MindCandy
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The MindCandy DVD
s are video compilations of demoscene
demos
. These DVDs are the result of the DemoDVD Project, a collaboration between several Hornet members.
from the PC
demoscene
, including productions by groups such as Future Crew
, Triton
, Renaissance
, and Farbrausch
. It was released in December, 2002, and its resulting success prompted the decision to develop a second volume featuring Amiga
demos.
The DVD also contains a "featurette", a short introduction film to the demoscene, containing interviews with Jim "Trixter" Leonard, Alex "Statix" Evans and the core members of Future Crew
, as well as video reports from various larger demoparties
, and rare videos from the making of Second Reality
. The discs also feature a tribute video to David "White Shadow" Cooper
, one of the pioneer coders of the PC demoscene.
and NTSC
video format. The PAL edition started shipping in mid December, 2006. The NTSC edition shipped in late December, and the official commercial release was on January 16, 2007. The disc is single-sided, dual-layer, but otherwise is packaged similarly to Volume 1.
PC intro showcase: four 64k intros and one 4k intro
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
s are video compilations of demoscene
Demoscene
The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations that run in real-time on a computer...
demos
Demo (computer programming)
A demo is a non-interactive multimedia presentation made within the computer subculture known as the demoscene. Demogroups create demos to demonstrate their abilities in programming, music, drawing, and 3D modeling...
. These DVDs are the result of the DemoDVD Project, a collaboration between several Hornet members.
Volume 1: PC Demos
The first volume, entitled MindCandy Volume 1: PC Demos is a double-sided compilation of 42 demosDemo (computer programming)
A demo is a non-interactive multimedia presentation made within the computer subculture known as the demoscene. Demogroups create demos to demonstrate their abilities in programming, music, drawing, and 3D modeling...
from the PC
IBM PC compatible
IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. Such computers used to be referred to as PC clones, or IBM clones since they almost exactly duplicated all the significant features of the PC architecture, facilitated by various manufacturers' ability to...
demoscene
Demoscene
The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations that run in real-time on a computer...
, including productions by groups such as Future Crew
Future Crew
Future Crew is a now-defunct Finnish demogroup who created PC demos and software, active mostly between 1992 and 1994.-History:The group was founded in 1986 by PSI as a Commodore 64 group, before moving to the PC demoscene in 1988; other members included, over time, Trug, Wildfire, Pixel, ICE,...
, Triton
Triton (demogroup)
- History :Triton's first demo, Crystal Dream, was released in the summer of 1992 and won the PC demo competition at the Hackerence V demo party. Their second and last demo, Crystal Dream 2, was released June 1993 and won the demo competition at The Computer Crossroads 1993 party in Gothenburg...
, Renaissance
Renaissance (demogroup)
Renaissance was an American PC demo group started in 1991-1992 by founding members Mosaic, C.C. Catch, Daredevil, and Tran.- History and contributions :...
, and Farbrausch
Farbrausch
Farbrausch, or Farb-rausch, is a German group of demomakers who made themselves particularly famous in the demoscene in December 2000 with a 64k intro called "fr-08: .the .product". "Farbrausch" literally translates to "rave of color", "color rush" or "color frenzy" in English...
. It was released in December, 2002, and its resulting success prompted the decision to develop a second volume featuring Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
demos.
The DVD also contains a "featurette", a short introduction film to the demoscene, containing interviews with Jim "Trixter" Leonard, Alex "Statix" Evans and the core members of Future Crew
Future Crew
Future Crew is a now-defunct Finnish demogroup who created PC demos and software, active mostly between 1992 and 1994.-History:The group was founded in 1986 by PSI as a Commodore 64 group, before moving to the PC demoscene in 1988; other members included, over time, Trug, Wildfire, Pixel, ICE,...
, as well as video reports from various larger demoparties
Demoparty
A demoparty is an event that gathers demosceners and other computer enthusiasts to compete in competitions. A typical demoparty is a non-stop event lasting over a weekend, providing the visitors a lot of time to socialize. The competing works, at least those in the most important competitions, are...
, and rare videos from the making of Second Reality
Second Reality
Unreal ][ - The 2nd Reality , is a demo created by Future Crew for the Assembly '93 demoparty. In the PC demo competition, Second Reality placed first with its demonstration of 2D and 3D rendering. The demo was released to the public in October 1993. It is considered to be one of the best demos...
. The discs also feature a tribute video to David "White Shadow" Cooper
David Cooper
David Cooper may refer to:*Dave Cooper , Canadian cartoonist, commercial illustrator and graphic designer*Dave Cooper , 1980s English heavy-metal musician...
, one of the pioneer coders of the PC demoscene.
