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Assembly Winter - remote entries allowed!
Assembly Winter is happening this coming weekend, and the organizers just announced the following;
"We decided to open up remote entry option also for Tracked Music and Graphics competitions! Remote entries are also allowed for One Scene competition. Remote entries are submitted by email to compo-contact@assembly.org by the competition deadlines! With remote entries we recommend you to submit the entry early, not just 1minute before the deadline but rather 2 hours before. ;) Go make a tune, graphics or a demo about it! Or why not all!"
C64 Scene Mags is undead!
After a bit of a break, it seems the C64 Scene Mags collection has returned to active duty! Jazzcat posted both on the csdb forums and on their own website, the following "After a break of 4 years, we are back! The Ultimate C64 Scene Magazine Archive has a new website layout (our old site fell into a state of disrepair and total neglect). Not only that, we are very happy to deliver the long awaited Update #11, this update includes bug fixes, rare magazines as well as a general tidy up of the entire collection."
So, go read some mags (and take some screenshots for us while you're at it ;) ).
Fjälldata and the avalanche of C64 releases
Sunset over Solskogen
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!
The teeny-weeny PETSCII tsunami
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.
C64 Compopic Competition = complete!
Releases from Excess & Abyss Connection Party 2020
All aboard Synchrony 2020!
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.
Rsync and the scene of Belgium
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!
DiHalt Lite has happened!
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