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[ 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

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[ 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

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[ 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

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[ 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

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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

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[ 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

[ Atariscne.org - News ] New zeST update!

Yesterday Zerkman released a new version of the zeST Atari ST FPGA replica machine.

 

Brief list of  zeST 2026-05-18 improvements:

• Blitter chip support, with help from Thadoss / Dune.  One step closer to STe chipset compatibility!
• Optimized DMA-chip, the new DMA uses us far less FPGA resources
• Audio out, you can now get analogue audio out with the help of a I2S-based audio DAC
• And various Linux-host improvements, such as bugfixed GEMDOS harddrive (fixes some programs that didn't work previously), new kernel (6.12), improved keyboard management, more drivers for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices.

🔗 Check out the complete zeST release notice

💾 Get the latest zeST at the Download directory

 

[ Atariscne.org - News ] Buxton Bytes 2026, "Buxton Bytes Back", Party Report

This year’s Buxon Bytes ran from the 8th to the 11th of May, once again from the idyllic surroundings of Thirkelow, a lovely farmhouse tucked away in the hills just outside Buxton, surrounded by fields, sheep, more sheep, and the kind of quintessential English countryside that makes you briefly forget the rest of the world exists, and the trials and tribulations of everyday life.

[ Atariscne.org - News ] YM2149 emulation using Amiga's Paula

Leonard/Oxygene elaborates on his experiences in emulating the YM2149 chip on Amiga in a fresh blog article. Oxygene's AmigAtari demo was showcasing first results at Revision party in 2020.

🔗 Read more on Leonards Block

Thanks to Charon for the hint!

[ Atariscne.org - News ] News in Brief - News Snippets.

A quick look at a number of things happening close together in a very short time.

Spring and summer seem to be the most intense period for demo parties and the releases that come with them. Plus there are a few stories which we could well miss, if we’re not careful.

[ Atariscne.org - News ] Outline 2026 is over

The Outline timetable says: "12:00 GTFO or Help cleaning", so while Havoc and friends are swinging the broom, we can sip at our coffee and enjoy some party impressions and results.

A quick Outline overview, photos by Jade

Atari activity has been spotted! 42Bastian was hyperactive in the small size intro competitions with some nice screens: RTB, Fountain and Zini for Jaguar. 

This Atari Jaguar 256 Bytro is utterly beautiful

First place in the oldschool 256 Byte category was taken by F#READY with an Atari 8-Bit entry called Flexus. Further, LX took part with Lynx releases in both the oldschool 128 Bytro and 256 Bytro compo, but no further information on those is available at the moment.

On ST we got three screens by Cortin, nice little contributions and partly looking really interesting.

On the Atari demo side of things we also had "YOFO", as a first release by Scion, a young group made of old people. Be aware that there is more to see than what is shown in the video capture. But this secret is left to reveal for real hardware warriors.

YOFO by Scion - The most orange ST demo so far

Then we got a couple of nice Atari ST graphics. Mysterious #592C63/akaikoshi striked back with a piece of his sticker collection and an additional anti-capitalistic motive. Steffest/Desire won the competition with an impressive and somewhat scary picture.

stickers by Akaikoshi - the new brand on the market

 

a random Amiga scener visualised: "Harbinger" by Steffest

Dma-Sc and Doclands both were present and hold up the Atari chiptunes flag in the music compo, ranking 3rd and 5th place. These entries are not available yet, but will certainly pop up in the sndh archive. I remember some very nice and clean lead sounds in Dma-Sc's track on the stream.

The attendance is reported to have been a bit smaller sized this year, while the number of releases and particularly those of high quality went straight uphill in some categories.

As a small but painful step outside the Atari box:
The new school demos were really remarkable and packed. There was about a handful of entries which seemed to be the clear compo highlight, but the show went on and on. Among others, groups like Guidline or GDA were having their comebacks. And Majestetic released a nice homage to the 2000s PC demoscene spirit.

First place went to "Kablam!" by Trepaan which was a complete detective movie like experience, and entirely atmospheric and beautiful. Haujobb delivered a very uplifting fantasy console demo which also represents this year's Evoke invitation and features the new scene standard of unreadable greetings. The vibrant and funky soundtrack by Jazz was also winning the music competition at Outline.

If I would have to pick a favourite, that would be "Human Kaleidoskope" by Teadrinker. An absolutely gallant demo production, playing with one's imagination, accompanied by a really, really, really good soundtrack :-)

As far as I can judge, I think this has been the most comprehensive newschool demo competition at any Outline so far.

But let's not stretch the Atarians attention span any further with those side roads. Have a look at all the releases on the respective pages, if you like.

Thanks to spkr and Jade for sharing a few of their insights for this article!

🔗 Outline 2026 on Demozoo

🔗 Outline 2026 on Pouet

[ OpenMPT - Open ModPlug Tracker ] OpenMPT 1.32.10.00 released

This small update to OpenMPT 1.32 is mostly a bugfix release.

Here's a list of the most notable changes in this version:

• The Add Silence / Resize dialog now allows to enter fractional milliseconds.
• Resampling with r8brain could introduce unwanted ringing artifacts at the end of the sample.
• OpenMPT 1.32.09.00 reported incorrect PPQ positions to VST plugins, resulting in wild position fluctuations in plugins that make use of this information.
• When using ASIO with hardware timing, it was possible that GUI updates were not synchronized properly with audio.
• Improved screen reader accessibility in Add Silence / Resize and various Export dialogs.

For a complete list of changes, have a look at the full version history. If you are upgrading from OpenMPT 1.31 or older, read the release notes to get a glimpse of the biggest changes.

[ Atariscne.org - News ] JagJam 2026

This sympathic Atari Jaguar development contest is taking place again in 2026. Contributions can be handed in until end of October.

🔗 Jagjam website

[ Demozoo ] Over 7.500 BBStros preserved!

Over the years, the coverage of BBStros on Demozoo has steadily grown. And with forgotten release archives being discovered all the time, there is no end in sight. Especially in the first half of the 1990s, BBStros were made in quite large numbers for MS-DOS. Those numbers steadily declined towards the end of the decade, when both MS-DOS and bulletin board systems ultimately making way for Windows and the internet.
There are now over 7.500 DOS-BBStros listed at Demozoo. That includes unique BBStros, their variations (listing different affils, unmasked vs. masked telephone numbers etc.), as well as exectutables which list different boards that were affiliated with a specific group.
Besides having added most of these BBStros to Demozoo, Sensenstahl has constantly updated a file archive since 2018, contained all the BBStros. However, after reaching the number of 7.500 entries, it was about time to sort all BBStros alphabetically for those who want to get them all in one convenient ZIP archive (along with a few BBStros for other systems).