On: Winning 1kb intro released at Assembly 2015

[Mithaldu]

Not quite. Megademos are simply really big demos, the very first example of which being Second Reality by Future Crew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTjnt_WSJu8

Nowadays megademos might be put into the wild demo compo, but from what i know parties put length restrictions on those as well. The primary purpose of wild demo compos however is to allow platforms that do not compare well with the classic demo platforms, such as the various ARM mini computers, game consoles or really old computers.

[z303 → Mithaldu]

While Second Reality is a classic. It was not the first megademo. I remember the term not being new in the late 80's on the Amiga and ST

http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=1331 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=3119 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=3242 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=3972

[Mithaldu → z303]

I stand corrected, my wording was absolutely wrong and i should've written "one of the earlier". Thanks for the examples too! :D