Editing Demoscene (section)

==Parties==
[[File:Assembly2004-areena01.jpg|thumb|[[Assembly (demoparty)|Assembly]] 2004 – a combination of a demoparty and a [[LAN party]]]]
A demoparty is an event where demosceners<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.scheib.net/play/demos/what/borzyskowski/index.html
|title=The Hacker Demo Scene And {{sic|It|'s|nolink=y}} Cultural Artifacts
|first=George
|last=Borzyskowski
|publisher=[[Curtin University]]
|year=1997
|access-date=11 November 2017
|archive-date=19 January 2017
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119012229/http://www.scheib.net/play/demos/what/borzyskowski/index.html
|url-status=live
}}</ref> and other computer enthusiasts gather to take part in competitions, nicknamed ''compos'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catb.org/jargon/html/D/demoparty.html|title=Demoparty|publisher=catb.org|access-date=11 November 2017|archive-date=11 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111131017/http://catb.org/jargon/html/D/demoparty.html|url-status=live}}</ref> where they present demos (short [[audio-visual]] presentations of [[computer art]]) and other works such as digital art and music.  A typical demoparty is a non-stop event spanning a weekend, providing the visitors a lot of time to socialize. The competing works, at least those in the most important competitions, are usually shown at night, using a [[video projector]] and [[loudspeaker]]s.<ref name="demographics">{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/Demographics_BehindtheScene |first=Jeremy|last=Williams |year=2002|title=Demographics: Behind the Scene|access-date=17 February 2011}}</ref> 

The most important competition is usually the ''demo compo''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scheib.net/play/demos/what/index.html|title=Demos Explained; What are Demos? What is a Demo? - Vince Scheib|first=Vince|last=Scheib|publisher=scheib.net|access-date=11 November 2017|archive-date=27 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927133854/http://www.scheib.net/play/demos/what/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Assembly (demoparty)|Assembly]] is the biggest demoscene party.<ref>{{cite web |title=Demoscene Assembly 2019 |url=https://www.geeks3d.com/20190805/demoscene-assembly-2019/ |website=Geeks3D.com|date=5 August 2019 }}</ref> [[The Gathering (LAN party)|The Gathering]] became more of a players' party, the worlds largest computerparty.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Gathering 2006 |url=https://www.demoparty.net/the-gathering/the-gathering-2006 |website=Demoparty.net |language=en}}</ref>

===Concept===
The visitors of a demoparty often bring their own computers to compete and show their works. To this end, most parties provide a large hall with tables, electricity and usually a [[local area network]] connected to the Internet. In this respect, many demoparties resemble [[LAN party|LAN parties]], and many of the largest events also gather gamers and other computer enthusiasts in addition to demosceners. A major difference between a real demoparty and a LAN party is that demosceners typically spend more time socializing (often outside the actual party hall) than in front of their computers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://breakpoint.untergrund.net/newvisitors.php|title=Breakpoint 2010 - Like There's No Tomorrow // Bingen am Rhein, Germany, Easter Weekend 2010|access-date=11 November 2017|archive-date=10 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110200904/http://breakpoint.untergrund.net/newvisitors.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

===List of demoparties===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width="150" |Party name
!Location
! width="80" |Years
!Description
|-
|'''7DX Party'''
|[[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]
|2002–2015
|7DX was an annual demoparty that has been held since 2002 in Turkey. It is Turkey's first demo party that consists of demo-oriented competitions.
|-
|'''Abstract'''
|[[Gliwice]], [[Poland]]
|2001–2009
|A demo party organized annually with lots of demos, intros, chiptune music.
|-
|'''ACG Hack'''
|[[Umeå]], [[Sweden]]
|1997–1999
|A demo and LAN party organized by the Amiga Computer Group in Umeå.
|-
|'''[[Alternative Party (demo party)|Alternative Party]]'''
|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|1998–2013, 2024
|An alternative party visited mostly by demo scene veterans.
|-
|'''Arok Party'''
|[[Ajka]], [[Hungary]]
|1999–
|8-bit party, held each summer.
|-
|'''Art Engine'''
|[[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]
|2012
|The second Brazilian demoparty ever organized.
|-
|'''[[Assembly (demoparty)|Assembly]]'''
|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|1992–
|One of the longest-running demo parties in the world. Associated with Boozembly.
