RE: [SWCollect] MindCandy
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/
Re: [SWCollect] MindCandy
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/
Re: [SWCollect] MindCandy
Jim, I'd say this bears more than a slight relevance to our hobby! What an awesome idea, preserving and presenting the past in a format that be seen by the mainstream, via a home DVD player, in addition to diehard fans like us. I know several people that will be interested in this. I hope you do more than break even -- the price you set is certainly low enough to attract people with even a passsing interest. Jim Leonard wrote: 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/ -- 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/
Re: [SWCollect] MindCandy
Chris Newman stated: The Bad Street Brawler intro did it for me on the PC, with that wonderful television static effect. Pretty major for 1987! Am I the only one getting two of every post since Jim's first MindCandy one? (Sounds interesting, too.) -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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/
