Drill Me, Please Me | Pandemic | Ya'dot Klimon | Hyperventilation | Hyperventilation for Windows | Sexadelic | Sexadelic for Windows | 200 Bytes of Party Beer (intro) | B-plugin for WinAmp | Recycled | Limbo (Pocket PC, Windows) | Monotypia (Windows) | Follow the Sign 4 (Sony PSP) | Renaissance (PC, DOS) | Alternative Party 2008 invitation intro (PC) | Karat3D+ (PC) | Cosmic Soliloquy (Pocket PC) | Beacon (PC Windows) | Vanility (PC DOS) | Hyperventilation 2010 (PC Windows) | Raper's Roast (Wild) | Guilty as charged - Stream 2012 Invitation (Javascript) | Old is not Dead (PC Windows) | Relax Ants (PC DOS, Windows) | Malf*cktion (PC DOS) | Pyroassault (Wild) | My Summer Demo (PC DOS & Windows) | Summoning (PC DOS) | Shattered Minds (PC DOS + Windows) | Eternal Now (Projection mapping) | Rainmaker (PC Windows)
Please note: we probably won't update this page very often or if ever, so pleae see the Byterapers releases at Pouet.net:
Link: Byterapers releases at Pouet
Demos are demoed in following format:
Release date: xx
Length: Lenght in blocks or disks. Mentioned if multi/trackloader.
Code: Whodunit.
Graphics: Whodunit.
Music: Haziknows.
Design: Whodunit.
Scrolls: Crazystuffs.
Compatibility: How compatible the production is in current machines, if relevant.Plus MISC information, FTP-links and what it contains.
Pouet link:
Most of the smaller picture are actually miniatyres, and can be enlarged for closer peek by clicking on it. For space saving purposes the black borders / part of screen itself have been cut away.
You can copy the files by clicking or shift-clicking on offered link(s) or going directly into the FTP-sites at:
ftp.byterapers.com/pub/
http://ftp.scene.org/pub/demos/groups/byterapers/pc/
Release: 08061996
Lenght: 2750 kb unpacked / ZIP
Code: Kraku, Sivu, Lanttu
Graphics: Jate, Nico, Micron, Dice, Mazor
Music: Yolk, T.O.B, Legend
Design: Micron
Pmode/W: Tran, Daredevil
Player: The Edge + major changes by Sivu
Compatibility: impossible to run on modern machines. Requires GUS.a Byterapers inc. dedicated delicatessen
1st PC demo ever, released at Abduction '96
(B) 1986 - 1996, ja stoori vain jatkuu, saatana.The first step to PC platform, Drill Me, Please Me, was instant success and a continuation step on the road of winning democompos with non-finished and bugging productions. The tale behind Drill is true legend.
Originally (B) wanted to step onto PC platform already in 1991/1992, when we were a Amiga group. Back then guys voted against it. Now we had been planning the demo for a long time and started heavily doing it. Everything happened very smoothly: Micron whipped everyone in the party, no sleep no rest, not even smoke breaks. Sivu managed to steal a moment or two and had a illegal smoke break though. At some moment Kraku appeared and saw guys were doing a demo. It was a miracle, a miracle, you hear it? A MIRACLE! Kraku offered to join, was accepted and brought great demoparts that made DRILL good.
Check the Abduction'96 report for more details about the creation of Drill.
Selected quotes from the press:READ THE REVIEWS!- A cool demo. Overall experience is pretty unique. Source: PC Demo Reviews Page
Selected Drill-quotes:Get it from FTP.BYTERAPERS.COM - File 1/3 readme.txt 0.2 kbCreating of this demo required:
fizz cider olvi special olvi vuosiolut koff III smashing pumpkins two rats eppu normaali hill street blues dice twisted firestarter moby (not moby/alcatraz) cold makaroonilaatikko cold pizza (saarioinen) no pain, no fear (thank god) kaffe och bulla trojan horse inside protons amiga die krupps pornooo phone coding (no joke, no fear (thank god)) huonoja naisia
We be hirmu. we tell you not. it be sexret. hirmu is rule. rule you must. (Ai spiik längvits okså)
Byterapers kouluttaa nuoria sceneduudeja elämän jaloissa taidoissa.
Tule sinäkin Byterapers-karaistusleirille.
Esimerkki koulutuksemme sisältämästä oppimateriaalista:* Elämä ja naiset. Kuinka saada suosiota.
- Katsoessasi naisen sieraimeen totea että hänellä roikkuu töhnää sierainkarvoissa. Hän pitää siitä.* Hopeinen kuu. Kuinka luodaan merelle silta.
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iisalmen poliisilaitos (ask esko pulkkinen) tel nro 977 817083
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These screenshots taken with camera from a video bigscreen. Quality varies.
Release: 07061997
Lenght: kb unpacked / ZIP
Code: Mr. Sex, Sivu, Lanttu
Graphics: Jate, Mike
Music: Mordicus
Breeding: Micron, T.O.B, Mysdee
Compatibility: ?
panda /pændª/, pandas. A panda is a large black and white animal, rather like a bear, which lives in bamboo forests of China.panda car, panda cars. A panda car is a small police patrol car; used in British English.
pandemic /pændìmìk/, pandemics. A pandemic is something that affects everybody over a very wide area; a formal word. EG ...a universal pandemic of despair... Children are now suffering an epidemic, even a pandemic, of low-grade intoxication.. Pandemic requires Pentium, linear framebuffer and umpteen megs of memory..
pane /peìn/, panes. 1 A pane of glass is a flat sheet of glass in a window or door. EG We'll have to smash a pane in the kitchen window... 2 A pane in your arse is a mispelled (B) slogan.
