Digital Memories
The Best of Commodore 64 Vol. 1
The spreading of pirated software in the pioneer days of home
computing soon spawned the first digital youth culture. Crackers,
as they were called, would compete to produce the quickest
'crack' of a game. And the best way to gain the appropriate fame
and notoriety for this feat was to add an 'intro' to the game,
showing off their nickname and group name. These intros got
spread along with these games at schools everywhere throughout
the 80s. They were often works of art in themselves, and it
wasn't unusual for the intro to be better than the game it
preceded. They often required enormous programming skills and
audiovisual talent. Intros led to a new independent digital
artform pushed by competition: the demoscene.
Demos are music videos without dancers, with no sets and no
camera. Instead, demos generated realtime calculated animations
created by specialists in programming, graphics and sound,
pushing the computer to its very limits - and often making the
impossible possible, even on classic computers like the Commodore
64, where demos pushed the computer harder than the games. They
also borrowed the best music of the genre, often turning an
unremarkable game tune into a classic in the process.
'Digital Memories' is a selection of the best demos. An exciting
retrospective trip through virtual worlds full of effects, bleeps
and pixels that is truly multimedia for the 1st digital
generation.
INDEX
| Group |
Demo |
Year |
| Ash&Dave |
Electric Cafe |
1987 |
| Panoramic Designs |
That's the Wave it is |
1991 |
| Blackmail |
Dutch Breeze |
1991 |
| Megastyle |
Seal of Focalor |
1992 |
| Origo |
Elysion |
1992 |
| Spirit |
Tales of Mystery |
1993 |
| Camelot |
Tower Power |
1993 |
| Taboo |
Altered States |
1994 |
| Oxyron |
Parts |
1995 |
| Byterapers |
Unsound Minds |
1996 |
| Reflex |
Nine |
1996 |
| React |
The Last Reactor III |
1998 |
| Smash Designs |
Triage 3 |
1998 |
| Crest |
Deus Ex Machina |
2000 |
| Booze Design |
Cycle |
2004 |
| Fairlight |
Boogie Factor |
2005 |
Total run-time: 167 minutes
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BONUS
| Musician |
Title |
Year |
| Rob Hubbard |
Ace II |
1988 |
| Fred Gray |
Batman |
1988 |
| Rob Hubbard |
Commando |
1985 |
| Jeroen Tel |
Cybernoid 2 |
1991 |
| Chris Hülsbeck |
Great Giana Sisters |
1987 |
| Jens-Christian Huus |
Hawaii |
1990 |
| Rob Hubbard |
International Karate |
1986 |
| Last Ninja 3 |
Reyn Ouwehand |
1991 |
| Jeroen Tel |
Myth |
1989 |
| Peter Clarke |
Ocean Loader |
1987 |
| Martin Galway |
Rambo - First Blood Part 2 |
1993 |
| Johannes Bjerregaard |
Stormlord |
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| Rob Hubbard |
Warhawk |
1986 |
| Martin Galway |
Wizball |
1987 |
Musicbox: 14 hits by C64 sound artists
Graphic Show: more than 140 scene graphics
Games: Turrican 3, Crush, Metal Warrior 4, It's Magic
Easter Eggs: 8 hidden surprises
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