Venlo Nostalgia

Back when we were in the Commodore 64 demo scene we used to go to these scene meetings in Venlo which were, because of the strategic location, very popular with sceners from Holland, Belgium and Germany. This was the place where everyone would release the demo’s they’d been working on to the public. Great to see some of it back

History of Video Games

A documentary about… the history of video games

The second Second Reality

Remember Second Reality? The PC demo by Future Crew? Well at the time it was state-of-the art PC demo wizardry. Impressive stuff! Enter Smash Designs, a commodore 64 demo. To show that the old breadbox is not dead, they recreate the whole demo on a c64, that’s like, a 100 times less powerful then a PC at that time. And they got it nailed right down to the music!

Future Crew – Second Reality

Welcome to this first post on blinkenlichten – a new web log for all things retro, 8 bit and bleepy. To start of, a video I just found of the legendary PC demo Second Reality by Future Crew. For me this was the first decent demo on the PC I ever saw, and it still seems to be a classic. I must say, even after 13 years I love this demo and its soundtrack. Enjoy