7days7engines

This week, I'm going to do a little code art project. For every day of the week, I'll release a brand-new ZX Spectrum beeper/1-bit music routine.

The demo tune for Day 1 is already up on my soundcloud. All the releases will be announced in this thread over at the 1-Bit Forum.

And in other news, the votepack for the 1-Bit Forum Contest is now online!

[demo] Kpacku Deluxe by Kpacku

So here we go, this is the ZX demo that had the audience at Chaos Constructions screaming like some teenage girls at a rock concert. And rightfully so. Do I even need to mention that this won the compo?

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[album] GameJAHBoy! by XyNo

Here's a little EP to brighten up the mood :) LSDJ in da Jungle!


Free download at Redscientist Media.

[demo] PRECALCULATED by skrju

After 5 years of silence, skrju is back with a new "Russian newskool" ZX demo. Even though skrju prods are notable for their lack of limit-pushing effects, I've always been a huge fan of their stuff, and this new release does not disappoint. 2nd place in the ZX demo compo at Chaos Constructions.

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[album] Andrea the Android by PSS-270

Horray, seems the autumn season of great music releases is slowly gearing up. From a magic dreamland, the Chippanze netlabel brings us this beautiful melancholic toy keyboard album by Polish micromusic wizard PSS-270. One of the best micromusic releases of 2015 so far in my opinion.


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Also, this is my 500th post here on Ancient Wonderworld ;)

[demo] eihwaz by hedj & schafft

Ok, proper video captures for the CC Spectrum prods are in, so let's get it on. First up, we have some top notch 3D wizardry by hedj and schafft. 3rd place in the ZX demo compo.

On a side note, it's funny to see that n1k-o seemingly produced the music for at least half of the ZX demos at Chaos Constructions this year (this one is no exception). Well, I very much like the guy's work, so I can see nothing wrong with that ;)

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[demo] Satan Stole My Atari by Lamers

Let's interrupt the Chaos Constructions galore for this lovely new Atari STe demo by Lamers. Perhaps not the greatest prod on earth, but it sure is a hell of a lot of fun, and thus, well deserved first place at Riverwash's oldskool compo.

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[demo] CALL256NOW! by Serzhsoft

So, where were we? Right, awesome prods from Chaos Constructions. I'm still waiting for YT uploads of some of the main prods, so in the meantime let's have a look at another mindblowing sizetro. Arguably the best thing to come out of the CALL NOW! hype, here's the winner of the 256 byte Speccy contest. ZX 48K + AY sound.

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[demo] Electric Force by realm of illusion

A load of outstanding prods were released at Chaos Constructions this year. So let's get right to it. First up is an insane 233 byte intro for the Vectrex. Second place in the combined 256 byte compo.

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irrlicht project live at Ohrbit 2015

Here's me playing live at Ohrbit Festival Duisburg a few weeks ago:

Videos from all other liveacts at Ohrbit 2015 are available as well. Thanks to Dengeki Gamer for filming and editing these!