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
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]	So-Phisticated III^[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
2022
2023		Next Level^[30]

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 CSDb - Release No. 11667
↑ -
↑ big vector car steers through dark forest landscape to very atmospheric creepy music
↑ -
↑ 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
↑ -
↑ -
↑ -
↑ impressive comic greetings part, perspective scroller
↑ -
↑ first 3D demo designed for 3D glasses
↑ first VSP-Demo, using a stable VSP routine that runs on all C64 models
↑ -
↑ 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
↑ -
↑ Slideshow with enhanced cover images of classic game titles including musical remixes
↑ -
↑ first demo with DYPP-Routine (Bonzai) going through all borders
↑ Conversion of the intro of the classic Amiga game
↑ The demo contains a part in which scenes of over 100 old C64 games are shown, which have been placed on only one side of the disk. CSDb - Release No. 232976

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World Firsts and Records

[1] very first C64 demo, made from PETSCII graphics and sprites for store presentation with price insertion at the end

[2] (emergency landing) funny BASIC-Demo, in which a helicopter pilot lands on a platform and urinates

[3] rst demo with sprites in borders

[4] rst ESCOS demo with pictures using a sprite-multiplexer that fills the complete screen of the monitor (including the boarders)

[5] riginel 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"

[6] ESCOS-routine simulating a black and white noise image through all frames including one upscroller; first demo using FLD technique

[7] vative wash-out effect due to sprite overlay shift of the head motif

[8] rst demo containing FLI graphics CSDb - Release No. 11667

[9] -

[10] vector car steers through dark forest landscape to very atmospheric creepy music

[11] -

[12] version of an episode with the famous cartoon character of the Italian cartoonist Osvaldo Cavandoli

[13] Resource & Chorus converted the classic Amiga demo from the group Kefrens for the C64

[14] -

[15] -

[16] -

[17] ressive comic greetings part, perspective scroller

[18] -

[19] rst 3D demo designed for 3D glasses

[20] rst VSP-Demo, using a stable VSP routine that runs on all C64 models

[21] -

[22] zoomscroll through all boarders, 360° rotating rasterbars

[23] ted and zoomed vector stick figure

[24] rst mix of HIRES text und MULTICOLOR Bitmap on the same horizontal line

[25] -

[26] Slideshow with enhanced cover images of classic game titles including musical remixes

[27] -

[28] rst demo with DYPP-Routine (Bonzai) going through all borders

[29] Conversion of the intro of the classic Amiga game

[30] The demo contains a part in which scenes of over 100 old C64 games are shown, which have been placed on only one side of the disk. CSDb - Release No. 232976

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