From ???@0x00003CF7 Mon Oct 13 14:42:46 1997 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos,alt.sys.amiga.demos,alt.amiga.demos,alt.c64 Path: cnet!news2.EUnet.fr!news0.Belgium.EU.net!EU.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!howland.erols.net!ix.netcom.com!sauber From: sauber@netcom.com (Soren Dossing) Subject: THE PARTY 1997 Message-ID: Keywords: Demo Party Invitation Organization: Netcom On-Line Services Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 18:48:58 GMT Lines: 261 Sender: sauber@netcom12.netcom.com Status: N --------------------------------------- / \ / \ / T H E P A R T Y \ / \ / 1 9 9 7 \ / \ / \ ----------------------------------------------------- \ - B a t t e r i e s n o t i n c l u d e d / \_________________________________________________/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I N V I T A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Introduction] [General Rules] The Party scene is like a WiLD animal - it won't just lay down to * If you want to take part in a rest, and so we're back. This time competition you must be we have put together the demo event present at The Party during of the year packed with many new the presentation and prize features and all the best from past ceremony. years. We have pretty much thought * If too many contributions are of everything for you to have a delivered for a competition a blast, only thing is... competent jury will make a selection. - Batteries not included! * All contributions can only participate in one [Where & When] competition. * We will copy and spread all The Party 1997 will be held in contributions. Messecenter Aars, the place with * All contributions must be the real party atmosphere. The final, no bug-fixes will be Party 1997 will be held from accepted before or after Saturday 27 December at 08:00 CET presentation. to Monday 29 December at 15:00 CET. * Compo-disks will not be returned. [Facilities] * PC hardware configuration: Pentium 166 MHz, 16 MB ram, * Room for max. 3500 people! SVGA by VESA 1.2 Support (VESA * A seperate sleeping area. 2.0 with SDD/UniVbe), * Cafeteria and kiosk will be Soundblaster AWE 32 or Gus open 24h. Max. * Extremely powerful PA * Amiga hardware configuration: equipment and a huge, high Amiga 1200-030 50 MHz/882 50 quality screen. MHz, 8 MB FAST ram & 2 MB CHIP * LaserDisc Room! ram. * Free access to swimming bath & * All entries for Amiga can be showers! compressed with either LZX or * The Party 1997 T-Shirts will LHA. be sold. * All entries for PC can be compressed with either ZIP, [Events] ARJ or RAR. * No self-extracting archives * 55 hours non-stop activities. will be allowed. * 15 main compos with great * No other archive-types will be prizes. allowed. * Traditional party-events like * All filenames must comply to Body-Crashing and DiskOs. ISO-9660 8+3 standard. No * Live concert on stage. funny charaters allowed. * Several conferences. * All contributions must be able * Free Party-Bowling night! to run from HD and CDROM, * Plus much more... except for WiLD! demos. * Contributions with racial [Competitions] content (incl. anti-racial) will not be accepted. Main competitions and prizes: [Please Note] Amiga WiLD! Demo PC Demo Demo * We will not accept anybody 1. $2000 1. $2000 1. $2500 selling anything without our 2. $1000 2. $1000 2. $1250 permission. 3. $500 3. $500 3. $750 * Alcohol and drugs are not 4. $250 4. $250 4. $500 allowed at the party place. If 5. $100 5. $100 5. $250 we find any it will be confiscated and not given back. * Intoxicated people will be Java Demo Win95 Demo thrown out or handed over to the police. 1. $1000 1. $500 * We will not accept weapons, 2. $750 2. $300 spraycans or firework etc. 3. $500 3. $150 * People who cause damages of any kind will of course have to pay for it. Amiga 4 KB * We take no responsibility for Intro PC Intro Intro illegal swapping, software, 1. $500 1. $500 1. $200 hardware, video etc. 2. $300 2. $300 2. $100 * The entrance price is dkk 300. 3. $150 3. $150 3. $50 [Addresses] Pixel Gfx Raytraced Gfx Party Place: 1. $600 1. $400 Messecenter Aars 2. $400 2. $200 Messevej 1 3. $200 3. $100 DK-9600 Aars 4. $100 4. $50 Denmark The Party-Phone: For further information: 4-Ch. Music Multi Ch. (+45) 9862 5859 1. $600 1. $600 2. $400 2. $400 World Wide Web: 3. $200 3. $200 http://www.theparty.dk/ 4. $100 4. $100 E-Mail: theparty@theparty.dk C64 Demo C64 Music C64 Gfx 1. $300 1. $200 1.