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• cdcs:
• cdc #1: paimen by Coma
• cdc #2: Unshaped by Masters Of Electric City
• cdc #3: Number One/Another One by Carillon & Cyberiad [web] & Fairlight [web]
• cdc #4: sjasmplus

• demo ZX Enhanced Modern Oldschool by Buyan
• I think this is a good example of a demo that lacks confidence and attempts to replace it with boobs. It is very funny that someone complained about tits' pictures being stolen from the internet. I personally would rather see stolen tits than coder's tits, to be honest.
  
  So the issue is, you write a demo, but you are not confident with the content so you flash some flesh to compensate. Strangely enough, _technically_ this demo is about as good as the demo that finished the first. Hence, my message is: do not doubt yourself, just do what you believe is right and stick to it till the end.
  
  Here is a motivating example of how to flash some ass proudly: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=61568
• isokadded on the 2014-07-21 20:30:07
• demo ZX Enhanced 3bm outro by Fishbone Crew [web]
• I am not into ponies, to be completely honest, but this demo contains a hand-drawn cat, pint of beer, balalaika, bear and magic mushrooms. What else can anyone want from a tiny intro?
• rulezadded on the 2014-07-21 20:16:25
• demo ZX Spectrum manifesto by Thesuper
• @Oswald, I thought I knew just the kind of speccy demo you'd like, but it already has a thumb up from you: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=6148 :)
  
  There is a big discussion at Spectrum scene currently, whether we want more slow(ish) chunky 3D effects, the kind that was popular in the late 1990s, or whether one should focus more on 2D, brighter colours and overall design. It is actually lovely to see that C64 scene seems to be having similar doubts.
  
  As for me personally, I believe that overall design can contribute just as much to this perception of "impossible". I am one of those coders without strong moral principles. Although this may be mine own misguided way of thinking :)
• isokadded on the 2014-07-21 15:46:19
• demo ZX Spectrum manifesto by Thesuper
• @Oswald, I know some of your very impressive work for C64. However, I cannot help but think that your remark about "many of these effects could have been done realtime" is unfair. There is a price to pay for any real time effects: precalc times, higher memory requirements, lower frame rates, reduced effective resolutions, lesser sophistication of the resulting imagery etc etc. So, when you are saying things like "many effects could have been done realtime" and at the same time "pretty awesome design", I end up thinking that you treat "design" as some kind of separate entity from what is shown on the screen 75% of the time (OK, 50% of the time in this particular demo).
  
  Maybe this is not the right time and place to discuss these things here and I am sure they have been discussed to death before. However, in my personal opinion, if "classic" demo platforms like ZX Spectrum are to compete with the modern demo platforms in terms of the resulting imagery, one must become a lot more pragmatic about ideals like "fully realtime effect", whatever the hell it means anyway.
• isokadded on the 2014-07-21 14:56:53
• demo ZX Spectrum manifesto by Thesuper
• @mad, no, ZX Spectrum does not have any hires modes. Only various kinds of "enhanced" clones have such modes. When assessing the technical side of things, please also take into account that "Manifesto" packs all of the presented content into less than 200Kb and you do not have to deal with "pre-calc" and "decrunching" of any kind.
• isokadded on the 2014-07-21 12:37:17
• demo Windows XAOC by Bon^2 [web]
• Very nice demo! I watched it in a terrible rush in early June and thought I did not quite "get" it. However, upon reflection, some of the scenes and some of the attitude definitely sipped into my own work. The only thing I disliked was the dancing bunny :)
• rulezadded on the 2014-07-20 08:56:39
• 256b ZX Spectrum Squares by g0blinish
• Very good-looking effect, although the sound is slightly annoying.
• rulezadded on the 2014-07-14 01:55:44
• demo ZX Enhanced Rubicon by Hacker VBI
• The power of FPGA config by TS-Labs has been understood for a while now, but this is perhaps the first demo to properly illustrate the demomaking potential of the platform. Good pacing, good flow, subtle digital sound effects, great tune and nice relaxed feeling overall. The Rubicon has been crossed.
• rulezadded on the 2014-07-13 23:52:03
• demo ZX Spectrum Aquatic by Gemba Boys
• I like the smooth nature of this demo, how the ocean waves at the background almost never stop and how the oldschool effects are given new meanings by re-thinking them in the context of the chosen concept. Low key, but high on design, pacing, transitions and overall sense of style.
• rulezadded on the 2014-07-13 23:42:22
• demo ZX Spectrum manifesto by Thesuper
• There is a walking man in every thesuper demo. This man goes where no man stepped before. This is a comic-styled demo with funny jokes, but thesuper are dead serious. Why make demos? is it to show proficiency of coders? the talent of artists and musicians? or is it something a bit bigger? and if it is, why do we care about the stuff under the bonnet quite so much? Thanks guys, this demo rules big time.
  
  My end is opened.
• rulezadded on the 2014-07-13 19:15:31