Scene.org Demoscene News Service

[ Wanted! ] Looking for 6502/Z80 coders

we at alembic (ambc) are looking for coders we're a small international group, we had two productions this year you might've seen/heard our stuff at revision or nova we're specifically dabbling in platforms based on 6502 assembly and z80 assembly AMIGA and MS-DOS coders are also very much appreciated https://demozoo.org/groups/145233/ if you're interested please shoot me a message on discord!! (0pixelated0)

[ scenemarket – latest listings ] men's zip-up sweatshirt without hood XL and XXL

[Offer] Print · Buy me a drink (by MAT64)

"POKE 53281,0" so that's why are black

Interested? Claim this item — or list your own stuff for free.

[ Echtzeit – Digitale Kultur ] Graffathon 2026 – Coding becomes Art

On 29 August 2026 from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm at the altes Loeblager, Ziegelackerstrasse 10, 3027 Bern, in the studio on the first floor. The Graffathon is a one-day open workshop or hackathon for people of all ages interested in multimedia and visual effects… Weiterlesen

The post Graffathon 2026 – Coding becomes Art first appeared on Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur.

[ Wanted! ] Looking for a logo for the next intro

I'm looking for a logo for use with the intro. Any format is fine, but preferably BMP. This is a one-off project.

All the latest news, links and releases from the active demoscene community, this week in particular a look at the releases from Graffathon in Finland and X party in the netherlands. https://youtu.be/aI2WgQLFhmQ

[Submitted by psenough]

[ Atariscne.org - News ] New Trick And No Treat - A Cautionary Tale

When dealing with hardware like the ST, one of the most valued currencies back in the day were the so-called "hardware tricks"1. The limitations of the ST were so severe, that everything that helped mitigate that, even a little, was very, very welcome. May this be bigger 800k floppy disk formats, mixed resolutions, buzzer/digi-/SID-sound, the various overscan types and of course the king of the playground - hardware scrolling. Especially the last one was very shushed about by the people in the know and if one managed to catch a glimpse of how that specific magic machinery worked - oh boy, it was mind-boggling.

I am sure we all remember seeing the TCB Fullscreen, the ULM Scroller Fullscreen or hearing the buzzer or even YM-SID-sounds for the first time - this sense of the world expanding, like literally, is hard to explain - let alone to reproduce. The fact that this machine still produces new hardware tricks up to this day - like various new YM effects, generalized 4-bit hardware-scrolling, new screen resolutions just to name a few, is simply astonishing and keeps the platform interesting and challenging at the same time.

That's why the idea came up to take you, dear reader, on a small journey to where a new hardware trick gets discovered - and then even further down into it's ultimate culmination in... failure.

[ Atariscne.org - News ] The physical deep-art-ment - Side B

And Lotek Style's excursion in the realms of Atari related physical audio releases continues... enjoy!

 

https://www.discogs.com/de/release/17420488-gadestRing-gadestRing-gadestRing-SYNERGY

All the latest news, links and releases from the active demoscene community. This week a look at releases from Birdie 36 and Moonshine Dragons 2026. Watch on youtube!

[Submitted by psenough]

[ Echtzeit – Digitale Kultur ] Farewell, memdmp

“small random idea i had for MB27: meshnet-based voting over a device handed out with your votekeywuhu or whatnot would also work, but communicating the votes as well over that for the current entry (or, if a screen and up/down buttons are added, for any… Weiterlesen

The post Farewell, memdmp first appeared on Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur.

[ Atariscne.org - News ] Atari .st .msa MacOS File Manager

Inspired by https://krystone.pl/st/disktools/ and https://github.com/ggnkua/Jacknife, I always wanted a simple proper native macOS tool to open, modify, extract files from, and create new .st and .msa disk images.   So I vibe-coded my own version. Feel free to use it – and please let me know if you find any bugs!   get it here:
https://hangloose.climatics.ch/Emulators/AtariFileMgr-Release.dmg?login=atarist:atarist   have fun Bandit / CLiMATiCS www.climatics.ch  

[ Atariscne.org - News ] Moonshine dragons 2026

Bob_er writes:

There was a party last weekend in Opole, Poland called 'Moonshine dragons' (https://demozoo.org/parties/5427/). That was a Commodore related event, but what was unusual, two entries were made by Atari crews: 

https://demozoo.org/productions/392084/
https://demozoo.org/productions/392144/

On atarionline.pl you can find technical description of both.

