Demoscene Tropes and Memes
category: offtopic [glöplog]
Nectarine Demoscene Radio has a few of its own. Here's a handful of them I can recall quickly:
- by Lukelove is a rather ridiculous punchy song using He-Man samples - it's telling that it survived multiple versions of the site simply by virtue of being ridiculously catchy and polarizing at the same time.
- Rob Is Jarig is a meme here too, naturally!
- [url=https://scenestream.net/demovibes/song/9555/]Uphold The Tradition by Roz is a very uplifting dance track that was popular in the 2000s version of Nectarine - it's pretty much the hymn of those who remember the old days.
- Fuck Your Horse, the soundtrack to Ode To Ramon 1, again by virtue of being ridiculous.
- I Would Like a Fika by a Dr. Fikalover is a good-time song filled with multiple versions of "would you like a fika? (ooh!) yes, I'd like some fika! (oooh!)" - making it both an earworm and a memetic marker of a good weekend.
- There was a time when djrandom really loved requesting the soundtrack to that one Comic Bakery boy band spoof video.
- Volkoren Brood features someone burping out "I'd like some wholewheat breeeeeeaaaaaaad!" in Dutch.
- One of our jingles goes like this:
"(spooky narrator) You've locked the doors... You turned off the light... But what did you with the cat? (aaah, kitty!) That's right - he was listening to Nectarine! (spooky piano music)"
- One song features someone saying "Ding! Alarm-alarm-alaaarm!" in German a few times - which are its only enjoyable parts. For a few years, it was our CRAP REQ ALERT in the oneliner.
- The Infamous Nectarine Oneliner has spawned a few local memes, such as:
-- "confirmasse" (a long and French version of "ok" popularised by an avid user arrakis)
-- "free (username)" (you can't post more than 3 messages in a row there, so if someone wants you to keep talking they will "free" you to show their support)
- by Lukelove is a rather ridiculous punchy song using He-Man samples - it's telling that it survived multiple versions of the site simply by virtue of being ridiculously catchy and polarizing at the same time.
- Rob Is Jarig is a meme here too, naturally!
- [url=https://scenestream.net/demovibes/song/9555/]Uphold The Tradition by Roz is a very uplifting dance track that was popular in the 2000s version of Nectarine - it's pretty much the hymn of those who remember the old days.
- Fuck Your Horse, the soundtrack to Ode To Ramon 1, again by virtue of being ridiculous.
- I Would Like a Fika by a Dr. Fikalover is a good-time song filled with multiple versions of "would you like a fika? (ooh!) yes, I'd like some fika! (oooh!)" - making it both an earworm and a memetic marker of a good weekend.
- There was a time when djrandom really loved requesting the soundtrack to that one Comic Bakery boy band spoof video.
- Volkoren Brood features someone burping out "I'd like some wholewheat breeeeeeaaaaaaad!" in Dutch.
- One of our jingles goes like this:
"(spooky narrator) You've locked the doors... You turned off the light... But what did you with the cat? (aaah, kitty!) That's right - he was listening to Nectarine! (spooky piano music)"
- One song features someone saying "Ding! Alarm-alarm-alaaarm!" in German a few times - which are its only enjoyable parts. For a few years, it was our CRAP REQ ALERT in the oneliner.
- The Infamous Nectarine Oneliner has spawned a few local memes, such as:
-- "confirmasse" (a long and French version of "ok" popularised by an avid user arrakis)
-- "free (username)" (you can't post more than 3 messages in a row there, so if someone wants you to keep talking they will "free" you to show their support)
I have no clue what most of this means, but somehow my brain says:
decrunches while loading
midschool
decrunches while loading
midschool
So you load it all to RAM and play the demo.
Here are all the messages from the ericade.radio YouTube ticker. They're not meant to be meant-spirited, but a bit snarky...
DJ Daemon visciously attacks SlayRadio, stating that "They don\'t play chiptune music at all". Slaygon from SlayRadio responds "Yeah, but at least we have listeners".
Scientists report that cats are actually nice. "It\'s just that people complain that they bite, scratch and try to kill their owners all the time."
Kohina radio has been awarded the prize for "most inventive in radio programming" by spearheading the "add no new songs for the last 15 years" format to attract their listeners.
