The ReSeT #8 party is closing its doors and the first releases arrived for the Amstrad CPC. So let’s start with the new releases (more to come )…
Mr. Lou released a new music disc “Tracks from the early 90s”, which features very nice tunes and 8bit remixes. You can download it from Pouet.net (don’t forget to vote) or at the end of this news.
To advertise the ReSeT #8 demoparty in Coutances / France, a small music disc was released, which ranked 2nd on last years ReSeT. It was coded by Eliot / Benediction and features 13 tracks by Factor6 / Hooy Program and graphics by Rex / Beng. You can download it from Push’n’Pop or at the end of this news.
Mr.Lou released a new music discs, which contains 11 songs by him. The demo code was written by Kevin Thacker, Graphics by BlueAngel and CAT art by TastefulMrShip. You can download the DSK image from Pouet.net (don’t forget to vote) and at the end of this posting.
The Revision 2012 and the Amstrad CPC was present in some of the competitions and “Benediction and friends” did a great job to promote the CPC. So here are the official results of the Revision 2012 demoparty (I highlighted the CPC related results):
- PC-06: Rev.2 by GRX/PandaCube
- ReText by Brainstorm
- FLP-PordTuo by maq/floppy
- Rite of Ember by Nuance & Hermaniak
- Omnis ars imitatio naturae est by Nuance^eXtrait
- 0x4 by Linus, Zalza & Michu
- Bring me a flower by Numtek & Femke Japing
- Axxelerate by Frequency & Popsy Team
- Blockparty 5 Non-Invitation by SVatG & Desire
- Machine by Ümlaüt Design
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 ):
Top 5 demos of the past year (2011):
- Batman Forever (60 Votes)
- Bloc Us! (43 Votes)
- Still the Best! (21 Votes)
- Les Experts Coutances (16 Votes)
- Baratraz (10 Votes)
Top 5 games of the past year (2011):
- Sub Hunter (45)
- Edge Grinder (38)
- Bubble Bobble 4 CPC (34)
- Hora Bruja (11)
- Uwol 2: Quest for Money (8)
Top 5 demos of the past five years (since January 1st 2007):
- Batman Forever (55)
- From Scratch (49)
- Moody (23)
- Pheelone (22)
- Outdated (12)
Top 5 demos of all time (since 1984):
- Batman Forever (57)
- From Scratch (44)
- Ecole Buissonniere (23)
- DTC (8)
The Demo (8)
S&KOH (8)
Top 5 demogroups:
- Vanity (49)
- Arkos (24)
- Overlanders (33)
- Batman Group (21)
Benediction (21)
Top 5 coders:
- Hicks (39)
- Rhino (32)
- Grim (25)
- Madram (23)
- Targhan (16)
Top 5 musicians:
- Targhan (46)
- Ultrasyd (43)
- Tom&Jerry (27)
- Factor6 (22)
- Shap (14)
Top 5 graphicians:
- Beb (43)
- Barjack (19)
- Supersly (16)
- CeD (14)
Eldrik (14)
Top 5 drinks:
- Water (26)
- Wine (23)
- Tea (18)
- Rum (15)
- Pastis (14)