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Transmission64 2025: Results and releases!

01 Dec 2025

Transmission64 2025 is over! The online C64 demo party that took place on November 29th 2029 featured interview (Mason of the Transfer Team and Gideon Zweijtzer), music acts (Zyron with Paramiamix and Goto80 with A/V TXT) plus many quality entries in 7 competitions.

Transmission on Demozoo / scene.org / CSDb

Video captures of the whole event including all compos and specials are to appear on YouTube.

Transmission64 2025: Entry submission now open

19 Nov 2025

Transmission64 has launched the 2025 party system at https://t64.to/register. They can't wait to see your contributions starting to appear! The categories are Demo, 4k, Graphics, Screen Fader, BASIC oneline, PETSCII and Music (all C64, obviously). Submission deadline is Nov 28th, 2025 at 16:00 CET.

Transmission64 2025 starts on Nov 29th, 2025 at 16:00 CET. Rules, timetable and more information can be found at: https://transmission64.com/

How to extract PS2 cracktros

31 Jul 2025

Our friend and resident Playstation expert ps1ch has made a very handy guide right here on Demozoo on how to extract and preserve ps2 cracktros. Hopefully it'll help more people grow skills in these areas, and we can have more classic cracktro history preserved.

Thank you, ps1ch!

https://demozoo.org/pages/preserving-ps2/

Entry submission now open for Assembly 2025

30 Jul 2025

The following competitions are NOW open for you to remotely submit your entry:

  • Realtime: 1k Intro, 4k intro, Beginner Demo, Fantasy console, Oldskool Demo, Demo
  • Music: Tracked music
  • Wild: Short film, Real Wild

Check out also https://scene.assembly.org for voting (with entry ticket) and entry submission.

Meteoriks award winners announced

18 Apr 2025

The final results of the 2025 Meteoriks have been presented on stage at Revision.

The Meteoriks Award 2025 for NEW TALENT
goes to ciosai_tw for bruh i ain't naming things
with an Honorable Mention of steffest for Ordo

The Meteoriks Award 2025 for OUTSTANDING CONCEPT
goes to A Statement On The Platform Wars by Moonbase Allstars

The Meteoriks Award 2025 for BEST EXECUTABLE GRAPHICS
goes to Chromatic North by epoqe

The Meteoriks Award 2025 for BEST OLDSCHOOL PRODUCTION
goes to 13:37 by Fairlight

The Meteoriks Award 2025 for BEST MIDSCHOOL PRODUCTION
goes to The Mind by Haujobb & SWEET16

The Meteoriks Award 2025 for BEST SOUNDTRACK
goes to Asura by mfx
with an Honorable Mention of Crystal Dynamics by NOGAPNOBACT3RIA

The Meteoriks Award 2025 for OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
goes to Gosia by SIMurai
with an Honorable Mention of Mariana by Jin X

The Meteoriks Award 2025 for BEST VISUALS
goes to Empires by Conspiracy
with an Honorable Mention of Fishbomb by Extend

The Meteoriks Award 2025 for BEST HIGH-END INTRO
goes to Starseed by LJ & Puryx
with an Honorable Mention of Empires by Conspiracy

The Meteoriks Award 2025 for BEST DIRECTION
goes to Asura by mfx
with an Honorable Mention of XO by Nuance

The Meteoriks Award 2025 for BEST HIGH-END DEMO
goes to Stranded by Madwizards
with an Honorable Mention of Asura by mfx

Check out the full list of nominees, and the 2025 watchlist of notable releases hand-picked by the juries.

MountainBytes 2025: Results and releases!

17 Feb 2025

MountainBytes 2025 is over! The Swiss demo event of the year took place on February 14th to 16th and leaves us with many productions worth watching from four main competitions and the specials OHP demo competition and the innovative 3D graphics competition (with models included in the digital performance as part of the Saturday evening live act).

MountainBytes 2025 on Demozoo / scene.org

Video captures of the whole event including all compos and specials are to appear on YouTube sooner or later.

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Comments

  • Cool, congrats. - Philsan on We're Not
  • made a typo on the beamslide (as presented at the party), should be 2025 - juvi on Best Wishes
  • Another great demo both code and sound wise! You will not be able to download the demo, the author prefers that we mail it from one person … - sts on Older
  • Imagine Pink Floyd's Animals with sleigh bells... - illarterate on Santa Factory
  • This kinda flew under my radar. Nice compilation of tracks and stylish interface as always! - Olympian on Musique of Sorts Vol.1