Pandemic
is the 2nd production from byterapers on the pc computer platform and heavenish cracker only knows the overall serial number. it was glued together during the week before abduction'97 and hurriedly patched to working condition few hours before the deadline. following the set tradition of 'no hurry we got to consume a few beers first' the audience had to wait about two months for the final version that might even work on some computers not using some certain pieces of hardware.
Selected quotes from the press:READ THE REVIEWS!- A colorful 2D demo with some very good looking effects and graphics. Source: PC Demo Reviews Page
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Some (.jpg) screenshots taken with camera from a video bigscreen.
Release: 27.12.1997
Lenght: 1500 kb
Code: Mr.Sex, Sivu, Suckho, Gurdan.
Graphics: Mike.
3D scenes: Mike, Sivu, Suckho, T.o.B
Music: Carebear / Orange.
Breeding: Micron
Midas sound system: Safara Surfers/Housemarque Inc.
Compatibility: ?3rd production from the unsounded minds of Byterapers on the PC computer platform.
As a tradition, Ya'dot Klimon was mixed together during 6 days before christmas eve. This time, drinking beer was not a top priority like it has been so far when making productions - at least we tried to make this show enjoyable and entertaining.
This is the party and the final version. No bugfixes coming.. (No bugs? If something strange appears, they're features :)
This demo shows our growing skills in creating good, even totally excellent PC code and effects. Unfortunately, it falls down in one very important poing: design.
Ya'dot clearly shows how we have lacked an important bit of designing. This was coming up when making the demo, but the decision was made after all to put the demo in the competition. As faintly expected, it didn't work out.
Therefore we are have now taken a challenge: create DESIGN. Our C-64 demo Extremes is in our opinion extremerely (forgive the pun) well designed, balanced and technically awesomely extremerely brilliant. Our next demo should show that same quality in design as well as in the code.
Meantime, enjoy the demo! Even while it didn't get to top3, it remains highly enjoyable show. And actually, we might say, Ya'dot Klimon is maybe one of the most underrated Byterapers demos you can find.
Please note that this demo requires UniVBE. If you don't have it, get Scitech Display Doctor. Unless you have fully VESA 2.0 capable graphics card you may suffer horrible problems running the demo.
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These screenshots taken with camera from a video bigscreen. Quality varies.
Hyperventilation (PC DOS & Windows)
Release: eh....??
Lenght: 3900 kb ZIPped
Code: Mr.Sex & Gurdan
Visuals: Mistral & Mike & Jat
Music: Musical: Yolk & Legend / CNCD
Design: Mistral
Compatibility: ?The 4th demo from Byterapers on the platform of PC demo programming.
This demo was created mainly in a very hectic two week final period before the Swedish party of Remedy'98. Originally it was attempted for Abduction'98, but after winning the Abduction'98 PC demo competition twice in row and getting practically a NIL as prices, it was decided to be delayed for a better opportunity. This came in form of the Remedy, in Stockholm/Sweden. The original design was lavishly improved with the extra time. A bunch of members collected themselves together for brainy finals, and the telecommunication systems burned hot when ideas and new materials were continually exchanged. Special bows must definitely be given to Mistral, who as the youngest (B) member showed mag talent in the design process. He was a whole flood of ideas, and even able to direct his brainies to the coders who in their turn were able to create great results.
Even after all the work put into the demo, it almost never took part in the demo competition. Demo was supposed to be transferred to Mike, the sole (B) member in the party, though Internet but Mike didn't show up in IRC eventhough guys were sitting impatiently with a fresh demo in their hand.... Neither did he answer his mobile, which was either broken or batteries empty. A crash operation was created to contact the (B) members in Stockholm, but by bad luck not one of them was available. The situation was even more dire, since originally it was thought the demo deadline is saturday 2000 - BUT it was saturday 0800. Or something. Finally Mike showed up in IRC though, and explained the damn party had only one computer that had access to the outer world through Internet and he had waited for his turn for 10 hours.
Almost a happy ending. 2nd place it was, but a moral 1st. See Bytenews too.
See what people have thought about Hyperventilation at Fan Feedback.
There is also a Windows version of Hyperventilation available. Check it here. Files below are for DOS-version and may have compability problems on newer machines.
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Release:09.08.1998 (original partyversion) - 26.08.1998 (final version)
Lenght: 5 MB
Code & demoengine: Mr.Sex
Special effects: Mr.Sex & Gurdan
Visuals: Mistral
Music: Legend / CNCD
Design: Mistral
Compatibility: Runs on everything.Competed in Assembly'98. Came 4th. Sucks. Was the best demo in the competition but had back luck with the voters, who liked repeating 3D scenes and really shitty and lousy humour over a good demo.
Please note that there are now three different versions of Sexadelic around.
