What is your favourite demo? - Page 2

07 July 2001, 00:07

First Demo's I ever saw...

Wild Copper & an AT-AT from Star Wars shooting some helicopter in New York.

Couldn't believe my eye's!! :eek

08 July 2001, 22:06

Bit late but anyway... Favourite demos:

1. Tint (The Black Lotus)
2. 9 Fingers
3. The Prey
4. Alien (Scoopex)
5. Storm
6. Psyschedelic
7. Budbrain series

They are not all that spectacular, but mostly due to nostalgia I enjoy these demos the most...

Fred the Fop · 16 July 2001, 17:32

I like any demo with little elves dancing and prancing with reindeer antlers shoved up their.....

Tim Janssen · 18 July 2001, 14:17

Hi Fred,
Overall I prefer other 'special FX' in demos than the one you mentioned.

Now I come to think of it, there is a demo on Amiga called Elfmania 242. It was written by Fairlight in 1993. It has some bloke walking down the streets followed by a camera. It is very arty and makes me wonder how they have managed to cram all data onto one disc. Pity no naughty elves can be found in this demo.

Fred the Fop · 18 July 2001, 14:20

LOL..good to see someone with a sense of humor here

Tim, my fave demo is listed and posted below. I have not seen many, and only recently have been looking at them, as well as those on Atari St....fun to see people pushing limits

18 July 2001, 14:44

In my opinion, 242 ranks alongside other great innovations in demos.

If Dr Skull had a superb graphic compression routine. The end animation of the Love Demo is another superb example.

If you look in memory after resetting the demo, the images are small and just zoomed up.

Amiga1992 · 18 July 2001, 17:05

I like Fairlight's 242 as well. One excellent demo, it is.

Fred the Fop · 18 July 2001, 21:58

If you have the ADF or the location where I may get it, would you please, Akira?

Amiga1992 · 18 July 2001, 23:12

Hmmm could it be the Aminet? I forgot, really.

If it wasn´t the Aminet, it was MAlc´s ALE

turk182 · 28 October 2001, 03:22

hmm...
I liked a lot of the demos already mentioned (I wont mention them again ..well maybe Desert dreams.. )so heres a few not metioned I think..
1.Scoopex Mental Hangover..Bril tune & one of the first textures 3d.
2.was it COMA ,with the cream of the earth track?
3. REBELS (Subway train demo) ,It was orginal
hmm all the above were single loaders...
Redsector megademo (remember the guy with the match)
Kefrens megademo 8 for the varied types of demos...
vision 4 for the cool music.
old skool mahoney kaktus stuff on Northstar +fairlight...(boing -bing boom cha!!!)

4.Phenomena enigma
any mega demo with jespyer kyd music tracks on them...(ICE ,global trash?)
I also like the design by lemon (nice jamirquoi sounding music) ,was melon a parody ?cos there stuff looked cool & similar too...
I cant remember the name ,but that bloke playing the bagpipes on a hill demo ,using the most overused samples of a flute ever...
I think In the kitchen was nice by anarchy they had some other nice stuff too.
thats all i can think off for now..

CHiEF · 30 October 2001, 10:57

hehe nice discussion here, oh we love our demos.... as far as i'm concerned the best amiga demo was either fairlight/virtual dreams - "love" , or rebels - "switchback"...

as far as peecee goes, anything by "orion" is normally pretty cool,, although peecee stuff requires so much more power than the tiny amiga boxes ;] hehe

30 October 2001, 19:18

I watch demos since 1989 ...now for 12 years and it is fun reading this thread!

