XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX X X X XUX X X X X X XXX XXXX XX X X XXSXX X X X X X XX XX X XXX XXXX XX X XXX X X XX XX XXX XXXX XX X X XXXXX XXX X X XXX XXX XXXX XXXX XX X X XXX XXX X X X XX XXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX X X X XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX X X X X X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX X X X XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXX X X XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX X X X XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX INTRODUCTION Welcome to a brand new party, THE SUMMER PARTY 1996. Though this party is new, it's still an event you don't wanna miss. The Summer Party 1996 combines the big events of The Party 1995 and the relaxed compact atmosphere of the good old parties. WHERE AND WHEN The summer party 1996 will be held in the center of Aalborg, the biggest city in the northern part of Denmark, where you walk to the nearest McDonald, Burger King and shopping center in under 5 minutes. The party place is located right beside the railway-station and the bus-station. If you travel by car, there is a big parking place and if you want to unwind you can dase in the sun in the park right beside the party place. The Summer party begins the 12th of juli at 08:00 and ends the 14th of juli at 15:00, but if you want to spend some extra time with your friends feel free to arrive the night before. FACILITIES Room for more than 3000 guests. Free private showers. Free parking. Demo, wild, intro, music, graphics, games and surprise competitions. Computer exhibition, with local and international computercompanies. Concerts. Network, where demos etc. will be available right after the competitions. Internet access featuring irc, ftp & www. Laserdisc & surround movie-demo room. 10 x 8 meter big screen, using the newest projector available. Powerfull sound equipment, that will blow your brain out. TV monitors, so you can follow the events all over the party place. Conferences. Quiet sleeping space, no more techno :-) EVENTS More than 50 hours non-stop activities. 11 main compos. Computergame competitions. Bodycrashing, DiskOS, HarddiskOS. Netsufring compo. Live concerts on stage. Magic Card tournament. Conferences with Escom about the Amiga, software houses, etc. ENTRANCE FEE Due to a few more sponsors we are able to lower the entrance fee to DKK 175,- if you pay when you arrive. But if you buy your tickets in advance either directly from The Party or, if you are living in Denmark, at the local postoffice through billetnet, the price will be DKK 150,- Due to overbooking of tables and seats there will be a reservation fee of DKK 15,- pr. seat at the entrance, but if you pay in advance directly to The Party, then the fee will only be DKK 10,- Please note that all seat reservations will only be valid until 14.00 on the 12th of july. Do also note that if you pay in advance, you will be able to walk straight into the party place without waiting at the registration line. PLEASE NOTE We will not accept anybody selling food, disks, services etc. without our permission. Alcohol and drugs are not allowed inside the partyplace. If found, it will be confiscated and NOT given back. Intoxicated people will be thrown out or handed over to the police. This goes for both alcohol as well as drugs. We will not accept any racist signs or acting, weapons, spraycans or firework etc. People who cause damages of any kind will ofcourse have to pay for it. We take no responsibility for illegal swapping, or sale of software, hardware, video etc. We have made an agreement with the danish anti-priacy organization that they will not bust the party, but instead host a conference on software piracy. All demo's etc. from The Party since 1992 are available at our web site and at The Summer Party 1996, both on the net and a few hours after the last deadline on CD which will also include the demo's etc. from The Summer Party 1996. As a lot of people thinks The Party is a profit party, we have decided to make the economy of The Party public and all of it will be available on the web-pages a few days after The Summer Party 1996 has ended. COMPETITIONS Theese are the main competitions and prizes: PC Demo Amiga Demo Wild Demo 1. $3000 1. $3000 1. $3000 2. $1500 2. $1500 2. $1500 3. $750 3. $750 3. $750 PC 64K Amiga 40K Multichannel 1. $600 1. $600 1. $600 2. $300 2. $300 2. $300 3. $100 3. $100 3. $100 PC 4K Amiga 4K 4 channel 1. $600 1. $600 1. $600 2. $300 2. $300 2. $300 3. $100 3. $100 3. $100 Pixel Gfx Traced Gfx 1. $600 1. $600 2. $300 2. $300 3. $100 3. $100 GENERAL RULES All contributions must be delivered at The Information before deadline. Bugfixes, problems with bad disk, etc. may be solved after deadline, as long as the contribution has not been changed in any way. The deadlines are final and will not be moved. If you want to take part in a competition you must be present at The Party. If too many contributions are delivered for a competition a competent jury, selected among the guests will make a selection. All contributions can only participate in one competition. All contributions must be free to spread. PC DEMO ------- Hardware configuration: Must run on a 486 DX2/66 MHz with 8 Mb ram. Will be shown on a Pentium 100 MHz with 16 Mb ram. SVGA by VESA 2.0 Support. Soundblaster16 or Gus Max. Software configuration: The demo must: Be a standalone executeable with or without data files. Use no more than 600K of conventional memory. Exit by pressing ESC-key at any time. Run from harddisk and CD-rom. Support silent mode (-nosound). Have a running length of no more than 10 minutes. Take up no more than 15 Mb on disk. run while himem.sys & emm386.exe is loaded. AMIGA DEMO ---------- Hardware configuration: Amiga 1200 68030 / 50 MHz