_______________________________________________ /_____ _ _____ _ \ /|_ _| |__ ____ | __ \_____ _ ____| |_____\ / | | | _ \ / _ \ | ___/\___ \| '__\_ _/ | \\ / | | | | | | /__/ | | / _/ | | | | \___ \\ / |_| |_| |_|\____/ |_| \_____/|_| |_| \____/ \ / ___ ___ ___ ____ \ / /_ |/ _ \ / _ \ ( -- ) \ / | |\___ \\___ \/ __ \ \ / |_|\____/\____/\____/ \ /_________________________________________________________________\ \ / \ Do You Believe in Life After Christmas? / \_____________________________________________________________/ [Introduction] Christmas time; a widely recognized [Competitions cont.d] holiday season dedicated to traditions and time spent with the 4-Ch. Music Multi Ch. family. The demo scene also has 1. $600 1. $600 it's traditions, and christmas time 2. $400 2. $400 is particular holy: Going to The 3. $200 3. $200 Party. 4. $100 4. $100 For the 8th time in a row, we're C64 Demo C64 Music C64 Gfx proud to hold our annual party in 1. $300 1. $200 1. $200 late December and feature more 2. $200 2. $100 2. $100 competitions, prizes, events, 3. $100 3. $50 3. $50 surprises, and activities than ever. Experience the real party [Rules] feeling, meet friends, and see the master work of soon-to-be computer * If you want to take part in a and digital arts professionals. Or competition you must be stare at your monitor for 70 hours present at The Party during straight, live on Coke and peanuts, the presentation and prize feel the true stress of meeting ceremony. deadlines, and watch Amiga demos at * If too many contributions are 04:30 in the morning without delivered for a competition a knowing why. In any case, you'll jury will select contributions have to ask yourself: for presentation. * Contributions can only - Do You Believe in Life After participate in one Christmas? competition. * We will copy and spread all [Where & When] contributions. * Contributions must be final, The Party 1998 will be held in no bug-fixes will be accepted Messecenter Aars, like the previous before or after presentation. years. To avoid any power failures, * Contributions must be uploaded the entire powergrid has been via network, or handed over in redesigned, and the conference the information on floppies or center is currently expanding, to CD's (ISO9660, 8+3 only) along meet our space demands. The Party with a paper sheet providing 1998 will be held from Sunday 27 information about Title, December at 08:00 CET to Tuesday 29 Handle, Group, Compo, HW December at 15:00 CET. requirements and execution instructions. [Facilities] * Compo disks, CD's and video tapes will not be returned. * Room for min. 3500 people! * All entries for Amiga can be * A seperate sleeping area compressed with either LZX or * Cafeteria and kiosk will be LHA. open 24h. * All entries for PC must be * Extremely powerful PA compressed with ZIP, and ready equipment and a 10x8 meter for distribution. main screen * No self-extracting archives * Huge party network and fast will be allowed. internet link * No other archive-types will be * Live internet broadcast allowed. * LaserDisc Room! * Contributions with racial * Free access to bath & showers! content (incl. anti-racial), * The Party 1998 T-Shirts will and other radical content will be sold not be accepted. * Contributions must be virus [Events] free and Y2K compliant. * 55 hours non-stop activities [Please Note] * 16 main compos with great prizes * We will not accept anybody * Traditional party-events like selling anything without our Body-Crashing and DiskOs permission. * Fast Website Competition * Alcohol and drugs are not * Rave in the Sleeping Hall allowed at the party place. If * Live concert on stage we find any it will be * Seminars and conferences confiscated and not given * Computer game championship back. * Plus much more... * Intoxicated people will be thrown out or handed over to [Network] the police. * We will not accept weapons, 10Mbit Twisted Pair for the people spraycans or firework etc. from a monster backbone, KICK-ASS * People who cause damages of FTP servers and Internet for any kind will of course have everyone. to pay for it. * We take no responsibility for [Competitions] illegal swapping, software, hardware, video etc. Main competitions and prizes. * Presale tickets from Prizes are real cash only, and Arte/Billetnet available for will not consist of hardware. DKK 300, and DKK 350 at the door. Additional DKK 50 for Amiga Demo PC Demo Win98 Demo arrival before opening. 