|-
|'''@party (Atparty)'''
|[[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], USA
|2010–
|Annual demo party in Massachusetts.
|-
|'''BIRDIE'''
|[[Uppsala]], [[Sweden]]
|1993–
|Oldest LAN Party of Sweden with a Demoscene
|-
|'''Bizarre'''
|[[Etten-Leur]], [[Netherlands]]
|1994–2000
|First PC demo party in The Netherlands. The first edition was held in [[Nijmegen]], all others in [[Etten-Leur]].
|-
|'''Blockparty''' / '''PixelJam'''
|[[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], USA
|2007–2010, 2011–2012
|Both parties held in conjunction with [[Notacon]].
|-
|'''BCN Party'''
|[[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
|2000–2007
|The only demoscene party in Barcelona.
|-
|'''[[Breakpoint (demo party)|Breakpoint]]'''
|[[Bingen am Rhein|Bingen]], [[Germany]]
|2003–2010
|Formerly the world's largest "scene-only" demoparty, successor of the Mekka & Symposium party series. Followed by [[Revision (demoparty)|Revision]].
|-
|'''CAFePARTY'''
|[[Kazan]], [[Russia]]
|1999–
|Main oldschool party in Russia.
|-
|'''[[Chaos Constructions]]'''
|[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]
|1999–
|The largest demoparty in ex-Soviet countries, successor of the Enlight parties.
|-
|'''Cookie'''
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|2016–
|The demoparty in Paris succeeding to DemoJS, but leaving out the focus on web technologies.
|-
|'''Coven'''
|[[Adelaide, South Australia|Adelaide]], [[Australia]]
|1995–2001
|Started at Adelaide Uni then later changed venues to Ngapartji Multimedia Centre. Organised by local groups POP and FTS.
|-
|'''Datastorm'''
|[[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
|2010–2019
|[[Amiga]]/[[Commodore 64|C64]] copy party.
|-
|'''Deadline'''
|[[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
|2014–
|Annual demoparty/computer arts festival in Berlin, organized by Computerkunst e.V.
|-
|'''Demobit'''
|[[Bratislava]], [[Slovakia]]
|1995–
|The biggest multiplatform party in Slovakia. Resurrected after 20 years in 2017.
|-
|'''DemoJS'''
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|2011–2014
|The only demoparty strictly focused on open web technologies. Followed by Cookie.
|-
|'''Demosplash'''
|[[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], USA
|2011–
|Hosted by the [[Carnegie Mellon University]] Computer Club.
|-
|'''{{ill|DiHalt|ru|DiHalt|vertical-align=sup}}'''
|[[Nizhny Novgorod]], [[Russia]]
|1999–
|Second largest demoparty in Russia (after Chaos Constructions).
|-
|'''[[DreamHack]]'''
|[[Jönköping]], [[Sweden]]
|1994–
|World's largest [[LAN]]-party, which later became more of Gaming party / E-Sports event.
|-
|'''Equinox'''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fc0vEAAAQBAJ&dq=Equinox+demoscene&pg=PA251 | title=Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming | page=251 | edition=2nd | editor=Mark J. P. Wolf | year=2021 | publisher=Abc-Clio | isbn=978-1440870200 | access-date=19 March 2023 | archive-date=25 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425211323/https://books.google.com/books?id=fc0vEAAAQBAJ&dq=Equinox+demoscene&pg=PA251 | url-status=live }}</ref>
|France
|1988–2007
|Atari ST and PC
|-
|'''Euskal Encounter'''
|[[Basque_Country_(greater_region)|Basque Country]], Spain
|1994–
|Originated as a pure Amiga Demo Party, now is a Lan and Demo Party
|-
|'''Evoke'''
|[[Cologne]], Germany
|1997–
|Demoparty organized by Digitale Kultur
|-
|'''Flashback'''
|[[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|2011–2015, 2019–
|
|-
|'''Flashparty'''
|[[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]
|1998–2001, 2003–2005, 2007, 2018–
|First Demoparty in Latin America
|-
|'''Forever'''
|[[Horná Súča]], [[Slovakia]]
|2000–
|8-bit party, C64, Spectrum and Atari
|-
|'''Function'''
|[[Budapest]], Hungary
|2003–
|
|-
|'''Gardening'''
|[[Patras]], Greece
|1995–1997
|First demoparty in Greece.
