_ / To remember ... Part 1: demomaking
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(C) kristoph.sc.ctl
This paper - a tribute to the departed from the Spectrum. Let
departed on other platforms, even have forgotten about once its
best friend but still - great people who contributed to the
emergence of Spectrum-culture.
For starters, you can talk about demomeykerah and all this
bound. Generally, you never wondered why the old
learned by heart the demos are always pleasant and interesting
to watch what new masterpieces of modern maker? Perhaps those
demos was unsurpassed design and a strong code? No, rather
all, it's just nostalgia grips us ... We remember
times when the software was sold in stores, and spektrumistov
was by the thousand. Remember the times when there were
disputes in the very! spectrophone about inrah and hackers,
times and enlight'96 leader of Kano, in his always blue jacket.
Times when there was not a scene, rather, it was, and maybe even
more alive than today, just when no one knew how it
called. Nostalgia ... Only if this is the reason? Let's try
understand.
The most significant demogruppoy those times were probably
Codebusters'y. Significant in the sense that at a certain
Vasya Pupkin flowering stage, they showed what is called
class. Remember their first big DeMouy - Satisfaction, it is
because there was a huge step forward for the Russian demoscene!
One of its main advantages - both bulk as the size, all
same matters! ". But at the same time some
dynamic ... probably not even a dynamic and exciting!
So the quality of the action the audience had not seen since
beautiful girls from Lyra 2!
And following their deme just leaves all competitors far
behind - Insult Satisfaction'a much stronger, much more
stronger than all lamerskih crafts of the time! Compared with
Satisfaction in it all done on the order of magnitude better.
In all Insult'e done on the unattainable then level, and his
competitors, I do not I remember ... But this, of course, from
the Russian demoscene since bourgeois already begun to do much
earlier progressive things.
But if we now review the work Codebusters ... Start to
understand that the credit personally CBS, though present, but
it is not as great as we would like ... Begin to understand
that such wonderful music written not rst7, but it's just
converted mod; know that the vast majority of ideas
not invented by the authors, but simply brazenly tore the Amiga
dem; understand that their success was due not to the genius
Max'a Iwamoto and Rst7, and those notorious conversions and
simple stealing ideas! Generally, Codebusters were probably the
progenitors "Genre" of conversions.
The next two of their demos - Eyeache 1 and 2 Eyeache again
carried in themselves concept and design dem Amiga. Generally,
at this time, the group began to take much - it was not so
active as earlier, began to appear younger group, many times
surpassing former kings ... Against this backdrop, "the
pioneering aggression "of Codebusters'ov fall into three
leaders in the mainly due to the name, the renowned bylymi
victories.
Yet do not underestimate the contribution of Codebusters'ov
Russian demoscene - they raised it to a qualitatively new
level, albeit not their ideas.
But apart from CBS at the time was another very worthy team
- RUSH. That was "because over the past few years, I have not
seen any demos of the "new" Rush. But now the conversation is
not about vol.
Rush work combines both the ability of the encoder is not
hefty, so and beautiful tracks IMP'a and excellent (at the
time:) pictures Shaman'a. Granted, their first demos were soon
settling, but the team has progressed markedly, and in Assorty
MD We do not seen that lamerstva inherent earlier works. Extasy
- demo commensurate with the volume of Satisfaction'om fully
revealed talents of authors! It is important to note that not
Rush'y stealing ideas from the Amiga, and implement their own
fantasies 15-color graphics and a 4-bit music! Well, on a Mental
Mastrubation - an excellent example trackmo. The demo was
dynamic, rich, memorable! Vibrations as though was excellent
demoy, but considerable progress the team has not shown. It is
a pity that it was the final activity of the group ...
So, we are no longer the threshold in 1997. While the fervor
CBS and Rush considerably abated, and the stage break a new
beginning demomeykerov generation. The first were probably
X-Trade. All of them demos featured a strong code, but the
graphics were a problem ... Their first deme Illusion is not to
say that blew up the scene, but somehow it has stirred up. It
is a pity that their second deme - Rage - was not hit by
Enlight, it might well compete for the a prize!