Saint petition
During the production of the DVD in early 2002, a minor uproar appeared on the demoscene, when various sceners voiced concern about the demo Saint by Halcyon and Da Jormas being left off from the DVD. (Ironically, despite the cult status of the demo, the demo itself was disqualified from Assembly.) A petition was also started to raise the producers' awareness over the demand. The voices were soon heard and the demo was placed on the top of the standby-list.Side one: "transcendental vistas"
- Wonder (Sunflower)
- 604 (AND, Sly, SynSUN)
- Kosmiset Avaruus Sienet (Haujobb)
- Further (Moppi ProductionsMoppi ProductionsMoppi Productions is a Finnish-based demogroup founded in 1996. It is mainly known for their story-based demos and the demo authoring tool Demopaja...
) - Chrome (Damage)
- Volatile (Addict)
- Tesla (Sunflower)
- Broadband (T-Rex)
- Mikrostrange (Haujobb)
- Moral Hard Candy (Blasphemy)
- TE-2RB (TPOLM)
- Le Petit Prince (Kolor)
- Energia (Sunflower)
- Gerbera (Moppi Productions)
- Lapsus (Maturefurk)
- Enlight the Surreal (Noice)
- Experimental (Wipe)
- Live Evil (Mandula)
- The Nonstop Ibiza Experience (Orange)
- Codename Chinadoll (Katastro.fi)
- Art (Haujobb)
- Kasparov (Elitegroup)
Side two: "kickin' it oldskool"
- Second RealitySecond RealityUnreal ][ - The 2nd Reality , is a demo created by Future Crew for the Assembly '93 demoparty. In the PC demo competition, Second Reality placed first with its demonstration of 2D and 3D rendering. The demo was released to the public in October 1993. It is considered to be one of the best demos...
(Future CrewFuture CrewFuture Crew is a now-defunct Finnish demogroup who created PC demos and software, active mostly between 1992 and 1994.-History:The group was founded in 1986 by PSI as a Commodore 64 group, before moving to the PC demoscene in 1988; other members included, over time, Trug, Wildfire, Pixel, ICE,...
) - Megademo (The Space Pigs)
- Cronologia (Cascada)
- UnrealUnreal (demo)Unreal is a demo created by Future Crew in 1992.-System requirements:The demo states that "[it] requires a 386 computer [and] runs perfectly on a 486/33 MHz [PC] with Tseng Labs SuperVGA"...
(Future Crew) - Amnesia (RenaissanceRenaissance (demogroup)Renaissance was an American PC demo group started in 1991-1992 by founding members Mosaic, C.C. Catch, Daredevil, and Tran.- History and contributions :...
) - Panic (Future Crew)
- Crystal Dream 2Crystal Dream 2Crystal Dream 2 is a PC demo by the demogroup Triton. It was released in 1993 at The Computer Crossroads demo party where it ranked 1st.Crystal Dream 2 is often considered one of the most influential classical PC demos, on par with Second Reality, released the same year by Future Crew.-...
(TritonTriton (demogroup)- History :Triton's first demo, Crystal Dream, was released in the summer of 1992 and won the PC demo competition at the Hackerence V demo party. Their second and last demo, Crystal Dream 2, was released June 1993 and won the demo competition at The Computer Crossroads 1993 party in Gothenburg...
) - Show (Majic 12)
- Verses (Electromotive Force)
- Dope (Complex)
- X14 (Orange)
- Stars: Wonders of the World (Nooon)
- Reve (Pulse)
- Paimen (COMAKoomaThe Kooma are an Indigenous Australian tribe living in the border region of Queensland and New South Wales. Category:Aboriginal tribes of New South Wales...
) - Inside (CNCD)
- Megablast (Orange)
- 303 (Acme)
- Saint (Halcyon & Da Jormas)
- Square (Pulse)
- Riprap (Exceed)
Volume 2: Amiga Demos
The second volume of the DVD series was completed, after numerous delays, in December 2006. The production crew visited Breakpoint 2003 to film interviews and demoparty footage. A limited edition preview disc was distributed at Assembly 2005 and offered for download thereafter. Volume 2 was made available in both PALPAL
PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system...
and NTSC
NTSC
NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
video format. The PAL edition started shipping in mid December, 2006. The NTSC edition shipped in late December, and the official commercial release was on January 16, 2007. The disc is single-sided, dual-layer, but otherwise is packaged similarly to Volume 1.
Included demos
- Megademo (Red Sector Inc.Tristar and Red Sector IncorporatedTristar & Red Sector Incorporated is a computer scene and underground formation which derives from the longest-running in scene history, getting started in 1990.RSI existed from 1985, before being joined by the "T" later on....
) - Mental Hangover (Scoopex)
- Enigma (Phenomena)
- Voyage (Razor 1911Razor 1911Razor 1911 is a warez and demo group.-History:The group was originally founded as Razor 2992 by Doctor No, Insane TTM and Sector9 in Norway in October 1985 as a Commodore 64 software cracking group...
