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FieldFX took place in the UK and the releases are now ready for you to check them out!

FieldFX 2o22 on Demozoo / scene.org

What is says. Go explore :)

Forndata Summer 2022 on Demozoo / scene.org

Almost 20 years ago, melcom and a bunch of other demosceners got together with the idea to build a chiptune archive. They got a lot of support from the demoscene, in particular the #coders.ger IRC channel and the website back2roots.org. The archive was eventually discontinued in 2004 as the authors moved on with their lifes, but a snapshot from the site as of February 2005 was preserved. At this point, the archive consisted of:

• More than 2k classic adlib modules
• More than 4.2k classic chiptune modules
• More than 1.7k classic ym modules

This snapshot of melcom's chiptune archive is now available on scene.org for you to explore and enjoy!

This year's Revision was pretty much the first decentralised demoparty with a main virtual event coupled with smaller in-person satellite events in various parts of Europe. The event just concluded yesterday but already all entries are listed on Demozoo and downloadable from scene.org. Kudos to the organisers and all our contributors for their swiftness!

Revision 2022 on Demozoo / scene.org

After being cancelled once, this year's Gerp finally took place in Skövde, Sweden at the beginning of this month. As usual, this was predominantly an Amiga event so expect most of the releases to be geared towards our beloved OCS/ECS and AGA machines - but not only! You'll also find some impressive prods running on C64 and Atari hardware.

Gerp 2022 on Demozoo / scene.org

The 2022 edition of BCC Party took place in Berlin last weekend and as usual was a C64 event only. Unusually, but for the second year in a row, it was an online-only event. A good amount of releases were submitted in the various categories and are well worth a look!

BCC Party on Demozoo / scene.org

As of this week, Demozoo now has records of over 300,000 releases in its database, with nearly 140,000 executable productions, over 47,000 graphics and over 113,000 music tracks. It's no small feat, so we would like to say a heartful 'thank you' to all contributors, past and present, for helping preserve the history of the demoscene, from the most humble and obscure releases to the mega-hits we all know.
Those numbers are crazy when you think about them, but the most impressive thing is that we are still missing a lot of prods, especially for some of the 8 bit platforms (that's you, Amstrad CPC!) that have historically been a bit of a blind spot for us.

The only demoparty dedicated to sizecoding took place on Twitch last weekend and generated a whirlwind of tiny but perfectly formed releases. 16 byte to 512 byte intros, oldchool or high-end, pixel art, nanogames: there's something for everyone.

Lovebyte 2022 on Demozoo / scene.org

Bulletin board systems (BBSs) were crucial communication and file exchange hubs for the scene well up to the mid-1990s. Scattered all over the globe, they represent a whole era, both for the legal/demo and the illegal parts of the scene. Already a while ago, Demozoo began to catalogue BBSs that had a scene connection. Now, just over a year later, we have over 7500 BBSs in our system, complete with sysops, affiliated groups, BBS intros, text ads etc. – and more are getting added every day.

You can browse the “boards” through an alphabetical list, or through our BBS-related tags. But, most excitingly, you can browse the global BBS network on a world map, a generous New Year gift by Gargaj/Conspiracy.

Enjoy the trip into a forgotten era of scene history, and if you were part of that yourself, please feel welcome to join our preservation efforts in this field. Also, if you were a sysop yourself and still have your BBS back-ups, please get in touch.

DiHalt took place last weekend in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia and was as usual very much a ZX Spectrum-centric event. All competitions were well-attended and there are plenty of nice releases to peruse.

DiHalt 2022 on Demozoo / scene.org