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Archive Size : 4887M
Hornet Underground Volume 2 - 07 Jul 1997 DemoNews Subscribers : 2531
>------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents --
General Information
Articles
Foreword ...................................... Phoenix
Closing
>------------------------------------------------------- General Information --
:: Snowman / Hornet - r3cgm@hornet.org
_____So What's A Demo?
For someone not in the PC demo "scene", the productions on this disc might
seem a bit confusing. How do I make my system work with demos? Why
don't they run with my Sound Blaster? Why don't they run under Windows?
Included in the root directory of this CDROM is a file called demos.faq.
This FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) will answer many or all of your
questions.
If you have trouble with this CD, first look at the FAQ!
_____Types of Files
Demos : Demos are full sized productions, containing graphics and a full
soundtrack. They typically range from 500k to 4meg in size. Modern
demos are often released only at parties.
64k Intros : These productions are smaller versions of demos. They
still contain music and graphics even though they are only 64k in size!
They are one of the more popular forms of demos today.
4k Intros : These productions are the smallest of all. 4k intros are
can be, at maximum size, 4096 bytes. In general, 4k intros have no
music or graphics, only code-based effects. Modern 4k intros are
actually starting to incorporate music!
_____Ratings
Productions uploaded to the Hornet Archive are usually rated. We do
this so that people who don't have infinite time can easily see what the
best uploads of the week were.
Ratings vary from "+" (0.5 stars) to "*****" (5.0 stars). The more
stars, the better the production. Files rated "[n/a]" mean that we
couldn't get the demo to run (locked up or crashed the system). Files
rated "[rip]" mean that material from the production was stolen from
someone else or blatantly miscredited. A rating of "[rip]" is a very
bad thing to get.
_____Putting it Together
Each directory on this CD has a file called 00_index.txt that describes
the contents of the current directory. Here is an explanation of the
fields.
Name Date Description
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dawn.zip 63739 01-29-96 ***+ JUH96A:in64:01: Dawn by Jamm
demulamu.zip 37877 02-03-96 * JUH96A:in64:XX: Demu Lamu by PWP
detached.zip 46812 04-17-96 **+ Detached by Sector 5
distant.zip 4960 02-26-96 **** Distant by Remal
ditch.zip 1035619 04-08-96 *** X96:demo:02: Ditch by Spirit
dive_fin.zip 612098 01-10-96 *** TP95:demo:16: Dive (final) by Xevius
dragon.zip 1238601 01-16-96 **** Dragon by Khyron,GooRoo / KFMF and
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Size Rating
Take the description for dawn.zip (as an example):
JUH96A:in64:01: Dawn by Jamm
In this case, the demo is called "Dawn" by "Jamm". It competed at Juhla
1996 (JUH96A) in the 64k Intro Compo (in64) and placed first (01).
A complete list of "party markers" (like "JUH96A") can be found at:
http://www.hornet.org/party
_____Conclusion
If you have trouble with this CD, first look at the FAQ!
>------------------------------------------------------------------ Articles --
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:: "Foreword"
:: Phoenix / Hornet - phoenix@hornet.org
You are now in possession of the second volume of the Hornet Underground
demo CD-ROM. It's hard to believe that, in the course of just one year, we
have managed to fill another 650 megabyte disc with hundreds of times the
amount of realtime PC art than any "eye candy" web site may have, but we have
only the restless demo scene to thank for it.
There are hundreds of demo groups out there, which release anywhere from one
production per year to an intro, demo, or musicdisk every month. It's this
quantity of output that has created the most powerful element of the demo
scene, competition.
Groups acquire members like the major league, and leaders create new ideas
with every release to make it to the top of the disk-magazine charts, while
the rest try to match them. The growth of the scene has spread across the
world, possibly being the most "international" hobby out there. Demo
"parties" have popped up all across Europe, North America, Australia, and
even the Middle East, Asia, and South America, where cheap computer hardware
now matches the standards set by the PC scene years ago and are still
followed.
Yet, with major demo competitions and parties attracting thousands of sceners
per year, how does the demo scene remain "underground"? With such programs
as "Amp" on MTV displaying demo-like animations and demo-like electronic
music, even in America, one would expect the late-90s mainstream youth
culture to be screaming for something like the demo scene. But, for the most
part, this scene knows better than to "sell out".
An overwhelming majority of PC demos are still made for MS-DOS, a concept
which has made even my own college friends laugh a little, until they see
the demos themselves. Perhaps the mainstream also desires buzzwords such as
"multimedia", "graphics engine", and "interactive" which the demo scene
cares little for. One cannot appreciate what they do not wish to
understand, and thus, those who do not discover demos on their own and spend
a long time working their way into the scene are not drawn into what we can
still call "underground".
The PC demo scene has come a long way since it was started in late 1990/
early '91. Before the buzzwords, there were bulletin boards. Before the 3d
engines, there were scrollers. In 1992, one would cower at the thought of a
music module larger than 500kb. But the people in the scene have remained
the same. They have always talked to each other across countries, swapped
and hurriedly coded/composed entries for parties, and gotten satisfaction out
of squeezing 10 more polygons into a routine than their friends. Computers
may come and go, but the spirit a computer demo scene creates never dies.
Just ask any C64/Amiga scener for yourself.
And now, we invite you to explore the results for yourselves. Just remember,
what you're watching is not made at an expensive design studio by a team of
professional graphics designers. While you watch, imagine for yourself a
small group of youths with a case of Coke, a P100 and some music blasting
getting the routines debugged on one late night. If these are then the
people who do make it to the professional graphics studios, the future looks
brighter than the flashes on your screen.
- Andy Voss, aka 'Phoenix'
Hornet demo archive maintainer, musician, and proud scener since 1992.
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_____The Hornet Archive (mirror sites)
North America
USA (California) (ftp|www).hornet.org/pub/demos (Master site)
USA (Wisconsin) ftp.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/demos
USA (Pennsylvania) ftp.co.iup.edu/code (/code only)
Europe
Germany ftp.uni-paderborn.de/pc-demos
Italy ftp.unina.it/pub/demo (stale)
Poland ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/demos
Portugal ftp.telepac.pt/pub/demos
Sweden ftp.luth.se/pub/msdos/demos (stale)
_____DemoNews
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_____Contact Address
questions@hornet.org
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