The Bad Street Brawler intro did it for me on the PC, with that wonderful television static effect. Pretty major for 1987!
Origin Museum wrote: > > Hi all! > > I just ordered one, based on my love for old demos, and my feelings for Jim! (Thanks >for this site, ya big lug!) :) > > I've been a demo fan since the days of the C64, and I still remember how blown away >I was when I first saw 'Fishtro'. I spent lots of my time just watching those little >fish! > > I'll get the DVD right after Christmas, and I'll be sure to post my reviews here. > > '...Preserving Worlds...' > Joe Garrity > Curator of The Origin Museum > Protector of The Ultima Crossbow > http://originmuseum.solsector.net > > >Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:57:44 -0600 > > Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SWCollect] >MindCandyReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Sorry to pimp one of my own projects here, but it 1. serves as an explanation > >as to why I've been so silent since I created the mailing list, and 2. it has > >slight relevance to our hobby: > > > >After 2.5 years, I have finally finished MindCandy, a double-sided DVD filled > >with "demos", which are best described as underground hacker multimedia > >artistic programming demonstrations. You can read all about it and download a > >trailer at www.mindcandydvd.com. That explains why I've been so slient. The > >"relevance" part is the "old-school" side of the DVD, which has a lot of early > >PC demos from 1990-1997, which illustrate how ahead of the game industry demos > >were -- clever young programmers were pushing PCs harder than game companies > >during that time period. Also relevant is the history of demos, explained in > >a 16-minute featurette, where I explain that demos were born from software > >pirates cracking games and bragging about it. > > > >So, if you want to help me break even on the project, please feel free to > >order one :). <sob story> Otherwise I'll have to start... selling... my > >collection... to make ends meet </sob story> ;-) > > > >Anyway, sorry for the spam, but since many of you know me personally I thought > >I'd let you know what happened to me. I should start getting back into the > >swing of things in January. > >-- > >Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.oldskool.org/ > >Want to help an ambitious games project? Drop by http://www.mobygames.com/ > >Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.demodvd.org/ > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > >the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > >Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Express yourself with a super cool email address from BigMailBox.com. > Hundreds of choices. It's free! > http://www.bigmailbox.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