My fac amiga demos are

some Phenomena Stuff by Mr. Gurk ( i really do not know the name, but it was very early stuff )

SUBSTANCE by Alliance Design / Quartex
Arte by Sanity
Full Moon by CNCD
Flower Power by Anarchy

good peecee demos are:

CRYSTAL DREAMS 2 by Triton
Stash by TBL
Robotnik by RAGE
???? by Free Electric Band / Amiga Oldskool Freaks
( forgot the name but the soundtrak is awesome )

Bobic · 14 November 2001, 01:46

Quote:

Originally posted by Time Bandit
???? by Free Electric Band / Amiga Oldskool Freaks
( forgot the name but the soundtrak is awesome )

yes, you're right. the demo is called "alto knallo". it features great effects (for 1995), but the design is poor. The music is in my opinion the best trance song ever made. Excellent work from Ronny (music can be downloaded from http://www.back2roots.org/Music/Files/Ronny)

The demo was made by Chaos, Fiver, Mr. Pet and other famous ex-Amiga sceners. After making that demo these people started to work for VCC Entertainemtn (www.vcc.de) and are still producing games (the best one so far is called Killer Loop). They're still active in the demoscene. First they made demos as "Elitegroup", now their group is called "Farbrausch".

gary · 31 May 2002, 07:34

I became interested in the demo scene from the days when I used a Commodore 64. I bought an Amiga500 in 1990 and the first Amiga demo I saw was:

Mental Hangover (Scoopex)

Other favourites are:

Arte / Sanity (best ECS demo I've seen)
State of the Art / Spaceballs (best for showing to non-demo people)
Nine Fingers / Spaceballs
Budbrain Megademo 1 (good fun)
In the kitchen / Anarchy
Enigma / Phenomena
Wicked Sensation / TRSI
Sound Vision / Reflex
Sequential / Andromeda
C.A.T / Silents (for the music)

Then of course there were the animations:
Eric swartz, Simpsons, Itchy & Scratchy, etc. etc.

My interest in demos dried up when they started making demos that required extra RAM/Disk/faster CPU..etc.. It started to become like the PC demo scene

Demos were an art form on the Amiga. It's sad that these days the hardware in the Sony/Nintendo game boxes isn't used like that.

Djay · 31 May 2002, 21:20

i was re-directed to this thread by Bobic, thx for pointing out my mistake...

my fav demos are

State of the Art - Spaceballs
9 Fingers - Spaceballs
Fairlight 242 - Virtual Dreams/Fairlight
Enigma - Phenomena
Technological Death - Mad Elks
Hardwired - Crionics
Switchback AGA - Rebels

and loads of them that i can't remember the name of right now

18 July 2001, 14:17	#24
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Den Bosch / The Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 1,271	Elfmania Hi Fred, Overall I prefer other 'special FX' in demos than the one you mentioned. Now I come to think of it, there is a demo on Amiga called Elfmania 242. It was written by Fairlight in 1993. It has some bloke walking down the streets followed by a camera. It is very arty and makes me wonder how they have managed to cram all data onto one disc. Pity no naughty elves can be found in this demo.

30 October 2001, 10:57	#31
CHiEF Captain Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Sheffield / England Age: 43 Posts: 205	king of demo hehe nice discussion here, oh we love our demos.... as far as i'm concerned the best amiga demo was either fairlight/virtual dreams - "love" , or rebels - "switchback"... as far as peecee goes, anything by "orion" is normally pretty cool,, although peecee stuff requires so much more power than the tiny amiga boxes ;] hehe

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07 July 2001, 00:07	#21
Sniper5* Posts: n/a	First Demo's I ever saw... Wild Copper & an AT-AT from Star Wars shooting some helicopter in New York. Couldn't believe my eye's!! :eek

08 July 2001, 22:06	#22
MrDig Posts: n/a	Bit late but anyway... Favourite demos: 1. Tint (The Black Lotus) 2. 9 Fingers 3. The Prey 4. Alien (Scoopex) 5. Storm 6. Psyschedelic 7. Budbrain series They are not all that spectacular, but mostly due to nostalgia I enjoy these demos the most...

16 July 2001, 17:32	#23
Fred the Fop flaming faggot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Versailles Age: 55 Posts: 2,808	I like any demo with little elves dancing and prancing with reindeer antlers shoved up their.....