We will cover Revision 2026, and put out a 10 hour broadcast with 99% chiptune music and 1% really interesting interviews. But you don't get any timestamps, so good luck trying to find them.
Madonna announces that she will start creating chiptune music. "I have already destroyed... like... what... 5 different music styles already. This will be fun". News at 11.
Atari users have used their beloved computers to calculate the exact time when two trains, heading towards each other at 100 km/h, will collide. There were no survivors.
he Swedish premier has stated that "we have a system and the world must know how nice and virtous we are". The rest of the world has declined to comment on the matter.
ERICADE.radio host DJ Daemon voices concern that "all bloody blippety-blop music is called chiptune music these days. Back in my day...". Commenters then interrupted him with "OK, boomer".
A grumpy old man on the ModArchive has recently stated that "all new tunes on ModArchive are as bad as AI generated music.". He was then lead back to his retirement home by to burly nurses, and has not been heard from since.
A wellknown pundit recently stated that "we probably should accept that if we start fighting world war 3, we will not need to plan for another one.". He was then immediately accused of being too optimistic by commenters on Reddit.
In 80s, we were scared that an all out war would lead to mutually assured destruction and the destruction of the human race. But we still end up surviving the fight between Amiga and Atari users.
The Deadline demo party had to be cancelled after making AI generated demos mandatory. No human sceners showed up.
Remix artist MissBree has won a life time archivement award for least talented artist of all times. He is most known for his innovative way of using an electric guitarr to create an unlisteneble wall of noise.
Amy the squirrel has been crowned "Miss America" for this year. In unrelated news, Russian hackars have hacked into the servers of Miss America Competition LLC. It's unclear if what they did once inside, experts say.
A new study has found that prolonged exposure to pretracker music can caause Alzheimer\'s disease. Then again, what doesn\'t?
A study based on god knows what states that 11 out of 10 Amiga users prefer Coca-cola, while 12 out 7.2 Atari users prefer Pepsi. Anyone surprised?
The site ModArchive has long struggled with getting "five nines" in uptime. But they are coming close, as they now can boast with an uptime of "nine fives."
Commodore has announced their latest version of their C64. It's exactly the same as their old ones, but this time it's pink. Pink, I tell you!
"Good news Atari users! Your computer will not have any problems with the dreaded 2038 timestamp bug. It won't run by then anyway.
"After recieving heavy criticism for his caustic views on Atari, DJ Daemon has issued a public apology. "I won't give you such a hard time. You had to own an Atari. You suffered enough."
A recent poll has found that 9 out of 10 people prefer chiptune music. The tenth person prefers country and western.
"Chiptune expert DJ Daemon reports that the chiptune radio scene is booming. "All the stations have reached a joint listening of ... maybe... like... 14 people. Good times!".
Hyperion has announced that the next version of Workbench 3.2 will contain targeted ADs, full AI-support and age verification. Fans are not excited.
The hacker group known as Swiss Cracking Association warns the world, that they intend to use viruses to make your Amiga come alive. The Atari will, however, stay dead.
Scientists have discovered a way to optimize the "trolley problem". You just put Hitler on one track and mother Theresa on the other. Then it's very easy to find a solution.
Mad scientist Alvin Atombender now expresses deep regret over his "Stay a while... stay forever" remark. "I just wanted a friend for my tea-party. I now understand I could have phrased it better."
Breaking news: The world is still here. More at 11.
Cloanto has announced they will shape a battered Amiga landscape into an economic superpower. But stupidity ... stupidity never changes.
Chuck Norris is not dead. It was death that had a close brush with Chuck Norris.
Don't go gently into that good night. Rage, rage against the existence of the Atari. And also, listen to more chiptune music.
Is the demo scene dead? Listen to our analysts as they discuss the matter. Will it happen this time even though it didn't happen the last 13 times we said it would? More at 11.
Local Florida man tells our reporters that "The demo scene is not dead, it just smells that way".
CEO of Swedish Broadcasting corporation states that "We're not controlled by the government. We just get all our money from there. It's very much a free lunch".
