Flashback - Retro Amiga, Commodore 64, PC scene event, Sydney 11-13 June 2011
Ross Vumbaca
For anyone in Sydney or willing to visit Sydney, here is an invitation
to a demo scene event coming up in June. These parties are common in
Europe but are very rare in Australia!
The Australian Demo Scene would like invite you to an event named
FLASHBACK for a weekend of fun for all demo sceners and computer
enthusiasts.
Flashback is a computer festival, dedicated solely to the demoscene - a
place to present and celebrate real-time animations (demos),
pre-rendered animation, graphics and music. The word "demoparty" is
globally used to describe this gathering of computer programmers
(coders) / musicians / Graphic Artists (2D and 3D) all under one roof.
Computer Platforms: PC, AMIGA COMMODORE 64,
The following competitions will be taking place:
GRAPHICS Compo:
- Pre-rendered Animation (3D or 2D).
- Pixelled and 3D Rendered Graphics (PNG or JPG format).
- ASCII and ANSI (native format).
3D ANIMATION Compo:
- Mac or PC pre rendered video format.
MUSIC Compo:
- Tracked music
- Chip music
DEMO COMPO
- Nuskool Demo: Real-time playback on PC / Mac / Console (50MB Zipped
Limit). No captures. Must run live.
- Oldskool Demo: C64, VIC20, OCS, AMIGA ECS, ATARI ST, AMIGA AGA,
Spectravideo & any other platform before 1993
- Wild Demo: Mobile phone, DHTML, JavaScript, Java, Flash, hardware hack
or anything else realtime! Post '94
This event will be held in Sydney CBD on the June long week end from the
11th to 13th June 2011. It’s a gathering organized by the Demo group
DEFAME. This weekend is a fun event for everyone that is interested in
the demo scene, especially older computer platforms such as the c64 and
the Amiga where the computer digital arts direction started back in the
80s from the first of computer gaming and computer hacking and cracking
groups that has now developed into a world of digital arts. We welcome
ALL NEWCOMERS. If you feel that you would be interested please let feel
free to come along and join in the fun. The event is for all people,
experience not required, so feel free to enter the competitions no
matter how experienced you are.
Our Goal
To welcome new Computer enthusiasts interested in the demo scene and
real-time computer graphics and apart from a week end of socializing and
competing in the competitions it’s a chance to gather Ex Sceners back
into the scene that were active many years ago that carried the demo
scene through its best moments of the scene in the years 80s, 90s and 2000s.
For more information go to:
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Regards,
Ross..