[ demoparty.net ] ROMA.EXE 2026: Party System open and Remote Entries now available!

The party system is now open, and you can start submitting your entries whether you’re attending in person or participating remotely. Check out https://roma-exe.com/remote.html for details on remote entries!

[ Echtzeit – Digitale Kultur ] Exhibition: Between Steps

The Revision Demoparty 2026 offered something truly special: Last year, Steffest reached out to us after seeing the exhibitions we had already had the opportunity to create. His idea? An exhibition at Revision Demoparty that offers insight into the inspiration, process, and tools behind graphic… Weiterlesen

The post Exhibition: Between Steps first appeared on Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur.

[ demoparty.net ] Impulse 2026: Invitation Demo Released

Little invitation demo released, it runs on a browser, you can find it here.

Download the Amiga ADF file of this brand new issue from here:

https://nahkolor.c64.page/NahSpeed76.zip

https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=106277

intros, reviews, news about melon design and batman group, messages, articles and much much more inside! 

[Submitted by magic]

Norway is leading a multinational UNESCO ICH-02 nomination for the demoscene, with Germany confirmed as co-submitting State Party.

As part of the documentation of community participation and free, prior and informed consent, practitioners are invited to complete the consent form below.

Deadline: 31st of May 2026

Link: https://forms.gle/FzwVd7ovndev3VrP9

Yoghurt

[Submitted by Yoghurt]

[ Echtzeit – Digitale Kultur ] MountainBytes 2026: Successful Demoscene Gathering

February 27 to March 1st: 150 visitors from more than 10 nations bring more than 50 brand-new releases to our new location in Steinhausen. The quality of the competitions, the many participants and outputs from our integrated Demolab, and the overall spirit of the event… Weiterlesen

The post MountainBytes 2026: Successful Demoscene Gathering first appeared on Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur.

[ Echtzeit – Digitale Kultur ] Winterkongress (Winter Conference) Digitale Gesellschaft 2026

As has been a lovely tradition for a while, we got to join the Winterkongress of Digitale Gesellschaft again on February 20th-21st. This time with two presentations: an exhibition of our formidable horror movie pun-posters for MountainBytes (taking place only a week later) as well… Weiterlesen

The post Winterkongress (Winter Conference) Digitale Gesellschaft 2026 first appeared on Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur.

Latest news, links and releases from the active demoscene community. This week in particular a look at the releases from the 68k inside demoparty that took place in Finland this past weekend. Watch on youtube!

[Submitted by psenough]

[ scenemarket – latest listings ] oldskool games

[Offer] Other · Surprise me (by frostpfote)

i'm selling off most of my oldskool games collection (mostly Atari ST, some Amiga, some C64, some PC DOS) on ebay where i charge hefty prices; sceners can contact me directly here on scenemarket and we negotiate better prices; i can also bring stuff to evoke, deadline.
https://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?item=306964123071&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l170197&_ssn=frostpfote

Interested? Claim this item — or list your own stuff for free.

[ Atariscne.org - News ] 68k Inside 2026 roundup

The weekly Atari party heartbeat continues. This weekend 68k Inside took place in the woods of Finland, rather Amiga focused, but still brought three new Atari ST/E releases as well.

Marquee Design released a stunning 256 Byte intro named "Ground Zero" for ST.

Amazing what Superogue did there again.

For those interesting in the magic behind the intro, Superogue just published a writeup about the making of this entry on his blog.

Also PO1/Ribbon is Back which is always are reason for excitement. This time he teamed up with HOffman who contributed music sample sequences for the little production "Maximum Joker". This is yet another episode of the cross platform Batman/Joker/Rotozoom battle. In the Atari realm this challenge has been massively pushed by Django the Bastard and here we find another interesting variant. As to expect, the music sounds great, very great actually, and also the new zoomer looks good. But the technical finesse has to be judged elsewhere. The demo ranked a proud second place in the demo compo.

There is a little aftertaste to "Maximum Joker", as the demo is reported to only work on emulators and not work on real hardware (yet).

Furthermore DHS, smfx and Paradox teamed up for a quick Atari STE Sommarhack 2026 reminder featuring a nice new oscilloscope 3D effect. So, if time between BBQ and beergardening allows, sharpen your Atari tools and get ready to bake something for Sommarhack 2026 in July 2026!