TriOptimum corporation has issued a statement about the alleged vandalism on board their star ship "Von Braun". It reads "spray painting the walls with the message 'Remeber Citadel station' is not acceptable. We will use all means in our power to apprehend the culprits.".
United Nations spokesperson Sid Meier has issued a warning to Gandhi with the words "stop nuking everyone for crying out loud! That's not how to build a nation that stands the test of time".
Gaming addiction is a serious matter! Just say NO to "Just one more turn". Think about the children!
Are we living in a simulation? VMWare spokesperson Vee M. Ware states that "We have no comment on the matter.".
Remember that gaming villains are people too. They have feelings and families. They just want to be loved like everyone else.
Community broadcasting programming director DJ Daemon on ERICADE radio notes that "HYPR radio has fewer listeners than we do. Like 1 or 2 listeners or so... We have 4 and they have 2! Guess who rocks the airwaves? We do!".
A lesson from Amiga game "Nuclear war": when every country has its own nuclear arsenal, stuff soon gets interesting.
The United Nations has issued a complaint to TriOptimum corporation about the fact that their AI tries to enslave humanity. The UN statement reads "We understand that the AI is quite advanced, but it is not acceptable for it to try to take over the world. We demand that TriOptimum takes immediate action to ensure that their she at least asks politely first.".
1983, Atari released ET. This was universally seen as a "bad idea". It may not have been a stocking filler, but it did fill a landfill in New Mexico.
President Donald Trump has just released a statement today, "I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw the demo scvene forever. We begin bombing in five minutes". Demo scener PSenough noted it to be "unprecedentedly hostile" by the president.
Administrator Breen has been awarded the "Life time Neville Chamberlin award for excellence in negotiation" for his work negotiating with the Combine overlords. "I just want to say that I accept this award and promise humanity peace in our time".
We love you, Ben Daglish!
Thanks for everything, Kali!
Some use statistics as a drunk uses a light pole; for support instead of enlightenment. Be careful how you build your reasoning...
"The rise of tracked music got the Swedish government to introduce hexadecimal math into school classes.
Have you ever seen the rain coming down on a sunny day? This is Sweden, we don't even know what the sun is.
I lot of you nerds think Amiga means girlfriend. No, it does not! Amiga in Spanish actually means a female friend! Guess you just got friend zoned.
There's something magic looking into a terminal window, black as the night, with only the blinking cursor to keep you company.
The love for retro computers proves that, while you cannot live in the past, you sure can visit often.
Noob… What a quaint little word. Back in my day we used to call each other "Lamer".
Do you remember when Amiga meant friend? Not me, but I do remember a time when the Amiga brand wasn't fought over by all the vultures.
We need more chiptune stations! This is so that listeners can choose from many different outlets to hear the same 1000 tunes. You know, the good ones.
It's widely believed that SlayRadio has perfected the art of only playing remixes of the same 20 gaming tunes over and over again. "We have a very loyal audience of 3 listeners, and we want to keep it that way".
The little town of Saarbrücken in southern Germany may soon rename itself to "Revison" after the popular demo party. The mayor states that "We have nothing else going on here anyway."
Senior science writer and selfindulgent analyst Theodore Sturgeon has stated that "90% of all demos are crap, but then again, 90% of everything is crap."
Sweden should probably play the Amiga game "Nuclear war" before deciding whether to get their own nuclear arsenal or not.
An official allowance has been issued for studies to make up non-existing study objects for Tracker-related music, due to a lack of real study objects that could be acquired.
The war rages on for which tracker truly is best, Impulse Tracker, or Fasttracker 2? it's Scream Tracker 2, you fools!… Just kidding. We don't know either.
openmpt declares war on renoise, issuing a statement: "we need to react to the increasing tracker heresy and impurity promoted by the channels of renoise".
A recent study shows that tracker literacy in the youth has decreased from 102.6% in the 1990s to -0.054% in the current year.
Study shows listening to tracker music every day may speed up hair loss.
According to Scenesat administrator Ziphoid, they have been unable to recruit any new developers for their site. But as he states, "It doesn't matter as we have lost the source code to it anyway".
Death has been put on trial for killing 93% of all people who have ever lived. A in a statement put forward by his lawyer, Death states that "Cats are nice."
I think "FAFO" is such a mean-spirited thing to say. I rather say "play a game - get a message".
