Timetable of C64 demos
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The following table gives an overview of the chronological development of important C64 demos.
For games and applications see the articles Timetable of C64 games or Timetable of C64 applications.
Timetable[edit | edit source]
Intentionally not all fields are filled because only demos are mentioned, which stand out by innovations regarding technical realization (graphics, optical effects, music) or an original plot. Reasons for this can be found below.
| Year | One-File | Multi-File | Game Intro | Diskmag | REU |
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| 1982 | Commodore 64 Christmas Album [1] | ||||
| 1983 | |||||
| 1984 | |||||
| 1985 | 'Notlandung'[2], Flash XI[3] | ||||
| 1986 | ESCOS I[4] | ||||
| 1987 | Futurevision #1[5], Think Twice[6] | ||||
| 1988 | |||||
| 1989 | Einstein IV[7] | [8] | |||
| Year | One-File | Multi-File | Game Intro | Diskmag | REU |
| 1990 | |||||
| 1991 | Dutch Breeze[9] | ||||
| 1992 | |||||
| 1993 | |||||
| 1994 | |||||
| 1995 | Mathematica | Zone of Darkness[10] | |||
| 1996 | Krestology[11] | ||||
| 1997 | |||||
| 1998 | |||||
| 1999 | |||||
| Year | One-File | Multi-File | Game Intro | Diskmag | REU |
| 2000 | |||||
| 2001 | |||||
| 2002 | La Linea[12] | ||||
| 2003 | |||||
| 2004 | |||||
| 2005 | |||||
| 2006 | |||||
| 2007 | Desert Dream[13] | ||||
| 2008 | BASIC sprite multiplexer[14] | Edge of Disgrace[15] | |||
| 2009 | |||||
| Year | One-File | Multi-File | Game Intro | Diskmag | REU |
| 2010 | BluREU[16] | ||||
| 2011 | |||||
| 2012 | Coma Light 13[17], Artphosis[18] | BluREU 3D[19] | |||
| 2013 | Safe VSP[20] | Wonderland XII[21] | |||
| 2014 | Uncensored[22] | ||||
| 2015 | Comaland[23] | DAWN #1 [24] | |||
| 2016 | |||||
| 2017 | |||||
| 2018 | Unboxed[25], Game Art Beyond[26] | ||||
| 2019 | Instinct[27] | Rivalry[28] | Another World Intro[29] | ||
| Year | One-File | Multi-File | Game Intro | Diskmag | REU |
| 2020 | |||||
| 2021 |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ very first C64 demo, made from PETSCII graphics and sprites for store presentation with price insertion at the end
- ↑ (emergency landing) funny BASIC-Demo, in which a helicopter pilot lands on a platform and urinates
- ↑ first demo with sprites in borders
- ↑ first ESCOS demo with pictures using a sprite-multiplexer that fills the complete screen of the monitor (including the boarders)
- ↑ originel filmlike plot (jailbreak, escape of an agent) in reference to the James Bond movie "The Spy Who Loved Me" ('submarine car') with a musical cover of the pop song "Twilight Zone" by the group "Golden Earring"
- ↑ ESCOS-routine simulating a black and white noise image through all frames including one upscroller; first demo using FLD technique
- ↑ innovative wash-out effect due to sprite overlay shift of the head motif
- ↑ first demo containing FLI graphics
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- ↑ big vector car steers through dark forest landscape to very atmospheric creepy music
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- ↑ conversion of an episode with the famous cartoon character of the Italian cartoonist Osvaldo Cavandoli
- ↑ Resource & Chorus converted the classic Amiga demo from the group Kefrens for the C64
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- ↑ impressive comic greetings part, perspective scroller
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- ↑ first 3D demo designed for 3D glasses
- ↑ first VSP-Demo, using a stable VSP routine that runs on all C64 models
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- ↑ zoomscroll through all boarders, 360° rotating rasterbars
- ↑ animated and zoomed vector stick figure
- ↑ first mix of HIRES text und MULTICOLOR Bitmap on the same horizontal line
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- ↑ Slideshow with enhanced cover images of classic game titles including musical remixes
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- ↑ first demo with DYPP-Routine (Bonzai) going through all borders
- ↑ Conversion of the intro of the classic Amiga game
