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More C64 stuff! Fjälldata took place last weekend in the middle of Sweden and the many attendants packed up warm clothing, fitted their snow chains and braved the snow and ice to unleash a flurry of releases for the venerable breadbox.

Fjälldata 2020 on Demozoo / CSDb

Today, Solskogen announced the tagline for the 2020 edition will be "Sunset", and told the world that this would be the final installment of the legendary party that began all the way back in 2002.

The team are promising to go out with a bang, and make the final installment one for the ages. The last few editions have been sold out, so if you want to experience one last awesome time at Flateby with that special Solskogen feeling, then you'd better not sleep on this opportunity. Grab your tix while you still can!

Read the blog post here and get your tickets!

Ever wondered how much you could convey with a 2-color, 8x8 array of PETSCII characters? An awful lot actually, as you'll soon see for yourself while browsing the entries of the Tiny PETSCII Compo that took place at our friends from CSDB. As a side note, it's also the biggest competition ever recorded on Demozoo, with a whopping 318 entries submitted. In case you're wondering, the medal for the biggest competition held at a demoparty is still held the Multichannel Music competition at Assembly 1995 with a very respectable 211 entries.

Tiny PETSCII Compo 2020 on Demozoo / CSDB

CSDb's online Compopic Competition whose goal was to reimagine the infamous 1999 C64 GFX is now complete and the quality of the entries was nothing short of jaw-dropping.

Compopic Competition on Demozoo / CSDb

Excess & Abyss Connection Party took place last weekend in the North of Germany and was a pure C64 gathering. All the releases are now available for download.

Excess & Abyss Connection Party 2020 on Demozoo / scene.org

Synchrony is that very unique demoparty that takes place aboard a train between New York City and Montréal, with talks and a concert before departure and the actual compos held on arrival. The releases and results are now all available and include things for both newer and older platforms.

Synchrony 2020 on Demozoo / scene.org

No demoparty had happened in Belgium since 2014 until Rsync broke the spell last weekend with a two-day event in Brussels. For a first edition, the amount and quality of releases is super promising and shows a good balance between modern and older platforms. We look forward to seeing a new, bigger Rsync next year!

Rsync 2020 on Demozoo / scene.org

DiHalt Lite is the alternate version of the Russian demoparty that happens in winter, while the main edition is in summer. Being held in Russia, you can expect a certain focus on the ZX Spectrum (something that was confirmed this year again) but there's also an emphasis on realtime competitions, where contestants (both at the party place and online) have 3 hours to produce an image, music tune or demo that follows a specific theme.

DiHalt 2020 Lite on Demozoo

MAGFest Demoparty is the demoparty that happens within MAGFest, short for "Music And Gaming Festival", a big event just south of Washington DC dedicated to video games music and games in general. We now have the results and all the releases ready for you to peruse. Thanks for the organisers for being so reactive!

MAGFest Demoparty on Demozoo / scene.org

This weekend, the self-titled "last party of the year" took place in Darmstadt, Germany, and we are now able to let the public in to tour the new construction. Some top-notch releases as usual, so get dug in, and add some screenshots, write some comments, or just gander at the wonder of it all. :)

Under Construction 2019 on Demozoo / scene.org