BREAKING: Old scener farts still attempting to reuse stamps to send in remote entries.
Floppy disk prices soar after hipsters claim they sound vintage if you shake them.
Local dad claims he can fix any computer; proceeds to blow into cartridge.
Amiga user insists his 30 year old machine still boots faster than any modern laptop; Experts agree.
Shader developer achieves enlightenment after staring at raymarching bug for 72 hours
Scientists confirm: Sceners can compress universe into 8k, but not their feelings.
After 15 years, ### still song, still people dancing ###.
Scener has apparently found a way to get 257 different values out of a byte.
After a grueling journey, dental implants found. Well done, Kevin!
Government has decided they should own your computer and decide what you can use it for. It's necessary because of the climate.
Protip of the day: If you comment out all your code, you won't get any errors.
100 sceners rushed to hospital with perforated eardrums after unfortunate website typo causes Revision to hold its first ever Screaming Music compo.
C64 coder's revolutionary "9 simultaneous sprites" technique fails to impress other participants in coca cola drinking contest.
Chipmods and YM Rockerz apprehended after fight, belligerents written up on copper list.
Sawtooth diagnosed as insufficiently wavy, was prescribed sinecure.
Bootblock virus eradicates entire cobbler street.
Musician accused of lameness feels invisible - can't be scene.
Photoshop graphician vows to learn pixel art in heartfelt New Year's Low Resolution.
Party invitation deemed too suggestive, censored to avoid risk of invitro fertilization.
PSEnough's popular "Demo scene report" has been picked up for worldwide syndication. It will now be heard in both Portugal and Albania.
The new version of Claude Mythos is believed to soon replace all demo scene productions with better AI slop than ever before.
Reports from many cities in central Europe indicates an invasion of an invasive speecies of Fox Waifus. They raid the chicken coops and steal all the chickens, but they are cute so no one has the heart to stop them.
DJ Daemon visciously attacks SlayRadio, stating that "They don\'t play chiptune music at all". Slaygon from SlayRadio responds "Yeah, but at least we have listeners".
Scientists report that cats are actually nice. "It\'s just that people complain that they bite, scratch and try to kill their owners all the time."
Kohina radio has been awarded the prize for "most inventive in radio programming" by spearheading the "add no new songs for the last 15 years" format to attract their listeners.
We will cover Revision 2026, and put out a 10 hour broadcast with 99% chiptune music and 1% really interesting interviews. But you don't get any timestamps, so good luck trying to find them.
Madonna announces that she will start creating chiptune music. "I have already destroyed... like... what... 5 different music styles already. This will be fun". News at 11.
Atari users have used their beloved computers to calculate the exact time when two trains, heading towards each other at 100 km/h, will collide. There were no survivors.
he Swedish premier has stated that "we have a system and the world must know how nice and virtous we are". The rest of the world has declined to comment on the matter.
ERICADE.radio host DJ Daemon voices concern that "all bloody blippety-blop music is called chiptune music these days. Back in my day...". Commenters then interrupted him with "OK, boomer".
A grumpy old man on the ModArchive has recently stated that "all new tunes on ModArchive are as bad as AI generated music.". He was then lead back to his retirement home by to burly nurses, and has not been heard from since.
A wellknown pundit recently stated that "we probably should accept that if we start fighting world war 3, we will not need to plan for another one.". He was then immediately accused of being too optimistic by commenters on Reddit.
In 80s, we were scared that an all out war would lead to mutually assured destruction and the destruction of the human race. But we still end up surviving the fight between Amiga and Atari users.
The Deadline demo party had to be cancelled after making AI generated demos mandatory. No human sceners showed up.
Remix artist MissBree has won a life time archivement award for least talented artist of all times. He is most known for his innovative way of using an electric guitarr to create an unlisteneble wall of noise.
Amy the squirrel has been crowned "Miss America" for this year. In unrelated news, Russian hackars have hacked into the servers of Miss America Competition LLC. It's unclear if what they did once inside, experts say.
A new study has found that prolonged exposure to pretracker music can caause Alzheimer\'s disease. Then again, what doesn\'t?
