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Eyeth
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Registered: Apr 2002
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Demo of the Year
Hello.
I'm surprised this idea hasn't been floated around. In the past two years, we have had C64.SK and CSDb ramping up with up to date information on demo releases throughout the year.
Why not have a Demo of the Year voting in Jan. 2004 for demos that were released throughout 2003? Thanks to C64.SK, we know whose demo entries won various competitions, which ones were released, etc. Why not compile a list of demos that won their respective demo party/competition, plus maybe an open invitation to a demo or two to round up the list?
CSDb or some other forum could then host the list and have a voting function for the C64 demo scene in choosing the Demo of the Year 2003. This would be a nice honor and one that is finally made possible thanks to reliable sources like CSDb and C64.SK. I'd like to write about the winning demo entry in a printed Commodore publication as well. :)
Any thoughts? Ideas?
Enjoy.
-Todd Elliott |
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Eyeth
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Hello.
Thank you for chiming in with some suggestions! I remember viewing Brief Bursts of Happiness and liking it, so it stands a good chance for inclusion into the chart.
One NTSC demo I liked very much and probably would include in the voting chart is Geotrope Preview just to have a representative NTSC C64 demo. I can't believe Onslaught would ever release a 'crack' of that particular program. What's there to crack, anyway? It's a free preview! :)
Enjoy.
-Todd Elliott |
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Eyeth
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Hello.
Just wanted to give a short summary so far; Using CSDb's search function, I was able to get a list of 112 C64 demos that were released during the 2004 year and have already gone through 62 of those demos. It's a tedious job, but somebody's gotta do it! :)
As expected, a lot of demos were entertaining, some couldn't pass muster, and some were downright offensive. You just never know what you'll be getting when you view these demos. Anyway, I've come up with a preliminary list of demos that I will give a second look. After the second/third check-out, the top ten demos for the Voting Chart will then be ready. Here it is:
Antique Parts
Bar4Kode
Bonfire
Borderline
Cycle
Darwin
Demode
Dialogue
Entropy
Execute Overdrive
Flut
Goa Brudbilder 1
Intro 37
We Control
Wok Zombie
You Know the Routine
You Know the Routine 2
I know its a lot of entries, and the preliminary second watch list will be winnowed further. I do have one question about this release: Goa Brudbilder 1. I have never seen a demo like this before and looks quite innovative. But, due to only three comments and a low vote, this demo seems to be overlooked by the C64 demoscene viewing audience. But, I wonder if this demo should have a place on the Voting Chart, just because it was innovative?
Also, I have found the 'goatse.cx' of all C64 demos: Haeilyvae kaesite My eyeballs now have been seared and it will take me time just to heal! :( Please, how about a little bit warning in the 'Detailed Info' summary for us folks with a weaker constitution? There were some other C64 demos that were just as bad and I'd rather forget about them all.
Will keep the forums posted about the latest list and the further winnowing. If you want to 'nudge' a demo listed here for a bit more attention for possible inclusion into the Voting Chart, feel free to do so here.
-Todd Elliott
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Dwangi
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 130 |
Plz, remover bar4code, bonfire and intro 37.... the first 2 ones a 4k-demos and shouldnt be compared with demos. intro 37 is a re-release of a VN-intro?
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Dwangi
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 130 |
And plz add postcards from stockholm by fairlight, bordeline by triad (lcp releases, seems like you forgot about lcp party) and plz add kymmene by aspekt too..... (5th att assembly oldskool compo). |
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Dwangi
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 130 |
I also would like to see REAL by RSC+THE DREAMS and Phanta rhei by oxy+plush+jack asser |
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hollowman
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 474 |
intro 37 shouldnt be on the list, since it was released as intro to vandalism#37 in 2002 |
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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1048 |
primary scar/wwe Primary Scar
kymmene/aspekt Kymmene |
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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1048 |
hammarkullen/afrika was pretty cool too
Hammarkullen |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Eh .. why bother mentioning all those demos that don't stand a chance of winning anyway? Scraping the bottom a bit, aren't we?
(And yes, that includes 'my own' Primary Scar) |
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Eyeth
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Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 98 |
Hello.
Hate to throw cold water on this discussion, but the TDJ is correct. Basically, what I'm doing now is going through all 111 C64 demos that were released during the 2004 year according to the Search function at CSDb.
A lot of them, as you can imagine, don't pass muster. However, there are some C64 demos that do show some hint of promise, so I put them on a 'second' list. This is what I'm doing now; I have thirty more C64 demos to go through before I arrive at the second list.
From this second list, I watch all C64 demos again and make more careful analysis, viewing, judging, etc. At this stage, I will eliminate more C64 demo entries, most likely those demos that TDJ alluded to, 'scraping' the bottom of the barrel. Hopefully by the time I'm done, I will have ten such entries for the 2004 C64 Demo of the Year voting chart.
Enjoy!
-Todd Elliott |
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