) - Hardwired (Silents & Crionics)
- Human Target (Melon DezignMelon DezignMelon Dezign was an Amiga demo group founded in Denmark on October 21, 1991 by Seen and Paleface . Originally, they were a subgroup of Crystal, where they at first exclusively created intros for cracked games...
) - World of Commodore (SanitySanity (demogroup)Sanity was an all-German demo group, formed in March 1990 by Panther and Hawk. The group quickly took in Vindicator and Cruiser as well. Their first production was the musicdisk Best Game Music Monthly #1, which announced the birth of the group.-History:After forming Sanity in 1990, German...
) - State of the Art (SpaceballsSpaceballs (demogroup)Spaceballs is an Amiga demo group from Norway, originally based around the city of Halden. It was formed in 1987, but did not make its first release until 1989.The group has released many demos, including State of the Art and Nine Fingers...
) - Desert Dream (Kefrens)
- Groovy (Lemon)
- 242 (Virtual Dreams (of FairlightFairlight (group)Fairlight is a warez and demo group initially involved in the Commodore demoscene, and in cracking to illegally release games for free, since 1987. In addition to the C64, Fairlight has also migrated towards the Amiga, Super Nintendo and later the PC...
)) - 9 FingersNine Fingers9 Fingers is an Amiga demo by Spaceballs, which came in fourth in The Party 1993 demo competition. In many ways, it is a successor to State of the Art, sporting the same kind of vector graphics...
(Spaceballs) - Arte (Sanity)
- Friday At Eight (Polka Brothers)
- Love (Virtual Dreams (of Fairlight))
- Nexus 7 (Andromeda)
- Deep - The Psilocybin Mix (CNCD & Parallax)
- Closer (CNCD)
- Tint (The Black Lotus)
- Sumea (Virtual Dreams (of Fairlight))
- Captured Dreams (The Black Lotus)
- Killer (CNCD)
- Relic (Nerve Axis)
- Smokebomb (Ozone)
- Klone (Dual Crew - Shining)
- Concrete (Ephidrena)
- Perfect Circle (The Black Lotus)
- Lapsuus (Maturefurk)
- Fate Fits Karma (Madwizards)
- Silkcut (The Black Lotus)
Included demos
- The Popular Demo (FarbrauschFarbrauschFarbrausch, or Farb-rausch, is a German group of demomakers who made themselves particularly famous in the demoscene in December 2000 with a 64k intro called "fr-08: .the .product". "Farbrausch" literally translates to "rave of color", "color rush" or "color frenzy" in English...
) - Stargazer (Orb & Andromeda)
- 1995 (KewlersKeWlerskeWlers was a Finnish-based demogroup, formed in the early 1990s, originally called Mewlers. The group disbanded in 2006 directly after the release of their final demo, 1995...
& mfxMfxMfx is a Finnish demogroup. They were closely tied with Kewlers and shared members with this group; after Kewlers' farewell to the scene a lot of Kewlers members stayed active in mfx...
) - Wir Sind Einstein (United Force & Digital Dynamite)
- Iconoclast (Andromeda Software DevelopmentAndromeda Software DevelopmentAndromeda Software Development is a Greek demogroup that was formed in 1992. They produced a number of small intros and demos in the mid 1990s for the PC, most notably CounterFactual and Beyond...
) - Masagin (Farbrausch & Neuro)
- Ix (Moppi Productions)
- Track One (Fairlight)
- Lifeforce (Andromeda Software Development)
- Final Audition (Plastic)
- Size Antimatters (Andromeda Software Development)
- Electric Kool-Aid (Synesthetics)
- Theta (Farbrausch)
- Deities (mfx)
- Passing (Still)
- Only One Wish (Fairlight & The Black Lotus)
- Bombman (Matt Current)
- Nazca (Cocoon)
- You Should (Haujobb)
- We Cell (Kewlers)
- Faded Memories (Farbrausch)
- Instant Zen (Synesthetics)
- Onwards (Traction)
- Metamorphosis / Midnight Run (Andromeda Software Development)
- Route 1066 (UKScene Allstars)
- Agenda Circling Forth (CNCD & Fairlight)
- Aether (mfx)
- Ferner (Still)
- The Beauty (Einklang.net)
- Inflorescence (mfx)
- Vokawardoai (Satori)
- Chromosphere (SQNY)
- Debris (Farbrausch)
- Rupture (Andromeda Software Development)
- Frameranger (CNCD, Fairlight, Orange)
- Shad 3 (Cocoon)
- Into The Pink (Plastic)
- Happiness Is Around The Bend (Andromeda Software Development)
- Rove (Farbrausch)
PC intro showcase: four 64k intros and one 4k intro
- Frameskool (Equinox)
- Heaven 7 (Exceed)
- Chaos Theory (Conspiracy)
- Panic Room (Fairlight)
- Elevated (RGBA & TBC)