A study based on god knows what states that 11 out of 10 Amiga users prefer Coca-cola, while 12 out 7.2 Atari users prefer Pepsi. Anyone surprised?
The site ModArchive has long struggled with getting "five nines" in uptime. But they are coming close, as they now can boast with an uptime of "nine fives."
Commodore has announced their latest version of their C64. It's exactly the same as their old ones, but this time it's pink. Pink, I tell you!
"Good news Atari users! Your computer will not have any problems with the dreaded 2038 timestamp bug. It won't run by then anyway.
"After recieving heavy criticism for his caustic views on Atari, DJ Daemon has issued a public apology. "I won't give you such a hard time. You had to own an Atari. You suffered enough."
A recent poll has found that 9 out of 10 people prefer chiptune music. The tenth person prefers country and western.
"Chiptune expert DJ Daemon reports that the chiptune radio scene is booming. "All the stations have reached a joint listening of ... maybe... like... 14 people. Good times!".
Hyperion has announced that the next version of Workbench 3.2 will contain targeted ADs, full AI-support and age verification. Fans are not excited.
The hacker group known as Swiss Cracking Association warns the world, that they intend to use viruses to make your Amiga come alive. The Atari will, however, stay dead.
Scientists have discovered a way to optimize the "trolley problem". You just put Hitler on one track and mother Theresa on the other. Then it's very easy to find a solution.
Mad scientist Alvin Atombender now expresses deep regret over his "Stay a while... stay forever" remark. "I just wanted a friend for my tea-party. I now understand I could have phrased it better."
Breaking news: The world is still here. More at 11.
Cloanto has announced they will shape a battered Amiga landscape into an economic superpower. But stupidity ... stupidity never changes.
Chuck Norris is not dead. It was death that had a close brush with Chuck Norris.
Don't go gently into that good night. Rage, rage against the existence of the Atari. And also, listen to more chiptune music.
Is the demo scene dead? Listen to our analysts as they discuss the matter. Will it happen this time even though it didn't happen the last 13 times we said it would? More at 11.
Local Florida man tells our reporters that "The demo scene is not dead, it just smells that way".
CEO of Swedish Broadcasting corporation states that "We're not controlled by the government. We just get all our money from there. It's very much a free lunch".
TriOptimum corporation has issued a statement about the alleged vandalism on board their star ship "Von Braun". It reads "spray painting the walls with the message 'Remeber Citadel station' is not acceptable. We will use all means in our power to apprehend the culprits.".
United Nations spokesperson Sid Meier has issued a warning to Gandhi with the words "stop nuking everyone for crying out loud! That's not how to build a nation that stands the test of time".
Gaming addiction is a serious matter! Just say NO to "Just one more turn". Think about the children!
Are we living in a simulation? VMWare spokesperson Vee M. Ware states that "We have no comment on the matter.".
Remember that gaming villains are people too. They have feelings and families. They just want to be loved like everyone else.
Community broadcasting programming director DJ Daemon on ERICADE radio notes that "HYPR radio has fewer listeners than we do. Like 1 or 2 listeners or so... We have 4 and they have 2! Guess who rocks the airwaves? We do!".
A lesson from Amiga game "Nuclear war": when every country has its own nuclear arsenal, stuff soon gets interesting.
The United Nations has issued a complaint to TriOptimum corporation about the fact that their AI tries to enslave humanity. The UN statement reads "We understand that the AI is quite advanced, but it is not acceptable for it to try to take over the world. We demand that TriOptimum takes immediate action to ensure that their she at least asks politely first.".
1983, Atari released ET. This was universally seen as a "bad idea". It may not have been a stocking filler, but it did fill a landfill in New Mexico.
President Donald Trump has just released a statement today, "I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw the demo scvene forever. We begin bombing in five minutes". Demo scener PSenough noted it to be "unprecedentedly hostile" by the president.
Administrator Breen has been awarded the "Life time Neville Chamberlin award for excellence in negotiation" for his work negotiating with the Combine overlords. "I just want to say that I accept this award and promise humanity peace in our time".
We love you, Ben Daglish!
Thanks for everything, Kali!
Some use statistics as a drunk uses a light pole; for support instead of enlightenment. Be careful how you build your reasoning...
"The rise of tracked music got the Swedish government to introduce hexadecimal math into school classes.