So which version should I watch I hear you ask. Either the final or Windows version. Final version is the best in visual quality, as some thingies had to be removed during the Windows conversion. Windows version is the easiest to use though, and even more perfectly on all machines. Your choise.
- The first, old one is the demo participating in Assembly'98.
- Second FINAL version (v2.0) has new design, new parts, new graphics, new code, new effects - it's practically a totally new demo.
- Third version if the final converted to Windows from plain DOS product.
Recognizing the versions is pretty easy. Just peek at filename. Archives sexadeli.zip or b-sexadel.zip are partyversions. b-sex.zip is the final. b-sexadelic_windows.zip is for Windows.
See what people have thought about Sexadelic at Fan Feedback and Feedback in FINNISH/SUOMEKSI.
Different versions of Sexadelic:
Sexadelic for Windows here.
Final v2.0 version (DOS):
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Get it from FTP.SCENE.ORG, readme.txt 1 kbFor you demo reviewers and otherwise interested fans, you can grab screenshots of the demo at any time pressing F12.
These screenshots have been downgraded from 32 bit colour to 256 colour gifs to save space and time. Click on picture to enlarge.
Sexadelic for Windows (PC Windows)
Lenght: 5 MB
Windows version: Sivu
Code & demoengine: Mr.Sex
Special effects: Mr.Sex & Gurdan
Visuals: Mistral
Music: Legend / CNCD
Design: Mistral
Compatibility: requires Windows, runs on everything.Windows conversion of the demo Sexadelic, that originally competed in Assembly'98.
This is the third version of the demo. It is based on the final (V2.0) version, that is converted to Windows platform from plain DOS product.
The only difference between this and the original version is that the mushroom scene doesn't contain any particles and there may be few clipping bugs in some of the 3d scenes. Also Bilinear filtering is disabled because it crashed too often. (It's a bit hard to debug a three years old code you know)
So which version should I watch I hear you ask. Either the final or this Windows version. Final is the best in visual quality, as some thingies had to be removed during the Windows conversion. Windows version is the easiest to use though, and even more perfectly on all machines. Your choise.
See what people have thought about Sexadelic at Fan Feedback and Feedback in FINNISH/SUOMEKSI.
Windows version released in 2001:
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200 Bytes of Party Beer intro (PC Windows)
Release date: 08.08.2001
Length: 3 kb
Code:Suckho
Graphics:Suckho
Compatibility: runs on everything.Released in the Assembly'2k 4 kb intro competition. Lenght of the intro is whopping 200 bytes two hundred bytes) ! No wonder it got the 10th place, as very few people could understand what was the point from the big screen.
Very nice very compact intro. Check it!
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B-plugin for WinAmp (PC Windows)
Release: 05.08.2001
Lenght: 140 Kb
Code: Suckho
Textures: Wode/Doomsday
Compatibility: needs WinAmp and fast CPU, 3D accelerated display adapter, DirectX8.First place in WinAmp plugin-competition at Assembly 2001 party.
B-plugin is a standard Winamp visualization plugin released at Assembly 2001 Winamp plugin compo.
Installing: Copy vis_b.dll to your winamp\plugins directory. If Winamp doesnt find plugin, try changing plugin directory even if it looks like correct. I noticed that Winamp sometimes didn't find any plugins even if the path looked correct to me. Changing path fixed the problem. If there is a problem with creating direct3D objects, try to restart your winamp or your computer :) Hehe
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Release: 05.08.2001
Lenght: 9 MB
Demoengine: Mr.Sex
Other code: Sivu
Special effects: Wode & Dice
Visuals: Wode & Dice & Kidlove/Scoopex
Music: Firestorm
Compatibility: Windows - runs on everything.This demo participated at Assembly 2001 party combined demo competition, and placed 3rd.
Nonaccelerated!
It was made in cooperation between Byterapers and Doomsday. Wode / Doomsday was the chief architect putting the demo together, many thanks. He spent the last days before party making the demo round the clock, and process continued during the party itself. We pulled some strings and got him a cozy corner in the partyplace, away from the party chaos, and the guys then made awesome work putting the demo together.
Actually there was a very hard and still classified operation getting the demo to the competition at all. This competition version was submitted only slightly before the competition entries were recorded for showing. Demo changed much during the last 24 hours and many who had seen the earlier "jury version" were positively surprised. Unfortunately all things didn't still didn't fit together. One of the best parts in the demo started crashing just before the final version had to be submitted, so it had to be left out alltogether. Shucks.
And it wasn't quite easy during the last 2 weeks before party either. In total four (4!) musicians failed to produce us a soundtrack. True! First three musicians just failed to show up with a tune, even though they had promised one. One week before the party we were desparate about whole soundtrack issue, and suddenly remembered we got one musician in the group we still haven't asked - and he started working on music right away. That was wednesday. And in the next monday he informed that he had lost inspiration and couldn't continue with the soundtrack, so there we were again. Good thing that we still had Firestorm in the back pocket, and just slammed the tune in so the finishing round could be started.
The competition version doesn't still work completely. It actually crashes during the credits, thats why it ends so suddenly. But no time to fix that bug in the party...
