Hugi #37 discmag

 Amstrad CPC, Demo  2 Responses »
Apr 022012
 

The Hugi discmag issue number 37 was released. As always, it features a lot of english articles about the demoscene and like in Hugi #36, Optimus also wrote a nice article about the CPC scene in the years 2010 and 2011. You can download it from the Hugi discmag page.

UPDATE: It also contains the meeting report of the Revision 2011 demoscene party by Beb / Vanity.

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FOReVER XIII meeting report

 Amstrad CPC, Meeting  No Responses »
Mar 262012
 

Pulkomandy wrote a meeting report for the FOReVER XIII party, which was held from 16th-18th March 2012 in Horna Suca. On the FOReVER XIII party, the demo Wolfenstrad, which was presented in one of the previous news postings, was released and also the music CPC in Wonderland by Electro participated in a competition and ranked 3rd, too.

You can read the full meeting report and see images of the party at Push’N’Pop.

Wolfenstrad demo

 Amstrad CPC, Demo  3 Responses »
Mar 182012
 

Optimus of Dirty Minds released the final version of his Wolfenstrad demo (graphics by Voxfreax and music by Sice). It features a raycasting engine like in the good old id Software ego shooter. You can also move manually in the labyrinth. Wolfenstrad was developed in a mix of SDCC C code and Z80 assembly. Be sure to download it and vote for it on Pouet.net.

You can download it from its Pouet page and at the end of this news.

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ReSeT #8 Amstrad CPC demoparty

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Feb 072012
 

This year another ReSeT demoparty, which is a great success since 2000 (name was Amstrad Expo back then), will take place in Coutances, located in northwest France from Friday 22nd (10:00) to Sunday 24th of June 2012 (18:00). Like every year, the party is organised by Eliot / Benediction The party is opened to all computer enthusiast and for everyone who is intersted in coding, electronics, graphics, music, etc.. Be sure to participate if you can and register here.

Features

  • Big screen
  • Competitions to show up your creativity on Amstrad
  • Some other platforms will be present (Atari ST, Atari XL, C64, ZX Spectrum)
  • Food and Drinks included
  • Showers and Bedrooms
  • Lot of fun!

Competitions

  • Demo: No size limit. The entry must be runnable on CPC 6128 or 6128 Plus, without any extension.
  • Intro (256b, 1k, 4k): Maximum size is 256, 1024 or 4096 bytes. The entry must be runnable on CPC 6128 or 6128 Plus, without any extension.
  • Graphics: All formats / modes are allowed. The entry must be submitted with its viewer program runnable on CPC or Plus.
  • Music: No size limit. The entry must be submitted with its player. The music may not loop and has to end with silence.
  • Remote entries: Allowed for every competitions. Mail us your entry before Saturday 23rd of June.

Push’n’Pop charts 2011

 Amstrad CPC, Demo  1 Response »
Jan 302012
 

Push’n’Pop, the Amstrad CPC scene page, asked their members for a vote to create charts of the best productions, etc. for the last year. And here are the results (as you can see, mostly french sceners voted – water and wine are on top in the ‘top drinks’ list Zwinkerndes Smiley):

Top 5 demos of the past year (2011):

  1. Batman Forever (60 Votes)
  2. Bloc Us! (43 Votes)
  3. Still the Best! (21 Votes)
  4. Les Experts Coutances (16 Votes)
  5. Baratraz (10 Votes)

Top 5 games of the past year (2011):

  1. Sub Hunter (45)
  2. Edge Grinder (38)
  3. Bubble Bobble 4 CPC (34)
  4. Hora Bruja (11)
  5. Uwol 2: Quest for Money (8)

Top 5 demos of the past five years (since January 1st 2007):

  1. Batman Forever (55)
  2. From Scratch (49)
  3. Moody (23)
  4. Pheelone (22)
  5. Outdated (12)

Top 5 demos of all time (since 1984):

  1. Batman Forever (57)
  2. From Scratch (44)
  3. Ecole Buissonniere (23)
  4. DTC (8)
    The Demo (8)
    S&KOH (8)

Top 5 demogroups:

  1. Vanity (49)
  2. Arkos (24)
  3. Overlanders (33)
  4. Batman Group (21)
    Benediction (21)

Top 5 coders:

  1. Hicks (39)
  2. Rhino (32)
  3. Grim (25)
  4. Madram (23)
  5. Targhan (16)

Top 5 musicians:

  1. Targhan (46)
  2. Ultrasyd (43)
  3. Tom&Jerry (27)
  4. Factor6 (22)
  5. Shap (14)

Top 5 graphicians:

  1. Beb (43)
  2. Barjack (19)
  3. Supersly (16)
  4. CeD (14)
    Eldrik (14)

Top 5 drinks:

  1. Water (26)
  2. Wine (23)
  3. Tea (18)
  4. Rum (15)
  5. Pastis (14)
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