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Artcity: new website by Bitfellas

By , on June 10th, 2010

This is  weekly demo special edition! Since I am behind two weeks, I decided to post this related news item.

Once upon a time I used to go all the time to a site called GFX ZONE which was a repository of demoscene pixel artists, both old and new. Those fanatic of digital graphics and the demoscene probably remember it (you can still watch it, in its zombi state, clicking here)
Long defunct, I now found this site, recently re-launched, with a huge archive of pixel art to dive on. Run by the awesome Bitfellas crew, the site is pretty amazing, and a -necessary- stop for every pixel art aficionado.

Ah, the good old days when we actually DID antialiasing, and by hand.

Most recommended visit: Artcity

Illustrating this post: one of my favourite pieces by one of my favourite artists, “Too much clubbing”  by Cyclone, from Germany. Check out his gallery.

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Fairlight & Virtual Dreams – 242 (1993)

By , on June 2nd, 2010

The year was 1993 and full screen video on computers was pretty much not a common thing, what with MPEG probably just being in the works.

The Virtual Dreams guys (Fairlight’s demo division) made this lofi-looking video compression algorithm to create this classic demo.
I really love the effect, someone should write an After Effects or similar effect plugin to achieve this :D

The great thing it’s that there’s actually a story in this. Where is this guy going?

Did I say it’s running on a stock Amiga 500? That’s 7 Mhz and 1MB of power for you.

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MadRam – Ecole Buissonniere (2000)

By , on May 20th, 2010

This post was supposed to go online yesterday but our recent bug destroyed my post! I just noticed. So here’s the demo of the week.

I was talking with Peter about Amstrad CPC graphics and how I thought that machine had the best fixed palette of all 8-bit computers, when he told me “put up or shut up”. So here’s a nice demo which, albeit not being tremendously mindblowing, does put to good use the capabilities of the Amstrad CPC in terms of color, even while not reaching the levels of madness by the demo we had posted before, Vanity.

You can also check out Rebels’ slideshow called Crystal.

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Triebkraft & 4th Dimension - WeeD (2003)

By , on May 12th, 2010

I spent all last weekend watching a bunch of stuff for the Spectrum. I don’t know much about this platform but what I have been recommended and told by friends like C-Jeff or Yerzmyey, therefore it seemed like some nice homework.  I also needed an excuse to save some cash and buy a divIDE for my Spectrum +3!

I had the happy surprise top stumble upon this demo, which has become since one of the favourites of mine for the platform (and ranking high among all platforms too).

Brilliant art direction and concept-driven demo, with good effects and proper use of ZX Spectrum limitations, please enjoy this marvelous piece of computer generated art.

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Crionics & The Silents - Hardwired (1991)

By , on May 5th, 2010

A true classic remembered by may, this demo got second place on the demo competition at the classic gathering THE PARTY in 1991.

Some really lush graphics on the intro! And sound by motherthumping JESPER KYD

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