Similarly to "Maximum Joker", this is one of these kind of screens that make your STE feel more confident.

Finally, as an honorable mention, a remarkable piece of pixelart has been published on 68k Inside. This both expressive and mysterious picture by Jok/Dreamweb just hit.

"No Rest for the Wicked", great pixelart by Jok/Dreamweb

🔗 68K Inside 2026 on Demozoo

🔗 68K Inside 2026 on Pouet

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 162. A late night in the studio

Sitting in a dark studio in the middle of the night, DJ Daemon keeps spinning the tracker disks with the latest in chiptune, demoscene and tracked music.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:05 DJ Daemon presents the show and welcomes you to an our of chiptune music.
00:24 Dr. Justorb - The stars revolt!
05:35 DJ Daemon gives you the first medley of today.
05:57 Heatbeat of Carillon - Matkamies
07:05 Trackerartist - Mario at home
08:20 David Hennigan - Space level
09:33 DJ Daemon tells you about a new function on the Best of Ericade.radio.
10:06 Dj Dark - The voyage
14:13 DJ Daemon adds a song that has previously been removed by mistake.
14:41 Slash_AtD - ZauberwalD
17:49 DJ Daemon talks about the newest feature on the website.
18:28 Jophish - Young RMX
23:32 DJ Daemon presents the second medley of today.
24:10 C512w - Sun lol rai
25:44 Ether audio - Squareway act 2
27:23 Marie2 and 4-mat - This pattern go way up alt ver
29:14 C512w - Gamer's most fear
31:08 Clearwater - Jasmine
33:00 DJ Daemon about an upcoming episode of the podcast that talks about evil organisations in games.
33:44 Thrawn - Mood 481
40:17 DJ Daemon wants you to tell us what they want to hear on the podcast.
40:55 Dj Dark - The lost woods
45:51 DJ Daemon talks about the third medley of today
46:29 Virgill - Schmoddermann cut
48:40 Marie2 and 4-mat - Calendar (novocals)
50:45 Shadowsight - It's not that easy
52:49 DJ Daemon talks about the YouTube and Twitch and our new stream design.
53:39 C512w and Viraxor - Fancy chase
56:19 DJ Daemon leads you into the good with...
56:48 C512w and Viraxor - Your new friend (old)
59:35 DJ Daemon thanks for listening.
59:47 Ducc - Our great minds

Production notes:
Just a show with new music and some information about what's going on at the station. Nothing special.

Tags: 2026, Host: DJ Daemon, Just playing the music

[ got papers? ] HBH Letters Collection Vol. 1

Finally, we managed to put up the first installment of scans from the collection of Norwegian C64 & Amiga scener HBH (a.k.a. Sorry Morry, a.k.a. ZTH), who had kindly sent it to us back in 2023. Spanning from 1987 to 1989, this batch includes a couple of party invitations, an advert for the German “News” papermag, and a bunch of letters from all over the world. Check out the list & images here.

All the latest news, links and releases related to the active demoscene community. This week in particular a deep dive on the releases from the Outline demoparty that took place in the netherlands last weekend. Watch on youtube!

[Submitted by psenough]