1. $2000 1. $2000 1. tba. 2. $1000 2. $1000 2. tba. [Addresses] 3. $500 3. $500 3. tba. 4. $250 4. $250 4. tba. Party Place: 5. $100 5. $100 5. tba. Messecenter Aars Messevej 1 WiLD! Video DK-9600 Aars Classic Demo Java Demo Denmark 1.$2000 1. $2000 1. $2000 Phone: +45 98 62 48 00 2.$1000 2. $1000 2. $1000 3.$500 3. $500 3. $500 The Party-Phone: 4.$250 4. $250 4. $250 For further information: 5.$100 5. $100 5. $100 (+45) 8630 1010 Amiga World Wide Web: Java Intro Intro PC Intro http://www.theparty.dk 1. $500 1. $500 1. $500 2. $300 2. $300 2. $300 E-Mail: 3. $150 3. $150 3. $150 theparty@theparty.dk Pixel Gfx Raytraced Gfx 1. $600 1. $400 2. $400 2. $200 3. $200 3. $100 4. $100 4. $50 (ascii logo by -neX) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - Competition Rules Below the rules for main competitions. Forward questions to compo@theparty.dk. [Amiga Demo] [PC Demo] [Win98 Demo] * Take up no more * Must be a standalone * Must be a standalone than 6 MB on executable with or executable with or disk in without data files. without data files. uncompressed * Use no more than 560 * Must be able to run form. KB of conventional on 32MB of physical * Max. one demo memory. memory and 64MB of per coder. * Support silent mode swap space. * HD installable (-nosound). * Take up no more than and runable * Take up no more than 6 MB on disk in * The demo must 6 MB on disk in executable form. make a clean executable form. * Max. screenresolution exit to a prompt * Run while HIMEM.SYS is 1024 x 768. * Must work after is loaded. (Default resolution SetPatch is * Max. is 800x600 in installed screenresolution is truecolor) * No more than 10 1024 x 768. * Change of screenmode min. will be * Change of screenmode during the demo is shown. during the demo is not recommended. not recommended. * Max one demo per * Soundblaster AWE 32 coder. must be supported, * No more than 10 min. but if the demo also will be shown. supports GUS, it will be utilized in presentation. * Max. one demo per coder. * No more than 10 min. will be shown. [WiLD! Classic] [Video Demo] [Java Demo] * In this competition * The only rules in * Will be shown in there are this competition, latest Netscape practically no is that the video Navigator release restrictions, except must mainly be version (not beta) that it must be computer under WinNT4.0. shown by a computer generated, and * Shown from a web * Allowed audio delivered on a server via LAN connectors: video tape. * Must be 100% pure (mini)jack * Entries must be java applet, ie. (mono/stereo), delivered on VHS, platform scart, phono SVHS or Betacam independable. (mono/stereo). SP tape. * Max 6MB compiled * Allowed video * A complete list including all class connectors: Phono of the hardware & and html files, composite pal, software used graphics and VGA/SVGA 15 pin SUBD must be soundtracks. A zip (max. 1024 x 768), available. or jar archive may RGB 23 pin SUBD * No more than 15 be used. (Amiga), scart min. will be * No more than 5 min. composite pal, SVHS shown. will be shown. mini din. * Source code need not * Note: The computer to be submitted used must have * May run in Navigator significantly other window or separate specs then the compo window. machines have, and * Html page in which not just a CPU to run the applet running at a higher must be provided, speed. and max resolution * A complete list of is 640x480/24bit. the hardware & * Only one demo per software used must coder be available. * No more than 15 min. will be shown. [Java Intro] [Amiga Intro] [PC Intro] * Will