Final version of the demo shoud be available during August. It should be much better still, with new material and real oldskool style scroller ;-)
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Hyperventilation for Windows (PC Windows)
Lenght: kb ZIPped
Code: Mr.Sex & Gurdan
Windows version: Sivu
Visuals: Mistral & Mike & Jat
Music: Musical: Yolk & Legend / CNCD
Design: Mistral
Compatibility: requires Windows, runs on everythingWindows conversion of the DOS demo Hyperventilation, that originally competed in Remedy'98.
The original demo was the 4th release by Byterapers on the PC platform. It was created mainly in a very hectic two week final period before the Swedish party of Remedy'98. To see whole whole story about the creation process please see the story about original Hyperventilation.
Since its release Hyperventilation has been the favourite (B) release on PC, both in the eyes of the creators and the fans. The demo combines great visuals to amazing style and classic, melodic music. But as times change, the PC machines change too. And came a sad day when Hyperventilation just didn't work anymore.
Suddenly the boys started thinking about a demo for Assembly'2001 party. And the old demoengine was fast converted from pure DOS application to Windows. After working very hard with the demo "Recycled" mr. Sivu started wondering along following lines:
And one day in August 2001 there was suddenly "Sexadelic for Windows".
- (B) demoengine is now Windows based
- our old demos are DOS based
- they can be easily converted to Windows with the converted engine
And so fan feedback flooded in requesting conversion of Hyperventilation. But it was not to come, as the source codes of the demo had been lost long ago. Or so we thought. Suddenly Gurdan showed up and shoveled the sources at our faces. "Why you didn't ask from me" he asked - and the others just stared at the code pieces dumbfounded. "Errrrr."
And so Hyperventilation for Windows came into existence. It is not based on the absolutely final release version of Hyperventilation, as there is about 10 hours difference between this source and the final version's final source. And as you can imagine - 10 hours is almost like infinity when finishing demo for a competition. But we've done what we could to update the demo and make it run as good as possible.
Enjoy! You are in for a great show!
See what people have thought about Hyperventilation at Fan Feedback.
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Release: 04.08.2002
Lenght: varies
Pocket PC code: Suckho
PC code: Suckho
Visuals: Wode of Doomsday
Visuals & 3D: Dice of Doomsday
Fractal: Mistral
Music: No-XS of Paradox
Compatibility: Pocket PC for PPC version, Windows for Win32Byterapers, Inc. & Doomsday proudly present "LIMBO".
First place at the Assembly 2002 Mobile Demo Competition.This demo was first released in Pocket PC format for the Pocket PC devices at Assembly 2002 demoparty in the Mobile Demo competition. It received mighty 5616 point compared to the 3806 points to the 2nd place and 1529 to 3rd place.
A Win32-version for Windows machines was released soon afterwards.
The demo is nice oldskoolish product which brings the "old good demodays" feeling to the small mobile devices.
See what people have thought about Limbo at Fan Feedback. Check also Pouet.net's chitchat: Limbo for Pocket PC chitchat and Limbo for Win32 talk.
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Release: 07.03.2003
Lenght: 7,5 MB zipped
Code: Mr. Sex Sivu Gurdan
Visuals: Mistral
Music: Legend
Compatibility: Windows for Win32Byterapers, Inc. - Monotypia.
First place at the Simulaatio party organized at Varkaus 7.3.-9.3.2003Lonely Administrators Guild REPRESENT - MONOTYPIA BY BYTERAPERS 101%+++
friedOk, we need to confess something. This isn't a "real" demo. This is a work in progress. Or work rejected. This was being coded many years ago but the demo was never finished. It was dug out and published as it is.
like fuck @ party, thanx to destop, jugi, amj, vention, pähkinäreleased after 5 years of waiting
requires directx3 and too much memory
See what people have thought about Monotypia at Pouet.net's chitchat: Monotypia.
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Follow The Sign 4 (Sony PSP handheld)
Release date: 07.08.2006
Length: 7,2 MB zipped
Code: Xwizard, Memon.
Graphics: Hbt, Rag.
Music: Unroot Pimple
Design: Micron
Scrolls: Micron, Grendel
Helpers: Bera, Mistral, Covex, Dice
Compatibility: Requires a Sony PSP console.Byterapers, Inc. - Follow The Sign 4.
Third place at the Assembly 2006 mobile demo compo.This demo had quite a bit unfortunes on it, while in making. In total, the demo was made in five days, starting on the Monday of the Assembly 2006 week. The event started on Thursday and demo was finished on Saturday. Or "finished". Some unlucky stuff happened. Couple scenes, of course the most important ones, were wrecked beyond any repair and had to be kicked out of the demo. Now, we got the demo into a working condition barely before the absolutely final deadlines. It ran nicely, then horribly died in middle of the recording for the competition. Major disaster. It worked no more. So barely one hour before the demo competition a new version bad to be compiled, with yet more removed features and textures reduced to 50% resolution. Finally, the demo ran ok but it was far away from the original plan.
The competition came, demo did run nicely but well, it was just a shadow. Follow The Sign 4 - The Crippled Code.
The final version was released after the competition. It actually works, with fullres textures.
More Making of FTS4 will follow, with a video and screenshots.
