Programming As Art - 13 Amazing Code Demos
Found on Slashdot on Monday, 28 January 2008
The demo scene has been around for twenty years now, and it has grown by leaps and bounds. From the early days of programmers pushing the limits of Ataris and Amigas to modern landscapes with full lighting, mapping, and motion capture, demo groups have done it all and done it under 100k.
I remember the demo scene since the Amiga times and it's been always impressive to see what a skiled programmer can push into a tiny executable. Today, it doesn't seem to be important anymore because developers can easily dump their creations onto a DVD and make use of 4GB RAM, plus the high-end GFX and a speedy CPU. But back in the times where 64kB (or even just 16kB) RAM was the limit, you had to be resourceful.