[moriez]

Anyone who ever owned an Amiga computer probably knows about the so called demoscene. Its been a while for me personally when I first got to know it back in 1989/90. The most impressing part about the demo scene to me was the music, the so called modules done with tracker software. A couple years ago when exploring the net I had the great pleasure to discover that a lot of the history and music has been preserved. And boy, the nostalgia cant be beaten! Many tunes I know by heart and they keep getting regular play. Let me name a few legendary composers to clear off the dust: Jester, Nuke, Marillion, Romeo Knight, Nightlight, Jogeir, Heatbeat, Jesper Kyd, Fleshbrain, 4-Mat, Uncle Tom, Tip-Mantronix, Moby, Bit Arts. Gets your heart pounding?

Anyone else keen on this piece of computer history I invite you to add your feelings on favourite composers and modules/demos/demogroups and whatever fits in.

 

[Zodduska]

Can't say i follow the demo scene, the one time i tried to look some up i was not impressed, but i have watched some cracktros which really kick ass.. wish i could find them again

 

[Joshatdot]

Future Crew, Purple Motion, Skaven ... good times, good music.

 

[vapman]

i adore keygen music! micromusic is nice too.

 

[moriez]

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Originally Posted by Zodduska /img/forum/go_quote.gif Can't say i follow the demo scene, the one time i tried to look some up i was not impressed, but i have watched some cracktros which really kick ass.. wish i could find them again

Oh yea, some of them cracktros are really cool. What they can put into a tiny file is sometimes incredible. Remember any names?

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Originally Posted by Joshatdot /img/forum/go_quote.gif Future Crew, Purple Motion, Skaven ... good times, good music.

Ah yes, I heard their names many times but they came just after the time I was a happy user so dont have much with em. Future Crew doesnt ring a bell. Dual Crew does

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Originally Posted by mckickflip /img/forum/go_quote.gif i adore keygen music! micromusic is nice too.

Oh nice. Any favourites or links to?

 

[Pageygeeza]

Hey, let's revive this 'ol fellah!

The Demoscene is still live today, Amiga prods admittedly aren't as plentiful now as they used to be, but they are still bloody good. The PC scene is absolutely massive atm and turning out some excellent stuff.

Now for links:

Amiga:

BitWorld - Amiga
A.D.A. Amiga Demoscene Archive
The Mod Archive v4.0a - A distinctive collection of modules

PC:
pouet.net :: your online demoscene resource
scene.org - news

Moriez: I think you'll find a few are still going today.

 

[wap32]

I don't follow the scene much, it's usually not my cup of tea.
There is, however, one artist I really like, Mortimer Twang.

 

[Pageygeeza]

+1 for Mortimer Twang.

Admittedly It depends more on what you like. I love Sumo Lounge, but he's a hard fellah to track down.

Paniq and Lug00ber do some sweet stuff too. Tbh, there is way too much good stuff to mention!

 

[sithompson]

I used to love this stuff and I'd forgotten all about it. I’m going to get the Amiga out of the loft. Thanks for the memory!

 

[Redo]

Gave my Amiga and all the goodies I had for it away about 10 years ago

Not enough space and and not enough interest for it anyhow. But the thing was great for its time.

 

[peanuthead]

I used to own one in high school. Ah, the memories. Still my favorite computer of all time!

 

[Pageygeeza]

Emulation will see you reliving the old Amiga days.