The annual Atari scene event took place for the 11th time this year. According to the statistics the party had 254 visitors and there were about 132 releases. Again main-organizer Grey and his team managed to gather the core of the active Atari scene to release a huge load of stuff for all kinds of Atari systems. Like every year he managed to get special guests like R.J. Mical (creator of the Atari Lynx) via videocall to the party.
Portuguese demoparties have historically been few and far between (as far as we can tell from the worldwide demoparty map compiled by Conspiracy from Demozoo data) so any new one feels precious. Inércia 2019 took place last weekend in Almada and all releases are now available, including a port of the cult (in Portugal at least) Portuguese ZX Spectrum game "Paradise Café".
That's right, the first edition of CAFe was way back in 1999 on its home turf in Kazan, Russia. Over 150 releases were presented this year to celebrate the event turning 20, but it certainly wasn't all about quantity with plenty of releases being a pleasure for the eyes and/or the ears.
Flash Party, the Argentinian demo party that defines itself as a "place of comradery for enthusiasts of the technological sub-cultures in Argentina and the world", just had its 2019 edition close its door in Buenos Aires. All the releases are now on Demozoo and scene.org.