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• cdcs:
• cdc #1: my bird-cage by jamm
• cdc #2: Caero by Plant & Electromotive Force [web]
• cdc #3: { by Downtown [web]
• cdc #4: Hätä by Da Jormas [web]
• cdc #5: hello:FRIEND by Fairlight [web]
• cdc #6: collektikum by Calodox
• cdc #7: Markov Chant by Limp Ninja [web]

• 64k MS-Dos ekg by Replay & Tristar & Red Sector Inc. [web]
• Replay and large letter spacings.
• rulezadded on the 2015-04-25 11:04:33
• demo SEGA Master System Lambo by Genesis Project [web]
• Oh damn I just noticed this is wasn't even Megadrive but MS :D, sweet job! Placed too low.
• isokadded on the 2015-04-23 19:58:55
• demo MS-Dos Caero by Plant & Electromotive Force [web]
• Though many 3D rendered demos got outdated fairly quickly due to the rapid increase of hardware power during the 90s, Caero indeed is one of the special ones that managed to retain its beauty. Partially of course that is also due to the beautiful 2D effect work and graphics, but nevertheless.
  
  The 3D hits the sweet spot of the era; not too many textures, perfect muted color palettes, just enough polygons, no too complex models. There is enough details right where it needs to be, and not too much anywhere else. Even the texture mapping which lacks perspective correction gives an amazing disoriented feeling to some of the camera spins. The cameras and overall direction give quite a similar to certain video tapes put out for an example by Warp Records in the early-mid 90s. Everything within each scene just melds together beautifully.
  
  The theme of the demo is obvious. It's about evolution. We depart from precambrian oceans with a quick gander to the first cell divisions and finally arrive to the first bacteria and other simple organisms. With a swift transition we skip the cambrian explosion, now fish inhabit the oceans. This is probably the only weaker part of the demo for me, since the soundtrack doesn't feel quite so coherent here. A brief look into early life above water is also seen.
  
  I'm not sure if these evolutionary events are taking place on earth though. The whole demo has a very eery otherworldly feeling, largely set by the supreme music by Dune. The scene with the butterflies is perhaps my favorite in the entire demo. I love the grey murky sky that encapsulates the world. It's barren yet feels so alive, perfectly supported by the somber chords of the soundtrack. Then there is of course the the part with the pillars and the lights flying about, which further implies the mystique around this realm.
  
  The end implies the evolution of a human-like creature, featuring probably my all time favorite pixel art piece. The demo ends with all of the earlier lifeforms passing through a portal of some sorts, read into it how you like. Perhaps a metaphor about the balance of nature. This is not a perfect demo, hardly any demo is, but it's so much more than the sum of its parts it might as well be, and deserves and eternal coup de cœur from me.
• isokadded on the 2015-04-23 15:57:02
• demo SEGA Master System Lambo by Genesis Project [web]
• Good consistent design is always worth a thumb. Nice chiptune too, definitely above average, no fancy sound design tricks but solid songwriting.
• rulezadded on the 2015-04-22 19:49:49
• demo Windows Engine by Epoch [web]
• There must be a problem at your end. Untergrund seems to be up and the link points to an existing file.
• isokadded on the 2015-04-21 10:09:24
• demo Wild Craft by lft [web]
• Anyone who considers making yet another microchip-led-electronics-esotericism demo needs take a look here on how to present that shit.
• rulezadded on the 2015-04-20 23:22:24
• wild Wild pc-10: Panda³ by Panda Cube [web]
• Too gimmicky
• sucksadded on the 2015-04-20 13:47:07
• wild Animation/Video Super Hard Nut Bust by Jumalauta [web]
• :/
• sucksadded on the 2015-04-17 16:42:48
• 64k MS-Dos/gus amigold by Orange Juice [web] & Blabla [web]
• Pretty mediocre, but definitely not bad.
• isokadded on the 2015-04-15 13:40:40
• 128b Atari VCS transmat by Tschak
• Whoa
• rulezadded on the 2015-04-14 18:06:39