Almathera's Euroscene CDROMs


This is one of those love-hate CD concepts. If you're into the grass-roots 'Scene, you'll probably love the way these discs have been put together and the fact that you'll free up several hundred disks from your box overnight, if you don't see the point of demos, c'est la vie, just thump the homepage link ;-) Just remember that you're missing out on a unique multimedia artform that actually belongs in the 21st century and is lightyears ahead of anything else. A CD-ROM drive and speakers in a PC do not an artistic medium make. Go figure.

Okay, the CDs. The original EuroScene 1 went back into the archives of demo history, covering all the important and infulential productions between 1988 thru to 1994 (when the CD was published) - and covered releases went as far as The Gathering '94. Much of 'Scene 1 was drawn direct from the FUNET archives, as a lot of the sorting and organisation had already been done by the Amiga administrators on the site.

EuroScene 2 carried straight on. The Party '94, Assembly, Somewhere In Holland, GASP, Remedy, some more of the classics that we didn't manage to get hold of for EuroScene 1, all organised in the same style as the first CD. And it's the layout that's the critical point.

All releases are sorted by either demo-group, graphician or musician, as well as having a second copy in the in the relevant release event drawer if the files were entered in a competition or first spread at a major event. So, you can find all the graphics from a party in one place, all the featured modules by a muso in one place, the demos from your group, issues of a particular diskmag in one place... you get the idea.

Apart from a few selected highlights on each CD, all the files are archived for BBS use. This is because:

Neither of the EuroScene discs are bootable, so CDTV and CD32 systems will need an external Workbench system to boot with.

If you've (or your group has) got over a meg-and-a-half on either CD, you automatically qualify for a free copy of the respective disc! (3 megs = 2 CDs, &tc) Just mail the EuroScene project at thp@cix.compulink.co.uk (does that address seem familliar?) with your details and we'll get 'da stuff' on the way.