|-
|'''[[The Gathering (demo party)|The Gathering]]'''
|[[Hamar]], [[Norway]]
|1992–
|Norway's largest demoparty, which later became more of a [[LAN]]/game-party.
|-
|'''Gubbdata'''
|[[Lund]], [[Sweden]]
|2012–2022
|[[Amiga]]/[[Commodore 64|C64]] demo party. Organized by Genesis Project.
|-
|'''Hackerence'''
|[[Härnösand]], [[Sweden]]
|1989–2000
|Organized by the [[youth club]] ComUn (Computer Union).
|-
|'''Horde'''
|[[Udine]], Italy
|2007
|A result of a split from the computer event Codex Alpe Adria to focus on demo scene only.
|-
|'''Icons Artparty'''
|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|2007, 2008, 2012–
|Demoparty and a festival of [[electronic art]].
|-
|'''Inércia Demoparty'''
|[[Portugal]]
|2001–2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2018–
|Oldest running Portuguese demoparty.
|-
|'''Kindergarden'''
|[[Haga, Nes|Haga]], [[Norway]]
|1994–2014
|Used to be the oldest pure demoparty in the world, hasn't been held since 2014.
|-
|'''Last Party'''
|[[Opalenica]], [[Poland]]
|1997–2003, 2017
|Winter Atari copy party.
|-
|'''Lato Ludzików'''
|[[Opalenica]], [[Poland]]
|1999–2002
|Summer Atari copy party.
|-
|'''LayerOne Demoparty'''
|[[Pasadena]], [[California]]
|2014–
|Newish demoparty held every year at the LayerOne Security Conference
|-
|'''Lost Party'''
|[[Licheń Stary]], [[Poland]]
|2019–
|Summer 8-bit demo party.
|-
|'''Lovebyte'''
|[[Netherlands]]
|2021–
|Demoparty dedicated to sizecoding
|-
|'''Mekka & Symposium'''
|[[Fallingbostel]], Germany
|1996–2002
|One of the most respected demoparties. Part of the organizing staff went on to create [[Breakpoint (demo party)|Breakpoint]].
|-
|'''Movement'''
|[[Ashkelon]], Israel
|1995–1998
|The yearly demo party of the demoscene in Israel.
|-
|'''NAID'''
|[[Longueuil]], [[Quebec]], Canada
|1995–1996
|The first, and to date, largest demoparty in North America.
|-
|'''Nordlicht'''
|[[Bremen]], Germany
|2012–
|First pure demoscene party in Bremen since the Siliconvention in 1997.
|-
|'''NOVA'''
|[[Exeter]], UK
|2017–
|
|-
|'''Nullarbor'''
|[[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], Australia
|2006–2008
|<ref>{{cite web |title=nullarbor |url=https://www.pouet.net/party.php?which=1212&when=2006 |website=pouët.net |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ecumediaqa.ids.ecu.edu.au/popups/mrPopup.asp?mrID=748|title=Electronic art on show at ECU|date=1 February 2006|author=Edith Cowan University Corporate Communications|accessdate=10 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820153734/http://ecumediaqa.ids.ecu.edu.au/popups/mrPopup.asp?mrID=748|archive-date=20 August 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Official website |url=http://notrees.org/ |website=notrees.org |access-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614085145/http://notrees.org/ |archive-date=14 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|'''[[Nvision|NVScene]]'''
|[[San Jose, California]], USA
|2008, 2014, 2015
|Held in conjunction with [[Nvision]] (an [[nVidia]] conference) in 2008.
|-
|'''Optimise'''
|[[Johannesburg]], South Africa
|2000–
|The primary SA demo party.
|-
|'''Outline'''
|[[Ommen]], Netherlands
|2004–
|Atari and all other platforms.