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Renaissance (PC, DOS)
Release date: 01.08.2008
Length: 3,9 MB zipped
Code: Bera, Visy, Nessie
Graphics: Gekko, Wode, Dice, HBT, Sakamies
Music: PrplMtn
Design: Bera, Micron, Visy
Poetry: Grendel
Helpers: Suckho, H7
Compatibility: DOS or DOSBOX on modern Windows machines.Byterapers, Inc. - Renaissance
First place at the Assembly 2008 oldskool demo compo.This demo is remarkable in many ways. It is a pure MS-DOS demo. It is pure 100% distilled olskool. It is a perfect blend of 1991 PC demo design, 1991 demo ideas, on 1991 hardware, with some nifty modern programming tricks. It is not a modern demo on oldskool machine.
Besides, it was also Bera's first demo ever. Not a bad start.
Exact Credits and debits
Bera: Supreme coding, engine, tools, 3D and 2D effects
Visy: Coding, 2D effects, engine tweaks, design
Nessie: Sound engine, tools
Mikron: Supreme project leader, direction, design, prophet
PrplMtn: Soundtrack (featuring mystery female vocalist)Also starring
Gekko: 3D Objects, mIRC warrior
Wode: Famous dsd_textures.zip, word cloud gfx, design tips
Dice: Famous dsd_textures.zip, new anarchy logo, 3D objects
Manfex: Supreme raster bar designer
Suckho: Ancient 2D effects remaking guru
Hbt: Still & effect overlay graphics
Sakamies: Overlay gfx in water effect with bzm coords
H7: Supreme ANSI artist
Grendel: Scene poetryHardware used
CPU: 486DX-50
Memory: 32M 60ns
Cache: 256k 20ns L2 cache
Bus: ISA 16bit 8Mhz
Graphics: ET4000AX (1M. 256k used in demo)
Sound: SoundBlaster v2.0 (8bit mono)Hardware requirements
CPU: 486DX-33 (maybe even less but don't hold your breath)
Memory: 18.5M
Graphics: Anything with MCGA mode and at least 256k memory.
Sound: Any Soundblaster compatible should work. Running demoGeneral ... Does NOT work directly under Windows. This is a DOS demo. :) When you run this demo it will ask if you would you like to save the uncompressed audio to the disk. If you hit a key during this 3 second "thinking time" the demo will write the whole song to the disk. That makes following runs much faster. Audio file (raw 8-bit 22050khz mono file) takes 4738k of disk space. If you don't press any key then the demo decompresses audio to the memory and does not write anything to the disk. (That fills compo rules 100%) Soundcard is detected thru BLASTER environment variable.
Emulator ... DosBox was used during developement. DosBox can't handle the horizontal scroller right but other parts are ok. However, default configuration file has 16M of memory which is not enough. So you must change it to bigger number to allow the demo to run. Also, if you want a more realistic fps, change 'cycles' to something like 33000.
FF ... For debug purposes there is fast forward button.. Keep '.' pressed for 6x speed. Of cource this is not perfect :). Scrollers don't scroll any faster, only the timer and so on. This was a useful feature during the developement phase. :)About the name - title "Renaissance" was chosen by Mikron many months before the actual demomaking. Although demo design changed "a bit" in last few weeks, mostly because there were problems with the 3D system and lack of time to fix it, the message of this demo is not as clear as it was meant to be. Overall, we would like to dedicate this demo to the former American demo group called Renaissance, which was a great inspiration for most of us in the early days, when PC demoscene was taking it's baby steps. Check wikipedia for more info about them.
Personal memos Bera:
Wow. First big product where I'm involved and victory. Feels great! Greetings goes to my family and frends and specially to my wife.
This demo started from my dream about to do proper demo. About year ago I started collectin old hardware. (And I still need good 1991 motherboards) About 6 months ago me and Nessie started coding and about two months before deadline we had most of the effects and 3D engine. Then Byterapers came along and last two months was almost nonstop coding. :)
7 hours after deadline (Demo was aldready recorded) demo SVN broken down and we couldn't make proper release version. :/ And ofcourse booze was affecting our motivation deeply. But yesterday I finally managed to repair my server and now we are launching our proper release version. No changes in graphic or sound output. Just nicely packed and added some error messages and this info file.
Seriously. There was huge amount code what must be coded for this product. Everything is new code. Four tool programs has to be made and so on. 3D engine uses 32bit integer only and still gives subpixel resolution and full matrix calculations. Too bad that 3D plays so small part in this demo because of format converter problems but there is always next demo. Now we have brand new 486 demo engine.
Ps. Abyss said during proce ceremony that 1992 hardware is ok and even some newspapers said 1992 hardware is the limit, actual rules say 1991. And difference between 1991 and 1992 hardware is HUGE. 1991 there was only 8 bit audio without any hardware mixers and 16bit 8Mhz ISA bus (Well EISA and MCA was available but these are not so fast either). 1992 there was GUS with 16bit stereo sound with hardware mixers and 32bit VLB bus up to 33Mhz. Processor frequency multiplers came 1992 and so on. Personally I think current limit is ok even if PC that time couldn't output 16bit stereo sounds like amiga did but calculation powers goes way up when frequency multiplers and faster BUS technology come along.Nessie:
Greetings to my son and wife for giving me time to do the hard work that was needed in this demo project. And this one really was my first demo project.
It was like December 2007 when I and Bera got an idea that we should make a DOS demo. And one main thing was to have real music (stream) not a mod. And indeed there were a couple of challenges to get m4a(aac) encoded file to play in 486DX-50 hardware.
