"Thanks+Spook" By Silicon Software Company

Year: 1995!

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (single-file, multi-page)

Group: Silicon Software Company (SSC)

Code: Firefoot

Music: Link, Warnock

Graphics: Warnock

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=93212

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

A Third-wave release by SSC, could be considered a "nostalgia" release - 4 years after SSC members had all moved on to other things.  Warnock and Firefoot both have a clearly more polished style here.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Paragon" By Silicon Software Company

Year: 1990

Platform: Commodore 64

Group: Silicon Software Company (SSC)

Type: Demo (single-file, multi-page)

Code: Daredevill, Firefoot

Music: Drax, JCH, Jeroen Tel, Link, Warnock

Graphics: Firefoot, Warnock

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=32262

Captured by: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

This is clearly a later work by SSC, more polished than "Winter Haven", and unfortunately not featuring Merlin, who had gone Amiga by this time.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Winter Haven" By Silicon Software Company

Year: Unknown (1988?)

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (single-file, multi-page)

Group: Silicon Software Company (SSC)

Code: Daredevil, Merlin

Graphics: Merlin

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=124539

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

I actually did two pages for this demo back in the day, but didn't make it to the linking party.  Merlin's distinct style is clear in all of his pages, hints of good things to come.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Total Panic" By Apostasy

Year: 1991

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (multi-page, multi-file)

Group: Apostasy

Code: Avenger

Music: EVS, LInk, Sabre, Source, Warnock

Graphics: Avenger, Vision

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=23321

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

More amazing work by Avenger.  One can only imagine what he's up to now.  This, I believe, was Apostasy's last demo before some of the members became Havok.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Phase One" By Havok

Year: 1991

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (multi-page, multi-file)

Group: Havok

Code: Albatross, Avenger

Music: Sabre, Source

Graphics: The Anarchist, Vision

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=44542

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

Phase One is pretty typical for 1991, but so neat and polished - it's one of the most professional-looking demos I've seen.  I'd rate it up there with something Unreal Productions would have done.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Summer Rain" By Evil

Year: 1990

Platform: Commodore 64

Group: Evil

Type: Demo (multi-page, single-file)

Code: Wanderer

Music: Chris, Future Freak, Hayes, Henning Rokling

Graphics: Deaks, Wanderer

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

An amazing array of cool routines.  Posted by request for Elwix.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Flipped" By Vortex

Year: 1991

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (single-file, multi-page)

Group: Vortex

Code: Da Blinker, Daisyfarmer

Music: Drax, Jeroen Tel, Metal

Graphics: Da Blinker, Ice Coldkill, Daisyfarmer

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=22765

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

Prior to forming "Dream" with The Phantom,  Daisyfarmer, Ice Coldkill, Axe Handle were in a group called "Vortex".  This is a clever 3 pager from Vortex, with an interesting twist on the demo name in page 2.  Rather enjoyable overall.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Impatient" By Impulse

Year: 1989

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (single-file, single-page)

Group: Impulse

Code: Eclipse

Music: Rock

Graphics: Eclipse

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=46726

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

Impulse was a group Eclipse was in between ERI and Havok.  I know little else about it.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Telephone Anarchy" By Ministry Of Fear

Year: 1991

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (multi-page, single-file)

Group: Ministry of Fear

Code: Bountyhunter

Music: EVS, No Sync, Sequencer

Graphics: Bountyhunter

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=64507

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

Who can ever forget the classic screen with the Canada Bell truck crashing into a tree?  This is the only actual demo I've ever seen from MOF.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Demo 1" By ERI

Year: 1987

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (single-file/single-page)

Group: Electronic Reconnaissance Incorporated

Code: Eclipse

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=56872

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

An EARLY release in the US scene, ERI was one of the first groups that was only about demos and tools, not about warez.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Ground Zero" By FBR

Year: 1988

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (singlefile)

Group: FBR

Code: Changeling

Music: Robert Bonifacio, David Whittaker, Neil Baldwin, Jay Derrett

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=100837

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

Ground Zero was AFAIK the last thing Changeling did for FBR before starting ABYSS.  Keep it Oldschool!

