausch.com/
• and.intercon.ru
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190601034612/http://anacondis.com/
• https://trixter.oldskool.org/

• Abyss

Commodore 64 ∞

(Commodore 64)

• https://web.archive.org/web/20201113153241/http://www.c64.org/home.php

  • As of 2018-10-24 – It died before 2014-03-05 and still hasn’t been resurrected.
  • CSDb – The c64 Scene Database
• https://c64.ch/
• Check out https://web.archive.org/web/20070308173152/http://directory.google.com:80/alpha/Top/Computers/Systems/Commodore/Commodore_64/Demoscene/

• (gone) www.demodungeon.com/dungeon.htm

Groups ∞

Last checked 2018-10-24

• Cosine Systems 8-bit division
• Fairlight (FLT)
• Padua
• RPG – The Renegade Programming Group
• Radwar Enterprises
• Success and The Ruling Company
• Science 451

• Triad

  • Seems gone, but the original maintainer may now be using it for something else.

• Triangle 3532

Groups, dead ∞

• Vibrants
• Dual Crew Shining
• Cosine Systems 8/16/32-bit Homepage

• International Network of Chaos

  • Archival only, and not functional as of 2004-03-28, and long earlier than that.
• Censor
• Alpha Flight – AFL 1970 – The Flight society. Home of the Alpha Flight 1970 CBM 64 section
• Bonzai – not in English
• HeatWave
• In Medias Res
• Motiv8 / Greenfrog

• The Sharks

Demo resources / unsorted ∞

• https://www.demoparty.net/
• https://demozoo.org/
• https://www.demoscene.info/

• https://www.scene.org/

  • News and files

• http://www.jerware.org/fanclub/links.html

  • Scene links. Unfortunately dated and broken. Firefox warns that it’s an attack site.

• https://www.byterapers.scene.org/index2.html

  • History.
• http://c64.rulez.org/

• https://www.lemon64.com/

  • Commodore 64 Heaven
• https://www.pouet.net/

• http://www.c64.sk/

  • News

• http://heechee.net/c64/ninja/

  • aka http://come.to/lastninja/
  • http://heechee.net/c64/ninja/
  • last ninja shrine

• http://www.bitfellas.org/

  • http://www.bitfellas.org/outreach.php
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190818211848/http://www.ojuice.net:80/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20041223140707/http://www.inf.bme.hu:80/~mandula/hidden.shtml

  • The Quasi-Official List of Demo Hidden Parts, Keys, and Tricks

• https://web.archive.org/web/20210428171931/https://demoscene.org/

  • It was left to rot but might be resurrected one year.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20141017055321/http://ths.demoscene.org:80/start.html

  • Umm, I’m not sure what it is.

• http://www.jerware.org/fanclub/links.html

  • scene links – Even back then it was dated and broken

• https://www.byterapers.scene.org/index2.html

  • History.

Archives

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080524014744/http://www.the-blue-pixel.dk:80/blog/?page_id=79
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100327031550/http://directory.google.com:80/Top/Computers/Multimedia/Demoscene/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20040924090003/http://directory.google.com:80/Top/Computers/Multimedia/Demoscene/PC/Groups/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20140110200014/http://raww.org/

  • zx spectrum demoscene news
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081205005032/http://unixscene.kameli.net/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20100223042903/http://starbase.globalpc.net:80/driven/

  • magazine
  • new site: https://web.archive.org/web/20170609175353/http://drivenonline.org/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20060925173941/http://scenet.de/startmeup.htm

  • From Unlock/Vantage
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070519204340/http://www.nujuice.net:80/