And then a couple more words about sound engine. The music in this demo was encoded with aac encoder inside mp4 audio container. 8-bit audio data was used as that was best possible quality with Sound Blaster cards back in '91. There were no ready libraries available that could decode 8-bit audio data so that part had to be developed from scratch. The whole audio data is decoded to memory and it can be played from any position using DMA transfer. Auto-init DMA is being used if available to avoid scraches while playing. All Sound Blaster compatible cards are supported. And remember to set BLASTER environment!Visy:
Phew! This has been an interesting few months working on the demo. Great big thanks to bera and mikron for starting the project and getting me on board. I've always been a big fan of classic MS-DOS demos and this was a dream come true for me. Personal greetings to Joni of Rotwalli for supplying me with alcoholic beverages during the production of this demo. Also, shout-outs to my friends in Trilobit, Valmet Children, FEL, aspekt, PWP, Ananasmurska, Jumalauta + Rauhaniemiposse.
some words about the technical side:
We decided early on that this demostration will be released at Assembly. Thus, this demo should work on a 1991-80486 PC with a Sound Blaster-compatible soundcard. The demo uses hardware scrolling, so Dosbox doesn't cut it yet, sorry ;).
Yes, the music is a stream. Not a tracker tune.Gekko:
Working as a blender slave under the command of Mikron is not certainly the easiest job to do, even though I was just randomly poked to do something small. Anyway, I consider this as my first demoscene entry, even though my role in it was quite small. I hope to continue working with the Byterapers and increase my boozing skills. Maybe one day I can challenge the mighty Mikron. Also, more whiskey.
Greets to Aukio Games and honors to their very very great Game dev entry "Skies" released on Assembly 2005. The game is still worth playing and requires more servers.Prpl mtn:
Music for the Byterapers Reneissance demo is a mixture of outboard gear and ITB orchestral libraries. One of the outboard gear I used is my all time favourite Studio Electronics ATC-X analogue monosynth which I ran thru either Moogerfooger lowpassfilter, Frostwave Resonator (Low Pass Filter) or Ibanez TS9DX distortion pedal. I also used fully loaded Korg Triton and it was used to the C64-like lead sounds and the electronic drums you hear on the piece. Tritons sounds were again processed thru the filters mentioned. Orchestral libraries I used were mostly Project SAM brass/True Strike and for strings and woods I used Vienna Special Edition Libraries. The rest of the instruments (to double or to use individually) were from the EWQLSO Platinum Library.. I used Protools LE for midi editing and then the tracks were mixed our studio (Protools HD3 + outboard). (Watch out for the StereoVersion!!) Nelli Nyman spoke the text written by Grendel. I think that this also adds a very nice dimension to the demo..
I really wanted to combine the "oldschool" sound with some modern classical elements to respect the old and to add something new. I hope you enjoy the demo. I did :)Grendel:
Interestingly the first time I saw Reneissance was at Assembly, just before Real Wild Demo compo. The boys have done excellent work - the demo has true oldtime feeling and style. Which is always nice.
The funny thing is that this demo runs on older machine than we have ever worked on PC scene. The first (B) PC demo Drill Me, Please Me was released on 1996 and ran on a Pentium, so this is actually a fun step backwards. Going forward by going backward. Think of it - this demo runs on 1990 hardware and Future Crew's Unreal ´came out at 1992, Second Reality 1993. But let's admit it - those boys had style and skill.
Funny thing, this party. (B) chaps found an unusual boost of energy, pushing out two demos. Doesn't happen every party or even every year.Mikron:
Thanks for everbody giving 120% effort for these productions. Thank's for Mysdee-B for opportunity to brand Alternative Party 2008 invitation under (B) label. Thanks all the organizers and visitors at ASM Summer 2008 for creating great party atmosphere, I enjoyed that as much as i did when working with this production and these guys. Hopefully we didn't plan & build this new DOS B-engine for one time purpose only, and we still find the energy and productivity to make something nice with it for the parties yet to come. At the moment all fuel cells are empty...
Disregards for bad boozembly spot, EPIC travel between that and ASM arena, at least with almost-broken-hurting-like-hell ancle, and also special STFU's for those who feel so fucking neccessary to advertise how they are NOT going to Assembly, bragging about how the event has been sucking after the 90's and blaa blaa blaa. Heard you 1st time, change the tape finally perkele.
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Alternative Party 2008 invitation intro (PC)
Release date: 01.08.2008
Length: 10 MB, zipped
Code: Nullkey, Visy
Graphics: Legend, Nullkey
Music: Legend
Producer: Mysdee
Ascii: H7/Accession
Byterapers, Inc. - Alternative Party 2008 invitation intro
Fourth place on Real Wild Demo competition at Assembly 2008 - "Alternative Party 2008 Invitation" by ByterapersRuns on: Windows XP, Vista or Linux.
Take notice: this is a dynamic demo and will run different every time.
Also, it will never end running until you quit it.Demo may work if you have:
Demo is targeted at coming mobile hardware, and requires OpenGL ES 2.0 capable hardware like ARM Mali and Imagination SGX. Windows version uses SGX emulator for OpenGL ES API, which works best with nVidia GPU's. Competition version captured from emulator software.