"It's Me Again" By The Last Dragon

Year: 1991

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (singlefile)

Group: N/A

Code: The Last Dragon

Music: Drax, The Last Dragon, Zonix

Graphics: The Anarchist

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=15452

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

TLD's "return to the scene" demo - I've often wanted to track him down and ask him how his rap group worked out.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Our Own" By Style

Year: 1991

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (single-file, multi-page)

Group: Style

Code: Elwix, Firefoot, Metal

Music: Chris, Rudolf Stember, Speed Demon

Graphics: Metal, Vision

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=4691

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

An early release from Style, showing a hint of amazing things to come.  Keep it Oldschool!

Illusion "Bad Rasters" Intro

Year: 1988

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Cracktro (Intro)

Group: Illusion

Code: Satan

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=12998

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

A mid to late first-wave entry, this intro was briefly used by Illusion.  I think that sprite mover begs to be rewritten with DYSP.  Keep it Oldschool!

"State Of Mind" by Vile

Year: 1991

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: BBS Ad (single-page demo)

Group: Vile

Code: Obliterator

Music: Guy Shavitt

Graphics: Obliterator? (Possibly ripped)

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=56541

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

This is either an early or late release by Vile, I can't recall which, and CSDB doesn't have any more information.  There are some great effects here with the floppy disk image, check it out.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Preferred" by Vile

Year: 1991

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (single-file, multi-page)

Group: Vile

Code: Codey

Music: Drax, Link, Metal, Reverb

Graphics: Codey, Game Gorilla, Spacie

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=56538

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

I'm almost of the opinion that there were two groups called VILE.  There doesn't seem to be any member-crossover between this and "State of Mind".  In any event, I believe this represents some of Codey's earlier work.  Codey ( http://csdb.dk/scener/?id=2990 ) came into the scene in the later part of the second wave (1990/1991), and showed amazing talent right from the start.  This demo showcases his early work.  Keep it Oldschool!

Black Reign "Skulls" Intro

Year: 1991

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Cracktro (Intro)

Group: Black Reign

Code:  Scrap

Music: Deek

Graphics: Scrap

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=64397

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

A small and rather cleverly put together intro for the group, "Black Reign"  Keep it Oldschool!

"Disconnect" By Screaming Euphoria

Year: 1990

Platform: Commodore 64

Group: Screaming Euphoria

Type: Demo (multi-page, multi-file)

Code: Dhalgren, Flatline, Matrix Runn

Music: Chris Huelsbeck ( https://chrishuelsbeck.bandcamp.com/ ), Future Freak, jay Derrett, Markus Schneider, Matt Gray, Speed Demon

Graphics: The Dream, Flatline

CSDB Link:  http://csdb.dk/release/?id=50583

Captured by: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

Screaming Euphoria was on my radar back in the day because Robin Hood was briefly a member.  However, I've never seen other releases from this group besides this farewell demo.  Well coded and fun to watch, SE's farewell release does them credit.  Note:  There is a bug in the version of this demo on CSDB that makes the transition from 5th page to 6th lock.  I used this as an opportunity to display the directory artwork.  Keep it Oldschool!

Bencor Brothers Intro 2

Year: 1987?

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Intro

Group: Bencor Brothers

Code: Captain Kirk?

Intros.c64.org Link: http://intros.c64.org/main.php?module=showintro&iid=6582

CSDB Group Link: http://csdb.dk/group/?id=1957

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)



I originally saw this intro in the wild, looked for it for quite some time before finding it on intros.c64.org.  It seems that it wasn't spread very much before Bencor Brothers folded in late 1987.  There are others out there of similar quality, but they're not catalogged yet.  Keep it Oldschool!

"MXR" by Millenium

Year: 1996

Platform: Commodore 64

Group: Millenium

Code: Fungus

Music: Drax

Graphics: Fungus

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=22310

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

This typifies what I like to call "Third wave NTSC"  The major groups had all come and gone, the games had dried up.  Most people had moved on to the PC.  But along came a community of dedicated enthusiasts, determined to unlock the final hidden secrets of the VIC and SID.   You see a return to some of the simpler single-man DIY productions that typified the early 80s.  This particular production marks the beginning of the career of one of the most well-known people in NTSC - Fungus.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Mind Demo" by The Mind Masters

Year: 1988

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (single-file, 3 pages)