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 161. The Doom of it all

There is before ... and after Doom. This legend of a game that blew the door of first person shooters off its hingest, is what DJ Daemon talk about today. From the magic graphic to the experience of standing knee-deep in the dead.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - today with a stories from the retro past
00:06 DJ Daemon: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". This was written by philosopher George Santayana in 1905. And we are all for learning from our history here at Flashback, tracks from the past. And today's game may not have been the first game of it's kind. But it was the one that blew the door of its hinges. Today's game is Doom from ID Software.
00:43 Jazzhjb - Grooveyard
03:40 DJ Daemon: There is a before and an after Doom. This much is clear. It may not have been the first "first person shooter". Castle Wolfenstein often gets that honor. But it did bring an interesting set of ideas to a very captivating mix of game play mechanics. More than everything else, the concept of looking out of the eyes of your protagonist.
04:48 Ray Hamilton - Rip this entry
05:44 Pastthepixels - Basking
06:41 C512w - A random triangle
07:40 DJ Daemon: You play as the unknown soldier, often referred to as "Doomguy" or "Doom slayer". The game is sometimes believed to be 3D is "in name only". This is as you see the world in 3D, but your character moves on a 2D plane. But you get a graphical immersion that was splendid by that time. The game moves fast and reaction time matters. Compare this to dungeon crawlers that often had that graphic experience, but moved slowly and in a more exploratory way.
08:37 Reptile and Sky - Deinen pappa 3
13:16 DJ Daemon: You can play at different dificulty levels but most of the time, it does not have any need of a well thought out tactic to play. Instead you try to use the arsenal of weapons you have to your advantage. Just must try not to run out of ammo. Powerful weapons give an advantage until you must switch to less effective one that you still have ammo for. The most crazy weapon is the chainsaw. It's fun to use just for the psychotic look on the face of your player character as you cut through enemies. But you must also note that you are at this time very close to the enemy as well. That may hurt!
14:04 Fregmazors - Bottom of the well
17:07 DJ Daemon: The biggest, baddest weapon is the BFG 9000. It's not stated what "BFG" means, but everyone knows this one: Big Freaking Gun 9000 off course. Yup, I cannot say its real name as this podcast is not set to explicit. But you get it, right? It deals heavy damage to the enemies but its ammo must be conserved or you may run into trouble.
17:55 BenxarPaq - Noisetrance
22:42 DJ Daemon: Doom killed the Amiga! Remember where you heard it first…. Or, actually, this has been a stated truth for as long as I have heard. And honestly is that so? I think both yes and no. In reality, the Amiga and the Atari were already underpowered and unready as "Castle Wolfenstein" hit the shelves. Neither could reliably run the coming of age FPS games. At least not with an experience comparable to the PC games. The Intel CPUs was miles ahead of the aging Motorola. The latter running on the Amiga and Atari computers. But my assessment is that it was "Castle Wolfenstein" that dealt the killing blow and Doom that put the last nail in the coffin.
23:44 Wallabra - Apex caudalis
27:54 DJ Daemon: Doomclones, people! Yes, everyone steals everything from everyone. And Doom had a beauty that spawned a thousand copies. Gloom was the lack-luster attempt to bring the experience of Doom to the Amiga. And it did bring a pretty doomed experience, I give it that at least.
28:41 Ray Hamilton - Egg adventure Snow
30:02 Burnt fishy - Pachelbel's keygen
31:02 Enacostione - Unrequited love
32:03 DJ Daemon: On the 100th episode of the CrimeyCade podcast I was interviewed by their host "Mad Conservative crimefighter". There I stated that "all art is grift". Then I explained it as all artists steal from each other. But that's not exactly what the word grift should be used to say. The statement more means that much of the art is used to con other people. Think like NFTs, propaganda and so on. I would probably have explained it more correctly if I had choosen my words better. But I actually meant what I said. In this case: many on the Doom clones were meant to be a big cashgrab for people that thought this was the cool thing right now. And the list goes on…
33:00 Substance - Undefeated - 2026
36:53 DJ Daemon: But as the inspiration went, the revolution was on and the poor clones were later superceeded by good games like "Duke Nukem", "Half life" and later on pretty much every modern game there ever was. Even modern games owe so much to Doom series of games that it's worth remembering the impact it had far after its own fame had faded. First person shooters have to be seen as one of the most successful genres in the gaming industry. And it is today strong and looks like its always been there. You know the idea of looking out of the player's eyes and onto hordes of enemies that have to be gunned down.
38:01 Cyclar2 - Carried away by the wind
39:06 Retro104 - The myth of realism
40:17 C512w - Dedications
41:48 Enacostione - Broken heart
43:24 DJ Daemon closes the book on Doom. Was it any good? And comes with the verdict.
44:31 Dippy - Idiosyncrasy
48:14 DJ Daemon presents the fourth medley of the day.
48:52 Ray Hamilton - Shy smile
50:35 C512w - Remix chip day v2
52:21 Finlay - Angels
54:15 DJ Daemon says that we're loading up for Edison 2026.
54:43 Qumran - Candy land
56:48 DJ Daemon thanks you for listening to the podcast and leads you into the good night with...
57:10 Cabbage drop - Reindeer starlight
59:16 DJ Daemon reminds you to go to our website at ericade.radio.
59:25 Shadowsight - Thunderstruck

Tags: 2026, Host: DJ Daemon, Retro gaming, Doom