- OpenGL 2.1 -capable GPU with non-crappy drivers.
- Non-prehistoric CPU with MMX and SSE extensions.
- Windows XP, Vista or Linux.
- SDL, SDL_image, SDL_mixer, OpenGL ES 2.0 -libraries, zlib and Lua.
- Requires OpenGL ES 2.0 emulator. (PowerVR SGX emulator provided)
- Windows users need .NET 3.5
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Karat3D+ (PC)
Release date: 26.10.2008
Length: 10 MB zipped
Code: Suckho
Graphics: Dice
Music: Firestorm
Design: Dice, Suckho
Byterapers, Inc. - Karat3D+
First place at Alternative Party 2008 dynamic demo compo.
First place at Alternative Party 2008 alternative demo compo.
A tribute to IK+ and C64.
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Cosmic Soliloquy (Pocket PC)
Release date: August 2009
Length: 101 MB.
Code: xwd.
Graphics: HBY.
Music: T-101.
Design: Mikron.
Pocket PC platform.
Released in Assembly 2009 Wild Demo competition. 5th place.
Pouet: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=53667
Beacon (PC Windows)
Release date: April 2010
Length: 29 MB.
Code: xwd.
Graphics: HBT.
Music: Aflecht.
Design: Mikron.
Other: Oasiz.PC Windows demo. Released at Breakpoint 2010. 12th in the PC Demo competition.
Pouet: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=54608
Vanility (PC DOS)
Release date: August 2010
Length: 1,2 MB.
Code: Bera, Nessie
Graphics: HBT.
Music: Legend, Yolk.
Design: Mikron.A PC MS-DOS/GUS demo released at Assembly 2010 Oldskool demo competition. 2nd place.
Pouet: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=55531
Hyperventilation 2010 (PC Windows)
Release date: October 2010
Length: 47 MB.
Code: Gurdan, Mr. Sex.
Graphics: Jate, Mike, Mistral.
Music: Legend, Yolk.
A sad attempt to re-energize Hyperventilation. It failed.
Released at Stream 2010 party, combined demo competition, 6th place.
Pouet: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=56080
Raper's Roast (Wild)
Release date:August 2011
Length: ?.
Creator: Mikron.
A wild compo entry in the Byterapers 25 years anniversary party, 2011, by Mikron.
Seems to be lost. Mikron: "With window movie maker it took total of 15 minutes to create this "product", not counting some images from google and that soundtrack, which I downloaded before going to the party. Rest of the photos were taken at the party place." Pouet link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=57634
Guilty as charged - Stream 2012 Invitation (Javascript)
Release date: April 2012
Length: -.
Code: xwd.
Graphics: Annieeee.
Music: Hooligan.
Other: Gargaj, jESSiKA, Mikron.
Invitation demo for Stream 2012 demoparty.
Released at inérciaDemoparty 2012, combined demo competition, 1st place.
Runtime is no longer available at Byterapers.com
Pouet link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=59207
Old is not Dead (PC Windows)
Release date: August 2012
Length: 42 MB.
Code: xwd.
Graphics: Wode, HBT.
Music: Byproduct.
Producer: Mikron.
Cooperation demo with Doomsday.
PC Windows demo relased at Assembly 2012 combined demo competition, 4th place.
1 point from 3rd place. 1 point. There was much hate. Pouet link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=59619
Relax Ants (PC DOS, Windows)
Release date: May 2015
Length: 1,4 MB.
Code: xwd, Bera.
Graphics: hbt.
Music: Roz.
Design: Mikron, hbt.
Poetry: Mikron.
Released at Simulaatio 2015 demoparty. 1st place in Oldskool demo competition.
Recommended settings for PC Dosbox: pentium_slow and 80-100k cycles.
But you really ought run the Windows version :)
Pouet link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=65732
Malf*cktion (PC DOS)
Release date: August 2016
Length: 2,4 MB.
Code: Bera, xwd.
Graphics: Bracket.
Music: Roz.
Whip: Mikron.
Released at the Assembly 2016 Oldskool demo competition, 1st place.
Comments: Very very very much unfinished compoversion. Because unfortunate deadlines (thursday 12:00) we didn't have time to polish & fix some issues and we had to make design shortcuts here and there. Still we're happy for the 1st position.
About new vs old code: Few effects were coded for our Payback demo which was unrealased, so we recycled those. Another few effects are recycled from Simulaatio 2015 demo Relax ants (and tuned up since that was 486 demo and this is Pentium). Most of the stuff is freshly created. And no, we dont' have access to Suckhos codebase, so there's nothing code straightlyh copied from that era. So the only demos before this which have had some common pieces of code are Renaissance (scripting & timing engine), Vanility (water) and Relax ants (that polyblend effect after countdown + part of the "blackhole machine", that 3D object with sphere inside)
Pouet link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=67918
Pyroassault (Wild)
Release date: September 2016
Length: -
Pyros: Bera, Miy
Music: T-101.
Camera: Grendel.Wild competition at Byterapers 30 years anniversary party, 1st place.
Live action wild demo - an actual fireworks display by Bera. Pouet link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=68081
My Summer Demo (PC DOS & Windows)
Release date: August 2017
Length: 2,2 MB.
Code: Bera, xwd.
