pouët.net

8bit chiptune bleeps, heavy guitar riffs, synthesizer sounds and love for oldschool computers. These ingredients required to cook on high temperature together and the result is some fine sid-rock.

Lossless, 6 track EP: http://strayboom.bandcamp.com/album/bleep-and-destroy
Musicdisk version: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=62957

Enjoy!
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[ Demoparty.net ] Euskal Encounter 22, July, 24th - 27th, ES

date: July, 24th - 27th
country: ES

»The largest party of Spain and one of the few which still keep their scener roots.«

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[ Octoate.de - The Amstrad CPC news portal ] Breaking Baud tape loading demo by doz/crtc/3ln
Doz released a new demo for the Amstrad CPC on the Revision demo party in Saarbrücken and hey… you can use your Amstrad CPC 464 to watch it, because it features a fast track loading program. The reactions of the crowd were quite positive, so let’s keep your fingers crossed for a good ranking of doz’ entry in the competition (the results of the compos will follow in a later news posting). You can get the demo from Pouet (don’t forget to vote) or from the download section of this page.
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[ AtariAge ] Atari Landfill Excavation on April 26th
Are you interested in learning what has become of the millions of Atari 2600 E.T. The Extra Terrestrial cartridges buried in the New Mexico desert? What? You don't know the story of how Atari buried these and possibly other games and Atari hardware in an Alamogordo, New Mexico landfill after the famous 1983 video game crash? The Alamogordo Daily News reported in September 1983 that between 10 and 20 semi-trailers from an Atari facility in El Paso, Texas were buried at the landfill (view newspaper clippings here, here, and here). The story even appeared in The New York Times, and an Atari spokesman confirmed the report at the time. Although no specific Atari merchandise was mentioned as being dumped, many reports have (perhaps erroneously) stated that upwards of 3.5 million copies of the 2600 game E.T. The Extra Terrestrial may have found their way to the landfill. It's more likely that the Atari dump contains a wide variety of Atari game console and computer hardware, as well as unsold video game cartridges.

Fuel Entertainment has received permission from the city to excavate the site on April 26, 2014. They plan on creating a documentary film surrounding the myths, facts and exploration of this legend. Ready Player One author Ernest Cline will be on-hand for the event, and he's written up a blog post detailing his upcoming adventure. The general public has been invited to attend this dig, so if you're an Atari fan and in the area, be sure to attend!

While Atari's E.T. The Extra Terrestrial generally has is viewed unfavorably among classic gamers, in our opinion the game has received an unfair rap. You can check out AtariAge user Random Terrain's To What Degree Do You Love E.T.? page for an opposing viewpoint on the game. Another fan of the game has put together a Fixing E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 page where you can download a version of the game that has common gripes (and a few bugs) fixed.

Also be sure to check out this long-running thread in our forums about the Atari landfill. This thread was started back in 2005 and has nearly 1,500 posts to date!
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[ Demoparty.net ] DiHalt 2014, July, 12th - 13th, RU

date: July, 12th - 13th
country: RU

»DiHalt 2014 is a festival of computer art, which will take a place on Jule, 12-13 in Nizhny Novgorod. For the 11th time DiHalt gathers the most progressive enthusiasts in different directions of computer art from Russia and from the neighbor countries.
You can participate in competitions with works created for PC, Amiga/Pegasos, ZX-Spectrum and C64.
Remote participation allowed.«

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