In some ways, this may seem like a rerun, but it's not. Today, we take a look at Smash Design's 1997 demo "Second Reality C64." Released five years after Future Crew's original "Second Reality" demo, Smash Design's version keeps pace with the original while running on hardware 10 years older and 40 times slower than the original demo. Quite a ( Read more... )

Here's an intriguing demo. "Final Audition" by Plastic. Overall, I like what they're doing here, particularly with the muted earth tones, limited palettes and smooth animation. If there's one thing that needs work in this demo, it's the credits sequence at the beginning. The solid white. nearly unreadable spraybomb graffiti font clashes ( Read more... )

Sometimes, you just know quality and creativity when you see it. That's the case with Fairlight's "Dead Ringer" which won the 64k Intro compo at Breakpoint, 2006. I really like this demo for its very off-beat and original style. While most demos tend to hew closer to the artistic sensibilities of the rave and techno scenes, this one takes it in ( Read more... )

First off, my apologies. With one thing and another, I've been quite busy and quite side-tracked from posting anything to livejournal, much less keeping up with the Daily Demoscene. However, there will be a demo for each day from the start of the series until Notacon ( Read more... )

Today we take a look at binary flow by Conspiracy. It won first place at Breakpoint 2005, and is the invite for Assembly 2005. More and more, I really like Conspiracy's stuff, and feel that they are the demo group to beat. Speaking of invites, the Block Party 2009 invite is finally out there. As soon as I do some laptop upgrades and get into ( Read more... )

Today we take a look at the winning demo of the very first Block Party ever (way back in 2007, I remember it just like it was yesterday...mainly due to the truly awesome levels of caffeine I was running at Notacon 4.) This is trace-symbol by the Northern Dragons. I recall watching this demo live for the first time and being totally blown away by ( Read more... )

Today we take a look at Conspiracy's invitation to the Function 2007 demoparty. This demo debuted at Assembly 2007. It's notable for using the Xbox 360 as its hardware platform. Personally, I like the high tech, polished look this demo has, and its inventive and creative uses of abstract 3-D environments. Early on in the demo, there is a tunnel ( Read more... )

Here is the last demo of the day, today, finally getting us back on schedule. First off, while I personally consider nudes art, your employer might take a dim view of this demo, as it has nudity of the computer generated sort in almost every scene.

It's Not Safe For Work.

Now that we have that out of the way, this is Farbrausch -fr-30- ( Read more... )

Here is another famous demo from 2000, entitled Heaven Seven. It's a 64k demo written for the MS-DOS/Windows platform. Like Lifeforce it does an excellent job of conveying its story. Once again, unlike many demos out there, it shies away from the rampant techno soundtracks to give us a more melodious, more meditative, contemplative ambient ( Read more... )

Due to one thing and another, I haven't been posting demos since Thursday. So I'll be making up for it today by posting three demos. As soon as I saw YouScope yesterday, I knew I had found pure technological genius and nerdvana. The creators of this demo used an oscilloscope in x-y input mode driven by the output from a sound card to create this ( Read more... )