Graphics: Spiikki, Manu.
Music: Roz.
Direction: Mikron.Released at Assembly 2017 Oldskool demo competition, 1st place.
The downloadable file contains both MS-DOS & Windows executables.
A proper DOS demo running ancient demo engine in ancient PC machine. Have fun!Commens: Making this demo with my guys was absolutely a blast. Relax Ants and Malfuctkion were kinda stressful, but this time it was actually filled with more moments of joy than sorrow, except the evernearing deadline. And ofc Roz delivered excellent tune as always. Spending 2.5 weeks inside the house during summer vacation = totally worth it :)
Pouet link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=71415
Summoning (PC DOS)
Release date:May 2018
Length: 2,8 MB.
Code: xwd.
Graphics: Manu.
Music: Roz.
Direction: Mikron.
Comments: Don't use dosbox. I don't. Use x86box or pcem... Definitely the best option is to use actual hardware :) Make sure you have at least 36 megs of memory. And of course the lame option is to run the demo_win.exe if you are on windows :) I'll see if i can have time to make builds for other platforms... I used a P133 with 64 Mb of memory during development and the compo machine was 233mmx (with even more memory) if i remember correctly. Also univbe/vesa 15/16/24/32 bit modes required. Sorry no fake truecolor in this prod.
Pouet link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=76262
Shattered Minds (PC DOS + Windows)
Release date: August 2018
Length: 8 MB.
Code: Bera, XWD, Mr. Sex
Graphics: Manu.
Music: Roz.
Direction: Mikron.Released at Assembly 2018 Oldskool demo competition, 1st place.
Comment: Making this with dream team was so much fun. Altough we had some troubles with the differences between compo hardware and our test hardware = that's the main reason for the laggy parts and lack of speed of those routines in the competition version.
No worries, there is a later Windows build also available!
This demo is a real hat trick, 3 oldschool wins @ Assembly in a row :) !Usually getting the demo done is a huge pain in the arse (like our slogan) crunching at least something together in less than a week before the party. This time we had about 2 weeks (gasp!) and Mr.Sex back in the game, so this time it was actually fund (most of the time) and we uploaded compo version 3 hours before deadline, which was world first for us :D Overall the whole experience was more relaxed than ever.
Roz about the music: I must admit that I'm at least partly guilty of repeating the oldskool demo vibe pattern with this demo. Mikron did ask me to do totally different kind of a track already in the end of 2017. Due to a certain game project I'm involved in I simply didn't have time / energy / motivation to start a completely new track from zero. So I dug this highly demoish song from my drawer of more-or-less-unfinished songs and turbo boosted it to the max. Anyway I'm pretty pleased with the results and as Mikron already said, something completely else next time!
Pouet link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=77397
Eternal Now (Projection mapping)
Release date: November 2023
Length: -
Visuals and design: Mysdee, Wode.
Music: Mysdee.
3D objects: T.o.B
Support: leGend, Manu, MikronCreated in partnership with Doomsday.
A new production from the Byterapers + Doomsday collective called Eternal Now!
this is something very different. This is *check this out* video mapping + projection demo. This is outdoors visualization projected on an old mansion, a real building. The building is shown in the video as background layer to show what the projection looks like in the actual event. The event is Mapsion Festival, an international festival of videomapping held on October 14th, 2023 at the Vuojoki Mansion Finland and surroundings. Mansion of Vuojoki is a renowned one of the most beautiful empire-style mansions in Finland built at 1836. Participants have their performance projected on the main facade of 30m long and 15m high.
In reality the projected demo looked exactly like in this video visualization.About the artist:
Byterapers & Doomsday: Titans of the Finnish Demoscene
In the vibrant panorama of Finland's digital underground, two names resonate with unparalleled legacy: Byterapers and Doomsday. Both groups, while distinct in their visions, are epitomes of the demoscene's dynamism, having emerged in the vibrant 1990s. As forerunners in an international community that thrives on the synergy of programming, graphics, and sound, they craft real-time audiovisual wonders that captivate and inspire.
Byterapers, known for their meticulous attention to detail and groundbreaking demos, have etched their mark as pioneers, pushing the boundaries of what's possible. On the other hand, Doomsday, with its proclivity for audacious graphics and sound, showcases the bold heart of the demoscene. From the 1980s, as the demoscene community began its ascent, both groups navigated the evolving landscape with dedication. Their offerings span from compact demos to elaborate music sequences and compelling graphics, all echoing the demoscene's foundational principles of free distribution and collaborative creativity.
Name of the artwork: Eternal Now
Description of the artwork: "Eternal Now" is a digital art piece that captures the essence of timelessness, merging abstract visuals and dynamic colors to evoke a sense of perpetual present, challenging viewers to contemplate the boundless nature of the present moment.Video: Low quality actual live stream of the competition
Pouet link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=95513
Rainmaker (PC Windows)
Release date: 1.4.2024
Length: Demo lenght in blocks or disks. Mentioned if multi/trackloader.
Code: Whodunit, person or subgroup.
Graphics: Whodunit.
Music: Whodunit or Hazi only knows.
Design: Who.
Scrolls: Some or the crazies let to KB.
Compatibility: How compatible the production is in current machines.Infos to come.
Pouet link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=96597
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