Have you ever seen the rain coming down on a sunny day? This is Sweden, we don't even know what the sun is.
I lot of you nerds think Amiga means girlfriend. No, it does not! Amiga in Spanish actually means a female friend! Guess you just got friend zoned.
There's something magic looking into a terminal window, black as the night, with only the blinking cursor to keep you company.
The love for retro computers proves that, while you cannot live in the past, you sure can visit often.
Noob… What a quaint little word. Back in my day we used to call each other "Lamer".
Do you remember when Amiga meant friend? Not me, but I do remember a time when the Amiga brand wasn't fought over by all the vultures.
We need more chiptune stations! This is so that listeners can choose from many different outlets to hear the same 1000 tunes. You know, the good ones.
It's widely believed that SlayRadio has perfected the art of only playing remixes of the same 20 gaming tunes over and over again. "We have a very loyal audience of 3 listeners, and we want to keep it that way".
The little town of Saarbrücken in southern Germany may soon rename itself to "Revison" after the popular demo party. The mayor states that "We have nothing else going on here anyway."
Senior science writer and selfindulgent analyst Theodore Sturgeon has stated that "90% of all demos are crap, but then again, 90% of everything is crap."
Sweden should probably play the Amiga game "Nuclear war" before deciding whether to get their own nuclear arsenal or not.
An official allowance has been issued for studies to make up non-existing study objects for Tracker-related music, due to a lack of real study objects that could be acquired.
The war rages on for which tracker truly is best, Impulse Tracker, or Fasttracker 2? it's Scream Tracker 2, you fools!… Just kidding. We don't know either.
openmpt declares war on renoise, issuing a statement: "we need to react to the increasing tracker heresy and impurity promoted by the channels of renoise".
A recent study shows that tracker literacy in the youth has decreased from 102.6% in the 1990s to -0.054% in the current year.
Study shows listening to tracker music every day may speed up hair loss.
According to Scenesat administrator Ziphoid, they have been unable to recruit any new developers for their site. But as he states, "It doesn't matter as we have lost the source code to it anyway".
Death has been put on trial for killing 93% of all people who have ever lived. A in a statement put forward by his lawyer, Death states that "Cats are nice."
I think "FAFO" is such a mean-spirited thing to say. I rather say "play a game - get a message".
BREAKING: Old scener farts still attempting to reuse stamps to send in remote entries.
Floppy disk prices soar after hipsters claim they sound vintage if you shake them.
Local dad claims he can fix any computer; proceeds to blow into cartridge.
Amiga user insists his 30 year old machine still boots faster than any modern laptop; Experts agree.
Shader developer achieves enlightenment after staring at raymarching bug for 72 hours
Scientists confirm: Sceners can compress universe into 8k, but not their feelings.
After 15 years, ### still song, still people dancing ###.
Scener has apparently found a way to get 257 different values out of a byte.
After a grueling journey, dental implants found. Well done, Kevin!
Government has decided they should own your computer and decide what you can use it for. It's necessary because of the climate.
Protip of the day: If you comment out all your code, you won't get any errors.
100 sceners rushed to hospital with perforated eardrums after unfortunate website typo causes Revision to hold its first ever Screaming Music compo.
C64 coder's revolutionary "9 simultaneous sprites" technique fails to impress other participants in coca cola drinking contest.
Chipmods and YM Rockerz apprehended after fight, belligerents written up on copper list.
Sawtooth diagnosed as insufficiently wavy, was prescribed sinecure.
Bootblock virus eradicates entire cobbler street.
Musician accused of lameness feels invisible - can't be scene.
Photoshop graphician vows to learn pixel art in heartfelt New Year's Low Resolution.
Party invitation deemed too suggestive, censored to avoid risk of invitro fertilization.
PSEnough's popular "Demo scene report" has been picked up for worldwide syndication. It will now be heard in both Portugal and Albania.
The new version of Claude Mythos is believed to soon replace all demo scene productions with better AI slop than ever before.
Reports from many cities in central Europe indicates an invasion of an invasive speecies of Fox Waifus. They raid the chicken coops and steal all the chickens, but they are cute so no one has the heart to stop them.
BASS!
WAS?