18 July 2001, 14:20	#25
Fred the Fop flaming faggot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Versailles Age: 55 Posts: 2,808	LOL..good to see someone with a sense of humor here Tim, my fave demo is listed and posted below. I have not seen many, and only recently have been looking at them, as well as those on Atari St....fun to see people pushing limits

18 July 2001, 14:44	#26
Khephren Posts: n/a	In my opinion, 242 ranks alongside other great innovations in demos. If Dr Skull had a superb graphic compression routine. The end animation of the Love Demo is another superb example. If you look in memory after resetting the demo, the images are small and just zoomed up.

18 July 2001, 17:05	#27
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I like Fairlight's 242 as well. One excellent demo, it is.

18 July 2001, 21:58	#28
Fred the Fop flaming faggot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Versailles Age: 55 Posts: 2,808	If you have the ADF or the location where I may get it, would you please, Akira?

18 July 2001, 23:12	#29
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Hmmm could it be the Aminet? I forgot, really. If it wasn´t the Aminet, it was MAlc´s ALE

28 October 2001, 03:22	#30
turk182 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: london Posts: 188	hmm... I liked a lot of the demos already mentioned (I wont mention them again ..well maybe Desert dreams.. )so heres a few not metioned I think.. 1.Scoopex Mental Hangover..Bril tune & one of the first textures 3d. 2.was it COMA ,with the cream of the earth track? 3. REBELS (Subway train demo) ,It was orginal hmm all the above were single loaders... Redsector megademo (remember the guy with the match) Kefrens megademo 8 for the varied types of demos... vision 4 for the cool music. old skool mahoney kaktus stuff on Northstar +fairlight...(boing -bing boom cha!!!) 4.Phenomena enigma any mega demo with jespyer kyd music tracks on them...(ICE ,global trash?) I also like the design by lemon (nice jamirquoi sounding music) ,was melon a parody ?cos there stuff looked cool & similar too... I cant remember the name ,but that bloke playing the bagpipes on a hill demo ,using the most overused samples of a flute ever... I think In the kitchen was nice by anarchy they had some other nice stuff too. thats all i can think off for now..

30 October 2001, 19:18	#32
Time Bandit Posts: n/a	I watch demos since 1989 ...now for 12 years and it is fun reading this thread! My fac amiga demos are some Phenomena Stuff by Mr. Gurk ( i really do not know the name, but it was very early stuff ) SUBSTANCE by Alliance Design / Quartex Arte by Sanity Full Moon by CNCD Flower Power by Anarchy good peecee demos are: CRYSTAL DREAMS 2 by Triton Stash by TBL Robotnik by RAGE ???? by Free Electric Band / Amiga Oldskool Freaks ( forgot the name but the soundtrak is awesome )

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31 May 2002, 07:34	#34
gary Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perth, Western Australia Age: 50 Posts: 283	I became interested in the demo scene from the days when I used a Commodore 64. I bought an Amiga500 in 1990 and the first Amiga demo I saw was: Mental Hangover (Scoopex) Other favourites are: Arte / Sanity (best ECS demo I've seen) State of the Art / Spaceballs (best for showing to non-demo people) Nine Fingers / Spaceballs Budbrain Megademo 1 (good fun) In the kitchen / Anarchy Enigma / Phenomena Wicked Sensation / TRSI Sound Vision / Reflex Sequential / Andromeda C.A.T / Silents (for the music) Then of course there were the animations: Eric swartz, Simpsons, Itchy & Scratchy, etc. etc. My interest in demos dried up when they started making demos that required extra RAM/Disk/faster CPU..etc.. It started to become like the PC demo scene Demos were an art form on the Amiga. It's sad that these days the hardware in the Sony/Nintendo game boxes isn't used like that.

31 May 2002, 21:20	#35
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	i was re-directed to this thread by Bobic, thx for pointing out my mistake... my fav demos are State of the Art - Spaceballs 9 Fingers - Spaceballs Fairlight 242 - Virtual Dreams/Fairlight Enigma - Phenomena Technological Death - Mad Elks Hardwired - Crionics Switchback AGA - Rebels and loads of them that i can't remember the name of right now