be shown in * Max. size 40 KB. * Must be a latest Netscape * HD installable/runnable standalone Navigator release * The intro must make a executable with version (not beta) clean exit to a prompt or without data under WinNT4.0. * Must work after files. * Shown from a web SetPatch is installed * Use no more than server via LAN * Max. one intro per 560 KB of * Must be 100% pure coder. conventional java applet, ie. * Must be right memory. platform mousebutton exitable. * Exit by pressing independable. * No more than 5 min. ESC-key at any * Max 100KB compiled will be shown. time. including all * Support silent class and html mode (-nosound). files, graphics * Take up no more and soundtracks. A than 64 KB on zip or jar archive disk in may be used. executable form. * No more than 5 * Change of min. will be screenmode shown. during the demo * Source code need is not not to be recommended. submitted * Soundblaster AWE * Html page in which 32 or GUS is to run the applet allowed. must be provided, * Run while and max resolution HIMEM.SYS is is 640x480/24bit. loaded. * Only one demo per * Max. one intro coder per coder. * No more than 5 min. will be shown. [Pixel Gfx] [Raytraced Gfx] [4 Ch. Music] * Max. size is 1 * Max. size is 1 MB. * Max. size is 1 MB. * Max. screenmode is 1024 x MB. * Max. screenmode 768 pixels. * Must be is 1024 x 768 * Max. screendepth is 24 Protracker pixels. bitplanes. format. * Max. screendepth * Accepted filetypes: IFF, * Will be played is 24 bitplanes. TIFF, GIF, PCX, JPEG, with Accessible * Accepted TARGA, PNG. Player (Amiga). filetypes: IFF, * The picture have to be * Max. one tune TIFF, GIF, PCX, computer per musician. JPEG, TARGA, generated/calculated, and * Max. 5 min. PNG. not pixeled will be played. * The picture have * Max. one picture per to be hand graphician. drawn, and not generated or calculated. * Max. one picture per graphician. [Multi Channel Music] [Fast Website] [Coca Cola Bd Crashing] * Max. size is 1 MB. * You have 4 hours * Well the rules are * Accepted formats: to make a website quite simple. Fast Tracker 2, from scratch,the * You have to be the Impulse Tracker, theme will be fastest to drink 1.5L Scream Tracker 3, announced at the CocaCola, without too Octamed. start of the much going on the * Entries will be competition. floor, or in the played on a GUS * The making of the bucket :-) Max or Amiga website will take (Octamed). place on a stage. * Max. one tune per * Will be shown in musician. latest Netscape * Max. 5 min. will Navigator release be played. version (not beta). * The website max size must fit to a resolution of 1024x768/24bit. * At the end of the competition, the web site have to be delivered on a floppy disk(PC 1.44MB), ready to be shown. * Pathnames must be relative. * The web site may not demand use of plugins like flash and shockwave. * Java and Java Script is allowed. [C64 Demo] [C64 Music] [C64 Graphics] * Standard C-64 * No picture will be * Must be new gfx, and without shown with the please, no scanning accessories. music. or wirring. Use your * Must be executable. * Must be talent! * Please specify if executable. * Music with the GFX new or old Sid Chip * Please specify if will not be played. is used. new or old Sid * No sprites or moving * Max. length 10 min. Chip is used. parts in the picture!. * Must be executable. [PC Hardware] [Java Hardware] [Amiga Hardware] * The PC used for the * For the Java Demo, * For the Amiga Demo PC demo, PC Intro Java Intro and and Amiga Intro and Windows 98 Demo Fast Website, the * Amiga 1200 will be: PC that will be * 060 50 MHz * Pentium 233 MHz MMX used is * 16 MB FAST ram * 32 MB RAM * Pentium 233 MHz * 2 MB CHIP ram * SVGA 32bit Truecolor MMX * Note, the Amiga 4MB RAM * 96MB RAM productions must * SVGA by VESA 1.2 * SVGA 32bit also work on 030 Support (VESA 2.0 Truecolor 4MB RAM 50MHz with FPU. with SDD/UniVbe) * Soundblaster AWE 32 and GUS MAX with 1MB RAM. * For Win98 demo also: Voodoo graphics adapter (API: OpenGL and DirectX v6.0)