|-
|'''The Party'''
|[[Aars]], [[Denmark]]
|1991–2002
|One of the oldest and largest parties.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Party |url=https://www.theparty.dk/ |website=theparty.dk |access-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030206095642/https://www.theparty.dk/ |archive-date=6 February 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Party |url=https://www.pouet.net/party.php?which=45 |website=pouët.net |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Party 2002 |url=https://demozoo.org/parties/1026/ |website=Demozoo |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History - Year: 1992 |url=http://www.jesperkyd.com/about/history_92.html |website=[[Jesper Kyd]] |access-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224075733/http://www.jesperkyd.com/about/history_92.html |archive-date=24 February 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|'''Pilgrimage'''
|[[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], USA
|2003–2005
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Pilgrimage |url=http://pilgrimage.scene.org/ |website=pilgrimage.scene.org |access-date=26 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050320085351/http://pilgrimage.scene.org/ |archive-date=20 March 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.acid.org/images/pilgrimage04/interview/interview-pilgrimage-2004-3dluvr-ccrat.html |title=Pilgrimage Inc Interview - Pilgrimage Demo Party 2004 |publisher=3DLUVR.com |date=August 29, 2004 |last1=Caballo |first1=Enrique |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927061745/http://www.acid.org/images/pilgrimage04/interview/interview-pilgrimage-2004-3dluvr-ccrat.html |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}</ref>
|-
|'''QBParty'''
|[[Sülysáp]], Hungary
|2015–
|On the first weekend after 10 May in each year.
|-
|'''Remedy'''
|[[Stockholm]], Sweden
|1995–2001, 2004-2005
|
|-
|'''[[Revision (demoparty)|Revision]]'''
|[[Saarbrücken]], Germany
|2011–
|The world's largest "scene-only" demoparty, successor of the [[Breakpoint (demo party)|Breakpoint]] party series.
|-
|'''Rewired'''
|[[Maaseik]], Belgium<br>[[Hasselt]], Belgium
|2008–2014
|<ref name="rewired">{{cite web |title=Rewired |url=http://www.rewired.be/ |website=rewired.be |access-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305190107/http://www.rewired.be/ |archive-date=5 March 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rewired |url=https://demozoo.org/parties/series/231/ |website=Demozoo |access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ReWired |url=https://www.pouet.net/party.php?which=1439 |website=pouët.net |access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
|'''Riverwash'''
|[[Katowice]], Poland
|2007–2018
|
|-
|'''Saturne Party'''
|Paris, France
|1993–1997
|
|-
|'''Silly Venture'''
|[[Gdańsk]], Poland
|2000, 2010–2014, 2016–2019, 2021
|Originally exclusively for the Atari scene, since the 2020+1 Summer it has become multiplatform
|-
|'''Solskogen'''
|Flateby, Norway
|2002–
|Started in Ås, Norway, but moved to Flateby in 2013. Close to 200 participants.
|-
|'''Somewhere in Holland'''
|[[Nijmegen]], Netherlands
|1993, 1995
|Demoparty in The Netherlands.
|-
|'''Sundown'''
|[[Exeter]], UK
|2005–2016
|The first UK-based party since 1999.
|-
|'''Syntax Party'''
|[[Melbourne, Victoria|Melbourne]], Australia
|2007–
|Melbourne's biggest and (currently) only demoparty.
|-
|'''Takeover'''
|[[Eindhoven]], The Netherlands
|1997–2001
|The first instalment was named X'97 Takeover, as it was held together with the [[X (demo party)|X]] party.
|-
|'''The Ultimate Meeting'''
|[[Griesheim (Hesse)|Griesheim]], [[Germany]]
|1999–2013
|One of the biggest German demoparties, initially thought as a warm-up meeting for [[The Party (demo party)|The Party]]. It finally moved to the same date as The Party when it was clear that The Party became obsolete.
|-
|'''VIP'''
|[[Lyon]], France
|1999–2002, 2008–
|Organized by PoPsY TeAm, this is the oldest pure demoscene party still ongoing in France.
|-
|'''Wired'''
|[[Mons, Belgium|Mons]], Belgium
|1994–1998
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.demoparty.net/wired |title=Wired |website=demoparty.net |access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://demozoo.org/parties/531/ |title=Wired 1998 |website=demozoo.org |access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mediamolecule.com/blog/article/paper_alexs_64k_demo_from_1996 |title=Paper: Alex's 64k demo from 1996 |publisher=Media Molecule |access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref>
|-
|'''X'''
|[[Someren]], Netherlands
|1995–
|[[Commodore 64]] party, currently held about every second year. Last one was on June 2–4, 2023. In 1995 and 1996 also a PC demo party, in 1997 combined with Takeover.<ref>{{cite web |title=The X Party |url=https://xparty.net/ |website=xparty.net |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
|'''Xenium'''
|[[Katowice]], Poland
|1999, 2019–
|Successor of Riverwash event.
|}