COMPUSPHERE
Welcome to another edition of Compusphere. The cosiest party on the swedish westcost, located in Gothenburg.
Date: 28 – 30 November
This year we’re residing at the wounderful people of Aixia. Which has a kickass office and event space in the heart of Gothenburg.
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PARTY PLACE
We aim to provide room for about 100 sceners in open spaces and smaller rooms. Remember that oldschool feeling with groups having their own room? Or if you need a quite spot to get your contribution on? We got you covered.
COMPOS
As always there will be competitions, both digital and analog. So, fire up the Amiga or your favorite platform and create wild and awesome stuff. Suddenly, you might find yourself in a ping pong tournament. Or a showdown in bean bags tossing.
SEMINARS&MUSIC
We have several great known and perhaps unknown guest DJs, bring you beats to enjoy while kicking back with a cold beverage. We know that a lot of you want your quiet space, so we have a dedicated area for loud happenings. Seminars T.B.D.
PARTY
PLACE
PLACE
PLACE
PLACE
Compusphere will be held at Hälsingegatan 10, Gothenburg, Sweden at the wounderful people of Aixia. It is located close to Masthuggstorget in the center of Gothenburg. Public transportation is excellent and it’s easy to access by car. There are plenty of hotels and hostels close to the party place and other conveniences like restaurants, pubs, supermarkets etc.
AIXIA AB
Hälsingegatan 10
414 64 Göteborg
Forth Floor
28-30 November
We do unfortunately not have the possibility to accommodate people sleeping within the venue. If you like to pull an all-nighter, that is fine, but sleeping on the premises is not allowed due to fire regulations. If you need a place to stay we can recommend Hotels.com. And if you are arriving by car and need to park there are several cheap and not so cheap options close by. For places to park you can check Parkering Göteborg or Easypark.
COMPOS
COMPOS
COMPOS
COMPOS
COMPOS
GENERAL COMPO RULES
We are pretty tollerant, but we don’t allow hatred, be it racial or political. Also, no porn.
- Remote entries are allowed (remote@compusphere.se)
- NO AI GENERATED MATERIAL
- Make sure your contributions are previously unreleased
- Racism, child pornography and any kind of content that violates Swedish law will be disqualified
- All contributions shown will be spread after the price giving ceremony
- Make sure your usb/floppy/cf-card/etc works before you hand it over to us
- Clean exit is preferred, on platforms where it is relevant
- Pre-selection may happen, if there´s just too many contributions
- All platforms are accepted, but if we don’t have the hardware to show it, then you have to provide it
HARDWARE
- PC TBD
- Amiga 1200 with Blizzard 1260/50MHz, Kick 3.1
- Commodore 64
- Amiga 500 (with possible Gotek option), Kick 1.3
- Atari Mega STE, 4MB Ram, ASCI (SCSI2SD), TOS 2.06
ANALOG COMPOS
We will run some analog competitions and perhaps a few suprise ones.
- Ping Pong
- Bean bag toss
COMBINED DEMO
We will run all demos within a combined demo slot. If we receive an aboundace of contributions for a single plattform, we will break this out to a seperate slot and compo. But the general rule is all against all.
- Demo (max 10 min. will be displayed)
- No pure animations
- Please inform compo crew if a demo has long repetitive scenes that might be mistaken for an end-part or loop, or if the demo requires interaction to continue
COMBINED INTRO
We will run all intros within a combined intro slot. If we receive an aboundace of contributions for a single plattform, we will break this out to a seperate slot and compo. But the general rule is all against all.
- Intro 4/8/40/64Kb (max 5 min. will be displayed if a longer runtime hasn’t been communicated)
- Please inform compo crew if a intro has long repetitive scenes that might be mistaken for an end-part or loop, or if the intro requires interaction to continue
- No linked resources that might live within the operating system (images, sound etc.)
OTHER PLATTFORMS
- The category for console productions, musicdisks and similar productions
- Has to be made on an oldschool computer or console
- Animations allowed, but only from retro machines
- Can’t be a demo or intro for Amiga, Atari or C64
- If we don’t have the hardware (see Compo hardware), you have to bring it
- Max 10 min. will be displayed
COMPOS
COMPOS
COMPOS
COMPOS
COMPOS
HIGH RESOLUTION GFX
- Maximum resolution is 1920×1200
- Use standard formats (JPG, PNG etc.)
- Please provide workstages
- No tracing of images or copies of existing art (nature is fine even though it is a work of art)
LOW RESOLUTION GFX
- Maximum resolution is 320×256
- Maximum number of colors is 16
- Use standard formats (IFF, PNG, GIF, PRG etc.)
- No conversions from higher resolution images or copies of existing art (nature is fine even though it is a work of art)
NEWSCHOOL MUSIC
- Multi-channel formats up to 32 channels (No size limit)
- Streamed music (Mp3/AAC etc.)
- Executable music (32kb size limit)
- No covers
4-CHANNEL MUSIC
- Maximum number of channels is 4
- 2 MB
- No covers
CHIP MUSIC
- All platforms allowed as long as we have a way to play them
- Maximum number of channels is 4
- 32kb size limit
MORE RGB TO THE PEOPLE
RELEASES
RELEASES
RELEASES
RELEASES
RELEASES
It all started 1993 in a small place (bamba) in Uddevalla, Sweden where a dedicated group of creative people from Galaktiska Institutet decided to host a computer party. As years past the party grew bigger and has had focus on both the LAN culture as well as the creative joy that we know as the demoscene. This resulted in not only great memories but also releases.
Below you’ll find pages containing contributions from Compusphere through the years.
ABOUT
ABOUT
ABOUT
ABOUT
ABOUT
Compusphere is an oldschool demoparty active since 1993, with a special focus on older machines such as the Commodore C64, Amiga, Atari, ZX Spectrum and other computers from the 1980s. But we welcome all plattforms.
The party will feature that data atmosphere we all love, in its true form. So, please do bring your Amigas, C64s and other old machines to make it even better.
Modern “gaming” is not allowed. A WiFi-internet connection will be available for voting, checking email, IRC/Discord and such.
And there will of course be many compos, activities and surprises.
PICTURES
PICTURES
PICTURES
PICTURES
PICTURES
Memories, all those memories. Luckly people knew how to use cameras/video recorders, even without having access to social media or internet in the early days.
Below you’ll find pages containing pictures and other media to enjoy.