Group: The Mind Masters

Code: Grey Mouser, White Demon

Music: Laxity, Rock, Speed Demon

Graphics: Grey Mouser, White Demon

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=26638

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

If there was a "punk rock" category of C64 demos, TMM would be in it.  Gritty and raw, their work may not appeal to everyone, but it has an inner honesty that more polished productions lack.  I've always liked the second page of this one, it's a good candidate for extending into the borders and adding DYSP.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Agony" By Unreal Productions

Year: 1992

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (full-disk, multipart with irq loader - I call this a "dentro")

Group: Unreal Productions

Code: Streetkiller

Music: Jeroen Tel, Link, Sequencer

Graphics: Vision, Chaos, Slick!, Wizard of Odd

Loader: ANM

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=42058

Captured by: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)



After Apostasy stopped making demos, Vision went on to do graphics for Unreal Productions.  This demo represents one of the most polished productions ever to grace NTSC-land.  Later, Vision would re-unite with Avenger in the group, Havok, and Streetkiller would go on to code for Shade.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Fruity Pebbles" By Apostasy

Year: 1991

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (single-file, two-page)

Group: Apostasy

Code: Avenger

Music: Louie, Source

Graphics: Vision

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=58841

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

Tonight, we bring you two single-filers from a rather obscure group called Apostasy.  You may recognize the names from a more well known group, because Apostasy went on to become Havok.  These small two-man effort pages are from that brief time when they were looking to expand - but people with their level of talent never stayed solo long.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Animus" By Apostasy

Year: 1991

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (single-file, single-page)

Group: Apostasy

Code: Avenger

Music: Izeyestop

Graphics: Vision

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=59816

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

This was the first demo by the two-man team known as Apostasy, later absorbed into Havok.

"Happy" By Flea and Cybernoid

Year: 1991

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (multi-file, multi-page)

Group: None.

Code: Flea

Music: Danko, EVS, JCH

Graphics: Cybernoid, Flea

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=100012

Captured by: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

A neat little multi-pager from 1991, this was an indy production by Flea and Cybernoid before joined Storm.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Jungle" by Electron

Year: 1991

Platform: Commodore 64

Group: Electron

Code: Dokken, The Gambler

Music: Crockett, Drax, JCH, Lizard, Markus Schneider, Metal

Graphics: Dokken, The Gambler

Charset: Dokken, The Gambler

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=11741

Captured by: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

This one really represents the turning point for Electron.  Every page is top-notch, with good effects, interesting logos, and music that fits the page.  The blue page is a monument to good design.  Every time I watch one of these old Electron demos, I'm blown away by Dokkens' skill and attention to detail.  Electron truly is the #1 NTSC demo group in my book.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Random Access" By Venom

Year: 1988

Platform: Commodore 64

Group: Venom

Type: Demo (single-file, multi-page)

Code: Fury

Music: JCH, Future_Freak, Image, Schneider

Graphics: Fury

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=85623

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

This early offering from Venom has some technical issues, but interesting rasters.  This is the only Venom demo done mostly by Fury, as far as I know.  Keep It Oldschool!

"Serenity" by The Survivors

Year: 1988

Platform: Commodore 64

Group: The Survivors

Type: Demo (single-file, multi-page)

Code: Satan

Music: Gilles Soulet, Jeroen Tel, Mike

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=8652

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)



A reasonably standard offering from Satan/Wanderer during his days in The Survivors.  The standout effect in this demo is the odd scroller on page 2.  Keep it Oldschool!

"Can't Touch This" By Arson

Year: 1990

Platform: Commodore 64

Type: Demo (single file, 2 pages)

Group: Arson

Code: Too Tall

Music: JCH, Matt Gray, Antony Crowther

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=8097

Captured By: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

An early Arson demo - sets the stage for things to come.  Nothing fancy,but good linking and engaging scrolltexts.  Keep It Oldschool!

"Grand Posse" by Plague

Year: 1991

Platform: C64

Type: Demo (Whole disk with selector)

Group: Plague

Code: Metal

Music: Elton de Hoog, EVS, Griff, JCH, Speed Demon, TDM

Graphics: Lupin, Mike

CSDB Link: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=17623

Captured by: Six/DLoC (Oliver VieBrooks)

Widely considered one of the best NTSC demos of all time, "Grand Posse" doesn't disappoint.  The graphics, the effects, the music, all come together in a smooth, nicely-build production that gives us around an hour of demo viewing time.  One wonders what Lupin and the crew could have produced had they stuck together as Plague.  Keep it Oldschool!