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Scene Archetypes: The ones making Amiga 500 fun (datagubbe.se)
75 points by zdw on Aug 27, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



To me, the best demos were made by groups of three people: a coder, a musician, and a graphician (pixel artist). This mix of talents could lead to amazing things.

Back in the days I had little respect for the fourth kind of demoscener, the so called "organizer" (not listed in this post). I thought these people lacked skills in every department, but still wanted to be part of the scene, and therefore invented a job for themselves.

It turns out that it is exactly thanks to these people that I heard about demos in the first place, and that I have so many fond memories of that very special time. So, ehm, thanks!


The management (heavy air quotes) is listed :-)

Given the above I can only say it worked head-first back in the day. You can't """organize""" and not even "promote" when there's no _good stuff_.

Bottom up!


It could be a lot better with a couple of videos or images to illustrate the concepts




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