with 4 Mb fast memory or an Amiga 4000 68040 / 25 MHz with 8 Mb fast memory. Screenmode in either PAL or VGA Multiscan. Software configuration: The demo must: Be a standalone executeable with or without data files. Exit by pressing right mouse button at any time. Run from harddisk, floppydisk is optionally. Have a running length of no more than 10 minutes. Take up no more than 15 Mb on disk. And should be system-friendly. WiLD DEMO --------- Hardware configuration: Must run on a computer. Acceptable Audio connectors are: Phono, (mini)Jack (mono/stereo), Scart. Acceptable Video connectors are: Scart (video or RGB), Phono (video), SVHS (mini-din), SUBD 15 pin (SVGA), SUBD 23 pin (Amiga). Software configuration: The demo must: Have a running length of no more than 15 minutes. Not be able to compete in any other competitions. PC 64K INTRO ------------ Hardware configuration: Must run on a 486 DX2/66 MHz. Will be shown on a Pentium 100 MHz with 16 Mb Ram. SVGA by VESA 2.0 Support. Soundblaster16 or Gus Max. Software configuration: The demo must: Be a standalone executeable with or without data files. Use no more than 600K of conventional memory. Exit by pressing ESC-key at any time. Run from harddisk and CD-rom. Support silent mode (-nosound). Have a running length of no more than 10 minutes. Take up no more than 65536 bytes on disk. run while himem.sys & emm386.exe is loaded. PC 4K INTRO ----------- Hardware configuration: Must run on a 486 DX2/66 MHz. Will be shown on a Pentium 100 MHz with 16 Mb Ram. SVGA by VESA 2.0 Support. Soundblaster16 or Gus Max. Software configuration: The demo must: Be a standalone executeable with or without data files. Use no more than 600K of conventional memory. Exit by pressing ESC-key at any time. Run from harddisk and CD-rom. Support silent mode (-nosound). Have a running length of no more than 10 minutes. Take up no more than 4096 bytes on disk. run while himem.sys & emm386.exe is loaded. AMIGA 40K INTRO --------------- Hardware configuration: Amiga 1200 68030 / 50 MHz with 4 Mb fast memory or an Amiga 4000 68040 / 25 MHz with 8 Mb fast memory. Screenmode in either PAL or VGA Multiscan. Software configuration: The demo must: Be a standalone executeable with or without data files. Exit by pressing right mouse button at any time. Run from harddisk, floppydisk is optionally. Have a running length of no more than 10 minutes. Take up no more than 40960 bytes on disk. And should be system-friendly. AMIGA 4K INTRO -------------- Hardware configuration: Amiga 1200 68030 / 50 MHz with 4 Mb fast memory or an Amiga 4000 68040 / 25 MHz with 8 Mb fast memory. Screenmode in either PAL or VGA Multiscan. Software configuration: The demo must: Be a standalone executeable with or without data files. Exit by pressing right mouse button at any time. Run from harddisk, floppydisk is optionally. Have a running length of no more than 10 minutes. Take up no more than 4096 bytes on disk. And should be system-friendly. 4 CHANNEL MUSIC --------------- No more than 5 minutes will be played. Max. 4 channels. Only 8 bit samples may be used. Maximum module size is 1024 kbytes. Only the ProTracker MOD format is allowed. Entries will be played on an Amiga 4000 using Accessible player. A jury consisting of 5 guests will select 25-30 modules which will compete. MULTICHANNEL MUSIC ------------------ No more than 5 minutes will be played. Max. 32 channels. Maximum module size is 1024 kbytes. Formats allowed are: MOD, S3M, XM & MTM. Entries will be played on a GUS MAX using Cubic-Player. A jury consisting of 5 guests will select 25-30 modules which will compete. PIXEL GRAPHICS -------------- The image will be shown for 20 seconds. Only TIFF, GIF, JPG and IFF formats allowed. Max. 24 bit color depth (16.7M colors). Max. resolution 1024 x 768, no colorcycling effects allowed. No signature on compo picture but a second picture with signature may be included for spreading. PIXEL GRAPHICS -------------- The image will be shown for 20 seconds. Only TIFF, GIF, JPG and IFF formats allowed. Max. 24 bit color depth (16.7M colors). Max. resolution 1024 x 768, no colorcycling effects allowed. No signature on compo picture but a second picture with signature may be included for spreading. HOW TO GET THERE By car from Norway/Sweden: Use the ferry to Frederikshavn, and follow the southbound road towards Aalborg and the E45 road. After driving through the tunnel, take the first exit and follow The Party signs. By car from Germany: Follow the E45 northbound, take the exit at Aalborg S and follow The Party signs. By Train: Order a ticket to Aalborg, when you get of the train at the railway-station, follow the tunnel under the tracks away from the railway-station and you're there. By Airplane: Go by airplane to Aalborg airport, you might have to change airplane in Copenhagen. When in Aalborg just get on the airport bus and ask for Aalborg kongres og kultur center (in english: Aalborg congress and culture center). ADDRESSES Party place: Aalborg kongres og kulturcenter Europaplads DK-9000 Aalborg phone: +45 99 35 55 55 The summer party 1996: The Party Postbox 755 DK-9100 Aalborg Denmark Phone: +45 70 2000 96 Fax: +45 98 15 44 57 On the net: WWW: http://www.theparty.dk <- available from 5th of may. E-Mail: theparty@vip.cybercity.dk Fidonet: theparty 2:238/67.1 ----------------------------------------- REGISTRATION FORM - THE SUMMER PARTY 1996 ----------------------------------------- Name......: Handle....: Group.....: Address...: Zip.......: City......: Persons...: Computers.: Pc's: Amiga's: Other: Reserve tables.....: Yes / No Where in the hall..: To sign up, fill out this slip and mail it to The Party. If you want to save some money on the entrance, then pay in advance. Note: only danish currency is accepted. 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