$200 2. $200 2. $100 2.$100 3. $100 3. $50 3.$50 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- C O M P E T I T I O N R U L E S ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - Competition Rules [Amiga Demo] [PC Demo] [WiLD! Demo] * Take up no * Must be a * In this competition more than 6 standalone there are practically MB on disk in executable no restrictions. uncompressed with or * Allowed audio form. without data connectors: (mini)jack * Max. one demo files. (mono/stereo), scart, per coder. * Use no more phono (mono/stereo). * No more than than 600 KB * Allowed video 10 min. will of connectors: Phono be shown. conventional composite pal, memory. VGA/SVGA 15 pin SUBD * Support (max. 1024 x 768), RGB silent mode 23 pin SUBD (Amiga), (-nosound). scart composite pal, * Take up no SVHS mini din. more than 6 * Note: If your MB on disk in contribution can take uncompressed part in other form. competitions it cannot * Run while take part in WiLD!. HIMEM.SYS is * A complete list of the loaded. hardware & software * Max. used must be screenmode is available. 1024 x 768. * Entries may also be * Change of delivered on VHS, SVHS screenmode or Betacam SP tape. during the * No more than 15 min. demo is not will be shown. recommended. * Max. one demo per coder. * No more than 10 min. will be shown. [Java Demo] [Windows95 Demo] * Will be shown in latest * Must be a standalone Netscape Navigator release executeable with or version (not beta) under without data files. WinNT4.0. * Must be able to run on * Shown on 233MHz Pentium-MMX, 16MB of physical memory 32MB Ram and 20MB of swap space. * Shown from a web server via LAN * Take up no more than 6 * Must me 100% pure java applet, MB on disk in ie. platform independable. uncompressed form. * Max 6MB compiled including all * Will be shown in class and html files, graphics 800x600 in 24 bit. and soundtracks. A zip archive * Max one demo per coder. may be used. * No more than 5 min. * No more than 5 min. will be will be shown. shown. * The demo must use and * Resoution max 640x480. comply to Direct X 3.0 * Source code need not to be * No direct hardware submitted access is allowed, only * May run in Navigator window or through Windows 95 separate window. calls. * Html page in which to run the * This is not an applet must be provided, and animation competition. maxi resolution is 640x480. * Only one demo per coder [Amiga Intro] [PC Intro] [4KB Amiga/PC Intro] * Max. size * Must be a * 4 KB is a joint 40 KB. standalone competition for Amiga * Max. one executable with and PC. The rules are intro per or without data the same as for the coder. files. intro compos, but with * Must be * Use no more a 4 KB filesize limit. right than 600 KB of * No sound allowed. mousebutton conventional exitable. memory. * No more * Exit by than 5 min. pressing will be ESC-key at any shown. time. * Support silent mode (-nosound). * Take up no more than 64 KB on disk in uncompressed form. * Run while HIMEM.SYS is loaded. * Max. one intro per coder. * No more than 5 min. will be shown. [Pixel & Raytrace Graphics] [4ch Music] [Multi Channel] * Max. size is 1 MB. * Max. size * Max. size is * Max. screenmode is 1024 x is 1 MB. 1 MB. 768 pixels. * Must be * Accepted * Max. screendepth is 24 Protracker formats: bitplanes. format. Fast Tracker * Accepted filetypes: IFF, * Will be 2, Impulse TIFF, GIF, PCX, JPEG, played Tracker, TARGA, PNG. with Scream * The pictures will not be Accessible Tracker 3, scaled or converted. Player Octamed. * Max. one picture per (Amiga). * Entries will graphician. * Max. one be played on tune per a Gus Max or musician. Amiga * Max. 5 (Octamed). min. will * Max. one be played. tune per musician. * Max. 5 min. will be played. [C64 demo] [C64 Music] [C64 graphics] * Standard C-64 * Must be * Standard C-64 without executable. without accessories. * Please specify accessories. * Must be if new or old * Must be executable. Sid Chip is executable. * Please specify if used. * No sprites or new or old Sid moving parts. Chip is used. * Max. length 10 min. -----------------------------------------------------------------------