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  • Demoscene
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  • The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations run real-time on a computer. The main goal of a demo is to show off programming, artistic, and musical skills.
  • The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are audiovisual presentations that are run in real-time on a computer or other platform. Artists try to push systems' capabilities to the max trying to make their demos look technically and/or artistically as impressive as possible while usually trying to have catchy and memorable music in the background.
  • The demoscene has developed its own unique lexicon. Some examples of this include: prods (software) terms * bbstro * cracktro * demo * demopack * demotool * dentro * livetro * diskmag * fastdemo * intro * invite * musicdisk * procedural graphics * report demoparty terms * orga * sleeping hall * mystery zone * party version * partyplace terms related to art * gfxr * graphician * dutch color scheme * coderscolors * crackart terms related to code * lamer * fartcoder * sizecode * speedcode * drivecoding * partycode * rasterbars * copperbars * coppershade * hypnoglow * scroller * plasma * glenz vectors * vector balls * bump glow *
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  • The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are audiovisual presentations that are run in real-time on a computer or other platform. Artists try to push systems' capabilities to the max trying to make their demos look technically and/or artistically as impressive as possible while usually trying to have catchy and memorable music in the background. Originally started as cracktros, which were made by groups who managed to remove Copy Protection from software and added an intro to brag about it. Simple cracktros were gradually replaced by more impressive ones. Finally, demos started appearing without being attached to games or other applications. Technical capabilities of older demos and cracktros were limited by graphic and sound chips and available memory... but due to the ersatz programming demoscene authors invented, often to nowhere near the same degree as actual games software on those systems. Demos are often categorized into different groups based on their size and platform. The most common platforms of demos are PC (meaning MS-DOS until around 1999 and mostly Windows thereafter), Amiga, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Atari home computers (both 16/32-bit (ST-compatible) and 8-bit (400/800-compatible)). There are demos for almost any platform though. PC and Amiga demos are usually divided by size. There are demos which have very loose size restrictions and where the demo is only limited by creator's imagination, then there are demos restricted by size. Size-restricted demos are usually called intros. The most common categories for size-restricted demos are 64 kilobytes and 4 kilobytes, although there are even smaller quality demos and competitions like 1-kilobyte, 256-byte and even demos which take 32 bytes and less space. Smaller demos usually rely heavily on procedural generation where assets such as 3D objects and textures are generated using simple algorithms. When used as a genuine examination of how well a new system is expected to perform (for attracitng interest at trade-shows and the like), such processes are typically referred to as a technology demo. Technology demos are usually made by the hardware companies themselves, however; not the demoscene.
  • The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations run real-time on a computer. The main goal of a demo is to show off programming, artistic, and musical skills. The demoscene first appeared during the 8-bit era on computers such as the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, and came to prominence during the rise of the 16/32-bit home computers (the Atari ST and the Amiga). In the early years, demos had a strong connection with software cracking. When a cracked program was started, the cracker or his team would take credit with a graphical introduction called a "crack intro" (shortened cracktro). Later, the making of intros and standalone demos evolved into a new subculture independent of the software (piracy) scene.
  • The demoscene has developed its own unique lexicon. Some examples of this include: prods (software) terms * bbstro * cracktro * demo * demopack * demotool * dentro * livetro * diskmag * fastdemo * intro * invite * musicdisk * procedural graphics * report demoparty terms * orga * sleeping hall * mystery zone * party version * partyplace terms related to art * gfxr * graphician * dutch color scheme * coderscolors * crackart terms related to code * lamer * fartcoder * sizecode * speedcode * drivecoding * partycode * rasterbars * copperbars * coppershade * hypnoglow * scroller * plasma * glenz vectors * vector balls * bump glow * sinusbobs * pixeller * pixelpusher * overscan * sidebars * rotozoom * sounder terms related to music * tracker * tracker junkie * bassters * doskpop * trackmo * chiptune * compotune * runtime tune * codermusic * boobietracker Examples of women in the demoscene in no particular order who are already out as women (see outing) with their group affiliations: * clary or clarie of Drifters and Nova * Acid Girl of Nature Born Hackers * Lluvia of Bomb and TPOLM * glittermouse * agonia of Concern Chaos * leia of Apathy, Squirrelz, cellfish, scene.org awards orga and assembly orga * faith * drumu * delilah * aracia of Scoopex * sardu * SigFLUP of Sickest Ravers on The Planet Earth * sole of xplsv * Amy Pandagirl of Knuckle Girls * alv of Squirrelz * ayame * elmindreda of hypercube * Jeri Ellsworth * akasha of antichok * rasputina * zania * Anna of Chemical Sisters * nogsf of Kamelite and Level-D * beetas * case of Faith Lightforce whelpz * Christine de la Queen of Spoon * Alice of Mad Elks * Almeria * alv of Squirrelz * amanda of Capella * amnesia * Andrea * Ernie of anubis * fashion of smash designs * Helen Shields of Varsity * aru * Athena of Diffusion * Ava of Jumalauta * D'arcy of Excess * Deb of Battery * dosifei * E-liza of nuance * delora of whelpz * Dj Pudding * EmmaIV of Sorrox * Kisu * Kitana of TDR and Tide * Lea of Popsy Team * Lena * Erena Kline of Proxima Centauri * Hirojuki of HJT * honeybunny of mfx * icegirl of Role * Indhra * Kayleigh of Fatum * Kiliana * Liz of Spinning Kids * Luna * mad of Overlanders * Malon * MandyBee * Manka of Autopsy * Margareth of Fatum * Marianne * Myhrer * mav of Equinox * Mermaid of Crest, Creators, Scoopex, Bandwagon, retrocoders and Resistance * Milie of CIA * Miss Saigon * Mona Lisah of Trax In Space * Monica of Funzine * Monique of Stella * Mrs Black * Mrs Freeze * Nici of TDD * Nina of asd * snappy of Aion * Sofia * special_k of 3 * squirrel of Anarchy * starlight of Extacy and Therapy * patsy of brainstorm * peaky of Squirrelz * Pennie of bronx and phaze 101 * Tanja of Effect and abyss connection * tassle of Endzeit * TBB of Genetix, Entropy, Side B, Alcoholics, Exotic Designs, tat * The Left of Diamond Group * The Mistress of Angry * popi of The Black Cats * puddy of Level-D * Rocio * Sabine of Alphaflight * Sara of Balance * shortie of Sonic Dreams * Silverstar of anubis * Simone of Shelters and Kreciki * sister of Antares * Skie * SMD * storm of Maniacs * suicide of TDD * witch of Lethargy * zeugma of Melting Pot and TWB * sunny of nuance * The Sorceress of Genesis Project * trussi of Kiki Productions * vampire of DAI * venusia * windsurf * wiquie of Cytax