DIALOGOS 99 infofile v1 ----------------------- INTRODUCTION After last year's success of the first edition, we are proud to announce that Dialogos will take place once again this year. This demoparty differs! Unlike other parties, Dialogos is not held in an ordinary sports or public hall; Dialogos provides you pure scene spirit in extraordinary locations. While last year, the party took place in the unique Discotheque Kassablanca Gleis 1, Dialogos 99 will be located in a former transformer station. In this extremely special hall with several floors, we will install superior technical equipment, including two bigscreens, a powerful full-featured concert-soundsystem and a lot of fancy light technology. There will be DJ liveacts, live performances, a breakdance show and other entertainment on the stage. There will be even more events like a drum'n'bass party in other parts of the building. In the mainhall and in the music hall, there will be bars where you can buy fresh draught beer, cocktails and snacks. Coffee will be free, as well as some sandwiches. There will be plenty of possibilities to get a comfortable seat to relax and talk to fellow demosceners; and when you are tired you can have a nap in the very nice and quiet sleeping hall. Dialogos 99 is organized by Suburban Creations. It is an official project of the Cultural Department of Jena in cooperation with the Weimar 1999-Kulturstadt Europas GmbH. Imaginata e.V. provides the location and the experienced crew of the discotheque Kassablanca Gleis 1 is responsible for the technical installation. Many generous sponsors like Sparkasse, SuSE, Köstritzer Brauerei, ELSA, and Intershop Communications provide additional support. Thanks to these strong partners, we will be able to give very attractive cash-, hardware- and software- prices to the winners of the competitions. We will hold all the common PC competitions as well as additional surprise-competitions. We expect a lot of really cool international guests and very nice releases for Dialogos 99. If you come from a foreign country and want to organize a bustrip, you should contact us, and we are very likely to financially support the trip! Dialogos is a party where the PC demoscene meets and gamers are not desired. So, if you want something different and special, a real scene party with a unique atmosphere and the ultimate location, come to Jena! Come to Dialogos 99! GENERAL INFORMATION The date Dialogos 99 will take place is October 1-3, 1999. The event will start friday afternoon and will end Sunday around noon. The location is Umspannwerk Jena-Nord, Löbstedter Straße 67, 07745 Jena, Germany You can reach Jena easily via the motorway A4. Detailed information about how to get there will be published soon. In case you're unsure, you can always email us. There will be a hotline and a possibility to get you from the railway station to the party place. Just like last year, the entrace fee is 30,- DM we can not accept foreign currencies. FEATURES - incredible location, space for over 400 attenders - 6*4 m bigscreens - one of the best soundsystems - free coffee, free food - a really huge amount of cash, hardware and software prices - party network - chillout and meeting areas - DJ liveacts and other events in other parts of the building - enough parking space, seperate sleeping rooms - fresh draught beer - superb atmosphere supported by nice light technology - high-quality party t-shirts - low entrance fee (compare our features to other parties!) - we financially support bustrips from foreign countries COMPETITIONS We will hold the following competitions: PC Demo - PC Intro 64k - PC Intro 4k - Multichannel Music - Fourchannel Music - MP3 Music - Pixel Graphics - Raytrace Graphics - Wild Compo as well as surprise compos (fast-intro, handdrawn gfx, coding, tracking and graphics) The following machine will probably be used for all competitions: PII 400MHz 64 MB RAM Gravis Ultrasound 1MB and SB compatible card compatible graphics card (VBE2, DirectX, OpenGL), probably nVidia TNT These are the General Rules for all competitions: - For all demo/intro competitions, allowed operating systems are DOS and Windows 95 (with newest DirectX installed). - JAVA entries are allowed, they will be played using Netscape or IE. - in DOS, Scitech Display Doctor (UniVBE ) will be running by default. - You must not use a video resolution higher than 1024x768. - Contributions must be handed in on MS-DOS formatted 3.5" HD disks or CDr. - hardware acceleration can be used. if you do so, we'll announce it on the bigscreen - The authors of a production must hold all Copyrights of the material used therein. - Contributions that violate German or international law will be disqualified. PC Demo Competition Maximum (unpacked) filesize is 6MB. Maximum running length is 15 minutes. Your demo must have SoundBlaster support. PC 64k Intro Maximum filesize is 64KB. Maximum running length is 10 minutes. Please try to hand in a version with SoundBlaster support as well. This version can of course be bigger than 64KB. PC 4k Intro Maximum filesize is 4KB. Maximum running length is 5 minutes. Sound is allowed. Multichannel Music Maximum filesize is 1MB. Maximum running length is 4 minutes. All tracker formats are allowed, compression must not be used Fourchannel Music Maximum filesize is 1MB. Song must be in original .MOD format (4 channels) Maximum running length is 4 minutes. MP3 Music Maximum running length is 4 minutes Pixel Graphics All formats displayable by SEA are allowed Maximum resolution is 640 x 480 No scans Raytrace Graphics All formats displayable by SEA are allowed Maximum resolution is 1024 x 768 Wild Compo Entries can also be handed in on VHS or S-VHS tape Maximum running length is 20 minutes CONTACT internet: http://www.dialogos.cc email: dialogos99@suburban.jena.thur.de see you at Dialogos 99!