The second team, burst onto the scene in 1997, was Digital
Reality. If the 96'om year 7th Reality did not have much
success, even in 97'om Binary Love took second place! All
work of this team has an excellent graphics, and not always
made by people from the group. Digital Reality pursued some
doom - 3 years in a row they took second place in the demo
compo! They did not manage to overcome this - the last of their
deme Jam too took second place, although the chances of winning
at Jam were, as idea with dances that came from more distant
demos 90-ies Lyra2, was just wonderful! Yes, and design Jam'e
excellent ...
But of all those groups blasted the scene's only one and name
them - Progress! Brain Crash after all realized by this team,
but Shit4Brains just killed all the competitors after the first
show! Such a successful combination of the strongest package,
excellent graphics and excellent music track failed to achieve
anyone!
But unfortunately, after the success of S4B Progress withdrew
from the Spectrum. Why? The reasons we can only guess ...
However, all this time in the back with X-Trade, DR and PGS
breathed Megacode! In the 96th year of their deme Action was a
pale and featureless, although it was beautifully done in terms
of code. Taking into account their errors, in the 97th year the
group returned with great for those times demoy Power Up!
That's really the truth in deme great! Variety of effects,
beautiful graphics, performed on a qualitatively new
technological level, and appropriate to the style demos
soundtrack make a Power Up We introduce the best to date!
But even the Power Up has not had much success in Enlight'e and
Exploder decides to take the stage novelty, dynamism and the
code! Yes, the Code! And FunTop'e his work produces Refresh
a real sensation! Never before seen by 3D effects and
agility demos deservedly brought her first place!
That's because, at the peak of its activity, the group leaves
the spectrum-scene. The reason? I do not know, but I think that
Exploder realized that Refresh - this is the height of his
opportunity and something better, he no longer never be able to
create. And the Amiga had played no small role. In Anyway,
Megacode done much to demoscene, they shows that at 3,5 MHz can
make 3D effects, and the level of pc amiga.
But do not forget about the other heroes of the scene: Mayhem,
and in nee Bitmunchers, already in 1996 made DeMouy that
ahead of time for a few years! If Spazm got to
enlight96, it is not yet known, has got to be the first place
X-Trade'am! In Spazm'e we can see the effects that are ahead
time to hear a very cool music, enjoy the beautiful
design. By the way, the design team was the best at that
time, and today I have not seen such thoughtfulness in the
modern demah.
Following their work certainly better than the last - Spirius
quite can compete with S4B on Progress! In it we see again
the coolest music, cool design and cool effects!
But as so often happens, just after his best work
group slowly moved away from demomeykinga, and then the
property from Spectrum.
...
But the years pass, replaced part maker: go veterans
comes to the younger generation, some effects are replaced by
others, changing roles: some disappear, others appear. But,
despite this cycle of events demomeyking becomes not just
side over softmeykinga Spectrum, and certainly not
disappears, and becomes a full stream of endless
ideas and innovations blowing scene! From now demomeykingom
can compete unless Esme, by the way, the theme of our
the next call.
Do not forget the heroes of the scene, people rely on it is not
a year of his life. Aspire to their level, to think
untold stories, create stunning effects
blow demoscene, as they did, and, finally, just
do demos!
ps from screamer'a: I just could not resist. as soon as
This paper - a tribute to the memory of those who created the
Speccy-demoscene their hands, then not on your nelly not forget
about such distinguished group, as e-mage. I believe that these
demomeyking guys brought to the very zest that
distinguishes _spektrumovskuyu_ demoscene on all other
platforms. should not be forgotten masterpieces such as trashe
- Dema 1996, the clearest example of trackmo and condommed -
one of the best we shall ever demomeykinga history. it is the
first story condommed demoy on the Spectrum, that e-mage
brought, that not suspecting on the spectrum is the concept.
worth noting that e-mage, despite the outstanding talent
demomeykersky never exposed on either party!
Perhaps - and I sincerely hope so - e-mage is not ush-li
from the scene (at least officially it was not there
announced) and we've ever seen them once
shedever. Remember that once said scratcher ^ e-mage:
'I think the meaning demostroeniya is that there is
forces to make people happy. Everyone does it differently.
Someone like heavy for the perception of someone, by contrast,
likes to pop music, well, there are people who are attracted to
anything unusual, unlike anything else. The more new and
original ideas we embody in our work, the more people will enjoy
our creations ... '
